The little girl, holding two warm steamed buns, passed through the aisle between the two octagonal buildings and ran panting towards an old and dilapidated tile-roofed house.
This tiled house has become a dangerous building. The walls made of stones and mud have been severely dented and deformed inward, and it seems that there is a possibility of falling over at any time. There are also many gaps in the tiles on the roof. Whenever it rains, the room
Floods can cause disasters.
With a creaking sound, the little girl pushed open the rotten wooden door and rushed into the house.
The equipment in the house is very simple. Apart from a simple broken wooden bed, a stove for cooking, and an iron pot hanging on the wall that has not been used for a long time, there are no other extra facilities.
A skinny, bloodless middle-aged woman was lying quietly on the simple broken wooden bed, covered with a tattered quilt.
"Mom, I brought you steamed buns!" The little girl rushed to the broken wooden bed out of breath, and hurriedly stretched out her little hand to pull the woman on the bed.
But she pulled for a long time, and there was still no response from the woman lying on the broken wooden bed.
"Mom, don't sleep. Please wake up quickly, okay? I brought you steamed buns. Please get up and eat them quickly. You haven't eaten in five days..."
The little girl hurriedly stepped forward to shake her mother, and when she touched her mother's body, she realized that her mother's body had become completely cold.
The two buns fell to the ground, and the little girl froze on the spot for a moment, tears pouring out of her eyes...
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On the streets of the city.
Thousands of armored cavalrymen stood neatly in a row, forming a line on the street.
A middle-aged man wearing purple and gold armor was riding a tall and mighty war horse, sweeping back and forth on the street.
This middle-aged man has a vertical sword mark on his left eye, evenly dividing the entire eye from the middle, making him look very domineering and fierce.
The hungry people who were wandering in the streets were so frightened that they huddled in the corners of the alleys and did not dare to come out to show their faces.
Not long after, a middle-aged man wearing a brocade robe and a jade crown came to the scene with a team of city guards.
"The Lord of Baiyang City, I have met General Dianfang." The middle-aged man in Jinpao came to the middle-aged Jianhen, and immediately clasped his fist respectfully to the middle-aged Jianhen.
The middle-aged Jianhen named Dianfang was still riding on horseback, looking condescendingly at the middle-aged man in brocade robes who claimed to be the city lord: "Are you the city lord here? Then it is up to you to collect resources for the empire.
Come help me complete it."
After hearing Dianfang's words, the city lord looked embarrassed, but he did not dare to speak.
"What? Didn't you hear what I said?" Norikata said impatiently.
After hesitating for a moment, the city lord finally plucked up the courage and said to Dianfang: "But Lord Dianfang, wasn't Baiyang City expropriated just once half a year ago?"
Norikata replied righteously: "Do you know how much manpower and materials the empire has sacrificed in order to fight against the Assassination Society?"
"If the Imperial Army had not been fighting against the Assassination Society, the territory of the Empire would have been captured by the Assassination Society. Would you still be able to live and work here in peace and contentment? Isn't it the obligation of the people of the Empire to strengthen the military power of the Empire?"
The city lord said without confidence: "But... during the expropriation half a year ago, Baiyang City has already contributed all its resources to the empire."
"Right now, the city is severely lacking in resources, prices have skyrocketed beyond control, and a large number of people are starving to death on the streets. If we impose another levy now, I'm afraid more than half of the people in the city will starve to death!"
Upon hearing this, Dianfang immediately drew out his war spear, and with lightning speed, pierced the city lord's chest with one shot.
"Why... why..." The city lord's eyes widened in disbelief, he glanced at his pierced chest, and then stared at Norikata.
Dianfang looked at the city lord coldly and said: "Resources are scarce, prices have skyrocketed, and people are starving to death. This is enough to prove that you have committed corruption. In the name of the emperor, I will punish you on the spot!"
After Norikata said this, he pulled out the battle spear from the city lord, and blood spurted out from the city lord's chest in an instant.
The city lord groaned, vomiting blood and fell to the ground. His eyes were wide open, staring at the sky.
"City Lord!" The City Lord's guards immediately came forward to check on the City Lord's condition.
All the people in the alley turned pale with fear and looked at the fallen city lord with tearful eyes.
That fair, honest and selfless city lord.
The city lord who once fought with monsters to protect Baiyang City and lost both sides.
The city lord who has appeared at the city gate every day for the past six months, giving porridge to famine refugees.
At this time, he died at the point of a gun without any reason!
"The imperial army listened to the order. The Lord of Baiyang City is suspected of corruption. They will first search the houses of the Lord of the City, and then go from house to house to collect resources. Anyone who dares to disobey will be killed without mercy!"
Following Dianfang's order, thousands of cavalrymen dispersed in all directions.
One of the teams rushed straight towards the city lord's palace, while the rest broke into every house and looted all their valuable resources, just like bandits.
No matter whether it is a martial arts family with many geniuses and profound knowledge, or a poor family with a small population and hardship, they cannot escape the fate of being plundered.
"Sir! You can take other valuable things, but you cannot take this thing. It is a family heirloom of our family! If you take it away, our family that has been passed down for thousands of years will be destroyed in one day.
It’s over!”
"Please, sir, my family is originally from a poor family. My child is very advocating martial arts, and he hopes to use this bit of Yuan Stone to enter the path of cultivation. Please don't take it away!"
"Asshole! How dare you hide it secretly! Kill me!"
"Damn, what a bunch of stupid robbers! At worst, I'll have to fight with you!"
Lin Yun and others were sitting in the inn, watching coldly what was happening outside. Watching this so-called imperial army, like robbers, taking away resources from house to house.
After some people who hid resources secretly were discovered by the Imperial Army, they began to resist desperately and fight with the Imperial Army.
Many people who were defeated by the imperial army died tragically under the spears of the imperial army.
The patriarch of a certain family was a strong man in the Martial King realm. After he was completely angered, he raised his sword and chopped down more than a dozen Imperial Army cavalry.
"Bold thug, how dare you kill an Imperial soldier!" Norikata flew over and shot the Martial King Realm warrior through, then chopped off his head and hung it on the tallest building nearby.
The family of the strong King Wu was also completely wiped out by the imperial cavalry, even the women and children were not spared.
"Did you see that? This is the result of resistance! Hahahahaha!" Norikata's extremely wild laughter resounded throughout the street.
"Too... too much! How does this look like the army of the empire? It's no different from bandits!" Lin Ying couldn't bear to look at this scene. She couldn't believe that an army of the empire could actually do something like this.