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Chapter 9 The most miserable Huangzhuang in the world

The group of people walked around and took an hour on the road before they arrived at the imperial village in Jingxi.

When they arrived at the address marked on the map, everyone widened their eyes to the limit and did not find the Jingxi Huangzhuang. Could it be that the map has expired? No, such a ridiculous mistake, with Wei Zhongxian's shrewd personality, it should not be possible to make it.

Zhu Youjian said: "Brother Cheng, where is the imperial village in Jingxi?"

Zhu Cheng looked around and said, "On the mouth."

Zhu Youjian clapped his hands and smiled, "Brother Cheng is so great. Just like Sun Wukong, you can turn into a royal village with a breath."

Zhu Youjian is not a satirizing Zhu Cheng. He is just 10 years old and is at the age of dreaming. In addition, he is very convinced by Zhu Cheng, so he believes whatever Zhu Cheng says.

Seeing Zhu Youjian's big watery eyes open and ready to see himself perform magic, Zhu Cheng smiled and said, "I don't know much magic. What I said is, ask the farmers here and you will know where the Jingxi Imperial Village is."

Zhu Youjian was a little disappointed and said, "I thought I could see Brother Cheng show his magical powers."

When he saw an old farmer coming, Zhu Cheng bowed deeply and said, "Brother-in-law, do you know where the imperial village in Jingxi is?"

Seeing that Zhu Cheng was very cute and polite, the old farmer was happy, so he stopped, stroked his beard and listened to what he asked. When he heard the four words "Jingxi Huangzhuang", the old farmer shook his body and waved his hands, saying, "I don't know that place, ask others."

Zhu Cheng and Zhu Youjian looked at each other, not understanding why the old farmer reacted so much to the four words "Jingxi Huangzhuang".

Zhu Cheng asked several passers-by one after another, but no one dared to answer.

Zhu Cheng gritted his teeth and said, "It seems that I have to force me to come up with a magic weapon."

Zhu Youjian's eyes were burning, and he looked at Zhu Cheng touching his waist and asked, "What magic weapon?"

Zhu Cheng took out something with a silver light: "Look, the magic weapon is here!"

It's really a silver treasure - nonsense, silver is not silver, what color can it have?

Zhu Youjian was disappointed again.

Zhu Cheng smiled and said, "I have said it long ago, I am not a god. When I was telling you "Journey to the West", I didn't say something specifically. This story is purely fictional. If there is any similarity, will it be a lie?"

When Zhu Cheng saw a young farmer coming over, he reached out to stop him: "Brother, I want to ask you a question. As long as you answer, this silver will belong to you."

When the young farmer saw the silver, his eyes were straightened. The silver ingot was about 2 taels. He worked hard for a year and had to be blessed by God to earn 12 taels of silver. This young man took the money he could earn in two months.

The young farmer swallowed and said, "Young master has any questions. Just ask me. I will definitely tell you everything."

Zhu Chenggang said the four words "Beijingxihuangzhuang", and the young farmer ran away like a rabbit.

Zhu Cheng held the ingot in a daze and was stunned: "Everyone said that money is a god. Why can't I even get a small answer with the ingot this time? What is the secret of this Jingxi Huangzhuang that makes people here scared when they hear it?"

After a while, the young farmer came back secretly. He looked around for a while, pointed not far away, and said, "The Jingxi Huangzhuang is there."

After saying that, he grabbed the ingot in Zhu Cheng's hand and ran away. The guards were about to chase him, but Zhu Cheng shook his head to stop him. The young farmer should not have lie to him, but was afraid that someone would know that the address of the Jingxi Huangzhuang was leaked by him, so he fled.

The group walked forward for a while and finally saw the imperial village in Jingxi.

When everyone saw the imperial village in western Jing, everyone gasped. If this was the imperial village, it would be the most miserable imperial village in the world: the area was pitifully small, about ten acres, with some crops planted sparsely on it; there was a dangerous house shaking in the middle, as if it would blow the breath.

Zhu Cheng and his group entered the imperial village. Because of the large number of people and the crops in the imperial village were so pitiful, they were like weeds, and they couldn't recognize them, so they broke a lot of them.

Suddenly, four farmers holding brooms rushed out of the house, shouting "It's too much to bully people" while rushing over.

Of course, the farmer's combat power is not at the same level as that of the Jinyiwei, and these four farmers do not look very strong, so they were knocked down after three punches and two kicks.

Each of the four Jinyiwei lifted a farmer and fell in front of Zhu Cheng.

Zhu Cheng asked, "Who are you four people and why did you attack me?"

A farmer said angrily: "Our family is a man from the Imperial Village, and our family is a ghost from the Imperial Village. You have robbed a large area of ​​land in the Imperial Village, and you are unwilling to leave us your foothold, so you are not allowed to resist. Tell you that if you want to get this last little land, you must cross our bodies!"

Cao Huachun was shocked and said, "This farmer is actually a father-in-law."

After looking carefully, these four farmers have been doing farm work for a long time and are very dark, but they have no beard on their faces. They are indeed eunuchs.

Zhu Cheng was shocked. The eunuchs were really doing a miserable life. Look at these four, they looked haggard and unlucky.

Zhu Cheng signaled the Jinyiwei to help the four eunuchs up and said, "The four father-in-law may have misunderstood. I am hereby orders from the emperor to manage this imperial village."

After listening to the four eunuchs, they burst into tears and knelt down, hugged Zhu Cheng's legs, and cried: "The emperor finally remembers me, I have suffered so many years."

The eunuchs cried very sadly, all their tears and snot came out, and they were not ruined at all, and they were all applied to Zhu Cheng's clothes. I pity Zhu Cheng's high-end clothes that cost one or two silver dollars each.

Zhu Cheng secretly comforted himself that the greater the ability, the greater the responsibility, and the price of becoming someone else's savior is to destroy a piece of clothing.

The four eunuchs cried for a long time before calming down. They found that they had wet Zhu Cheng's clothes and quickly wiped them with their hands. As a result, the mud on their hands wiped Zhu Cheng's clothes. This piece of clothes was completely impossible to take.

Zhu Cheng said: "What are the names of you four? What happened in the imperial village in Jingxi? How could it be so desolate?"

An eunuch said, "My name is Gao Qiqian, this one is Du Xun, this one is Wang Yingchao, and this one is Feng Yuansheng. Speaking of this imperial village, it's really hard to describe..."

It turned out that the area of ​​the imperial village in Jingxi was more than 2,800 hectares, and it was full of fertile land. It was rumored that even if flour was thrown into the soil, wheat could grow. Therefore, managing the imperial village in Jingxi became a fat shortage. However, in the late Wanli period, the emperor did not attend court. Some powerful people slowly began to occupy the land of the imperial village when they saw the opportunity. At first, they were still brave and dared to occupy one acre of land. Later, when the emperor ignored it, they simply occupied dozens of hectares or dozens of hectares. The house was raining all night, and the imperial village started to make trouble again. As long as they were tenants of the imperial village, their families were either evil or ghosts, which scared the tenants to quickly withdraw their rent. In the end, the imperial village had only the last ten acres of land left. The four eunuchs in charge had no choice but to transfer back to the palace, so they had to be farmers and be self-sufficient. At this point, the landlords refused to let them go, and came to make trouble every few days and wanted to force them to move away.

Hearing this, he interjected and said, "I think it's almost like haunted. The imperial village has a royal aura, and the ghosts retreat. How can I rent the land of the imperial village and attract unjust ghosts? It's clear that those people want to drive away the tenants and then occupy the land of the imperial village."

Zhu Cheng nodded and asked, "Do you know who are those who invade the land of the imperial village?"

"The British Duke Zhang Weixian, the Duke Cheng Guo Zhu Chunchen, the Duke Ding Guo Xu Xigao, and some lords of all sizes."

When Zhu Cheng heard these names, he couldn't help but feel a headache. He didn't expect that a small imperial village would involve such a big deal, three dukes, as well as other marquises and counts.

Zhu Youjian said: "This is so great. You dare to steal the emperor's land. Brother Cheng, we will lead our troops to destroy them."

Zhu Cheng shook his head: "A Jian, this matter is not reckless. The former Emperor Shenzong showed that the emperor had been in power for a long time and had a high prestige, so he could protect us. But now the emperor has just ascended the throne and his foundation is unstable. He has to listen to the opinions of the ministers in many things. The ministers had already complained about the vast area of ​​the imperial village, so how could he speak for us now? Besides, the British Duke had made a contribution to supporting him recently, and he could not move."

Zhu Youjian said angrily: "Can they just be so domineering?"
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