Could This Be Liu Family Village?

He had barely finished speaking when he saw a large group of people dragging dozens of others in; none of these people were wearing clothes.

Upon closer inspection, Cheng Xiao realized these were his subordinates.

He slammed his gavel and shouted, "How dare you! You unruly commoners! How dare you kidnap my subordinate? What are you trying to do?"

Those ordinary people, who had no idea about these things, immediately knelt down in the tunnel:

"My lord, spare us! We don't know what these people are doing!"

I saw them early this morning... They were naked by the roadside, so I had no choice but to tie them all up and bring them over."

Cheng Xiao looked at them and said:

"Where have you all been? How did you end up like this? It's an insult to civility."

"Hurry up and put on your clothes! Where are your official robes?"

Jiang Wu had never suffered such an injustice before, and tears streamed down his face as he said:

"We went to Liu Family Village yesterday. This Liu Family Village is full of bandits."

We wanted to take down Liu Family Village, but little did we know we'd get trapped there.

Your Honor, we must find a way to take down Liu Family Village. These bandits are incredibly skilled; they even poisoned our village with Gelsemium elegans.

That's highly poisonous! All the vegetable fields in our village have been poisoned to death."

Jiang Wu was crying and sniffling. He gave Cheng Xiao 1,000 taels of silver every month.

He is now Cheng Xiao's biggest benefactor.

Cheng Xiao looked at him and said, "This Liu Family Village is incredibly audacious. Just what's their background?"

Someone said, "Isn't this Zhou Wanwan's village?"

Cheng Xiao squinted and said:

"I remember Feng Jiao had a goddaughter before, wasn't she also named Zhou Wanwan?"

I remember now, ever since this little girl came to our house, everything has changed drastically, and Feng Jiao has changed too."

Cheng Xiao carefully thought about everyone in the family; this little girl was the variable in their family.

Everything was going perfectly, but this young girl only stayed for a few days before she made him divorce Feng Jiao.

Jiang Wu seemed to have found a kindred spirit:

"Your Excellency, your intuition is correct."

Ever since this little girl came to live next to our Jiang Family Village, she's really caused quite a stir in our village.

Our village has never had any problems before.

But ever since she appeared, our village has been robbed one after another, and she even dug up our Songhua stone mine."

Cheng Xiao looked at him and said, "Your family also has a Songhua stone mine? Jiang Wu, you're quite something, aren't you?"

Jiang Wu quickly nodded and said:

"Yes, our Songhua stone inkstones are very famous in the Upper Capital City. A Songhua stone inkstone can sell for several thousand taels of silver."

If you like, I can give you a few pieces.

Cheng Xiao nodded and said:

"Of course I like it, but just having a Songhua stone inkstone isn't enough. How about this?"

Jiang Wu, you're one of my trusted confidants. The higher I climb, the more benefits you'll naturally receive.

"Now that you're a county magistrate, if I were to become the prefect, I would promote you to county magistrate. What do you think?"

Jiang Wu thought about it. The pancake was indeed quite large, but it needed to be exchanged for their family's Songhua mine.

He hesitated for a moment before nodding and saying, "Okay, I'll definitely help you."

If a scholar like him wants to climb higher, he can only rely on a powerful figure, Cheng Xiao is that powerful figure now.

Cheng Xiao laughed heartily:

"Alright, then our first task is to suppress the bandits. Liu Family Village really went too far."

Men, take over 200 constables and wipe out Liu Family Village.

If the people of Liu Family Village refuse to cooperate, kill them without mercy.

We absolutely cannot show mercy to these thieves.

Jiang Wu was overjoyed; he wanted to see what fate awaited those people from Liu Family Village.

A group of people, accompanied by more than 200 yamen runners, hurriedly headed towards Liu Family Village Liu Family Village. But when they arrived, they were all dumbfounded.

Zhou Fu'an wiped the sweat from his brow and said, "I remember this was Liu Family Village, so how did it become like this?"

Jiang Wu was dumbfounded. "Have we come to the wrong place? This... this is Liu Family Village?"

He was completely dumbfounded; all the houses had vanished, reduced to rubble.

All the vegetables in those greenhouses have disappeared, and the greenhouses are gone too; everything has turned into weeds.

Moreover, Liu Family Village is covered with wild grass, all of which are more than half a person tall.

Before leaving, Zhou Wanwan continued to catalyze the process. These wild grasses didn't require much energy, and she only spent two hours turning Liu Family Village into a weed-infested area.

The strangest thing is the forest; it's completely empty now, not a single tree is left.

When the Old Scholar Tree left, fearing it would be lonely, it took all its little brothers from the forest with it.

In fact, these trees can be walked on briefly, and they can even help Zhou Wanwan transport things, all it takes is Zhou Wanwan's spiritual power.

It took Zhou Wanwan more than an hour to make the trees walk for a short time in the forest.

Then they discovered a strange scene on the way: hundreds of trees were carrying all sorts of items, moving into the deep mountains and forests.

After much deliberation, Zhou Wanwan finally chose Black Wind Stronghold as her temporary residence.

The main reason is that Black Wind Stronghold Black Wind Stronghold a unique geographical location. It is built in a strategic position on Black Wind Ridge, with a particularly good terrain, making it impossible for government troops to attack.

Ahead was a sheer cliff, and below it flowed the Black Wind River, which was both swift and wide. There was only a narrow suspension bridge across the river, which swayed in the wind and no outsider dared to cross it.

Behind them, steep, cloud-covered Cloud Peak loomed, with only a narrow path hidden among thorns serving as their last escape route.

Both sides were surrounded by dense, impenetrable black pine forests, which were full of rocks and traps.

Even if the soldiers crossed the suspension bridge and entered the pine forest, they could easily get lost and be ambushed by the villagers. Therefore, Black Wind Stronghold was not afraid of the soldiers coming to suppress them.

The village is quite large, with many cultivated fields that stretch out along the mountainside.

What's even more convenient is that the village is very close to Zhou Wanwan's tunnel; you can go directly through it from the mountain.

Zhou Wanwan sat leisurely on the Wooden Oxen and Gliding Horses, enjoying the scenery.

Liu Su'e looked at her and said, "Wanwan, does that mean we can't go back to Liu Family Village anymore?"

Zhou Wanwan looked at Liu Su'e and said:

"Mother, staying alive is more important than anything else. I know Jiang Wu too well. Even if we do stay, there will be endless troubles to come."

It wouldn't be good for our development either; we might as well just go straight into the deep mountains and forests.

Zhou Wanwan originally thought they could bring down Cheng Xiao, but she didn't expect Cheng Xiao to be so rebellious.

There's no way to contend with him in the short term; we can only avoid his attacks.

Moreover, no matter how impressive Liu Family Village's development is, its geographical location is still somewhat lacking, because many people already know about that place, and those people will still come looking for it eventually.

Just as Feng Jiao said, as long as there are enough disaster victims, no matter how high the wall is built, it will be useless.