I Just Won’t Play by the Book - Chapter 272

272 Beancurd (1)
“Retreat!”

After leaving the Xuanting Palace, Jiang Beiran, who had already thought of a way to travel incognito, was thinking about the candidates for the ” Son of Three Virtues ” and the ” Dharma Seal “.

First, he needed to bring Muyao with him. After all, he could crush ordinary officials with his status as the emperor, but if they had a sect or a demonic sect backing them, the name of Muyao’s father would be more useful.

She could also bring Deng Xianghan along. Firstly, Jiang Beiran wanted to dig up more information about the Liang Country from her, as well as what kind of cooperation her father had with the Liang Country. Therefore, it was better to spend more time with her.
Secondly, Deng Xianghan was familiar with state affairs, so it was much better to chat with her than with Muyao.

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After confirming the candidates, Jiang Beiran went back to the study room and called the two of them to him.””Let Cai ‘Er help buy some civilian clothes to change into.”

Muyao and Deng Xianghan were taken aback, but they didn’t ask why. They nodded.””Yes.”

At this moment, Kong Qianqian, who was standing behind Jiang Beiran, winked at her senior sister and pointed at herself. It was obvious that she wanted to go along as well.

But soon, she noticed that the emperor was slowly turning his head back, so she immediately stood up straight and did not move.

After sizing up Kong Qianqian, Jiang Beiran pondered for a moment and said,””Go with them and change into civilian clothes.”

“Yes!”

With that, Kong Qianqian followed Muyao out.

Jiang Beiran had decided to bring Kong Qianqian along mainly because he lacked bait.

Since they were there to beat up the corrupt officials, they had to use Muyao as bait. She was the daughter of the supreme-rulerfather of the Devil Dao, after all. If they were to get serious, killing all the local officials wouldn’t be enough.

Deng Xianghan was the princess of the previous dynasty. Although the chances were very small, she could still be recognized. She was not suitable as bait.

Compared to them, Kong Qianqian was too suitable. Her face was almost written with ” Come and lie to me “. Any evil person would probably feel sorry for their integrity if they did not do something bad when they saw her.

The three of them were rather efficient. They dressed up like commoners in an hour and went to the royal study to report to Jiang Beiran.

Nodding in satisfaction, Jiang Beiran dismissed the other palace maids and eunuchs and led the three of them to the backyard.

He took out a cloud roller and blew hard. A white and big cloud was blown out.

“As you can see, I have issued many new decrees these days, but I have to personally confirm whether these decrees are being implemented properly. Therefore, I will bring you to the towns and villages today to take a look. When you arrive, listen to my orders.”

“Yes.”

Sitting on the cloud, the four of them quickly rose into the air and flew out at an extremely fast speed.

Jiang Beiran’s first stop was called Fengfeng County. It was named so because the county was located at the foot of Ping Dang Mountain. Ping Dang Mountain was very interesting. One of the two peaks was high and the other was low. The sun hung high above the high peak, while the clouds and mist swirled around the low peak. It was very magical.

Because of this magical twin peaks, the town was named Fengfeng County.

Since the village was built on the side of the mountain, it was inevitable that the valley would be dangerous. The land was far away and the population was sparse. The villages were basically separated by dozens of miles. Ordinary people would have to walk for half a day.

Deng Xianghan frowned slightly when she smelled the stench of cow dung. The other three didn’t have any reaction because they had been to many villages like this.

Since he needed to understand the situation in the village first, Jiang Beiran had given Muyao and the others a set of MiRan so that they would not attract too much attention.

As they avoided the cow dung on the ground and entered the first village they came across, Jiang Beiran realized that the people by the roadside were all ragged and dirty. Moreover, this place was even colder than the Imperial Palace. Wearing such ” air-leaking clothes ” that had almost no effect on keeping warm was almost impossible to keep out the cold.

However, after Jiang Beiran took over the government, his main concern was the food and clothing of the people. Food, cotton, hemp, and cloth were the top priority.

Fengfeng County was located in Anxing County, and Anxing County was a cold place. It was an area that needed to be taken care of. However, it seemed that it was obviously useless now. The people were still naked.

Looking at the surrounding houses, almost all of them were mud and straw huts. Moreover, they had not been repaired for many years. Some of them had even collapsed in half, but there were still people living inside.

Not only that, Jiang Beiran also noticed that the citizens were all rather dispirited. It was not because they had not eaten their fill, but rather, they were listless, as if they could not muster up any energy.

While Jiang Beiran was observing the village, the other three were looking around as well. Muyao and Kong Qianqian were fine, as they had seen many villages like this one and helped them a lot.

Deng Xianghan’s brows furrowed even tighter. She had been in the palace for as long as she could remember. Even if she went out, she would only be within the boundaries of Ningdu. She had never gone out before. It could be said that she had seen everything in the city.

Now that she suddenly saw such a dilapidated scene, she found it difficult to accept for a moment.

However, Jiang Beiran was not here to see how miserable the people at the bottom of the society were, so he quickly ignored them and headed elsewhere.

Jiang Beiran walked very quickly. In a short while, he had already walked through the entire village and was standing in front of a large field.