I have a magical tree

So, Li Yan understood that this was the only chance. If he missed it, Yanghe County would never have such a chance again.

Therefore, this acting county lord exhausted all his efforts and sought help everywhere. He did not let go of Jiang Taiqing, the head of the Demon Suppression Department in the prefectural city, or Chen Xiao, the imperial envoy in the county city. His purpose was very simple, that is, to get benefits.

He was not afraid of those wearing shoes even if he was barefoot. Even Jiang Taiqing was very afraid of Chen Xiao, the master. Only Li Yan was not afraid. At most, he would be slapped to death. If he was not afraid of this, what else did he have to worry about?

Therefore, the final result was that the reconstruction of Yanghe County was completed ahead of schedule, and the city was also expanded.

After these things were done, Nangong Nei, the prefectural lord, did not lose his temper and directly appointed him as the county lord of Yanghe County, finally removing the word "acting" in front of the county lord.

Then the county lord Li Yan rebuilt the county military department, demon suppression department, and inspection department, and cooperated with the major families in the county to restore order in the city.

He also won some benefits from the major families in the city to provide livelihoods for the people of the county, and the county finally became a little lively.

Li Yan actually knew that Yanghe County was congenitally deficient and it was difficult to develop further, so he simply reduced the taxes to a very low level. Anyway, the taxes of Yanghe County had never been paid and were all left for local use.

In order to reduce the burden on the people of the county, he simply cancelled all that could be cancelled, and the remaining part was barely enough for the normal operation of the various departments of the county government.

Such a rotten operation made the people of the county better off, much better than when Yan Chengyun was the county lord.

And isn't this what the people of the county want? Ordinary people never expect their parents to bring them wealth and social status. All they want is to live and work in peace and contentment!

Is this request difficult? In fact, it is not difficult. As long as the county lord does not levy taxes, does not act as a tiger's accomplice, and does not mess around, if the taxes can be reduced a little bit, that's enough!

Therefore, Yanghe County now seems to have not changed much, but it seems to have changed a lot.

…

Unconsciously, he has crossed the wasteland and came to the wall of Yanghe County.

He looked up at the lights on the top of the city and the soldiers coming and going on the tower, as if he was thinking about how to get in. He just hesitated for a moment, and someone above his head had already discovered him.

"What?"

The young man was somewhat surprised at the alertness of these soldiers. They discovered him so quickly. Of course, this was largely because he had never thought of hiding himself.

He heard the soldiers' question and was thinking about how to answer when someone on the tower spoke again.

"How dare this guy, it's already dark now, and he's still outside the city?"

"Isn't it weird?"

"What's weird, there's only one guy! Can't you see?"

"Who would dress like this? Not even wearing clothes?"

"This... seems to make some sense, but what if your family is in trouble? Maybe you met a robber on the road..."

"Robbery, are you kidding! Where can there be robbers around Yanghe County? Can you rob them clearly? There are more monsters than people, who is he robbing? Monsters?"

"Then what should we do?"

"Let's ask first, if there's no problem, just pull him up!"

"Okay, then ask!"

"Hey, the one down there, are you okay?"

As soon as this was said, all the soldiers around were stunned. Is there anyone who asks like this?

The young man under the city was also stunned for a moment, and finally answered: "No!"

"Look, he said no!"

"Nonsense, you asked this question to a smart demon, and he didn't get this answer! Where's your brain?"

"Then ask!" The soldier was dissatisfied.

"Ask!" The man who spoke nodded, "Hey, that guy, are you from Yanghe County? Or are you from another place?"

The young man answered again, "From another place!"

"What are you doing here?"

"I'm lost!"

"Lost? Why don't I believe it? You are not a demon who has transformed into a demon and came to deceive us, right?"

"No!"

When the young man answered the last question, both of them fell silent. So, what did he get out of asking? It seems that there is no gain. After all, if it is a really powerful demon, it seems that these answers can also be given.

But if we conclude that this is not true, it doesn’t seem to make sense.

All the soldiers on the top of the city were a little anxious, "What should we do? Has anyone seen anything?"

"No, but he doesn't have any weird aura and no malice! Maybe he is really a monster!"

"Let him in?"

"Not good! What should we do if we let a monster in at night?"

At this time, a soldier who had been silent from beginning to end interrupted, "In fact, if he is really a monster, and can change his body, and answer questions fluently, he probably won't waste time with us!"

"What do you mean?"

The man said in a faint tone, "Because we are not worthy! Even the protective magic arrays of the ocean and the county are useless!"

Everyone fell into silence. After a long time, someone said, "What you said does make some sense. Why do you feel so uncomfortable listening to it?"

"Probably because I like to tell the truth!"

"Pull it up!" The commander of the city defense army finally spoke. He had also looked at it. The people at the foot of the city did not seem to be transformed by demons, so there should not be any big problems. At most, there might be something wrong with their identities.

But as the city defense army, they never paid much attention to this kind of problem. After all, there were too many such things. Their main task was to prevent the invasion of monsters.

The soldiers under his command immediately dropped a bamboo basket from the top of the city.

The young man under the city stared at the bamboo basket for a moment, then climbed into the bamboo basket in an orderly manner and squatted down.

When the soldiers pulled the young man to the top of the city, all the soldiers around them drew their swords and looked alert. Although they were roughly sure that there was no problem, they could not be careless and needed to be more cautious. If there was really a problem here, they would immediately rush up to kill.

However, the young man just hid in the bamboo basket obediently, looking around, without any extraordinary actions, nor did he suddenly turn into his true form to scare people.

After a long confrontation with him, the crowd finally breathed a sigh of relief, and the precious swords were sheathed.

"Look, I said he was a bad guy! It turned out to be true!"

"You shut up!"

The commander of the city defense army took two steps forward and looked up and down at the young man in the bamboo basket, "You can enter the city!"

The young man then stood up from the bamboo basket and nodded, "Thank you!"

"No need, although I don't know your origins, I hope you don't cause trouble in the city. I don't think you are a bad guy, but I don't know what happened to make you look like this. If you have something you can't solve, come here to find me, and I will make you full without any problem!"