It's really hard to just farm peacefully.

Chapter 242

After Jiang He and Jiang Ju finished their mission in the village, they rushed to Dongshan Village without stopping. Before they entered the village, they heard unclear sounds of confrontation coming from the side.

The two looked at each other worriedly, and instead of going into the village, they went to the fields to check the situation.

Jiang Yan stood in the field holding a hoe, more than ten meters away from the group of men, women, young and old in front of him, with an impatient expression.

Yesterday, when she came down from the mountain, she met a man and a woman wandering around their village. They were climbing over the wall of one house to take a look, and pushing the gate of another house a few times.

She spoke out to stop them, and the two of them immediately ran away in panic, shouting "There really is a ghost" and "There really is a ghost".

Jiang Yan was speechless, thinking that the two people would be frightened and would not come again. But who would have thought that they would come the next day, leading a large group of people to chant some inarticulate scriptures and incantations to her.

"I've said it many times, I have a shadow, it's a living person, not a female ghost, you guys should leave quickly."

The middle-aged woman who had been here yesterday rolled her eyes, then picked up a stone from the ground and said to Jiang Yan, "I heard ghosts don't have bodies. Don't move, let me hit you. If you pass through it, you'll be lying."

Jiang Yan dodged the flying stone and said angrily, "What's wrong with you? What's it to you whether I'm a human or a ghost? Leave our village immediately."

Jiang Yan actually wanted to yell, "Get out!" but she swallowed the words back. There were quite a few people on the other side. What if her yelling provoked them to attack her? Should she fight back with her hoe or just run?

The field where she had just grown seedlings could not withstand the turmoil.

"Why is it none of my business? You're a ghost hiding in the village, scaring people and stealing their land. You're not a good ghost. I should find a Taoist priest to take you away."

Jiang Yan: ...

She understood what was going on. What kind of ghost was it? It must be that they had set their sights on their village.

"Then why don't you go and invite a Taoist priest to take me in? Better yet, invite the county magistrate as well and have all these troublemakers thrown into jail."

As Jiang Yan spoke, he made a gesture to walk out of the village.

"Hey, why are you leaving? We haven't finished talking yet."

Jiang Yan snorted coldly: "Go report to the authorities and have the county magistrate put all of you who are trying to take advantage of our village in jail."

The people here are already afraid of the government. Whenever they encounter any problems, they hope to mediate privately or ask prestigious people in the town or village to come and uphold justice. This situation has become even worse since Huang, the county magistrate of Rongcheng County, took office.

After hearing Jiang Yan's words, someone hurriedly said, "Why go to the government? We can just solve it ourselves."

Jiang Yan had quietly moved to a new position. She stood firmly on the ridge of the field and folded her arms, saying, "I'm a female ghost who's not afraid of the sun and can create shadows. Why should I be afraid of the government?"

Jiang He and Jiang Ju had just quietly walked to the back of the crowd when they heard Jiang Yan calling herself a "female ghost". They were speechless and found it a little funny.

They carefully identified the group of people standing on the border of Dongshan Village and found two faces that were particularly familiar. They were two notorious hooligans from Zhou Village and Duoge Village. Anyone who could hang out with these two people couldn't be a decent person...

The group of people were discussing quietly, unaware of what was happening. After a moment, the scoundrel from Duoge Village stood up and said loudly, "We can avoid calling Taoist priests or the government to take you in, but you have to give us some benefits."

Jiang Yan raised an eyebrow: "For example?"

"Money, or give us the house and land, and you pay the taxes." The scoundrel said the terms and then threatened fiercely, "Behave yourself and don't try to play tricks. You're alone, and the eight of us can easily deal with you."

How scary...

Jiang Yan rolled his eyes inwardly, but he raised his hoe and ran towards the group of people, shouting, "Uncle He, Brother Ju, be careful, don't let anyone get away!!!"