Rowling then explained in detail: "It is said that Cheng Fengrui began to implement a series of new policies about ten years ago, including but not limited to abolishing the system of commoners and serfs. The original commoners and serfs of Nanhua City were all promoted to city residents, which means the general public of Nanhua City."

"Cheng Fengrui also implemented various welfare measures in an attempt to improve the living standards of the city's residents, and drastically changed the official system of Nanhua City..."

"Cheng Fengrui's various measures were implemented with many setbacks and did not achieve any significant results, so rumors about Nanhua City became more and more rampant..."

"About eight years ago, in the third year of Cheng Fengrui's new policies, a group of martial artists suddenly broke into Nanhua City, stormed the city lord's mansion, killed Cheng Fengrui, and looted all the mansion's wealth."

"The death of the city lord was no small matter. The imperial court was furious and dispatched many top imperial guards to investigate, but they found no clues... In the end, Cheng Fengrui's death was left unresolved."

"Cheng Fengrui, the city lord of Nanhua City, has died, but Nanhua City cannot be without a new city lord. After all, such a large city cannot be left unmanaged. However, Cheng Fengrui's parents are old and there are no outstanding people in the Cheng family. Therefore, the court handed over the position of city lord to Cheng Fengrui's wife, Lin Feifei."

"Lin Feifei is a True Yuan Realm martial artist with decent strength, and she has a very high reputation among the lower classes. From all aspects, there is no problem for Lin Feifei to become the city lord of Nanhua City. But after all, Lin Feifei is a woman, and it has attracted a lot of gossip that a woman would become the city lord and manage such a large city."

"Fortunately, Lin Feifei managed Nanhua City quite well, so these rumors gradually disappeared."

"Unfortunately, Lin Feifei overturned all the new policies previously implemented by Cheng Fengrui and continued to manage according to the original system. As a result, the series of reforms advocated by Cheng Fengrui can be said to have failed completely."

Rowling paused at this point.

“Ancestor, this is the basic situation of Nanhua City. More details are written in this document. You can take a look,” Luo Lin said.

Ye Feng nodded, flipping through the documents in his hand as he asked, "Do Cheng Fengrui and Lin Feifei have a daughter?"

“Yes, Cheng Fengrui and Lin Feifei do have a daughter named Cheng Nannan,” Luo Lin nodded.

Nan Nan!

The little girl in the dream world who looks only seven or eight years old is also named Cheng Nannan!

“Cheng Nannan is ten years old this year, but she is said to be in poor health and has always stayed in the City Lord’s Mansion. She never goes out, so outsiders know very little about Cheng Nannan,” Luo Lin added.

The night breeze fell into deep thought.

Cheng Nannan is already ten years old, but the little girl Nannan in the dream world only looks about seven or eight years old.

The ages don't match!

For adults, there isn't much difference between twenty and twenty-two years old, or between thirty and thirty-two years old.

But it's different for children.

Children are in a stage of rapid growth and development, and they basically look the same every six months.

A seven- or eight-year-old child is completely different from a ten-year-old child, so Ye Feng's judgment will not be wrong.

So what exactly caused this?

After thinking for a while, Ye Feng said, "Lorraine, send a letter to the City Lord's Mansion in Nanhua City, saying that I will personally visit him in three days... as a rather informal visit."

Upon hearing Ye Feng's words, Zi Jing immediately shouted excitedly, "Old Deng, you really want to kill the City Lord of Nanhua City!"

"Shut up!"

Ye Feng glared at Zi Jing, and only then did Zi Jing finally shut her mouth.

But judging from Zijing's excited expression, it was clear that she was still lost in her own thoughts.

Even Rowling thinks so!

Luo Lin hesitated before saying, "Ancestor, Lin Feifei is also a person with a tragic fate. Why don't we just let her go..."

Night Breeze was amused by Rowling's antics.

"What nonsense are you thinking? When did I say I wanted to harm Lin Feifei? I'm just a little interested in this female city lord," Ye Feng said.

Zijing then shouted again: "Don't you want to kill this female city lord, but instead want to get her into your bed?"

"How did you manage to live to be so old?"

Night Wind roared and slapped Zijing to the ground.

Then Ye Feng looked at Luo Lin and said, "I just want to confirm some things. I don't have enough information right now. I'll explain it to you after things become clearer."

“Okay, Ancestor, I’ll send the letter right away,” Rowling said with a smile.

It was already night.

Somewhere outside Huangtucheng, a group of ragged people sat together.

In the center of them, a small campfire was burning slowly, occasionally crackling as branches snapped.

The others all looked like destitute serfs.

But one of them was not like that.

This person looks very young and has fair skin. He has a very handsome face, but he doesn't look well.

Most importantly, he's bald!

The guy's bald head was shiny and reflected the campfire light, making it look reddish.

This person is none other than Gongbu Qiuye!

Gongbu Qiuye coughed twice, his face still showing some pain. An old man next to him asked, "Young man, are you alright?"

"It's alright," said Gongbu Qiuye, waving his hand.

Gongbu Qiuye was seriously injured.

To be precise, he wasn't injured, but poisoned.

In the mountains outside the border town, Gongbu Qiuye and Dongfang Yu engaged in a fierce battle.

Although the battle was short, it was extremely fierce. If Gongbu Qiuye hadn't carried two hundred spirit stone grenades, he probably would have been dead.

Moreover, Dongfang Yu's attacks were fierce and unpredictable, and they also contained toxins—not just one type of toxin, but more than thirty!

Therefore, even though the Tree Spirits are born with a very strong ability to resist toxins, they still cannot withstand it.

However, for Gombo Qiuye, these are not the most important things.

Most importantly, Gongbu Qiuye's wig was ruined.

Left with no other choice, Gongbu Qiuye could only suppress his shame and embark on his journey back to Silla City with his head shaved.

"Why did you come here?" Gongbu Qiuye asked.

"It's all because of those noble lords!" a middle-aged man said angrily, clenching his fist.

"What do you mean?" Gongbu Qiuye asked.

The middle-aged man wanted to explain, but didn't know how.

The old man who had previously asked Gongbu Qiuye then spoke on his behalf: "Eight years ago, the city lord of Huangtu City implemented a new system called the Order of Grace."

"As long as you are a serf in Huangtu City, if you do not pay enough grain in the first year, you will not be whipped. You only need to pay double the amount in the second year. If you still cannot pay enough in the second year, you will pay triple the amount in the third year, quadruple the amount in the fourth year, and five times the amount in the fifth year."