A knife in love

Chapter 2076
Hearing what Wang Xiaoyu said, the shopkeeper couldn't help but glanced at the short fat man, then nodded, and said, "It was only later that we realized that Uncle Ji didn't join forces with the county magistrate for the people of Wangqi County at all. Right. He robbed the county magistrate and others of their money, gained a good reputation, and went away with the money, but in the end it was the common people who were unlucky. I don’t know how many people went bankrupt because of this, and their wives and children were separated.

"After the two foxes finished listening to the temple wishes, they just shook their heads and sighed, but didn't say much. It's just that since that day, many strange things have happened in Wangqi County. The magistrate's office will encounter thieves every now and then, and lose a lot of gold and silver The homes of some officials, wealthy businessmen, rich men, and big households inside and outside the city were also frequently robbed and suffered heavy losses, while money appeared in the homes of some poor people from time to time. These people are poor and have encountered some catastrophes. The family members were seriously ill and had no money for medical treatment, and they had no food or clothing due to natural and man-made disasters. In desperation, some planned to sell the dilapidated house, some planned to sell their sons and daughters, and some even had no way out and were planning to invest their whole family in River, self-immolation, hanging, so as not to be persecuted by the government and creditors, and die of humiliation. Therefore, the sudden appearance of money in the family is really indescribable."

When the shopkeeper said this, the short fat man rushed to say: "That year my wife was seriously ill, and the government increased the tax again, and I was required to pay 25 taels of silver. At that time, I was so poor that I had no money to pay the tax." The first time the yamen’s servants came to the door and saw that I could not afford the money, they beat me up. Seven or eight days later, they broke into my house again, and seeing that I still had no money to pay taxes, they even beat me up. My arm was broken, and when I left, they threatened me that next time they came to collect the money, if I couldn’t get the money, they would take me into prison. I looked at my wife who was bedridden and dying, and I was so angry that I thought I set fire to the house, and died together with my wife. It was a one-hundredth of an end, lest I be caught and humiliated by those wolf-like tolerance officers who were arrested and thrown into the prison. Life would be worse than death. Unexpectedly, that night, a small A small burden. I opened it and found 40 taels of silver inside. At that time, I had heard that money suddenly appeared in the homes of many poor people, but I only spread some rumors when everyone was poor and bored, but I saw it with my own eyes. Only after spending so much money can I know that these legends are true."

When Humpty Humpty said this, there were already tears in his eyes.He turned his back, wiped his eyes with his sleeves, then turned his head and continued: "That night, my wife and I almost stayed up all night, looking at the 40 taels of silver in front of us, for fear that it would disappear again. But I had an extra thought, thinking to myself that the tolerance officer would come to urge the payment of taxes soon. If I took out the silver all at once, and it was a whole ingot of silver, these vicious dog legs would definitely become suspicious. Trouble. So I first buried ten taels of silver in an inconspicuous corner of the yard, then took 30 taels of silver and went out, went to four banks in the city one after another, and exchanged the silver ingots for loose silver and copper coins.

"That evening, I heard on the street that there was another big case in the magistrate's office the night before. Thieves broke into the mansion of the magistrate and stole hundreds of taels of silver. I was startled and hurried home. , and told my wife about it. That night, the police officers on duty made the whole city restless, searching for thieves everywhere. A group of police officers even rushed into my house and searched randomly, but they found nothing and had to leave disgruntled. Later I heard that they I found ten taels of silver from a poor family, and I was about to arrest the whole family in the yamen, torture them, and ask them where the money came from, but for some reason, the ten taels of silver suddenly turned into several pieces The stone lumps scared the police officers out of their wits, and there were bursts of strange laughter from outside the house. Those dog legs thought they had met a ghost, threw the stone lumps on the ground, and ran away in a swarm.

"After the tolerance police escaped, the family was still in shock. Just when they didn't know what to do, they saw that the lumps of stones on the ground turned into silver ingots again. The family couldn't believe their eyes. They all looked at each other in blank dismay, terrified in their hearts. I heard that they also found a way to exchange the silver ingots for scattered silver and copper coins, paid taxes, and bought grain, so they didn’t die of freezing and starving.”

When the short fat man said this, he paused for a while, and then continued: "I heard that most of the money that appeared in the homes of poor people were scattered silver taels and copper coins. It can be seen that the person who secretly helped not only had a good heart, but also wanted to He was very thoughtful, for fear that the people would cause trouble with the silver ingots, so he broke all the silver ingots into pieces of silver. I finally got through the difficulty by relying on 40 taels of silver that came out of nowhere. If there is no such silver, My family would definitely die that winter."

Wang Xiaoyu saw tears in his eyes when Humpty Humpty spoke, and thought to himself, this guy was about to set himself on fire, but he suddenly got money, so he was naturally grateful to the person who gave him the money.Although the magistrate of Dongliao County is not a good official, compared with the dog official of Wangqi County magistrate, he can be regarded as a clean official.Although I have also given money to poor people, but compared with the person who saved many poor people in Wangqi County, it is far behind.

When Wang Xiaoyu was thinking about it, he only heard the shopkeeper say: "In the beginning, everyone didn't know which hero was the one who robbed the rich and helped the poor, and saved the lives of many people. Later, someone said that the fox came to the city and stole a piece of money from the county magistrate. The ill-gotten gains of his partners were distributed to the poor. At first I thought it was some people talking nonsense and didn't believe it, but later I heard my brother-in-law talk about the strange things he encountered, so I couldn't help but not believe it. Since then, the city From time to time, news of the Great Fox Immortal helping those in need came out outside the city. The magistrate is not as arrogant as before, and he no longer dares to bully the people at will. The lives of us ordinary people are much easier.

"It's just that although the county magistrate has calmed down a bit, his damn father has made trouble again. This old man was a womanizer when he was young, and he did not know how many girls from good families he caused. Waiting for death honestly. One day the old coffin board was wandering in the street and met a beautiful girl. He coveted the girl's beauty, and even let the servant snatch the girl into the magistrate's office. The girl refused to give in, and fought with the old guy When the two were entangled, the girl's head hit the corner of the table, and she died tragically in the magistrate's office. After her mother heard the news, she hanged herself that night in anger.

"When the people in the city heard the news, they immediately felt righteous indignation. They flocked to the magistrate's yamen and asked the yamen to punish the murderer severely. At the beginning, the magistrate didn't pay attention to the people and asked the tolerance to disperse the people quickly. Those bastards Wielding whips and wooden sticks, he wounded many people, but the people gathered more and more, and finally gathered tens of thousands of people, and surrounded the magistrate's office. Seeing this situation, the police officers dared not beat the people again, and they were so frightened Fleeing away, he fled into the yamen, and closed the gate tightly, for fear that the people would rush in."

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