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Chapter 401

Chapter 401

Before Master Chen left, the villagers in Daniu Village went back and forth, but this time they were all old and weak, women and children. A dozen or so children followed behind him, with curious gleams in their dark pupils. Secretly watching Zhan Feiyu and his party.

"I beg you to help me." The old woman in the lead had yellow hair and was so thin that only a handful of bones were left, and she knelt down on the ground with a plop without her grandson's support.

The other women also knelt down, and the children who were traveling with them were all young, so they knelt down next to their own mother or grandma after a moment of stupefaction.

Zhan Feiyu didn't get angry just now even though the servants brought by Mr. Chen uttered bad words, but Zhan Feiyu's face darkened when he saw the old and weak women and children kneeling on the ground.

"Miss?" He Nuan also looked ugly. Are these villagers planning to use this to blackmail Miss to buy this field?If he succeeds this time, will he kneel down and beg the young lady to charge less rent in the future?
People's hearts are not enough to swallow elephants, He Nuan can even think that they will make more progress in the future, the left and right ladies are not short of money, and a set of money is worth tens of taels to hundreds of taels, so why not give them these fields.

Aunt Osmanthus also knelt beside the old woman, her eyes were still red and swollen after crying, and she begged to Zhan Feiyu hoarsely, "Please do me a favor, Mr. Chen really asks for too much rent. Kill our whole family."

"Yeah, [-]% of renters, we have no way out here."

"Little girl, hurry up and ask the nobleman for help. If the nobleman agrees, you won't have to go hungry."

The little girl who was pushed by the woman looked only four or five years old and was still kneeling, so she would have been pushed directly to the ground.

When he raised his head, his little face was not only covered with dust, but his forehead was scratched. He looked at the mother next to him blankly, and said to Zhan Feiyu in a daze, "Niu Niu doesn't want to be hungry...Wow, Niu Niu doesn't want to be hungry." die……"

Mr. Chen, who was standing by the side, didn't react at first, until these women knelt on the ground crying and begging, and then he realized that he didn't want to let him buy the land, so he begged the nobleman to buy the land. Pay less rent.

Although Zhan Feiyu is also a little girl, but with such a demeanor, Mr. Chen dare not be presumptuous. He would look at the villagers kneeling on the ground with contempt, and then flatteringly said to Zhan Feiyu: "Girl, don't get angry. Troubles come out of the poor mountains and rivers, these mud legs are not good things, if the girl intends to buy this field, the peasants will definitely give it up, but if the girl is impatient to take care of these things, the younger ones can do it for her."

This girl is the daughter of an official family!Master Chen's heart aches when he thinks about the money that is handed over to the yamen officials every year. If this is connected with a nobleman, who will dare to ask for money from the fast yamen servants in the future?
Aunt Osmanthus and the women were stunned for a moment, and looked at the flattering Master Chen in horror. They begged the nobleman for help without conscience, but if this field is still left to Master Chen to take care of, then why are they kneeling here.

Zhan Feiyu looked at the terrified women, and for a moment Zhan Feiyu even thought about agreeing to Master Chen directly, but when he looked at their thin faces, their terrified eyes, and then at the sobbing little girl, at that moment His coldness was suppressed again.

"I said that I'm not a member of Longyou Taoism, so I won't buy this field." Zhan Feiyu finally spoke, but he didn't put pressure on Master Chen to lower the rent.

In fact, it's useless to say it, maybe the rent has been lowered this year, but when Master Chen finds out that Zhan Feiyu is far away on Jiangnan Road, he will definitely increase the rent even further.

"Bah, what Qicheng Zuzi said sounds good, and when the time comes to make things difficult, why not pay [-]% of the rent!" Aunt Osmanthus glared fiercely at Master Chen who was pretending to be a good person.

Who in the surrounding villages doesn't know that Mr. Chen is vicious and greedy, and he wants to break up a penny into two pennies, so he is willing to lower the rent?Not to mention that Aunt Osmanthus didn't believe it, none of the women kneeling on the ground believed it.

The old woman in charge was afraid that Zhan Feiyu would believe Mr. Chen's words, so she hurriedly said, "Don't be fooled by Mr. Chen. The grandson of my natal family worked for Mr. Chen's house the year before last. It was said that it cost [-] Wen a day and one meal at noon. Food, but in the last two months, Mr. Chen can’t say good things here and there..."

The left and right houses had already been built, and Mr. Chen immediately turned his face and was ruthless. He thought that the workmanship of the helpers was not good, the walls were a little crooked, the roof was uneven, and all kinds of reasons came out. In the end, they almost made the helpers pay for it.

There should have been two taels of silver for more than two months, but the last few helpers only got five hundred cash each. After two months of exhausting work, everyone lost several catties, and two of them became sick from exhaustion. The five hundred wen is not enough for them to grab medicine.

Mr. Chen has been notorious for a long time, so no matter how nice he said, the villagers couldn't believe it no matter how simple they were.

"You foolish women, I don't care about you!" Mr. Chen raised his beard angrily, lest Zhan Feiyu really sympathized with these villagers, and finally bought the field, and hurriedly said: "My lord! Don't listen to their nonsense, they just look at you as a young gentleman, if you kneel and cry, your nobleman's heart softens, and it is estimated that [-]% of the rent will not be collected in the future."

The leading old woman looked at Zhan Feiyu with tears in her eyes. She has lived for more than 60 years. Although she can't read big characters, she still has good eyesight. They knelt for so long, but the nobleman looked uneasy. , obviously not soft-hearted.

Thinking about the rumors that nobles beat their servants to death before, and that human lives are worthless, these nobles probably don't care about their lives at all.

"My lord, the old lady can guarantee that we will pay the rent, and please take pity on us." The old woman choked with sobs, tears streaming down her thin face, "The old lady also knows that the empty-tongued nobleman If you don’t believe it, the old woman is willing to die to prove it.”

Although the three of He Sheng were all very skilled, there were 40 to [-] villagers and children present, and the elderly women wanted to die. Reining in the strength, lest something will happen to the person if he is not careful.

Bang!Blood splattered out, He Sheng and the coachman were entangled by several women and children, but the old woman in the lead was slammed into the shaft of the carriage and died.

During the chaos, He Nuan first stepped back to protect Zhan Feiyu and retreated not far away. At this time, he looked at the old woman who was slowly falling down, and then at the bright red blood on her forehead. Not to mention Zhan Feiyu, even He Nuan Mild-tempered, this will also be angry.

"Grandma!" A sharp cry sounded, but a half-grown child rushed over crying.

"Sister-in-law Zhao." Another old woman also cried, walked over tremblingly, picked up the still warm corpse of the old woman on the ground, and cried too, "God, open your eyes, give us A way to survive..."

"Is this really dead?" Mr. Chen hid behind a few nursing homes, and now he looked up and shook his head in shock. These mud-legged people are really crazy. Aren't you afraid that the nobleman will be angry?

Zhan Feiyu didn't expect that they would really threaten each other with death. No wonder no men from the village showed up this time, and only the old and weak, women and children came.

"Miss, don't worry, this old woman killed herself. Even if the yamen smells it, the grassroots can testify to the girl." Master Chen hurriedly spoke, suppressing the smile on his face, and this would make him have a relationship with the nobleman. "These people brought by the grass-roots people can also testify that the girl is definitely an innocent disaster."

Zhan Feiyu looked at Master Chen who was full of calculations, and didn't care about his thoughts, "Thank you very much, and ask Master Chen to do a favor to prevent them from thinking about death again."

There are only four people on Zhan Feiyu's side. As for the secret protectors, unless Zhan Feiyu's life is in danger, they will not show up easily.

In addition to the children, there were more than 20 women present, seven or eight of whom were elderly. Zhan Feiyu could see that the ones they wanted to die were all elderly women, so they could only rely on the old women brought by Master Chen. These nursing homes.

"Miss, you're welcome." Master Chen responded with a smile, and said to the person behind him: "Go over and watch, and stop anyone who is looking for life and death. When you go back, the master will give you a lot of rewards."

(End of this chapter)