The eldest daughter is not easy to bully

Chapter 199
In this dungeon, there is a hut separated out, and there is a desk in it.

The two sat opposite each other across a desk.

"Aren't you afraid that I'll hurt you?" Martin didn't understand what Ling Qing meant.

He was the one who led the townspeople to make trouble in Ling's Mansion yesterday, and even smashed down the gate.Not even afraid of him!

"Don't be deceived by my appearance." Ling Qing waved his small fist: "This fist is not as weak as you see."

Martin smiled, isn't it just like half a white steamed bun, small and cottony.

Ling Qing didn't mind his indifference, and just said: "Why did you come to Ling's mansion to make trouble?"

"It's just for the mayor's wife to fight for injustice!" Martin said cautiously: "The city lord's wife manages the Ling family so well and contributes so much to our common people. She has been wronged, so naturally she wants to stand up for her."

"Then what contribution did Ling Han and Ling Zhao make?"

Martin glanced at Ling Qing: "It's good to have the wife of the city lord as the pillar, no matter what her daughter and son are."

Ling Qing frowned, making the city people admire him. What great deed did Jiang Qing really do?
"Do you know the ten people who bit poison and killed themselves yesterday?"

Martin nodded: "Yes, it's because they encouraged me to come to Ling Mansion to make trouble."

"How to encourage?"

"It's just that I refuted you yesterday and said all the dissatisfaction that they whispered in my ears over and over again. At that time, when I got angry, I read them all out."

Martin added: "Exactly."

Ling Qing was suspicious: "Aren't you conscious?"

"Conscious! But after listening to these chanting all day long, I can get used to it without memorizing it."

"Where are you listening?"

"Xuanji Hall."

"What are you going to Xuanji Hall for?"

"My old mother has an old health problem, and she has to drink soup and medicine every day. The money for the medicine is not low, and the medicinal materials are often missing."

Martin looked sad: "I can only go to the Xuanjitang to take care of those medicine boys every day, and ask them to help me pay attention to the medicinal materials, or keep some if they can."

"Not enough medicinal materials?" Ling Qing was full of doubts.

"That's right, the warehouse is out of medicine, and the new ones haven't arrived yet. There are few goods coming in, and most people who come to see patients all day to get medicine need this medicine, so there is not enough."

"What medicinal materials are so scarce?"

"Sanqi, sometimes there is no Baiji. Anyway, these two are scarce medicinal materials, and they come in turn. It is also because of the lack of medicinal materials that the younger one has made a few troubles with Gu Pingzhe."

"What's wrong?"

"Arguing, I almost moved my hands. If it weren't for his expensive medicine and the lack of weight, I wouldn't be so impulsive."

"Is it more expensive to grab medicine?"

It stands to reason that the prices of goods in Ducheng are generally higher than those of other places, and the prices are set according to the living standards of the people.

And the income of those who can live in Ducheng will not be lower than that of other countries.

In addition, there is a shopping mall next door, so everything is cheap to buy.Even if there is a little distance, the city residents will not go to the mall just to save a little money.

Unless what you want requires a lot.

"In the past, it was naturally not expensive." Martin said angrily: "Since Ducheng promulgated that thing to accept new city residents, there have been more people collecting protection fees in the city."

"The monthly maintenance fee is one or two taels of silver; the daily cleaning fee is one hundred Wen. Moreover, the business is now more difficult than before, so it is enough to pay that much money every day!"

"Is there a news conference?"

"Reported." Martin said discouragedly: "It's useless. No matter how many times, the answer they give is that they are processing it, and wait for a small one."

"Wait, wait, I've been waiting for more than two years, and I still tell you to wait!" Martin carefully glanced at Ling Qing again: "Then I found the wife of the mayor."

"Ok?"

"After finding the wife of the city lord, we people will feel better. The protection fee is collected every two months, which is still one tael of silver. The cleaning fee is also changed to be paid every ten days."

Ling Qing asked back: "That's it, are you very grateful to Jiang Qing?"

"It's more than that! Those who charge fees are willing to charge after such a long period of time without increasing the price. That's because the wife of the city lord will help us pay in advance."

"The wife of the city lord has been helping us advance the payment for two years. There are 38 households in total, how much do we have to pay!" Martin looked ashamed: "If it hadn't been for us to advance the payment, the Ling family would not have had such a difficult time."

Ling Qing narrowed his eyes, even if he paid in advance, the Ling family would not be so poor: "Who told you that the Ling family had a hard time?"

"Everyone in the city knows about it. Those who live in Nanjiaoxiang all heard about it from those who received protection fees."

"Are you still paying now?"

"Take it!"

"Then Jiang Qing now, do you still help to pay in advance?"

Martin lowered his head and realized that he had said something wrong. At this moment, he didn't even dare to peek at Ling Qing's expression.

Ling Qing understood in an instant, why Jiang's information was unfair, Martin and the others were just afraid that no one would help to advance the little protection fee!

Otherwise, with so many people, is there no one with a brain?
Ling Qing didn't believe it, people are most afraid of trouble, how could they be so easily encouraged to make a big fuss in the city lord's mansion!

Apart from this reason, she really couldn't find any reason!
Anyway, it is impossible for all of them to be poisoned.

Martin's nervous hands trembled.

Ling Qing picked up the tea that Wei Qiu had prepared, and blew on the tea leaves floating on the water.

She glanced at Martin, who was still hesitating when he raised his head and lowered his head many times, and asked lightly, "Do you have to think about half a stick of incense for such a simple question?"

Martin suddenly fell to the ground, and the eight-foot-tall man cried: "She didn't pay in advance. The little one was also forced and had no choice. If he didn't make trouble, those who collected protection money would threaten the lives of his family."

Ling Qing just wanted to take a sip of tea, when he heard Martin's words, he put down the teacup and said calmly, "Oh? How do you threaten me?"

"Those ten villains are the ones who collect protection money and sent to monitor us. If we don't do what they say, our property will be confiscated and we will be driven to the slums."

Martin sniffed, and continued: "He even used our family as a threat. In order not to hurt our family and neighbors, that's why we took all the blame on ourselves."

"Girl, big girl, please save them!" Martin never looked up, he felt ashamed to face Ling Qing: "As long as you let the mayor's wife go, let it go!"

"So what if you let it go? So what if you don't let it go?"

"As long as they let it go, they won't threaten us anymore, and we can live the life we ​​used to. Please, let everything go back to the way it was before, please!"

Ling Qing stood up slowly: "Back to the past? Which past?"

"Back when Jiang Qing paid the protection fee for you?"

"Or go back to the time when the city lord led you to get rich together?"

Martin raised his head abruptly, his face was covered with tears, and he asked in a low voice, "What did you say just now?"

Ling Qing curled her lips: "I said a lot, which one are you referring to?"

"Back to the time when the city lord brought us to get rich together." Martin swallowed his saliva: "What does this mean?"

"It means literally."

Martin didn't quite believe it. He looked at Ling Qing's firm little face and shook his head, but couldn't say the word 'impossible'.

(End of this chapter)