Man Tang Huacai

Chapter 231 Friendly and Enemy

"Returning with foreign feelings, carrying a staff to plow the rocks."

"Look at the flowers coming from the source water, and collect herbs in the secluded forest."

"The savages ask each other by their last name, and the mountain birds call each other by their names."

"Go and enjoy yourself alone, no regrets in this life."

This is a poem written by Song Zhiwen, a famous minister of Wuzhou, and is called "Luhun Villa".

Although Song Zhiwen was involved in official circles throughout his life and never returned to seclusion, his love for landscapes was very sincere. He set up Wangchuan Villa outside Chang'an and Luhun Villa outside Luoyang.

Lantian Wangchuan Villa has now been sold to Wang Wei. Even the poet who was born in the Wang family in Taiyuan was very proud of it and wrote several poems. This shows that this Villa is extraordinary.

Xue Bai once visited Pei Kuan's Qingxu Villa in the suburbs of Chang'an. At that time, he felt that the property had mountains, rivers, and a vast area. Compared with Luhun Villa, it was nothing compared to Luhun Villa. After all, the land on the outskirts of Chang'an was not easy. Yes, Lantian and Yanshi have vast tracts of mountains and forests.

The day after he met Song Mian, Xue Bai went with him to Luhun Villa as a guest. He rode to the northwest. When he left the city gate, he saw Mang Mountain lying on the horizon in the distance. After walking for a long time, Mang Mountain was still far away. .

There are fields on both sides of the road. Now that the autumn harvest has passed, farmers can be seen tying wheat straw from time to time. Their movements are vigorous, as if they have been hungry.

Xue Bai suddenly got off his horse, walked towards the farmer, and asked, "Old man, how will the harvest be this year?"

The old farmer only turned his head and glanced, then lowered his head and went back to work. He kept moving his hands and didn't answer.

At first glance, he didn't even know how to speak and had little intelligence. But after Xue Bai asked a few more questions, he suddenly answered stiffly.

"I don't need to pay for food!"

After that, the old farmer carried the wheat straw and walked away without any shoes on his feet. His dark bare feet walked very fast on the frozen soil. He was obviously very sharp-eyed and could tell that these people in front of him were government officials.

Xue Bai suddenly remembered the time when he and Yan Zhenqing went to Qingxu to pursue a fugitive household, knowing in his heart that this must be a slave tenant of a wealthy family.

If he hadn't had that experience, he would have never seen anything strange in the fields in Yanshi County with his naked eyes... because all he saw along the way was a peaceful and peaceful scene.

The closer you get to Mang Mountain, the more it feels like a paradise. Streets are connected, chickens and dogs hear each other, houses look alike on the fields, children giggling chasing cats and dogs, peasant women weaving cloth, talking and laughing, smoke curling up from their kitchens.

"This must be Lu Hun Villa?" Xue Bai rode forward and walked side by side with Song Mian.

"It's still far away." Song Mian raised his whip and pointed, smiling: "The villa is naturally in the mountains."

Luhun Villa is located in Shouyang Mountain.

Shouyang Mountain is the highest peak of Mangshan Mountains. It is named because "at the beginning of sunrise, the light must reach first". "Shouyang Qingxiao" is one of the eight scenic spots in Yanshi. Just listening to these, you will know the wonderful scenery of Luhun Villa.

Entering from the mountain pass, you are facing the "Yichuan Col", with high mountains on both sides. After passing through the long mountain col, you can see winding green mountains and overlapping peaks everywhere on the road. After a while, it suddenly opened up to the front, and there was another world. It turned out that there was a valley on the back, which was a good place to live in seclusion. Peach trees, plum trees, plum trees, etc. were planted in the valley, and there were flowers in all seasons.

No wonder Song Zhiwen wrote a poem: "Farewell to the willow wind on the river bridge at night, lying under the peach and plum moon in Yichuan at night."

Strange flowers and wild vines are all over the valley, and waterfalls and streams can be seen everywhere. As you continue to move forward, more exquisite farmhouses are built in the valley. The farmers here, regardless of gender, are all fair and bright-faced. Children chase them and recite poems aloud.

"Under the twelfth month of the twelfth lunar month, I plant apricots in front of the spring breeze. I drink sweet wine and go back, and we all know Tao Lingxian."

Xue Bai listened and said, "This poem is really good."

Song Mian said: "It's a poem by Wang Wei, called "Send Off the Sixth Uncle to Return to Luhun"."

"Oh? Mr. Mojie is also related to Mr. Song?"

"Distant relatives." Song Mian said with a smile, "I will mention a few more people, Xue Lang must know them all."

He turned over and dismounted, asked Xue Bai to walk with him, and at the same time stroked his beard and chanted: "It's half of the first month of the year, and the Lu Hun flowers have not yet bloomed. When you leave the pass, you can see the green grass, and the spring scenery is coming from the east... Guess, Xue Lang, who composed this poem?" "

"I really can't guess."

"Cen Shen, he and my brother-in-law Du Zuo are close friends."

"I see, after going around and around, everyone is friends."

"But it's more than that. Du Zuo and Du Fu are brothers and have always had a close friendship." Song Mian said, sighing with emotion: "Back then, when Du Fu visited Yanshi County, we were drinking and chatting... Yan Siam said, then It was the happiest day since he came to Yanshi."

Xue Bai turned around and saw Song Mian's eyes were red again, looking sad.

A group of children ran over and surrounded them with laughter.

"Rokuro is back. We all recite the Tao Te Ching. Give us some sweets."

"Remember later, I have guests." Song Mian smiled, reached out and touched a boy's head, and said, "Take them with you, read more, help your parents with things, and make trouble all day long."

"Oh."

The children turned around and ran away. Song Mian laughed at himself and said, "Lang Xue is ridiculous. It's very complicated and... difficult for us to run this villa."

"How can it be complicated to live in peace and tranquility in the mountains?"

"please."

People live in the valley that is more than 20 miles long, farming, grazing, fishing, and woodcutting, with flowers and fruit trees, cattle, sheep, fish, and hogs all available, and they are contented with everything.

And one of the pavilions and pavilions is the residence of the owners.

Today, the most senior member of the Song family is Song Zhiwen's younger brother Song Zhiti. He has served successively as the Jiedushi of Jiannan, Yin of Taiyuan, and served as General Linwei on the right. He lives in seclusion in Luhun Villa. He must be seventy or eighty years old now. , did not show up to see Xue Bai today.

Only a few children of the Song family came out to chat for a while, and Song Mian invited Xue Bai to drink and watch the sunset at Yueyan Pavilion on the mountain.

Yueyan Pavilion is said to be a pavilion, but it is actually a pavilion built on the top of Shouyang Mountain. Standing on the upper floor and looking into the distance, the scenery is simply unparalleled.

Looking to the north, you can see the Taihang Mountains as far as the farthest. The towering mountains seem to appear out of the sky, and the Yellow River at the foot of the mountains is majestic. Looking to the east, you can overlook the Central Plains and the mountains between the Liang and Song Dynasties. Looking to the west, you can vaguely see the magnificence of Luoyang City. Pattern: Looking south, the peaks of Songshan Mountain reach into the sky, and the Luoshui and Yishui rivers converge at Yanshi.

"When you get here, you don't have to worry about the walls having ears. You can talk to Xue Lang about what's on your mind."

When the guests and hosts sat down, Song Mian poured a glass of wine and said: "In Yanshi County, Lu Linghao, Gao Chong, and Guo Huan worked together to hide the truth from others. Guo Wanjin and Guo Yuanliang and their sons built a bridge along this waterway to Henan Prefecture. Hu Tao, Zhou Xian."

As he spoke, he stood up and first pointed to the Luoshui River in the far south, then turned to the other side of the pavilion and pointed to the Yellow River in the far north.

"Going up the Yellow River, Dou Tingzhi, the governor of Shaanxi Province, and Wang Zhi, the land and water transport envoy, are all their accomplices."

Xue Bai said: "Although it is an obvious thing, we need evidence after all. At least there must be account books, otherwise we can't even tell you the specific numbers of how many fields they have swallowed up and how much taxes they have stolen."

Song Mian said: "Yes, Yan Siam secretly searched for evidence. He wanted to present these evidence to the governor Wei Gong. As far as I know, his follower Wang Yi should have escaped on the night he was killed, and the evidence should be in his hands."

Xue Bai asked: "How did Wang Yi escape?"

"This...this is unknown."

"Then Mr. Song, does he know how Wang Xianwei was killed?"

"I'm ashamed of Yan Siam."

Song Mian's eyes were filled with sadness, and he poured the wine in his glass on the ground to pay homage to Wang Yansiam.

"He was ready to submit the evidence to Wei Gong, but he wanted to go further to investigate. That night we made an appointment to meet at Shouyang Academy. It was raining heavily at the time. I waited all night and only got him the next day. Fatal news."

"Who is the murderer?"

"It must be Lu Linghao and Gao Chong who instigated the move at the head of the canal on the Cao River."

"The head of the canal? Which canal head?"

"Although this person has a surname, few people mention him. Even the county officials only call him 'Qutou'."

"Why?" Xue Bai asked, "Afraid of him?"

"That's not true. His surname is Li and he is the third in the family. In the early years, everyone called him 'Li San'er'. Nowadays, they call him 'Qutou' and 'Qushuai'. There are many gangs on the Caohe River, but in this section of Luoshui, No one can overshadow him."

Song Mian came from a famous family and obviously looked down on such a reckless scoundrel, but he seemed to be slightly afraid of him.

"Although this canal head is not popular, he is indeed a bit ruthless. He is a murderer without blinking an eye. Put it this way, Lu Linghao used the power of the county magistrate to embezzle land taxes, while Gao Chong, the county magistrate, was in charge of tax smuggling. Guo Huan was appointed as the official The purpose is to make profits for the high-ranking households in the county. However, it is inevitable that there will be some criminal thieves or people who resist taxes in the territory. These people will not do the catching of thieves with their own hands. In recent years, the responsibility of the county captain has actually been this canal. doing."

Xue Bai smiled and said: "I am the fake county captain in name, but he is the real county captain secretly."

"My best friend died at his hands. He must be brought to justice and avenged."

"Is there anything Mr. Song can do?"

"The officials in the county only bully some farmers and dare not touch these scoundrels who lick blood with their swords. The city guard camp has not been in war for many years, and it has been ruined for a long time. But scoundrels are just scoundrels after all. As long as Henan Prefecture Mobilizing hundreds of troops and horses, it was wiped out in a moment."

Xue Bai asked: "Can Wei Fuyin do this?"

Song Mian nodded and sighed: "Wei Gong also needs evidence to be justified. After all, these people have deep backgrounds. Lu Linghao even has a close relationship with the palace servants."

"Are you afraid that the evidence has been destroyed by them? Since Wang Yi escaped, are you afraid that he will not come back?"

"Guo Wanjin... will be a breakthrough." Song Mian said: "After the incident, I thought about it for a long time. Among these colluders, Guo Wanjin is the easiest to take down."

"I heard that he is a relative of the Taiyuan Guo family and Guo Shunyi, Yong Wang's biological mother."

"They are just relatives from a hundred years ago." Song Mian said: "Xue Lang knows that there are six wealthy people in the Tang Dynasty, Ren Lingfang, Ren Zong, Yang Chongyi, Wang Yuanbao, Guo Wanjin, and Guo Xingxian."

Xue Bai said: "I've heard of Yang Chongyi."

Yang Chongyi was a wealthy man in Chang'an, and his wife Liu, who was of great beauty, had an affair with a young man named Li Yan. The two of them collaborated to kill Yang Chongyi and buried him in a dry well. After Yang Chongyi disappeared, the Jingzhao Mansion investigated day and night and tortured hundreds of people in the Yang family, but no clues could be found. Later, the Jingzhao Mansion went to the Yang family for inspection. There was a parrot in the hall shouting, "The ones who killed the master of the house are Liu and Li Yan." This incident alarmed Li Longji, who kept the parrot in the palace and named it the "Green Messenger". The prime minister at that time, Zhang Shuo, wrote "The Biography of the Green Messenger" to record this incident.

In order to relieve Li Longji's boredom, Yang Guozhong learned from Xue Bai in writing stories and found many literati to write "The Continuation of the Green Messenger". It tells the story of this parrot flying out of the palace, breaking into adultery everywhere, and assisting officials in solving crimes. , it's fragrant, it's strange, it's suspense... Xue Bai also watched it.

Little did I know that after Yang Chongyi's death, hundreds of members of the Yang family were tortured, and in the end, to whom did countless family property fall?

"In the 22nd year of Kaiyuan, the imperial court investigated illegally minted copper coins and confiscated the wealthy Ren Lingfang, and obtained more than 600,000 yuan, equivalent to one-third of the imperial court's annual rent." Song Mian said: "It can be seen that the imperial court is able to move , and are willing to touch these businessmen who are rich and unkind."

Xue Bai understood what Song Mian meant. People at that time despised merchants, so he should investigate Guo Wanjin first, which would make it easier to get support from the court, and then implicate Lu Linghao and others through Guo Wanjin.

He nodded and asked: "Mr. Song said that they are rich and unkind, but what do they know?"

Song Mian said: "Guo Wanjin's branch has been ruined for a long time. He became a monk in his early years. At that time, Empress Wu was still in the imperial court. Buddhism was at its peak. The imperial court granted temple official land to support orphans. Guo Wanjin started his business by selling orphans from the nursing home. It’s not an exaggeration to call it full of evil…”

~~

I stayed at Luhun Villa for one night and felt the leisure and tranquility of mountain residence. Unfortunately, Xue Bai was not a person who enjoyed the mountains and rivers easily, so he left and returned to Yanshi County the next day.

After all, Song Mian knew everything and said everything he could.

"Mr. Yin, please wait."

Before leaving, Song Mian called Yin Liang again, picked up a scroll from the tray in the servant's hand and handed it over.

"This is?"

"Mr. Zhiyin likes to collect epigraphy and stone rubbings. This is the "Inscriptions on Stone" compiled by my uncle. It contains ten rubbings from "Hunting Jie" by King Xuan of Zhou Dynasty."

"real?!"

The so-called epigraphy refers to the study of bronze vessels and stone carvings from the pre-Qin period, and the verification of the inscriptions and records on them, in order to support the classics and supplement history. Nowadays this is just a niche hobby.

Yin Liang really likes gold and stone. Every time he sees some ancient ruins, he wants to dig them out. Now that I have arrived in Yanshi, I have been thinking that if I have time, I should go look for the ancient ruins of the Shang Dynasty. Today, Song Mian's gift was truly delivered to his heart.

Xue Bai accepted it without hesitation, but once again looked at the plains at the foot of the mountain, and asked: "By the way, how many fields does Luhun Villa have? Is it a thousand hectares?"

Song Mian was stunned, then waved his hand and said: "No, it's just the mountain fields along the roadside for 20 miles after entering the mountain. Including some fields at the foot of the mountain, it's more than 200 hectares."

"I see, I was rude."

Xue Bai took the liberty of asking about other people's wealth, which was indeed a bit rude, and Song Mian had to explain a few more words.

"The Song family has a good reputation, and is different from those high-ranking families who oppress the common people. With more than two hundred hectares of land, the tax revenue has never been penny, and donations are endless every year. Xue Lang will know it after checking it."

~~

It was already evening when Xue Bai returned to Yanshi County Office from Luhun Villa.

The county officials did not expect that he would come back after staying only one night in the villa, and were caught off guard.

"Zhao Liu."

Zhao Liu, the janitor who was just thinking of Liu Cao's report, heard a shout, stopped helplessly, squeezed out a smile on his face, and said: "The county captain is back?"

"Why did you run when you saw me?"

"No, I didn't see the county captain."

Xue Bai asked: "I didn't see the Se Yong Book and Qing Miao Book in Hucao the day before yesterday. Where are they?"

Zhao Liu made a sad face and said: "You have to ask Cao Sun, the chief minister, about this matter. I don't know this."

"Where is Principal Sun?"

"Not at the county office."

Xue Bai suddenly asked: "Are you literate? It is said that you can also plan, why are you just a janitor?"

Zhao Liu scratched his head and said: "Isn't this young man still young? In terms of seniority, he has to wait until he is out of the queue."

Even though he is an official, he actually knows how to get out of trouble.

Xue Bai said: "Since I took office, I have hardly seen Mr. Sun. This person's corpse is in a state of plain food. How about you being the chief of the household?"

Zhao Liu was startled and said in fear: "The county captain should not joke with the villain. The villain is from Yanshi, and he will die in Yanshi."

The current meaning is that Xue Bai will leave sooner or later, and he will never be won over by Xue Bai.

"What's the point of dying in Yanshi?" Xue Bai asked: "Don't you want to take your old mother and disabled brother to Chang'an to do something?"

"Villain..."

Zhao Liu changed his face in shock and ran away in a hurry, fearing that someone would see him murmuring with the county captain in private.

Xue Bai didn't take it seriously and returned to Weishe to recruit Xue Xin.

"Where are the books I brought back the day before yesterday?"

"Brother, they took it away while you were away."

"Where's the luck?"

Xue Xin immediately showed a sneaky smile and said: "I secretly followed over and took a look, and there was a big lock on the cabinet."

~~

"Boom!"

With a loud noise, Jiang Hai swung a sledgehammer, knocked off the big lock of the cabinet, and pushed open the door.

Xue Bai didn't care about the two officials next to him who were so anxious that they were about to cry, and walked in with Yin Liang.

The Jiage Library is right next to the warehouse. There are stacks of books over the years, and large boxes one after another, with thousands of volumes. Without more talents who are proficient in arithmetic, it is obviously impossible for just two people to check it all.

And the really important things will not be placed here. However, what Xue Bai wanted to verify was very simple...

"What is the county lieutenant doing?"

After a while, Guo Huan was indeed alarmed, but he still had a smile on his face.

"If the county lieutenant wants to see the books, just say so. Why bother breaking the locks?"

Since taking office, Xue Bai has been talking about it for half a month, and the officials have made various excuses. Now he has really broken the lock and said, "Just say it."

Xue Bai did not reveal the truth and asked: "I want to check the land area and household registration in the county. Why can't I find the books in recent years?"

"The latest young crops and sex slaves are here."

"This was built in the fifteenth year of Kaiyuan and the twenty-seventh year of Kaiyuan. The county is still collecting taxes based on the acres of land more than twenty years ago and the household registration more than ten years ago? Tang law stipulates that registration should be made every three years."

Guo Huan said: "Yes, but the county captain is responsible for collecting taxes. I'm afraid I should ask the county captain Wang about this matter. It's a pity that he committed suicide out of fear of guilt."

Xue Bai then opened the book of young crops from the 15th year of Kaiyuan and saw that it was written that Xingfu Temple and Yaowang Temple each had ten hectares of farmland, and another ten hectares of official farmland were used to support sick orphans.

The number of acres of land in Luhun Villa is indeed recorded as two hundred hectares.

As long as the land acres and household registration are not registered, no one can prove that someone has embezzled people's land.

"In that case." Xue Bai put down the book in his hand and said, "How about I measure the acres in Yanshi County again?"

The smile on Guo Huan's face froze slightly, and then he agreed directly.

"Okay, the county captain is so dedicated to his official duties, I will fully cooperate..."

~~

An official left the county office in a hurry, went out of Yingxian Gate in the south, arrived at the dock, and entered a warehouse.

"Where's your handsome guy?"

Several people were throwing dice and gambling in the warehouse. One of them, a big one-eyed man with a straw in his mouth, casually responded: "Supervise the goods personally, we will soon reach the Yellow River."

After saying that, he turned around and looked around. There was a dirty child sneaking around a businessman outside, and he cursed: "You little bird, move and see!"

"Blind man, please stop making noise. I have something to tell you."

"Why don't you come over, Master Sun? Let you come."

"My uncle is busy."

"Go ahead."

"The new county captain is like a dog that has taken pornographic drugs. He keeps going crazy. Teach him a lesson."

The blind man put his whole finger in his nostril and dug it for a while, then put it on his neck and cut it, and said with a smile: "Kill him?"

"Don't make trouble. One person just died, how can another one die? Do you want to rebel? Give him a good beating to break his courage."

"Assaulting an official? What does it mean to assault an official?"

"He will go out of the city to measure the fields starting tomorrow. You should keep an eye on him first, because there is another more important thing."

"Eating dog intestines, why don't you talk about important things later?"

"We have clues about what Qu Shuai wants..."

~~

To the south of Yanshi County is Mount Song, and to the southeast is Mount Fuxi. There are many thieves in the high mountains.

Therefore, when Xue Bai went out of the city to measure the acres of land in the south, Guo Huan reminded Xue Bai.

"In the middle of winter, would it be better for the county captain to stay in the city, in case he encounters a thief outside?"

"Is Yanshi not at peace?"

Guo Huan sighed: "When Wang Xianwei was in office, there were a few big thieves who were never caught. They went to the mountains to the south and became bandits. Occasionally they killed people and robbed them of wealth, which was very vicious."

Xue Bai said: "As a county captain, I have the reputation of catching thieves. How can I be afraid of thieves and not measure the fields?"

"County Lieutenant Gaoyi."

Guo Huan gave the last kind reminder and said no more. He respectfully sent Xue Bai off. His eyes fell on Xue Xin's figure and he thought to himself, what use can a half-year-old child do?

……

There is no bridge on the Luo River, so to get to the south, you need to take a boat.

Xue Bai took more than ten officials to cross the river in three boats, but by the time he reached the south bank of Luo River, the other two boats had disappeared. He looked around and saw that only Yin Liang, Jiang Hai, Xue Xin, Chai Gou'er, and three other officials were left around him.

"Xian, County Lieutenant, they may have been washed downstream... should we go back?" Chai Gou'er asked.

"If you don't reply, keep walking."

The south bank of Luohe River was much more deserted than the north bank. Looking up, one could see Songshan Mountain in the distance. After walking for a while, an official suddenly squatted on the ground and screamed that he had a stomachache. He asked the official to stay and take care of him.

Not long after walking, Shiba Inuer and the other remaining official used an excuse to relieve themselves and ran into the woods but disappeared.

Yin Liang couldn't help but smile bitterly and said: "Except Mr. Song, there is really no one in Yanshi County who is willing to help the young master."

After hearing this, Xue Bai thought for a moment and said, "Let's go, first measure the land of the nursing home."

It was a large piece of fertile farmland between the Luo River and the Yi River. There were farmhouses beside the farmland and a small temple near the farmhouse. Several monks managed the tenant farmers.

Xue Bailiang revealed his official status and asked these monks who owned the fields. He replied that they were the good fields of Xingfu Temple. Asked again how many acres of land Xingfu Temple has, the answer was ten hectares of temple land, plus the ten hectares of official land in the health center, a total of twenty hectares.

"Pay taxes?"

"Amitabha, the county captain is joking."

Xue Bai had nothing to do with them, so he finally confirmed it again and said, "Is it true that only twenty hectares are yours?"

"This... as far as the poor monk knows, it is twenty hectares. I'm afraid I have to ask the host for the rest."

"Then we start measuring?"

Others were stunned. The twenty-hectare field was endless as far as the eye could see. Lieutenant Xue Xian only brought a scholar, a martial artist, and a child, but he didn't know how to measure it.

In the distance, a large group of people came slowly from the west.

That's someone from Luoyang.

~~

"Ming Mansion, Xue Bai has taken action."

"He really has a backup plan."

"Yes, Du Youlin mobilized thirty people to measure the acres of land for him. In fact, there were servants from the Du family and people from Fengweilou who were good at calculating. In two days, he measured out the land in Xingfu Temple. It’s sixty or seventy hectares, and I’m still measuring it today.”

"What did the host say?"

"It doesn't matter if you say yes, no matter how much you measure out, Kofukuji Temple will not pay taxes and we are not afraid of others measuring it."

Lu Linghao nodded and said, "Is this the third day? Since the Du family sent people from Luoyang, Wang Yi came with that evidence?"

"Still staring, I haven't noticed it yet."

Lu Linghao thought deeply and murmured: "It should be good. According to Guo Erlang, Wang Yi took the Du family into hiding and must have come to find Xue Bai. He only had the clue of the imperial concubine's sworn brother to present. , be sure to keep an eye on it.”

"Here..."

~~

On the fourth day of measuring the fields, Xue Bai was standing by the Yi River, eating Hu cakes. Another carriage came from the west. Someone got off the carriage and walked towards Xue Bai.

The man was about five feet six inches tall, with a slight limp. His face was covered, and he looked around cautiously as he walked.

"coming?"

In a pile of wheat straw not far away, several tenants of Xingfu Temple were doing farm work. The two who were least able to hold a hoe were staring in Xue Bai's direction and muttering in a low voice.

"is it?"

"It's really Wang Yi."

"I told the blind man to keep an eye on him and wait for them to get what Qu Shuai wants."

The man who spoke ran very fast, dropped his hoe and ran towards Luohe.

The blind man took a nap in a cargo ship. When he was pushed awake, he immediately became energetic.

"How to say?"

"Wang Yi showed up and is taking Xue Bai to Zhai Town."

"Zhai Zhen? I don't know how he escaped at that time."

The blind man was a little confused and didn't understand how the thing Qu Shuai was looking for was there, but he still ordered everyone to go over.

Along the way, people came to report the news.

"Blind man, hurry up, it's right in front, the things have been dug out."

"Grab it!" the blind man yelled, "beat him!"

"Let go!"

As soon as the whistle blows, the water workers and tenant slaves move...

~~

"The evil officials are here to catch the fugitives and collect taxes!"

There was a sudden shout, and a group of farmers carrying hoes suddenly ran over and surrounded Xue Bai.

From a distance, I could already feel a deep resentment.

Yin Liang shook his head and said: "The young master measured the acres of land in order to give these prostitutes freedom. I didn't expect that they would not appreciate it."

"I was just instigated."

After Xue Bai finished speaking, he turned to look at the masked person next to him and said, "Take off the cloth."

"Here."

Quan Fu responded, took off the cloth on his face, threw aside the blank account book in his hand, and stopped in front of Xue Bai.

"It seems that they are really looking for Wang Yi, and he really has evidence in his hand." Xue Bai was still chatting with Yin Liang, and said thoughtfully: "But I don't know where Wang Yi took Du Wulang."

Yin Liang thought about it and sighed: "It seems that what the young master said is right. Song Mian is also colluding with these people, and it is Wang Yi."

Xue Bai followed Yan Zhenqing to capture a fugitive. Although the fugitive sold his body and his children have been slaves for generations, his complexion is much better than that of the resettled household. Therefore, he could see that the entire land from the north of the county to Shouyang Mountain belonged to wealthy families.

Luhun Villa had at least one thousand hectares of land, but only paid two hundred hectares of land tax... This was just one of the clues. Coupled with Wang Yansiam's death, Xue Bai couldn't believe Song Mian, so he gave it a try .

"Drive away the evil officials!"

The farmers wielding hoes were getting closer.

Yin Liang became more and more disappointed.

Song Mian, the only one in Yanshi County who was willing to help them, was actually an enemy.

He is not afraid of difficulties, but he is afraid of this kind of loneliness.

I don’t know how Wang Yi escaped.

suddenly,

"County Lieutenant, run away! They are going to harm you!"

Suddenly there was a shout from the direction of Luohe in the north, and there were several small figures running.

That was Ren Mulan running over with several of her companions, shouting to report the news to Xue Bai.

"The blind man is going to hurt you! Run!"

~~

Luoyang.

An old man pushing a dung cart slowly walked into the alley and pushed the dung bucket into a dark hut.

Wang Yi walked over with a lame leg and asked anxiously: "Have you heard about it? How is the green ring?"

"Gouwa is still asking, don't worry."

Du Wulang, who was tied up in the corner, couldn't help but ask: "Who is Green Huan?!"

Wang Yi didn't answer and just paced.

Du Wulang said: "You have to believe me, I may be able to help you save people."

"Believe you?" Wang Yi picked up Du Wulang and scolded: "I believe you powerful people? Didn't you ask me how I escaped? You have seen these people who saved me, including the slaves Lu Huan, Lao Wei who sells candied haws, Liu Da who collects excrement, Gou Wa who begs, Ren Mulan who works as a thief... I believe them, I don't believe you!"

Wang Yi was also very tired.

But he was able to survive until now because there were so many people who helped him, and he didn't want to let them down.

Sometimes when he closed his eyes, he could often hear their shouts, saving him from death again and again.

"Go! Run!"

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"Run!"

By the Yishui River, Ren Mulan shouted with all her strength. Seeing that Xue Bai was still standing there stupidly and not running away, she simply roared and rushed forward.

"Go up! Don't let the county captain stab the blind man in the dark!"

Those small figures rushed directly in front of Xue Bai, and they were more powerful than the officials in Yanshi Yamen.

"Eating dog intestines, this is a county captain, who dares to mess around?!"

"Hit him!"

　I will only post this chapter today ~ 7852 words, just enough to explain the plot of this chapter ~ I will try to adjust it again ~~

　　

　

(End of this chapter)