"Tell the master, please ask the Diao people next to me, Chen Ergou, to kneel down and interrogate these Diao people!"

Zhou Xing's position was erected on the left and right of two "Quiet" signs, and the two messengers in charge of the torture sticks stood aside, adding a bit of solemnity. Zhou Xing commanded fearlessly.

The two officers standing on the side shouted "Kneel!" when they heard this.

Chen Ergou was so frightened that his legs and feet fell to his knees. "The eldest master is wronged!" Before the trial began, Chen Ergou shouted first.

"Wait!" Zhang Mazi saw Chen Ergou, who was wearing a coarse cloth shirt and covered with patches, kneeling, while Zhou Xing, who was covered in silk and satin, stood on the side, feeling a little uncomfortable.

He was born in a poor family, and because he couldn't see the landlord bullying the poor, he went up the mountain to become a bandit. Now I can't look past the poor when I see the poor being bullied.

"Who are you, why don't you kneel?" As soon as Zhang Mazi said this, the officers in charge of the torture stick looked at him in surprise. It has always been tenants who kneel, and the old men never kneel.

Zhou Xing was just about to reply, but Master Tang left his seat, trotted to Zhang Mazi's side and explained in a low voice, "Master, you can't kneel!" The old man standing behind him was Dai Zhilong, the head of the Dai family, one of the two major families in the south of the city. Dai Zhilong is the vice chairman of the county council, and his official position is similar to yours!"

"What kind of thing is this county council? Can you still be on the same level as me?" Zhang Mazi wandered around the mountains all day, and had never heard of this institution at all.

"The Senate is a public opinion organ created by Sun Yat-sen, and its intention is to return government to the people. All major and important matters in the county must be voted on through the public opinion organs. Master Tang explained dutifully.

"I'm the county magistrate, and what kind of bird council is going to be under the control of this? So what has become of me?" Zhang Mazi was not happy when he heard it.

The Senate has no authority over the government, it is an advisory body, and no one from the central to the local government has taken it seriously. Master Tang said soothingly.

Zhang Mazi was a little more relieved. He slapped the startled wood, "Don't kneel!" Chen Ergou was so frightened that he didn't dare to raise his head, and his body trembled.

"Now when we talk about the Three People's Principles, everyone is equal, and no kneeling is allowed!" Zhang Mazi repeated again. Seeing that the county magistrate had a new idea, the two messengers hurriedly set up Chen Ergou.

Chen Ergou leaned on the errand with a confused face, and was not allowed to kneel to the county master? What kind of rule is this? Master Tang smiled secretly when he saw that Zhang Mazi should immediately become appropriate.

Although the two major families in the south of the city are not as good as Huang Shilang, they are also well-known families in Goose City, so there is really no need to offend them. If you offend them, how can you make money?

Zhang Mazi shook his majesty, and pointed at Zhou Xing and Master Dai again, "You guys, stand in a row with him!"

Standing in a row with Chen Ergou is a trivial matter, and now is the period of confrontation, so it is not appropriate to be rash. After Zhang Mazi's hard work, the case began to be decided.

"Sir, the contemptible person is a friend of the Dai family, and today I was entrusted by Mr. Dai to sue the tenant farmer Chen Ergou for owing Mr. Dai a total of 10 stones in rent last year. ”

When Chen Ergou heard this, he knelt down and kowtowed, shouting that he was wronged. Zhang Mazi saw that the poor were suffering and the rich were rampant, and his heart was even more uncomfortable.

He said to Chen Ergou with a pleasant face, "You stand up and speak." Why is the rent in arrears, don't worry, if it makes sense, this master has his own judgment!"

Chen Ergou was aroused by Zhang Mazi's will to resist, and he kowtowed while complaining, "Master, it's not that you don't pay rent." The small one's rent for last year has been paid, and there is a written note to prove it. But Mr. Dai also asked us to pay two or five rent increases, and the small ones really couldn't afford to pay. ”

Zhang Mazi heard a new word again, he beckoned, and Master Tang trotted over again to whisper an explanation.

"What the fuck is this, the government asked you to reduce the rent by 25, but you increased the rent instead, and dared to let Master Ben cut off these shit things for you, your Dai family is very fat!"

As soon as Zhang Mazi heard that the sparks were rising, how could there be such a truth in the world? We, as bandits, still know that let the people at the foot of the mountain recuperate, but you, as the landlords, will scrape the ground!

Zhou Xing replied without fear, "My lord, the rent reduction in the second and fifth years is just a call of the government of the Republic of China, and it has never been implemented!"

Master Dai's legs trembled a little when he heard this, what kind of defense is this? Even if it is a call instead of an order, then it makes sense for us to increase the rent? Isn't this adding fuel to the fire!

Sure enough, Zhang Mazi was even more angry, "The government's repeated orders and calls are not enough? Not only do you not listen to the government's orders, but you go against the grain, is there any royal law?"

Master Dai was furious when he saw the county magistrate Long Yan and tried to interject to ask for a few words. Unexpectedly, Zhou Xing took the lead again, "This goose city is the goose city of our gentry, and we have the final say here!

Zhou Xing hit hard, making Zhang Mazi feel that he had been slapped a few times.

"Okay, I'm going to show you who really has the final say in Goose City. Now the verdict..."Zhang Mazi's words have not yet been spoken, Master Tang hurriedly interrupted the county magistrate, "The county magistrate is slow, the case has not been clarified..."

Zhang Mazi didn't listen to him, and continued to read, "According to the order of the Republic of China government, the Dai family is sentenced to return fifty percent of Chen Ergou's rent. In the future, if there is a rent increase, it will be judged accordingly. ”

Zhou Xing was overjoyed when he heard this, this thing was done. Master Dai's face was displeased, and now he would have to lose tens of thousands of taels of silver in rent. Until now, he hadn't figured out what Zhou Xing was doing

"Big master, the little one is not convinced!" "Master Dai's face was indignant. Zhang Mazi glanced at him proudly, and patted him in shock, "Retreat!"

Happiness came too fast, Chen Ergou was like a dream at this time, Zhang Mazi had already withdrawn from the lobby, and he was still kowtowing.

"Alas, virtuous nephew, what are you doing here?" Master Dai sighed, turned around and left. Zhou Xing smiled slightly, but did not explain.

"Virtuous nephew, you have made a mistake in this matter, as soon as the county magistrate Ma took office, he declared that he only came to Goose City to do three things..."As soon as they returned to Dai's mansion, the two masters began to bombard Zhou Xing.

Master Hou also imitated Zhang Mazi's tone and said, "I only came to Goose City to do three things, fair, fair, or fucking fair!"

Zhou Xing couldn't help laughing, he didn't expect this Master Hou to be an acting material. When Master Dai saw Zhou Xing looking like a child's play, he became a little angry. "Gongzi Zhou, now you are pushing us to the muzzle of the county magistrate Ma Bond. ”

"With a brain like yours, you still want to fight the treacherous Huang Shilang?" Zhou Xing pouted disdainfully. The two old men were scolded so red that their faces were flushed, and Master Hou was about to get angry, but Master Dai grabbed him and shook his head gently. "Let's see what he has to say!"

Zhou Xing laughed, "Today's incident seems to be that I hit the muzzle of the gun, but it actually pushed Huang Shilang to the fire to roast." ”

Seeing that the two old men didn't know why, he continued to explain, "Who has the most fields in Goose City?"

"Huang Shilang, what's wrong?" asked Master Hou. Master Dai looked thoughtful, and seemed to understand something.

"In that case, the emperor is not in a hurry, why are you in a hurry?" Zhou Xing picked up the teacup and took a sip slowly.

"Can I not be in a hurry, if I don't let the rent increase, our brother will lose 20,000 taels of silver a year!"

"So your brain is not good, your brother is much smarter than you. Zhou Xing looked at Master Dai's expression and knew that he already knew it.

Hearing this, Master Hou looked at Master Dai suspiciously. The latter had no choice but to explain, "Big brother, Zhou Gongzi's method is really wonderful. We have to lose 20,000 taels of silver a year, and Huang Shilang's field is five or six times that of ours, and he has to lose more than 100,000 taels of silver a year. On the surface, the county magistrate hit our board, but in fact, we were not seriously injured, and the most seriously injured was Huang Shilang. ”

"Wonderful!" Master Hou tasted it at this time.

"Wonderful!" he excitedly paced up and down the hall.

"Nephew, what are we going to do next?"

"Go and make amends to Huang Shilang!"

"Why do you want to make amends?"

"Well, no matter what, we caused the disaster, of course we have to make amends, and we have to pluck ourselves out of it! ”

Zhou Xing took a sip of tea slowly, and so far everything was under his control.