In the past hundred years, the biggest official who has gone out from Liehou is only a "chief of the group", which is just about equivalent to the power of the street director who coordinated family planning in the county town in later generations.

Liehou is the border town closest to Chengzu County of Dazhi State in Nanmu.

The absence of celebrities and officials does not weaken the important geographical location of the town as a transportation artery and distribution hub between the two countries.

The only small restaurants in the town are two thatched huts made of bamboo and tree branches erected on the side of the trade road.

On the ninth day of the ninth month of September, it is said that every household has to worship their ancestors in Chongyang, and Jiujiu travels far away, which is a fixed number that has been passed down for thousands of years.

It's just that this year's Double Ninth Day is different from previous years, and the caravans shuttling between Dazhi and Nanmu have replaced the sons of the family and the young masters of big families who hunted and traveled on the border in previous years, becoming a peculiar scenery.

In the early morning, the "fierce horses and dust" are already full of people and traffic.

After the flood was lifted, the merchants of the two countries were like hungry wolves that had eaten turtle essence, running, shouting, and urging, making the already lively business road even more noisy.

No one noticed that a thin, tired teenager had sat down silently in a corner of the small hotel, his bare upper body and tattered trousers looking like he was living a hard job at the bottom.

The grandfather was about 60 people, a small trader who had been in the world for decades, always hunched over his waist and a towel that seemed to never be washed on his shoulders.

Don't look old, but the old man is smart, diligent in his hands and feet, and as soon as the guest greets, he will use the most nimble method to wipe the tables and chairs that seem to be clean and tidy.

The little grandson is about eleven or twelve years old, and he is endearing, and since ancient times, the children of the poor have long been in charge, and the little guy has long been cultivated to run horses, and he can deal with all kinds of merchants and merchants between the two places, etc., which can be described as handy and easy.

The night before, after escaping, Zhifeng took the disciple salute and bowed to the hall again, and carefully closed the zenith of the hall according to the book's instructions, and Zhifeng did not hesitate at all, and hurried out of the valley.

Three years of living in the land of thousands of mountains and thousands of rivers, so that I learned that Feng soared like a bird in the mountains, quickly shuttling through mountain roads, small roads, big roads, and business routes, Zhifeng did not know where he was, but after all, it was a return to the world, goodbye fireworks.

There is no silver money on his body, although the young master is hungry, but he can't do the act of bullying and dominating the market and blocking the road and robbing, he is helpless and hungry, and the aroma of wine and rice is so tempting, Zhifeng swallowed it dryly, and the two thief's eyes shimmered, and he hated to use the thief's three hands to get some hungry rations.

Just as he was helplessly hesitating, the old man of the small wine shop shook over a coarse cloth shirt wrapped in multigrain flatbread as if he had long eyes behind his back, and then beckoned, "Little brother help the old man take care of the merchants." ”

ushered in and sent to countless people, the old man's eyes were more poisonous and more poisonous, and he had already seen Zhifeng's embarrassment at a glance, and after observing for a long time, he saw that although Zhifeng was tortured by hunger, he could still endure without any out-of-character behavior, and his heart moved slightly, so he reached out to help, but his way did not show charity, so as not to embarrass the young man.

Zhifeng got up silently, learned from the two of them and began to help clean up and take care of it.

There was a sharp sound of horses' hooves, and twenty or thirty horsemen galloped from the distance of the business road, shouting, "Tea ceremony inspection, merchants stop!" ”

The dust was flying, the restaurant was noisy, and most of the merchants hurriedly got up, some rushed to their goods, and some looked around for directions.

In a hurry, the mounted sergeants had scattered to surround the "fierce horses and dust", and a group of men dressed as sergeants with waist swords rushed into the neighing of horses.

The leader was about thirty years old, with a long thin face, hanging horned eyes, and a bitter face. After standing still, this guy looked around at everyone and didn't speak, walked straight to a table of merchants, picked up the wine jug on the table, poured a few sips of "Gu Dong Gu Dong", and his face suddenly sank, "Everyone don't be impatient, Xianghe County Wei Tea Ceremony Inspection!" ”

Nanmu country is rich in tea, and is famous for its mellow taste and fragrant entrance.

The tea ceremony is very profitable, and the tax is particularly heavy, and it has become one of the important economic sources of Nanmu for a hundred years.

In order to win huge profits, it has become a common practice for tea merchants of all sizes in Nanmu to smuggle and evade taxes.

This summer for more than a month, the border area of Nanmu and Dazhi is full of floods, business travel is cut off, autumn tea has been picked and baked for more than ten days, if you can't sell the transaction, put it in your hands, the new tea becomes old tea, and a group of tea merchants can throw themselves into the river and jump into the well.

It's just that because everyone has accumulated several batches of goods in their hands, in order to avoid accidents on the way, most of the tea merchants have to pay the tea tax this time, just to be able to complete this business trip smoothly.

Everyone knows that the world is volatile, and the impact of the flood on Da Zhi and Nan Mu is different, and the relationship between the two countries has become a little delicate.

Although Dazhi is not the source of the flood, it has been severely affected, with Chengzu as the most, and the three eastern counties have been affected. However, because Nanmu is mostly mountainous, the floods only block business travel, but the livelihood of the people is less troubled.

This advance and retreat not only made the situation between the two countries begin to become sensitive, but there were also restless people in their respective courts, and there was quite a posture of mountains and rains about to rise.

Liehou Town is under the jurisdiction of Xianghe County, which is one of the main nodes directly adjacent to Nanmu and Dazhi, and is the only way for tea ceremony business travelers.

In previous years, the inspection of the tea ceremony has been very strict, and this time the trade route has been opened, and the officials at all levels can not control the unmanageable are sharpening knives and huohuo, and they are waiting for a hard battle, for fear of losing a piece of the pie.

"This official Xianghe County Lieutenant Chen Shu was ordered to conduct a tea ceremony inspection here, and all tea merchants who have not been registered in the Xianghe County Ya are not allowed to participate in business travel transactions this time!"

Before the words fell, everyone was in an uproar.

In the five countries of the world, the official system is basically the same, the local administration is to follow the county (government), county two levels of configuration, tea ceremony business travel is a matter of great importance, the control power has always fallen on the superior Ninghe Mansion of Xianghe County, the so-called tax payment and trade certificates such as road guides and tax regulations are also issued by Ninghe Prefecture, which has never had anything to do with Xianghe County.

This Xianghe County Lieutenant Chen Shu suddenly came here to inspect, clearly asking everyone to vomit blood for the second time, it is strange that these tea merchants are not crazy.

"We have a road guide business certificate issued by Ninghe Mansion here, why do we need to inspect it?"

"When I did the tea ceremony certificate, I didn't say that I had to inspect it again..."

"The tax authority of the county lieutenant of Xianghe can't control us..."

Seeing that everyone was gossiping and starting to make trouble, Chen Shushu took out his waist knife and slashed straight into the desktop in front of him, "Whoever dares to disobey the order and go against the will of the court will be regarded as a rebellion!" ”

The tea merchants fell silent in an instant, although there was a lot of anger in their hearts, but no one dared to be this bird. Jokes, no matter how Chen Shu says it, he is also an official of the court, and the real and false faces also represent the Nanmu regime, if he is not a wealthy eunuch, who would dare to go against the people in power!

"You, take out the tax slip, we have to start the inspection!" Chen Shu said and pushed the young merchant next to him who had been bowing his head on the table.

County Lieutenant Chen never imagined that this push would cause a big incident.

The sudden change was raised, and before everyone could react, several big men at the same table of the young merchants suddenly got up, one of them shrugged forward, grabbed Chen Shu's collar with his hand, and snatched the waist knife in the hand of the county lieutenant Chen with the other hand, like a galloping horse.

The merchants only felt a flower in front of them, and saw that Chen Shu's waist knife had fallen into the hands of the big man, and the person was also pulled to lie on the bench.

When the sergeants who followed Chen Shu saw this scene, they were stunned for a moment, and suddenly rushed up, waiting to make a move.

"Who dares!"

The big man shouted, and he had already put his waist knife on Chen Shu's neck, and the sergeants neither advanced nor retreated, and the situation became a stalemate.

Nima dared to stop and kill the court officials in broad daylight, what kind of existence is this, and the sky has been turned upside down!

Chen Shu was furious and wanted to shout but couldn't, his body was pressed against the stool and couldn't move, just his limbs were dancing wildly, and he made strange sounds.

The young man who had been lying on the table straightened up and sighed, "Let him go, little man, and I'm not afraid of dirty your hands!" ”

The big man snorted, let go of his hand and kicked his foot at the same time, and for some reason he was obviously facing Chen Shu, but this kick was in the crook of the Xianghe County Lieutenant's leg, and with a "plop" sound, he kicked him to his knees.

The young man turned around, picked up a folding fan with him, and opened it with a brush, his posture extremely chic.

"Childe, I'm Duan Ningmei, why do you still want to check my road tax slip?"

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