It is said that Wu You and the others surrounded hundreds of people brought by the Pan family in front of the inn, and the two sides confronted each other.

Uncle Pan listened to Wu You's tone very much, and there was a trace of hesitation on his brows. His brother came over and whispered: "Big brother, no one in this county dares to touch our family, except for them." ”

When Wu You heard it, he sneered: "I don't know if you are relatives of the Xie family, can you really think that you are relatives of the emperor?" Xie Guirenzuo is just a new nobleman, and there are three thousand beauties in the harem. Moreover, it is not Xie San's turn to count where the Dingcheng Marquis Mansion goes. Don't forget that he is still a white body, and Xie Whale is the grandson of the long house. ”

As soon as these words came out, the Pan brothers changed color. For a long time, Uncle Pan pointed at him and asked, "Who are you?" ”

Wu You said with a smile: "I'm an ordinary passerby, but I happened to hear about the guerrilla attack on General Xie in the Beijing camp." "He really heard of Xie Whale, but it's just this tune, who believes it?" Compared with these princes' children in Beijing now, he is also a good person, Xie San is just an ordinary gentleman, and he can't catch up with him. ”

He was a young man, and he was wearing ordinary cloth clothes, he was proud and quite imposing, and everything he said was a matter of the imperial city of Kyoto, which really frightened a lot of people, and they didn't dare to step forward when they looked at each other. When he saw this scene, he knew that he was temporarily frightened, raised his hand and dusted his sleeves, and led the people behind him to pac inside, and the many people around him only looked at them and did not dare to stop them.

Entering the inn, Wu You pretended to hold Tian Gengzi's shoulder and smiled: "As soon as I entered the door, I couldn't hold it, I had never put such a big score, and my legs were a little weak!" ”

Everyone admired him for being smart and scaring people, and they couldn't help laughing when they heard it.

Tian Gengzi glanced at him and said, "Isn't it possible for us to beat them?" ”

Wu You snorted: "Who is afraid of them? Because they are from this county, I am afraid that I will cause trouble, so I let Mr. Xiao Gong scold. ”

They went back to their houses to rest.

The people of the Pan family outside hesitated for a long time, and finally Pan Sanye said: "How about going and asking Li County Commander to come forward?" ”

Uncle Pan immediately shouted, "Okay!" And he said, "He should have taken the lead." Because they ordered everyone to surround the inn and not let anyone go out, the three brothers hurried to the county office.

Angu County is very small, and the whole county immediately heard about it. Li Wen also got the report, today the wife of the Pan family couldn't find the key to the secret grid in the old man Pan's study, so she was in a hurry, so she simply asked someone to pry open the secret grid and take a look, and there was no silver ingot left in it! I checked Old Man Pan's private account again, and only then did I know that there were 1,400 taels there! The Pan family was immediately suspicious of the dart masters of the Taiping Dart Bureau who came from outside yesterday, and at this time they had already shouted hundreds of people to surround the inn where they lived. When the people of the Pan family came to the county government for the second time to attack the grievances, Li Wen was busy suing Young Master Gao inside.

Jia Cong sneered when he heard this: "What a big guts. Nai looked at Li Wen, "Lord Li, do you want to calm things down, or are you willing to teach them a lesson?" ”

Li Wen smiled bitterly: "Young Master Gao, where can I afford to teach their family?" They are the nobles of the Hou Mansion. ”

Jia Cong Zhengse said: "Shuren is like water, water can carry a boat, and it can also overturn a boat." Although this statement refers to the emperor's family, it can be as small as a county. He suddenly laughed, "My lord, why don't you and me and the people of the Pan family go to the inn together." The Pan family said that they lost thousands of taels of silver, and that thing was not light. This time, we bought a birthday gift from Beijing, and everything was stored in the county office, so the luggage you guys carried with you was just a few changes of clothes and a few copper coins and broken silver. It's all light. ”

Li Wen hurriedly said: "Xia Guan naturally believes that Young Master Gao's people are not thieves, and some people take advantage of Young Master Gao's troubled waters in this county to fish in order to disturb the public." ”

Jia Cong smiled more and more happily, stood up and said, "Let's go, take a look." So he took the lead and walked out.

Although Li Wen was a little uneasy in his heart, he hurriedly followed.

When I arrived at the court, I saw the three brothers of the Pan family shouting arrogantly: "What about the Li County Order?" Come out! "The crowd below is full of people watching the excitement.

Jia Cong walked out with slow steps. He was originally dressed luxuriously and quite blessed, and he also learned Jia Yu coughed twice, and suddenly like a harrier entering the forest, everyone quieted down.

Jia Cong looked at the three brothers, and didn't say who he was, but said, "I heard that you suspect that my family's subordinates have stolen thousands of taels of silver from your family." ”

Uncle Pan hurriedly said: "This little young master is extraordinary at a glance. We thought......"

Jia Cong interrupted him: "How much is it?" ”

Uncle Pan said: "One thousand four hundred taels." ”

Jia Cong said: "It's all cash? ”

Uncle Pan nodded again and again: "Yes, yes, it's all cash." ”

Jia Cong said: "Letting you search is naturally too face-saving, but if Lord Li is embarrassed, I am also willing to give him a face, saying how heavy their luggage is in the inn, adding up to a thousand taels." It's just that my family is a family with face, even if it is a subordinate, I can't let you frame and weigh it in vain. Isn't that good? I heard that your Pan family has never paid taxes to the imperial court over the years, and the taxes that your family should pay are all made up by the villagers for you. ”

As soon as this remark came out, the audience was in an uproar. Who doesn't know that their Pan family is rich? Even a thief can lose 1,400 taels. This silver is enough for ordinary people to live for several lifetimes. In the past two years, the harsh taxes and miscellaneous taxes imposed by the imperial court have become heavier and heavier, and ordinary people are not as good as day by day, and many of them are no longer happy. It turned out that their Pan family didn't pay taxes, not to mention, their family's taxes were made up by everyone! The people suddenly exploded like boiling oil poured into a hot pot.

Jia Cong stretched out his hand and waved, and those who lowered their heads were busy discussing or cursing, and some were crying, and no one looked at him. The officials have not been less angry with the Pan family, and after listening to Li Wen's words in the past two days, they all held Jia Cong and others as if they had won a pole, and shouted in unison when they saw this: "Quiet and quiet~~ Young Master Gao still has something to say~~" Everyone really quieted down.

Jia Cong sighed lightly and said to the people below: "Folks, don't blame Lord Li, he really can't do anything, the tax money handed over to the treasury every year is half a cent, their family is dead, what can Lord Li do." Without waiting for everyone to react, he turned his head and looked at the three brothers of the Pan family with a smile and said, "You suspect that my family's subordinates have stolen your family's silver taels." My family is not arbitrary and can be wronged, so it's better for me to make a bet with your family. If you weigh their luggage up to that weight, it shows that you have wronged the good people. How about asking the Pan family to make up for the taxes owed over the years? ”

Uncle Pan just suspected that the tall dart masters had stolen the silver, and he had no evidence and was not sure, relying on the fact that he was a landlord and a backer, and wanted to forcibly search. Look at this young master Gao and the young man in the inn are not easy to mess with, if the money is not found, not to mention that the money cannot be recovered, will you have to pay a lot of taxes and silver in the future? I couldn't help but bow my head and hesitate.

Jia Cong sneered: "Your family has a big business, and you have the face to let the villagers make up taxes for you?" According to my meaning, whether it is called luggage or not, it must be completed. ”

Second Master Pan hurriedly said: "Wouldn't you pay double taxes if you make up for it?" ”

Jia Congqi said: "How can you pay double copies? The villagers in front of you have already paid the money for your family, and you should have borrowed it from you. Now I don't want your family to make money, you only pay back the principal to Lord Li, and Lord Li will return the money to the villagers according to the accounts. ”

As soon as these words came out, the audience was silent. Only the imperial court has ever collected money, who has ever heard of returning money? After a while, one of the first to understand shouted, "Yes! Let them pay back! Pay it back! Everyone immediately coaxed: "Pay back the money!" With thousands of taels of silver at home, he forced us to pay taxes for him! ......"No one thought that it was Li Wen who forced them to pay taxes and silver on their behalf."

Jia Cong raised his hand again, and the officials shouted more and more: "Quiet and quiet~~ Young Master Gao has something to say~~" Everyone hurriedly closed their mouths and looked at him with blank eyes.

Jia Cong said: "I am the nephew of Lord Gao, the envoy of the festival of Ping'an Prefecture, and I passed by Guixian yesterday and visited Lord Li. ”

Pan Sanye immediately shouted: "We have paid a lot of taxes in the past two years, and not all of them are sent by the tall people!" ”

Jia Cong didn't wait for his voice to land, and then said loudly: "No! ”

Before everyone could transfer their grievances against Gao Li to Young Master Gao, they were stunned again when they heard him say "no".

Jia Cong said: "My uncle loves the people like a son and has never imposed taxes. I personally checked many of the accounts last night, and they were all added in the second two years. Uncle Jia, the envoy of the festival of Ping'an Prefecture, didn't become a regular in the past two years, why didn't he have these taxes before? If he was a corrupt official, he would have added it from the year he took office, so why did these two years suddenly add up? But now he has been an official in Ping'an Prefecture for more than ten years. ”

This logic originally didn't make sense, but these people who listened to him didn't have any logic, and they trusted him, so they let him lead his mind and muttered one after another: "Yes, Gao never raised taxes in previous years......"

Jia Cong coughed and said loudly: "There must be a reason here, there are villains who are deceiving and concealing the people's fat and ointment in the name of my uncle." Therefore, I will report to my uncle, and find out that this man will be dealt with in the law of the land. The additional taxes will be returned to the people within three months! ”

"Bang la la~~~" The lobby really exploded, and the villagers were so happy that they didn't know what day it was. Suddenly, the old father knelt down in tears, and shouted in a trembling voice: "Master Gao is Gao Qingtian-" The people around him also knelt down when they saw it, and shouted "Gao Qingtian-" The voice broke through the sky. Even the servants knelt down.

Jia Cong had seen this kind of extras kneeling collectively on TV in his previous life, and he looked majestic off the screen, but it was the first time he had experienced it in person. Although he stood with his hands on his back, seeing these pale boys, women, men and women banging the green bricks, it was really not a taste in his heart. These people are all victims, which makes Gaolikeng's life extremely difficult, and there are already people who sell their children or die of illness if they can't keep it. Hearing that he didn't want to collect the money, he actually shouted "Qingtian". In ancient times, the people were really low-demanding. Then he sighed and said, "Folks, get up." I will ask everyone to be a witness, and go to the inn where my family stays with Master Li and the three members of the Pan family, and weigh the luggage is good? ”

Everyone was in an uproar again, "Okay~~" and got up happily and said, "Let's go!" Weigh the luggage! "Look at the posture of Young Master Gao, who believes that his subordinates will steal? Even if you steal it, you must not steal it, otherwise how can you make the Pan family pay back the money?

The faces of the three members of the Pan family were darkened, and they looked at each other. They didn't believe that it was the people from Young Master Gao's family who stole their silver. There are only about thirty descendants of the Gao family, and they are going far away, how much luggage can they bring? Don't ask, I can't say 1,400 taels, but this bet is lost today. After a while, Uncle Pan forced a smile and said, "At first, I didn't know that it was Young Master Gao, and I was disrespectful." Since he is the noble nephew of a tall man, he will definitely not raise thieves, so he doesn't need to be called. ”

Jia Cong snorted: "Whether it is called or not, the taxes owed must be returned to the villagers." ”

There was another commotion in the hall: "Pay back the money, pay back the money......"

Suddenly, Pan Sanye blinked his eyes and cried: "My tragic father~~"

The uncle and the second master also cried when they saw it: "Dad, you died so miserably~~"

There was a shouting and scolding from the crowd.

Jia Cong's face was unmoved, and he turned his head to look at Li Wendao: "How should Old Man Pan's case be handled, Ming'er will also come back." The tax money will be returned within three days after the burial of Mr. Pan, and I hope that the villagers will supervise it. ”

At this time, everything he said was right, and the villagers shouted: "It's very - listen to Young Master Gao-"

Jia Cong nodded, waved his hand to everyone again, and walked back to the back office with a free and easy pace.

Li Wen listened to him speak in a loud tone, and he also had confidence, so he hurriedly comforted the villagers in Huizi, and turned around to find the three members of the Pan family, they were gone. After the crowd dispersed, Li Wen returned to the back office to find Jia Cong, and asked nervously: "Young Master Gao, is Master Gao really willing to return the tax money?" ”

Jia Cong smiled: "Although I don't know who the thief was last night, I think it's a friend rather than an enemy." ”

Li Wen was stunned: "What does Young Master Gao mean by this?" ”

Jia Cong said with a smile: "I heard that the Pan family lost a large amount of silver last night, and Mr. Gong was afraid that our birthday gift would also suffer, so he immediately rushed out to check, and he didn't want the birthday gift to be half a cent less, but more." ”

Li Wen became more and more puzzled: "How can there be more?" ”

Jia Cong sighed: "The 1,400 taels were wrapped into a big burden and stuffed directly into our birthday car. ”

Li Wen was shocked: "What's the matter?" ”

Jia Congnai handed him a note, Li Wen opened it and took a look, and wrote it in an extremely positive pavilion style: "Borrow your car for temporary storage, and transfer it to Lord Li of Angu County." The people's fat and the people's ointment are taken from the people and returned to the people. If you dare to swallow it privately, you will be killed. Zorro characters. ”

Li Wen was dumbfounded.

It turned out that Wu You went to Pan's house last night to do business in order to subsidize the people of this county, so when Wu You and others were eating at noon today, they scattered the silver and brought it with them, and after eating, they were all handed over to Jia Cong and Gong Kun, who lived in the county government. When they returned to the county office, they wrapped the silver in a bag and wrote a note and stuffed it into the car, pretending that it was a thief. Although the Pan family doesn't dare to go to the inn to weigh their luggage now, even if they weigh it, even if they rely on the number of people to check it, they can't find the silver.

Jia Cong smiled and said: "Since this Zuo Daxia has such good intentions, the adults will accept it for the people." If you don't pay off the tax debt, you should have a fine, and if you collect the wrong tax, you should also get a refund. In addition, since the rich family used to pay taxes for others, he should also give some profits, and they can't let them help my uncle for nothing. I don't know if these silver taels are enough to return to the villagers? ”

Li Wen nodded again and again, smiling from ear to ear: "Enough, enough, enough!" There's still a lot to spare! There is a surplus! ”

"The surplus should be my uncle's order to compensate the villagers for their suffering in the past two years, and to atone for his negligence, and in the next two years, he paid the taxes to the treasury for the villagers."

Li Wenxin said, what a cunning young master, it is clear that your uncle forcibly apportioned these taxes, and he actually used the money stolen by others to be a good person! It's just that he only dares to slander you, and this Zuo Daxia is very capable, and he never thinks about being greedy for himself. Just listening to Young Master Gao's tone, I believe more and more that he can persuade Gao Li not to raise taxes anymore. Nai Xiao stepped forward and complimented: "Young Master Gao is dedicated to the people, and he is so smart and capable, and his future in the future is limitless." ”

Jia Cong suddenly became interested in pretending to be forced, walked to the window with his hands down, sighed, looked at the sky outside the window and tilted up at a 45-degree angle, and said: "Only when the people are healthy can we ensure the safety of one party." "Jia Cong, the bear child of the Red Mansion

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Chapter 106.

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