Everyone was relieved when they heard this, and some people proposed to divide the grain, and they had to add interest, etc., but the pavilion chief raised his voice and turned around and asked Daddy Yang: "Yang Dazhu, let me ask you, who allowed you to open a grain shop?" Have you gone to the government for the record? ”

The father, who had just stood up straight, was questioned like this, his body stiffened, his breath was held in his throat, and his face became more and more red. Seeing this, the old lady quickly patted him on the back a few times, until the breath was smooth, and the father bent over to support his knees and coughed violently!

The pavilion chief frowned in disgust and took a few steps back, and the woman who was making trouble jumped out and said: "Hey, surnamed Yang, don't think that you can be fooled by relying on the old man and selling old clothes to be pitiful, if you don't give an explanation today, let's ask the pavilion chief to call the shots, don't you say?" ”

"Yes, I just saw that he was honest and sold him the grain with confidence, and went home with a white strip, and I didn't give money these days, I was blind at the beginning, and I believed him in vain, Pavilion Chief, you want to call the shots for us!"

"Yes, yes, Pavilion Chief, call the shots for us...... There are more and more people in the crowd who echo it!

The pavilion chief coughed twice, and said in his official tone: "Yang Dazhu, you have heard it, your family has issued so many IOUs, it is not clear today, and the big guys will not agree!" Do you think you are giving money or grain? Or ......"

Another middle-aged man beside the pavilion chief, who seemed to be a bookkeeper, pulled him and whispered in his ear; The father and the mother's faces were white, their whole bodies trembled slightly, and they looked at each other blankly, not paying attention at all.

Dad hesitated slightly, and said with trembling lips: "Pavilion Master, can you do it again... One more day of grace, maybe my family Ling'er will be back soon! She'll be able to pay off all the IOUs when she comes back! ”

"Old man Yang, you don't deceive people! If I'm not mistaken, that Ling'er in your family is only six or seven years old, a thin and small yellow-haired girl, her hair has not grown up, why should people believe her? Why did you give her money? I see, you're deliberately dragging your feet and trying to sneak away tonight, right? ”

"Huh? He wanted to slip away, but he couldn't! That's our family's rations, and the family's expenses in the second half of the year are all based on this little money! ”

"That's it, we can't let him run away, we have to guard, don't leave if we don't get the money!"

"Yes, that's it, let's go to his backyard!" …… The masses are always blind, one person starts, and the others echo it, just like eating a big pot of rice, everyone has to guard the pot, for fear of leaking their share!

"Ahem, quiet! Be quiet! "The pavilion chief spoke! Everyone stopped and provoked the woman: "Pavilion Master, why don't you make a decision for our big guys and divide the grain?" Let everyone have peace of mind! ”

"yes, yes, let's divide it!" There were even a few men in the crowd who rolled up their sleeves and prepared to rush into the shop!

"Stop, who dares to mess around?" The middle-aged master stood up, stopped at the door of the shop, and reprimanded with a straight face. The woman was stunned for a moment, and several men who were about to make trouble also looked at each other, and the woman's eyes rolled, "Oh, Zeng is in charge, this old man Yang is clearly a liar, why are you still helping him speak!" ”

The steward Zeng glared back at her with a straight face, and said lightly: "This matter is decided by the pavilion elder, and you can't wait for nonsense, otherwise it will be a private house and robbery of private property, whoever dares to make trouble will be immediately tied up and sent to the county jail!" ”

This man's words were clear and powerful, the crowd quieted down, and the men who were about to move shrank back. The woman was astonished at this, and she turned to look at the pavilion chief suspiciously.

The pavilion chief turned his head and didn't see it, and said to everyone: "Everyone don't be impatient, according to the laws of our dynasty, without the permission of the government, civilians are not allowed to open grain shops privately, otherwise it is a big crime of concealing evil intentions and deliberately rebelling, and the property will be confiscated at the least, and the family will be exterminated!" Then he turned to Father Yang and said, "Yang Dazhu, did you go to the government for the record?" ”

Daddy's white face and lips trembled, and he couldn't speak at all, and the pavilion chief snorted coldly: "Hmph, it seems that there is no more?" If I really don't, then I'm going to seal the shop! ”

"No, Pavilion Chief, what should you do if you seal the shop? We sold the grain and still haven't gotten the money! ”

"Yes, Pavilion Chief, why don't you return the food to us first and then seal the shop!"

The pavilion chief glanced at the steward next to him, coughed twice, and said, "Official business, they open a grain shop privately, and of course everything in the shop must be confiscated!" ”

"How's that going to work? What will we do if we are confiscated? No, Pavilion Chief! ”

The pavilion chief pressed his hand and said, "Quiet, quiet!" This is a court law, I don't count what I said, if Yang Laohan really doesn't have official documents, he has nothing to say about sealing the shop and collecting grain, as for your money from selling grain, didn't Yang Laohan say that his daughter went to the city to find the big boss? You can ask his daughter for it, or the big boss for it! Someone, seal this shop for me! ”

The pavilion chief screamed at zero, and those poor people rushed in in response. Everyone was in an uproar and begged not to seal the shop, but with so many poor people present, no one dared to come up to stop them.

There was a commotion in front of the door, and Ling'er was even more anxious, but she was stopped outside by a human wall composed of poor people, and several times she wanted to get in, she was pushed back to the crowd by the poor people, and her shouting was also drowned out by the noise of the crowd!

Seeing this, Daddy Yang at the door didn't come up and fell down in one breath, and the old lady was anxious to call for help, but no one paid attention to it at all! Ling'er was in a hurry, so she pulled the flat shoulder in the hand of the man next to her, and slammed twice at the messenger who stopped her, and the messenger fainted to the ground, Ling'er jumped over in a few steps and rushed to her father: "Dad!" Father! Wake up! ”

The old lady looked up with tears in her eyes, saw Ling'er, was stunned for a moment, and suddenly grabbed her and cried while slapping: "Ling'er, where did you run away from this dead girl......"

"Mother! Mother, don't cry, it's important to save Daddy! ”

The old lady immediately turned to her father again, shaking and shouting: "Old man, his father, wake up!" Wake up! Ling'er is back, look! Ling'er is back! ……”

The mother and daughter tossed for a while, but the father did not react at all, and Ling'er was also a little panicked, not knowing what to do. Suddenly, a thick and tight arm was leaning next to him, and there was a deep and stiff voice: "Let me come!" ”

Ling'er turned around, and the person who came was actually a criminal justice! I saw him pick up his father, probed his pulse, and then poked his father's back a few times, and with one palm, his father coughed a few times, and he actually came to his senses!

Ling'er and the old lady were very surprised, helped the father to call him, and gave him a good breath. Seeing that his father's face gradually recovered, Ling'er breathed a sigh of relief, turned her head to Xing Yi and said, "Thank you, Uncle Xing, you are my father's life-saving benefactor!" ”

Xingyi stood up, put his hands around his chest, turned his head to look, and said lightly: "If you don't go, your house will be emptied!" ”

Ling'er reacted, jumped up all of a sudden, picked up a flat pole and blocked the door of his shop: "Put it down, who dares to touch my things!" ”

The messenger carrying the sack paused, frowned, and said, "Little girl, don't make trouble, go and play while playing!" ”

"Come less, I'm Yang Ling'er, the daughter of the Yang family's grain shop, put things down!"

The messenger was stunned for a moment, then turned his head and shouted: "Pavilion chief, Zeng is in charge, this old man's girl is back!" ”

Don't look at this poor man carrying a hundred pounds of grain bags, this does not affect his voice at all, he shouted like this, everyone looked at it together, and the poor man who carried the grain behind also stopped!

The pavilion chief looked Ling'er up and down, and the look of surprise on his face was undisguised: "You... Is it the little girl who went to the county seat to find the big proprietor who bought grain? ”

"Exactly!"

The pavilion chief stared at Ling'er for a long time, and suddenly smiled, bent down slightly, and said amiably: "Little girl, have you found the big boss?" ”

"Of course!"

"Oh? What about the silver? ”

"The silver will naturally be given, Pavilion Chief, please ask the messengers not to move my food!"

"Hehe, that's not good, your furniture opens a grain shop, this is a big crime against the law, and you have to kill your head! Little girl, whether you get the silver or not, get... How much silver, this shop must be closed, and the grain must be confiscated! ”

The hint in the pavilion chief's eyes Ling'er didn't know, he obviously wanted the silver he brought back from the so-called big boss, if he was satisfied, maybe he could let his family go! Ling'er didn't appreciate it, sneered, and took out the deed from his arms: "Pavilion Lord, please see, this is the approval of our family's grain shop!"

"Approval?"

"That's right! There is a big seal of the county lord on it, and if you don't believe in it, the elder of the pavilion can send someone to the county government to check it! ”

The pavilion chief took the piece of paper suspiciously, looked at it over and over again, and muttered to the steward for a long time, Ling'er said: "Pavilion master, can you let the uncles put down the food?" ”

The pavilion chief frowned and hesitated for a moment, and finally waved his hand unwillingly, and sent people to throw the grain on the ground, and out of Ling'er's shop, no one moved the grain back! Ling'er didn't plan to worry about these things with them, and turned to look at Daddy.

"Wait!"

"Pavilion Lord, please speak!"

"Although you have an approval, someone has reported that you are not doing business properly, setting prices indiscriminately, and disrupting transactions, little girl, what do you say?"

Ling'er sneered: "Pavilion Master, the imperial court has always set the price of grain only at the selling price and not at the purchase price, not to mention that the selling price range is also between one wen and ten wen per liter, and the purchase price of our shop is the lowest two wen and the highest is five wen, when did the price be set indiscriminately?" ”

"This ......"

"There are many uncles here who have IOUs from our shop, and the quantity and price on them are clearly written, if you don't believe it, the pavilion elder can check it thoroughly!"

"This ......" The pavilion chief looked at Zeng's steward, then looked at the woman who was stirring up trouble, and reprimanded with a straight face: "Tang Gao, you sued this Yang family's grain shop for money, how can you explain it now!" ”

"Huh? I? I... I ......" The woman was suddenly called by name, and some of them couldn't react, and she stammered for a long time and couldn't answer! It seemed that the pavilion chief didn't wait for her to answer, and said loudly: "Come on, arrest this nonsense woman for me!" Then he flicked his sleeve and went away in anger. (To be continued.) If you like this work, you are welcome to come to the starting point (qidian.com) to vote for recommendation, monthly pass, your support, is my biggest motivation. )