Thanks karlking for the tip and the wall, Mo Mo Da!

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Xia Chen saw that a dozen or so soldiers immediately surrounded him, gritted his teeth and shouted at the soldier: "You are not afraid that I will sue others for you to take my money." ”

The soldier laughed twice: "This man wants to bribe me with silver, and the crime will be increased by one degree." ”

Xia Chen didn't want to do anything with them here, otherwise she might really become a wanted criminal, not to mention that it would be difficult to leave this place, and there would be endless troubles in the future, thinking that she had the champion jade plate given by the emperor himself, and it would not be too late to wait until she saw the officials in charge here.

The soldiers who came to the county did not take them to the hall or the cell, but took them directly to the backyard.

"Wait here!"

Xia Chen saw him walking straight towards the hall, and turned his head to look at Xiao Chongyang: "Don't be afraid, it'll be fine." ”

"Well, I believe my brother." Although Xiao Chongyang was scared to death, when he heard Xia Chen say this, he raised his little face and grinned.

Xia Chen closed his eyes and listened intently, and the conversation between the soldier and the other man gradually became clear.

"My lord, although the son from Anyang is dressed ordinarily, his appearance and temperament are extremely extraordinary, and his shot is even more generous. Listening to him say that he has been to the Western Regions many times, I think he must have been born in a wealthy family, and he must still have a lot of money with him, maybe we can still get a sum from his family. ”

"If you are smart, I will reward you well when the deed is done."

"Thank you, thank you, your lord."

"Go see, you know what to do!"

"Yes, yes. I'm in charge of intimidation, and the adults will leave another room alive. ”

Xia Chen was so angry when he heard this that he wanted to laugh, this soldier was not dutiful but insatiable. He wanted to get more out of himself. It seems that you really have to pay attention to it in the future, and there is a certain reason why your wealth is not exposed. And this county magistrate actually wants to do robbery and extortion with this soldier with a black face and a white face, it is really a nest of snakes and rats!

She was thinking about how to deal with these two scumbags, when she saw the young man in a cyan official uniform walking over with the soldier, she was stunned on the spot!

"Seeing that Lord Zhixian still doesn't kneel, do you want to add another crime of disrespect!" The soldier shouted.

Xia Chen only stared at the young official: "Are you Songqingzhi County?" Are you Qingzhu? ”

Qingzhu looked at Xia Chen and looked a little familiar. But for a while, he couldn't remember where he had seen it, and squinted his eyes suspiciously: "How do you recognize me?" Who are you? ”

Xia Chen looked disdainful: "Senior Brother Qingzhu, who is bent on getting ahead and glorifying his ancestors, has become like this, and the cold window has created a jackal dressed in gorgeous clothes for several years!" ”

The soldier pulled out his knife and pointed it at Xia Chen: "You are so bold." Dare to speak like this to the magistrate! ”

Qingzhu glanced at the soldier and made him retreat, turned his head and looked at Xia Chen in surprise: "Are you ...... Chen'er? ”

Xia Chen said coldly: "I really don't know whether to say that you are a noble person who forgets things, or that you look down on people." ”

The soldier wanted to attack again, but was coldly drunk by Qingzhu and retreated. And Qingzhu's face at this time also became extremely ugly: "I don't know what I did wrong to make Chen'er so disrespectful." The state has its own laws. Didn't you commit a crime and get caught here? ”

Xia Chen sneered: "National law? If you had the law of the land in your eyes, you would not have conspired with your subordinates to blackmail me. ”

Qingzhu was shocked when he heard this: "You! How do you know? ”

Xia Chen slowly untied the rope that was tied to her arm, this kind of thing didn't do anything to her at all, she could take anything out of the ring and cut it off at any time.

"When did you become this Songqingzhi County?" She threw the rope in front of Qingzhu's feet.

Qingzhu seemed to have seen a ghost, and was even more shocked by the momentum emanating from Xia Chen's body, and subconsciously he still regarded Xia Chen as a benefactor who gave him a future, and he unconsciously bowed down and said: "More than a year, only more than a year." ”

Xia Chen untied the rope for Xiao Chongyang and turned his back: "For more than a year, I will let you be so powerful and reckless!" In a few more years. Do you have to drink the blood of the common people and eat the flesh of the common people? ”

Qingzhu's legs trembled: "Chen'er." I can't help it, if I don't do this, I will lose this official, I don't want to live a poor life anymore, I don't want to be looked down upon anymore! At the end he shouted with some excitement.

Xia Chenfeng's eyes narrowed: "I really regret helping you!" I respected you at the beginning, but now I really look down on you for half a point, what's the use of you forgetting to live. As she spoke, she shook her body, and a dagger in her hand pressed against Qingzhu's throat.

"You, what do you want to do! It's not my fault, it's not my fault. Feeling that the dagger seemed to have pierced into the flesh, Qingzhu knelt down on his knees: "Chen'er, I was wrong, I'll change!" ”

"Ouch, who is this, so bold, dare to point the murder weapon at the county lord!" A fat woman with a pile of flour came in from outside the courtyard and shouted.

"Sister-in-law, it's none of your business, I, I'm innocent." Qingzhu said busily.

"Someone......" the fat woman shouted as she sat on the ground.

Xia Chen glanced at her: "If you want him to live, shut up!" ”

The fat woman immediately covered her mouth, and then knelt up: "Childe's subordinates are merciful, does Childe want money?" ”

Xia Chen said desolately: "Money? Money is really the most amazing thing in the world, you can buy food, clothing, officials, and people, and you can also buy your heart and life. ”

Qingzhu fell to the ground: "Chen'er, I can't help it, it's not that I haven't thought about asking for my life for the people, but I'm a small sesame official, and I can't protect myself." ”

The fat woman looked at Xia Chen in surprise: "You, you are that Chen'er?" Oh, you have no conscience, your grandfather is sick, but we still invited a doctor for him to see, and it is also good to eat and drink during the New Year's holidays, but I heard that after you are developed, the six relatives do not recognize it. ”

Xia Chen was stunned, she had indeed only visited her grandfather and grandmother twice in the past few years, and every time she passed by in a hurry, and every time she gave them money, they refused to accept it, only saying that it was okay.

"How are they doing?" Over the past year or so, the Great Cloud Kingdom seems to have changed greatly, the treasury is empty, but the emperor has built a large number of civil engineering palaces, in order to raise the New Year's currency for the Xuan Kingdom, the officials below have to squeeze out even the last drop of blood and sweat of the common people.

Qingzhu said: "Chen'er, can we go to the house and talk?" ”

Xia Chen nodded, and casually threw a silver ingot to the fat woman: "Take this child to eat something good, and buy two decent clothes." ”

"Yes, yes, yes." The fat woman said in unison.

Talking to Qingzhu Xia Chen felt even more disheartened, Da Yunguo was like a terminally ill old man, ordinary medicine was no longer effective, but a stronger medicine might kill him faster, so he could only lie on the bed and survive. She suddenly wanted to go back to Wei Han, and then find a place where no one was there to live in seclusion, so that she would be angry and uncomfortable when she saw these people!

"Senior Brother Qingzhu, even if you can't make a difference, at least you can clean yourself up, how can you be like those corrupt officials and evil officials."

Qingzhu said with a wry smile: "Every New Year's festival is indispensable to be filial piety, which official has a wedding and funeral does not mean that you will be given small shoes to wear, and then they may not set up a name to ask for money, and how can we petty officials have money, don't we have to reach out to the people!" He paused: "Actually, I didn't think about simply resigning from the office, but there is a saying that it is difficult to ride a tiger, and I always feel that I can be better than others." ”

"Strong? You can say that, too! ”

"Me! I usually only go after the rich. ”

Xia Chen raised his eyebrows: "You mean that you are still a hero who robs the rich and helps the poor, although there are people who are not benevolent to the rich, but after all, they are a minority, but in my case, the money is also a little hard-earned." ”

Qingzhu smiled embarrassedly: "I will definitely pay attention in the future." By the way, Chen'er, I was in too much of a hurry when I went to Beijing to catch the exam, so I didn't contact you. Soon after I took office, I heard about the previous Wu Zhuangyuan...... It's you, right? Originally, he didn't dare to think about it, but when he saw Xia Chen's martial arts today, he suddenly said.

Xia Chen nodded: "It's me." ”

"Alas, Chen'er, you are really amazing!" Qingzhu sighed.

"By the way, Senior Brother Qingzhu, when I passed through other states and counties, I didn't hear about the decree that people were not allowed to flee the famine and take refuge, why is this different from you?" (To be continued......)