It's just that the current Qing officials are really rare, and it is extremely difficult to find one, I said Yueyue girl, you start to rejoice, fortunately you met Song Mou, otherwise, you are going to be unlucky.

"Ahh Father-in-law.... I don't mean that, I know that there are still Qing officials, but what I want to say is that there are relatively few Qing officials in the Great Song Dynasty, and it doesn't mean that there are none. They continued on their way, and then came to a rather dilapidated county town, quiet and crowded with people, but there was no shouting from the hawkers or the conversation of pedestrians.

This county is very strange, I don't know why no one wants to speak, they are like mutes.

The carriage continued to move forward, and then several servants rushed out to block the way of the two.

Song Qing and the others got out of the car and said strangely: "Two, I don't know what's wrong with us?" Why are you blocking our way?"

One of the officials said: "What else, do you know that you have violated the laws of this county?" You have made a lot of noise on the streets, which has disturbed us adults to rest, and you are sorry?"

Noises? Shouldn't there be noise in broad daylight? The two of them did not understand.

Tang Yueyue said: "Hey, you guys are too much, we are walking on the street, and it is not evening, why do you say that we are too loud?" And what law did we violate?"

The official sneered, "Violating the laws of this county, the county magistrate is not in good health, he doesn't want to be loud, and at the same time, you see, is there anyone around here who is as noisy as you?"

"At the same time, you'd better hand over a tael of silver as a fine, or I'm afraid you won't be able to leave."

.... Qin Xiaoyue was angry, he had never encountered such a thing, which was embarrassing.

"Two, I'm sorry, in fact, we came from other places and passed by here, and we want to continue walking after eating, I wonder if you two can make it convenient?" As he spoke, Song Qing arched his hand.

"What? You're still from out of town?" The eyes of the two lit up, and they immediately said: "Since you are from other places, it is simple, you are directly fined ten taels of silver, and you are not allowed to bargain, otherwise the carriage will be confiscated directly."

The two of them were immediately stunned, apparently still unable to believe their ears. Song Qingdao: "Two poor masters, are you going too far?" Just because we are outsiders, we will be fined ten taels of silver? It's grown ten times straight, it's too much!"

"Excessive?" One of them sneered: "I'm sorry, this is the rule in this county, if you don't give it, then I'm sorry, detain the carriage, and then each take the initiative to leave with fifty boards, you choose for yourself."

.... Tang Yueyue had never met such a person, she was very angry, and she was about to scold.

Song Qing also stopped her, but she looked a little indifferent.

"Hehe, ten taels of silver is ten taels of silver, let's give it, but this county seat, Song doesn't plan to leave immediately, I want to see what other rules you have."

took out the silver from his pocket, and Song Qing handed it over.

"Two poor masters, you can take all this money, anyway, Song doesn't have much money, so don't ask for more."

The two of them took the silver, and their tones changed dramatically.

"This son, you can go, but remember, loud noises are prohibited in this county, otherwise you will continue to be fined the next time you are caught."

Song Qing understood, nodded at the moment, and looked at the back of the two leaving, they were not in a hurry, they simply found an inn to live next to them, and met the corrupt official and the county again, it seems that they have to solve it before they can leave.

Found an inn and handed over the carriage to Xiao Er's guard, Song Qing and the others inquired, and learned that they would cost two taels of silver a night, which was more than five times more expensive than before.

"Shopkeeper, your county is not big, why is the fee more expensive than Lin'andu? Two taels of silver a night, it is estimated that not many people come to stay in the hotel all year round!"

The shopkeeper booed, motioned to Song Qing to be quiet, and then poked his head to look left and right on the street, and then said: "Guest officer, you can't speak too loudly in the future, if you are caught by the yamen, you will be fined one or two silver, do you say that you will lose money?"

Song Qing was stunned for a moment, but he also ignored this problem.

"I'm sorry for the shopkeeper, the two of us are from other places, and we came to Kaiyuan County, it's the first time I've heard of such a request, it's really weird."

"It's not, don't say that this Kaiyuan county is another county, so it won't be fined because the sound is too loud, tell you the guest officer, we are not only going to fine the sound here, but also on the street."

"On the street?" Song Qing was stunned and a little speechless.

Tang Yueyue said: "Shopkeeper, can you tell me what's going on?" Isn't that normal? Why is this taxable?"

Song Qing paid the house money, and then the shopkeeper opened the house.

The three of them sat on a stool next to them, and the shopkeeper opened his mouth.

"Guest officer, you don't know, we are on the street, the monthly single number can be on the street casually, as for the double number, there are a large number of officials on the street to arrest people, once someone is arrested on the street, and at the same time there is no monthly rent, a fine of silver." "Why is that? This street was not built by the magistrate here, why is he so bold? Besides, no one dares to take care of it?" Song Qing was furious, the magistrate here was even more daring than the emperor.

The shopkeeper's face was helpless and speechless.

"The guest officer didn't know that the magistrate of this place had renovated all the streets of the county seat with money, so he began to collect taxes."

"But anyone who wants to be able to go to the street every month, just go to the yamen to buy a certificate, and then you can appear on the street without restrictions, five taels of silver a month, I said guest officer, five taels of silver, hehe, how many people can't earn it in a month, you say this is not reasonable.

Song Qingdao: "What about the ones that didn't buy?" Once you are caught once, you will be fined once, how many people can't stand it, and besides, ordinary people can't stand it at all.

"Yes, yes, so today is a single number, you see so many people on the street, they all bought everything they need tomorrow, and then stayed at home."

said that he was very helpless, with this restriction, his business was much worse, almost half a month was empty, and no one dared to go on the street.

"Objective, so you think this store is expensive just now, in fact, you don't know, the yamen has to collect twenty taels of taxes from me every month, even if I don't open one day a month, I have to pay a lot of money, you say angry people are not angry."

Song Qing understands more, the magistrate here is really bold, he has eaten leopard gall.

"Shopkeeper, since the people of your county are living so hard, why don't you plan to go to the prefect and the prefect to report? I think as long as there is a person in charge, this magistrate will probably have been arrested a long time ago. ”

The sigh of the shopkeeper, report the county? Do you want to live? How can it be good to be caught?

"I said guest officer, you better let us go of this group of small businessmen, in case the report is not successful, they are wearing the same pair of pants, and then don't say that this small shop will be gone, and even a small life will be gone.

At this moment, Song Qing expressed his understanding, it was really like this, it had been so long, if the prefect of Zhizhou did not know, it was almost impossible.

"Shopkeeper, I still have one more question to know, this county is so chaotic, and the people at the bottom have no one to resist? If you are like this, I'm afraid this magistrate won't be able to sit still!"

The shopkeeper said: "Guest officer, you still underestimate this group of people too much, there were indeed people who made trouble last month, but they were beaten to death on the street on the street, after this incident, no one dared, because the arm couldn't twist the thigh after all."

As he spoke, he walked away, sat down at the counter and sighed, unable to speak, if he was known, it would be over.

Song Qing and the others didn't know what to say, when something like this happened, everyone was depressed, this Kaiyuan county really had to solve the matter for them.

Inform Xiao Er to prepare some food, and the two walked into the room.

Song Qing slammed the salute on the bed and said angrily: "They are really bold, dare to be so bold, do you want to live?" I thought it would be enough to pay a penalty casually, but I didn't expect to be so bold. ”

"Miss Yueyue, Song is also downplayed, anyway, we are going to Jiannan Dongchuan, since this is the case, why don't you investigate the case while walking? I'm not in a hurry anyway. ”

Tang Yueyue snorted, she also meant this, but at the moment she was in deep thought.

"My lord, then we will continue to investigate this case? At that time, it is not possible to know the county, the prefect of the prefecture, and the history of local pacification, and the history of the system is estimated to suffer, with our strength, I am afraid that we will not dare to meet them.

Song Qing naturally knows this, so he now hangs his whole heart on his bones, this matter is not allowed to be careless, once something goes wrong, the two of them will lose their lives.

In order to save their lives, what is a criminal officer? Even the second-grade officials of the dynasty dared to kill them.

Soon Xiao Er brought the meal to the table, and then the two began to eat.

"Miss Yueyue, aren't we not allowed to go on the street tomorrow? In this case, let's really go to the street to take a look, I want to see what tricks can be played by the magistrate here. ”

"It's just that we can't conflict with them, and we can't reveal our identities yet, otherwise there will be unexpected situations.

The two hurriedly ate food and returned to the house to rest, Song Qing did not sleep all night, came to the windowsill and looked at the pedestrians downstairs, they were walking, but they did not speak the whole time, as if they were dumb.

Early in the morning of the second day, the two came downstairs to have some breakfast, and then stayed for another day, which was four taels of silver a day, which was a pity.