Gu Tianya left the post station to go to the county seat, and he had two things to do today.

A small stream of 'outcasts' quietly followed him......

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This group of 'outcasts' looked ragged, as if intentionally or unintentionally behind him, not far away, but not too close either. The distance between the two sides was seventy or eighty steps, and it was difficult for people to detect that they were following Gu Tianya.

Even Gu Tianya himself didn't seem to notice that there were people behind him.

And the ten post guards in the post station are all busy with disaster relief.

At this time, there are homeless people everywhere around the post station, there are thousands of people as far as the eye can see, the post guards set up five cauldrons, and are giving porridge in groups of two, but unfortunately there are few people in the pot, and there is a shortage of food, so they can only boil gruel, and the clear soup and little water can almost shine the figure of the person.

However, even so, it can still keep the displaced people alive.

They lined up in a long line, their eyes fixed on the cauldron, and every time the postman shouted, one of the homeless people swallowed his saliva.

They carried broken bowls, some of which did not even have broken bowls, so they had to dig a hollow in the middle of the wood and use it as a tool for gruel.

Gu Tianya walked all the way to the distance, and there were often homeless people kneeling and kowtowing to him, and some old women knelt very religiously, wanting to kiss Gu Tianya's shoes with tears.

Gu Tianya hurriedly dodged every time, and then bent down to pull the old man up from the ground.

He first helped the old man pat the dirt on his body, and then stretched out his hand and pointed to the cauldron at the door of the post station, his tone pretended to be very proud, and said loudly: "There are five pots, you can't starve to death, my daughter-in-law is the princess of the Tang Dynasty, and the grain at home is piled up into ten mountains......"

So the old people had to kneel down again, and Gu Tianya could only dodge it again.

This caused him to travel very slowly, and it took him more than half an hour to leave, until then he seemed to finally realize that he was following someone behind him.

He slowly stopped, didn't look back, just sneered and asked, "Is it a bandit?" Is it a soldier? ”

The homeless man behind him knelt on one knee at the same time and replied cautiously, "Mr. Gu, we are people from the south. ”

"With whose last name?"

"The Qin family, the Cheng family, Mr. Gu, we are the ...... of the trilogy"

"It's not just a part, I think you are like a soldier. Everyone is powerful, and they belong to the elite who are not afraid of death on the battlefield. ”

"Thank you for the compliment, sir. We are indeed soldiers, but we have been expelled from our homes. ”

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Gu Tianya sighed, then turned his head to look at it, and said in a deep voice: "I have no friendship with the Qin family, and I have also cut off contact with the Cheng family, you go back, I don't need your protection." ”

However, it was as if the 'outcasts' had not heard it at all.

Only one leader-like figure whispered, and said respectfully: "Mr. Gu, we have been expelled from the family, and we are not from the Cheng family, nor can we be counted as members of the Qin family." ”

Gu Tianya no longer insisted, turned around and continued to hurry, and suddenly he spoke again, this time his tone softened slightly, and said: "You should have a means of communication with your family, thank General Qin Qiong for taking care of me for me." ”

As for Cheng Yanjin's name, Gu Tianya didn't mention it at all.

But the outcasts did not answer, but continued to follow him far away.

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The two sides seemed to maintain a tacit understanding, and slowly marched towards the direction of the county seat, and more than half an hour passed, and the gate of the county seat was already in front.

Wuyang County is not big.

The width of the east and west is only 900 steps, the length of the north and south is only more than two miles, and the city wall is only one zhang high, about three meters and three heights of later generations, and there are about 300 families living in the city, which belongs to the kind of very small and very small city.

However, even in such a small city, there are taxes at the gate of the city, and it is not one share, but as many as three.

Each of these three taxmen occupies a place, which happens to guard the passage into the city.

If the people wanted to enter the city, they had to pay for taxes.

If the homeless people tried to enter the city, they would be scolded and scolded back to ......

Obviously, the main purpose of setting up taxes is not the main purpose, but the real intention is to stop the displaced people, otherwise thousands of displaced people will pour into the city together, and the order of this small county town will be subverted.

The intention is good, it cannot be said to be bad, after all, it is necessary to ensure the stability of the county first, and anyone who is an official must give priority to ensuring that local residents are not chaotic.

Despite this, Gu Tianya still sneered twice.

He went straight to the gates of the city.

Suddenly, the three tax collectors blocked together, each put on a frightened face, and scolded: "City gate tax, twenty wen." ”

Twenty is not a small number, and it is obviously trying to make people retreat.

It's a pity that Gu Tianya came prepared, he directly took out a money bag from his arms, threw it over and said, "There are sixty yuan in it, which is just enough to pay the tax of your three shares." ”

The three tax collectors were all stunned, looking Gu Tianya up and down, and after a long time, someone hesitated to speak, and cautiously asked, "You are the one from the post station, right?" ”

Gu Tianya smiled slightly, crossed them through the door and entered the city, the three tax collectors looked at each other, and the three people in the lead hurriedly caught up with Gu Tianya, and each smiled and said, "You don't dare to collect your taxes." ”

Saying that he wanted to change the money bag back.

Gu Tianya smiled again and said lightly: "Since you have set the rules, you have to treat everyone equally, you are just a tax collector on an errand, I don't want you to be in trouble." ”

"But if you pay the money, we'll be in even more trouble."

"Hehe, it's no wonder I'm here."

"Chief Gu, please raise your noble hand and spare us."

Gu Tianya's face sank at this time, and he said: "When the green and yellow are not connected, countless homeless people have fled the famine, according to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, no tax can be collected at any city gate, but now I have seen with my own eyes that a small Wuyang City actually has three tax shares." ”

He said with a cold glance, and first said to the first tax collector: "You are wearing soap clothes, you should be an errand in the county government." ”

He looked at the second tax collector again, and said again: "You are wearing pawn clothes, you should be the soldiers of the city defense......

The two tax collectors bowed their heads and replied cautiously: "No matter which side we belong to, we will definitely not dare to offend you. Commander Gu, you should understand that we are just some pawns. ”

Gu Tianya sighed, nodded and said, "You are indeed involuntarily. ”

The officers of the county government belong to the management of the county officials and the county officials, and they are obviously the factions of the family, while the city guards belong to the management of the county lieutenants, and needless to say, they know that they are the factions of the Tiance Mansion.

A small county town is divided into two factions, which shows how fierce the competition is, almost to the point of saber rattling.

Therefore, whether it is the errand of the county government or the soldiers of the city defense, they are indeed involuntarily in a situation.

Gu Tianya suddenly looked at the third tax collector, this time his tone was deliberately curious, and asked with a light smile: "You are neither wearing soap clothes nor soldier clothes, I don't know where you come from, why are you also eligible to collect taxes here." ”

The third tax collector hurriedly bowed his head and said, "Back to Chief Gu, we are the members of the Liu family." ”

"What a member of the Tan family, today really made me gain knowledge." Gu Tianya laughed out loud and said, "It turns out that more than just officials in Datang can collect taxes. ”

The third group hurriedly shook his head and hurriedly defended: "We are here to help, and we will not really collect taxes." Chief Gu, our Tan family ......"

However, Gu Tianya no longer gave him a chance to continue explaining.

He directly left these tax collectors and strode towards the city, those tax collectors saw that he was going in the wrong direction, and subconsciously said in the back: "Chief Gu Yi, the county government is in the middle of the city, and you are now taking the East Street, not the path to the county office." ”

Gu Tianya's leisurely voice came, and he said lightly: "I don't plan to go to the county government, I want to go to the Tan family as a guest." ”

The faces of the Tan family's families changed drastically.

The leader of the family suddenly looked at a long-legged boy and said hurriedly: "You quickly take a shortcut home and tell me about the matter here." ”

The long-legged boy nodded hurriedly, turned around and was about to run away, but at this moment, he suddenly heard a sound of breaking wind, and a big stone was smashed in the distance, and the long-legged boy fell to the ground with a bang.

But seeing a group of powerful homeless people, murderous like a group of bandits, Sen Ran said: "Before Mr. Gu comes back, none of you are allowed to leave, dare to go to the ventilator to report the news, and Hugh is ruthless." ”

The leader of the Tan family's family was furious, raised his foot and kicked out a whip leg with a strong momentum, but someone among the 'homeless' smiled faintly, grabbed his whip leg with only one hand, and then grabbed his ankle and smashed it hard, directly smashing the leader of the family to the ground.

This 'homeless' sneered all over his face and said: "The Twelve Roads Tan leg is very powerful, but it's a pity that your practice is not authentic, stay here obediently, grandfathers don't want to kill people." ”

He was just the most ordinary of the 'outcasts'.

As a result, he overturned the head of the Tan family.

The faces of the three tax guards present turned pale, and those city defense soldiers took two steps back, subconsciously blurted out, and said in shock: "All of them are pro-soldiers, and they are all iron-blooded soldiers." ”

The 'homeless' people divided into more than a dozen people and directly blocked all the three tax collectors, and the remaining thirty or so people walked through the city gate, looking at their direction, it was obvious that they were going to protect Gu Tianya.

Although there were only a dozen or so homeless people left at the city gate, they were not afraid of dozens of tax collectors at all, but they didn't care about it like looking at a little cub.

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At this time, in the east of the city, the Tan family's mansion.

"Gu Yi is here to grow, and the Tan family is really brilliant......"

Few people can believe that the person in charge of the Tan family is actually a woman, who looks delicate and compelling, soft and weak, and very quiet.

The woman kept laughing, constantly confessing to Gu Tianya, and said again and again: "Why don't you give a notice, so that the Tan family can make preparations in advance, now we can only be hastily entertained, which will make people scold us for being rude." ”

Between speaking, he stretched out his hand to caress the hair around his ears, smiling coquettishly and pretty.

However, Gu Tianya didn't see it, he just smiled at the other party slightly, and said, "I'm very busy, I don't have time to be polite, I came to the Tan family today to tell you three things." ”

After a pause, he said, "Promise, I'll turn around and leave, if I don't agree, I'll also turn around and leave." ”

His tone was quite serious, but the woman of the Tan family was still smiling like a spring breeze.

The woman didn't seem to understand Gu Tianya's coercive words, and asked with a smile, "I don't know what three things you want to say?" If the Tan family can do it, they will definitely do it. ”

On the contrary, there was a long-legged young man standing next to the woman, and he suddenly snorted coldly: "What are you?" Dare to come to Tan's house to provoke ......"

Gu Tianya ignored this young man, just stared at the woman of the Tan family, suddenly smiled on his face, and said slowly: "I am here to find fault today, I hope the Tan family will not bear it." ”