Li Mu looked back and saw a few more people coming out behind him. The leader is a short man with sharp-beaked monkey gills that looks like a rat, and his two eyes are dripping and turning, revealing a shrewd energy. Behind him, there stood a few men in black slanted robes, which were slightly different from the clothes of the officials in Luoyang, Chang'an, but they were generally the same. Each of them wore a bright long knife at his waist, and his eyes showed a fierce face, as if he was about to draw a knife and cut someone if he didn't agree with him.

When the mouse spirit spoke to Daddy Ada, his eyes were aimed at Li Mu. He could see from a long distance that the clothes on Li Mu's body were satin. When he walked over, he heard Li Mu's generous words again, and then looked at his age, as well as Zhen Yu standing next to him, he naturally regarded him as a rich man who coveted the beauty of Miao women.

Mouse Jing has been a bad person for many years, and he really knows the temperament of these rich people too well. They must not lose face in front of women. For the words 'heroes save beauty', they are willing to give as much money as they want, and they are the best fat sheep. If you don't slaughter a slaughter, you're simply sorry for your job.

However, slaughtering fattened sheep also requires means. If you can't come up and ask for money, isn't that a robbery? A gentleman loves money and takes it in a good way, although the mouse essence is not worthy of the word gentleman, but I have never eaten pork and have I never seen a pig run? I've heard this before.

Moreover, Li Mu is a Han Chinese. Judging by his clothes, the family must have money. In this Xuzhou boundary, there are few Han people and many Miao people. Wealthy Han people are connected to each other. He was also afraid that he would knock hard and cause trouble. So it was a roundabout tactic and asked Li Mu to voluntarily pay for it. In this way, even if you provoke someone, there is a way out.

"Ada, it's time to pay your taxes. You owe money last year, and I think we've known each other for many years, so you've been accommodating. In the spring of this year, you paid the taxes of last winter, and in the summer, you paid the taxes of the spring, and now you still owe me the taxes of the summer and the autumn, and I have just calculated, no more, no less, four thousand nine hundred and eighty wen. ”

As he spoke, the rat spirit took out twenty eldest sons from his arms, slapped them in Ada's hands, and was about to get his ingots: "Come, give it to me, let's clear the two." ”

Daddy Ada didn't take his copper coin, nor did he let go of the ingots, holding on tightly. The small body of the rat essence is the opponent of the Miao family, no matter how he breaks it, he can't break Daddy's fingers, and he can't get the ingot. ”

With so many people watching, the rat spirit couldn't hold his face, and said angrily: "Ada, what do you want to do?!" Don't give you face, are you trying to rebel?! As his voice fell, a group of officials behind him drew their swords and took a step forward, the meaning of which could not be more obvious.

Seeing the ferocity of these people, Daddy Ada showed a look of struggle in his eyes, and gradually, he let go of his hand, and did not take the copper coin handed over by the rat essence, sighed, and said: "Lord Shiling, you know in your heart, I don't owe you taxes." You have to say that, and I can't help it. This ingots are for you, and I don't want copper coins, let's clear the two, I just hope to raise my noble hand, and don't trouble me in the future. ”

Li Mu listened to the meeting and probably had a preliminary impression. It should have happened that the city magistrate blamed the innkeeper for owing taxes, but the innkeeper did not owe him. Today, I came to find fault again, and the innkeeper had no choice but to take money to eliminate the disaster.

In fact, the two of them were both one-sided, but Li Mu still subconsciously believed that the innkeeper was the shopkeeper. There's no way, who made this city order look too much like the villain in the TV series. The tone of speech is also disgusting.

The mouse essence did not live up to the character that Li Mu set up for him, he was here to find fault, how could he be sent away by Daddy Ada's words? If that is the case, he will not be able to mix with this market in the future, and the other merchants will no longer be afraid of him.

Mouse Jing put away the money, sneered, and said: "What I told you just now is just the capital, but the official bears the interest for you, and you have to give me the money for the interest!" ”

When Daddy Ada heard this, he couldn't help it, and said with a red face: "Lord Shiling, are you too much!" I don't owe you any money for taxes, and when you come to collect taxes that day, I don't do it, and I lend it to you before the sun goes down, but you say I missed the hour and didn't collect it. In this way, the taxes owed. Later, in the spring, I handed them all in. You also say that I owe taxes and have interest, you are trying to drive people to death! ”

"Don't dare to say that!" The mouse spirit snorted, and arched his hand to the east: "What we are following now is the new tax law formulated by His Majesty and his old man, if it expires, you have to be reasonable, go to Chang'an to find the Hou Ye to reason, and I can't talk to us little ones." If you think about it today, you will pay the interest you owe, not much, 1,200 yuan, if you don't pay it today, then you have to continue to owe! If you can't pay it all a year ago, don't blame the official for being ruthless, and he will sell your shop for a price and starve! ”

Li Mu's eyes were about to bulge, and he asked in astonishment: "You, who do you say is the new deal?" ”

Mouse Zijing glanced at Li Mu, arched his hand, and said, "This son is a Han person, don't you know the name of Zhulu Hou?" ”

"I know." Li Mumeng circled: "But I haven't heard of any new policies implemented by Zhuluhou in Xuzhou. What does the tax here have to do with him? ”

"It turns out that Childe doesn't know." The mouse spirit is neither humble nor arrogant, but he doesn't explain, Li Mu knew what he meant, and took out an ingot, handed it to him, and said: "This money can be regarded as a repayment for the shopkeeper, and the excess is only regarded as a reward for questioning, you have to explain it to me." ”

Another ingot!

The rat essence was shocked, if it is said that in this Xuzhou territory, there may be a lot of people who take out an ingot, but there are very few people like Li Mu, who are really so casual. And looking at his appearance, it seems that he has no change on him, and the smallest silver is estimated to be the ingots of five taels.

Fortunately, he didn't offend him just now, such a person can't afford to offend.

Mouse Zijing was glad for himself, and his attitude became more and more respectful, he took the money, put on a smiling face, and said: "Thank you for the reward," said, and looked at Daddy Ada, and said: "You are lucky, there is a son for you, this time to give the son face, the tax you owe is cleared, when the tax is collected in winter, pay it early." ”

Ada was embarrassed and turned his head to the side. Li Mu was too lazy to look at the face of the mouse essence, and also relieved the siege for Ada, and said: "I took the reward of this son, hurry up and explain the matter clearly, what happened to Zhulu Hou?" ”

"Childe, you don't know." These things are not a secret among the Han people in Xuzhou, and there is nothing to avoid in the mouse spirit, and he talked eloquently: "Hou Ye promoted the new tax law a few years ago, and specially sent a supervisor to our Xuzhou. Specializing in supervising the collection of taxes, we all have tasks on our bodies, and if we don't have enough hands, we have to be punished! ”

"And here's the thing!" Li Mu was completely stunned, he listened to what the mouse spirit said, and he was about to believe it. Could it be that when he was sleepwalking, he was sent to supervise the imperial history?

That's not right! The supervising imperial history is Wei Zheng's younger brother, and he can't be called either. Also, the name of Zhulu Hou has long been gone, and now he is Luoyang Hou, if it is really his own thing, this guy has to call himself Luoyang Hou.

"What's your name?"

"The name of Lord Yushi, the little one doesn't know, I only know that he is from the Boling Cui clan and the son of a wealthy family."

"Boling Cui's ......" A name popped out of Li Mu's head: Cui Yuyan!

It can't be such a coincidence! Wasn't he exiled, why did he come here to be a royal history? Who appointed him!

Seeing his expression change, the mouse spirit felt a little uneasy, and whispered: "If the son has nothing else to do, the small official business is with him-"

"Let's go, let's go," Li Mu was very upset, this kind of little person is not worth his attention, he can be pinched to death at any time.

"Hey, if you need it, come to the bazaar at any time to find me, and the little one will do his best." After the mouse spirit finished speaking, he glanced at Daddy Ada and Zhenyu, and left with his people.

Seeing that the rat spirit was walking away, Zhen Yu glared at Li Mu and said, "See, you Han family, it's so bad!" ”

Li Mu was still in a state of confusion, but it didn't affect him to argue with Zhen Yu: "To be clear, it's them who are bad, and it's not me who is bad." I'm here to help you out of the siege, and I won't bring a rake. ”

Zhen Yu was angry, and he didn't know what to refute, so he had to stomp his feet and said, "It's bad, ignore you!" ”

With that, he entered the inn by himself.

Daddy Ada was a little distracted, but he still had basic reason, so he didn't want to allocate Li Mu to the pile of bad guys, and bowed, saying, "Thank you for your help, but I don't know how to repay the guests." ”

"Oh, what to repay, I'm just a few stinky money. I don't count what I just had, I still have it here, you take it-" Li Mu wanted to take out the money again, but was stopped by Daddy Ada: "If the guest takes the money again, it will humiliate me Ada." As long as the guests don't dislike it, as long as they come here in the future, they can stay as long as they want. ”

"Alas, okay," Li Mu took back the money bag, pondered for a while, and asked, "Shopkeeper, your taxes are quite high, and they cost as much as five taels of silver?" The Central Plains doesn't have such a high tax! ”

"the deer marquis!" Listening to Li Mu talk about this, it hooked Ada's father's sensitive nerves again, Li Mu was sprayed with foam all over his face, and he was embarrassed to wipe it, so he could only continue to smile, and listened to Ada's father say: "Guest, the original decree of the imperial court is not to collect taxes from Miao people. Later, the magistrate made his own decisions, apportioned taxes, and collected a penny a day, and we endured it, after all, it was not much. But starting this year, after coming to this Cui Yushi, the tax has been changed. From one penny a day, it was changed to ten cents, which is ten times more. From harvesting once a year after the autumn harvest to harvesting once a quarter, to catch up with the green and yellow time, the tax is not reduced at all, and our days are going to be unbearable! ”

Miao Zhai found the county and wanted to ask the lord for tolerance, but the lord said that this matter was not up to him, only the Marquis of Chang'an City and His Majesty had the final say. The eldest lord also said that last year, the court fought with the Turks, and consumed a lot of money and grain, so the tax will continue to increase in the next three years. Every family smashed pots and sold iron, and hungry children scraped together enough money to hand over to the imperial court. If it goes on like this, the Miao people of Jiuxiang and Eighteen Docks may not be able to survive anymore. At that point......"

Daddy Ada didn't say anything, but Li Mu also guessed that when he couldn't survive, what else could happen, and the officials forced the people to rebel?

It's still simple.

Li Mu sighed in his heart, Miao Jiang's condition was even worse than he thought. What made him even more unacceptable was that this group of local officials actually used his name. What is this called?

Li Mu has never regarded himself as a good person, and he has done a lot of ridiculous things, and he also admits it. But what he hasn't done is still buckled on him, which touches his bottom line a bit.

And what kind of Rausch son Cui Yushi, he has to figure out who this person is. If he is Cui Yuyan, then he must understand how the exiled Cui Yuyan became the imperial historian and who gave him the title of official. If it weren't for Cui Yuyan, then he would also have to see what the origin of this Cui Yushi was, if it was Wei Zheng's subordinates, he would arrest this Cui Yushi and press it to the Liangyi Hall to make this matter clear.

If it is neither, before he leaves Xuzhou, he will chop this Cui Yushi into pieces with thousands of knives and pour it into the Minjiang River to feed Wang Ba!

"Guest?"

Seeing that Li Mu was suddenly distracted, Daddy Ada asked in a low voice, Li Mu came to his senses and squeezed out a smile; "Look at me, what are you thinking about, what does the matter of the official errand have to do with our little people, the shopkeeper, get some delicious food, I'm so hungry."

"Huh!" Daddy Ada didn't doubt him, took Li Mu to the room, instructed the guy to bring hot water for washing, and went to the back kitchen to cook. The inn is not big, he is the shopkeeper, and he is also a chef.

After washing his feet and falling on the bed, Li Mu's head was a mess.

He was wondering if that Cui Yushi was Cui Yuyan or not. His instincts told him that it was probably him. But whether it is or not, you have to see this Cui Yushi himself to be sure.

"Cui Yuyan, Cui Yuzheng......" Li Mu gritted his teeth: "The surname Cui has no good things, and it has to be castrated for you if it falls into the hands of Lao Tzu." ”

Li Mu was being ruthless here, and suddenly heard a noise outside. Then I heard the shopkeeper shout: "Don't fight, don't fight, don't you see what is hanging around your neck?" This is not an ordinary Pixiu, this is the one raised by the saint, find some bamboo shoots! ”

"Pixiu? Could it be Fatda? ”

Li Mu sat up suddenly, and before he could open the door, the door was smashed with a 'bang'. A 'Roshan' the size of a calf squeezed in, and before Li Mu could open his mouth, he was crushed under Roshan.

"Bastard, you murdered your own father!"