Inside a thatched house.

"I said, old man, we've been tolerating you for a few days, did it give you face? If you don't pay your taxes today, don't blame our brothers for being polite."

Several people in official uniforms sat around the table, and one who seemed to be the leader said in an unkind tone.

"A few officials are doing well, but there is really no way. Recently, the continuous drought has led to no harvest, and the old, weak, sick and disabled people in the village have starved to death. In previous years, when the market was good, we all paid our taxes on time, and asked a few officials to be lenient for a few days."

The white-haired old man, who was called the old tall head, begged for mercy in a tone that was almost crying, and he almost fell to his knees.

"Lao Gao is not forced by our brothers, it is really above that we have to receive taxes, if we are like Lao Gao and you, it will be difficult for our brothers to do it."

An official sitting around also seemed to have been wronged, but instead persuaded the white-haired old man.

"Is Uncle Gao at home"?

Suddenly, there was a shout outside the door, and I saw a man walking in with two jars.

When he saw several officials sitting around the table, he immediately smiled.

"Hello Official, you have worked hard."

While bowing his head and bowing his head to flatter several officials, he put the two jars he was holding in his arms on the table.

"Official, these are the two jars of wine hidden in the villain's house, which I planned to use when I married my daughter-in-law in the future. Seeing that a few officials were working too hard, this wine was brought to relieve the fatigue of several officials."

"Yo, Xiao Xiangzi, I didn't expect you to know each other quite well. Yes, yes, when you have time in the future, I will definitely apply to the above to apply for you to be transferred to partner with us."

As he spoke, the official directly lifted the caps on the two jars of wine, and suddenly the smell of wine filled the air.

"Not bad, it's a good wine".

"Tut-tut, this wine is good wine, we can't just drink."

This is another official, who has something to say, and glanced at the middle-aged man who had just come in.

"A few officials laughed, how dare the villain use the errand to honor a few officials. As for the dish, the villain also hit a few rabbits here a few days ago, and today he specially kept them for a few officials, and he has already started to make them, and now it should be good, and the villain will serve it later, and honor a few officials. ”

"Here are also a few officials who can behave well, be tolerant and tolerant of our Gaojia Village's taxes and pay them for a few days."

As the saying goes, cannibalism takes people with short hands and short mouths. Several officials originally planned to sing white face and red face to try to receive the tax, but they were a little embarrassed to serve them with good wine and food.

"It's easy to say, we're all fellow villagers, we should have taken care of it, but the top pressed too hard. In this way, brother, I will offend the above, and I will give you a few more days. But I've got to say the ugly things first, don't I? If you don't pay the taxes again, you're making it difficult for your brothers. When the time comes, don't blame the brother for really turning his face and not recognizing people, after all, you also have to be considerate of us, isn't it, it's all for the sake of eating."

"What the official said is, what the official said is yes", the middle-aged man also showed a very understanding look and whispered in response.

"A few officials, you wait here for a while, and I'll go and bring those plates of meat to a few officials."

"Okay, good boy. Ye is optimistic about you, and he will follow Ye in the future, and Ye promises to let you eat and drink spicy food."

As he spoke, he waved his hand and motioned for the middle-aged man to hurry up and serve the food.

Soon there were two plates of hot rabbit meat on the table, and the air was filled with the smell of meat and wine.

"Brothers, everyone is a brother, you don't have to be polite, let's eat."

The leading official said directly and very awe-inspiringly, and when the other officials saw the leader say this, they let go of their hands and feet, poured wine one by one, picked up the rabbit meat in the bowl and drank it in a big gulp.

"Come, Shoko, let's eat. Brother is very optimistic about you today. Sit, from today onwards we are brothers, without you and without us, we are all our own family, eat and drink as much as you want."

As he spoke, he directly pulled the middle-aged man to the table, hugged his shoulders and began to call him brother.

The middle-aged man is also motivated, he doesn't dare to scream one by one, let a few brothers take care of the younger brother, while pouring wine for several officials, as long as the bowl on the table is empty, he will take the initiative to pour the wine in.

Soon the two jars of wine in the altar were at the bottom, and several officials were also drunk, and even the road began to shake, and their mouths began to disobey when they spoke, and they didn't know what to say.

Soon, two officials were so drunk that they fell directly to the ground, causing the rest of the officials to laugh for a while, but these officials also laughed in ten steps.

The middle-aged man looked at these officials with their ugliness, and his eyes gradually exuded a ruthlessness.

"A few officials and villains are a little urgent, and they want to go out for convenience, and they will come to accompany a few officials and have a few drinks happily."

The middle-aged man said apologetically to an official holding him.

"Go, hurry up, you're really, um, um, so what? What is that? Oh yes, well, lazy people do a lot of and pee."

The official was also full of mouth, not knowing what he was talking about. Stretched out his hand and pushed the middle-aged man out, but he changed himself and couldn't stand up and fell straight on the chair.

After the middle-aged man went out, he limped to the side. I saw a hidden place, hiding a dozen young people, holding some hoes and kitchen knives in their hands. After seeing the middle-aged man, he hurriedly stepped forward to surround the middle-aged man.

"Brother Xiangzi, what's going on inside"?

"You're all drunk and unconscious, are you all ready? We'll rush in and slaughter those dogs."

After hearing the middle-aged man's words, this group of young people couldn't help but hold the weapons in their hands, and their faces showed fierce expressions.

"Follow me".

The middle-aged man looked at everyone's expressions and spoke directly.

More than a dozen men walked into the room.

"Well, Shoko, what are you doing all this?"

A drunken-eyed official looked in, and more than a dozen people came, and their heads couldn't turn around, so they couldn't help asking.

It's okay not to ask, but this inquiry directly made the dozen or so people behind the middle-aged man suddenly nervous. On the contrary, some of them flinched and did not dare to step forward.

There was also an official, because he didn't drink much, it wasn't so much, as if he reacted, and hurriedly pulled out a waist knife from his waist and put it on his chest, with a somewhat unkind tone.

"Boy, what are you doing here? It's hard to rebel."

The middle-aged man looked at the group of trembling people behind him, and couldn't help but be ruthless, and suddenly rushed to the official with the knife and kicked him down with a flying leg.

Originally, according to the usual words, this official should be able to hide, just drink, although there is nothing after drinking today, like a drunk unconscious, but the reaction is still a little sluggish, directly kicked to the ground by him, and the knife in his hand also fell aside, the middle-aged man directly picked up the knife that fell to the side, and stabbed the official directly in the chest.

In an instant, I saw snowflakes on the official's chest, and at the same time, a miserable scream came out of the official's mouth.

The people who followed the middle-aged man came in, and after seeing the performance of the middle-aged man, they settled down. rushed forward and knocked the rest of the people to the ground, there were already a large number of middle-aged men on their side, and although the officials were carrying weapons, they were either drunk and unconscious, or they were dizzy, and they couldn't even hold knives. As for the two officials who had been asleep before, they returned to the west directly in their sleep.