Yang Ning and the others led the horses to the entrance of the village, and saw a large group of people in front of them, men, women and children, not to mention hundreds of people. Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

Yang Ning and Gu Qinghan tied their horses to the side, and then they stepped forward, only to see that the villagers were indignant at this time, looking at the people in front of them.

The difference between those people and the villagers can be distinguished at a glance, they are all wearing strong clothes and short clothes, all of them are sturdy, five or six big men are clustered behind a middle-aged man in a gray strong suit, the middle-aged man has a gray belt wrapped around his head, about forty years old, his face is full of meat, just look at the fierce and evil appearance, you know that it is not a good type.

Behind the gang were several horses, apparently all on horseback.

Yang Ning knew that horses were rare in the Great Chu Kingdom, and ordinary people could not own horses at all, and the origin of these people seemed to be not weak.

"What, is this going to fight or to kill?" The gray-clothed man swept a group of villagers with farm tools in their hands, and said with a playful smile: "If you really want to kill someone, you can't do it with the hoe in your hand." ”

Standing at the front of the villagers at this time was a tall, dark-skinned man, also nearly forty years old, Yang Ning could only see his back, and he didn't know what he looked like.

Yang Ning and Gu Qinghan were crowded in the crowd, although some villagers glanced at them with strange eyes, but at this time, everyone's attention was mainly on the group of strong men, and no one cared about the two.

"Steward Luo, they all just came back from the field, and they don't mean anything else." The strong man at the front of the villagers said loudly: "But the request you made, everyone has discussed, but I'm afraid that you can't do it according to the will of Steward Luo, everyone wants to live, and you can't force it to death." ”

"Wait." The gray-clothed man was obviously in charge of Luo, and raised his hand to stop: "Han Yi, you are the head of Luwang Village, and you should also understand that the so-called request is not what I Luo Changgui meant, this is the meaning of the Marquis of Jinyi." After speaking, he arched his hand to the right shoulder, "The Marquis of Jinyi passed away, the whole country mourns, he is the pillar of the country, and he is not an ordinary person to hold a funeral, and the cost is gone." Jinyi Hou is the face of our Jiangling, we people, we all rely on Hou Ye to live, now that Hou Ye has passed away, a little conscience, should also know filial piety and filial piety, but you guys are good, push three and four, is it possible that you are not in the shadow of Hou Ye? ”

Yang Ning didn't think that Steward Luo mentioned the Marquis of Jinyi as soon as he came up, and thought that the news of the death of the Marquis of Jinyi had already reached Jiangling.

Gu Qinghan had a cold face and did not speak.

Han Yi, the swarthy man, immediately said: "Steward Luo, Master Hou's favor to us, we will naturally not forget." It's just that this time the opening is one stone of grain per household, and we really can't afford it. Half turned around, pointed to a group of villagers behind him and said: "Steward Luo take a look, the villagers of Luwang Village, although they can't say that they are yellow and thin, but they are also very thin, although they have just hit the grain, but these rations will last next year, and many households will not have enough food at all. ”

"According to what you say, the face of the Marquis of Jinyi doesn't matter?" Steward Luo sneered: "The Marquis of Jinyi is honest and upright, the income of the Hou Mansion depends on us people, at this time, we don't contribute, so who will contribute, who will support the face of the Hou Mansion?" For the sake of your little food, is it possible to make the Hou Mansion lose face in front of the hundred officials? ”

Yang Ning frowned, and couldn't help but look at Gu Qinghan beside him, Gu Qinghan naturally understood Yang Ning, and shook his head slightly.

Suddenly, a villager on the side said loudly: "Steward Luo, has Luwang Village ever handed over a grain in these years?" You said that the Hou Ye was fighting at the front, the country was in trouble, and we had to pay forty percent of the tax, and we had no dispute. You also have to pay a tithe of grain according to the head, and we have not said anything. Servitude on weekdays, you take work to work, don't even care about food, we still didn't say anything, in the final analysis, it was all for the face of the Hou Ye, everyone knew that the previous life was worry-free, all thanks to the blessing of the Hou Ye, in difficult times, we should suffer with the Hou Yihou. His voice became excited: "In the past few years, everyone's rations have been sharply reduced, and eating has become a problem, but you have repeatedly set up clever projects, and the taxes are getting heavier and heavier year by year, so how can we live like this?" ”

The surrounding villagers were full of righteous indignation, and some people said loudly: "In the past, the old Hou Ye passed away, and I didn't hear that I had to pay more food, but now that the Hou Ye has passed away, why have the rules changed?" ”

Yang Ning's expression was cold, Gu Qinghan's face was even more pretty, and his pink fist was actually clenched.

Steward Luo's eyes became cold, and he sneered: "It seems that the Hou Ye was too good to you in the past and raised you." The land you planted is a food town given by the Holy God to the Hou Ye, don't say how much food to pay filial piety, even if you collect all your land, you must also hand it over honestly. ”

"Steward Luo, this doesn't make sense." Han Yi said in a deep voice: "I heard a scholar say that the whole world is not the king's land, and the land in the world is sacred, but I have not heard that the imperial court will confiscate the land at will. The land in our village is also handed down from our ancestors, and it is the land cultivated by our family for generations, and we have a lot of taxes to pay. ”

Steward Luo smiled, stared at Han Yi, and said, "Han Yi, it seems that you are toasting and not eating and drinking, let me ask again, do you pay the food for the funeral of the filial piety Hou Mansion?" ”

Han Yi said loudly: "I have already said that everyone still has to live, and if you want to live, you need food, and we have already paid all the food that should be paid. ”

"Okay, it's a man." Steward Luo gave a thumbs up, "Han Yi, don't let me know that someone went to the capital and complained to the Hou Mansion, saying that the food was indiscriminately collecting taxes, were you also involved in this matter?" ”

"I don't understand what you're talking about." Han Yi sneered, "But if you are really too pressing, the surname Han really wants to go to the capital and ask the Hou Mansion in person, why have taxes been so heavy in recent years?" ”

"Just because you can enter the Hou Mansion?" Steward Luo said lightly: "The one who went to the capital to complain last time, just came back, he was broken by us, and he has to lie down and live all his life, haven't you heard of it?" ”

Han Yi laughed and said, "Naturally, I've heard of it, could it be that Steward Luo wants to break my leg today?" ”

The villagers around him immediately raised their hoes and poles.

Yang Ning couldn't help but lean closer to Gu Qinghan's ear and asked in a low voice, "Someone went to the capital to complain?" ”

Gu Qinghan's face was like frost, and he still shook his head slightly.

"Han Yi is not ready to pay for food, what do you all mean?" Steward Luo swept it, "He doesn't want to be in this place anymore, don't you want to live for days?" ”

"No." Someone on the side immediately said: "This time we will not pay a single grain of grain." ”

The other villagers also shouted.

Steward Luo sneered, raised his hand to a person, and said in a deep voice: "You come out, what are you talking about?" ”

The man was a little frightened when he was pointed at by Steward Luo, but he still mustered up the courage to take two steps forward and said, "I.... I said that if I don't pay the grain, the grain that should be paid ......! Before he finished speaking, a person rushed out behind Steward Luo, raised his hand and grabbed the villager by the neck.

The villager was taken aback, he was thin and weak, far from the size of the strong man who rushed over, and reflexively raised the flat burden in his hand, the strong man obviously practiced, and grabbed the flat burden in his hand, and pulled it hard, and then pulled the flat burden over, without saying a word, he raised the flat burden and smashed it head-on at the villager.

I only heard a scream, and the flat dan hit the forehead of the villager, and the villager's body shook for a while, and then he fell to the ground, his head broke and bled out, and the villagers were all taken aback, some people showed anger, but more people were frightened.

"Stop." Han Yi shouted, "What are you going to do?" Rushing over, wanting to see the villager's injuries, several young people behind him only thought that Han Yi was going up to fight hard, and their blood was surging, and they all shouted and rushed over with Han Yi, and several strong men behind Steward Luo also rushed over.

Yang Ning frowned, he could see at a glance that these people brought by Steward Luo had more or less practiced a few times, although they would not have any clever martial arts, but they would definitely be good at fighting and brawling, and these villagers could not be opponents at all.

Sure enough, although the strong men were at a disadvantage in numbers, they were like wolves entering a flock, using their hands and feet together, only to hear a miserable scream, and in a moment, five or six villagers had been knocked to the ground, and some of them were even broken hands and feet, lying on the ground and wailing in pain.

Although the other villagers were full of anger, when they saw the fierce men, few dared to rush over for a while.

Han Yi is tall and powerful, he didn't think about doing anything with those people at first, but the two sides started to move, and they were helpless, seeing a strong man rushing towards him, he could only meet him, and at the same time grabbed the other party's hand, entangled together, a strong man on the side put down two villagers, seeing that Han Yi was still entangled, he grabbed the flat shoulder in his hand, and was about to smash Han Yi's head from behind.

He held the flat pole high, but before it fell, he felt that the flat pole was tight, and before he could react, the flat pole in his hand was pulled by a force and walked away.

The man was taken aback, and thought that other villagers were coming, so he turned to look, and saw a sixteen or seventeen-year-old young man standing behind him, dressed very differently from ordinary villagers, and the flat pole was taken away by him.