"Mother......

Shi Le shouted to his mother and walked into the room, but before he entered the door, a twelve or thirteen-year-old child ran out and threw himself into his arms: "Second uncle, you are back, woo woo......"

Shi Le saw that it was his nephew Shi Hu, who was not so tall when he left, he put his arm around his shoulders and said, "Huzi, the second uncle is back, don't cry, what about your father and grandmother?" ”

"Second uncle, my father is ...... He...... He's dead...... Woowoo woo ......"

"Huzi, what's going on?! How did your dad die? ”

"Woo woo woo ....... Pen? Interesting? Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 info Shi Hu didn't say anything, just cried blindly.

At this time, a voice came from the room: "Le'er, Le'er—are you back?" Leer ......"

It was Shi Le's mother, Shi Le responded: "Mother, it's me, I'm back." He took Shi Hu's hand and entered the room, saw his mother sitting up on the bed, and beckoned to him: "Le'er, Le'er......"

Shi Le stepped forward to look at his skinny mother, and with tears in his heart, he choked up and said, "Mother, the child has made you suffer. ”

Shi Mu stroked his face with her hand and said happily: "Fortunately, my son is not thin, and he must not be hungry." ”

Seeing that his mother seemed to be unable to see himself, Shi Le shook his hand in her eyes and said, "Mother, what's wrong with your eyes?" ”

Shi Hu said: "Grandma's eyes are blind. ”

"Ah, what's going on? Mother, and my brother is also dead, what happened? ”

Shi Le's mother said slowly: "Le'er, since you left, there has been a greater famine here, and many people have died of starvation, your brother has worked hard to feed us, farming for people during the day, and going up to the mountain to fetch firewood at night, barely able to eat a mouthful of food, but the government collects taxes everywhere, and there are many names, how can the people afford it, so our rations have also been taken away by the government, and your brother has to eat a little food for two days in order to save some food, and he has to do the heaviest work, and finally one day he is out of strength and falls down the mountain when he is collecting firewood at night...... Fell to his death...... My eyes are blind from crying...... What a sin......"

Shi Le blamed himself when he heard this: "Mother, it's all Le'er's bad, if you don't go to Luoyang, so many things won't happen, our brothers work together, we will definitely be able to support a family, I ......." I'm sorry big brother. ”

"After your brother died, your sister-in-law saw that her livelihood was difficult, so she remarried, leaving us and our mothers to depend on each other, and there was nothing to eat, it was Huzi who went out to pick up some leftovers and we didn't starve to death."

"Mother, you have suffered, Huzi, it is really difficult for you." Shi Le stroked Shi Hu's head.

Huzi said: "Second uncle, I'm hungry, and grandma hasn't eaten for two days......"

Shi Le felt distressed for a while, he patted his chest and said: "Huzi, don't worry, the second uncle is rich, you see, the second uncle has a lot of money, what do you want to eat in the future, Uncle will buy it for you." ”

Shi Le said and took out a handful of silver, and Huzi's eyes lit up: "Second uncle, you have made a fortune." ”

Shi Le said: "Of course, the second uncle mixed well in Luoyang, and later followed the king of Chengdu, and became an official, and I did a ticket business on the road, and made a lot of money, Huzi, give you these broken silver, go to the town to buy some food, ask for steamed buns, go quickly." ”

Shi Hu took the silver, and when he heard that there were steamed buns, he forgot about his hunger, and ran out of the house and went to the town.

Shi Le's mother said: "Le'er, you are out, it's really good, Huzi has something to rely on, I'm afraid that if I can't get up in one breath, Huzi will be left alone." ”

"Mother, what are you talking about, you can eat whatever you want in the future, I have to rebuild the house and marry a daughter-in-law."

"Great, great, Le'er is going to marry a daughter-in-law......"

Shi Le told his mother all the things, and also said that he wanted to worship Liu Kunzu, Shi Le's mother said: "Such a good person, of course it is best to be a brother for you." ”

"Okay, mother, I will definitely bow when I see them again."

The two were talking, Shi Le's mother also got out of bed, Shi Le went to the courtyard to bring a pot of boiling water, and then Huzi also ran back, and shouted when he entered the door: "Second uncle, second uncle!" ”

"Huzi, you're back, what's ......?" Shile was surprised to see that he was not carrying anything in his hand.

Shi Hu ran to Shi Le and pointed back: "Someone is coming!" ”

Then four men in military uniforms burst through the door, with a large tax on their chests, and Shile knew that they were Sima Teng's tax collectors.

Each of the four people held half a piece of steamed bread in their hands and put it in their mouths, chewing it while shouting: "Fragrant, really fragrant, I haven't eaten steamed bread for a while, and today is really a blessing." "Obviously, they ate the steamed buns that Shi Hu bought.

The four of them finished eating the steamed buns with a smile and walked up to Shi Le, who hugged Shi Hu and said, "What do you want to do?" Why eat our steamed buns? ”

The first person was a thin man, he looked at Shile, burped at him, and then said: "Today we were patrolling the streets, and we saw this kid buying steamed buns, and we suspected him of stealing people's silver, so we caught him and questioned him, and he said that it was given by his second uncle, so we followed to see what was going on." ”

"I gave it, he didn't steal it, now you believe it, right?"

The thin man rolled his eyes and said, "What's your name?" ”

"My name is Shi Le, why are you snatching children's steamed buns, they are for my mother and children." Shile said angrily.

The thin man said: "We are doing things for the prince, the prince hasn't paid us food for a long time, of course he wants to eat when he is hungry, shouldn't you honor us a few steamed buns, and besides, the prince can't pay the salary, it's not because you can't pay taxes!" ”

"Taxes? What taxes do we ordinary people have to pay?! ”

"There are a lot of taxes, your name is Shile, big mouth, look at how much Ruiyin Shile owes?"

One of the tax collectors took out his ledger, looked at it, and said, "There is no name of Shile." ”

"Who is the head of your household?" The thin man asked.

"It used to be my brother, his name was Shi Lian, what's wrong?"

Big Mouth flipped through the ledger again and found Shi Lian's name, handed it to the thin man's ledger and said, "Found it, here." ”

The thin man took it and said, "Shile, your family owes a lot of tax silver to the state, a total of one hundred and sixty taels. ”

Shi Le's head exploded: "Where did you get one hundred and sixty taels?!" "To the people, that's astronomical.

"Don't worry, your brother is the head of the household, and there are five people under his name, and he owes a total of fifty taxes in the past three years."

"Fifty taxes?" Schler couldn't believe his ears.

The thin man said: "I'll read it to you, poll tax, road tax, mountain tax, wood-cutting tax, residence tax, military uniform tax, military food tax, prince birthday tax, prince illness tax, prince concubine tax, prince ......"

"Don't read it, I don't have it, and I can't afford it." Schlewd.

"Can't afford it? You can afford steamed buns but can't pay taxes, are you deliberately fighting against the prince?! The thin man said angrily.

Shi Le subconsciously covered his chest and said: "The money to buy steamed buns is the salary given to me by the king of Chengdu, and there is not much left when I get home." ”

"King of Chengdu?"

"Yes, I am the guard of the king of Chengdu, beware that I go to the king of Chengdu to accuse you of bullying the people."

"Hahahaha......" The four tax collectors laughed and said with a big mouth: "We are eating Dongyinggong's meal, the king of Chengdu can get us, tell you, today you said that no one is good, obediently pay the tax, otherwise we are welcome!" ”

"No is nothing, what else can you do?"

The big mouth whispered a word in the thin man's ear, and then stared at Shi Le's chest, it turned out that Shi Le's chest was bulging and swollen, and it was obvious that there was goods in it.

The thin man waved his hand: "Search for me!" ”

The two tax collectors came forward to search Shile's body, but Shi Le's strength was so strong that he grabbed one of the two tax collectors with one hand, and they could not move.

"You dare to rebel!" The thin man and the big mouth roared at the same time!