Zhou Liang and Zheng Duo got Yan Xing's instructions, and then they left behind the team with a few personal guards, and when the large group of people entered the city, they quietly took the personal guards to the residents who fled from the city with their families.

These people who went out of the city had seen this large group of men and horses entering the city before, and most of them were armored soldiers on horseback and carrying soldiers, and they had already bowed down on the side of the road on both sides of the city gate, letting Yan Xing and his party pass first.

Seeing that most of these residents were in a hurry and panicked, Zhou Liang and Zheng Duo glanced at each other before walking quickly to a house far away from the city gate.

Zheng Duo approached before and after, and began to ask softly:

"Why did you flee so far as you were a resident of the city, and why did you flee out of the city in a hurry now that the night was about to get dark?"

The family that was questioned was a couple, an old woman, and a five or six-year-old child, and after the first couple looked at each other after hearing this, their lips opened and closed slightly, but in the end they were speechless.

Zheng Duo has been a small official of the county temple, and he has also seen some Qianshou who were in awe and so nervous that he couldn't speak when he faced the questioning of officials and nobles, so he put his voice softer and said again:

"You can rest assured, we are not villains, nor are we officials who want to question you, you can tell you directly!"

The family who was lying on the ground moved when they heard this, but they hesitated for a while, and finally didn't dare to speak, Zheng Duo asked twice, seeing that they still didn't dare to answer, they were bored, and wanted to find another family to ask, but Zhou Liang, who was observing at this time, had already said angrily directly:

"You wait for the small people, you still go out of the city at night for no reason, and you refuse to tell each other when you are questioned by the official, do you want to go to the white wave thief, come here, arrest a few of them first, and after a good torture, see if they dare to keep silent!"

Zhou Liang pretended to be angry, and the armor soldiers around him heard the sound, walked around, the armor on his body rattled, and he held a blade, and was about to step forward to take someone.

When the family saw that these soldiers who were armed with soldiers came forward to get people, they were already frightened and lost their souls, and the whole family, young and old, kowtowed and begged for mercy, and the man among them also hurriedly said:

"Princes, we are the people of the city, but we just want to take refuge in the city, and we are not thieves.

Zhou Liang sneered, and still said unrelentingly:

"Now the white waves are raging, the road is not quiet, and the ordinary people are afraid to run to the city to escape, but you are going to run out of the city at night, you must be a treacherous person, whether it is clear or turbid, do not say more, catch it in the county temple, I will know it after a torture."

After saying that, the soldiers stepped forward and grabbed the couple and the other old man and child, and when they were about to drag them away, the children were so frightened that they cried incessantly, and the old man and the couple were so frightened that they could only cry for mercy.

Seeing such a scene, Zheng Duo wondered if Zhou Liang had gone too far, the captain was to let them observe the people's feelings, and not to hunt down the treacherous, he was about to open his mouth to stop Zhou Liang from sending a soldier to take people, but another family who fell to the ground next to him suddenly asked in a loud voice:

"You wait to arrest people for no reason, and dare to say that they are not gangsters, if the city can survive, who is willing to escape from the city, you say that they are treacherous, but in this county temple, which of them are innocent?"

Zhou Liang heard the angry rebuke of others, smiled, and turned his eyes to another family next to him, this family has only one old man, and he expected that he and the family just now were neighbors and relatives who fled out of the city together, so they would see the injustice and risk death to rebuke each other.

"Okay, then tell me, why can't you live in this city, there are few innocent people in the county temple, you can make it clear, I'll let them go."

As soon as Zhou Liang finished speaking, he began to wave his arms, and the guards who took the people immediately let go of their hands, but they still stood next to the two families to prevent them from making any abnormal movements.

Seeing that their neighbors were also involved in this calamity that fell from heaven for no reason, the couple and the old woman all looked worried, but they did not dare to say much, so they could only hurriedly comfort the frightened crying child, lest his crying provoke these officials and soldiers again.

The old man who was questioned, looking at the fierce and vicious soldiers, also went out at this time, and said angrily to Zhou Liang:

"Since the county government's new faction of this guard of Jiangyi grew into the city, he has collected more money every month, and the levy has been endless, and all the money from the levy has been put on the heads of small people such as us, and the county officials who levy taxes have been extremely exploited, and even a little ration at our family has to be searched and imprisoned, and those who cannot pay the goods will be beaten and scolded by the county officials at the least, and the heavy ones will be arrested and tortured to death in prison."

"You say, how can there be a chance to live in this city, and how can there be innocent people in the county temple?"

After Zhou Liang listened, he was silent, and turned to look at Zheng Duo, although he had not continued to ask for details, but looking at the old man's face, he knew that most of what he said was not a lie.

As for why these residents of the city fled from the city near night, wasn't it because Yan Xing had just arrived in Jiangyi today, and the city gate had not yet been closed, and the county guards guarding the city did not dare to make it too difficult for these fleeing people at this special time, and they were told in front of the newly arrived Dangkou Lieutenant.

After Zheng Duo listened to the old man's words, he was also shocked in his heart, he turned out to be a county temple official in Yangcheng, and he knew some inside information about the county temple officials collecting wealth and crippled people, so he hurriedly asked:

"The Han family system, from fifteen to fifty-six in the year of the people, is calculated and paid, and each person is 120 yuan per year. Those under the age of 15 shall pay an annual contribution of 23 yuan per person, regardless of gender. And as usual, it is 300 yuan per person per year, regardless of the money, you can tell me, how does the county temple overcharge the apportionment? ”

Seeing Zheng Duo skillfully talking about these tax systems, the old man couldn't help but glance at Zheng Duo more, and after hesitating for a moment, he began to continue:

"The small officials of this county temple have to levy taxes every month, and the money they have been levied no less than ten times in the past six months alone, and the people in the city, regardless of the old and the young, have paid three or four hundred yuan each, and regardless of whether there is a levy or not, the more money has been paid more than six hundred yuan, plus the apportioned money and other taxes, and hundreds of dollars have to be paid every month, how can the city still be able to live this life?"

"What's even more hateful is that the Haoyou family in the city not only has its own money, but also can collude with the officials of the county temple to transfer their taxes to our heads, the people in the city are overwhelmed, they did not starve to death, there are not a few who sell their wives and beards, and in the end they will inevitably become attached servants with powerful surnames, you say, what innocent people are there in this county temple?"

The old man was clumsy, his temples were gray, he was close to the age of Jiazi, and after saying these words angrily, his face turned red, and he almost couldn't breathe in his chest, coughed for a while, and after spitting out a mouthful of thick phlegm, he finally straightened out the stuffiness in his chest a little.

He glared at Zhou Liang and Zheng Duo angrily, there was no fear in his eyes, and he waited to be caught by them and tortured to death in prison.

Facing the angry or complaining eyes of these fleeing people, Zheng Duo looked quite embarrassed, and after listening to the old man's words, he sighed for a while, and waved his hand to let the guards retreat, and then asked them to untie the two grain bags and give the dry food to the two families respectively.

After doing it, Zheng Duo, the former county temple official, was finally in a better mood, and he planned to go back and write down these things and go to Yan Xing to report, and the old man originally thought that he would die if he was angry and angered this group of officials and sergeants, but he didn't expect that after listening to it, the other party didn't mean to blame, and gave himself some dry food, he couldn't help but be stunned for a while.

In addition, a family with the old and the young had to get rid of the big disaster, and they were already very happy in their hearts, seeing that the originally fierce and vicious soldiers insisted on handing them dry food, so they hurriedly took it over with great gratitude, for fear that these officials and soldiers would come to embarrass them again, so they got up and were about to leave, and when they looked back, they saw that the old man was still standing in place, and hurriedly whispered to him to leave.

When the old man heard the greeting of his neighbor, he reacted, picked up his belongings again and was about to leave, but as soon as he took a step, he seemed to think of something, and stopped again, looking at Zheng Duo and the others who had also turned around and walked, the old man suddenly shouted a little choked.

"If you are really life-saving officials from elsewhere, please tell the nobles from Anyi, I am waiting for the life of the small people!"

Zheng Duo heard this shout, his body couldn't help but be shocked, he didn't know why, he didn't have the courage to look back at the fleeing people, his eyes were inexplicably sour, his lips opened and closed slightly, and finally responded softly, "Many, write it down!" ”

When he turned back, the rickety figure had disappeared into the night.

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After Yan Xing asked Zhou Liang and Zheng Duo to leave quietly, he took a group of guards and continued to enter the city, along the streets of the city, let the county officials lead the way, and rode his horse to the county temple.

Before entering the county temple, Yan Xing had already seen a group of officials in the county temple and some city surnames with high crowns and brocade clothes, standing outside the county temple, waiting for his arrival.

The head of Shoujiangyi surnamed Fan was at the front of the crowd, and he saw Yan Xing arriving with a large group of men and horses, and the guards who opened the way in front rode high-headed horses, and were held by armor, majestic, he couldn't help but smack his tongue slightly, and sweated in his heart.

Although Yan Xing, the captain of the school, is a military position in military affairs, and he, the head of Jiangyi, is a political official sent by the Hedong County Government, the two are incompatible, and Yan Xing can't control his governance and promotion, but everyone knows who is in charge of the current Han court, it is Dong Xiangguo of the current dynasty.

And the real person in charge of Hedong County at present is not the Hedong County Government, but the Niu Fu Niu Zhonglang General who is stationed in Anyi, although the rebellion against Dong in Kanto is endless, but the power of Dong Zhuo's henchmen is still in full swing in Hedong and Guanzhong, so Fan Jiangyi does not dare to have any contempt for this Dangkou captain who rushed to the aid of Hedong and garrisoned Jiangyi.

He personally took the Gong Cao, the chief bookkeeper, Ting Peng and other officials in the county temple, as well as some parents and children with big surnames in Jiangyi City, and waited outside the county temple for a long time, just to give Yan Xing face and serve this newcomer to the school captain comfortably, so as not to make him embarrassed and against himself in the future.

Seeing the arrival of this Dangkou captain with a large group of guards, Fan Jiangyi couldn't help but feel a pain in his heart while smacking his tongue.

It seems that this time, I have to prepare to give an extra batch of goods and gifts.