Chapter 4 Justified

When the villagers heard Shen Kang ask about Liu Yuan, they couldn't help but lower their eyebrows and quietly looked at him, Xiucai Gong, that is the Wenqu star in the sky, will you pay attention to him?

Hearing his question, Liu Yuan was also slightly stunned, he was just passing by, and when he heard Shen Kang's words being reasonable, he stopped and looked at them with interest.

It seems that this child is using himself as a shield, if he doesn't answer, I don't know what will happen to his situation, children from poor backgrounds are bullied everywhere, it's not easy...

He sighed secretly, stroked his beard, and nodded, "What Shen Kang said is right. The tone is elegant with a southern accent.

This fluttering sentence is like a mountain, and it has put a final conclusion on this matter.

Shen Kang smiled secretly, scholars are proud of themselves, and Xiucai alone can get one liter of rice from the state a day, and he doesn't have to pay taxes. In this way, the scholar's integrity will naturally not decrease, how can he favor the village chief.

The villagers immediately turned their eyes to look at the village chief, only to see him turn his head through gritted teeth and look at Xie Lin angrily, wishing that a big-eared scraper would kill him, so as not to embarrass himself.

Schelling shrunk his neck, his instinct telling him that he couldn't escape a beating tonight.

The village chief turned his head, his chest fell together, the corners of his mouth twitched, and said, "Since Liu Xiang has spoken openly... That's it, the cow is just a joke between children. Let's not follow the mix, let's just leave this matter at that. ”

Broken heads, broken hands and feet, you are now telling me that it is a play between children?

Luckily, he still has a face...

As soon as these words fell, Shen Cheng finally breathed a sigh of relief, the ploughing cattle were saved, he was afraid that the village chief would fight an old face and grab the ploughing cattle, then he really had no choice. He was just about to step forward to thank the village elder for a large number of people, when Shen Kang spoke again.

He let go of his little hand, no longer twisted his cuffs, took two steps back, looked straight at the village chief and said, "Brother Lin beat people first, I beat him, this is a matter of course!" I beat someone, and our family did everything to pay you the cow, which is also a matter of course. Everything in the world has to be reasonable, and now that the first two things have been resolved, I will only calculate with you the compensation for me and my second brother, and you can just say it? If this matter is not clear and clear, I will definitely go to the county government to sue you! The county yamen will help you, and I will go to Runing Mansion to complain! If you don't care about Runing Mansion, I'll go to Beijing to sue! I don't believe that the village chief can cover the sky with one hand! I don't believe that there is no place in this world to reason with us poor people! ”

These words are well-founded, reasonable, and sincere, and there are absolutely no false words. In the end, even the villagers who were watching next to them also showed an angry attitude, they had long been fed up with the village chief's family being domineering, enclosing a plot today, collecting some money tomorrow, and collecting taxes in advance before sowing, and collecting taxes after the autumn harvest, how can there be such a reason in the world!

But how dare they sue!

At this moment, when they heard Shen Kang's words, the first few villagers in front of them had unconsciously lowered their heads, wanting to find an opportunity to leave this place quickly.

At this time, the father of a beating boy said softly: "If it weren't for Brother Lin'er's solicitation, how could my son do this bastard thing." ”

The voice was extremely soft, but at this moment of condensation, it was incomparably clear in everyone's ears.

Another village woman muttered lowly, "That's it! Shen San's health has not been good since he was a child, how dare he fight like this, what should he do if someone dies! ”

With these two people speaking, the villagers seemed to feel that there were many people, and then another voice said: "I want to occupy another area, and I will pay twice the tax a year, which is really not for people to live." ”

Years of grudges erupted like a flood opening the floodgates, they were eager to try, and they hesitated in their hearts, Runing Mansion, can the village chief's power still affect Runing Mansion?

They don't believe it, and they don't know it for sure.

Gradually, the muttering became clearer and clearer, and there were so many people that the village chief couldn't even hear clearly and couldn't see who said them.

"Twice as much tax as the imperial court, and the wages in the mine are not paid monthly."

"Ten pennies will be deducted for breaking a broken bowl!"

"That's it, the last time the stone was a little off, and my salary was deducted for three months!"

"We are not craftsmen, where will we open jade, this is to force us to death!"

"I have to plant at the beginning of spring, and this year's seeds have not been saved, so what kind of seeds will I take!"

A woman sat on the ground with her buttocks, and screamed: "My father-in-law was stoned to death, and he said that he would pay ten taels of silver, but he didn't pay me until now, our orphans and widows, if the Shen family didn't squeeze out the food, they would starve to death!" ”

Ten taels of silver, ten taels of silver for a life!

Shen Kang's nose was sour, his eyes couldn't help but turn red, and his heart was even more angry.

Xie Lin looked at the brewing and fermenting people's feelings, and suddenly felt uncomfortable on his back, and he was difficult to ride a tiger.

Shen Kang looked at him with narrow eyes, water can carry a boat and capsize a boat, the truth remains unchanged through the ages.

Xie Jing became more and more anxious, the more angry he became, the more angry he became, the redder his face became, and his old face turned red and said, "Shen Cheng!" Take care of your family, Shen San! If you dare to say one more word, see that I don't drive your family out of the village. ”

"That's just right!" Shen Kang didn't take a step back, although it was a child's voice, he said word by word: "You drove our family out with your front foot, and I and my second brother took this injury with my back foot and went to the gate of the county government to ask about the merits!" By the way..."His eyes showed a cold light, and he continued: "Then poke out the things that you have encroached on the villagers' land and privately increased taxes all these years, and see if your official power is great, or my reason is great!" I want to ask the county lord, the uncle of the Ma family was stoned to death in the jade mine, whether the court didn't care, or your village elder deducted the compensation privately! ”

He looked sideways past Xie Jing and looked behind him, reluctantly like a little rabbit Xie Lin, and said, "You should see, can my half-life sick seedling take your life?" ”

Shen Cheng looked at his third son at the moment, and he only felt guilty and distressed, what a quiet and sensible child his little third son was, how many grievances he had suffered to be so excited and angry!

He, who is a father, can't bear it any longer, he stepped forward and raised his big hand.

Xie Jing suddenly felt happy, thinking that Shen Cheng was going to beat Shen Kang, but a trace of pride unconsciously appeared on his face, and he was just about to open his mouth to stop it, and took advantage of this.

I saw Shen Cheng raise his hand high, drop it gently, press his hand on the top of Shen Kang's head and rub it, and then said, "What San'er said is what I said." He turned his eyes to the woman who was sitting on the ground crying sadly, and could not help but say gently: "His aunt, don't cry, as long as there is a ration for our family, you orphans and widows will not starve to death." ”

He looked at Xie Jing again, the peasant man who was used to bending over and hunching his back, straightened his broad back for the first time, and said, "Village Chief, you can judge." ”

His expression was as if he was waiting for him to drive his family out of the village.

Shen Kang looked at him and added clearly: "I haven't read a book, so I don't know how big a crime it is to raise taxes privately?" How big of a crime is illegal land enclosure? Will withholding the compensation allocated by the imperial court cost people's lives? His eyes were shining, and the blood on his head was somewhat dry, frozen on his face, but with a sarcastic smile on his expression.

The villagers on the side secretly wondered, could it be?