"Yes, sir, this is the detailed list of taxes and silver paid by the small shop over the years, and every grass farmer is recorded in the book, please check it out."

Zhao Bantou collected them one by one and sent them to the desk, Lu Fei probably flipped through it, this is all a running account, those who know the words can be understood, almost every book is from the sixth year of Zhengde, until last month are recorded in detail, even the name and appearance of the tax collector are also written on it one by one, in this long six years, the amount of tax collected every month is more than twice the normal range, of which only half a year is normal tax income, that is, the six months of service in Song Zhi County, this is really the mountain high emperor Yuan, How greedy it is to have such courage. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

Lu Fei picked out one of them and threw it to Wang Xiancheng, "Then, explain where the overcharged tax money is."

Wang Xiancheng took the account book and just flipped through it casually, secretly complained, and scolded in his heart: What a profiteer, even this kind of account is recorded.

"Lord Lu, what is there to explain, this kind of account book is just a little bit of pen and ink, there is no credibility, the tax items of the past years are recorded in the county government tax officer, adults don't go there to check, why do you believe these Diao people's words, not to mention what the things recorded on it have to do with the county" Wang Xiancheng threw the account book back on the desk, a righteous and awe-inspiring look.

Wang Xiancheng was sick and rushed to the doctor, this kind of defense did not work, the county government tax collectors a total of about a dozen people, the accounts also recorded the appearance of the previous tax collectors, one by one can be found out.

Tax official Wang Youcai and a dozen tax collectors were pushed and shoved by a group of officials led by Zhao Bantou, and came to the lobby in a panic.

Some merchants recognized at a glance that several of them were tax collectors who had gone to collect taxes and silver many times, shouting, "It's him, he, he, and him."

Confronted in the hall and Lu Fei's yin and yang weird face, all the tax collectors did not dare to deny it, everyone knew that the private tax collection of silver was the crime of cutting off the head, and they couldn't afford to carry it for the sake of Wang Xiancheng, who was about to fall, so everyone pointed the finger at Wang Xiancheng, and insisted that the tax money was collected privately under his instructions.

Seeing this, Wang Xiancheng began to scold the street again, pointing at Wang Youcai and a group of tax collectors and shouting: "Planting and framing, you are working together to frame a court official, and you want to punish a serious crime."

Wang Youcai is a timid and fearful person, hanging his head and not saying a word.

Wang Xiancheng turned around and yelled at Lu Fei again, "Lord Lu, what are you, colluding with a few Diao people tax officials to pour dirty water on this official?" I tell you, I'm going to Anqing Mansion to sue you, I'm going to go to the excerpt to participate in you, say goodbye"

After saying that, Wang Xiancheng clenched his fists, threw off his sleeves and walked out of the hall.

"Don't worry, Lord Wang, where are you going, it's not over yet" Lu Fei beckoned to him.

"Such a trial is unheard of, the official disdains to argue, and the public opinion has its own Anqing Mansion," Wang Xiancheng said without replying.

Lu Fei tilted his head towards Zhao Bantou, and Zhao Bantou immediately hurried to catch up with Wang Xiancheng to stop him, stretched out his hand and said, "Lord Wang, the case has not been cleared yet, please stay for a while."

Wang Xiancheng stared at Zhao Bantou fiercely, gritted his teeth and said, "Zhao Sihai, why didn't I see it, you kid is a white-eyed wolf, this official is not thin on you on weekdays, and your conscience is eaten by dogs?" ”

Zhao Bantou smiled coldly, leaned on Wang Xiancheng's shoulder, gritted his teeth and said, "My lord, I am in the lower position, but I can also distinguish between right and wrong, you are high, do you know that my ancestral grave has been dug twice?" I regret it, I regret that I shouldn't have helped the abuse and scourge the township, you, you have today"

"You!" Wang Xiancheng blushed.

"Lord Wang, please go back and sit down," Zhao Bantou said with a smile.

Wang Xiancheng saw that he couldn't leave, so he had to turn around and sit back, still looking high-spirited.

Lu Fei nodded his chin at Zhao Bantou and said, "Zhao Bantou, bring it up."

Zhao Bantou hurriedly came to open the lobby, and after a while, the crowd made a way, Zhao Bantou came to the lobby with a group of officials carrying more than ten large mahogany boxes, and after settling down, he bowed his hand to Lu Fei, "My lord, they are all here, they were about to load the car, but they were stopped by the patrolman, it seems that they are planning to travel far."

Lu Fei walked down the hall and pouted at Wang Xiancheng, "Lord Wang, are these things familiar?" ”

Of course, Wang Xiancheng is familiar, this is something he prepared early in the morning to pack gold and silver, and he plans to make sure that if Steward Hu doesn't bribe today, he will flee with his family, anyway, he has already made enough money, and he will be as happy as a mountain and wild that no one knows.

At this time, Wang Xiancheng opened his eyes widely, stiffened his body, and wanted to scold a few sentences, but he was worried, and the only remaining bit of backbone was gone.

Zhao Bantou waved his hand to the hall, "Bring it up"

The official escorted a person, and the man bowed his head in front of Wang Xiancheng, "Master, master, woe, woe, woe"

Wang Xiancheng recognized him, glanced at him, sighed, and lowered his head.

Lu Fei opened one of the boxes and exclaimed, "Wow, silver."

Then he lifted the other one, "Wow, it's silver again"

The third, "Cut, why is it still silver, I said Lord Wang, can you decorate something else?"

Wang Xiancheng didn't say a word, he just wanted to bite Lu Fei to death in one bite.

Lu Fei turned around and returned to the desk, and said in a straight voice, "Zhao Bantou, count the number"

There was already a treasurer who moved to weigh the balance, and after a busy time, Zhao Bantou replied, "Your Excellency, a total of 18,000 taels of silver, 600 taels of gold, and three boxes of various treasures and silks are not counted for a while, and the estimate is about 5,000 taels."

After listening, Lu Fei laughed, "Wang Xiancheng, Master Wang, you are really good at making money, an eight-grade county Cheng, the monthly silver is only more than ten taels, and so much money was born in just a few years, which financial university graduated?" ”

Governor Wang Xiancheng has no room for maneuver, but the idea of survival still exists, and he said weakly, "Isn't it okay to get from business in the early years?" ”

Lu Fei was ready to shout at Li Shun, "Master Li, come on, let everyone see the history of Lord Wang's fortune."

In fact, Lu Fei had secretly checked Wang Xiancheng's resume a long time ago, and the record was very detailed.

Li Shun took out a pamphlet from his cuffs, unfolded it in front of everyone, and read it in front of everyone, "Wang Zhongren, a native of Tai'an, Shandong, won the fifth place in the Tai'an Mansion Examination at the age of seventeen, and Zhengde went to Jinan Mansion to participate in the township examination under the sponsorship of the squire Li Yiming for three years, and ranked fifth on the top list.

After Li Shun finished reading, Lu Fei pretended to sigh, "Oh, it turns out that Wang Xiancheng is also from the working public, can you explain what year he went to business to earn so much silver?" Well, it's a big deal, a million profits."

Wang Xiancheng couldn't argue, so he simply turned his face away and didn't answer.

'Bang' Lu Fei slapped the startling wood heavily, and the sign holder on the desk could be shaken off, and Zhao Bantou hurriedly picked it up.

"Hey, Wang Zhongren, you take a look inside and outside this hall, a pile of human and physical evidence, you are a big greedy and huge, and there are private taxes and silver, exploiting the people in prisons, and accusing the people of theft, this pile is conclusive evidence, it is useless for you to admit it or not, the evidence is ironclad, you can't allow you to quibble, this official will judge ...... "Lu Fei can't be sentenced anymore, what crime should he be sentenced to?"

Lu Fei was in a dilemma, but he heard Wang Xiancheng suddenly shout, "Hu Ye, Hu Ye, why did you come?"

It turned out that just when Wang Xiancheng was in despair, he inadvertently found a familiar figure in the crowd outside the hall, it was the Hu housekeeper of the Zhao Mansion, he was excited for a while, and the desire to survive came out again, and he ran towards the outside of the hall, shouting while running.

This Hu Guan is too, he has left, there was nothing to do with him, the case was tried here, Lu Fei didn't even mention the name of half of Hu County, he only asked about Wang Xiancheng, who knew that Hu Steward walked halfway, recovered his senses, and saw that the crowd on the street was rushing towards the county government, and only after inquiring did he know that someone had sued Wang Xiancheng, he was in a hurry, afraid that he would be implicated, so he let go of his heart, and also ran over, and has been secretly observing in the hall.

Steward Hu saw that Wang Xiancheng found himself, turned around and ran to the yamen, which to Wang Xiancheng at this time was a thief, three or two steps to catch up, and he grabbed Hu County's arm just not to let go, when he was stalemate, Zhao Junma walked out from behind the screen and shouted, "Stop"

Lu Fei stepped forward and arched his hand, and said with a smile, "Master Junma, why did you come out, there is a lot of chaos in the hall, if you have any orders, just say no"

Zhao Junma no longer had the like-minded good face in the flower hall before, and snorted lightly, "Lord Lu, you are busy with official business, I won't bother, farewell"

"Let's go, let's go, Jun Ma Ye, I often come to drink tea when I have time," Lu Fei said with a grin.

Seeing the young master's gloomy face, Steward Hu secretly complained, slapped Wang Xiancheng's hand, and said softly and urgently: "Let go, the county master is here, I have done my best for your business, you can ask for more blessings."

Wang Xiancheng only had to break the cauldron and sink the boat, and said in Steward Hu's ear, "Master Hu, you didn't take less when you divided the silver in the past, but now I am alone with everything, it's not fair."

Steward Hu said, "At this time and that time, it's not that I don't want to help you, this matter is too big, this new county master is not a serious person, he is not a serious person, and he will attack you while receiving your 10,000 taels of silver, I can't think of any good countermeasures for this kind of person for a while."

The crowd dodged in the blink of an eye, Zhao Junma walked towards the yamen, Wang Xiancheng didn't care about everyone's eyes, let go of Steward Hu, and knelt down in front of Zhao Junma, hugged his legs, wiped his tears and said, "Master Junma, you have something to say"

Zhao Junma now really regrets that he listened to Wang Xiancheng's instigation in the morning and ran to say that he wanted to give Xinzhi County a dismount, and now Wei didn't say anything, and put Wang Xiancheng in, how can he have a good face, fortunately, now this Xinzhi County doesn't ask whether Wang Xiancheng has an accomplice, and second, he doesn't ask if there are bribes in these stolen money, and only tries the illegal things with Wang Xiancheng, which shows that Xinzhi County is still afraid of the Junma Mansion, so Zhao Junma still thinks that it is most appropriate not to ask.

Zhao Jun Ma said, "Lord Wang, it is inconvenient for the local criminal case to be interrogated by the county horse, I believe that Lord Lu will definitely act impartially, and you are guilty or not guilty and free according to the law of the Tang Dynasty."

Wang Xiancheng just didn't let go, "Jun Ma Ye, over the years, you have done your best for the Zhao Mansion before and after the saddle, you can't ignore me."