The cloth-clothed man stood up from the crowd, and all eyes immediately looked at him, even the messenger who scolded the shopkeeper of Nalin with his staff stopped his hand and turned his head to look at the cloth-clothed man.

Chu Huan looked at the man, his appearance was ordinary, his skin was slightly dark, he was a little thin, he belonged to an ordinary person who would not be recognized if he was thrown in the crowd, at this time, the man in cloth trembled slightly, I don't know whether he was nervous or angry, or although he came out of righteousness, he was still a little scared in his heart.

"Hey, isn't this Nian Xiucai?" Zhao Jingcheng handed the teacup in his hand to the messenger next to him, got up from the chair, and said with a smile: "What, Nian Xiucai is out to fight unevenly?" ”

"Just coming out and reasoning." The cloth-clothed man stared at Zhao Jingcheng only when he was young, "Not to mention whether he really owes taxes, even if he really owes the so-called taxes, there is no reason to beat people on the street, you ...... You are going to disregard human life. ”

"Grass and human life?" Zhao Jingcheng laughed and said: "A reader is a reader, and he uses words when he speaks." Nian Xiucai, you are a scholar, and if you want to be reasonable, then I will reason with you. The surname Lin owes taxes for more than half a month, and the servants have come to ask for it several times, but he has shirked in every possible way, treating the king law as nothing, shouldn't such a person let him know what the king law is? Since you have read the book, you naturally know the phrase "heavy canon" in troubled times, and now at this time, if you don't use heavy canons, how can you stabilize the people's hearts? ”

"You...... You talk nonsense. Nian Xiucai said angrily: "If you do this, not only will you not be able to stabilize the people's hearts, but you will lose the people's hearts and make the people's hearts even more frightened." ”

Zhao Jingcheng rolled his eyes and sneered: "What did you say? ”

"I mean the word of conscience." Nian Xiucai's body has stabilized at this time, "Now it's time to pay taxes lightly, let all walks of life recuperate, you have a clear plan, and increase taxes indiscriminately, this is ...... This is Hu Lai. ”

"Indiscriminate tax increases?" Zhao Jingcheng's face sank, "This is the meaning above, it is the northwest that wants to be rebuilt, so the reconstruction tax is charged, is it possible that the reconstruction of the northwest will be all taken out by the imperial court?" You are all the people of the Northwest, everyone has to contribute, is this contribution just shouting with your mouth? Pointing to the shopkeeper Lin who was lying on the ground with his skin and flesh and couldn't get up, he said: "He owes taxes and doesn't pay, can the government let him do this?" If he doesn't pay it, if you don't pay it, will this northwest be rebuilt? ”

"The reconstruction of the Northwest is not about looking for them to collect taxes." Nian Xiucai said: "On the contrary, for these people, it is necessary to pay light taxes and let them recuperate." It is difficult for them to do business in the Northwest, just because they are from the Northwest, and their roots are here, and opening the door to do business is to maintain the operation of business, and you are heavily taxed, not only can you not rejuvenate the Northwest, but force them to close their doors or leave ......! ”

As soon as Nian Xiucai said this, the crowd of onlookers immediately talked about it, and some people nodded slightly, expressing deep approval of Nian Xiucai's words.

Zhao Jingcheng saw that the people around him seemed to agree with what Nian Xiucai said, and he was immediately annoyed, pointed at Nian Xiucai, and said sharply: "You are a little Xiucai, and you are also here to speak wildly and incite people's hearts, do you want to rebel?" ”

Nian Xiucai argued on the basis of reason: "If you say a few fair words, it is a rebellion?" He flicked his sleeves and said angrily: "If this is the case, the entire people of the northwest will be forced to rebel by all of you sooner or later!" ”

"You're ......!" Zhao Jingcheng said coldly: "Come on, Nian Xinlan bewitched the people, made a lot of nonsense, incited people's hearts, took it for me, and rewarded him with twenty sticks on the spot." ”

At that moment, two messengers pounced like wolves, and Nian Xinlan hurriedly said, "You ...... What are you doing, you are still unreasonable, Lang Lang Qiankun, how can you be so ......! ”

The two messengers had already pulled Nian Xinlan over, one kicked Nian Xinlan to the ground, and then the two of them pressed him down, and all the people immediately talked about it, and many people looked at each other angrily, but they dared not speak angrily.

The servant carrying a stick next to him stepped forward and was about to make a move, when a voice from the crowd said: "Along the way, it is still the most lively here, and the tax arrears are spanked, and you will be spanked when you say a few words, I don't know if this is the custom of Beiyuan?" ”

I saw the crowd disperse, and a person slowly came out with his hands behind his back, his eyebrows were like knives, and his face was smiling, but his eyes were unusually cold, and although he was dressed ordinarily, he had a compelling majesty.

When Zhao Jingcheng saw a young man come out, he immediately sneered: "Strange things happen every year, especially this year, it seems that there are more and more people in Beiyuan who are not afraid of death." ”

"Strange things are everywhere, and there are so many here." Chu Huan stared at Zhao Jingcheng and said with a faint smile: "I also think that there are more and more people who are not afraid of death these years." ”

"What did you say?" Zhao Jingcheng pointed at Chu Huan and said, "What do you want to do?" ”

"You've already heard what I said, so why bother asking." Chu Huan said indifferently: "What am I going to do, it's better for you to guess yourself." ”

A stout errand officer next to him scolded: "Okay, you stinky boy, this is not a place for you to go wild, Lao Tzu tore your mouth apart." In order to show his loyalty in front of Zhao Jingcheng, he was extremely brave, and pounced on Chu Huan like a hungry wolf, and grabbed Chu Huan's neck with a big fan-like hand.

The figure next to the dream flashed, one leg flew out, and kicked straight to the officer's heart, the officer was caught off guard, and this kick was extremely fast, "bang", was kicked on the officer's heart, the officer's stout body actually flew out, and then "bang", fell heavily to the ground, and was out of breath for a long time.

Everyone in the four places was taken aback, that Zhao Jingcheng had already changed color, and the servants didn't care about Shopkeeper Lin and Nian Xiucai at this time, so they immediately came forward, and saw that in addition to the young man who stepped forward, next to him, there was also a man with a one-eyed patch, and the one-eyed dragon even had a knife on his waist.

"Okay!" Zhao Jingcheng saw the big knife hanging from the one-eyed dragon's waist, and screamed, "Beat the official, and also violated the knife hunting order, wearing a knife, this is to rebel, come on, take down these two bold thieves!" ”

The officials came up with sticks and knives, and the people hurriedly retreated, and at this moment, they heard another cold voice from the crowd: "I have taken them all, and none of them can escape." Immediately more than a dozen soldiers in armor came out of the crowd, the first one was wearing a tiger helmet and black armor, and the other soldiers were also in exquisite armor, all of them had already drawn their swords, and they were all cold and abnormal, if those soldiers were wolves, these soldiers who came out were tigers.

The messengers were about to take down Chu Huan and the white blind man, and they were all stunned, and in the blink of an eye, these armored soldiers were already thousands, and the swords flashed, and the seven or eight officials who followed Zhao Jingcheng had already set up a cold and shining big knife on their necks at this time.

All the people were frightened, but when they saw that the Yacha, who was still arrogant and domineering before, did not dare to move in the face of this group of armored soldiers, and was instantly held by a knife to their necks, their hearts were extremely happy.

The military general wearing the tiger helmet glanced at the officers coldly, and said in a deep voice: "Don't move, if anyone moves, he will be cut off on the head with a knife!" His expression was grim, but it was Qi Hong, the guard who was guarding with Chu Huan.

The sound of ping-pong was loud, and all the long sticks and knives in the hands of the officials fell to the ground.

They really don't know where this group of soldiers came from, but they know that this group of soldiers is extraordinary, not to mention the black and delicate armor on their bodies, and the sharp and cold knives in their hands, only the size and figure of these people are not comparable to ordinary soldiers.

The Guards are the Royal Guards, although they also have the children of high-ranking officials, but in general, the selection of the Guards can be said to be unusually strict, it is never an exaggeration to say that one in a hundred miles, the real Guards soldiers, almost all of them are sturdy people and tall horses, Chu Huan was ordered by the emperor to select the pro-army escort from the Guards, that is naturally the elite who selected it, although there were only two hundred Guards, but each of them is an elite man who is brave and good at fighting, and naturally it is not an ordinary soldier who can compare.

Zhao Jingcheng had already killed his eyes at this time, he was the same as those errand soldiers, he didn't know what was going on at all, he was a little Jingcheng, he hadn't even seen the guards, and he couldn't tell which army the group of soldiers in front of him belonged to from the armor, there was no such well-equipped army in the northwest, his heart was scared and surprised, but he still stepped forward, only thinking that Qi Hong was the leader of this group of people, bowed down, and said with a smile: "This general, it's all a misunderstanding, we are a family, the water washed the Dragon King Temple, and they are all on an errand in the imperial court, The next official is the Qingtang County household house inheritor, the surname is Zhao, I don't know where to offend the general ......! ”

Qi Hong said coldly: "What kind of big water washed the Dragon King Temple, who is a family with a lowly person like you." "The Guards are the noble army of the empire, they can't even look down on the Twelve Guards, and the local state army naturally looks down on them, not to mention the small errand of the county government, in the eyes of the guards soldiers, they are tigers, these yacha are just bed bugs, and they can be pinched to death with their fingers.

Although Zhao Jingcheng was angry in his heart, he knew that these soldiers in front of him were not easy to mess with, so he could only laugh and say: "It's the lower official's gaffe, the lower official's gaffe, general, you ...... What are you doing here? ”

"I'm going to ask you what you want to do." Qi Hong looked at Zhao Jingcheng coldly, "Who are you going to let them arrest?" ”

Zhao Jingcheng immediately pointed to Chu Huan next to him and said, "By the way, general, you came just in time, there are two thieves here, they ...... They are so bold that they not only appear with swords, but also obstruct the yamen from running errands, general, you ...... Take down these two traitors! ”

Qi Hong looked at Zhao Jingcheng with a look of pity, turned to Chu Huan, and said respectfully: "My lord, how to deal with these rebellious guys?" ”

At this time, not only Zhao Jingcheng and those errand soldiers, but also the people in the surrounding area were dumbfounded.

Zhao Jingcheng was already in a state of mind at this time, he never expected that these soldiers were actually his subordinates who were "traitors", and they knew that they had caused a big disaster, and said in a trembling voice: "This ...... This adult is ......! ”

Chu Huan's face was expressionless, and he said lightly: "My name is Chu Huan!" ”