The speaker is unintentional, the listener is intentional, the woman is verbose and talks a lot, and the shopkeeper on one side pays attention to the faces of Su Tiancheng and others from time to time to see if they are impatient, after all, women's nagging is famous, and some words have been repeated several times, but it doesn't matter depending on the situation, Su Tiancheng and others did not show impatience.

The wine and food came up quickly, and at this time, the shopkeeper left with a smile on her face, with a respectful smile on her face, both of them were hunched down, you must know that Su Tiancheng took out this ingot of silver, which is a full five taels, in this town, they are hard to earn for two months, and they can't earn so much silver.

After walking to the back kitchen, the shopkeeper spoke with some hesitation.

"The head of the house, you said that they eat money, do we still accept it?"

The woman obviously didn't think of this question, and after the man spoke, the woman paused for a moment, and then nodded the man's head and spoke.

"Why are you so unproductive, eating is eating, if the guest officer gives money, of course you will accept it."

"What if the guest doesn't mention giving money."

"Fools, if they don't give it, forget it, the cost of a meal is less than two taels of silver, this is a full five taels of silver, God is bless us, look at us pitiful, and send a great god of wealth."

As the woman spoke, she chanted Amitabha, probably thinking that her luck was starting to improve, and with such a big customer, she must have started to make a lot of money.

Su Tiancheng basically didn't move his chopsticks much, but he still drank some wine.

To say that his appetite is also a little tricky, the craftsmanship in the town is average, and some are not in his eyes. Eating is secondary, the key is the shopkeeper and the proprietress said a lot of things, it seems that there are many things in Shaanxi. He still doesn't know much about it, the officials here are greedy for ink, no matter what it is, they have to stretch out their hands and get benefits, and the human market is just one aspect. The biggest threat comes from the perception of officials.

Once the officials completely get into the eyes of the money, the consequences are very terrible, the Shaanxi rogues are wanton, the government has been fighting against the rogues for a long time, if the officials are all for money, oppress the people, as long as the people have a little resistance, they will be treated as rogues, that is not to put an end to the people's way of life.

The encounter between the shopkeeper and the proprietress is obvious. The two used to open a good restaurant in the county, that is, they paid the so-called protection fee as required, and they could still maintain it, but later the government couldn't collect taxes, and it was difficult to live, so they set their sights on these businessmen, especially those who had no power and power. has become a fat sheep to be slaughtered in the eyes of officials, and officials continue to increase expenses. Exploiting the merchants, the merchants did not dare to resist, otherwise they would be said to be rogues, in such a situation, who would be able to stay in the county.

This may seem like a separate case, but it reflects a lot of problems.

As for the officials meddling in the human market. Even acting directly as a human market trafficker, that is an inevitable situation.

If this kind of situation continues, then it is impossible to exterminate the rogue in Shaanxi. Many ordinary people are the development targets of the Liukou, and sometimes, they don't even need to develop, these people will take the initiative to join the Liukou's team.

The proprietress also talked about a very sensitive issue, maybe she felt too talkative, maybe she didn't dare to say it, and after just saying a few words, she changed the topic, that is, the problem of the army in Shaanxi.

The treatment of the sergeants in the guard is not much better than that of the beggars, after all, the sergeants mainly rely on the tuntian to obtain income, but the continuous famine, the income in the fields is pitiful, the discipline of the army is strict, and no one dares to say that they do not hand over the grain, which leads to the situation of the sergeants being upside down, and some sergeants have no income in the fields, so they have no choice but to sell all their belongings, and even sell their wives and children, to hand in the grain, otherwise they will lose their heads.

Some sergeants who have no way to do it, begin to kill good and take risks, or slaughter and rob the people, they often push such things to the Liukou, in fact, the common people are knowledgeable, many peasants were killed, and even the whole family was killed, it was all done by the sergeants of the guard, therefore, the common people hated the sergeants of the guard, and sometimes, the rogues came, and many ordinary people took the initiative to lead the way for the rogues to kill the sergeants of the guard.

Such a question made Su Tiancheng feel chilled, this is obviously a problem in the system, if you don't grasp the fundamentals and just make a fuss on the surface, it may have no effect.

The crowd quickly finished eating.

Wang Dazhi got up and went to the shopkeeper to settle the bill.

At this moment, there was a commotion at the door, and several people in official uniforms came in.

Su Tiancheng could see at a glance that these people were all government servants, and their official uniforms had no complements, and they were all plain clothes.

One of them walked up to Su Tiancheng and spoke with a grin.

"Who are you, but there is a way, take it out, and the official family will check it."

Before Su Tiancheng and the others could speak, the shopkeeper hurriedly came over and spoke with a smiling face.

"Official, these people are here to eat, you sit down, I will arrange the kitchen immediately, and make the food and drinks......"

The shopkeeper said as he handed the meal money given by Wang Dazhi just now to the servant.

The official did not have any taboos, and weighed the silver with his hand, and a smile appeared on his face.

"Shopkeeper, there is nothing to do with you here, the rogues are plundering, we are ordered to strictly check the people who come and go, these people are suspicious, they must be carefully checked, otherwise let the rogues go, can you afford it."

The shopkeeper's face showed an embarrassed look, he had a good impression of Su Tiancheng and the others, he originally wanted to help say a few words, but unfortunately people didn't buy it, these officials didn't do any inspection at all, they were completely thinking about extortion, and there had not been such a generous guest in the town for a long time.

Su Tiancheng's face was expressionless, and he motioned for Qu Qingze to take out the official mansion and open a good road.

The official took the guide and made a shocking gesture, tearing it off.

"Hmph, I think you are rogues, come here, escort these people to the county seat, and wait for the county magistrate to interrogate him."

The so-called interrogation of the county magistrate is actually a false shot, I thought of the county government, and was imprisoned in the prison, how could I see the magistrate, I am afraid that the money on my body will be looted, and it will be over, if I am lucky, I can be released and save my life, if I am unlucky, I may be in the prison, and I will die.

Su Tiancheng's face was like water, he took more than 30 people, it is said that everyone showed a fierce spirit, in the face of so many people, these officials also dared to do it, don't you want to live, or you want to go crazy with silver, and you don't want your life.

In front of so many people, they openly tore up the road guide opened by the government, and didn't even look at where it was opened, which shows how crazy these officials have become.

Wang Dazhi had already come over, and everyone stood up.

The official sensed that something was wrong and shouted loudly.

"What, do you want to rebel......"

Su Tiancheng waved his hand and stopped everyone.

"This official, we are all scholars, passing by here, and going to the capital, you said that we are rogues for no reason, and you also tore off our road guide, something is wrong, I don't know what you want."

Su Tiancheng's words shocked the officials.

The official didn't answer Su Tiancheng immediately, took a few steps back, and discussed in a low voice with everyone who came in.

"Hmph, look at you are a rogue, to prove that you are not a rogue, it's simple, each person bet ten taels of silver, you are a total of thirty-two people, take out three hundred and twenty taels of silver......"

The shopkeeper on one side, his face changed, not only the shopkeeper, but even Qu Qingze's face changed.

Su Tiancheng's face still did not change.

"If we don't pay these three hundred and twenty taels of silver, what are you going to do?"

Outside the restaurant, there are many people watching the excitement, some people secretly shake their heads, sighing for Su Tiancheng and others, and some people don't show anything, it is estimated that they have seen too many such things.

The officer's face changed, and he drew his steel knife.

"Damn, I'll just say that you are rogues, and you are not small, acquaintances, follow us to the county seat, we will say good things for you in front of the county master, you can still save your lives, if you resist, today is your death."

The official was also smart, and he saw that Su Tiancheng was the leader of this gang, and he was ready to buckle Su Tiancheng's clothes, as long as he held Su Tiancheng, the rest of the people naturally did not dare to resist.

It's a pity that his wishful thinking has long been discovered by Wang Dazhi.

Wang Dazhi buckled thousands of backs, twisted the arm of the officer, and snatched the steel knife with his hand.

The officer's face instantly turned the color of pig liver, how much strength should Wang Dazhi have, how can he bear it.

The rest of the officials saw that something was wrong, and they pulled out their steel knives one after another, and there were also two officials who quickly ran out of the restaurant, apparently moving the rescuers.

The shopkeeper's face also turned the color of pig liver, if Su Tiancheng and the others were really condemned as rogues, he would be in trouble, even if he could save his life, it was estimated that this restaurant would be finished.

"Bang"

Su Tiancheng punched the table, and many officials immediately became nervous.

Outside the restaurant, the onlookers did not leave, and it seemed that the scene in front of them was commonplace.

"Bastard thing, Lang Lang Qiankun, you actually dare to frame others casually, thinking that I don't know your purpose, it's just thinking about extorting money, it seems that you want money and don't want to die, Dazhi, take everyone down, I want to see, how many heads they have, whether they are enough to cut off."

In just two minutes, all the officials were subdued.

In front of Wang Dazhi and others, they were not even lambs, and they had no chance to resist.

Some people in the crowd applauded, and some people shouted, asking Su Tiancheng and the others to leave quickly, otherwise there would be big trouble later, Su Tiancheng hugged his fists at the people outside, and replied loudly, one person does things and one person is responsible, today is to rectify these officials who bully people and do misdeeds.

After Su Tiancheng said these words, the crowd quickly quieted down.

Everyone's eyes changed, and they vaguely guessed that Su Tiancheng must have a big background. (To be continued......)