"I see. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 info" Yang Degui said, holding a goatee under his chin, salivating and looking at the dead tiger on the ground and groaning, with a trace of greed shining in his triangular eyes.

He has been in the officialdom for many years, and he has a lot of knowledge, and he knows that the white tiger is a rare thing, and this tiger is so big that it is worth at least more than a hundred taels of silver even the belt bones, and he is thinking about how to get this tiger away.

With a roll of his eyes, he had an idea, and asked pretending to be concerned: "I don't know where the strong man's hometown is?" ”

The household registration management system of the Ming Dynasty is strict and rigid, and when you go out for 100 miles, which is about 50 kilometers now, you have to have a road guide with the name of the person holding the road, age, the name of the village where the household registration is located, the name of the chief, family members, the reason for going out, etc., which is equivalent to the ID card and the certificate of the neighborhood committee. (But there is no limit to those who have merit and fame, and they can go as far as they want, including Xiucai.) ）

After thinking about it, Zhao Guohua said: "My name is Zhao Guohua, the word Mingyuan, I have been an orphan since I was a child, and then I was taken overseas by the master, which is more than 20 years, so I don't know where my hometown is, but I heard the master say that his hometown is in Liaoyang, Liaodong." ”

"Liaoyang ...... of Liaodong" Hearing this place name, Yang Degui's face showed a trace of panic and nervousness, and he seemed to have a kind of fear and fear for this name.

looked at Zhao Guohua weakly, and after a while, he came to his senses.

He said lightly: "Now that it is the territory of the Tartars, you can't go back, or I'll help you settle here?" ”

"Yes, no problem, it's all Daming's place anyway." Zhao Guohua said casually.

Seeing that he was happy, Yang Degui smiled and took the opportunity to say: "Oh, by the way, the old man is trying to buy a tiger skin, the white tiger killed by the strong man, the old man wants it, I don't know if he can sell it to me?" After speaking, he looked at Zhao Guohua with a fake smile on his face.

"Yes, but I don't know how much Master Yang bids?" Zhao Guohua asked with a smile.

Hearing this, Yang Degui was stunned, looked at him, and said in his heart: "I'll help you settle down, why don't you be embarrassed to ask for more money." ”

Twisting his beard and thinking about it, Yang Degui said, "How about thirty taels?" ”

"Thirty taels is too little, at least one hundred and fifty taels." Zhao Guohua said. The money from selling the white tiger was Zhao Guohua's first income when he came to the Ming Dynasty, and he didn't want Yang Degui to take advantage of him at all.

Hearing that Zhao Guohua asked for one hundred and fifty taels, Squire Yang's face changed suddenly, his smiling face disappeared suddenly, he stared at him coldly, shook his head and said, "Too much, too much......"

After some bargaining, Zhao Guohua said: "Forget it, Master Yang, you can give one hundred and twenty taels, if it doesn't work, we will take it to the county seat tomorrow to sell, I think, not only sell this bit of silver." ”

Yang Degui is known as Yang Peel, and there is no cheap to take advantage of, which makes him very annoyed.

His face changed and stared at Zhao Guohua for a while, and then Yang Degui said, "Okay, take one hundred and twenty taels of silver." As soon as the words fell, the two housekeepers took out two silver tickets of fifty taels and four small silver ingots of five taels.

Seeing that everyone's eyes were staring at the silver tickets and silver ingots, Zhao Guohua generously put away the silver tickets and silver ingots, and said with a smile: "Master Yang, the tiger is yours, you let people carry it away, and you won't leave Master Yang to eat." We are poor and cannot afford to entertain rich people. ”

Hearing this, Yang Degui's face changed sharply, his triangular eyes stared at Zhao Guohua, a fierce light appeared in his eyes, and Zhao Guohua stared at him indifferently. After glancing at it several times, Yang Degui "snorted" from his nose, flicked his sleeves, and strode out with a cold face, and several family members hurriedly followed with tigers.

"Master Yang walks slowly......" everyone said, and sent Yang Degui to the gate.

Seeing that Yang Degui was gone, everyone in the house returned to the house

"This old dog Yang still wants to take advantage of Zhao Gongzi." Sun Laohan's eldest son, Sun Fu, scolded in a low voice.

"Forget it, if it weren't for Zhao Gongzi, he would be able to give one hundred and twenty taels today?" Sun Laohan persuaded.

Zhao Guohua said: "This kind of person's money can be asked for as much as he can, and there is no need to be polite to him." ”

At this time, a teenage ragged little girl ran in, knelt at the feet of Sun Laohan with "tom", crying and begging in a childish voice: "Grandpa Sun, Master Yang's housekeeper came to collect debts, my family didn't pay the money, they pulled my mother to pay the debt, my father didn't agree, they knocked him to the ground, you go and take a look, my father will die if it's late." ”

"Let's go, I'll take a look......" Sun Laohan said, leading everyone out with him.

"Wait a minute......" Mr. Zhao said.

"Engong, please don't stop the old man, the old man wants to go and see" Sun Laohan turned his head to look at Zhao Guohua, his face was a little displeased.

Zhao Guohua said: "Uncle Sun, I'll go with you." ”

"Childe, what are you? ......" Sun Laohan asked hesitantly.

"Uncle Sun, don't say more, I'll take a look, maybe I can help." Zhao Guohua looked at Sun Laohan and said.

The third youngest son Sun Rong said: "Dad, what Zhao Gongzi said is reasonable, with his identity as a tiger hero, it may be useful"

Sun Laohan thought about it, bowed down, and said gratefully: "The old Han Dynasty Ding Shun's family of three thank you son."

The group went out and walked quickly to Ding Shun's house, while Zhao Guohua walked to see the countryside of the Ming Dynasty.

There are about 100 households in the village, and in the middle of the village is a dirt road more than 100 meters long and potholed three or four meters wide, on both sides of the road are sparsely thatched houses, the door panels are tattered, the adobe walls on both sides of the door are drenched by rainwater, the door panels of several families are tied with straw ropes, a dozen children in shabby clothes are urinating and playing with mud on the roadside, and a few chickens are pulling and foraging for food on the dung heap in the distance.

The whole village looked dilapidated, and Zhao Guohua felt cold in his heart when he saw it.

I met a few more villagers on the way, and after hearing this, they also followed Sun Laohan to Ding's house.

As soon as I walked to the door of Ding Shun's house, I heard a rough voice say arrogantly: "Ding Shun, aren't you very capable, why can't you get up, a poor bone, dare to rely on the account, damn, dare to beat Lao Tzu, the little ones, beat me, kill and throw it into the mountains to feed the wolves." ”

"Steward Yang, please, don't fight again, if you fight again, you will be killed, we will pay back the debt, and we will pay it back tomorrow." A woman wailed and pleaded.

"Pay off the debt, what do you pay? That's ten taels of silver, and your family can't make it up for five years. You wipe your face and serve the eldest young master for a year, and the account will be settled. ”

"No, the slave family will not agree to it." The woman's voice said resolutely.

"Okay, keep fighting, kill this poor bone, and make this slut a widow." A gruff voice shouted loudly inside.

"Don't hit my father......" The little girl who came to report the news cried and rushed in, everyone hurriedly rushed in, and Zhao Guoqiang also followed.

I saw a black short dumpty man in his forties standing in the courtyard, this person was fat and short, and his whole body was round, so fat that he was dripping oil. The belly was swollen, like a frog. With a fat face shining with oil, two mouse eyes, and a few mouse whiskers on his chin, you can see that this person is not a kind person.

On the ground lay a man in his forties in black clothes, his face was covered in blood, his tattered clothes were full of footprints, and he was lying unconscious on the ground. A middle-aged woman with a slight posture and shabby clothes knelt on the ground and cried with a sad cry, desolate and desperate.

"Daddy, wake up, wake up...... the little girl cried, falling on top of her father and shaking.

Looking at this tragic situation that can only be seen in movies, Zhao Guoqiang's nose was sour, and he almost burst into tears.

Steward Yang was shocked at first when he saw that many people came at once, but after a closer look, it turned out to be the family of the old man Sun and a few villagers in the village, so he made up his mind again, pointed at Sun Yiping, and said with a threatening voice: "Old Sun, I advise you to be nosy, this Ding Shun owes the old man ten taels of silver, do you want to pay him back?" Besides, can you get ten taels of silver? ”

Speaking of this, he glanced disdainfully at the other villagers who came with Sun Laohan, and said with a sneer: "Don't talk about a few of you, I'm afraid I haven't even settled today's dinner, hahaha......"

"Steward Yang, I wonder if I can say a few words?" Zhao Guohua stood up and said lukewarmly.

Humpty Dumpty squinted at him, and said with disdain: "Where did you come from, wild man, get out of here, or someone will break your dog's legs."

"Ouch...... Steward Yang is so majestic...... I don't know if Master Yang knows that you treat the villagers like this? As far as I know, Master Yang is a great and kind person, and if you do this, you are ruining his reputation. Zhao Guohua said with a sneer

He deliberately wore a high hat on Yang Degui's head.

"Who are you? How do you know our lord? Steward Yang asked weakly.

Butler Yang's name is Liu Fu, he was originally a broken household, and after taking refuge in Yang's Mansion, he changed his life to Yang Fu, this person is short, fat, vicious, and can speak, and is good at pleasing his master, so he was promoted by Yang Degui to be the housekeeper of Yang's Mansion a year ago.

"Just now, you Master Yang bought the tiger I killed...... Zhao Guohua said coldly.

Hearing this, Yang Fu suddenly reacted, this is the barbarian who killed the tiger, he can kill the tiger, and it is even easier to kill people like himself. Thinking of this, his oily fat face immediately squeezed out a fake smile: "It turned out that the tiger fighting hero has arrived, and it is disrespectful...... Disrespectful ......" said while arching.

"Where, Steward Yang is polite...... Zhao Guohua said, arching his hand casually.

After the politeness, Zhao Guohua pointed to Ding Shun, who had just woken up lying on the ground, and said: "Steward Yang, this person can't fight anymore, if he fights again, he will die, for my sake, just spare him, as for the money he owes, I will pay it back for the time being." ”

Speaking of this, he turned his head to the woman kneeling on the ground and said, "This sister-in-law, you get up and talk, I don't know how much money your family owes the Yang family?" How is the money calculated? ”

"Thank you, Son......," the woman said, and stood up.

After a pause, she wiped her tears and said: "At the beginning of last year, several officials from the yamen came to collect taxes and silver, my man was sick and needed money, and the family really couldn't do it, so I went to Mr. Yang's house to borrow three taels of money, and said that it would be five taels after a year, but they bullied people, and the time was just over a day, and they asked my family to pay back ten taels, how can we live......" Speaking of this, the woman cried loudly, and the little girl on the ground also cried again.

This scene made Zhao Guohua feel sad, he walked to Yang Fu and said, "Steward Yang, I think let Ding Shun's family pay back five taels, forget the rest." You see, his family is so poor, it's useless for you to kill him. ”