Storytelling?

Zhang Yu and Zhang Fu both looked at Hu Ye curiously, in this case, he actually wanted to tell a story? Didn't you see that Zhou Yi was already on the verge of breaking out?

"Story?" Zhu Di also asked curiously.

"Yes, it's a story, a story I've seen and heard." Hu Ye replied respectfully.

Zhu Di knows that people like Hu Ye will not be untargeted, and if he wants to tell a story, he must have his purpose. So Zhu Di had no choice but to be a promoter, hoping that Hu Ye would not let himself down, "What a story, let's hear it." ”

"Before telling the story again, the grass people still want to ask His Highness. Has His Royal Highness said before that the people in Beiping City live and work in peace and contentment, singing and dancing everywhere? Hu Ye asked.

"Yes, in the place where I went to inspect, the people are well fed and clothed, and everyone lives well, at least everyone has food and clothing." Zhu Di returned to the Tao with certainty.

"Hehe, how can what I see be a little different from His Royal Highness King Yan." Hu Ye smiled, then paced up in the middle of the hall again, looked at Zhu Di's curious eyes, and Hu Ye continued.

"The other day, I went out on the street to buy groceries. met the grandfather and grandson, and they have always made a living selling vegetables. The grandfather is almost old, and he still has his nine-year-old granddaughter and sells vegetables on the street every day. That grandfather is almost old, and he should have lived at home and lived for a long time. But he was forced by life to sell vegetables on the street in order to maintain the livelihood of his grandparents and grandchildren. ”

"The girl was only nine years old, and now she should have studied in a private school, in the boudoir. But he was also forced by life to follow his grandfather to sell vegetables on the street. Because her family has no money to send her to a private school, and there is no money to let her learn to be a girl. Hu Ye began to tell the story of himself and Yueyue, and his face was bitter as he spoke.

"Where's her father? Don't they just leave her alone? Zhu Di squeezed his fists and asked angrily.

He didn't know Weishenme's own fiefdom, how could there be such a person, could it be that what he had inspected before was an illusion?

"Her dad went to join the army when she was two years old and died in battle five years ago. Her mother didn't want to take her oil bottle with her, so she ran away with the passing merchant. Hu Ye said.

"The soldiers who died on the battlefield have a large pension, enough for them to open a shop, but why do they have such a hard time?"

"Pension? Does Your Highness know what the grandfather's only relic was for his son? ”

"It's an amulet on his son's body! Or his son's comrades-in-arms smuggled it back! If it weren't for this talisman, then Grandpa wouldn't have known that his son had died in battle! Also pension? I don't know which pocket this money went to, and the grandfather didn't even see a copper. Hu Ye spoke loudly, and Zhu Di burst into flames when he heard it.

"What! There will be such a thing! Zhu Di's face showed violent anger, and he tried to calm down for a long time before he said to Zhang Yu, "Zhang Yu, this matter is handed over to you to investigate, if anyone dares to withhold the pension." Whether it is the guards of my palace or the people of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, they do not need to report and are executed on the spot. ”

"Yes." Zhang Yu stood up and said.

"Your Highness, do you know that when I stroked the girl's hair. I don't feel like I touched my hair, it's more like a handful of hay I grab, it's so rough. Your Highness, you can't imagine that they haven't eaten meat for a year, and when I bought the girl a bunch of sugar gourds that day, she burst into tears of joy. She said it was the best food she'd ever had in her life. Your Highness! Is this supposed to be the words of a nine-year-old? Is this what you call a peaceful life and a good job? This is what you call singing and dancing? Hu Ye didn't know how to control his emotions as he spoke, so he left tears in the hall and questioned Zhu Di loudly.

Zhu Di stood there and didn't speak for a long time, just closed his eyes, imagining the poor girl eating sugar gourd.

"Your Highness, do you know what is the root cause of all this?" Hu Ye waved his sleeves, wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes, recovered his mood, and asked Zhu Di.

"It is the king's mismanagement that causes his subjects to suffer such great sin." Zhu Di opened his heavy eyes and said very deeply.

"No, Your Highness, all this is not because of anything else, but because of someone like Zhou Kai!" Hu Ye suddenly turned around, pointed at Zhou Kai with his finger, and said angrily.

"The shaft is bold, and he dares to spew blood!" Seeing that Hu Ye pointed the finger at his son, Zhou Jie shouted loudly regardless of his injury.

"You... You... What does it matter to me that they don't make money? Don't throw dirty water on me. He was testified by Hu Ye in court. Zhou Kai looked panicked.

"Hu Ye, there are some things that you can't say nonsense, be careful that the wind flashes your tongue." Zhou Yi looked at Hu Ye and said coldly.

"Hu Ye, tell me what's going on." Zhu Di took a deep breath, calmed down, and said slowly.

"Your Highness, do you know that this Zhou Kai, together with the three dead bullies, is called the four young men of Pingcheng. They usually bully men and women, do all kinds of evil, and run rampant and domineering in the Yongpingwei generation. All those who set up stalls on their territory had to pay them so-called protection money, and if they didn't, they would be driven away by Yongpingwei, and even worse, killed and injured. Hu Ye stared at Zhu Di, saying word by word, and every time he said a word, Zhu Di's fist tightened.

"You talk nonsense! That's not protection money, that's their initiative to honor us! Zhou Kai argued. But what ushered in was a resounding slap from Zhou Jie.

"Your Highness, the grandfather and grandson have a low income. Not only do you have to pay 20% of the tax, but you also have to pay 30% to a bully like Zhou Kai, do you still expect them to live a good life? Do you think they can live in peace? Does Your Highness still think that my request was excessive? Hu Ye asked loudly.

"You talk nonsense, I don't confiscate their money at all." After being slapped by Zhou Jie, Zhou Kai also knew that he had said the wrong thing, how could he admit it in court, so he retorted.

"You confiscate their protection money? Do you want us to go down that street and ask? Do you want us to go to your house and check your Zhou family's property? Your father is a little sooth, and his salary for a year is only fifty taels, so you can take out a thousand taels to reward my head? Hu Ye asked Zhou Kai loudly.

"You... You..." Zhou Kai was so anxious that he couldn't speak, so he had to point his finger at Hu Ye, hating to eat Hu Ye raw.

"Shut up!" Zhu Di, who had listened for a long time, finally spoke, and interrupted Zhou Kai extremely rudely. Then he said to Zhou Yi, "Commander Zhou, do you know these situations?" ”

"Back to His Royal Highness King Yan, the minister doesn't know about these things." Zhou Yi returned to the Tao very nervously.

He is no longer arrogant now, he knows that Hu Ye is telling the truth, and he can't afford to verify it at all. If you really want to find out, it is definitely countless times greater than Zhou Kai's crime of bullying Hu Ye's handmaid. So he had to pretend he didn't know.

"Hmph, don't you know about your rule? However, I don't bother to take care of the affairs of the Governor's Mansion of the Five Armies, and you can do it yourself. If I hear about this kind of thing in the future, don't blame me for overstepping. Zhu Di said coldly.

"Yes, Weichen must be investigated, and if it is verified, he will be severely punished." Zhou Yi hurriedly said.

"But this confession, Zhou Kai must write it to me! Not only to Hu Ye's maidservant, but also to the fathers and villagers of Beiping. Stick it at the door of every city gate, and let the bullies who bully the market see it. Zhu Di ordered.

"Your Highness." Zhou Yi also wanted to continue.

"Shut up, this matter is not negotiable. If he can't write it, Zhou Jie will write it. If Zhou Jie can't write it, it's up to you, the commander, to write it. If you can't write it, I'll ask my father to send a decree and let you write it on it!" Zhu Di flicked his sleeves and sat back in the chair angrily.

"Yes, the subordinates must urge Zhou Kai to write a letter of repentance."

Cold sweat broke out on Zhou Yi's forehead, this Zhu Di's tyrannical title is really not false, he said that he would definitely do it. If he really didn't write this confession, Zhu Di might really ask for the holy decree, and then he would not be able to do it as a commander.

"Uncle Zhou Yi, I ......" Zhou Kai saw that Zhou Yi was going to urge himself to write a letter of repentance, and stammered and wanted to ask Zhou Yi, but he attracted another slap from Zhou Jie.

"Rebel, if you don't learn and don't know how to do it on weekdays, you just fool around with that group of people, and now you have caused such a disaster, don't you regret it? Come back with me now and write a letter of repentance! If you don't write it, you'll never want to go out! A slap to Zhou Kai, Zhou Jie said viciously.

Zhou Kai was very aggrieved, his father, who had always been very fond of him, actually slapped himself twice in front of the public.

"Your Highness, the ministers will not stay long, so they will retire." Zhou Yi didn't want to stay longer, today was completely planted in the hands of a spearhead boy, and it would hurt his self-esteem to continue to stay here.

After Zhou Yi finished speaking, he took Zhou Jie and Zhou Kai, who was at a loss, and rushed away, but when they passed by Hu Ye's side, the three of them had hateful looks in their eyes.

"Your Highness is wise." Seeing that he had achieved his goal, Hu Ye slapped Zhu Di's ass.

He knew that Zhu Di must be very angry today, and he had a good chance to win over Zhou Yi, so he let himself be ruined.

"Your Highness is wise." Seeing that Hu Ye patted his ass, Zhang Fu and Zhang Yu had no choice but to say respectfully.

"Now I know that my subjects are living so badly, how can they be considered wise." Zhu Di said helplessly, Hu Ye is now patting on the back, which is obviously slapping him Zhu Di's face, making him very faceless.

"Okay, the three of you come with me to the inner hall and discuss something." Zhu Di stood up and said to Hu Ye and the others. Then with a wave of his hand, he drove out all the guards and maidservants in the hall.

"Yes." Hu Ye replied. He knew that Zhu Di must be holding back the fire in his belly now, and he would definitely settle accounts with himself after he entered. However, Hu Ye was not afraid, because he had already thought of a countermeasure.

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"Big brother, do you really let Kyle write a letter of repentance? In this way, my Zhou family will not have the face to stay in Beiping City. Out of the Yanwang Mansion, Zhou Jie asked Zhou Yi.

"Hey, brother, it's not like you didn't see Zhu Di's aggressive momentum just now, if we don't agree, he will definitely be able to say and do it. When the decree comes, our black hats will not be kept. Only by agreeing to it first can we think of another way. Zhou Yi said helplessly.

It turned out that Zhou Yi and Zhou Jie were from the same village and joined the army together that year. Zhou Yi got mixed up with the commander, and only then did he pull Zhou Jie to the position of pacification. That's why Zhou Yi is so concerned about Zhou Jie's affairs.

"But ......," Zhou Jie retorted.

"Okay, don't talk about it. If you go back, let Zhou Kai write a letter of repentance, otherwise we will all have a hard time. Zhou Yi said with majesty, and then with a whip of the horse, he hurried back to the mansion.

"Daddy, am I really going to write that confession?" After Zhou Yi left, Zhou Kai cautiously asked Zhou Jie, he was afraid that his father would slap him again.

"Write, why don't you write, if you don't settle the trouble yourself, do you want me to write it for you!" Zhou Jie said angrily.

"But that Hu Ye ......," Zhou Kai said through gritted teeth.

"Hu Ye is covered by Zhu Di now, and we can't move him. But if we can't move him, can't we move others? My Zhou family's lost reputation must be recovered! Zhou Jie said sinisterly.

Zhou Kai looked at his father's sinister eyes and couldn't help but shudder. He knew that whenever his father had this look, someone would be unlucky.

So Zhou Kai had no choice but to follow behind Zhou Jie silently and stop making a sound, he didn't want to touch his father's moldy head again, and he couldn't get another slap.