Huang Buren's frantic shouting reminded Yao Tiantian, who was full of doubts, now is not the time for her to be in a daze, her uncle is still under the authority of Huang Buren and Master Li, she didn't care about thinking about the small bag anymore, she casually put it in the pocket of her jacket, and then ran to the door, pushed open the door of the east wing, and came to the courtyard in three steps and two steps.

Yao Tiantian, who was not short of people, ran to the courtyard quickly, ignoring the fierce and vicious officials, and directly helped up Yao Runzhi, who was pushed to the ground, and looked at the bruised stick marks exposed by his torn robe distressedly, and the anger in her heart jumped up, she handed over the shaky Yao Runzhi to Da Zhuang's hands full of fire, nodded comfortingly at Da Zhuang, and then opened her arms like a little hen guarding cubs.

Yao Tiantian held her little head high, and without fear stopped the sticks and steel knives of a cadre of officials in front of her, as if she bravely faced the unreasonable boss in her previous life, Yao Tiantian's mouth turned up slightly, put on a mocking smile, and asked loudly to Master Li behind the officer, "Look at this formation, is Master Huang going to take the place of Master Li with full power?" ”

"This ,......" laughed Huang Buren's crazy look on his face froze, and the arrogant laughter stopped abruptly, he looked at Master Li, who had changed color, quietly wiped the cold sweat on his head, and reprimanded him forcefully, "Where, where did the yellow-haired wild girl come from, she dared to slander Master Li, the official of the imperial court, are you impatient?" ”

Yao Tiantian sneered in his heart, when did a little master become an official of the imperial court, he was at best a secretary appointed by the county officials themselves, and he was not even a formal establishment of eating imperial grain.

Huang Buren's lust and his unusual respect for Master Li made Yao Tiantian feel more confident, she raised her chin higher, and secretly guessed in her heart.

Perhaps, this Huang Buren is also a bit of a kinship with the county official who can't be beaten, otherwise how dare a mere Master Li blackmail him, besides, the county lord sent someone to Yangjiatun to collect the poll tax, which should have been sent to the head of the arrest with official documents, but now he just sent a secretary of his own, as if he was secretly doing something unseemly, making it indecent, and his words were not correct and his name was not good, there must be a hidden secret in this.

And since this Master Li was sent by the county master to do this kind of public and private thing, he must also be a clever person, and he can figure out the county master's thoughts, and naturally he also understands what things to insist on, and what things to scare and scare just forget it. Although this Master Li is not a good thing, it seems that only he can stop the crazy Huang Buren, and he can bring a little turn for the crisis in Yangjiatun.

Yao Tiantian understood the stakes, and just wanted to add fuel to the fire and provoke a few words, but Yao Runzhi behind her pulled her collar, pulled Yao Tiantian back to her side, pressed her shoulder hard, and signaled her not to be reckless. At the same time, if you want to swallow yourself, you will take the first step to open your mouth, bow down to Master Li and say, "Master Li, this daughter is the niece of the student, she just came over from other places, and where she offended the master, please Master Li have a large number of them, and forgive one or two." ”

As he spoke, Yao Runzhi let go of Da Zhuang and Yao Tiantian's shoulders, took a step forward slowly, and bowed respectfully to Master Li to the end, "Under the system of Lord Sun County, all the people in Yangjiatun have always known the law and abided by the law, and the people are simple, and the villagers have always been happy and content. ”

Yao Runzhi said gently, and quietly gave Master Li a high hat, his words had the same effect as Yao Tiantian's sowing discord. Yao Runzhi took advantage of Yao Tiantian's excuse to send this big hat up, obviously because he had realized the delicate relationship between Huang Dahu and Master Li and Master Sun County.

Yao Tiantian secretly gave a thumbs up in her heart, and skimmed away to Yao Runzhi with admiration, and happened to meet Yao Runzhi's approving gaze, Yao Runtian nodded at Yao Tiantian with understanding, signaling her not to act rashly, he knew what to do.

Yao Tiantian's heart must be in her heart, and she quietly restrained her rainbow momentum as a modern capable white-collar worker, she knew that she couldn't be too careless, now she was a little girl who was only twelve years old, if she behaved too abnormally, she would be arrested as a monster. Now that Yao Runzhi has understood what she meant, and the words he said are older, more decent, and more effective than Yao Tiantian's words, Yao Tiantian can take advantage of the situation to shrink behind Yao Runzhi and wait and see how things develop.

Master Li didn't know Yao Runzhi's uncle and nephew's careful thoughts, he was provoked by Yao Tiantian and was calmed down by Yao Runzhi's words, wearing the top hat given by Yao Runzhi, Master Li glanced at the entourage, coughed lightly, and didn't look at Huang Buren, who gave him frequent glances, and said to Yao Runzhi generously, "Master Yao rest assured, this official will naturally not worry about a little girl, and there is no taboo in childish words." As for the poll tax in your tun, this official ......."

Huang Buren, who was so anxious that he scratched his ears and cheeks, saw that Master Li was about to lose his position under Yao Runzhi's sugar-coated shell, he didn't care about the consequences, and hurriedly interrupted Master Li's words that were about to be exported, and reminded, "Lord Li, please be careful, Master Sun is still waiting for the good news from Master Li." ”

Master Li's face changed greatly after being interrupted, and his eyes were unkind to the bold Huang Buren, but when he saw the deliberately looming silver ticket in Huang Buren's sleeve, his face softened, and he changed his tone stiffly, "This official is also acting on orders, what you owe is the imperial grain and national tax, which belongs to His Majesty the Emperor of our Dading Kingdom, this money will have to be paid sooner or later, if you pay it now, you can save nearly half of the silver taels, you only need to pay fifteen taels of silver." ”

Seeing that Master Li was so blatantly bought, Yao Tian's sweet little face suddenly turned red again, she raised her legs, and just wanted to cross her uncle and step forward to reason with them again, but was held down by Yao Runyi, shook his head helplessly at her, and signaled her not to act rashly.

Master Li changed his tone, and the faces of the errands who had retreated a little just now also changed, and they surrounded them again with sticks, surrounding Yao Tiantian and the others in the middle.

However, Old Village Chief Yang, who had always had a humble and hopeless look, listened to Master Li's words and woke up from the fugue too empty, his chaotic old eyes lit up, and a glimmer of hope burst out, and he didn't even notice that the messenger had raised the stick less than a foot away from his body.

The head tax silver was suddenly reduced from nineteen taels of silver to fifteen taels, this discount is not small, it is big enough to make the old village chief moved, and he can't help but secretly calculate, according to the previous order of the old man of Sun County, they can not be exempted from this head tax, but they can postpone the payment, and they will have to make up for it after the autumn harvest this year. In this way, after the autumn harvest this year, Yang Jiatun will have to take out 39 taels of silver, even if the crops are bumper, it will be a big burden. But if you think of a way now and raise fifteen taels of silver, everyone will be much easier after the autumn.

Old Village Chief Yang secretly summed it up, he put aside the stick in front of him, ignored the blood that was dripping on his body, knelt down in front of Master Li with a 'plop', and said sincerely, "The little guy has thanked Master Li for his kindness on behalf of all the villagers in Yangjiatun, can you ask Master Li to raise your hand more, and let the little guy discuss with the big guy again to raise money and food?" ”

Master Li glanced at the quiet uncle and nephew of Yao Runzhi, and then looked at the old village chief Yang who was kneeling in front of him, and finally nodded with an unpredictable expression, and said without yin or yang, "This official and Huang Dahu are not unreasonable, we will let you discuss and discuss, and this official will give you another day, and wait for your wise decision at this time tomorrow." ”

After speaking, Master Li glanced at his entourage again, then handed Huang Buren an ambiguous look, turned around and strode out. As soon as Master Li moved, the gang of officials he brought automatically followed out.

Huang Buben stomped his feet angrily, leaned in front of Yao Runzhi, and gritted his teeth and said, "Master Ben will give you another five taels of land, you have to think about it carefully, there will be no such shop in this village after that!" After saying the cruel words, Huang Buren immediately put on a flattering smile, and chased after Master Li's distant back.

As soon as Master Li and Huang Buren left, the old village chief tilted his body, and sat on the ground with a white face as paper, he moved his lips as if he wanted to say something, Yao Runzhi waved his hand lightly, stopped him, and said meaningfully, "It's windy outside, let's go into the house quickly, let's go back to the house and talk about it in detail." ”

As he spoke, Yao Runzhi wanted to come over and help the old village chief, but he had just been beaten with a stick, his body was weak, and he stumbled under his feet, but fortunately, Yao Tiantian on the side was clever and quickly helped him, and Yao Runzhi barely stabilized his footing.

Touching the cold sweat on Yao Runzhi's palms, Yao Tiantian suggested distressedly, "Uncle, don't worry, the old village chief and grandfather have Da Zhuang to take care of it." ”

Yao Tiantian said while quietly giving Da Zhuang a look to the side who had not woken up yet, and the naïve Da Zhuang ran over in a hurry, and said in his mouth, "Yes, yes, don't worry, sir, there is Da Zhuang, Da Zhuang helped the village chief into the house." ”