Douhu County is very lively today, the streets are full of people, and even the shops in the shops have put down their business and run to the door.

There was not a single pedestrian on the street, everyone stood on the side of the road and gave way to the road, and then craned their necks and stood on tiptoe to look at the other side of the road.

Syllable! Syllable!

There was a gong in the distance, and everyone squeezed forward and shouted, "Coming, coming!" ”

The sound of the gong got closer and closer, and I saw a group of people appearing on the street, Wu Renyao shouted as he walked: "The county commander is wise and martial, and he has captured the villain lake bandit of the Chen Family Martial Arts Pavilion, and now he is also a healthy person in Douhu County." The money that the lake bandits collected from everyone every year before is now all canceled and will never appear again, and the villagers can only live with peace of mind. ”

Everyone suddenly made an uproar, and they didn't even have to pay those silver anymore, which was a great joy!

The Chen Family Martial Arts Pavilion collected a lot of silver, more than the normal tax payment, and I don't know when it started, even this tax collection was collected by the Chen Family Martial Arts Pavilion, and everyone knew that the county government had long been hollowed out.

And the Chen Jiawu Pavilion is another county office, if you have something to do, just look for them, and you can get it done with money.

After calculating in their hearts, most businessmen felt that they could save a lot of silver by paying the taxes of the imperial court. It's just that the people in Jinbao Gambling House have also been arrested, although they are also members of the Chen family, they usually pay taxes to the martial arts hall!

I don't know who it is, but I suddenly shouted, "Okay! Immediately, the people around him shouted, "Lord Qingtian! ”

Zhuang Rou looked back at behind her, the thugs in the Jinbao gambling house beat her half to death, and Chen Yuan and several right-hand men were even beaten unconscious, lying on a board car covered in blood. The push-pull cart is also a group of thugs, but the injuries are lighter, and the nose is blue and the face is swollen and walks with a limp.

All the thugs in the Jinbao gambling house are here, and even the people in the accounting room are tied with ropes, and they follow silently with their heads bowed next to the cart.

And Niu Dayong walked like an elephant, swaying behind him, staring at not letting anyone run.

After thinking about it, Zhuang Rou raised his hand and shouted to the surroundings: "Fellow villagers, although these people are bullying and dominating the market, it is a local evil. But everyone should save some eggs and vegetable leaves, and don't smash them! We're not going to arrest you, but you have to be calm. ”

When her words fell, none of the people standing on the side of the street began to throw eggs after listening to the words as she had imagined. There was silence all around, and everyone looked at her, looking very embarrassed.

At this moment, Wu Renyao shouted, "From today onwards, the county government will only collect a fixed security tax, which is less than what the lake bandits collect, which is used to repair the county government and recruit miscellaneous servants to maintain law and order in the county." ”

Everyone looked at him dumbfounded, a little suspicious that they hadn't heard what they had just said.

Wu Renyao struck the gong again and shouted: "This Jinbao gambling house just refused to pay taxes, and even resisted the law, so all of them were arrested and brought to justice!" ”

"Hit them!" The onlookers suddenly roared, picked up the things in their hands and threw them out, where to find any eggs now, naturally what is in the hand to throw what.

The thing was not aimed at the people of the Jinbao Gambling House, but at Zhuang Rou and them, and all the hatred for the Chen Family Martial Arts Hall was transferred to the person who should be arrested, and these corrupt officials were really not good people.

Zhuang Rou turned his head and let one throw the cake over, took out the iron rod and hit the board car next to him fiercely, only to hear a bang, the board car suddenly shattered, and even the people lying on it fell to the ground.

"If you touch us, it will be murder tolerance and obstruct the case, and we will all be arrested." She glanced coldly at the people around her, and with the blood that was stained all over her clothes when she caught someone in the gambling house just now, the people who threw things didn't dare to move.

"There were no rules here before, but now it's different, let me hear it all clearly, the Douhu County Government already has a county order, and there will never be a situation where no one will take care of it in the future. Ugly words say here, if you abide by the law, then we will also love the people like children. ”

Zhuang Rou suddenly shouted: "What's so lively here, get out!" If you have nothing to do, you will consciously go to the county office to pay taxes, don't wait for us to find you! ”

The people along the street immediately ran and hid, and suddenly there was no one on the whole street. Some of the stalls didn't dare to accept it, and they ran away without a trace.

I thought they would throw things at the Jinbao gambling house, but I didn't expect them to be so stupid, when they heard Wu Renyao's words, they pointed the finger at their side, they were really stupid people who couldn't be helped!

She looked back at the cart on the ground, and said angrily: "Why are you stunned, don't lift them all up, it's useless one by one, you can't move if you hit them casually!" ”

The thugs of the Jinbao gambling house had a bitter face, and the cart was broken, so he picked up the broken wooden plank, put the seriously injured man on it, and lifted it up and walked towards the yamen. That Wu Renyao kept beating the gong and shouting, repeating what he had just said, and the people who could hide it shook their heads.

This has just driven away a group of hungry wolves, and another tiger has come, but the official can punish the crime openly, although the Chen family is not a good person, but he still has to pretend. It seems that this Douhu County will not be peaceful in the future.

Zhuang Rou and the others brought everyone back, and met Lin Laicai and his party at the gate of the county government, and they were helping each other to see Li Zhongxin call a few people over, and they were carrying a coffin out and putting it on the donkey cart at the door.

Seeing her come back, Lin Laicai and the others were about to wipe the corners of their eyes, and suddenly saw that she was coming back with a large group of people, each of whom was beaten miserably, and a few were lifted on the board, and they were all stunned.

Even Li Zhongxin was a little surprised, looking at these injured people like Jinbao Gambling House, isn't this Uncle Chen's industry? How could it be smashed like this by these arrests?

"The case is saved?" Zhuang Rou looked at them covered in blood and asked with concern, "How is Zhu Dianshi's judgment, can the other party compensate you more than 10,000 taels?" ”

Lin Laicai shook his head and said sadly: "No matter how much money I have, how can I bring my daughter back to life, if she can live, I can scatter all my family wealth." It's a pity that now the world is separated from each other, and no matter how much silver there is, people have been lost! ”

"Oh, it just so happens that the county government wants silver, and you think it's useless to bring the silver back, so donate it to repair the county government. Maybe the adults are happy, so I'll make a note for you. Zhuang Rou said unceremoniously.

"Huh?" Lin Laicai suddenly froze in place, unable to answer for a long time.

Li Zhongxin saw it and hurriedly said: "Official, we have to go back to do white things for my poor wife, the weather is also starting to get warmer, we must go back quickly." ”

Zhuang Rou smiled and said, "Okay, then you go back, please mourn." ”

Seeing that he could finally get rid of her, Lin Laicai hurriedly called his wife and daughter into another carriage, and asked the hired helpers to hurriedly drive the donkey cart back to pull the coffin back. According to custom, the mortuary had to be rested for seven days, and the time was chosen before he could be buried.

And Zhuang Rou waved his hand and asked Wu Renyao and them to bring people in, and he stood at the door and watched Lin Laicai and them leave, staring at them all the time. But he knew that this matter was in a hurry, and if there was no evidence, if he bit it indiscriminately, let Zhu Dianshi take the opportunity to find trouble, and it would be troublesome to force himself to solve the case in five days at most.

You can't solve the case once you have a limit, but you can hit the board, this person is not easy to talk at first glance, and when the time comes, you will be embarrassed to bully him.

At this time, four more people came out of the yamen, it was Liu Zizhi and a middle-aged uncle, looking at the clothes and appearance, it was either his father or uncle. The other two are family members, responsible for running errands and delivering a letter or something. If you quarrel with the relatives of the deceased, you can have two more helpers, and you will not lose in the fight.

A few of them had already seen Zhuang Rou standing at the door like a murderer, and no one wanted to pay attention to her, just a little should be arrested, so they wanted to walk to the opposite restaurant from the side to store the horses, take the horses and go home.

But Zhuang Rou directly blocked in front of Liu Zizhi, and said with a smile: "Liu Gongzi, you lost a lot this time, right?" ”

"I'm telling you, there's definitely something wrong with this, they're scamming money!" Liu Zizhi was not angry and said, "That woman suddenly came out of the side of the road, this is not a search for death, if it weren't for the horse startling, she would definitely be injured a little, but you sentenced those people so much money indiscriminately!" ”

He was half angry and wanted to say something heavy, but the middle-aged man stopped him from saying any more, "Zizhi, eliminate wealth and avoid disasters, what to argue with the official, go back with me." ”

Liu Zizhi glanced at Zhuang Rou, and then left with his family, losing so much silver in vain, and having to give gifts to officials, it was really unlucky!

Zhuang Rou wasn't interested in them either, and she didn't stop them, so it didn't matter if she didn't say anything, just go in and ask.

As soon as she stepped into the threshold of the lobby, Zhu Dianshi's angry roar came from inside, "Zhuang Rou, come over to me, what's going on, why did you arrest all the people from Jinbao Gambling House!" ”

"They refused to pay the fixed security tax, and they even tried to beat us to death, this is a major crime of rebellion, so naturally they must all be arrested." Zhuang Rou looked at him disapprovingly and said, "Those who refuse to pay taxes within three days will all be arrested." As for the amount of fine, and how long he will be in prison, he will be locked up and tried again when the county magistrate recovers from his injuries. ”

Zhu Dianshi knew how powerful the Chen family was, how the first two county commanders were driven away, and finally ended up with no official body, he knew better than anyone else. If he hadn't done anything and honestly sold pork, where would this Douhu County still tolerate him.

smashed the Chen Family Martial Arts Hall last time, and in the end, even the little county king was assassinated, and I thought that with the power of the little county king, the two sides could reconcile, as long as I let myself be a pawn history.

It's been quiet for two days, and this guy actually went to poke the hornet's nest again and smashed the Jinbao gambling house!

He pointed at Zhuang Rou angrily, and his hands trembled.

Seeing that he was trembling and wanted to say something, Zhuang Rou took a few steps forward and whispered: "Zhu Dianshi, you have to figure out who you are doing for you." Now that you have taken off your butcher uniform and put it back on your official uniform, then you are already on the boat of the little county king, and if you want to protect yourself and cower like this, maybe the boat has not sunk yet, and you will be the first to be taken to the sinking pond. ”

Zhu Dianshi's eyes widened, she is not a person from the king of the little county, she is obviously only arrested halfway, is it necessary to be so loyal?

"You're the one of the little kings?"

Zhuang Rou glanced at him, "Idiot, every grass and tree in this Douhu County belongs to the king of the small county, someone robbed us of something, you don't dare to get it back, it is better to resign from the position of the canon and become a butcher." ”

"By the way, don't forget to pay the Ding'an tax when selling pork, not a penny or silver is missing. If it does, I'll have to go to prison for a few days. She said with a smile.

Zhu Dianshi's face turned pale with anger, and he couldn't help but roar: "In the end, are you Dianshi or I, and you actually pointed fingers at me!" ”

"Of course you're a canon, but in my eyes, if you're not on our side, you're the enemy. If Master Dianshi is so indiscriminate again, it will make people suspect that you are a lake bandit, and that is not good. Zhuang Rou shrugged and said, then turned around and wanted to take the person to the prison, but after taking a few steps, she stopped again and looked back at Zhu Dianshi.

Smiling at him, Zhuang Rou whispered again, "I really don't want that the next time I encounter an assassination incident, Zhu Dianshi will be assassinated to death in order to save the little county king, so how about respecting the lady and the children in the family." ”

Zhu Dianshi suddenly froze on the spot, who does this mean, does the little county king mean!