Bai Shengwen smiled bitterly and signaled that he was fine. But I didn't expect that I would need this brother to save me.

Someone in the crowd screamed: "These two dog officers are brothers, they are in a gang!" ”

Frowning, Bai Shengwen said in his heart This is the person who instigated behind his back, otherwise how could he be so clear?

Turning his head, he was about to let He Zhutou catch this person, Bai Shengwu on the horse had already pointed over with a horsewhip, and the soldiers behind him immediately jumped off the horse and rushed into the crowd, but at the next moment, three or four men were grabbed from the crowd.

Those men were arrested, and they were still struggling to scold the dog officer, Bai Shengwu snorted coldly, the horsewhip in his hand fell like raindrops, and he beat a few men hard, so that they cried wolf before he said with a gloomy face: "General Ben is beating you, so what?" The biggest fist in the world! Since you don't have that ability, you can only honestly kneel at the feet of this general! ”

Bai Shengwen, who was standing on the steps, frowned when he heard this, he didn't want to intercede for a few big men, but he wanted to persuade his brother in his heart, and he should be more leisurely in the future, so as not to be hated like this.

Those big men were in pain, and they didn't care about scolding anymore, they just screamed in pain, and wanted to resist, but where could they escape, not to mention the snake-like poisonous whip shadow, even a few pro-soldiers who were eyeing them next to them couldn't beat it.

can only beg for mercy: "General, general, spare the small one!" The little ones are also angry, so they come to ask the big guy for mercy! ”

"Please? Is this a request? Still angry? Why can't you be angry? After stopping the whip, Bai Shengwu pointed at them: "Looking at the physique of a few of you, you should be a laborer at home, but look at your hands, how can there be calluses?" Everyone eats with oily faces, and their clothes are so clean, they are clearly not farmers, and they may not even touch a hoe in their lives! Now, he dares to pretend to be a farmer and go to the county yamen to make trouble! ”

was exposed in this way, some of the men did not dare to speak up, and some had to argue: "The little one is really a farmer, and he is really ......"

"Okay, you say you're a farmer, so which tun are you?" Bai Shengwu looked at people coldly: "If you can't tell it, then General Ben will behead you on the spot as a thief who came to make trouble, a remnant of the Ming Dynasty who wants to attack officials and rebel!" ”

The man trembled with fright, his eyes rolling, as if he wanted to say something.

Bai Shengwen, who was on the steps, suddenly stepped forward at this time, and said in a deep voice: "Fellow villagers, the big guys live in the same village and are familiar with each other, now I invite the big guys to take a look, but do you know those people, but you local folks?!" ”

Because of Bai Shengwen's words, everyone really stared at those men.

Originally, no one noticed when they were mixed together, but now that these people are carried out alone, no one really knows them.

You look at me, I look at you, there are those who are familiar with each other, they muttered quietly, and in the end, an old man stood up, hugged his fists and said: "My lord, I really don't know these people." I didn't pay attention to it before, but now I think about it, just now the big guy was standing here, a dog official, letting the big guy smash people, and it was these people who said that the dog official wanted to kill the big guy......"

Halfway through the words, the old man also remembered that he was also barking in the dog official, and hurriedly said: "My lord, the little old man and the big guy are good citizens!" If it weren't for the adults who wanted to raise taxes, we wouldn't have come here - we really weren't rebelling! ”

Bai Shengwen raised his voice and said: "I know that all the villagers are good citizens!" It's not a rebel - it's just, who told you that the official was going to raise taxes?! ”

The old man looked around, as if he was looking for someone but couldn't find it, so he could only turn around and say, "Isn't it just to collect more taxes, my lord?" ”

Smiling slightly, Bai Shengwen said lightly: "The old man is right, this official is thoroughly inspecting the fields, and the purpose of thoroughly inspecting the fields is to increase taxes......"

As soon as these words came out, the crowd immediately buzzed like a fried pot, but Bai Shengwen was not flustered, and asked loudly: "But let me ask you, how many fields do you have at home?" ”

Suddenly asked such a sentence, everyone was a little stunned, but the voice was quiet.

Bai Shengwen said: "What this official wants to investigate are those who conceal their own fields and underpay taxes, but what about you? There are only a few acres of land at home, so can't you hide it? If you don't like it, you just want to hide it, and you have to have it! ”

This is an ugly thing to say, Chiguo dislikes everyone for being poor, but at this moment, when he says it, it makes the people feel relieved.

"Hey, that's none of our business!"

"No, my family only has three acres of land, what is there to hide......"

"Why the hell are we here? It's none of our business, why are you still running around? ”

looked at each other, and couldn't remember who was fooling to make trouble, and there was also a mirror in his heart, feeling that he had let the big families in the village fool, but he didn't dare to say this.

Those who have land in their own houses are good, but those who do not have land are the fields of the landlords of the tenants, and if they are offended, the whole family will starve to death.

The old man was also embarrassed, turned around and muttered a few words to the people behind him, and then hugged his fists and accused: "It was the ignorance of the people and others who collided with the adults, and please forgive me for the sins of ignorance and ignorance." ”

"This officer forgives you for your innocence." Bai Shengwen smiled and expressed forgiveness, and asked with a smile where the old man's family lived, it was better to go into the back office to have a cup of tea, even if the official was shocked by the old man and the villagers.

Someone pulled the old man's clothes behind him and whispered: "Dad, don't dare to go, don't let people arrest us......"

Although Bai Shengwen didn't hear it clearly, he saw it, so he smiled again: "Don't worry, the official is sincerely invited, and I want to solve the people's livelihood, it is better for the old man to invite a few elders in the countryside to drink tea with the official." ”

The old man was also timid in his heart, but in this case, he didn't dare to refuse, for fear of angering the county master to deal with their group of people, so he turned around and discussed with the big guy, but after a while, he brought three forty or fifty-year-old men over, and begged Bai Shengwen: "My lord, beg the adult to enlarge the guy and go home!" ”

"That's nature, folks can do whatever they want." Bai Shengwen smiled and welcomed a few people into the house, but it really didn't embarrass the people.

Those few men who were making ghosts in the crowd couldn't let go, He Zhutou wanted to be taken directly to the prison, but for some reason, Bai Shengwu didn't let go, and stared at He Zhutou who came to detain him and said coldly: "These people have offended me, I want to make them suffer a little, and when the lesson is over, it will naturally be handed over to you." ”

He Zhutou didn't dare to insist on it, so he could only look back at the door of the yamen, Bai Shengwen didn't seem to see it, and still invited a few elders to enter, Sun Xiancheng was anxious, and motioned to He Zhutou to ask people back, but he didn't dare to directly speak out and carry Bai Shengwu.

Helpless, He Zhutou could only open his mouth and beg: "Captain Bai, if you can't be angry, you will be angry like in our prison, there are more guys in the prison!" ”

The men trembled with fright, and one couldn't help but say, "He catches the head, you can't ......"