Xue Ji was reluctant to procrastinate, the people below would always look at people's faces, and within two days, the background of the concubine in Lord He's mansion was revealed.

"Ordinary family, not wealthy? But he wears gold and jade all day long...... Where did she get the money?"

Xue Ji listened to the information sent by the people below, and couldn't help but fall into deep thought.

"The slave also wondered about this, and went to check the real estate in Lord He's name, but found nothing."

Xue Ji said secretly, it's strange if he can find it, who can be stupid enough to hang the stolen goods in his name?

"Don't just check him, his relatives and friends, as well as his wife and mother's family, have all checked carefully."

Wang Qu said helplessly: "I have checked, I have checked everything, but I have found nothing."

This is even more strange, where did he get the money, and where did the money go? If he had no money, why did his concubine live such a luxurious life? And how can you afford saffron?

There are too many things, Xue Ji didn't have time to investigate a little bit, he hesitated for a long time, he still had to take advantage of the fact that the trouble in Li County had not calmed down and went to find out first, if he waited for the surname He to clean up and suppress it, he really couldn't find anything.

"Keep investigating, don't let go of anything."

After instructing Wang Qu, Xue Ji entered the house and changed his Mai Yi to a short brown, sat in front of the mirror and deliberately wiped some dirty marks on his face, scattered his bundled hair and messed it up, and buttoned up a certain hat, which seemed to really look like a farmer.

After taking care of the clothes on his body, Xue Ji pretended to wrap a cloth bag behind him, asked someone to prepare the car in a low-key manner, and stopped when he arrived near Li County.

He pretended to be a farmer who came to Li County to seek refuge with relatives, and went to the county with his baggage. Hearing the noise from afar, as if someone was raising his head and shouting, Xue Ji followed the direction from which the sound came all the way, and found the gate of the Li County Commander's Yamen.

Xue Ji didn't want to squeeze into the crowd, and he didn't dare to get too close to make people recognize him, so he looked around, and pulled one or two people on the periphery to ask.

"Brother, what's going on?"

The man who was dragged out by Xue Ji was obviously very dissatisfied, frowned and glared at him up and down, and shouted loudly: "Go and go to you from an outsider to make a lot of fun, don't hinder our brothers from doing business!"

With such a short temper, he must not be able to ask anything, Xue Ji did not entangle, and repeatedly said no to him, and got into the crowd and touched the other side.

Still like that, he dragged one of them casually and asked, "Brother, I just came from another place to join my relatives, I don't know what you are making trouble with?"

This time, the big man who dragged it out was much gentler, and he looked very enthusiastic, and when he heard that Xue Ji was a foreigner, he actually led Xue Ji to sit down at the table outside the tea shop on the side, and wanted to talk to him carefully from the beginning.

Xue Ji was naturally happy to be like this, but he also marveled that this person was too bold, and he didn't do anything to resist and ran to explain the whole thing to him?

The heroic man also noticed Xue Ji's hesitation, laughed loudly and patted Xue Ji's shoulder, and said bluntly, "Little brother, you see that there are already so many people outside the door, do you want to send me one?"

Xue Ji said secretly, this is also your open-mindedness. He just said it in his heart, with a puzzled look on his face, and asked, "Indeed, so many people are gathered here, what happened to Li County?"

As soon as he mentioned this matter, the big man actually spat in the direction of the yamen, and then turned his head and said to Xue Ji: "Don't you know, the people of our Li County have a lot of complaints about the amount of taxes collected by the imperial court! When our place is not good every year, it is a problem for the people to feed and clothe themselves, and the taxes paid by the court are so high, where can we afford it?"

Xue Ji was puzzled, frowned and asked, "If you are dissatisfied, you should have been dissatisfied, why did you make trouble at this time?"

The big man sneered again: "Isn't it because I have long been dissatisfied, and I have been resentful for a long time, so I have gathered people to resist now!"

Xue Ji used to run an errand in the household department, and he can be said to be very familiar with the taxes of the imperial court, even if the harvest in the southwest region is not good, he will not be unable to pay taxes, right?

"Brother, I don't really understand, since the north has settled down, the taxes collected by the imperial court over the years have been very considerate of our people, there has been no accident in other states in the southwest, and there has been no trouble in other counties in Qianzhou, why can't Li County afford it?"

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As if he had heard something ridiculous, Han glared and sighed, "Little brother, I don't know where you come from, just this tax, can it be said that it is for the people? You can ask about the situation in Li County, how many people can't eat enough at home!"

Xue Ji didn't listen to what he said like a fraud, but he also knew everything about the imperial court's taxes, how could this be? There must be something hidden in it that neither side knows......

"Big brother, I'm from the east, and I really haven't encountered this kind of situation...... I don't know how much taxes are paid here in Li County? Is there some difference between the two places?"

The big man crossed his fingers and counted for a long time before he said, "I won't say my own number, anyway, the holy decree posted by the county magistrate said that it was one out of ten!"

Xue Ji was taken aback, how could this be possible? Taizu, the founder of the country, said that it was too harsh to take one of the peasants' taxes in the previous dynasty, and it was adjusted to twenty and one was taken, and then the imperial court had more income when there was a war, and then it was only ten and one was taken...... Now that the world is peaceful and prosperous, His Majesty has already decreed that the tax has been reduced, and if I remember correctly, he has been reduced to two to one when he left the household.

If it is said that Li County's agricultural tax is one out of ten, how is this possible!

"Big brother, are you sure you're not mistaken?"

The big man grinned, patted his chest and said loudly: "It's definitely right, back then, the county magistrate still posted notices everywhere, and my mother-in-law even uncovered one and went home to talk to me endlessly, I still keep it now!"

Xue Ji felt a burst of joy in his heart, and there was still physical evidence? That's a good thing!

"Big brother, the younger brother really knows too little about it when he first comes here, if the notice is useless, can you show it to the younger brother?"

Dahan suddenly frowned, looking at Xue Ji a little uncomfortable: "How can you talk like a crepe, people in the east still have to study to farm?"

Xue Ji suddenly became a little more vigilant, and realized that he didn't have the right tone when he spoke, so he hurriedly smiled and covered up the past: "The little brother read some books when he was a child, but he couldn't get famous, so he went home to farm."

"Oh, that's it." Dahan scratched his neck, looked up at the sky again, and then said, "Okay, it's useless for me to keep that thing, you have to go there, go to my house and I'll get it for you!"

When Xue Ji came out of the big man's house, it was already dark at night, and a shabby notice was held in the palm of his hand, this is a good thing, and it can determine the physical evidence.

As soon as he heard this big man say, he understood that the people made trouble because this surnamed He was bold enough to collect high taxes, and he was also blind, would he really not resist when the people let him oppress him?

As soon as such a matter came out, and then the saffron case was clarified, Xue Ji was still puzzled before, Lord He was just a small magistrate, how could his concubine be so rich? In this way, he has a lot of unclean money in his hands.

Xue Ji began to be curious again, this Lord He must have just entered the industry, that is, no one pays attention to this small place in Qianzhou, and he has changed other places or changed others, who dares to bully the court and the people so blatantly declare false taxes?

Of course, Xue Ji was not in a hurry to find the door, in contrast, he was more curious about how this surname He would end.

He Zhixian lived up to Xue Ji's high expectations, and within three days, he put pressure on the chaos of the people's rebellion against the trouble, and he sealed the news, thinking that he would not be able to spread the slightest wind and grass in Li County...... He played this abacus well, a place like Qianzhou is a remote and inconspicuous small county like Li County, if it weren't for Xue Ji being in Li County at this time, I'm afraid he would have really succeeded.

It was a shame that he could figure it out, but he pretended to be a good person, wiping his tears and telling the people that the imperial court would be kind enough to reduce the tax to one of twenty.

Xue Ji sneered in his heart, take one out of twenty, why is this surname reluctant to have this little source of wealth at such a time?

It was at this time that Wang Qu also lived up to his trust to find out a little bit about Mrs. He's miscarriage case, and where the saffron came from has been found out, it was Lord He's scheming concubine, she ordered the maid to entrust the merchants of the Western Regions to bring it in from outside, if not, she would not have missed the great opportunity of the first three months.

The details of the saffron's origin have been ascertained, and where the money came from has also been figured out, Xue Ji thought for a while, and wrote down the things that had been sorted out, one was written as a song, and the other was written as a secret letter, according to the old rules, one was sent to Zhongshu Province, and one was sent to Ning Wangfu.

It's just October, and Lord He's concubine and the woman who avenged her grievances have been locked up for more than half a month, and it's time to ascend to the church.

Those people were still in the court, and among the officials who were on the sidelines were He Zhixian.

This time, Xue Ji's face obviously had a smile of victory, and this expression fell into the eyes of Lord He's concubine, which made her even more frightened, and the weakness in her heart was troublesome, and she didn't dare to raise her head when she trembled.

Xue Ji knocked on the shocking wood heavily, but he didn't rush to speak, just gave Wang Qu a look beside him, and he understood.

"Bring it up!"

I saw two people escorted in by the officials of the Yamen, one of them was dressed as the most trusted subordinate next to Lord He's concubine, and the other was a middle-aged man with a veil on his head and dark skin, he was the merchant from the Western Regions who sold saffron to Lord He's concubine.

Xue Ji had a smile on his face, and looked at the woman who was kneeling on the ground and had lost her face: "Little lady, this merchant from the Western Regions is named 'Lei', do you feel familiar?" Or is it familiar?"

Where can a woman who has already been frightened and bloodless still be able to say a complete sentence? He kept shaking his head at Xue Ji, and kept denying it in his mouth: "I don't know him, I don't know! I've never heard the name, I'm innocent!"

Xue Ji glanced at Master He, who was listening to the trial, he was really full of surprise and disbelief, it seemed that he finally realized that the pillow people he had favored for a long time were like snakes and scorpions.

"Little lady, if you don't remember, I'll tell you about it."

A month ago, you asked the shopkeeper of the Tongren Medical Center to learn about the saffron medicine, and then bought saffron through 'Lei', because the long journey from the Western Regions, you missed the good time of the first three months, in order to explain the miscarriage of Mrs. He overnight, you thought you were clever to frame the fetal doctor, right?"