After these words were said, Lin Qiu'er and Tang Zhi'an's faces changed, and the two of them looked at Lin Qiuzhi and said with a very ugly face: "When did we do this?" What did we take advantage of, Miss Lin, you can make it clear. ”

Before Lin Qiuzhi could speak, Lin Qiuxu, who heard the quarrel at the door, came out, and saw Tang Zhian and them at a glance, and also saw Lin Qiuzhi embarrassing them.

He frowned and said, "Didn't I tell you?" Don't go out if it's okay, don't you know who you are? If you're in the capital, can you just go out so casually? ”

Lin Qiuzhi's face turned pale, glanced at Lin Qiu'er, and said to Lin Qiuxu: "Big brother, I'm too bored in the house alone, so be it!" How about you let this Lin Qiu'er accompany me for a while? ”

Lin Qiuxu frowned and looked at her and said, "What kind of moth did you come up with?" ”

Lin Qiuzhi looked at him and said, "Big brother, I'm telling you sincerely, I don't have any other thoughts, am I like this in your heart?" ”

Lin Qiuxu said unceremoniously: "That's right, I know better than anyone else what your personality is, you are narrow-minded and selfish, and you can't look down on others at all." ”

Lin Qiuzhi's face turned pale, "Big brother, how can you say that about me?" ”

Lin Qiuxu didn't look at her at all, and said directly to the person next to him: "Hurry up and get the young lady back, serve her well, if there is a next time she goes out so easily, you will be careful for me." ”

"Yes."

Those people hurriedly went to help Lin Qiuzhi, "Miss, let's go back!" ”

Lin Qiuzhi looked at them and said, "Are you trying to do it to me?" ”

"Slaves don't dare."

Lin Qiuxu looked at her dissatisfiedly and said, "Are you angry at your subordinates?" They're just carrying out my orders, are you resentful of me? ”

Lin Qiuzhi pursed her lips and said, "Big brother, I don't dare, I just think that my identity is here, they are all subordinates, how can they treat me like this?" ”

Lin Qiuxu sneered and said, "What's wrong with the subordinates? I think they're so much better than you, I really don't know what's going on in your head every day? Are you thinking about how to get angry with your subordinates and how to play with your young lady's temper? Where have you learned the rules? ”

Lin Qiuzhi couldn't speak, stomped her feet and turned away, she was really angry now, how could the eldest brother say this about her in front of those two mud legs? She is the eldest lady of the Shuo Palace, if it weren't for that princess, she would be the county lord.

Lin Qiuxu didn't care about her at all, and said with a smile: "You guys are here, hurry up." ”

Lin Qiu'er and Tang Zhi'an followed him into the house, Lin Qiu'er saw that he was reading the secret letter, and hurriedly said, "Big brother, are you busy?" Are we going to bother you? ”

Lin Qiuxu waved his hand, "No, I'm here to see the news, it's okay, it's just right that you came." ”

Lin Qiu'er nodded, and after sitting down with Tang Zhi'an, the husband and wife glanced at each other.

Lin Qiuxu saw it and said suspiciously, "What's the matter?" Is there something going on? If there's something to do, just say it. ”

"Yes."

Lin Qiu'er looked at him and said, "Big brother, today the village chief went to the town for a meeting, and the town mayor said that he would collect a poll tax, regardless of adults and children, and also said that this was the prince's order." ”

With Lin Qiu'er's words, Lin Qiuxu's face also sank, the prince would definitely not do this, there must be some misunderstanding, he had to inform the prince of this matter quickly, if this really spread to all parts of the country, maybe it would really ruin the prince's reputation.

Seeing Lin Qiuxu's face, Lin Qiu'er knew that her guess was not wrong, the prince didn't do such a thing, but he didn't know why this thing would depend on him.

Lin Qiuxu said with a calm face: "This is definitely not done by the prince, he is a very reasonable person, you must know why the poll tax has not been collected in the past three years, it is because every time an official mentions it, the prince will try his best to stop it, if he wants to collect it, why stop it?" And once stopped, it will be three years? ”

Hearing his words, Tang Zhi'an and Lin Qiu'er were very surprised, it turned out to be the prince's doing, everyone always thought that it was the emperor's grace in the past few years, and it turned out to be the prince's credit.

Lin Qiuxu looked at them and said, "This matter must be deliberately planted by someone, I have to quickly find out, otherwise there will be a big problem." “

Lin Qiu'er and Tang Zhi'an nodded, quickly stood up and said, "Big brother, let's go back first, you can investigate this matter carefully!" We're just here to give you a heads-up. ”

Lin Qiuxu nodded, "Well, don't worry, and don't meddle in this matter, give the silver first, and the silver will definitely be returned to you after checking it out, the prince can't carry this reputation on his back." ”

Lin Qiu'er nodded, this poll tax is only two taels of silver for their family, and it doesn't matter if she gives it, she knows that the eldest brother is worried about them, so she quickly agreed.

After Lin Qiuxu sent Lin Qiu'er away, he hurriedly ordered his people to investigate the matter, and soon got the news that this kind of tax had been collected in the nearby villages and towns, as well as around the county seat.

Hearing this, he hurriedly asked people to investigate who did it, in what way, and where taxes are being collected now.

There are also a lot of capable people under him, so he found out this matter in one day, and the people behind the scenes don't need to think about it to know that it is the fourth prince, but they can't complain, because it is all the prince's people.

If the crown prince goes to sue, he will only put himself in a passive situation, and now he has to find a way to solve this matter.

Lin Qiuxu wrote all the results of his investigation into a letter of credit eagle and sent it back, and the capital soon got the news, and King Shuo hurried to find the prince after seeing his son's letter.

They didn't think of this at all, if it weren't for their son going there, they wouldn't know the news now!

The prince was also very anxious after knowing the news, if this is true, someone is harming himself, he must deal with this matter quickly, but now he can't help but go to his father, because this matter is handled by his own people.

He sneered, he didn't expect that there were so many people on his side who had been bought, it seemed that they had been suppressed by the Fourth Emperor Brother for a period of time before, so these people were shaken.

Now that he knows about this matter, he will definitely not ignore it, and someone must pay for this matter.

Father's current body is actually not so bad, so he doesn't dare to move easily, even if he is worried that it will cause his father's jealousy, but the fourth emperor brother is not afraid at all What is the reason for this?

The crown prince and King Shuo discussed for a long time, and finally discussed, and he wrote down the situation in the capital and the solution to this matter as an excerpt and sent it to Lin Qiuxu.

Here he hurriedly entered the palace by himself, and knelt at the door of the emperor's bedroom.

When the eunuch learned of this, he hurriedly went in and told the emperor, who summoned the prince.

The prince quickly told everything about it, and said that it was all his fault, that he didn't manage the officials under him, and that he was actually being presupposed to do this kind of thing.

After the emperor heard this, his eyes were sharp, and he knew in his heart that it must have been done by the fourth prince, but the prince only said his fault from beginning to end, and did not mention the fourth prince at all.

Therefore, there is no evidence for the prince, it seems that his illness during this period of time has made many people think otherwise!

He looked at the prince and said, "You must investigate this matter clearly, and send out the news as soon as possible, there is no such thing at all, otherwise these peasants in the whole country will hate you to death." ”

The crown prince nodded hurriedly, "Yes, father, the son will do it, this time it is the fault of the son that this kind of thing happened." ”

The emperor waved his hand and said, "It's okay, it's not your fault that this matter is not your fault, you go down!" ”

"Yes!"

After the prince came out of the palace, his face was gloomy, this time it was really a miscalculation, the betrayal of these people made him always in a passive situation in this matter, he had no choice but to admit his mistake by himself, and he was born after death.

Lin Qiuxu was finally relieved after getting the prince's letter, as long as this matter would not affect the prince, it would be resolved now.

The emperor must be a little dissatisfied and suspicious of the prince, but it's okay, after this matter is over, do something to make the prince regain the emperor's trust and like.

After Lin Qiuxu got the news here, Xinglin Village over there had a problem, and a group of officers and soldiers arrived at them in the morning and began to collect money from every household.

Some people have few families, so a few taels of silver are enough, and such people also quickly give money when they see the officers and soldiers, because they don't want to cause any trouble.

So I didn't say anything and gave money directly, but some people can't do it, there are several brothers in the family together, there is no family, the children push a lot, and it adds up to more than 20 taels of silver, so people can't afford to give money at all.

A family surnamed Hu in Xinglin Village is a family of four brothers, both father and mother are alive, plus four daughters-in-law, and fifteen children, this is twenty-five taels of silver!

Because there are many people in the family, their family's life has always been tight, and now it is impossible to take out so much silver at once!

So after the family got the news, they hurriedly scraped together money, and most of the family's grain was sold, and the rest was to drink porridge tightly before the autumn harvest, and the daughters-in-law also sold their jewelry.

I also borrowed money from people who could borrow it, but at a time like this, every family needs money, and who can have the money to lend money to their family!

So when this officer and soldier came to collect the money, their family was still short of ten taels of silver, and it was not enough at all!

The leader of the officers and soldiers was a fat man, he looked at them with a faceless face and disgust in his eyes, "What the hell is going on with you?" I don't know if I'm here to collect the money today? You haven't scraped together enough money, what's going on? Don't you know that this is the prince's command? You are so disobedient, is this contempt for the prince? ”