After Tang Zhian and Lin Qiu'er returned home, both of them were also discussing, what is going on today? When the man came to collect taxes, he had no scruples at all, and he actually did it directly to the villagers.

Lin Qiu'er thought about it and still felt that she should talk to Lin Qiuxu about this matter, so the husband and wife hurried to the town.

After Lin Qiuxu heard this, he was also surprised, he didn't expect that someone would be so bold and dare to pretend to be the prince's order and then collect money, but he actually did it to the villagers, if this is really the case, then how much people in the whole country should hate the prince!

Fortunately, the prince has already thought of a way, and this matter will be solved soon.

Lin Qiuxu said to Tang Zhi'an: "It's okay, there is a solution to this matter, but I didn't expect the other party's speed to be so fast." ”

Lin Qiu'er looked at him and said, "Big brother, do you know who did it?" ”

"The Four Princes."

This is the same as my own speculation, "Then you didn't expose him because there was no evidence, right?" ”

Lin Qiuxu glanced at Lin Qiu'er, he didn't expect Lin Qiu'er to be so smart, he only thought that she was talented in business, but he didn't expect that she actually understood this political matter.

"Yes, it was the crown prince's person who gave this order, and they did this in the name of the prince, if they were to track it down, it would definitely not reach the four princes in the end, and maybe it would be traced to the prince, even if the identity of the prince could not be traced, but the prince's private wooing of ministers would be exposed."

Lin Qiu'er thought about it and understood, yes, this emperor is old, but he is still the emperor after all, and he wants to train his son, which can guarantee that he can support the entire country after his death, but when he is alive, he still has to worry about whether his son will take the throne.

So the emperor is teaching his son on the one hand, but he is also guarding against him, although he knows in his heart that his son will win over the minister below, but if he gets it on the surface, the emperor will definitely be angry.

I have to say that the person behind this is cleverly set up, no matter what the result is, the prince will be in a passive situation, so he can only swallow this loss by himself, even if he is very unconvinced, it is useless.

Lin Qiuxu was also very angry and said: "This time it was all because of the betrayal of those few people, so that the prince had no chance to fight back at all, this matter can only be swallowed by himself, but after that, we must let the people behind us also taste our power." ”

Lin Qiu'er looked at him and said, "Big brother, you have to be careful, this is not so good from the dragon skill, if you are a little careless, it is likely to be a failure." ”

Lin Qiuxu also knows this, their family is on the prince's side, if the prince is really defeated, their family will decline in the future, but the temperament of the four princes, then their whole family may be killed with an excuse.

These are clear in his heart, but he is reluctant to tell Lin Qiu'er and them, for fear that it will scare them.

"You guys be careful in the village, you know? Tomorrow there will definitely be movement in this matter, so you don't care, just stay in your own home. ”

Tang Zhi'an and Lin Qiu'er nodded, they knew what Lin Qiuxu meant, he was worried that they would be hurt, but this matter was also true, they would not get involved in this matter.

The next day, some people came to the village, and the village chief gathered everyone together, and soon the people of the village came, but they were all a little apprehensive, because they didn't know why they had gathered together.

There are also some people who wonder if they are going to collect money again, this kind of thinking is not only one person, many people think so, so many people don't look good when they come, they think that if they collect money again, they will really die.

The village chief is also very worried that the people in this village can no longer withstand any toss, this time in order to make money, many families have sold their grain, if they collect money again, everyone will really be unable to live.

Tang Zhi'an and Lin Qiu'er didn't think so in their hearts, they knew that it must be someone from the prince's side who had made a move.

Sure enough, when the official saw that everyone had arrived, he directly said: "I came to you this time to explain something, someone came to your village to collect the poll tax, saying that it was the prince's order, but now that this matter has been clarified, it is not the prince's order at all, but someone is collecting money in the name of the prince." ”

The eyes of the people in the village widened, they really didn't expect this to be a result, they were going to hate the prince to death before, it turned out that this was not the prince's idea.

The village chief was also very surprised, to be honest, he didn't believe that anyone dared to frame the prince, but thinking of the boiling matter of the prince and the fourth prince now, he seemed to understand a little in his heart.

But he didn't say that, he also said: "This is really bold, it is really hateful to dare to frame His Royal Highness the Crown Prince." ”

The official nodded and said, "This matter has been investigated, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince has also caught all the wicked, so let me explain it to you now, and apologize to you by the way, and the prince ordered that all the money you handed over be returned to you." ”

Hearing this, smiles appeared on the faces of the people of the village, and it was great that their silver had returned.

The official said to the chief, "Today you can take your people to the mayor and get back the money you have received." ”

The village chief said gratefully: "Thank you, thank you so much, His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

The official nodded and said: "His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is benevolent and benevolent, you have not paid the poll tax for the past three years, this is the result of His Royal Highness the Prince's arguments in the court, every time a minister says that he wants to collect the poll tax, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince will strongly oppose it, and it has not been collected for three years, you don't know these things, I tell you this time, I also want to tell you that if the poll tax is really collected by His Royal Highness the Prince, he will not stop it in the past three years." ”

The people in the village were surprised, they really didn't expect that the failure to harvest in the past three years was the credit of the prince, and before thinking of it, they still felt that the prince was not good, and they were a little ashamed.

"Thank you, Your Highness the Prince."

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince loves the people, and we remember it in our hearts."

The people in the village hurriedly said, the official was very satisfied, "Don't be deceived by others in the future, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is very good to you, every time you dispute with the officials and don't let you take your money, you will offend some people, and those people will secretly find trouble for the prince, but he still helps you every time, so you must remember his goodness." “

The village chief hurriedly said: "Yes, we will definitely remember that His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is really good to us, and we are very grateful in our hearts." ”

The people in the village also hurriedly said: "Yes, we dare not forget the great kindness of His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

The official nodded with satisfaction and said, "Okay, just remember, I'll go first, and I have to go to the next village." ”

"Okay, thank you."

After the official left, the villagers were happy, "It's great, our money is back." ”

"His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is such a good person!"

"Who is framing the prince? It's so hateful, His Royal Highness the Crown Prince is so good to us, someone actually framed him. ”

The people in the village began to discuss, Tang Zhi'an and Lin Qiu'er did not speak, but their hearts were also relieved, as long as everyone knew the truth.

This time the matter is only solved by this very troublesome way, because if you use other methods, maybe you will be taken advantage of, just use this stupid method, although it is troublesome, but the effect is really unexpectedly good.

At least now everyone knows that the prince is a very good person, and he is also a person who is sincerely good to everyone.

The village chief looked at everyone and said, "Okay, now you all go back!" I'll take a few people to the town to get money for everyone, and I'll give it to everyone when I get back. “

The people in the village hurriedly nodded and said, "Okay." ”

The village chief took his son, Tang Zhi'an, and five other men from the village to the town to collect money, and it would be safer to bring more people.

He said that he was going to the town to withdraw money, but after all, there were many villages, so it was already evening after everyone got the money back, and the village chief would bring a message to the people in the village and come back tomorrow morning to collect the money.

Hearing that the village chief had moved all the money back, the people in the village were relieved, so it was good, as long as the money came back, it was estimated that it would be in their hands tomorrow.

Early the next morning, a lot of them came, and the village chief ordered everyone to hurry up and wait.

Tang Zhi'an also went, and their family was only two taels of silver, while Lin Qiu'er was washing clothes at home and didn't do business today.

Since giving the tofu business to Lin Qiuxu, they have more free time, and they are not as nervous and busy as before.

Lin Qiu'er took the family's clothes to the yard, there were only two clothes, she didn't want to go to the river to wash them, so she simply washed them in the yard.

After washing the clothes, she stood up and prepared to pour the water, I don't know if it was her own illusion, she felt a little dizzy, as if it was a feeling of weightlessness, she thought it was because she had squatted for a long time and stood up, so she didn't care, and continued to wash her clothes.

But after squatting down, she really felt dizzy, her heart was shocked, and when she saw the water in the bucket in front of her shake a few times, her heart reacted, this is an earthquake? Hurriedly threw down the clothes in his hand, turned around and ran out.

The people of the village chief's family were waiting in line for the village chief to give them silver, and suddenly they felt unsteady on their feet, "The earth dragon has turned over!" ”

I don't know who shouted, but everyone who heard it quickly ran out.

The first thing Tang Zhi'an did was to run home in a hurry, but he remembered that his daughter-in-law was still alone at home!

Tang Zhian ran back in one breath and saw his daughter-in-law standing in the open space in front of her house, her face full of horror.

He hurried to her side and grabbed her hand, "Daughter-in-law, don't be afraid. ”

Lin Qiu'er breathed a sigh of relief when she saw him, "It's so terrifying!" ”

It may be that the earthquake in her previous life impressed her too much, so when she encountered an earthquake at this time, her heart panicked.