Chapter 181 Tax Exemption
When the emperor came to the bend of the garden, he saw a pond painted on the path, and the water in the pond was dried up, and there were cracks in the ground, and eight dead fish were lying on it. Swarms of ants crawl to the body of the fish in a very regular manner, along the cracked opening, forming a single word, which connects these words to "no fish in the city, no tax in the city." β
The emperor unconsciously read softly: "There is no fish in the city, and there is no tax in the city." β
Gonggong Feng immediately raised the dust, and flattered him: "The emperor is wise, and there is no tax in the city." The scribe behind him immediately wrote the emperor's holy edict: "There is no fish in the city, and there is no tax in the city." β
The emperor turned his head and glared at Gonggong Feng fiercely, so frightened that his father-in-law only shivered, and a cold sweat broke out on his forehead, following the emperor for many years, he had already learned to observe words and emotions in the palace, why was he so abrupt today?
This matter is already strange, why not use your brains?
Without pondering the holy will, rashly preaching the holy decree is to kill the head.
Thinking of this, Gonggong Feng was so frightened that his legs and stomach only trembled, and he knelt down: "The emperor spares his life, the slave should die, and the emperor spares his life." β
The emperor ignored his father-in-law who was crying bitterly and kneeling on the ground begging for mercy. went straight around the shivering father-in-law, walked to the place where the ants were crawling in a swarm, and stopped walking, looking at the eight words and half-speechless.
Thinking of it, the prince sent an urgent note from other places in a hurry, which also reflected the famine in Liancheng, but I didn't expect that someone used this method to spread this matter to the palace, what was the intention?
The emperor found an interesting phenomenon, the path chosen by the ants is extremely regular, the same is a fish, some places ants do not crawl, some places are densely packed with ants, can ants code words?
As soon as this absurd idea came up, the emperor was not only funny, he was full of poetry and books, and he had a majestic strategy and amazing talent. This naΓ―ve idea was immediately dismissed.
A pair of deep eyes shone with a wise light, looking around, and suddenly, his eyes were fixed on a small bottle, which had not been removed for a long time, the lid of the small bottle was not closed, and the ants were busy going in and out along the mouth of the bottle.
The father-in-law saw that the emperor did not kill him with his eyes again, but looked at a small bottle of distraction, his face showed a thoughtful look, and the fifteen buckets hanging in his heart were seven up and eight times, and gradually found a balance, and understood that his little life was temporarily saved, he touched the head on the neck, and felt warm, fortunately, the head was temporarily hung on the neck. I couldn't help but reach out and brush the cold sweat on my forehead.
It's quiet all around.
The father-in-law knelt on the ground and secretly looked at the emperor, and found that the emperor looked different, ready to reach out to pick up the bottle on the ground, he relied on his loyalty to the emperor, afraid that this thing was unclean, and immediately reminded the emperor: "Your Majesty, this thing is not clean, or take care of the dragon's body." Let the minions do the little things. β
Then, my father-in-law hurriedly got up from the ground, didn't care about patting off the dust on his body, bent down and picked up a stick from the ground, pulled the ants off the bottle, poked it into the bottle with the stick, picked up the bottle and put it under his nose to smell, a fragrance of bees hit the end of his nose, he said with a sharp voice: "Your Majesty, the slave is stupid, this is a small bottle containing bees." I don't know who is playing tricks here. β
The emperor's face sank, frowned, and looked at the bottle half-speechless.
The father-in-law stood beside the emperor, and the change in the emperor's expression fell in his eyes, and he knew it in his heart.
I don't know who is so bold here, daring to speculate about the emperor's holy will, it's so bold.
The father-in-law pinched the bottle and observed vigilantly: "Who is so bold?" Dare to run to the royal forbidden land to bully the king, and catch the one who will be questioned. β
He walked to the flowers, and watched the flowers in the flowers tremble slightly, startling the bees that were collecting nectar in the flowers, and the two butterflies standing on the stamens, they seemed to be frightened, flapping their wings and flying into the air one after the other, flying far around the flowers.
Ziwei suppressed her heartbeat, looked at the majestic emperor, and retracted her neck in fright. Hidden in the flowers, his body trembled, and he didn't dare to show up.
The eunuch's reprimand scared Ziwei half to death, she didn't think of the consequences of doing so at that time, it was a great crime to deceive the king!
If she is convicted, she will kill her head, and the thought of killing her head makes Ziwei feel cold on her neck, as if she has a steel knife on her neck, which will make her head move at any time, and she will really never see her father and mother again.
Thinking of the favor of her father and mother, she had mixed feelings in her heart, she really didn't want to leave them, and she hadn't done enough to be their daughter? How can life and death be separated?
White-haired people send black-haired people! The mother would faint from crying.
Thinking of the separation of life and death, corpses floated in front of her eyes, starving to death on the way to escape, separated from their families. The survivors did not even have the money to buy them a coffin, so they left them with tears and sorrow, leaving them to wander around as lonely ghosts.
Some of the refugees who fled to the capital were starved and unclothed, and because of the famine and heavy taxes, they were desperate and unable to survive, and the little boy cried: "Okay, okay, save my grandfather!" Please, son, save my grandfather! My grandfather is dying of hunger! .......Whining! β
What to do?
What to do?
This is a great opportunity!
After this village, there is no such shop.
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Before Ziwei could clear her mind, suddenly, she felt a pair of murderous eyes shooting at her through the flowers, she knew that she couldn't hide it anymore, and she didn't dare to come out anymore, maybe she would really be arrested as a scheming gangster, and even her father and mother would be affected, then she would really become an unfilial son. will feel guilty for a lifetime.
Gritting his teeth, his heart was horizontal, he closed his big clear eyes, and a bright flower skirt rolled out of the flowers, threw himself on the ground, and shouted "Long live the emperor, long live, long live." The emperor is wise, the emperor loves the people, and there is no tax in the city. β
"Bold, who are you? Dare to trespass into the back garden of the royal garden, come to someone. Catch her" The eunuch finally came to his senses, and when he saw someone blocking the way in front of him, he immediately shouted.
Immediately, out of nowhere, two secret guards flashed out, surround Ziwei with a vigilant expression, and eliminate danger. It is their duty to protect the emperor, and when the emperor came to the forbidden place in the back garden, they did not find anything abnormal, and they were actually trespassed into the forbidden place by a little woman of unknown origin, which was really dereliction of duty.
The two guards were sweating in shock, and the two secretly exchanged glances, separated sides, and clenched their fists to outflank her.
Ziwei was so frightened that her body trembled, looking at the secret guard who was outflanking her and preparing to arrest her, she knelt on the ground and raised her head, forgetting her fear, swinging her hands straight, and shouting in a hurry: "Don't arrest me, don't arrest me." β
The dark guard saw that there was no evil aura on this woman's body, she was completely a weak woman, and then this woman's dress was extremely luxurious, and at first glance she was not an ordinary folk woman, and she was afraid of catching the wrong person, so she slowed down her pace.
Ziwei saw the two secret guards continuing to walk towards her, and she was so anxious that she was about to cry, and her voice trembled: "Don't arrest me...!" β
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