After Kuang Yu took the people away, Chen Yuan finished eating the dry food, poured two more mouthfuls of water, and then stepped into Shizhou leisurely and said.

People just want to farm at home with peace of mind, Zhu Di is good, I don't know where to know myself, let myself run errands, it doesn't matter if he runs errands, although he has been mentally prepared, but he really entered Shizhou, martial law everywhere, interrogation everywhere, and even crossing the bridge had to be searched, revealing a terrifying atmosphere.

Shaanxi political envoy in the Ming Dynasty belongs to the border area, the wind and sand are big, there are many wars, here, rare ancient wooden houses, many people live in caves.

Chen Yuanjian's interrogation was strict, and the officials showed off their martial arts, and they were already disgusted with them, and the officials in ancient times were superior to others in the system, and if they were required to have official morality, it all depended on the officials' own cultivation, and it would be good to have one out of a hundred, and more would only play official authority. Chen Yuan is also an upright servant of the people, and he is particularly disgusted with these.

In this terrifying atmosphere, if not tortured to death, but also frightened to death, it is no wonder that the people who came in and out lowered their heads, some were dazed, some were afraid, and some were beaten with guard sticks, followed by the cries of children.

Disgust is disgust, the head snake of the people, he has a white body, there is no way, slowly check on the edge, and before you know it, it is already dark.

He walked to a relatively dense part of the jungle.

"Stop, who's who?" A vicious voice shouted at him, and then a group of more than a dozen people surrounded him, they were dressed in tatters, almost none of the clothes on their bodies were intact, holding wooden sticks and hoes, staring at Chen Yuan viciously.

The accent of the Northwest is understandable to Chen Yuan.

There was a feeling that he had just come out of the wolf's den and entered the tiger's den, Chen Yuan hurriedly smiled and said: "Brothers, I am a scholar, from Nanjing, because I was not in the autumn siege, I came out to travel around and increase my knowledge. ”

The young man led by him had a big waist and a thick waist, half a head taller than Chen Yuan, and was a little honest, but the ruthlessness in his eyes made people dare not look at each other.

"Ergou, don't listen to his nonsense, it's obvious that he is an agent sent by the dog officer, and he killed something." A short man shouted in the back, clearly disgusted with the officials.

Chen Yuan hurriedly said: "This strong man, you see, I am just a weak scholar, I only came to Shizhou today, you must have a secret sentinel, right, you can ask them, I have not been in the city, because they checked, I was afraid that I would not be able to get in and out, so I had to stay outside, and I wanted to find an opportunity to leave Shizhou, so I met you." ”

Ergou looked at Chen Yuan and said, "We are forced by the dog officer to kill innocent people by mistake, Huohua, you go and ask the brother who is watching the sentry." ”

The young man called Huohua immediately slipped into the grass, sparsely fragmented, and then there was no sound. Less than half a pillar of incense, another sparse sound, the fire came out of the grass, and whispered softly in the ear of the second dog.

After hearing this, Ergou lowered his guard and said, "What's your name?" ”

"Under Chen Yuan, Nanjing people."

"Little scholar, we haven't been peaceful here lately, for the safety of my brothers, I can't let you go, you go back to the cave with us, and when the time is right, I will naturally let you go."

Chen Yuan originally came to inquire about the situation, it would be better to go to them, he was secretly happy in his heart, and he still pretended to be painful on the surface and said: "Brothers, I am really a traveling scholar, everyone rest assured, I won't talk nonsense, it's too dangerous here, you see, I'm thin and weak, I can't bear this hardship, please be accommodating, let me go." ”

The short man roared: "Don't talk nonsense, come with us, if you don't listen to the greeting, you will be killed as a dog officer." ”

Chen Yuan was escorted by them, choosing a dense place in the jungle all the way. Due to the perennial wind and sand in the northwest, most of them are bushes, and they take advantage of the night and jungle to cover their whereabouts.

After walking for about half an hour, "boom", there was a loud noise from nowhere, and then there was a huge sound of swords and stones hitting the air, and the faces of Ergou and others changed rapidly: "It's not good, the officials and bandits are here!" ”

Officials and bandits? This is the first time Chen Yuan has heard of this title, and he was about to ask, but he saw them gritting their teeth.

Chen Yuan looked up, and saw that ten zhang away in front of him, several court officials wearing linen long clothes and hemp ropes tied around their waists, holding a bright long knife in their hands, hugged a young man in his twenties, and kept shouting and driving into the village. Standing opposite them were hundreds of ragged people, all with firewood knives hanging from their waists, blocking in front of the officials and glaring angrily.

"You pariahs, you dare to stop the officials of the imperial court from enforcing the law, are you going to rebel?!" The young man shouted.

A young man in his twenties among the people, with a dark face, tall and strong, stared at the person who spoke, and spat at the mouth: "I, the prefect is Wu Yingde, what kind of official are you Wu Santian." ”

Wu Santian is the young man headed by the official, with small eyes and white skin, listening to his sarcasm, his face turned red, and he immediately said angrily: "Although I am not the prefect, the prefect is my father, and I am here to assist the official in handling the case!" Your taxes this year have not been paid, and we have specially come to supervise them, and not only are you not grateful, but you are besieging them with weapons, which is really a great crime! ”

As soon as he heard about paying the tax, Ergou said angrily: "This year's tax has forced us to pay it twice!" There has been one in the spring, and another in the summer! The dog official said that it is necessary to prepare for a war with Wara, and the tax will be increased by 30% compared with last year, and every family in the village is smashing pots and selling iron, grinding and grinding discs, and the hungry children have scraped together enough money to hand over to the officials! It's been twice! The poor village has not milled a grain of millet until now, and the old and young in the village, even the newborn children, have been cooking bellflower all day long, and have not eaten a full meal for several years, and now they have come to collect the third fu. Poor my parents were tortured to the point that they were sick, had no money for treatment, and died of pain, these bitches. ”

In the end, he was red-eyed, holding a firewood knife, and he was about to lead them to kill.

Chen Yuan hurriedly stopped him.

The second dog shouted angrily: "What are you doing? ”

"You hate them, but what are you holding in your hands, firewood knives, hoes, they are bright court official knives, you kill one of them, four or five of yourself, and then kill the officials, the court will condemn you as a rebellion, send troops to suppress it, and none of you can escape."

The two dogs were stunned, forcibly suppressed the murderous aura, gritted their teeth and said: "What you said, why don't we know, otherwise we would have turned against him and allowed them to be powerful, but if we continue like this, we will also be dead." Wu Santian, who was a dog day, fell in love with a girl in our village, and forcibly interrupted her parents' retreat, the girl was insulted, and committed suicide by jumping into a well. ”

Chen Yuan asked tentatively, "Aren't you going to sue the official?" ”

"Sue the official?" They all scoffed.

"Not all officials are black, the grandfather left a big message, and he can enter Beijing with a big letter to sue the emperor."

"In the end, he is a naïve scholar." Huohua sneered, "It's true that Grandpa Tai made a big promise, but can it reach the hands of our ordinary people?" Entering Beijing, intercepting layer by layer, we have not yet entered Beijing, and our leg is broken first. ”

Chen Yuan was silent, throughout the ages, there were indeed very few people who could sue the emperor, and it was very rare for ordinary people to go up to heaven to listen.

He suddenly felt that he had entered the fire pit.