"It's clear that we won't be given a way to live, this year's drought, there is no harvest in the first place, and now we come to collect the third tax, is there any royal law?"

"Yes, my family has been out of cooking for three days, how can I still pay taxes?"

"Yes, last time I went to the rich man to borrow a high interest, but now the land has been collected by the rich man, and I can't take it out if I am killed."

"We have to give an explanation, the court can't treat us as human beings."

"Yes."

Wu Santian looked at the corners of his eyes with contempt and sneered: "This year's tax has been changed to a quarterly collection, and what you paid in the past is only for the first two seasons, and there are still two seasons in the future!" The holy decree issued by the emperor himself, you have to explain, go to the emperor to explain. ”

"Season Harvest?!" The people trembled with anger, "Wu Gongzi, why didn't you talk about this when we paid taxes before?" If it is the will of the officials, then please take out the emperor's decree and show it to everyone! ”

"The holy decree, the emperor has all the opportunities, Chrysostom and Yuyan, the scholar personally drafted, the priceless silk writing, escorted by one hundred and twenty people, even if the one hundred and twenty people die, the holy decree cannot be stained with the slightest filth, it is extremely precious, and you untouchables are also worthy of seeing the holy decree."

"Shameless!"

"Fight with them." Wu Santian said that to shock them, he was a "untouchable" on the left and a "untouchable" on the right, igniting the raging anger of the people.

"Kill the dog officer, turn them back!" Hula Qi pulled out his firewood knives, some held hoes, some carried shovels, and rushed forward like tigers in the mountains. Dozens of officials were shocked and hurriedly surrounded Wu Gongzi in the middle.

"What are you going to do? Do you want to rebel? Wu Santian pretended to be scared, and a sneer appeared in his eyes.

"It's the other way around, and I can't live anyway."

"Kill the dog officer, everyone eats meat."

"Kill!"

Wu Santian was just pretending just now, thinking that they were just scaring themselves, and they didn't dare to really do anything, and when they rushed up, they were really scared, fell to the ground, and hurriedly got up, begging for mercy in their mouths, "You have something to say, you have something to say." ”

Where did the red-eyed people listen to his verbosity, and they rose up in groups, and instantly hit a few officials, picking up Wu Santian's collar.

"It's all their father and son, and how many of us have been killed."

"Kill him."

"Kill him—" The people's cries rose higher and higher.

"Spare your life." The pampered Wu Santian trembled all over, and his face was white and bloodless.

The young man carrying him gave him a contemptuous look and raised the wood knife in his hand.

"Ahh Wu Santian lost six souls, screamed, and closed his eyes.

"Stop!" Ergou rushed out, shouted, and separated from Huohua and came out of the crowd.

The people gave way one after another, and the young man who wanted to kill Wu Santian also stopped the knife in his hand and looked at Ergou. The riot stopped, and it was clear that Ergou had a very high prestige in the village.

"Finally, a reasonable person has come, I tell you, kill me, you are a rebellion, my father ordered, you all have to die." Wu Santian saw that the young man came to save him, and his heart became proud again.

"What are you doing, let me go." Wu Gongzi only felt that his body was light, his feet fell into the air, and the whole person was lifted. Roaring, dancing and struggling.

Ergou frowned coldly, crying not like crying, not laughing, and said coldly: "Is this tax collected, it's not your turn to speak, we just saw that the imperial court has sent the Qin Cha to Shizhou, and we will ask Lord Qin Cha to understand." ”

"What? Chincha-sama has arrived? ”

"Ah, we're saved."

"Ergou, how do you know?"

Wu Gongzi's face turned red: "Nonsense, where did the Qincha come from, I don't know." "But the arrogance is very weak, and if the Qincha really arrives, they will not be able to bear the matter of raising taxes.

"Hmph, what are you, Lord Qincha came to inform you." The second dog sneered.

His eyes widened, and he slapped his palm on the big stone next to him, and under the rage, the momentum was fierce. The stones cracked into pieces, and the faces of the officials turned pale, and some of them were directly scared to urine.

"I won't kill you, I don't want to dirty my hands, get back to me, the justice of the villagers, we will naturally ask Lord Qincha for it."

Wu Santian was thrown to the ground, spread into a puddle of mud, unable to stand up, or a few slightly more courageous servants, in the angry eyes of the people, ran away.

"Ergou, has Lord Qincha arrived? Is this news true? ”

Everyone looked at Ergou, and the thick shoulders were all their hopes.

Ergou's deep voice said: "Don't worry, Lord Qincha has indeed arrived, everyone go back first, as long as everyone can trust me, don't fight with the government, everyone has children, daughters and parents, and they still have to live, we fight with the government, and in less than a day, we will all be killed." When Lord Qincha arrives, he will not let Wu Yingde and his son continue to be powerful,"

"That's right, we still can't beat them." The angry people nodded their heads one after another, and the anger in their hearts was extinguished by the words, which temporarily suppressed the rebellious heart. But I also think it's strange, how did Ergou know that Lord Qincha arrived, and also, Ergou is usually honest, everyone trusts him because his father was righteous before he died, and he has done a lot of good things for everyone, and he is kind and often helps everyone, but he hasn't read any books, when did he speak so reasonably.

Of course, these were taught by Chen Yuan, and these words first knocked Wu Santian to the mountain and shocked the tiger, and then gave these people a reassuring pill to prevent them from losing their minds and going to a dead end.

If you don't rebel, there will always be a way out, and if you rebel under Zhu Di's rule, there will be no way to live.

Because under Zhu Di's rule, the people in most areas are still content with their livelihoods, even if the people of Shizhou are persecuted, they will not be able to get a reaction from people in other regions. The army in the northwest has been at war with the Tatar Warat all the year round, and the combat effectiveness is strong, and a group of people who are not well fed and clothed are inevitably annihilated.

They escorted Chen Yuan to the cave, with scrutiny, but still did not fully trust.

In the cave, I saw the fourth uncle of Ergou, the fourth uncle's surname is Meng, he is of medium height, his forehead is full of wrinkles, and his eyes are full of fine light, not like ordinary people.

After he sent the two dogs Huohua out, he said coldly: "Who are you?" ”

"I've said it all, a scholar who doesn't miss the autumn season, travels all over the world."

"I don't travel anywhere, but I travel to us." The fourth uncle sneered, "And it's such a coincidence, I know that Qin Cha has entered the city." ”

Chen Yuan was surprised, among this group of people who were not well fed and clothed, there were also shrewd people.

Chen Yuan sighed: "In short, I will not be your enemy. "He can't show his identity yet, after all, he has no official or position, who believes it, not to mention, these people are not necessarily a united whole, even if he is persecuted, he shows his identity, I am afraid that someone will still tell Wu Yingde, what is the use of his card, maybe he will still be in danger.

The fourth uncle lit a bag of cigarettes, spit out two circles of smoke, his eyes were deep, and said: "You don't have to be surprised, I used to be a soldier before, if it wasn't for the turmoil sixteen years ago, I wouldn't have-"

Chen Yuan was shocked, it is now the sixteenth year of Yongle, the turmoil of sixteen years ago, that is to say, is he Jianwen's old minister.

"What you taught Ergou to say today has avoided more bloodshed and sacrifice, which makes me doubt your identity. You don't have to be surprised, Ergou is usually honest and honest, it is impossible to be so rational, I don't have to think about it to know that you taught it. You are not Zhu Di's person, and you can't escape from Zhu Di's people, before you do it, I will definitely break your body into thousands of pieces and avenge the emperor's revenge. ”

Chen Yuan smiled bitterly, you hate Zhu Di, what does it have to do with me. He also knew that many people could not find the bitter master for revenge, so they killed his son, relatives and friends, and these innocent people could not be justified.

"Seniors, I don't know what you have experienced, but you have to believe that the ancients are cloudy, the time and place are favorable, you don't occupy the same, and you can't have a chance of winning against the imperial court, and you don't want to watch your relatives, friends and neighbors for so many years, go to the road of no return."

The fourth uncle took a leisurely puff of cigarette and sighed: "I don't know what you said, otherwise, if I hadn't kept suppressing it, would I still have to wait for Lord Qincha to arrive?" ”

The fourth uncle said again: "I don't believe you, you have to give a reason for me to believe in you." ”