After changing into civilian clothes, the master and servant slipped out of the back door of the county office.

Looking at the streets, sparsely dressed, dusty, blind, and unable to walk.

There are also beggars curled up on street corners, with all fours.

As a county parent official, Li Xing's mood is indescribably complicated.

Especially when passing by the mansion of the local big family Master Liu.

Seeing those people who were lining up to sign the deed of sale in order to survive, his complicated mood turned into anger.

You must know that the first thing he did after he took office was to distribute the relief grain allocated by the imperial court in full.

He even did not hesitate to tear his face with other officials and personally supervise the distribution.

I dare not say that these grains will feed the people, but it is still possible to save a little and maintain half starvation and half full for a month.

can have a free body, Li Xing doesn't believe that anyone will be a slave or a slave, although he is angry, he has not lost his mind, and he senses that something is wrong.

"Dog, go and ask, what's going on? Wasn't the relief food distributed at the beginning of the month? ”

"Yes, young master."

Li Gou answered, bent down and grabbed a handful of soil from the ground, wiped it on his face and clothes, and then trotted into the crowd of people who sold his body.

After a while, he inquired clearly.

It's just that when he came back, his innocent face that touched the soil was a little more angry.

"Young master, it was the ghost of County Lieutenant Zhao, who forcibly requisitioned the relief food of these people in the name of suppressing bandits in the county."

"This dog-day Zhao County Lieutenant is simply blind, damn it."

The anger in Li Xing's heart was completely ignited by this incident.

But he knew that anger wouldn't help.

Take a deep breath, calm yourself down, and decide to use this incident as a breakthrough to unite some people's hearts first.

Li Xing walked quickly to the crowd, and when he was three or four meters away from the crowd, he raised his voice and shouted: "Fathers and fellow villagers, I am Li Xing, the county commander of this county, listen to my advice, don't sign the deed of sale, this official ......."

Before Li Xing's words were finished, the people who were about to sign the deed of sale suddenly blew up.

began to exchange heads, and even some of the bold ones glared at him angrily and scolded him in a low voice.

"My lord, if the county doesn't give me a way to live, and if I don't sign a deed of sale to beg for a bite to live, will I wait for death?"

At this time, a middle-aged man in a robe walked out, and first gave a scholarly salute to Li Xing before speaking.

As this person spoke, the people who were still talking and muttering shut up in unison.

This shows the prestige of this person among these people.

Although there is no shortage of etiquette for this person, Li Xing frowned, there is still someone taking the lead in this matter?

"You're a showman? What is your name? Is it your idea to sell people into slavery? ”

The man saluted again: "Student Yang You, Yuankang has been born for three years, and these villagers and I have been sold into slavery as a last resort, just to survive." ”

"What? Are you going to sell yourself into slavery? He earns one stone of rice per month, and even in today's drought, there is no deduction in the relief grain of the imperial court. ”

Li Xing never thought that this person turned out to be a young man, and this is a top-notch existence among talents.

"Master Li, the life-saving food that the people get can be snatched away, do you think a student like me with no background will get the rice?"

Yang You asked rhetorically.

"It seems that the official underestimated the greed of these people."

Even the person in charge of the county school dared to deduct the rice that the imperial court had expressly forbade to deduct, which he did not expect.

Originally, he was still worried about how to open the situation of the county school and let the people who were working with him obediently take out the school field.

Unexpectedly, someone sent a pillow when he was sleeping, and now with this matter, Li Xing quickly made a decision in his heart.

"Yang You, if this official is determined to be the master for you, can you and these people dare to confront those corrupt officials in court?"

Li Xing asked, but Yang You didn't answer immediately, but he just sat in place and seemed to be thinking about something.

The surrounding people, seeing that the county official was going to be the master, knelt on the ground excitedly one by one, expressing their willingness to obey the orders of the county order.

There were even a few ordinary people, seeing that Li Xing was waiting for Yang You's answer, and they all opened their mouths to persuade: "Yang Xiucai, adults are willing to make decisions for us, don't hesitate, agree!" ”

Just as they were communicating, no one noticed that a cold light flashed in the eyes of the manager of the Liu Mansion in the distance.

I saw the steward call out to two little servants, and whispered a few words in their ears.

The two boys nodded their heads and quickly left.

"Why are you afraid?"

Li Xing saw that Yang You was silent for a long time, and asked out loud.

Yang You nodded: "I'm afraid, but not for myself, but for the adult, since the adult just took up his post and distributed the relief food in full, the students know that you are a good official, and a good official should not die in this poor and remote place." ”

"Life and death have their own destiny, escape may not be born, face may not die, now the official only asks Yang Xiucai, do you dare to confront the court?"

Li Xing asked again, and Yang You saw Li Xing's firm eyes.

Nodding his head, he said, "Adults are not afraid, but students, who may starve to death at any time, what are they afraid of?" ”

"Okay, it's a little bloody."

Li Xing patted Yang You on the shoulder, and then looked at everyone: "Fellow villagers, do you dare to go to the county government with this official to correct the person who forcibly collected life-saving food?" ”

"The grass people dare."

The people who knelt down shouted in unison.

"Folks, get up! Come back to the county government with me, and Lord Ben will seek justice for you. ”

After Li Xing finished speaking loudly, he made a gesture to everyone to get up.

Everyone shouted in unison: "Lord Xie." ”

Everyone got up, and Yang You said to Li Xingzuo again: "My lord, the students still have something to ask for, please help coordinate with the Liu family to cancel the previous contract of sale?" ”

"The Great Xia Law clearly stipulates that good people cannot be bought and sold as slaves, and these contracts have not yet been filed by the county government, so the contracts are not valid."

After Li Xing finished speaking, he said to Li Gou'er: "Go find the person in charge of the Liu family and destroy those useless contracts." ”

"Yes, young master."

Li Gou'er responded, and walked quickly to the manager of the Liu Mansion who was in charge of the contract before.

As soon as the steward saw this posture, he turned his head and wanted to run, which was an important thing that the master explained.

But Li Gou'er was faster, and he came in front of him in a dodge and kicked him to the ground.

Then he snatched a stack of contracts from his hand, and tore them apart with three strikes and five divisions.

"You...... You actually tore up the contract, my lord will not let you go. ”

The steward saw the scraps of paper on the ground, glared at Li Gou'er, and threatened.

Li Gou'er kicked the steward again, showed a simple smile, and said unhurriedly: "My young master is the son of Xing Guogong, will he be afraid of your threat?" Immature! ”