Chapter 607: Xiongjia Village
On this day, the previous peace was broken. Wu Daodao, who was in Wu Xiaoda's pharmacy on Zhonghupu Street, was sitting at the counter and planning to make a plate, looking at the pile of bills for the purchase of drugs in front of him, adding the amount one by one.
was playing, his body was itchy, he reached out to scratch, his elbow moved, and the abacus tripped to the ground, and with a "croak", the abacus that had been broken fell apart, and the falling abacus beads rolled all over the ground.
He was so annoyed that he bent down to pick it up for a long time, but he didn't finish it, and there were a few abacus beads that he didn't know where to roll in.
He leaned over, his hands on the ground, and his head was close to the ground, no, he tilted his head to see if the abacus beads had fallen under the medicine cabinet, and before he could see clearly, he heard the footsteps of someone coming in front of the store, and then the voice: Hey, is there anyone in the store?
Wu Daode Mali stood up, and there were three of them, all dressed in official robes, and two of them were riding on the back of a white and a black horse, looking mighty. Another red horse stood on the street in front of the drugstore, with an empty prisoner cart behind it. Approaching the counter of the pharmacy was a catcher, his sword in his hand, his eyes shining fiercely. Wu Daode was shocked, and immediately calmed down again. Am I not the one in the store, he asked? Are you going to buy medicine?
The head catcher said, don't buy medicine. Arrest people today.
Wu Daode said, there are no bad people in this pharmacy, who are you arresting in the pharmacy?
The head catcher said, go to the pharmacy and arrest you.
Wu Daode asked inexplicably, I didn't do anything bad, why did you arrest me?
The head catcher said, Kuang Guangbu of Kuang Jiazhuang identified you as the leader of the bandits. Your name is Wu Daodao, isn't it?
Wu Daode bit his lip, and hated Kuang Guangbu for chewing his tongue indiscriminately, but he still said calmly, you are right in your name, I am not the leader of the bandits.
The head catcher frowned and said, you still don't admit it.
Wu Daode showed a look of grievance and said, I am a good citizen, not a bandit, let alone a bandit.
Then the man who looked like a commander on the back of a white horse shouted, "Take him down."
The head catcher rushed into the pharmacy, reached out and grabbed Wu Daodao's arm and dragged it out. Wu Daode shouted, wronged! Caught the wrong person!
The head catcher annoyed him yelling, so he stuffed a piece of cloth into his mouth and yelled, "See if you still scream."
Wu Xiaoda was in the inner room, and when he heard the shouting, he hurried out from the side of the pharmacy and shouted, You have arrested the wrong person, my son is a good person.
The head catcher said, your son is the leader of the bandits, and he robbed a bag of rice-flower-flavored rice at Squire Liu's house in Liujiazhuang last night, so we arrested him.
Wu Xiaoda said, no! Last night, my son Wu Daode didn't go out at all.
The headhunter asked rhetorically, what evidence is there?
Wu Xiaoda was speechless.
The head catcher makes it clear what is at stake, if you shield the son of the bandit leader, you will be arrested and punished together.
I saw another catcher jump off the back of the black horse, and also came to grab Wu Daodao's other arm, and together with the head catcher who led the arrest, he stuffed Wu Daodao's body into the empty prison cart parked behind the red horse's buttocks, and then locked it. Wu Daodao's head was exposed, and his eyes were glazed.
After saluting the person who looked like a chief, the head catcher said, "Chief Hu, the leader of the bandits has been detained in the prison car."
Chief Hu said that Liujiazhuang, who was escorted to the case, was executed on the spot to set an example.
The catcher jumped on the back of the red-haired horse, said "Drive", and the horse pulled the prisoner cart that held the leader of the bandits and ran to the other side of the street.
Wu Xiaoda chased out of the pharmacy and shouted, sir, wronged!
Chief Hu turned around and said, dead old man, you still have to make a fuss and take you down as an accomplice.
Wu Xiaoda had to admit his cruelty, but he was not convinced, looking at the prison car that was gradually moving away from his son as a bandit leader, he could only cry......
Four months later, Kan Nenglai put on the robe of a tax official issued by the county government, and rushed to the countryside to collect the land tax. At this time, Xiong Bile and Xiong Liver, the villagers of Xiongjiajia Village, saw him coming into the village, pointed at him, and then avoided his gaze and whispered under a wooden catalpa tree.
Xiong Bile said that the guy asked an acquaintance to bribe the magistrate, and got an errand to requisition the land, and he was very angry.
Xiong Liver asked, how do you know that he bribed Zhixian to get that errand?
Bear bile said, how did I not know? Last time, he was drunk from eating dog meat in Shangbian Village, and he talked about wine, and confided in him the reason why he got this errand.
Bear Liver sighed and asked, Oh, he still likes to eat dog meat?
Bear Bile said that he didn't like it, he was particularly fond of dog meat. With this hobby, he behaves unfairly.
Bear liver asked, what kind of unfair law?
Bear Bile was about to answer, when the rest of his eyes saw Kan Neng coming towards Mu Zishu. Before they could get closer, the two stopped talking, when they heard a dog barking, a fat white dog. Kan Nenglai immediately stared at the white dog, who was afraid of people, ran away with his tail between his legs, and then turned his head to look at Kan Nenglai and barked.
Kan Neng came to look at the two villagers, stretched out his hand and shook it to say hello, hey, do you know whose white dog is that ran away?
Xiong Bile said that it was Xiong Zhengnan's family.
Bear Liver whispered to Bear Bile, could it be that he wants to eat dog meat as you said?
Xiong Bile also replied in a low voice, Tax Officer Kan is here, don't say much.
Seeing that Kan Neng was approaching, Xiong Liver greeted loudly, Hey, Kan Tax Officer, what do you ask? Run away with the white dog, and it will retract back to whichever house it has.
Kan Neng came and said, will I run after the white dog? Well, let's discuss something with you.
Bear bile and bear liver are covered with ears, and they listen to their ears.
Kan Neng can come and talk seriously, you two talk to the owner of the white dog, can you kill it, let me make a tooth sacrifice, and today is not in vain to run your Xiongjia Village.
Bear bile is embarrassed, I'm afraid the dog owner is unwilling.
Kan can say, I will be willing, I will not treat the dog owner badly, you think, I am the tax collector who collects the land tax, so the dog owner has no land? There are so many things, and I'm afraid that I'll make fun of him!
Bear Liver frowned, and a strange expression appeared on his face. He said, I understand.
Bear Guts smiled knowingly at the bear liver.
Kan can come to say, it's good to understand. Then he looked at the bear bile and said, Do you understand?
Xiong Bile replied, don't ask, I'll talk to you about finding the dog owner Xiong Zhengnan.
Kan can come and give a thumbs up and praise, good. Okay, kill the dog at noon, and join me in a tooth sacrifice to have a good time.
At this moment, Kan Nenglai followed bear bile and bear liver around the wood tree, through a housing field, and into an alley to the door of an old-fashioned tiled house. Before he entered the house, he heard the white dog barking, but he did not see the white dog.
Xiong Zhengnan, who came out of the house, turned around and shouted into the house: What is the name of the one who died of plague? Sure enough, the white dog in the house stopped barking.
The bear gall who has come to the front of him will talk straight to the point, Uncle Xiong will tell you something.
Bear Bile pulled Xiong Zhengnan under the eaves and whispered for a while. Xiong Zhengnan's face was embarrassed, and he also whispered a word to Xiong Liver who was standing next to him.
Xiong Bile approached Kan Neng, who was standing a little farther away, and whispered that this matter was not easy to do, and Uncle Xiong did not agree to kill the dog.
Kan can come and ask, what is the reason?
Xiong Bile replied, he only said that his daughter Fangfei loves dogs very much and is unwilling to kill them. Seeing that Xiong Zhengnan went back to the house, Xiong Guts was bold and teased, he is unwilling to kill a dog to entertain you, so you can use him!
Kan Neng said, last time, this family took the initiative to pay the field tax, and next month I will increase his family's field tax, let's go!
Kan Neng came out of the house, and Xiong Liver followed behind to explain the reason: the reason why his daughter Fang Fei was reluctant to kill the dog was because the dog saved his daughter Fang Fei's life.
Speaking of which, I saw a mother and daughter walking towards them from the pond with laundry sets or something. Kan Nenglai didn't have the heart to listen, and Xiong Liver stopped talking. Let a mother and daughter walk over, Xiong Liver pointed to their backs and said, Kan Tax Officer, the mother and daughter just now are You Meizhen, the wife of the dog owner Xiong Zhengnan, and her daughter Xiong Fangfei.
Kan Neng praised in fascination, so beautiful, especially the girl, I can see clearly, she has almond eyes, goose egg face, cherry mouth, and is charming to the dead! Whoever of you two has the ability to tell me the dog's owner's daughter to be my concubine, and if it succeeds, whose family's land will be exempted.
Bear Bile said, I don't even want to kill a dog, and the dog owner is still willing to marry his daughter to you as a concubine? I'm not sure.
Kan can come and ask bear liver, are you sure?
Xiong Liver said, I am willing to give it a try, whether the attempt is successful or not, you have to give my family a free field endowment.
Kan Nenglai actively stated that if he succeeded, he would be exempted from Tianfu twice, and if he did not succeed, he would be exempted once.
Bear liver said excitedly, OK!