Xu He listened for a while, and didn't want to pay attention, but the crying of the woman and child became louder and louder, accompanied by the shouting and scolding of several men.

Feng Xiaozhu frowned when he saw him, so he whispered: "I heard the aunt of Uncle Jia's family say that it was the courtyard of the Zhang family, and the male master of the Zhang family turned out to be the archer of the county government, and he died when the thieves disturbed the city last time, and the sister-in-law of the Zhang family had a dispute with the county government for her husband's pension, and the county government has been scolded how many times have people from the county government sent money?" ”

Hearing this, Xu He stood up and walked out of the courtyard.

Seeing this, Feng Xiaozhu hurriedly shouted, "Brother Xu, where are you going?" ”

Xu Hetou didn't reply: "I'll take a look!" ”

After speaking, he opened the courtyard door and walked out.

When Xu He came to the courtyard, he saw that there were many neighbors at the gate of a courtyard not far to the west of Xu's house.

As soon as he walked to the periphery of the crowd, he heard a man's voice in the courtyard: "Zhang Wang, the county government saw that your husband died in battle, and kindly cared for you, but you refused several times, why?" Do you think I have to give you this money? I'll leave one sentence today, if you don't accept this money today, then you won't even want to receive a penny in the future! ”

At this time, a woman in the courtyard cried: "Li Tou'er, my husband went out of the city to fight the thieves for the sake of the old folks in Hailing County. Now that he is dead, the county only gives two taels of silver for a pension, is my family's life worth two taels of silver? ”

The man sneered: "Zhang Wang, what your husband eats is the county government, and it is his job to defend the city and fight the thieves, what?" Do you still want to invite merit and let the court reward you with a thousand children and eight hundred taels? ”

The woman went completely crazy when she heard this: "Li Xiaozi, I don't want so much, but you don't want to think less about our pension, you black-hearted things, bullying our Zhang family's orphans and widows, and there is no clan support, other people's pensions are six taels, why is there only two taels in my family?" ”

"Alas!" At this time, an old man beside Xu He sighed and said, "These black-skinned dogs in the yamen really deserve to be killed!" ”

Xu He bowed his hand and asked the old man, "Old man, what's going on?" ”

The old man scolded: "What else can happen? These black-skinned dogs in the Yamen have a bad conscience! ”

It turned out that this Wang's husband died outside the Baoba Approval Institute.

According to the old practice of the imperial court, this kind of archer, sword and card player who died in the line of duty was given a one-time pension of 6 taels of silver, and then two buckets of rice per month.

During the period when the thieves retreated, the county counted the list of martyrs, and Li Zhijie, in order to take care of these orphans and widows, raised the pension to eight taels for each family that had died in battle!

Moreover, this matter was announced by the county government and made public.

But just a few days ago, Li Zhijie went to Yangzhou to take up his post, and someone in the county government was eyeing this silver.

Originally, the eight taels that were good were only six taels sent to each family, and Zhang Wang's family, who had a dead husband and no clansmen to support him, simply gave two taels in the county, and didn't even mention the matter of two buckets of rice per month.

When Xu He heard this, there seemed to be a fire burning in his chest, and that day he watched the townsmen of these county offices fight with the thieves outside the city.

That's right, these townsmen are not brave, and they dare not come forward when they fight; But compared to the guards who ran away with their heads not long after they were grounded, they had done enough.

After the war that day, the most people who fell to the ground and slept for a long time were Xiang Yong, why? Are they braver than the guards?

No......

Because they know that if they retreat, what will happen to Hailing City and their families behind them?

So although they don't have martial arts and may have the cunning of the ordinary people on weekdays, at that moment, they are the heroes of Hailing, and they are the city of Hailing.

Now that the people are dead and the city has collapsed, these little officials are still trying to knock out the bones of their heartbroken family members.

Xu He's face turned red, he was angry, his hands trembled slightly, and there seemed to be a flame in his chest about to explode.

At this time, the woman in the courtyard cried: "Li Xiaozi, where were you when my husband went out to fight the bandits?" Were you out of town that day? ”

Li Xiaozi was stunned when he heard this: "I, I am thinly taken by the horse owner to prevent thieves and bandits in the city!" ”

The woman cried and scolded: "Bullshit, you just don't dare to go out of the city, you let my honest man out of the city, and let us who have no followers go out to die!" ”

When the people heard this, they were all angry.

Yes, most of the people here are just ordinary people who are humble to the dust, they have no heels, no background, and even none of the ancestors in the family have been officials for ten generations.

They are the lowest level of society.

Something happened, and they went out of the city to fight the thieves.

died in battle, and when he returned to the city, he had to endure the knocking of bones and marrow of these officials.

So, they don't have a background, they don't have a clan, they deserve to die?

"Li Xiaozi, on weekdays, you and the eldest brother of the Zhang family are also friends who hook up with each other, but now that he is dead, you can't bully other orphans and widows!" A young man was indignant.

At this time, a voice hidden in the crowd scolded: "Li Xiaozi, your special mother is Ma Mingqiu's dog!" ”

"Who, who the fuck is scolding me? Kind of stand up! Suddenly, a short and fat black man rushed out of the courtyard gate, and his yellow eyes almost popped out because of his wine-colored puffy face.

When the people saw him go out of the courtyard, they fell silent, and no one around dared to respond, and almost all of them hung their heads, not daring to meet his fierce gaze.

"Damn, what kind of waste was talking weirdly? Is it a hero who stands up for Lao Tzu? Li Xiaozi looked around, and his eyes seemed to be about to choose someone to devour.

"It's me!" Suddenly, someone spoke.

Everyone looked at the source of the sound in surprise, only to see a scholar in a green robe looking at Li Xiaozi coldly, his eyes were full of unkindness.

Seeing that the other party was dressed as a scholar, Li Xiaozi's brows furrowed slightly, obviously fearful: "Who are you?" Famous? ”

Xu He said coldly: "There is no fame!" ”

When the other party heard this, he was immediately furious: "A poor sour lady of your special mother dares to take care of labor and management affairs? ”

Xu He said: "What? In this world, there are people who step on the uneven roads, and there are people who take care of the unevenness, and I can't manage it? ”

Li Xiaozi laughed angrily at him: "Your special mother's hair hasn't grown yet, so you dare to learn from other people's meddling?" Lao Tzu will open your eyes today, what is the three eyes of the prince of horses. ”

With that, with a wave of his hand, five or six men as strong as oxen burst out of the door.

Xu He sneered: "You people, the thieves came and shrank in the city, and as soon as the thieves left, they showed off their might in front of the people, saying that you have no eggs, isn't it too much?" ”

"How daring!" When Li Xiaozi heard this, he laughed angrily: "Brothers, beat this poor sour to death for me!" ”

Xu He shouted when he saw this: "I see who dares, my teacher is Li Zhijie, the former commander of Hailing County, and I am Xu He, the head of this year's county trial!" ”

"What? Is he Xu He? ”

"That Xu He, the head of the double case of the government test and the county test, who just moved in?"

"He's back?"