Zhao Que, who had suffered a lot from the eight-phase dragon python, was also much more comfortable with this tea.

The Zang family put down the teacup, looked at Zhao Que and stretched his brows, and asked, "There is a big problem with Childe's body, can the old man cut the pulse for Childe?"

Zhao Que smiled and stretched out his hand: "I'm tired of the old man." ”

After a while, the Zang family said that it was okay, asked Zhao Que to withdraw his hand, turned around and walked to the back of the desk, wrote a prescription and handed it to him.

"Every day at noon and two o'clock, taking a dose may relieve the pain of the childe. ”

The Zang family did not say a radical cure, and the meaning of the words was only to make Zhao Que feel better.

Zhao Que glanced at it a few times and handed the prescription to Li Mujin to put away.

"Thank you, sir. ”

"Your illness seems to have been born with it, and the old man is not good at learning and can't cure it, so he can only make the son more comfortable. Zang Jia sighed.

When he saw Zhao Que, he felt that Zhao Que's illness was unusual, and took Zhao Que's arm into the house, during which he also tried the pulse, this time it was just more certain.

Zhao Que laughed at himself: "Life and death are fate, and I think about it." ”

The Zang family looked at the sky, shook his head and said, "If you find Shen Shen, there may be hope." ”

"Everyone knows that Shen Shen Shen is wandering all over the world, playing the rivers and lakes, how small it is to find Shen ......" Zhao Que said helplessly, it's not that people have not been looking for Shen Shen Doctor, every time they have returned in vain, the news obtained by the investigation has failed again and again, although he and Li Mujin often say that they are still looking forward to it, but in the face of such a slim hope, it is better to go back to their hometown to see their aunt, and by the way, it is more real to hurry up and deal with the urgent matters.

Li Mujian's voice couldn't help but be much louder: "We will definitely be able to find Doctor Shen!"

Zang Jia smiled cheerfully and poured tea for Zhao Que: "Fate is wonderful, when you meet Doctor Shen and recover, you will sigh." ”

“......”

Leaving the Zang family's residence, Zhao Que instructed Li Mujian not to boil medicine for him for the time being.

Of course, Li Mujin knew that Zhao Que didn't want his aunt to worry, so he had to give in to his orders.

As soon as he walked not far away, Zhao Que stopped suddenly, Li Mujin looked surprised, the two turned around, and saw five young officials in official clothes scolding and scolding and kicking over the people who were blocking in front of them.

"Dog mongrel, you don't have long eyes when you walk, dare to block the way of the masters?"

The people endured the pain in their bodies and knelt down: "It's the little one that blocks the way of the masters, the little ones should be damned! Damn it! Please raise your noble hands and let the little ones live!"

The five officials seemed to enjoy the feeling of being on top of the sky, and laughed: "Get out, next time I see you, smash your head!"

The man didn't continue to see a doctor, and fled as fast as he could.

The residence of the Zang family is both a mansion and a pharmacy.

The little boy who had just picked up Zhao Que couldn't help but change his face when he saw the officials coming, and he turned around and ran.

"Hey, what did that little rabbit cub see his brothers running! Isn't it the black and white impermanence that hooks people for their lives?"

"Haha! It may be that the old brother has his own great momentum and scared away the rabbit cub, it's okay, we'll ask the old man of the Zang family for some money to buy wine and eat later!"

"Hey, that's what I mean. ”

They lowered their voices, but the words they said fell on Zhao Que's ears, but they were very clear.

The Great Xia Dynasty seemed to be thriving, and the internal bureaucracy inevitably became what the founding emperor hated after a hundred years, oppressing the good people and tyrannical.

Zhao Que and Li Mujin whispered: "Don't be busy, I heard about the lawlessness of the civil officials in Xisai, and I just happened to see it with my own eyes." ”

Li Mujin stared at the account book in the hand of the little official and said: "General Zhao, they should be here to collect taxes, in the past few years, the imperial court has come up with clever names, and the burden on the shoulders of the people is much heavier. ”

Zhao Que knew this matter clearly, the Great Xia Dynasty in recent years of natural disasters and man-made disasters, the household treasury is tight, can only increase a lot of taxes compared with previous years, and the person on the throne spent countless money, night sheng song, Qiu Ma voice, just in the middle of last year in the draft and the construction of the warm pavilion because of the lack of expenses in the inner court, to the household department to ask for 1.2 million taels of silver, which also involved the original allocation to the Xisai military expenses, for this reason, Zhao Que directly asked people to find the right servant of the household department, did not think about it, the right servant of the household department poured bitter water on Zhao Que instead.

A middle-aged man came out and welcomed a few officials into the house.

The two of them also went and returned, among the people who watched and watched.

"A few masters, Mr. Zang has invited you to go and taste tea. The middle-aged man groveled, and he was really afraid of the little tax collector to the core.

One person sneered: "Don't be useless, we are here to collect taxes, this is the silver taels you need to hand over, a lot of preparations, we take it and leave, hehe, by the way, bring us some running expenses for these coolies, both legs are about to go away, you have to mean it, right?"

took the paper handed over by the little official and looked at it a few times, and the middle-aged man couldn't help but tremble a little.

"Ladies and gentlemen, we have already handed over the tax to the government last month, why did we collect the same tax again this month?"

"Don't talk nonsense, the above said, the tax collected this time is for the next year, you pay it now, and you don't have to pay it next year." The little official pulled the knife out of its scabbard, and the tip of the knife deliberately tapped the tip of the middle-aged man's nose, and his toes were arrogant.

The middle-aged man was frightened, and nodded busily: "I'll go talk to Mr. Zang." ”

"Hurry up, the time of the masters is very precious, it's too late, be careful of your dog's head!"

"Yes, yes, yes. ”

The people over there are still queuing up to see a doctor, the sun is very full, Nanyangzhou is in the southeast of the Great Xia Dynasty, the summer is long, even if it is autumn, there is a saying that there is an autumn tiger, it is even hotter and irritable, many people wipe the sweat on their foreheads, they are already weak, and when they see the little officials who come to collect taxes, their frightened faces are getting more and more pale.

"The autumn tax can't help but be collected early, and even next year's tax has been collected, is it because the people's livelihood is not hard enough?" Zhao Que clenched his fists.

Li Mujin said: " The information that the lark gave me mentioned that Qingshi City is prosperous and merchant-oriented, and the people are richer than other places, and the local government has not only added some incredible taxes, but also is accustomed to imposing and extorting taxes, especially autumn taxes, and there are all kinds of taxes, and the rich family is good to say, ordinary people are indispensable for this to peel off a layer of skin, this year's Great Xia Dynasty started a war on the third line, and we ended early, but the north and south Xinjiang were caught in a fierce battle, I heard that the grassland royal court used the means of pressing the bottom of the box, and the northern army was almost unable to resist...... And all of this requires a lot of money to support. ”

Zhao Que's eyes were gloomy, and he snorted coldly: "Don't mention it the year before last, last year's Xisai military expenses were delayed, I urgently raised military funds from several surrounding states and counties, and later inquired that Xisai's military expenses turned out to allow him to build a very luxurious warm pavilion, and this year's spring Ministry of Industry started work again, and a new summer resort was built in the northwest hundred miles of the capital. ”

"It is precisely because of your borrowing of military funds from the states and counties near Cisse last year that some officials of the temple are suspicious of you. ”

"Hmph, they sit high in the temple and don't understand the difficulties of the border plug, what do I care about them? Do you let them fight hard with the Hanshan Dynasty instead of the soldiers?" Zhao Que said disdainfully.

Li Mujin was silent.

If you go on, you will have to blame the one today......

In the courtyard, the Zang family was carried by a child and came to the front of the five officials, and the Zang family's face was very ugly, and even angry.

"Mr. Zang, tax ...... Please hand it in!"

The Zang family is the leading famous doctor in Bluestone City, and the tone of the tax collector can't help but be much softer.

"Is there still a royal law?" the Zang family shouted as soon as they came up, "I just paid the autumn tax in advance last month, and I came to collect next year's tax this month, is it not the next month to collect the next year's tax?

The faces of several officials turned ugly in an instant, and they all pulled out their knives: "Mr. Zang, do you want to resist taxes?"

"How can the old man have the guts to resist taxes? I just want an explanation!"

"Say!haha...... Okay, the brothers will give Mr. Zang an explanation, the tax is set by the imperial court, and it is personally issued by the household department to all localities! Behind our brothers is the imperial court, which is the supreme heavenly principle! It is the royal law! Old Mr. Zang, this is the saying! If you mention it again, be tough, go to the capital and ask the adults of the household department for the explanation!!"

The hands of the little officials holding the handle of the knife were very firm, as if their whole bodies were filled with indescribable power, in this land of Qingshi City, where the mansion was used as a medicine shop, they indeed represented the supreme heavenly principle of the Great Xia Dynasty!

Zang Jia's anger kept shaking, what could he do?

"Go...... Go prepare your money! Pay your taxes!"

Seeing this situation, although the little officials have seen it dozens of times in recent days, every time at this time, they feel a kind of joy all over!

Satisfied, he put the knife into its sheath.

"Mr. Zang, you are a famous doctor in Qingshi City, you should cooperate with our government's actions and set an example for the people of Qingshi!"

"Hehe, Mr. Zang, your pharmacy is famous, and it is making money every day, in addition to taxes, you must have the heart to reward our brother for a few bars?"

The Zang family just heard that the five officials still have to pay for the journey.

Helplessly, he waved his hand, and the middle-aged man who was about to withdraw the money nodded, comprehending, Mr. Zang agreed, and by the way, he gave these few little officials some "running expenses".

"Wait!"

Zhao Que took his hand and paced.

The wrinkles on Zang Jia's face seemed to be wrinkled together, and when he saw Zhao Que coming out, he quickly shook his head and signaled that he didn't care about him.

"Oh, who are you?"

The rampant conquest is used to tyranny, but whenever you put your hand on the handle of the knife, the people will bow their heads to their ears, so several officials looked at Zhao Que with a wicked smile.

The Zang family did not doubt that they did not dare to kill, and hurriedly walked a few steps, blocking between Zhao Que and them: "Tax, the old man pays it, this person is the old man's little friend, young and vigorous, and I hope that a few uncles Haihan!"

"Haihan, the Tianli we represent is not Haihan, hehe, boy, what's slow? ”

Li Mujian's posture was like a bewitching butterfly in the sun, confusing the eyes of several people, their eyes were removed from Zhao Que, staring at her body, and their bulging breasts were like milky white fruits on the mountain, even if the cloth clothes covered the beauty, the little officials who peeked at the women's bath with their small power and small power couldn't help but make up their brains.

Li Mujin smiled: "Am I beautiful?"