When the old man said this, he sighed again and again: "Nowadays, the business is really untenable, so we have to close the door, and some of the younger ones, like the donkey meat seller next door, have dragged their families to flee the famine, and we are too old to walk, so we have to stay here, next to each other." ”

Speaking of this, he couldn't help but look out, and whispered in Taibaihe's ear: "It is said that Nadaru Huachi not only pays taxes, but also instructs his servants to pretend to be robbers at night, and rob wealthy families who have cast eyeliner during the day. Alas, a few days ago, the silk village at the west end of the road was emptied, and the boss's family was hanged!"

Taibai He was furious when he heard this, and he hugged his fist at the old man and said, "Old man, I blame you for being wrong, please forgive me! However, since I am here today, you should sell me some wine!"

When the old man heard this, his face was embarrassed, and he just looked at the old woman with his eyes. The old woman got up and said to Taibai He: "The old man is timid, don't blame him, give me the wine gourd, I'll call you!"

After a while, the old woman came trembling with a jug full of wine. He handed it to Taibaihe and said, "Alas! That's all we have left! Can't make wine, and you really won't have to come in the future!"

Taibai He took it, couldn't help but drink a few sips to his mouth, smacked his lips, tied it around his waist again, paid the money, turned around to leave, the old man stopped and said: "You come in from there, just go from there, the door can't be opened!"

The old man kept admonishing: "You better get out of the city as soon as possible, don't and pee in the city, otherwise, if you are caught by them, you will have to pay taxes until you are squeezed dry!"

Taibai Crane nodded, came to the front of the courtyard, went to the upper room, turned over, and was gone, leaving two old men, staring at the high place in a daze, after a while, the old man muttered: "I have known Lao Li for all these years, but I didn't expect him to be a fairy!"

Taibaihe left the winery, but he was not in a hurry to go back, but hid on the roof of a house and drank slowly. Unconsciously, he drank nearly half of a gourd wine, and he only felt that his eyes were blurry and difficult to open, so he lay there and fell asleep. Taibai Crane stretched his waist, turned over and went down to the room, just against the wall, "whoosh" peeing, he had just finished a little relief, and was shaking his pants and belting, who knew that someone behind him patted him on the shoulder and said, "Brother, what are you doing here?"

Taibai Crane said while tying his trouser belt: "What can you do? Pee!"

The man in the back laughed: "Hehe, you are a real person!"

Taibai Crane turned around at this time, and saw three or four officials standing behind him, who were amusing himself, he was busy saluting and beating thousands, and said with a smile: "Oh, I don't know how many officials it is, offended, offended!"

After that, he was about to slip away against the wall, but was grabbed by an errand and said with a smile: "Brother, don't be busy walking?

Tai Baihe pretended not to understand, and stammered: "Uncles, don't be kidding, I just urine, what taxes do you pay?"

The officer said, "You're right, what you paid today is the peeing tax!

Taibaihe begged: "Uncle! Since ancient times, how can there be taxes for and pee? Besides, I just came out to hang out, and I didn't bring any money?"

The servant sneered: "You don't know much since ancient times! Who ever said that you are not allowed to collect taxes when you and pee? You have caught up this year, even if you are unlucky! If you have no money, take us home to get it, if you play tricks, see if you don't peel your skin today!"

Taibai Crane agreed again and again, and led a few servants to the most prosperous place in Qingzhou. Taibai Crane pointed to an alley next to him and said, "It's inside, you come in with me to withdraw money!"

Several of the officers were happy, and one by one they followed. Taibai Crane pointed to the side and said, "It's here!"

When those people turned their heads to look, Taibai Crane had already turned behind them, and his fingers came out together, instantly stopping them. The crane covered their eyes with their clothes, stripped them of their clothes one by one, dragged them to the side of the road, and tied them firmly to the tree with ropes. After everything was finished, Taibai Crane said to a few people: "A few masters, I called them all to come and see, there is nothing else, just borrow your clothes for use, and it will be sent to you in a short time, I am not far away, if it is late, you just call me, I will come to pay you back!"

With that, he turned around and went to the room, and went straight to Daru Huachi's mansion. These people were pointed, and the night passed, and they did not open their eyes until dawn, and they were blindfolded, and they didn't know when and where. Several people were anxious, remembering the man's explanation, they shouted one by one, and the more they shouted, the louder they became, "Come and see!" "Come and see!" No one brought the clothes, but they called a lot of the people and households around. There were many men and women around, and when they saw that they were all bare* and had butts, they were still shouting hoarsely, "Come and see!", all pointing fingers and scolding them for being shameless. There were even those who knew them, who were resentful, and picked up clods of soil, gravel, and some dug up mud and made several buckets of dung, all of which were smashed and splashed on them.

Taibai Crane threw down those few errand servants, only walked on the house, nearly crossed half of Qingzhou, only to see a huge mansion in front of it, inside, flowers and plants are luxuriant, trees are verdant, rockeries and strange stones, pavilions and pavilions surround it, all the houses have been lit up with lights, flickering, reflected in a wave of clear water, here is the mansion of the new Daru Huachi in Qingzhou. The Taibai Crane has no intention of the scenery, only to explore the place where Daru Huachi hides his belongings everywhere. After peeking for a long time, he was at a place, and suddenly a strong aroma of stir-fried vegetables poured straight into his nose, and it turned out that the place where he was standing was a huge cooking room.

Taibai Crane opened a tile from the roof of the house, looked inside, and saw the cooking, chopping, and stir-frying in the house, as well as the maids and servants who came to urge from time to time... People came and went, he had to endure it, and saw that the dishes were hot out of the pot and were taken away, but there were not many people in the house. Taibai Crane smelled it, looked at it but couldn't eat it, his heart was like fried oil, and the saliva at the corner of his mouth was flowing sideways.

He couldn't wait, he saw the firewood house next door, and he had a way for a while. Turning over, at the base of the wall, he took out the fire twister, and lit the pile of thatch and dry firewood. Then, he came to the back window of the kitchen and shouted, "The firewood room is on fire!"

Because the firewood room was next to the kitchen, all the cooks and helpers, when they heard this, were all afraid, and they all left their work, shouted, carried water, and went to put out the fire. In the blink of an eye, there was no one in the kitchen. Taibai Crane was overjoyed in his heart, and was about to turn over and enter the house, but he heard that the door was pushed open and someone sneaked in. Taibai Crane was deflated, probed to look, only to see a ghostly guy, was shrinking his neck, holding his shoulders to come in, looking around, seeing that there was indeed no one, he couldn't help but smile and said: "Haha, a bunch of stupid presumptions, all gone! I'm just here to get some delicious dishes to eat! hehe"

With that, while rubbing his hands, he went around to open the steamer and visit. When he saw it, he reached out and grabbed a handful and stuffed it into his mouth. I didn't expect to make wedding clothes for others, and Taibai He was even more annoyed when he saw it, so he only coughed outside the window and pretended to be an old voice: "If the firewood room is on fire, you cooks can't get rid of it! Go to the kitchen and see, is there anyone who hasn't come to put out the fire? If there is, it must be eaten secretly! Just kill on the spot!"

With that, he pretended to be a young voice and said yes, and trotted away. Taibai Crane looked in the kitchen again, and the person who stole the food had already screamed, "Mom!" and ran away. Taibai He sneered, then jumped in from the back window, picked a fat chicken, a few side dishes, wrapped them in a cage cloth, and carried them out, seeing that everyone was busy fighting the fire, and no one paid attention to this, he gently leaned in, returned to the roof, looked for a corner, sat cross-legged, drank wine, ate vegetables, and looked at the chaotic scenery. Not long after, it was high again, he yawned, stretched, and slept against the ridge of the house.

It turned out that these days were the birthday of a concubine of Daru Huachi in Qingzhou, so officials from all over the country came to send congratulatory gifts, and the banquet had to be set up for three days in a row, and it was the first day that Taibai Crane caught up. After Taibai Crane knew, he was secretly happy in his heart, after finding out the place where Daluhua hid the treasure, he didn't do anything else, just around the kitchen every day, get some delicious food, good drink, and occasionally put a small fire, hiding alone on the roof while drinking and eating, while admiring, so unhappy. In the blink of an eye, it was the third night, and there was still a song of swallows and sheng everywhere, but the westernmost platform in the back garden was lonely, towering among the trees and flowers, and it seemed very deserted.

I saw that the three-story building, but the appearance was different, its doors and windows were blocked, there was only one main gate, and on both sides of the main gate stood many errands, armed with guns and knives, and three squad leaders patrolling back and forth, very strict. I saw that the team leaders patrolled around again, and when they returned to the door, one of them sat on the ground and complained: "I said two, what the fuck is this called? Anyway, we are also an official eater, and we come to do private work for him every day!

Speaking of this, he pointed to the front with his hand and said indignantly: "They eat and drink all day long, and they leave us here to drink the northwest wind! What a thing!"

When the other heard this, he couldn't help muttering: "Brother, you're right, our old man, he doesn't do anything, he likes to hold birthday banquets, his wife's, his uncle's, his wife's, and his concubine's...... Dozens of girls, sometimes four or five times a month, the few taels of silver issued by the imperial court are not enough to give his family a birthday!