"It is really unheard of that a group of fake tax collectors pretending to be officials to collect taxes in Jinling City. Investigate! We must thoroughly investigate this matter!" In Nanyuan's study, Xiao Shiyu patted the imperial case angrily with his left hand, and pointed at Li Chongde with his right hand: "Li Shangshu, let you offer a plan on how to increase the treasury and silver, you are good, you actually raise taxes privately? With this article, I can cure your crimes!"

"Your Majesty is angry, and the minister has really not given an order to raise taxes. Li Chongde knelt on the ground and lowered his head, trembling all over, and cold sweat broke out on his forehead: "The minister must investigate this matter thoroughly." ”

"Your Majesty, Lu Zhan, the commander of the patrol and defense left, asks to see you. Gao Xian heard the waiter at the front door whisper for a moment, and then waved him away.

"Xuan. Xiao Shiyu raised his hand towards Li Chongde: "You get up first." ”

"Thank you, thank you, Your Majesty. Li Chongde's knees were numb because he had been kneeling for too long, and Gao Xian on the side helped him.

"Humble Lu Zhan knocks to your majesty. A burly man in armor threw himself on his knees and bowed to Xiao Shiyu.

"Excuse me, flat. Xiao Shiyu raised his hand: "Commander Lu, what do you want to see me?"

"Your Majesty! Many shopkeepers in the city have closed their doors to express their protest against tax increases and tax fraud, and some of the people have gathered to make trouble, and the gate of Jinling Lingfu has been blocked and impassable. Lu Zhan bowed towards Xiao Shiyu.

"Diao Min, making trouble?" Xiao Shiyu frowned: "Lu Zhan, who are these so-called Diao people? Why do they want to besiege Jinling Mansion, can you find out the reason?"

"This 。。。。。。 I don't know what this lowly job is. Lu Zhan was stunned when he was asked.

"Lu Zhan, I order you to restrain your soldiers and not to have any conflicts with these troublemakers, if you make a mistake, you are the only one who asks!" Xiao Shiyu said sharply.

"Humble duty and obedience to the Holy Commandment. Lu Zhan wanted to take advantage of this to invite credit, but he didn't expect to be reprimanded, so he had to retreat in a huff.

"Hmph! they're all idiots. Xiao Shiyu turned his face and said coldly: "Li Shangshu, you also heard it, how to clean up the current situation?"

"This, this, the minister thinks it should be。。。。。。 Li Chongde was already stunned by this sudden thing, and he didn't know how to answer for a while.

"Your Majesty, Dasi Nong Zhang Shumin asks to see you. Gao Xian saw that Li Chongde was full of ugliness, and it happened that Zhang Shumin arrived, so he hurriedly reported to Xiao Shiyu.

"Come at the right time, announce him in. Xiao Shiyu heard that Zhang Shumin had arrived, and his angry face improved slightly.

"Minister Zhang Shumin knocked to see Your Majesty. Zhang Shumin is still so calm.

"Zhang Sinong is exempt. Xiao Shiyu raised his hand: "I believe you have heard about the outside world, and I called you to discuss this matter together." ”

"Thank you, Your Majesty. Zhang Shumin made a series to Xiao Shiyu: "In the humble opinion of the scholars, the only way to do this is to carry out it in two steps; first, the people who protest behind closed doors and gather crowds to make trouble can only be appeased, and they must not be suppressed by force, otherwise they will just fall into the scheme of those people with ill intentions; second, the fake tax collectors have done so seamlessly, they must have internal help, and I also ask Your Majesty to send capable generals to assist Li Shangshu in thoroughly investigating this matter. ”

"Well, the scholar is reasonable, but who should be sent to investigate this matter thoroughly?" Xiao Shiyu made a difficulty: "Li Shangshu, what do you say?"

"The ministers and ministers think that the matter should be thoroughly investigated by the Imperial Governor's Office. Zhang Shumin's accurate analysis finally relieved Li Chongde.

"Well, Zhishan has always been relieved to do things, but this matter is very important。。。。。。 Xiao Shiyu wanted to speak and stopped, as if he was worried.

"Your Majesty, do you remember the last time Taixue asked for advice!" Gao Xian looked at Xiao Shiyu and reminded softly.

"Well, that's the case, last time it seems that Chang'an Dafang, the guard of the Jingwei Mansion, asked for a good solution from the teacher to solve my worries. Xiao Shiyu thought thoughtfully: "Where is this person now?"

"Your Majesty, I heard that this person participated in the wedding banquet between her sister and Ye Wuyan's son Ye Hu a while ago, and was suspected of assassinating Si Ruoshui, the head of the Xuanwu Academy of the Jingwei Mansion, and is now being imprisoned in the prison of the Tingwei Mansion. Zhang Shumin shook his head helplessly: "Ning Shi, that girl came to Weichen for this matter, and wanted the minister to intercede for him." ”

"Oh, there is such a thing?" Xiao Shiyu seemed to be interested: "Scholar, in your opinion, is this person available?"

"This 。。。。。。 Wei Chen doesn't know much about this person, and he also asks His Majesty to judge the dragon. Zhang Shumin said.

"Gao Xian, pass on my will, and give a deadline of 20 days to let An Da prevent the crime and make meritorious service. If he can solve both cases, I will be rewarded, and if one case is not solved, or if he deliberately assassinates the master of the court, he will be punished for both crimes. Xiao Shiyu pondered for a moment, and immediately made a bold will.

"Your Majesty. "The three praise in unison.

"Chief An, I haven't seen you for a long time, how did you become like this?" Coincidentally, the cell where An Dafang was held happened to be the one where Zhang Da and Ge Er lived, and the moment the ghost walked into the cell, he was shocked, the chief of the guard who had a trick with him in Liufu and was heroic and extraordinary, but now his face was full of decadence, his beard was scum, and he seemed to be ten years old.

"It turned out to be a ghost brother, why are you here?" An Dafang only raised his head slightly and glanced at the ghost face, and lowered his head again: "Didn't you just go to the hall the day before yesterday?

"Hah!" Ghost Face sighed and spread his hands: "Dafang, what do you want? I came to let you out on the orders of Lord Zhi." ”

"I almost took twenty hits from him the day before yesterday, and now what's the reason for letting me out? Could it be that my case has already been clarified?" An Dafang stood up and stared at the ghost face.

"Da Fang, what do you think is really beautiful?" The ghost pat An Da Fang's shoulder: "It was Your Majesty's decree that you should not only investigate your own case, but also investigate the case of the fake tax officer." ”

"Brother ghost, what do you mean by this, you are confused about me. "An Dafang's mind is indeed a little confused at this moment.

"It's getting late today, so I'll take you to the bath and change your clothes for my brother first, and then go to the Drunken Wind Building to find a private room and slowly tell you about the situation. Ghost Face pointed to An Dafang's appearance, and almost couldn't help laughing.

In the west of Jinling City, three men wearing official uniforms with the word "tax" kept knocking on the wooden door of the bamboo fence on the wasteland with their hands: "Is there anyone in the voice?"

"A few poor masters, is there anything wrong with coming to my house so late?" Wang Ma heard the call outside the door, and hurriedly walked out of the thatched house with a cane.

"Is this your house?" the official at the head took the account book and looked through it for a while: "This land does not belong to you; you need to pay ten taels of land tax to the imperial court to repair the thatched hut here." ”

"This is just an uninhabited wasteland, and you have to pay taxes?" Wang Ma's kind voice was slightly dissatisfied: "This is the house that Miss Liu repaired, and the old body is also entrusted by her to live here to take care of a few children. ”

"I don't care what Miss Liu and Miss Li are for you, in short, everyone must abide by the laws of the imperial court. The officials behind shouted impatiently.

"There is no silver old body, what can I do when Miss Liu comes. As she spoke, Wang Ma was about to close the door of the bamboo fence.

"The dead old woman's mouth is quite hard, and she is looking for death. One of the officials bared his fangs, kicked open the wooden door, and entered.

"What are you going to do?" Wang Ma cried out in horror, "Come on, rob La." ”

"What the hell is howling, it's just too noisy. One of the officials pulled out a short dagger and stabbed it into Wang Ma's heart.

"Hmm, how did you kill her?" The official at the head frowned as he looked at Wang Ma, whose pupils were dilated and fell softly.

"Boss, this old woman is so noisy that I can't hold back my temper for a while. The official looked at the official who was the leader and spared his head honestly, and in his eyes, killing people was like playing a game.

"Wang Ma, you killed Wang Ma. Little Potato rushed out and roared, and the two little girls behind him were dumbfounded at this scene.

"There was a bunch of kids. The murderous official smiled sadly: "Boss, what do you think?"

"Cut the grass and eradicate the roots, and leave no one. The official at the head made a killing gesture, and instantly heard a few "poofs", and the three children were all in the end.

"Brother Dafang, Brother Ren, why are you so slow, Ning Shi has been waiting here for a long time. When An Dafang and Ghost Face stepped into the private room of Tianzi A in Zuifeng Building, they found that Liu Ningshi was already sitting at the table and waiting for them with a smile.

"Miss Liu, your brother has just come out of the Netherworld, you have to spend some effort to freshen up, otherwise how will you go out. The ghost face smiled and glanced at An Dafang with his eyes, and then glanced at the delicacies on the table, and sniffed lightly with his nose: "Jicheng roast duck, boiling water cabbage, jade belt shrimp, spicy tofu, the dishes in Zuifeng Lou are really changeable, but they are just 。。。。。。 ”

"It's just what?" Liu Ningshi was amazed when she heard it, and she was secretly proud in her heart, but she was doubted by one of them.

"Miss Liu comes from a famous family, and her control over the table is naturally perfect. Ghost Face looked at the steaming wine jug on the table: "This bamboo leaf green is also a mellow thing, but when I see this wine, I think of Murong Li's soft egg, which makes people angry; ”

"Brother Ghost's words are very much in line with me. Fang Cai An Dafang smelled the smell of bamboo leaf green's wine, and he couldn't help but applaud when he heard the ghostly words.

"I really don't understand what is so good about this wine. Liu Ningshi glanced at the two of them, and suddenly asked, "Why didn't Brother Xiangyun come?"

"Yes, I'm also asking that?" An Dafang was also puzzled.

"He's owed so many night shifts to his colleagues lately, and he has to pay them back. The ghost face shook the folding fan: "This will be estimated to be still going back and forth across the courtyard." ”

Pour less, the burning knife placed in the wine temperature A pungent smell of liquor permeated in the private room, and the ghost face took out the wine jug and poured a full bottle of wine for An Dafang's wine bottle first, and poured himself a glass: "Come on, come on, Dafang, let's drink this cup first." ”

"Ahh The two of them threw their necks up and drank it all, and the ghost face poured a full bottle of wine for the two of them and prepared to drink it again.

"Two brothers, can you drink less, we still have something to say. Liu Ningshi knocked on the table and glared at the two of them dissatisfied.

"Ning Shi is right, ghost brother, look?" An Dafang looked at the bottle of wine in his hand, and wanted to drink it again in his heart, but he was worried about Liu Ningshi's emotions, and looked at the ghost with an embarrassed face.

"Oh yes, it's easy to forget when you look at this drink, and it's a shame for Miss Liu to remind you. Ghost Noodles sandwiched a shrimp and put it in his mouth: "Da Fang, you can tell us what happened to Li Rat at that time." ”