There is only one room left in the inn, not to mention the difference between men and women, even four men can't squeeze in. Qi Tian said: "Flower girl, you go and rest first." Hua Yu asked, "What about you and the old-timers?"

Bai Wuchang said: "Let's just find a place, and we can just spend one night." "For other people, it is not so easy to sacrifice oneself for others. But at present, these two people are both disciples of the "Spring Breeze Pavilion", and Hua Yu is the nephew of Hua Langying, just like his juniors.

The shopkeeper suddenly said: "If you don't dislike it, you can use the table to share the table, and it will be one night." But you have to get up early tomorrow morning, and if other customers see it, they think that the shop is not particular. ”

Qi Tianxi said: "Thank you for the shopkeeper." We still pay for the house, which is more or less included in the deposit. ”

The controlling wave of his hand said: "The small shop has been operating until now, and it is about a 'clear price, no bullying of children'." You two don't live in a hotel, so you can't count your room money. spread it out, but it doesn't smash the signboard of the little old. ”

Xiaorui interjected: "You boss is really strange, isn't it good to make more money? ”

The shopkeeper said with a wry smile: "Xiao Laoben has an only son, who joined the army more than ten years ago, and there was news when he first left, but since seven years ago, there has been no news." The two of us are left with enough food to eat. The night breeze swept into the shop, blowing the lights flickering and flickering, reflecting on his face, which looked very bleak.

Qi Tian asked: "I don't know the most Linglang Zun's surname?" He was afraid of people's suspicions, and explained: "In the lower walking rivers and lakes, there are also some friends in the camp, and on the way, I can not only pay attention to the shopkeeper, but also help you inquire about one or two." ”

The shopkeeper said with great joy: "Thank you, son." The dog's surname is Jin Rong, the gold of the five elements, and the Rong of Zhengrong. ”

Hua Yu and Xiao Rui went back to the room to rest. Bai Wuchang unwrapped the package, put it on the table, and said with a smile: "Lao Bai, I'm a little tired, so I won't accompany you." He fell on the bench, pillowed his hands, crossed Erlang's legs, and closed his eyes.

The shopkeeper said: "If the son goes to return the lost property, you have to be careful, if you are arrested, don't treat you as a thief, and it will be difficult to argue with you." ”

Bai Wuchang closed his eyes and said, "Shopkeeper, have you always been so old-fashioned?"

The shopkeeper was stunned, he didn't know what people meant, so he had to say: "Open the door to do business, everyone has it, and the little old man can usually say one less sentence and never say one more word." It's just that this son is kind and kind-hearted, and he said a few more words, but he talked too much. ”

Qi Tian's heart warmed slightly, and said, "Thank you for the kindness of the shopkeeper." Before he met Bai Jingtian, he was sleepy on the journey, and sometimes he was so hungry and thirsty that he was forced to eat a lot of white food. Although some stores are fists and kicks, more stores are happy to let him write an IOU, although he has it in mind, people don't think about it.

Qi Tian secretly kept the name "Jin Rong" in his heart, carried the two bags of jewelry, asked the direction of the mansion, and went out.

When it was near, the long street was empty, and the moonlight was like water, sprinkled on the street, as if it had been plated with a layer of mercury.

Qi Tian followed the instructions of the shopkeeper, went out to the east and crossed two streets, turned left and went in, walked Lixu, and then turned right to a street, went straight for about 80 steps, a mansion in front, the plaque on the door was written "Qishan County Ya" four block letters, and the fire was bright inside.

As a marquis, although Qi Tian is only an idle post and does not participate in court politics, he is also familiar with the structure of various provinces. He jumped up the wall and slipped along the roof of the cloister all the way to the council chamber.

I only heard the voice of a woman below crying: "It's over, it's over, it's all over." With a "bang", it seemed that the porcelain had been broken.

A man's voice said angrily: "Rice buckets, they are all a group of rice buckets! So many people have even let people steal to the yamen." ”

Another man's voice said calmly: "Recently, the vision of Qishan has attracted countless high-rollers from the rivers and lakes to flock to it. ”

The woman stopped crying and sneered: "The master is dying, and the master is breathing." It's no wonder that it's not your own things that are stolen, so naturally you won't be heartbroken. ”

The person who was called Master said lightly: "The matter has happened, and we can't get it back in a hurry." ”

The woman sneered: "Then according to the master's opinion, how can we get it back?" The master wants to send people to search the whole city, and you don't agree, master, do you just sit and wait for the stolen things to grow wings and fly back?"

The master said: "If it is usually stolen, the third watch in the middle of the night will send people to search door to door, of course, there is great hope." But now in extraordinary times, hundreds of people from the rivers and lakes who come to Qishan, these people are unruly one by one, and it is inevitable that there will be other branches. At that time, there will be heavy casualties, and it is one thing to turn back if you can't find something, if the above is held accountable, the lord will be struggling to deal with it, and he will only be afraid that the gains will outweigh the losses. ”

The county lord was silent, obviously thinking so. The woman said, "Since the search can't be done, let's find another way, what's the point of sitting like this?"

The master groaned and said, "When the master issues a notice tomorrow morning, it will say that there is a theft of a private house, and anyone who enters the city gate will be searched." Although those people in the rivers and lakes do not want to see the government, they will not openly resist in broad daylight, and there will be conflicts, and they cannot kill officers and soldiers. However, if the old man's stolen property is really stolen by the people in the rivers and lakes, the hope of recovering it is very slim. ”

The county lord gritted his teeth and said: "These rebellious ministers and thieves, if they commit crimes in the hands of this official, they must be made to look good." ”

The master said: "The master doesn't have to be too angry, those things outside the body, when these people in the rivers and lakes disperse, there are 5,612 households in Qishan, 19,803 people, each of them can make up for the loss of the master, and maybe there is a surplus." ”

When the woman heard him, she was in a good mood, and said with a chuckle: "The master is still resourceful, no wonder the master values you so much." ”

The master hurriedly said: "Since the death of the ancient scholar as a confidant, thanks to the love of the master, Wang should do his best and die." ”

The county lord also smiled: "Master Wang is loyal, and this mansion is reluctant to let you die." According to what Master Wang said, you will be counted as one percent in the future, but I don't know what good plan Master has to let these people dedicate themselves?"

Master Wang said: "The types of taxes and tax rates are all set by the household department, and it is not a small danger to increase taxes without authorization." The situation in the west is unstable today, and there is a big war at any time. The lord can levy Ding according to the household, and if there is a household, it is really difficult to draw Ding, and he can use his capital as appropriate. Thinking that the road to the west is far away, and the war is dangerous, how many people are willing to die? ”

The county lord hesitated and said: "If there is a Diao people who go to Beijing to denounce, I am afraid that you and I will suffer a lot of crimes?"

Master Wang said: "This section of Xiaosheng has long thought that the so-called thin water flows for a long time, and the Ding capital collected by the master will be taken out and handed over. The lord is diligent in state affairs, and the court will not be sealed, and he will not cut off his own financial routes. ”

The county master laughed and said, "High, high, the master is wonderful!" The woman said: "With the assistance of the master, why should the master worry about the wealth and fortune." It is said that gold is easy to get, but it will be difficult to find, but it is vain and short-sighted!"

Suddenly, a delicate female voice said: "Daddy, the common people are already paying a lot of taxes, and according to what Master Wang said, I don't know how many people are going bankrupt." ”

Qi Tian's voice was quite familiar, and he couldn't remember seeing it there for a while. I only heard the county lord say in a deep voice: "You are a girl, what do you know?"

The delicate female voice said: "Daddy wrote a couplet in the government last year, and the daughter was very happy, and recited from time to time, 'If you get an official, you will not be honored, and if you lose an official, you will not be dishonored, and if you don't say that an official is useless, the place depends on an official; 'What my father is doing now, using himself as a knife and treating the people as fish and meat, can he not live up to his words?'

The county magistrate shouted: "Presumptuous!" The delicate female voice continued: "Daddy is high, those ordinary people are cheap in your eyes, but countless violent powers in history were finally defeated in the hands of those untouchables who were forced to helpless. If Daddy insists on this, the daughter is only afraid that Daddy's brilliant future will be ruined. ”

The woman's voice before suddenly said, "You insisted on moving out of the mansion before, and when you come back tonight, don't you go back on your word?"

The delicate female voice was choked by the woman. Qi Tian listened to the silence in the hall for a moment, and then the sobbing sound of the delicate female voice sounded, very aggrieved.

The woman said, "Let's say that when you were bathing, you were broken into by gangsters, and you were uneasy, so you went back to your house to take refuge." Anyway, you are a yellow flower girl, and you are seen by a man, you should kill yourself to prove your name, how can you still have the face to come back?"

The delicate female voice screamed and said in horror, "You...... How do you... How do you know?" she paused and said, "Did Xiaolan say that?"

The woman said, "If you don't want anyone to know, you can't do it unless you do." The delicate female voice said, "Does the aunt want to force Hongmei to die?"

The woman said coldly: "Life and death are small, but fame and festival are big." You have also read poetry and books, and you know which is more important. ”

The delicate voice said weakly: "Daddy, what about you, are you the same as the eldest lady thinks?" Qi Tian only heard a soft sound of "Gege", thinking that the girl was gritting her teeth.

I heard the girl say, "Okay, since you also want your daughter to die, then your daughter should give you back her life as you wish." ”

Qi Tian was angry and anxious, and said loudly: "Compared to the thieves, you are the madman, the rebels and thieves!"

The county master, the master Wang, and the eldest lady all exclaimed: "Who is it?" Qi Tian jumped down from the roof, and the person was in mid-air, stretched out his hand on the eaves, and swung into the hall.

The soft-spoken woman met her and was taken aback, "It's you!"

Qi Tian followed the prestige, only to see that the girl was in her teenage years, wearing a carved silk mud gold and silver Ruyi cloud pattern satin, with a long skirt embroidered with juan yarn and gold silk, a long black hair, only a colored silk tied with delicate facial features, fair skin, eyes like a pool of clear water, Gu Pan has his own elegant and noble temperament, it is the girl who was teased by Qiu Benwan and broke into the attic to bathe.