The Zhuge family came to Pengcheng under the coercion of Xu Huang, and was placed in a post house, and after resting, they could be released in the coming day.

Zhuge Jin was quite panicked because Xu Huang had said that he had broken the law, and he tossed and turned on the couch at night, counting sheep and cows, but no matter how he tossed, Zhuge Jin just couldn't sleep.

In the end, Zhuge Jin had to put on a robe and get up, walked out of his room, came to the next room, raised his hand and knocked softly on the door.

"Second brother, are you asleep?"

When I was young, I saw the door "creak" and be opened.

Zhuge Jin's second brother, the child Zhuge Liang, rubbed his hazy sleepy eyes, and said to Zhuge Jin outside the door: "Brother, come in, my brother didn't sleep." ”

"It's all like this, and I still say I haven't slept." Zhuge Jin smiled and pinched Zhuge Liang's little face, and walked into the house.

Zhuge Jin walked to the side of the case, poured two mouthfuls of clear water, raised his head and drank one, and pushed the other one to Zhuge Liang.

"Second brother, I can't sleep for my brother."

Zhuge Liang was very strange: "Brother, why can't you sleep?" ”

Zhuge Jin shook his head and said, "You are still too young to understand." That Taiping Gongzi made it clear that he was targeting our Zhuge family, what kind of person is his brother on weekdays, and you also know the second brother, who will break the law in the world, and I, Zhuge Jin, will definitely not! Rao is like this, the potter can still find out my guilt, it is really well-intentioned, and it is clear that he wants to deliberately deal with our Zhuge family, we are now in the wolf's den, and I don't know what the blessings and disasters will be in the future. ”

Zhuge Liang sat down opposite Zhuge Jin, although he was young and cute, he looked very calm in his gestures, not at all like the performance of a child who was only ten years old.

"Brother, brother doesn't think so, I think the reason why the son surnamed Tao is so strong to keep us is not to find trouble with us, he may just want to let the people in our clan come out."

"Out of office?"

Zhuge Liang nodded, and said: "My brother has a feeling, he is very likely to fall in love with your brother's talent, so he wants to leave you in Xuzhou for some reason. ”

Zhuge Jin heard this: "If this is the case, then this matter is easy to say." If he is my talent in the truth, it is a big deal to stay here for my brother, and the second brother, you and the third brother and the clansmen will go to Yuzhang with your uncle, so as to avoid the war in the Central Plains. ”

When Zhuge Liang heard this, he bit his lip tightly, and his small eyes seemed to be a little moist for a moment.

"Brother, if that's the case, won't you have to be separated from our whole family? Alone in a foreign land......"

Zhuge Jin laughed, waved his hand and said, "For the sake of our family, is there anything that your eldest brother can't do?" What is so difficult about the pain of separation? Second brother, when you grow up in the future and encounter such a thing, you will inevitably make the same choice as your eldest brother. ”

Speaking of this, I saw Zhuge Jin sigh and said: "Second brother, you are naturally smart, and when you grow up, your intelligence will definitely be a hundred times better than that of your brother, with you, our Zhuge clan will prosper in the future, and the eldest brother has nothing else to ask for now, I just want to shield you and the third brother from the wind and rain, and I hope you will grow up quickly." ”

Xiao Zhuge Liang listened to Zhuge Jin's words, and his eyes couldn't help but turn a little red.

Can the eldest brother make a decision to stay in a foreign land alone for the safety of the people in the clan, and replace me? Can I do it?

That night, the two brothers slept in this room in the inn.

……

……

In the early morning of the second day, Zhuge Jin and Zhuge Liang had just finished cleaning up, and the post house ushered in two unexpected guests.

Potter and Guo Jia.

Zhuge Xuan heard that the potter was coming, and hurriedly came out to confront the potter.

"Tao Fujun, you sent someone to bring our entire clan from Houqiu to this Pengcheng, I don't know what you want?"

Zhuge Xuan's face turned red, obviously very angry.

But the potter smiled, and was not angry at all.

The so-called reaching out and not hitting the smiling person, the attitude of the potter made Zhuge Xuan's anger nowhere to go, as if it was hit on cotton, and there was no follow-up.

"Zhuge Gong, Tao didn't deliberately target you, but there was a case on his nephew, which needed to be personally reviewed and verified by Tao, if I asked, but it was a lie, then Tao would definitely send someone to send the entire Zhuge Gong family to Yuzhang, and he would be guilty of asking his nephew."

As soon as he heard this, Rao is Zhuge Xuan was extremely confident in his nephew's character, and he couldn't help but panic a little at the moment.

What kind of evidence did this little brute surnamed Tao have caught my nephew?

The pottery merchant walked in front of Zhuge Jin, looked him up and down a few times, and said, "Brother Zhuge is the word Ziyu?" ”

One sentence asked Zhuge Jin a little bit of a second monk who was confused.

Zhuge Jin was puzzled, but his face was very respectful, and he said: "Back to Taofujun's words, Jin is indeed the word Ziyu." ”

The potter smiled and nodded, and said, "In this way, Brother Zhuge is already a crown ceremony, right?" ”

Zhuge Jin became more and more puzzled in his heart, and then said: "Exactly." Jin is due to the turmoil in the family, and the crown ceremony is early, it has been three years. ”

"Oh." The smile on the potter's face became more and more profound: "Then do you have a mother-in-law at home?" ”

Zhuge Jin didn't know why, but Xiao Zhuge Liang behind him suddenly woke up in his heart.

The child had the heart to remind his brother, but in front of the potter, he didn't know how to speak.

Zhuge Jin was very puzzled in his heart...... Is there something wrong with this surnamed Tao? They kidnapped me from Houqiu all the way to ask me if I was married?

"Back to the house, Jin is not married yet."

The potter nodded, and said, "Then which girl have you asked for a lottery or a name?" ”

Zhuge Liang couldn't hold back at the moment, and hurriedly said: "Yes!" ”

The potter raised his eyebrows and turned his head to look at Zhuge Liang with a grin.

But seeing that this kid has clear eyebrows and cute appearance, he is faintly impatient at the moment, as if he has understood his intentions.

"You're Zhuge Liang, right?" There seemed to be a glint in the potter's eyes, as terrifying as a vicious dog seeing bones.

The young Zhuge Liang seemed to be a little cramped in the face of the potter, and said in a low voice: "The student is exactly. ”

"Okay, you just said that your brother has asked for a name, but which girl is it?"

In one sentence, Zhuge Liang was asked, and he didn't know how to answer.

Zhuge Jin pulled Zhuge Liang back, blocked him behind him, and said respectfully: "The younger brother is young, he talks casually, and I ask Tao Fujun not to blame, Jin has not accepted the color with anyone so far, and has asked for a name." ”

"Huh."

The potter was happy now: "Count you on the road!" Be lenient in confession, strict in resisting! In this way, Tao caught you back, it is not a misunderstanding, Zhuge Jin, you have been crowned for three years, although you have a filial piety period, you can't get married, but after the filial piety period, you still refuse to ask for a name, do you have any opinions on the policy of my Han court? ”

In a word, Zhuge Jin was suddenly stupid.

I'm not married...... Has it risen to the level of dissatisfaction with the policies of the Great Han?

"Tao Fujun, what do you mean by that?"

The potter touched the bridge of his nose with his hand and turned his head to give Guo Jia a look.

Guo Jia cleared his throat, walked up, and said: "Brother Zhuge , according to the Han law, there are fifteen unmarried people in the clan, and they need to pay one hundred and twenty yuan of head tax every year, until they go through the six ceremonies to get married, the tax paid by your clan has not been this item for three years, when you read your crown ceremony, it is because of the death of your father that you need to keep filial piety, so you can not pay the poll tax during the filial piety period, but according to the household registration records of Yangdu County, your filial piety period has passed this year, and you should pay the unmarried tax of one hundred and twenty yuan this year!" Therefore, you Zhuge Jin are now guilty of tax evasion! ”

The potter was beside him, and nodded heavily: "Zhuge Jin, you actually dare to owe the imperial court a single tax?" Great rebellion! ”

After saying a word, I saw Zhuge Xuan and Zhuge Jin's uncle and nephew suddenly like a lightning strike, frozen in place, looking at the potter and Guo Jia in disbelief.

This is also too special...... Fuck it.

After a while, he saw Zhuge Xuan hesitantly stepping forward, and whispered to Tao Shang: "Tao Fujun, Jin'er's unmarried poll tax, Yangdu County Zun, has never taken the initiative to ask my Zhuge family for ......."

"Joke!" The potter raised his eyebrows, and criticized and educated dissatisfiedly: "Zhuge Xuan! Look at what you said, it's insulting to the family style of the Shi clan! My Han law is here, how can it be that you can't pay it because of the side reasons? If he doesn't accept it, won't you take the initiative to pay it? Where is your personal initiative? ”

In a word, he almost didn't faint Zhuge Xuanqi.

Or personal initiative? Can you talk with a little face?

This little calf!

Zhuge Jin settled down, walked in front of the pottery merchant, and arched his hand: "Tao Fujun, Jin's one hundred and twenty yuan of tax money, I am willing to follow the laws of the imperial court and double the compensation, and I also ask the prince of the palace to give amnesty outside the law and forgive Jin this time." ”

When the potter heard this, he sighed and shook his head, and said: "If you come a few days earlier, I may be able to stop you for you, but now it's too late, you don't owe taxes, I have been to Chang'an a few days ago, and reported to the Tingwei Mansion in Beijing, this case is very important, the court and the Tingwei Mansion attach great importance to it, Chang'an has issued a document, and you should treat this matter as a typical serious treatment, Zhuge Jin, this matter is no longer a matter that can be solved by repaying the money, I am afraid that I will not be able to help you." ”

When Zhuge Jin heard this, the muscles on his cheeks twitched.

What do you mean that I am not married, and you reported it to the court? …… The court still attaches great importance to the fuck?

The court's special mother's idle fart!?

Are you stupid or am I stupid?!

The potter was unimpressed by Zhuge Jin's dark expression, and continued: "Zhuge Jin, you are really big! I think you're going to finish, according to the analysis of Tao's acquaintances in the court, the court has already stared at you because of this matter! Tell me for yourself, how do you think this matter should be solved? ”

Zhuge Jin lowered his head and didn't say anything, not because he didn't want to speak, but because he couldn't say it angrily.

Zhuge Xuan trembled even more angrily, and said tremblingly: "As the head of a county, Tao Gongzi doesn't think about how to govern the people and strengthen the army, but he cares about these small things here? Aren't you ashamed? ”

After listening to Zhuge Xuan's words, Guo Jia, who was behind the pottery merchant, stood up and said with a smile: "Zhuge Gong doesn't like to listen to this, the law is no big or small, it is also loyal to the country, it is loyal to the army and rich people, and it is also loyal to the court to recover taxes. ”

The potter also raised his eyebrows, and said angrily: "Zhuge Xuan! Where did you hear what I just said! Are you still justified in tax evasion? I am now seriously critical of you! ”

"Woo......" Zhuge Xuanwen was speechless.

Guo Jia can be eloquent, quick thinking, looking at the world there are few opponents, the potter is even more invincible, with Zhuge Xuan's two times, he is not the opponent of the two of them.

With Guo Jia's help, the potter feels that he no longer has to rely on his own thinking and planning to deal with things as before.

Even when they played hooliganism, the two of them seemed much more handy than they were at the beginning.

This is called brainstorming, the collision of ideas.

The pottery merchant continued to question: "Zhuge is a Langya scholar, and Zhuge Jin is a rare young scholar, he doesn't know how to set an example for the people, but he evades taxes, dare to ask Zhuge Gong, Tao takes him to ask him, but what's wrong?" ”