For the combat effectiveness of the special combat team, Ma Ming and others were deeply impressed.

Miao Cuilin's father and son saw Ma Ming and said excitedly: "County Lieutenant Ma, you saved us." ”

Ma Ming said with some shame: "Uncle Miao, it is not us who saved you, it is His Royal Highness the King of Qi." ”

"What?" Miao Cuilin's father and son were taken aback.

After Ma Ming told them the ins and outs of the matter, the two fathers and sons, especially Miao Cuilin, were deeply ashamed. He said: "Please take me to see the prince of Qi, the grass people have something to say." ”

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That night, Xue Rengui and others took Miao Cuilin's father and son and several kidnappers to the residence of Li You and others in Qishui County.

Seeing Li You, Miao Cuilin and his son were very grateful, and knelt on the ground to express their gratitude to Li You. Li You asked people to help them up, and said: "No thanks, I should save you, and I am also responsible for this matter, so that you can be wronged." ”

Seeing that the prince was so approachable, Miao Cuilin and his son were even more moved. Miao Cuilin said: "Lord Wang, if you have anything to ask, the grass people must tell the truth." ”

In order to reassure them, Li You said: "I know that in order to make a living, you sometimes have to do some smuggling things, and I promise that I will not be responsible for this matter." ”

Hearing this, Miao Cuilin and his son were even more relieved. So, they told Li You the secret between the notch and the river.

In order to pay less taxes, the notches would pay a fixed fee at the beginning of each month, which was equivalent to seventy percent of the cost of the state's river mileage, and they did not know how much of the river was stored and how much the officials privately divided.

Even so, the country's tax revenue has been reduced by three percent.

In addition, according to the size of the ship's carrying capacity, Caoyun also has to pay the ship tax, which is also paid according to the proportion of seventy. The country's tax revenues were also reduced by 30%.

The notch also has to pay a fee to the sailor of the river every month, and the sailor of the river will turn a blind eye to the entrainment of prohibited items on the Cao transport boat.

For these three kinds of fees paid by the notch, the river and the water division will not issue any bills. As for how they do it, the notch is not very clear.

When Miao Cuilin said this, Miao Xiting and the others were very angry. Ma Ming said: "I used to hear that it was very dark on the river, but I didn't expect it to be so powerful. ”

Miao Qingyun said angrily: "Actually, if this is the case, it will still be very beneficial to the boat owners. However, this is not the case at all. The officials were so greedy that they extorted the boatowners in a different way, for example, every three months, and they had to renew the boat's license, which would cost us a lot of money.

In addition, there will be various names on the river for us to donate, such as building ancestral halls, repairing official yamen, and so on. The sailors deliberately made things difficult for the shipowners, inspecting and even detaining the boats at will. There is a time limit for transportation, and if the arrival time of the employer is delayed, we will have to pay a fine. Therefore, we can only obediently take money to deal with them.

These various expenses are much more than the normal payment of taxes. ”

The more Miao Qingyun spoke, the more angry he became, and when he said that he was excited, his mouth began to purre, and he scolded: "These dog officials in the imperial court don't have a good thing. ”

With this scolding, he scolded all the court officials, including Li You, Miao Xiting and others.

Miao Cuilin hurriedly said, "Qingyun, what are you talking nonsense? ”

Miao Qingyun also realized that he had said the wrong thing, and hurriedly slapped him in the face and said, "Lord Wang, the grass people didn't say anything about you. You're a good person. ”

Li You smiled: "It's okay, you go on." ”

Miao Qingyun continued.

In the other rooms of this courtyard, Zhang Guigui, Xue Rengui, Hou Cheng and others were interrogating the kidnappers.

There were four kidnappers caught this time, including the messenger, the head of the guard, and two ordinary kidnappers.

The four kidnappers were tied to a makeshift manger, and after a whip, the men were so stubborn that they didn't even confess.

Zhang Guigui said: "Don't recruit it, please try non-punishment." ”

Everyone looked at Zhang Guigui in confusion, and Zhang Guigui smiled and said: "This non-punishment was taught to me by Su Guogong, and he said that no one can stand it, so I will try you today." ”

This is what Cheng Yanjin said when he was chatting in the Qi Palace. Many people have experienced that if you accidentally hit your nose, the pain can make a person cover their nose and turn in circles for a long time.

Zhang Guigui said: "Come on, go get a pair of chopsticks." ”

A special operator brought in several pairs of chopsticks.

Zhang Guigui said: "You put the big heads of the two chopsticks into their noses and poke them hard. ”

Hou Cheng was interested in this, he personally picked up a pair of chopsticks, inserted them into the nose of the guard leader, and stabbed them a few times, the blood in the nose of the guard leader flowed, and he shivered in pain. Soon he couldn't stand it anymore and begged for mercy: "If you are a hero, don't torture people, Lao Tzu recruited." ”

Hou Cheng held up two bloody chopsticks and said to the other kidnappers, "Do you want to try it too?" ”

When the kidnappers saw the two chopsticks, they felt their scalps tingle. They saw that the leader of the guards had recruited, so they also expressed their willingness to confess.

Soon after, Zhang Guigui and Xue Rengui came to see Li You with a confession written by the kidnappers. Zhang Guigui said proudly: "Brother You, these kidnappers are all hard bones, but I made a trick, and they all confessed obediently." ”

Li You smiled: "I know that you are powerful." Who are these people? ”

Zhang Guigui said: "The kidnappers are all officers and soldiers, and they were instructed by Sima Ma Wengui of Luoyang. ”

Miao Xiting asked, "Your Highness, what should I do next?" ”

Zhang Guigui said: "This is not simple, with these evidences, let's go directly to get someone, arrest this Sima Ma Wengui, interrogate it, and everything will be clear." ”

Li You shook his head and said, "These evidences are far from enough. After all, Ma Wengui is Sima of Yizhou, and the situation in Luoyang is very special, behind them is Xue Guogong, we can't act rashly.

The key issue now is that we need to grasp the real evidence of corruption on the river, and only in this way can we uproot the corrupt officials here. ”

Zhang Guigui said: "Brother You, don't analyze it anymore. Just say what's going to happen. ”

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