Cheng Xiaolian also felt a little strange, it is understandable to say that he did not know people, but at the beginning, Confucius and Qin Yue had deliberated together, could it be that in just a few months of holding power alone, a virtuous official would become like this?

If you want to inquire about the news, of course, you have to go to places such as inns and restaurants, which are places where people in the city gather, and a lot of news can be revealed in small talk.

It's just that when they arrived at a restaurant, they could only smile bitterly, and the little two who greeted the guests had already fallen asleep leaning on the door frame, and it seemed that the business was really not very prosperous.

Yang Youcai shouted violently: "Hey, it's business!" ”

Xiao Er jumped up suddenly: "Please come in the guest officer!" Then he saw the number of people clearly, and reported to the inside: "Please ten masters!" ”

Cheng Xiaolian stepped into the restaurant, and saw that a two-story restaurant was empty, there was no one to eat, and the shopkeeper was listless, so he could only force a smiling face: "A few guest officers, what to eat?" ”

After Cheng Xiaolian and a few of them sat down, he coughed: "Why is the city like this?" Could it be a plague? It wasn't like that last time I was here. ”

The shopkeeper smiled bitterly: "It's much more serious than the plague, hey, look at my mouth, it has nothing to do with a few guest officers, or hurry up when you're full, it's not appropriate to stay here for a long time." ”

Cheng Xiaolian frowned: "Let's eat some food first, pick up the ones in your restaurant, and your silver is indispensable if you eat well." ”

"Okay." As he spoke, he shouted at the back kitchen: "First come to the four cold and four hot, and then pick up the seasonal meat and vegetables and fruits and serve them up." ”

As he spoke, he was about to go inside, but Cheng Xiaolian stretched out his hand to stop him: "Slow, shopkeeper, I have a problem, if I have something on my mind, I can't eat, tell me what's going on in the city?" ”

The shopkeeper just accepted a big business, but he didn't refuse: "Don't worry, this guest officer, wait for me to make you a pot of hot tea, and then talk about the things in the city slowly." ”

Then the shopkeeper walked to the back kitchen, and quickly brought out a pot of hot tea, and took the cup to make a cup of tea for one of the people present.

The shopkeeper found a chair and sat down: "Speaking of which, it was a few months ago, when an army entered the city and slaughtered the pacification envoy, and then replaced it with a new pacification envoy. This appeasement made the first two days of his official life still look like this, not only did he rehabilitate the previous unjust case, but a few days later he said that the imperial court was exempted from paying taxes for a year. ”

Speaking of this, he sighed: "But after a long time, I saw the hearts of the people, that is, a month ago, the appeasement made the old man suddenly change his temperament, and he robbed the people on the street, which is not counted, but everyone who does business is forced to pay three or four times the tax, and the vendors in those stalls at the door are still doing business, and some of them have some melons, vegetables, fruits and vegetables at home and sell them to subsidize the family, but as soon as the tax rises, they have to put money in it every day after selling melons and fruits, and within three or five days, they will all do nothing." ”

Cheng Xiaolian sneered: "This appeasement envoy is really killing chickens and taking eggs." ”

The shopkeeper pouted: "Who said no, in this way, the people in the city dare not go out, not only that, but the land of several villages has been expropriated, and the people of those villages have become homeless, and they have no land to plant overnight, and they want to go to the yamen to fight a lawsuit, but they are beaten back by the fierce officials." ”

Cheng Xiaolian glanced at the shopkeeper: "What does this appeasement envoy want to do?" ”

"Who dares to ask more about the affairs of the officials and masters, our restaurant is about to be unable to open, if a few masters come a few days late, it is estimated that there will not even be a place to eat."

At this time, the food had been delivered, and the shopkeeper arched his hand and returned to the counter, these people were ready to eat, and a brocade guard first ate all the dishes of various styles, and then nodded, and the people present could be regarded as moving their chopsticks.

Just when everyone had just eaten a few bites, Xiao Er at the door suddenly ran in: "It's broken, it's broken, those bad men from the yamen are here again, you guys should run quickly." Oh, it's too late to run, so you're ready to break the bank in a while. ”

Cheng Xiaolian snorted: "Isn't there a royal law in this world?" ”

"Oh, this lord, they are the king of the Li Zhou Pacification Division, don't be rash, otherwise people will be in prison and it will cost more money to get out."

At this time, a team of errands had already walked in: "Haha, Zou shopkeeper, business is good today." ”

Shopkeeper Zou could only smile bitterly and arch his hand: "A few poor masters, this kind of thing pays attention to the long flow of cash, if the guests are scared not to come to our Lizhou, where will they go to collect the money in the future." ”

The leading officer slammed the knife across the counter: "Old man Zou, don't you want to open a restaurant, do you, our brothers didn't charge you more money for the sake of their previous face, otherwise do you think your restaurant can still be opened?" ”

The shopkeeper Zou can only be silent, and at this time, if he talks about love, he will have to set himself on fire, and he can only sigh secretly, the world is declining, and the people's hearts are not ancient.

A few officers walked up to the table and sneered: "Yo, a few people, you have a good meal, you still eat when you see us coming, aren't you brave?" ”

Cheng Xiaolian picked up a piece of meat: "Usually you don't eat when your dog barks?" ”

The errand officer reacted for a while before he understood: "Liu Tou'er, he scolded us for being dogs!" ”

"I think you're tired of being crooked." Saying that the man known as Liu Tou was about to reach out and pull out the knife, Yang Youcai handed out a kick violently, only to hear a crisp sound, and then a scream like a pig: "Ah, it hurts me, my leg." ”

Yang Youcai said lightly: "It's just that the bones are broken, so spineless and still learn to bully people?" ”

All the officers present drew their knives: "Who are you?" Is it that the anti-thieves and the party ran into the city? Hurry up and stand facing the wall, or we're welcome, I'm 。。。。。。 ”

Before he finished speaking, he was choked back, because the eight brocade guards present had drawn their short crossbows from their waists, and within this distance, as long as they moved their fingers lightly, no one could run.

Yang Youcai said coldly: "Kneel." ”

"What did you say?"

"Ahh With a scream, a person had been shot in the arm by a crossbow arrow, and Yang Youcai said lightly: "I have a stinky problem, and I don't like to say it a second time." Do you understand? ”

These servants all knelt on the ground, scolding in their hearts for being unlucky, they didn't look at the yellow calendar when they went out today, and they actually encountered such a group of evil, it seems that they are killing people without blinking.

(End of chapter)