。 (Baidu Sowen Museum WwW.WxGuan.CoM) The two were talking, and Hu Zhutou came in to report that most of the people had dispersed, but there were still a group of people who knelt and did not leave.

"Why don't you leave?" Wei Zhixian asked.

"They knelt down that day to force the old man to sell his land, and they also drove the victims out of their homes." Hu Zhutou replied: "Maybe I feel that if I go back like this, I will be scolded to death by the neighbors, so I have to ask the lord for forgiveness." ”

"Let them kneel!" Wei Zhixian still has a grudge.

"Sir, let's meet them." Wang Xian hurriedly persuaded: "There is no need to be angry with the people. ”

"Hmph......" Wei Zhixian was also just talking angrily, so he asked Li Guan to call. After Li Guan arrived, he asked a few deputies to come in.

It was still a few old people from last time, but their expressions changed from full of grievances to full of shame, they knelt in front of Wei Zhixian, kowtowed vigorously to make amends, and cried: "We dog bite Lu Dongbin, we don't know the hearts of good people, I'm sorry for the old man......."

Since Wei Zhixian called them in, he naturally didn't give them a look on their faces. But there was a question, he had to know the truth, and said with a straight face: "Now you can say, who are they, right?" ”

"Yes, it's Li Yuanwai them," the old man didn't help the big families hide it anymore, but said hatefully: "They are not people, they obviously wait a few days for the food to arrive, but they lied to us that the grain ship in the county was detained in Suzhou, and they also instigated us to drive the victims out of their homes, and let us kneel in the county government...... This is to use us as spearmen, stabbing at the big man! ”

Wei Zhixian said in his heart, people let you die, you also go? Glancing at Li Guan on the side, Li Xingshu wrote the transcript and showed it to the old people, asking them to sign and draw on it.

Most of the old people have been lieutenants and are basically literate, and when they saw that it was the transcript of the confession just now, they made a mistake: "Can you not sign?" ”

"It's your responsibility not to sign." Li Guan said coldly: ""Blatantly disobeying the orders of the county, and gathering people to make trouble, has already violated the king's law, do you know the way?!" ”

"I sign, I sign......" How dare the old people offend Wei Zhixian again, they all signed and drew on the record, and those who couldn't write also pressed their handprints.

Wei Zhixian showed a kind smile and said: "Everyone, hurry up, you are also thinking about Fuyang's father, how can this official blame?" ”

The elderly were so relieved that they said they would not dare to do it anymore, and offered to ask the victims to go back to live and promise to treat them like their own family.

"Ha Lu, haha, yes, yes......" Wei Zhixian laughed happily, and said in his heart that he really had chess tendons and was full of life. It's so cool! "There will be more celebrations for the good people, and the old people will be blessed with a long life!"

The old people thanked them for their kindness, and in the afternoon of the same day, they invited all the victims back. Whether it is out of guilt or the pressure of survival is reduced, in the following days, there was no friction between the people of Fuyang and the victims, and even many families lived in a relationship and formed a family, of course, this is a later story......

The Li family is still in the industry, and the atmosphere of confusion and anxiety is still strong, but it has reached the most critical moment, so we can't sit still. You have no choice but to strengthen your spirit and discuss countermeasures.

"Ladies and gentlemen, there is more than one Fuyang County in Zhejiang Province, and the grain prices in all counties are high." Li Yuanwai gritted his teeth and said: "You can't sell rice in this county, we can sell it elsewhere!" ”

"Sell to other counties...... everyone's eyes lit up, but then they said gloomily: "There is no impermeable wall in the world, and other counties will soon know what happened in Fuyang, and the price of grain will definitely fall, and we will even lower the price to death, and it would be good to be able to sell it for two taels and one stone." ”

"Hurry up, before the news spreads, you can still sell it at a high price." Li Yu said: "We go to Chun'an County to sell, the price of grain there is five taels and one stone, and it should be no problem for us to sell three taels and five!" ”

"That's right." Everyone nodded and said, they can only be a dead horse doctor, rather than being trapped alive by the county, it is better to go to another county to fight...... Now they don't want to make a lot of money, they just want to get back to their roots.

So he hurriedly split up, loaded the full warehouse with grain, waited until the third watch, and quietly set off to the Xin'an River.

Tonight the moon and stars are scarce, the waves are not shining, the side of the ship breaks the water, making a slight noise, and the cool breeze brings the fragrance of reeds.

In order to get to Chun'an as soon as possible, several outsiders personally escorted the boat. At this time, on one of the ships, the cabin was like a bean, and the atmosphere was very low. A few people outside were eating and drinking and whispering......

"Even if it goes well this time, I won't make any money. If you don't make money, you will lose, and our loss is certain. Yu drank a glass of strong wine outside the staff, and his tears came out, "There is such a big joke." ”

"yes." Several members nodded gloomily and said, "I knew that the Lu Dao Government could buy rice from Huguang, and we wouldn't do this if we were killed." ”

"Actually, if we make a few days earlier, we can still make a lot of money, but some people are just ......" someone said angrily: "Too greedy and insufficient!" Let's wait, wait, and something finally happens. ”

"I don't think he's thinking about us at all, he wants to pull us and fight with the county magistrate." Another person said angrily: "Wei Zhixian is such a ruthless character, it's too late to avoid him, why do you have to provoke him?" ”

Everyone thought so, but Yu Yuanwai was worried: "Be quiet, it's not good for Brother Li to hear it." ”

"What are you afraid of, he's not on our ship." But the man didn't care, "Besides, what if you hear it?" I'm not going to get involved with him anymore. ”

"yes. Now I hope that this time it will be smooth and smooth, buy back the ancestral 200 acres of land, and live a life in An'an, and no longer follow the foolishness. Others also chimed in.

Under the heavy pressure of the staff, everyone already has their own ideas, and he is also the leader, and he wants to say a few words to unite people's hearts, so he said: "Everyone, victory and defeat are common things in soldiers, with the strength of Meng De, there is still defeat and Huarong Road, but ......"

"But it's not all about Yun Chang every time!" Obviously, this time the blow to the squires was even greater than imagined. Although they are still following Li Yuanwai's pace due to inertia, they no longer have the slightest fighting spirit in their hearts.

'Alas......' Yu couldn't help but sigh secretly outside the staff, the people's hearts were scattered, the defeat was decided, and he was about to say a few more futile words, when he suddenly heard a whistle outside, breaking the silence of the night.

Immediately afterwards, the sound of gongs, drums, shouts and curses rang out, and the river was like a boiling pot.

"What's wrong?" Li Yuanwai was in a bad mood, ignored anyone, and pretended to sleep in the cabin, and rushed out as soon as he heard the voice, "Did you meet the water bandits?" ”

"No, it's the Inspection Division!" The captain of the boat turned pale and said, "Let's stop the ship and check." ”

Li Yuanwai looked at it and saw that the torches on the river were shining in the sky, and on the fast boats, they were all carrying lanterns with black letters on a white background, and the word 'inspection' was written on them!

"Didn't you say hello to Inspector Zhao, won't they patrol the river tonight?" On the other boat, Yu Yuanwai said anxiously: "How ......?"

"Hit the mark!" Li Yuanwai's face was whiter than a lantern, and he hissed: "People have been waiting for us for a long time......

The grain ship was heavy and slow, and in front of the clippers of the Inspection Division, they didn't even have the idea of escaping, and of course they didn't dare to resist...... They all have families and mouths, who dares to kill officials and rebel? I could only watch as a dozen clippers approached closely.

In the national dynasty, all towns and cities, and key points in the pass were set up with inspection divisions, which were under the jurisdiction of the county order, and their prefects were called patrol inspectors, and the rank was nine products, similar to the police stations of later generations. There are dozens or hundreds of archers under its jurisdiction, and they have the responsibility of arresting smugglers and arresting thieves, and inspecting them without a way out.

The county's inspection department is located in Dongzi Pass, which is tightly choked into and out of the waterway of Fuyang, but if you go west by boat, you must pass through this water pass. At this time, I saw that the torches were turned off, the bows on the water tower were holding rockets, and the three iron locks on the river were pulled up, and any boat could not even think of passing.

The clippers of the inspection department surrounded the grain boats, and the soldiers shouted with a bow: "The inspection department boards the ship for inspection, everyone lies on the deck, and those who get up will be killed!" ”

In this era, the armament has not been abolished, even if it is a village militia, the bow and arrow are very accurate. Even if it wasn't allowed, no one dared to joke with their lives, and all the people on the boat obediently lay down, even a few outsiders.

The black light is blind, and the archers can't tell the difference, are you Li Yuanwai or Li Laosan......

Inspector Zhao personally led people on board, he was tall, wearing a nine-grade official uniform and a long horse face, which was also quite majestic. Standing still on the ship, his eyes swept over the people lying on the deck, and said coldly, "What are you doing?" ”

This happened to be the boat where Li Yuanwai was, the boat boss looked at Li Yuanwai, Li Yuanwai shook his head, motioned for him to speak, and the boat boss had to speak: "Zhao Ye, it's me." ”

Inspector Zhao took the lantern, squinted at it, and scolded with a smile: "It turned out to be Boss Chen, you don't sleep in the dark, what are you doing?" ”

"The villain is the one who transports goods to people." The boat boss laughed with him, got up, took out a pile of treasure money from his arms, and stuffed it into Inspector Zhao's hand.

"What kind of goods are being transported, and they have to be transported secretly in the middle of the night?" Zhao inspected but did not answer.

"This ...... It's food. The boat boss swallowed and foamed.

"Grain?!" Inspector Zhao's tone immediately became stern: "You are also an old runner, don't you know that there is an order in this county, grain is only allowed to enter and not go out, and not a grain of rice is allowed to flow out of Fuyang!" ”

"I don't know what to do......," the boat boss said, curling his neck.

"There's no way, the county lord has a strict order, and our inspection department must implement it." Inspector Zhao said in a deep voice: "Buckle!" ”

"Wait." Li Yuanwai finally couldn't help it, got up from the ground and said, "These grains are mine!" ”

"It turned out to be Li Yuanwai." Inspector Zhao hurriedly clenched his fists and said: "I didn't know that the Daoist was on the boat, and he was rude." ”

"It's okay, Lord Zhao has worked tirelessly, of course we have to cooperate." Li Yuanwai said lightly: "I know the ban in the county. However, at this time and then, now that there is Huguang rice, there is no longer a shortage of grain, and this ban is meaningless. ”

"Hehe, there's no point in saying that another matter." Inspector Zhao shook his head categorically and said, "But if the ban is not lifted, the lower officials can't let you go." ”。