"Master, what should I do?" Looking at the door that slammed shut, the servants outside were dumbfounded.

"Alas......" Chao Tianjiao didn't know that this was someone else taking revenge on himself. But who knew that Lu Dao was the son of Wang Xingye, and who knew that Lu Dao Li Sheng could fall in a blink of an eye? Two ways of knowing, he didn't turn Wang Xian away at the beginning.

"It's so unusual, who does he think he is? The household secretary didn't dare to do this to us! The long-term workers said indignantly.

"Alas, who let the young master ......" Seeing Chao Tianjiao's gloomy face, Changgong's voice became smaller and smaller, "What about other people's tricks......"

It turned out that Chao Tianjiao's son Chao Cai sat at home, disaster fell from the sky, and he was inexplicably caught in a lawsuit......

The Chao family business, there is a house in Shangxinxiang, a manor in the countryside, and in the autumn harvest season, Chao Cai lives in the manor and works with long-term workers.

This kind of country manor has always been quiet, but yesterday morning, when the long-term workers got up to work, they found dead bodies lying in the yard where the grain was dried......

Chao Cai was called to come and see that he was a dead beggar, he was not a professional, so he had no way to judge the cause of death and the time of death, so he could only guess that he might have climbed over the wall and wanted to steal food, but he fell ill and died.

Chao Cai secretly screamed bad luck, and discussed with the old workers what to do? Some people said that of course they reported to the official, but others said that the person died in our yard, and the official couldn't say clearly, but he was afraid that he would be ripped off!

Chao Cai had heard that the official officials of the government were the most hooligans, and whenever such a murder case occurred, he did not investigate, first pointed out the rich families with no background near the dead bodies as suspects, and then detained them for extortion. Those rich people who are detained, even if they break their wealth and eliminate disasters, will inevitably be imprisoned, and the unlucky ones will be indiscriminately punished.

The more Chao Cai thought about it, the more frightened he became, and together with a few old workers, he decided to transport the dead body far away and throw it away, so as not to cause trouble.

After making up their minds, the workers carried the corpse onto the cart and covered it with straw mats. Before dawn, the two long-term workers drove out of the manor.

In the morning, Chao Cai was restless, staring at Zhuangkou, waiting for the two long-term workers to come back. waited until the evening, and the two long-term workers came back, but they were tied up with five flowers, and they were escorted over by the group of people and the people.

'Bad ......' Chao Cai chuckled in his heart, and hurriedly stepped forward surrounded by all the long-term workers, and said again and again: "You are invited, these two people are my family workers, they are innocent, and they have no criminal ......."

"Phew! Murderers dare to claim innocence? The leader was Zhang Mazi, the deputy head of the county, who sneered and said: "Someone saw with their own eyes that they were digging pits in the reeds and burying the dead!" ”

"The poor master misunderstood." Chao Caixin said why was he so inched that he was actually seen? I had to tell the truth, saying that the body was found in my yard this morning, and because I was afraid of getting into trouble, I asked the long-term worker to smuggle it out of the house.

"If nothing else, if the beggar is sick and goes out of business, you should notify the lieutenant governor and ask the government to come to the autopsy before burying it!" Zhang Mazi sneered: "If you are sneaky, you must have harmed people's lives, and you were afraid that you would be investigated by the government, so you let the accomplices destroy the corpse!" With a wave of his hand, he quickly put the chain on Chao Cai's head.

Chao Cai even cried out for wrongdoing, and the long-term workers also argued, but they were arrested by the officials, and searched the manor again, and found a number of knives and guns, as well as bows and arrows...... This is all prepared by the manor to prevent theft, and it is all regarded as evidence of crime at this moment.

When the official pressed the suspect to return, Chao Tianjiao rushed to hear the news and begged the master to let his son Ma go. The money for legs and feet, wine and food was ten times more generous than usual.

Zhang Mazi smiled at his filial piety, hugged his fists and said: "Be fair and don't panic, we didn't say that the person was killed by your son, and it was the master's business to identify the murderer." Let Ling Gongzi go with us, and make sure it is not difficult for him. ”

Because it is the government's power to detain the suspects, Chao Tianjiao has no choice but to let them go back to the city.

Back at home, Chao Tianjiao packed up the bag of silver and asked the long-term workers to pull him into the county seat. He is also an old man, how can he not know that there must be something strange about this matter? There is a saying that 'imperial power does not go to the countryside', unless there is a case, the official will not wander in the countryside, how could it be so coincidental that he happened to meet the long-term worker who went to bury the corpse?

After staying in a hotel on Yaqian Street, he went around to get in touch with each other, and finally learned the truth from a certain warden in the torture room, it turned out that he had offended Wang Xingye's son, and someone was angry for the old boss.

Chao Tianjiao found Ma Dianshi, who was in charge of the prison in the county, and asked him to release him, who knew that Ma Dianshi said, your son was arrested, and Zhuangzi searched for a sword, without the trial of the county master, who would dare to release him?

Chao Tianjiao asked him to make peace on his behalf, but Ma Dianshi said: "I said yes, but the county lord refused to let go." ”

"Why?" Chao Tianjiao said dumbfounded.

"Since the county lord took office, he has collected taxes seriously for the first time, and he really hopes to get a good start and look good in front of his boss. Who knew that you actually hid and didn't see the official who came to the door, didn't you want to demolish the county master? Ma Dianshi said with a 'you are old and confused' expression: "Now that Ling Lang is in his hands, do you think you can easily release him?" ”

"Can't ......," Chao Tianjiao said bitterly.

"Isn't that the end of it?" Ma Dianshi got up to leave, but was pulled by Chao Tianjiao, and begged: "Fourth Master Ma points out a clear way!" There must be a lot of thanks for the old decay! ”

"Actually, it's nothing, I'll send you a word," Ma Dianshi shook off his entanglement and said: "To solve the bell, you still have to tie the bell." ”

Chao Tianjiao suddenly realized, hurriedly asked people to buy gifts, and in the name of apologizing to Wang Xian, he went straight to Wang's house. Who knows, but it is closed!

Although there is a fire in his belly, when he thinks that his son is in prison, he still doesn't know what he has been tossed by the jailers, and whether he has been blown up by the prisoners in the same prison...... He lost his temper at all.

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In the afternoon of the same day, Chao Tianjiao came again and ate the closed door again.

The next morning, Chao Chengcheng came again and ate the closed door again.

In the afternoon, he visited for the fourth time, and this time he knelt directly at the door of Wang's house, and finally saw Wang Xian, who once wanted to see him very much!

In the patio, Wang Xian was lying on the recliner, and his face teased: "It's fair and awkward, and I have been rejected by you several times when I come to the door, and now I don't go, you come to look around the thatched house again," After talking about the most lush, his voice became more and more cold, and he really had the potential to rip off the bamboo. "Isn't that fun?!"

"The petty official is angry," the person was under the eaves, and he had to bow his head, Chao Tianjiao accompanied him and said carefully: "That's what Li Sihu meant, and the old man doesn't dare to disobey." ”

"You're pushing it clean." Wang Xian sneered: "Why didn't Li Sheng let you see me?" ”

"Li Sheng didn't say that he wouldn't let me see you, but just told me, don't listen to petty officials, and delay the grain collection if it can be delayed, and wait for other grain areas to settle down." Chao Tianjiao's square face was full of remorse: "Li Sihu is also our chief of grain, I don't dare not listen to his words, considering that I have no face to face the petty officials, I have to hide." ”

"Then why is it here again?" Wang Xian glanced at him and said.

"That's the case...... Chao Tianjiao looked at the courtyard, there was no figure of Wang Xingye, and asked in a low voice, "Where is Ling Zun?" ”

"I'm going to Nanjing." Wang Xian said lightly: "If you don't worry about telling me, just wait for him to come back." ”

"When will he be back?" Chao Tianjiao asked.

"At least three or five days, at most ten days and half ......a month," Wang Xian shook his head and said.

Chao Tianjiao knew that he had offended the kid again, so he had to whisper: "Actually, it's the same with the little official......

"Say it." Wang Xian sipped his tea and said, "I don't promise I'll listen." ”

"Hongxiang is scheduled to receive grain tomorrow, please go and inspect it." Chao Tianjiao said respectfully, but he secretly scolded in his heart that he would die if he didn't pretend to be forced?

"Which booklet are you going to follow?" Wang Xian didn't raise his eyelids.

"Of course it'......" Chao Tianjiao sighed secretly, don't blame you, brothers, it's important for me to save my son, so I can only stop fighting." ...... were collected on the basis of the newly approved books"

After saying that, he felt blood dripping from his heart, and the loss was too heavy......

"Don't be like a plague chicken!" Wang Xian couldn't get used to his face, and said coldly: "You know better than anyone how many hukou Shangxinxiang has hidden. Even if you pay more than 20%, you still have to make money, which is nothing more than earning more and earning less! Saying that, he sneered: "If you don't believe me, I will post the yellow book of Shangxinxiang and see whose side the people will be on!" ”

"This ......" Chao Tianjiao said, if the common people knew that a quarter of the taxes they had paid over the years had not gone into the treasury, but had been divided between him, the respected grain chief, and the people of the government. The Chao family is in Shangxinxiang, and there is really no place to stand.

However, Chao Zhengcheng also knew that Wang Xian was just scaring himself, because he simply couldn't afford the consequences of making the Yellow Book public - don't forget that the Yellow Book was made by the government, and the population on the books was reduced, which was the masterpiece of the relevant officials in the yamen. Without the protection of the government, Chao Tianjiao was given a hundred courages, and he did not dare to embezzle the imperial court taxes and grain so blatantly.

The government needed this stable and lucrative income to pay for the work of temporary workers like Wang Xian, such as non-economic officials and white servants. to provide for the daily needs of the lords and offset the miscellaneous expenses in the county...... It can be said that whoever dares to cut off this income is to be the enemy of all the officials in the county, Wang Xian is a small secretary, dare you?

But Chao Zhengcheng knew what Wang Xian meant, and he was warning himself that he had crossed the line. The greed of him and some people has seriously damaged the tax level of the county, which makes the county lord very unhappy! It's okay for others to be pinched without a handle, but if their son is in the hands of others, if they don't cooperate, they can only find tragedy!

Thinking of this, Chao Tian said anxiously: "The lesson of the petty officials is that I will go back to rule the villagers and pay taxes in the courtyard tomorrow." ”

"Go ahead!" Wang Xian waved his hand and said with joy. (To be continued)