Half an hour later, the group left the side door of the palace.

Xia Qi walked in front of the front wearing a black robe embroidered with silver patterns.

Zhang Liang followed Xia Qi.

Looking at Zhang Liang, who was hanging a dozen jade pendants around his waist, Xia Qi couldn't help but feel speechless. He was a private visit in a private manner. You are so high-profile, but you are just a private visit!

But who makes people have such talent?

The more strange-level jades you wear, the more intelligence and spirit you will grow.

Around Xia Qi, more than a dozen big men were vaguely protecting Xia Qi, separating everyone who wanted to get close to him outside.

Unconsciously, Xia Qi came to the famous martyrs' garden outside the city. Looking at the tombstones, he sighed secretly in his heart.

Just then, an escort suddenly pointed to the back of a tombstone and said, "Your Majesty, there is someone there!"

Xia Qi followed the direction he pointed, and sure enough, a man was lying in the shadow of a tombstone.

"Go and take a look."

Everyone walked over and saw an old man curled up on the ground, his eyes closed and unconscious.

"Old man, wake up quickly."

A guard stepped forward and shook his old body. After a while, the other party slowly woke up.

"Hungry......"

Upon hearing this, the guard took out a piece of bread from his arms and put it in front of the old man.

Those who are guarding must make complete preparations.

The old man grabbed the dough and swallowed it voraciously. Even though he was choking, his eyes rolled, but his mouth still kept moving.

"Eat a little, no hurry."

As he said that, the guard handed the water bag to the old man.

After a while, the old man finished eating the noodles and drank a few more sips of water, which made him feel relieved.

The old man struggled to stand up and said gratefully to Xia Qi: "Thank you, my little brother, for your life-saving kindness."

Xia Qi laughed in his heart. It seemed that this little old man was a wise man and knew who was the leader.

“It’s okay.”

Xia Qi waved his hand and asked, "Why are the old man here?"

The old man replied: "The little old man came to Daxia City yesterday, but the city gate was closed at that time. The little old man was cold and tired at that time. He looked outside the city for a long time and finally found such a place."

Xia Qi asked again: "Isn't you afraid to sleep here?"

The old man grinned and replied, "Why are you afraid? They are all heroes who defend our Daxia!"

Xia Qi was moved by the old man's words, yes, what's there to be afraid of?

"The old man's home is not in Daxia City?"

The old man shook his head and replied, "The little old man came from Yangcheng."

Xia Qi thought for a moment in his mind, but he never thought of Yangcheng. After Zhang Liang's reminder, he got an impression.

Yangcheng is a small town west of Daxia. To come to Daxia City, you need to pass through most of Daxia.

"That's not close. Is the old man coming to Daxia City this time to visit relatives and friends?"

But the old man shook his head and replied, "No, the old man is trying to sue the emperor."

Complaint against the emperor!

Hearing this, everyone present trembled.

This Daxia is probably going to change again.

Xia Qi's face remained unchanged and asked the old man: "Can you tell me why you sue the emperor?"

"The young master is the savior of the young master. If you want to know, there is no reason for the young master to hide it."

Maybe he knew that Xia Qi was quite famous, and maybe it would be helpful for him to sue the imperial court in the future. He did not hesitate at the moment and told him why he wanted to sue the imperial court.

The old man is a farmer in a village outside Yangcheng City and has two sons.

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In spring, the river water rises, flooding the land on both sides of the river. After the water recedes, fertile land is left behind.

The city issued a notice saying that farmers can reclaim the land by the river by themselves, and all the reclaimed land belongs to the reclaimer, and the agricultural tax will be covered for five years.

The old man and his two sons got up early and went to bed late, and finally reclaimed nearly twenty acres of farmland.

For this reason, the old man's eldest son was tired.

Just when the family was looking forward to their future life, a minor official came to the door and claimed that the newly reclaimed rabbits needed to be distributed uniformly.

Then give him a document and ask him to sign an account on it.

The old man's family did not doubt that he was there, but because he was illiterate, he pressed a handprint on it.

But when the land was allocated, the old man's family could only share a few acres of mountain fields, and they were still fragmented.

Of course, the old man's family was dissatisfied and claimed to report to the official.

Unexpectedly, the small official appeared again, holding the document in his hand that he pressed his handprint.

Only then did the old man and his family realize that where they signed the certificate of reclaiming twenty acres of land, but the transfer document.

The transfer document clearly stated that the old man had exchanged the reclaimed land with the large households in the city for five acres of mountain fields.

"Are we fools? Use twenty acres of water to exchange for his five acres of mountain fields?"

When the old man said this, his face was full of grief and anger.

"The youngest son of the youngest son was dissatisfied and ran to the wealthy family to argue. But he was beaten by the man's command. When he returned home, he had less energy and more energy. That night, the person left. My eldest son was already ill in bed, and was mixed with sadness and hatred, and soon he passed away."

Speaking of this, the old man was crying.

At this time, Xia Qi's face was already dark.

After a while, the old man continued to swallow even more: "In just a few days, the two sons who depended on each other were gone. I had to die, but when I thought of the two sons dying inexplicably, I felt unwilling to give up!"

"I went to the government to file a complaint, but they said there was no complaint paper, so the city lord would not accept it. The old man asked someone to write the complaint paper and went to the government again."

“Result…result…”

When he said this, the old man's face turned red.

"It turned out that I realized that the city lord and the big family in the city had long been colluded with each other. The earlier notice was they who united to deceive us!"

"The old man was unwilling to give up. After returning home, he sold his property and wanted to come to Daxia City to file a lawsuit. But those people didn't know where they heard the news, so they stopped me halfway and placed it in a small courtyard in the city. They also took strict care of it."

"I heard that the scholar who helped me with some paper was also seriously injured."

Speaking of the scholar, the old man felt something wrong.

"The scholars are quite famous in our place, honest and willing to help others. Now, if you offend the city lord, I'm afraid..."

The old man sighed and then talked about himself.

"I knew that this was not possible and I couldn't escape at all, so I claimed that I would not sue the emperor. The opposite side observed for a few days, and saw that I was indeed relieved, so I relaxed my care."

"After a while, I said I would go to the grave to weed my two sons, so I was able to leave the city. After throwing away the person who was guarding me, I hid in the morning and went out at night, and took a detour again. This was when I came to Daxia City."

Listening to the old man finishing his story, Xia Qi's face had returned to normal at this time.

"Zhang Liang."

Xia Qi's voice was as plain as usual, but Zhang Liang couldn't help but tremble.

Because everyone who knows Xia Qi knows that he is far more terrifying at this time than when he is angry.

"I'm here!"

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"Are the people in Tiqisi all blind and deaf? Or are they already bribed?"

Zhang Liang immediately knelt on the ground and said to Xia Qi repeatedly: "I am guilty of my crime, please punish him!"

Although Zhang Liang is now the secretary-general of the secretariat, he also serves as the director of the Tiqi Department.

"Things have happened, what's the use of saying this now? Check it out and check it to the end! I really don't believe that this is the only thing that happened in Yangcheng, the entire Daxia."

"Also, the spies of the Tiqisi must also know about this, but they did not report it, which proves that they are no longer reliable. In addition to the spies on the grassland, I want you to check the entire Tiqisi."

Xia Qi's light words made Zhang Liang close his eyes in pain.

After saying this, Xia Qi stood up and walked towards Daxia City.

And the old man fainted after learning that Xia Qi was the emperor of Daxia.

Office Hall.

Xia Qi was writing at his desk and writing quickly. On those white papers, he had some of his thoughts on the structure of the officials in Daxia.
To be continued...