Liu San'er also froze for a moment and nodded to the man. As soon as she turned around, she saw my pale face. She was startled by: "Miss Qingying, what's wrong with you?"

I……

I couldn't speak, just looked at him with a hurry. Liu San'er hurriedly said, "If you are uncomfortable, sit and rest for a while. Yunxiang, please help me take care of her."

After saying that, he hurried out.

Yunxiang stood at the door and looked at his disappearing back, as if she wanted to follow him, but when she looked back at me, she showed a worried look, and her hands holding the door frame were shaking.

But at this time, I calmed down.

From the day I woke up alive, I knew that there would inevitably be such an "accident". If the man didn't believe that I was dead, he would definitely send someone to find him. If he really found this place and hid in this small house, it would not be enough to hide me.

And I don't want to bring disaster to the people here.

Thinking of this, I gritted my teeth and stood up with the table. Yunxiang heard the movement and looked back at me and was startled: "Qingying, what are you doing?"

"I want to go and see it, too."

"Don't go? Your body-"

"It doesn't matter."

I insisted on walking to the door. Yunxiang actually wanted to go. Seeing my strange expression, she nodded: "Okay."

.

She helped me out of the yard and soon walked to the entrance of the village. She saw a lot of people around her from afar. Almost all the people from Jixiang Village arrived, and many people were talking loudly. I noticed that there were still a few people in the crowd with strange faces, wearing poplin, which was obviously what they said before.

My heart skipped a beat.

If Pei Yuanhao really sent someone to find me, there would definitely be no such thing. And looking at the appearance of those officials, it wouldn't seem to be looking for something, but it seems to be promulgating something.

Yunxiang helped me slowly approach and heard a sharp voice: "Hmph, it's so poor, so bad people."

As soon as these words came out, the people around them immediately became angry.

One of the young men rolled up their sleeves and rushed forward, angrily saying, "What do you mean?"

"It is obvious that your government is unreasonable in doing things. He has issued a fishing ban and even has to collect fishing taxes. Will this allow people to live?"

"That's right, if we don't let the fish fight, why do we have to pay taxes!"

Suddenly everyone was shouting in a group. The officials also brought some people to come, immediately pulled the knife out of the scabbard, stepped forward and said angrily: "What are you doing? You want to rebel!"

I said softly, "Miss Yunxiang, what's going on?"

Yunxiang said sadly: "I don't know why, from Rencheng to Yangzhou Prefecture, there have been fishing bans. In fact, it has been a long time since the big boats in our village have not been able to get into the river, so they can only secretly catch some small fish and shrimp in the nearby small river."

"Fishing Ban Order?!"

"I heard it was an imperial edict, but the emperor's order."

My feet became weak and I almost fell down. Fortunately, Yunxiang was quick-eyed and quick-witted, and hurriedly supported me hard, and said in surprise: "What's wrong with you?"

"No, it's okay."

As I said this, my face turned pale again in an instant, and I couldn't deceive anyone. When Yunxiang was holding me, she touched my hand and said in surprise: "Why are your hands so cold, like ice?"

“…”

I could no longer speak, so I just shook my head gently.

He is still in Yangzhou.

He is still in Yangzhou...

I was indeed not wrong, and the shadow in my heart that I could not erase had really become real at this moment. Is it the king's land under the world? If he really wanted to find me, it would be a simple thing.

And now, he is still in Yangzhou and even issued a fishing ban. That is—

Thinking of this, my body began to tremble involuntarily, as if it was so cold. Yunxiang looked at me and became worried: "Miss Qingying, if you are uncomfortable, I'll send you back to rest."

"No, I'm fine."

I waved my hand and asked, "I have issued a fishing ban, so what are they doing now?"

Yunxiang frowned and said hatefully: "We are not allowed to fish, but we have to charge double the fishing tax. Isn't this our life? The previous few times they came, everyone was arguing a lot. Today they brought a knife, probably-"

My brows were also tightened.

It's the cancer of untouchables again.

But, it's not right...

Pei Yuanhao is now in Yangzhou. He has always been kind to the jurisdiction of Yangzhou. Even if he really issued a fishing ban, based on my understanding of him, he will never levy additional fishing tax!

Could it be-

I grabbed Yunxiang's arm and walked forward carefully for a few steps. Then I heard a sneer sneeringly: "If you don't let you go down the river, then you have no other business? I didn't see you starving to death. As long as you can't starve to death, you have to pay the tax!"

How could there be such an unreasonable person!

I was angry when I heard this, but the old village chief of white cangcang could only swallow his anger and asked tremblingly: "Then, how much should I pay?"

"Five cents of silver."

"What?!" The people around him started to make a noise.

"Five cents of silver, didn't it only two cents in the past?"

"Why don't you let go down the river to fish? There is more tax money?"

"Hey, why do you talk so much nonsense?" One of them said viciously: "Do you know what the situation in Yangzhou City is now? The emperor went south to Yangzhou. How big the show and how much consumption it is, the yamen is no longer able to make ends meet! Don't charge a little more tax to keep the scene. If the emperor blames it, how many of you have to bear it!"

Nonsense! Although Pei Yuanhao went south this time, the show was not big. He had not even built a different museum. He had been living in the prefecture for so long, and he had not made any other arrangements except for the first day of fireworks dinner. It was just that the consumption of the accompanying officials and the guards could make Yangzhou Prefecture, which was so fat that it was not enough to make money!

I looked at them and realized that those officials were just taking the emperor as a guise and taking the opportunity to make money!

"Besides, the emperor is leaving Yangzhou, and this scene cannot be shabby!"

Is Pei Yuanhao leaving Yangzhou?

My heart beats again.

At this moment, I heard the village chief laughing and saying, "Dear officials, since the emperor is leaving, it will not be so much, right?"

"Who said?" the man said with a straight look and said, "Do you know why the emperor returned to Beijing? It is because the war in the north is tight now, and the provinces will soon start raising food and money. The tax on collecting five cents of silver for you is already small!"

Is the war in the north tense?

So I have to prepare to return to Beijing because the situation there is no longer easy to control?

From this point of view, Pei Yuanhao stayed in the south and Yao Lao and others should have reached a conclusion before they could reach this point completely. But the problem is that although the general situation is settled, the greedy officials below still impose heavy taxes on the people. Then, Jiangnan will still be in chaos, and he is still a "tyrant" who imposes heavy taxes on the masses.

Seeing that everyone was arguing and the situation became worse and worse, the villagers kept waving their fists, and the warriors brought by the officials also pulled out most of the swords, and it was inevitable that a riot would be inevitable.

Just here, a clear voice said, "We won't fish."

The sound was not high, but as soon as it came out, the chaotic crowd slowly calmed down, and everyone looked at the person who was holding the village chief and kept saying nothing.

Liu Saner.

His young face was not as refreshing as I used to see, but rather calm.

When the officials saw him, they narrowed their eyes slightly. But, I wondered if it was my illusion, but I seemed to see a vicious light flashing in their eyes.

One of them sneered: "Liu Saner, are you here to make trouble with us again?"

"Don't dare."

"Don't fish, hum, I forgot that you are a rich man. I heard that more than a month ago, you bought one or two ginseng in the town. Of course, you don't have to fish if you are so rich. The fishing ban cannot be banned on your head."

"Official, what I said we don't fish, it has nothing to do with the fishing ban."

The officials were stunned, and Liu Saner said, "We don't fish, but we don't do this business. Since we don't do this business, will we still have to collect this tax?"

"Hmph, no matter what business you do, as long as you are still in this territory, you will have to pay taxes. You, a poor fisherman, don't fish, what are you doing?"

Liu Saner said: "Dear officials, don't forget that last year, Lord Liu Yi issued an order to open mountains and reclaim land. The more than a thousand hectares of land at Niangniang Mountain were bloomed in the dry season. Now we don't do fishing business, we farm. This is OK."

Lord Liu Yi!

When I heard this name, I couldn't help but feel moved. Unexpectedly, he did so many good things that benefit the country and the people, but then a hint of sourness surged in his heart.

Such a good person has not received good rewards.

I was still thinking about it, and I saw a government official slowly walking to Liu Saner.

He stretched out his hand and patted Liu Saner on the shoulder. A smile appeared on his face, but it was clearly ferocious. He smiled and said, "Liu Saner, good boy, I have been out to see the world for several years. I dare to come back and challenge us!"

I heard this and asked Yunxiang in a low voice: "Why do those people seem to be targeting him?"

"Those who have been domineering in the village before becoming officials have been tyrannical and imposing levies. The third brother has brought people to make trouble with them several times, but their tricks have failed, so they hate the third brother in particular."

"oh……"

I nodded thoughtfully, turned around and saw Liu Saner saying respectfully: "The official said that Liu Saner dared not. But people need a way to survive."

"Hmph, you're well said!" The official sneer sneered and patted Liu Saner on the shoulder, and said, "If you want to live, do you want others to live?"

"What does this mean by the lord?"

"Don't forget that the land of Niangniang Mountain was not built on one side of your Jixiang Village, and there was Lujia Village in the north of the mountain. They are now pointing to this area to find a way out."

"This, the grass people have not forgotten. It was originally the land where two villages opened together, so it is appropriate to cultivate separately."

"Yes, the land can be separated, what about the tax?"
Chapter completed!