2146. Chapter 2146
Chapter 2146
When the shopkeeper said this, the short fat man rushed to say: "That year, my wife was seriously ill, and the government increased taxes and asked me to pay twenty-five taels of silver. I was so poor at that time, how could I have any money?
Pay taxes? The first time the government official came to my house. Seeing that I couldn't come up with the money, they beat me up. Seven or eight days later, they broke into my house again. Seeing that I still had no money to pay taxes, they even gave me the money.
My right arm was broken, and before I left, they threatened me that next time they came to collect money, if I couldn't get the money, they would put me in jail. I looked at my wife who was bedridden and dying, and in anger, I
I thought that if I burned down the house and died together with my wife, it would be a clean slate, so that I would not be arrested by those wolf-like police officers, beaten, beaten and humiliated, and would be worse than death. Unexpectedly, that night, there was a fire on the stove
A small baggage. I opened it and saw that there were forty taels of silver inside. At that time, I had heard that money suddenly appeared in the homes of many poor people, but it was just a rumor spread when everyone was extremely poor and bored, but
Only when I saw the white money with my own eyes did I know that these legends were true."
When the short fat man said this, tears were already shining in his eyes. He turned his back, wiped his eyes with his sleeves, then turned his head and continued: "That night, my wife and I stayed up almost all night, watching
The forty taels of silver in front of me was afraid that it would disappear again. However, I had an extra thought and secretly thought that if the police officer came to collect the tax again, if I took out the silver at once, it would be a whole ingot of silver.
These vicious-hearted bastards will definitely become suspicious, fearing that there will be big trouble. So I buried ten taels of silver in an inconspicuous corner of the yard, then took thirty taels of silver and went out, and went to the city one after another.
Four banks exchanged the silver ingots into scattered silver and copper coins.
"That evening, I heard on the street that there was another big case at the magistrate's office the night before. A thief broke into the magistrate's house and stole several hundred taels of silver. I was frightened and confused, and hurried home.
, and told my wife about it. That night, the police officers made a fuss in the city, searching for thieves everywhere. A group of police officers even rushed into my house and searched randomly, but found nothing, so they had to leave in dismay. Later I heard that they
Twelve taels of silver were found in a poor family. He was about to take the whole family to the Yamen and torture them, forcing them to question the origin of the money. However, for some reason, the ten taels of silver suddenly turned into several pieces.
The stone lumps scared the police officers out of their wits, and there were bursts of strange laughter coming from outside the house. The scoundrels just thought they had encountered a ghost, threw the stone lumps on the ground, and fled in a swarm.
"After the police officer escaped, the family was in shock. Just when they didn't know what to do, they saw that the few stone lumps thrown on the ground turned into silver ingots. The family could hardly believe their eyes.
Everyone looked at each other in shock. I heard that they later found a way to replace the silver ingots with scattered silver and copper coins, paid taxes, and bought grain, so they did not die of cold and hunger."
When the short fat man said this, he paused for a moment, and then continued: "I heard that most of the money that appeared in the homes of poor people was broken silver coins and copper coins. It can be seen that the person who secretly helped was not only very kind-hearted, but also wanted to
I was very careful, for fear that the people would get into trouble if they took the silver ingots, so I turned all the silver ingots into pieces of silver. I finally got through the difficulty with the forty taels of silver that came out of thin air. If it weren't for the silver,
, my whole family will undoubtedly die that winter."
Murong Danyan saw tears in the eyes of the short fat man when he spoke, and thought to himself, this guy is about to burn himself, but suddenly he has money, so he is naturally grateful to the person who gave him the money. Although I have also given money to poor people.
However, compared with the man who saved many poor people in Wangqi County, the money is far behind.
When Murong Danyan was thinking about it, he heard the shopkeeper say: "At first, no one knew which hero robbed the rich and gave to the poor, saving many people's lives. Later, it was said that a great fox came to the city and stole the county magistrate's treasure.
The gang's ill-gotten gains were distributed to the poor people. At first, I thought it was some people talking nonsense and didn't believe it. But then I heard my brother-in-law talk about the strange things he encountered, and I couldn't help but not believe it. From then on, the city
From time to time, news spread outside the city that the Great Fox Immortal was helping those in need. The county magistrate was not as arrogant as before and no longer dared to bully the people at will. The lives of ordinary people like us were much easier.
"It's just that although the magistrate has calmed down a little, his damn old man has caused trouble again. This damn old man was a lustful man when he was young, and he has harmed many good women. Now he is in his seventies and eighties, and he refuses to do anything.
Waiting to die. One day, the old coffin boarder was wandering on the street and met a beautiful girl. He coveted the girl's beauty and actually asked his servant to snatch the girl into the magistrate's office. The girl refused to give in and fought with the old guy.
They got together. When the two were entangled, the girl's head hit the corner of the table and she died tragically in the magistrate's Yamen. After her mother heard the news, she went to the magistrate's Yamen to look for her daughter, but was stopped by the police.
Outside the door, she was so angry that she hit her head on the stone lion at the entrance of the yamen and died.
"After the people in the city heard the news, they immediately became indignant. Everyone rushed to the magistrate's office and demanded that the government severely punish the murderer. At first, the magistrate, a dog official, did not pay attention to the people and asked the police officers to disperse the people quickly. Those bad guys
Many people were injured by waving whips and wooden sticks, but more and more people gathered, and finally tens of thousands of people gathered and surrounded the magistrate's office. Seeing this, the police officers no longer dared to beat the people, they were so frightened.
The rat scurried away and fled into the yamen, closing the door tightly for fear that the people would rush in."
When Murong Danyan heard what the shopkeeper said, he couldn't help but said loudly: "Everyone should have acted like this a long time ago! The county magistrate is so greedy and vicious because the people are too honest. If the people had been oppressed before, they would have rallied.
Attack, I'm afraid the dog officer has restrained himself a long time ago and doesn't dare to act arbitrarily."
The shopkeeper smiled bitterly, shook his head, and continued: "If the common people dare to resist in groups, wouldn't it be an open rebellion? At that time, it won't be the police officers who deal with us. I'm afraid the imperial court will send a large army to Wangqi County.
Come to suppress it. The common people are common people after all, and they may not suffer any loss if they fight with dozens of police officers, but if they encounter a large group of soldiers, they will definitely be killed."
Murong Danyan felt uneasy and thought to himself, what's so great about the officers and soldiers? When I was walking in the rivers and lakes, I also encountered officers and soldiers bullying the people. These guys would just run away when they encountered Japanese pirates and Tatars, but they were very vicious when they bullied the people. They were just one person.
All of them were drunkards and ricebags. I didn’t need to use a sword, I only used my fists and kicks to beat these bad guys to pieces and scatter them to pieces. The shopkeeper, the short fat man and others were too timid, so they allowed themselves to be bullied. If it were me
, will definitely lead more than 10,000 people into the Yamen, and cut the magistrate and his damn old man into pieces with a thousand knives and quarter them into pieces!
Chapter completed!