Yang Ning and his two men led their horses to the entrance of the village and saw a large group of people surrounding them, including men, women, young and old. There were at least hundreds of people. The village was in chaos for a while.
Yang Ning and Gu Qinghan put Ma Shuan aside and then approached. They saw that the villagers were all angry and looked at the people in front of them.
The difference between those people and the villagers can be distinguished at a glance. They are all wearing short clothes and strong figures. Five or six big men are surrounded by a middle-aged man in gray clothes. The middle-aged man has a gray strap wrapped around his head. He is about forty years old and has a fat face. Just looking at his fierce and evil appearance, you will know that he is not a good person.
Behind these people, there were also several horses, obviously all riding horses.
Yang Ning knew that horses were rare in the Great Chu Kingdom, and it was impossible for ordinary people to own horses at all. The origin of these people seemed to be quite weak.
"Why, is this going to fight or kill people?" The man in gray swept the group of villagers holding farm tools and laughed sarcastically: "If you really want to kill people, you won't be able to do it with the hoe in your hands."
At this time, standing in front of the villagers was a tall, dark-skinned man, who was nearly forty years old. Yang Ning could only see his back and didn't know what he looked like. Beside him, there were more than a dozen strong laborers holding farm tools in their hands, forming a confrontation with the group of people opposite him.
Yang Ning and Gu Qinghan were crowded in the crowd. Although some villagers looked at each other with strange eyes, everyone's attention was mainly on the strong men at this time, and no one was concerned about the two of them.
"Manager Luo, they have just returned from the field and have no other intentions." The strong man in front of the village said aloud: "But everyone has discussed your request. I am afraid that we can't do it according to Manager Luo's wishes. Everyone has to live a way out and cannot force them to death."
"Let's go." The man in gray was obviously Manager Luo, so he raised his hand to stop and said, "Han Yi, you are the land of Luwang Village. You should understand that the so-called request is not what I, Luo Changgui, but what the Jinyi Marquis Mansion means." After saying that, he bowed to the right and bowed his shoulders. "The whole country is sad about the death of the Jinyi Marquis. He is a pillar of the country. When he holds a funeral, he is an unusual family. The expenses are gone. Marquis of Jinyi are the face of our Jiangling. We all rely on the Marquis to live on the Marquis. Now that the Marquis has passed away, he has a little conscience, and he should know how to be filial. But you are so kind to push and stop. Could it be that you are not entrusting the Marquis?"
Yang Ning didn't think that Manager Luo mentioned Marquis Jinyi as soon as he came up, and thought that the news of Marquis Jinyi's death had already reached Jiangling.
But Gu Qinghan had a pretty face and was not verbal.
The dark man Han Yi immediately said, "Manager Luo, we will naturally not forget the favors of the Marquis. But this time, he spoke up and said, "Mr. Luo looked at the villagers behind him. Although the villagers in Luwang Village are not yellow and thin, they are all very thin. Although they have just brought up food, these foods will still last for next year. Many households are not enough food. If each household takes out one stone of food this time, dare to ask Manager Luo, if they want to survive?"
"According to what you say, the face of Marquis Jinyi is not important?" Manager Luo sneered: "Marquis Jinyi is honest and upright. The income of the Marquis' Mansion depends on us. At this time, if we don't work hard, who will work hard and who will support the face of Marquis' Mansion? For your little food, can it make the Marquis' Mansion lose face in front of all officials?"
Yang Ning frowned and couldn't help looking at Gu Qinghan beside him. Gu Qinghan naturally understood Yang Ning and shook his head slightly.
Suddenly a villager next to him shouted: "Manager Luo, have you paid less food in Luwang Village over the years? You said that the Marquis was levying wars in front of him. If the country was in trouble, we had to pay 40% of the tax. We did not argue. You also have to pay a tax of a bull of grain per person. We didn't say anything. In the daily labor service, you draw workers to work and don't even care about food. We still didn't say anything. After all, it was all for the face of the Marquis. Everyone knew that the food and clothing that we had in the past were all due to the blessing of the Marquis. In difficult times, it was also worthy of our suffering with the Marquis Jinyi." His voice was excited: "In recent years, everyone's food rations have dropped sharply, and eating has become a problem, but you have repeatedly set up names and taxes are getting heavier every year. How can we live?"
The villagers around were filled with righteous indignation, and someone shouted: "In the past, the old marquis passed away, but I didn't hear that I had to pay more food. Now that the marquis passed away, why have the rules changed?"
Yang Ning's expression was cold, Gu Qinghan's face was even more beautiful, and her pink fists were clenched.
Manager Luo's eyes became cold and sneered, "It seems that the marquis was so kind to you in the past and raised you. The land you planted was a fief granted to the marquis by the emperor. Not to mention how much food you have to respect, even if you have collected all your land, you must hand it over to the truth."
"Manager Luo, this is unreasonable." Han Yi said in a deep voice: "I heard from scholars that all the world is kingly land. The land in that world is the lord, but I have never heard of the imperial court collecting land at will. The land in our village is also passed down from our ancestors. It is the land cultivated by generations of our family. We have a lot of taxes to pay. Even if the Marquis comes here now, he is not qualified to take away our fields."
Manager Luo smiled and stared at Han Yi, saying, "Han Yi, it seems that you are not punishing the wine if you toast. Let me ask you again, will you pay the food for the funeral of the Hou Mansion? "
Han Yi shouted: "I have said that everyone still wants to survive. To survive, we need food. We have already paid all the food we should pay. If anyone makes a name for collecting more food, we have no food."
"Okay, it's a man." Manager Luo gave a thumbs up, "Han Yi, don't pretend that I don't know. Someone ran to the capital and complained to the Marquis's Mansion, saying that the fief was randomly collected taxes. Are you also involved in this matter?"
"I don't understand what you are talking about." Han Yi sneered, "But if you are really too forced, the Han surname is really going to the capital and ask the Marquis' Mansion in person why the taxes are so heavy in recent years?"
"You can also enter the Marquis' Mansion?" Manager Luo said lightly: "The one who complained to the capital last time was interrupted by us as soon as he came back. He has to live a life of lying down. Could it be that you have never heard of it?"
Han Yi laughed and said, "Of course I have heard of it. Does Manager Luo want to break my leg today?"
The villagers beside him immediately raised the hoe and shoulder pole in their hands.
Yang Ning couldn't help but approach Gu Qinghan's ear and asked in a low voice: "Someone went to the capital to complain?"
Gu Qinghan's face was as frost as ice, and she still shook her head slightly.
"Han Yi is not going to pay the food, what do you mean?" Manager Luo scanned it, "I don't want to be a place anymore. Do you don't want to pass it even if you don't want to pass it even though you have a day?"
"No handing over." Someone said immediately next to him: "This time we don't hand over a single grain."
Other villagers also started shouting.
Manager Luo sneered, raised his hand and pointed at someone, and said in a deep voice: "Why did you say when you come out?"
The man was a little afraid of being pointed at by Manager Luo, but he still plucked up the courage to take two steps forward and said, "I...I said I won't pay the food, the food I should pay...!" Before he finished speaking, a person rushed out behind Manager Luo, raised his hand and grabbed the villagers' neck.
The villager was shocked. He was thin and far from the strong man who rushed over. He raised the shoulder pole in his hand. The strong man had obviously practiced it. He reached out and grabbed the shoulder pole in his hand. He pulled it hard and pulled the shoulder pole over. Without saying a word, he raised the shoulder pole and smashed it head-on to the villager.
With a scream, the shoulder pole hit the villagers' forehead. The villagers swayed and fell to the ground, with blood flowing. The villagers were all shocked. Some showed anger, but more people looked frightened.
"Stop." Han Yi shouted loudly, "What are you going to do?" He rushed over and wanted to see the villagers' injuries. The young people behind him thought Han Yi was going up and fought hard. He was rushing to death. He shouted and rushed over with Han Yi. Several strong men behind Manager Luo also rushed over.
Yang Ning frowned. He could see at a glance that the people brought by Manager Luo had practiced more or less. Although he did not have any skill in martial arts, he must be good at fighting and fighting, and these villagers could not be opponents at all.
Sure enough, although the number of strong men was at a disadvantage, they were like wolves entering a flock of sheep, using their hands and feet together. A scream was heard. In a moment, five or six villagers had been knocked to the ground, and some of them had their hands and feet broken, lying on the ground and screaming in pain.
Although the other villagers were full of anger, when they saw the fierce men, few people dared to rush over again for a moment.
Han Yi was tall and powerful. He didn't think about fighting with those people at first, but when both sides started to fight, they could do nothing. Seeing a strong man rushing towards him, he could only meet him, and at the same time grabbed the other party's hand and entangled him. A strong man next to him knocked down two villagers. Seeing that Han Yi was still entangled, he grabbed the shoulder pole in his hand and wanted to smash it down from behind to Han Yi's head.
He held up the shoulder pole high, but he had not yet smashed it down, but he felt that the shoulder pole was tight and before he could react, the shoulder pole in his hand was pulled by a force and left.
Chapter completed!