Zhao Erlang and Qiu Wu were so fast that not even the first merchant to escape, not to mention the government officials and soldiers, could escape.
One by one, they all were trapped.
This also caused them to be busy here, talking, and collecting taxes and releasing goods. Xi'e County, which is not very far away from here, still doesn't know anything.
It's a cold day. If it's not necessary, who would come out?
Still running so far away from the city gate.
Zhao Hanzhang also discovered that this place was quite far away from the city gate, so he summoned a government official to ask, "Isn't it possible that general commercial taxes are collected at city gates, docks, passes, and the like? Why do you go to the official road to collect them?"
The officer's forehead was sweating again. He moved his mouth twice and said, "These traders are cunning and took a side road to bypass the county seat."
Zhao Hanzhang: "...Since they can bypass Xi'e County, it means they don't have to go through Xi'e County. How can you collect their commercial taxes?"
After arguing for a long time, the business tax she just collected was not what she should have collected.
The yamen servant whispered: "They opened trails privately and trampled on a lot of fertile land. They all belong to our Xi'e County."
Zhao Hanzhang looked him up and down and sighed after a moment, "Now I probably know what County Magistrate Gao is like."
It is said that a slave is like his master, so the high county magistrate who came to Xi'e County is almost the same as this government servant.
Humph, trampling on fertile farmland?
Which foreign merchant would dare to trample on the fertile farmland of local people?
Zhao Hanzhang squinted his eyes and thought for a while, then turned to Fu Tinghan and said, "Let's go first, and you can take the people behind."
Fu Tinghan nodded.
Zhao Hanzhang said to Qiu Wu: "You stay to protect Tinghan."
After that, she took Zhao Erlang and her soldiers and urged the government officials and soldiers to run away first.
Some of the government officials and soldiers had horses, some did not. Zhao Hanzhang simply took away the horses. At this time, they all ran on two legs.
Zhao Hanzhang kicked the horse in the belly, and they could only run away.
When they ran to the sparsely populated city gate, the guard guard recognized them from a distance and raised his hand to say hello, "Old Zhang, you are back so early today? Who is that person on the horse?"
Lao Zhang, who was running at the front, failed to reply. Zhao Hanzhang rode forward, glanced at him, and said directly to the soldiers: "Control the city gate."
"yes."
The soldier guarding the gate sensed that something was wrong. He immediately lowered his spear in his hand and shouted, "Who are you? What do you want to do?"
Zhao Erlang picked up the spear in his hand with one shot. Fan Ying on the other side of Zhao Hanzhang immediately shouted: "Bold, this is the governor of Yuzhou. I have to kneel down when I see the envoy."
The other party was stunned and glanced at Lao Zhang. Seeing them lowering their heads and panting, they knew they were right and quickly knelt down.
Kneeling down, the soldiers who had just heard the noise and ran down from the city gate hesitated for a moment. When Zhao Hanzhang glanced at him, they all put down their weapons and knelt down.
Zhao Hanzhang waved his hand with satisfaction and said, "Guard the city gate. No one is allowed to leave the city without my order."
"yes."
Four soldiers stayed behind, and Zhao Hanzhang took the remaining people to the county government office.
Magistrate Gao was drinking at home, holding his beautiful concubine on his left and right sides. At this time, the sky was a little dark, and it looked like it was going to snow.
He felt very comfortable. He leaned back and stretched out his legs. Immediately, the beautiful concubine gently took them and stuffed them into her arms to keep them warm. He nodded his fingers with satisfaction and said, "Let Le Ling play a song. Let's see.
The weather is looking like this. There should be a heavy snowfall tonight. Go and invite Mr. Du and the Qing guests, and let’s have a night talk around the fire tonight.”
The servant bowed in agreement, stood up and was about to exit when suddenly there was a loud bang and the door of the courtyard was kicked open, and half of the door instantly fell to the side.
Gao Cheng was startled, and immediately sat upright with his legs drawn back, turning his head and looking outside, "What's the fuss about?"
The servant hurriedly ran out to take a look. He saw Zhao Erlang kicking the door open and stepping aside. Zhao Hanzhang stepped in. At a glance, he saw Gao Cheng sitting on the mat wearing only socks. The mat was covered with soft fox fur.
Pi, he was looking at Zhao Hanzhang in shock.
Seeing them holding weapons, his heart trembled a little. He didn't realize her identity, so he said in a stern voice: "How dare you, do you know where this is?"
Zhao Hanzhang stepped on the edge of the mat, looked down at him and asked with a smile, "Where is this?"
"This is the backyard of the government office in Xi'e County!" Gao Cheng tried his best to hold back his trembling voice and said as calmly as possible: "If you want money, just name a number and I will give it to you, but if you hurt others,
, My police officers and soldiers in Xi'e County are not all vegetarians."
Zhao Hanzhang walked half a circle around him and found that his room was quite boring. There was not even a chair.
She simply swept away the things on the low table, dragged it over with one hand and placed it in front of him. Then she lifted up her robe and sat down, talking to him with a smile, "I don't want money. As for me, I don't care about fighting and killing."
I’m not interested either, so I won’t do anything for no reason.”
Zhao Hanzhang is so easy to talk to, but Gao Cheng doesn't dare to relax. As a gangster, he doesn't ask for money or kills. This is too abnormal.
Thoughts flashed through his mind, and Gao Cheng realized something was wrong. His eyes fell stiffly on Zhao Hanzhang's sleeves, and then he looked up at her face bit by bit.
Zhao Hanzhang looked at him with a smile and encouraged him to continue reading.
Gao Cheng's face turned pale. She saw the orderly soldiers behind her. The most important thing was that the two women standing beside her were wearing water-red Sichuan brocade, with large flowers outlined with delicate embroidery threads.
Hua, at first glance, looks like he is from a wealthy family, not a gangster from the countryside;
The other one wore cyan armor and was dressed as a maid from a wealthy family. He was holding a shining spear in his arms. He didn't need to look at the person, just by looking at the spear, he knew who was sitting in front of him.
.
His eyes were dizzy, and many rumors flashed through his mind. The first one that came to his mind was the magistrate of Xianbiyang County. He heard that Magistrate Hu was the one who was broken into his home by Zhao Hanzhang, and he didn't even have time to react.
He was dragged down and chopped.
He held the fox fur with trembling arms and tried to stand up. Unexpectedly, the fox fur that had been firmly attached to the mat suddenly slipped and he fell forward suddenly...
His body was shaking even more violently. He tremblingly pulled back his legs and knelt down, his head pressed tightly against the fox fur. He apologized and said, "No, I didn't know that your envoy was coming. I was not able to welcome you from afar. I beg your envoy."
Spare your life."
The servants in the house were shocked when they heard this, and they all knelt down and kowtowed, but they felt much more relaxed. The servants even relaxed and thought, if they are not gangsters, then they should not die. I heard that the new envoy is very good to ordinary people.
So gentle.
They were relieved, but Gao Cheng was breaking out in a cold sweat. He didn't know why Zhao Hanzhang suddenly broke into the county government office. Even if he was going out for inspection, he should have informed them first, right?
He plucked up the courage and said, "Your Majesty, may I ask you to take a seat in the front hall?"
"No need," Zhao Hanzhang said, "It's still office time. Since Magistrate Gao is in the backyard, he obviously often works there. In that case, let's meet here."
Zhao Hanzhang didn't let him get up. He picked up the fragrant wine pot on the stove and sighed: "It's really comfortable. The stove, the fox-skin mat, the fine wine, ah, and the beautiful woman. Magistrate Gao is a very good official." It’s so comfortable.”