Struggle in the early Tang Dynasty

Alas, why did I get so confused by the lard at that time, thinking about sworn sworn tricks?Now it's troublesome, I said that I and the thief are not in the same group, and no one believes it!

Once they do something, won't I be executed by the whole family?It's worse than being killed by a killer!

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Seeing that Li Yifu was frowning, Guo Ye certainly knew what he was thinking, and said, "What? Brother Li is worried that we will hurt you?"

"No, I'm just... just... uh... I'm worried that the court will be powerful. If my brother wants to make trouble, I'm afraid... I'm afraid...that..."

"There's no need to hesitate. To tell you the truth, whether you're worried about food or my safety, it's all groundless."

"How do you say this?"

Guo Ye smiled slightly and said, "Who told you that what I told Zhang Yun was true? My identity is a bit embarrassing, but it's definitely not what you think."

"But in Lazy Dragon Mountain, you can catch those thieves in one go, so there's no need to lie?"

"Hey, how much credit is there for catching a group of small bandits? Brother Li, you are a small county magistrate, and if you want to be married to the county magistrate's daughter, isn't such a small credit enough?"

Li Yifu's eyes lit up, and he said: "Then what do you mean..."

"My big brother can't let you admit it in vain. I want to use this misunderstanding to put an end to the rebellion in the three states. At that time, I have to give a big credit to my virtuous brother. With this earth-shattering credit, your high-ranking official will be rewarded." You have to ride a fine horse, maybe even the county magistrate's daughter won't look up to you..."

"Is this true?"

Kong Kong'er curled his lips and said, "Aside from being a county magistrate, what else can you offer? Is it worth my master to lie to you?"

"Uh...that's true." Li Yifu was overjoyed at first, but then his face was full of sadness, and said: "Brother Gao Yi, younger brother Ming Gan. Just relying on more than 1000 people to put down the rebellion in the three states, isn't it too dangerous? A little bit? Can this be done?"

"If you don't enter the tiger's den, how can you get a tiger cub! Brother, don't worry, you just need to be your Lingquan county magistrate."

"In this case, there is Brother Lao."

Although there are still some doubts about Guo Ye's words, the situation is stronger than others, and Li Yifu can only force himself to believe it.

Speeding up the horse, without saying a word all the way, everyone soon came to Lingquan County.

The county magistrate led all the yamen servants to the county to greet him with a respectful demeanor.The handover of the county magistrate is also as usual, so there is no need to repeat it.

After everything was settled, Guo Ye took Lei Shuyao and the trio of masters, dressed as businessmen, and wandered around the county town.

To the surprise of Guo Ye and others, although this place can be regarded as the border of the Tang Dynasty, Han officials live together, and the folk customs are tough.But the market is quite prosperous, even worse than the counties in the inland.

Guo Ye frowned slightly and said, "Miss Lei, don't you have any personal grievances with Zhang Xin, the governor of Maozhou? Can this be called excessive extortion?"

To be honest, even though Lei Shuyao is the saint of the Liaoren, it is impossible to cover everything, and she has only heard about Zhang Xin's brutality in Maozhou.

Hearing Guo Ye's interrogation, he couldn't help being a little dumbfounded, and said, "Uh... this... I have never met Zhang Xin before, so of course we don't have any personal grievances. As for extortionate taxes... Hey, look over there!"

Chapter 2072

Guo Ye looked along Lei Shuyao's fingers, but he saw chaos in front of him.

Two people ran in front, and a group of people chased after them.While chasing, they shouted loudly: "Catch them! Catch them! Others, they ran away!"

The two people who ran in front were a man and a woman. They were not very old, the man was about seventeen or eighteen years old, and the woman was only fourteen or fifteen years old.

Judging from their attire, they were all Liao people, but there were more than a dozen Han people chasing after them.

Suddenly, the Liaoren girl staggered and fell to the ground.Immediately, he was surrounded by the Han people who were chasing up.Now that Liaoren boy didn't dare to run away, he stopped and said: "Let my sister go, this matter has nothing to do with him, if you want to arrest me, then arrest me."

The Liao girl screamed: "Brother, run, they will kill you!"

The boy just shook his head.

A man in his thirties came out more and more. He took a few breaths and said, "Good boy, you run pretty fast? You run, you run, you!"

"Don't dare, dare not..." The boy said with a smile: "Director Zhang, this matter is indeed the villain's fault. You want to kill or cut me, and my sister is still a child, and this matter has nothing to do with her. You are merciful, let her go."

"That's good... Our Zhang family is reasonable. If you tie your hands up, I won't make it difficult for her." Manager Zhang winked, and immediately two companions rushed forward and tied up the young man.

"Now you must let my sister go, right?"

"Let her go?" Manager Zhang raised his eyebrows, looked the girl up and down a few times, and said with a slight smile, "Young lady is quite handsome. Is she your own sister, or is she a love sister?"

"Of course it's my sister."

"Then who is in your family?"

The boy sighed and said, "There is another old lady. If the old lady is not seriously ill and has no money to buy medicine, we would not dare to do such a thing."

Manager Zhang sighed quite pitifully, and said, "That will be difficult. If you break the rules, you may not escape death. How can your sister and poor old woman live? I really can't bear it. .”

"Why don't you let me go?"

"Bah! You have a good idea! What I mean is, why don't you write a document and sell Lingmei into our Zhang Mansion as a maidservant. In this way, your old mother can get a sum of money to support her, and Lingmei can also be regarded as a slave." Isn't it the best of both worlds?"

"You... Manager Zhang, you promised to let my sister go just now. Don't count your words!"

"Boy, what are you talking about? If I don't count what I say, I just rob people and it's over. Why do I have to make any paperwork? Why do I need to give your mother pension money? Don't be ignorant, boy!"

"That... That's not going to work either! My sister is the daughter of a good family, so she won't be a slave for others. Besides, don't think I don't know where the Zhang Mansion is. My sister went in, can it be good? Your eldest son Zhang Boping is the devil among the flowers..."

Manager Zhang interrupted him and said, "Damn it, you dare to arrange for my eldest son! I think you are tired of your job. Come, give me a call!"

Immediately, four or five companions came up, and it was a fat beating to push the boy to the ground.The fists and kicks of these people were neither light nor heavy, and the boy was knocked out with little effort.

The Liao girl cried first, then begged, and finally said: "Stop beating! Stop beating! I am willing to enter Zhang's mansion as a servant!"

"That's about the same... I should have said it earlier." Director Zhang waved his hand, motioning everyone to stop, and said, "Then you will sell yourself by writing a document later."

"Ah."

"Don't make a sad face, what's your reluctance? When you get to the mansion, I will take care of the young master and keep your delicious and spicy food. When the young master is happy, he may even honor you as a concubine!"

"Then can you spare my brother?"

Director Zhang said quite meaningfully: "That depends on your performance after entering the mansion."

This is a typical bully, but although there are many onlookers, they dare not speak out.It seems that this so-called "Director Zhang" is really powerful in Lingquan County.

Seeing that the boy and girl were about to be taken away, Guo Ye stepped forward and blocked their way, saying: "Everyone, go slowly, I have something to say."

Manager Zhang was taken aback, and said, "Who are you? What do you do?"

"My surname is Guo and my name is Xiaobao. I am a businessman who came to Gui County to buy musk."

"Businessman? Merchant, welcome! Our Zhang family welcomes businessmen the most. No matter what goods you come to Lingquan County to buy, you are considered a guest of our Lingquan Zhang family. Why do you stop me?"