I have a backstage in Datang

Li Chongyi immediately opened his mouth wide open, and said joyfully: "Then I will learn, my nephew only wants to be a rich prince in the future."

Gu Tianya was slightly taken aback, as if he was meeting this nephew for the first time. He looked Li Chongyi up and down for a long time, and suddenly said: "If you want to be a rich prince, then you have to study politics more attentively. The more you want to be idle, the more you have to be able to do it with ease." s method."

Li Chongyi obviously couldn't understand. After all, he was too young. He is twelve or thirteen years old now, and he will be just a doll in future generations.

But his small face was serious, he respectfully saluted Gu Tianya, and said: "Master, please spare no effort to teach me."

Gu Tianya patted him on the head, suddenly raised his foot and kicked him lightly, and cursed with a smile: "Children learn to be old-fashioned, and they are not allowed to play at this age. Go to eat, and study after eating."

Li Chongyi laughed strangely, and ran to the cauldron to fill another bowl of porridge, then suddenly turned his head to look at Gu Tianya at the door, and said wistfully, "Uncle, eating porridge by myself is too boring. I'm only 13 years old. Come on, I need a playmate..."

Gu Tianya was noncommittal, and went out with his hands behind his back.

Li Chongyi chased to the door and shouted from a distance: "Uncle, did you agree?"

Gu Tianya was still noncommittal, and continued to walk towards the distance. When his body was about to disappear, a voice came from afar, saying: "Let's talk about it in two years."

Li Chongyi was full of disappointment, and sat blankly at the door with a big bowl in his hand. He looked to the south with his small face and murmured: "Cheng Chumo, Fang Yiai, it's not that I don't help you, I have done everything I can, and the rest , It just depends on how you do it at home."

At this moment, a pale-faced woman came to the door, staring straight at the bowl in Li Chongyi's hand. She walked to the door on her knees, and she was holding a skinny baby in her arms.

She didn't dare to speak, but just knelt there, her eyes fixed on the bowl in Li Chongyi's hand, her mouth was full of dry and cracked skin.

Li Chongyi sighed, walked over with a big bowl, and pretended to be proud: "You are hungry, aren't you? I just happened to be full, can you help me eat the leftovers? My uncle always forces me Eat two bowls of rice, in fact, I don't like to drink porridge at all, so you don't dislike my leftovers, right?"

The woman nodded repeatedly, with longing in her eyes.

Li Chongyi sighed. In fact, he himself was also very hungry. He drove over from Miyun County overnight. How could he not be hungry after driving more than 300 miles?

But he lied on purpose, and slowly handed the bowl to the woman, saying, "Don't eat too fast, my uncle said that hungry people can't eat too much..."

It's a pity that he didn't finish his sentence, and suddenly he couldn't continue.

Because the woman didn't eat too fast at all, but took a small sip of the thick porridge, but she didn't swallow it by herself, but carefully passed it to the child.

It's a pity that her child is only one year old, and she is completely an unweaned baby. The porridge is not easy to swallow, and she doesn't know how to eat it when she puts it in her mouth.

The woman's eyes were full of tears, so she could only feed the baby drop by drop.

Li Chongyi's eye circles became red, and he couldn't help but whispered: "After you drink the porridge yourself, can't you feed the baby? She is so small, she can't eat porridge..."

The woman raised her head weakly, and said in a shy voice: "Reporting to my nobleman, my family has been hungry for too long, even if I eat porridge, there will be no milk, because the milk has already been cut off."

Li Chongyi suddenly turned his face to the side, gritted his teeth and said: "The people of Tiance Mansion, this time they really lost their conscience, your Cheng Chumo, why are you from Tiance Mansion."

He saw that the woman was so hungry that she was about to fall far away, but her eyes were looking at the child softly. He suddenly sighed and said, "There is a cook in our inn. Would you like to cook for us?"

The woman immediately looked surprised, her eyes widened as if she couldn't believe it.

Li Chongyi pointed to the distance, and said: "But this matter is still up to my uncle. How about you cry when he comes back? Will you cry like that? My uncle is soft-hearted. to die..."

The woman nodded again and again, and suddenly whispered cowardly: "My family can help him make the bed and fold the quilt, and warm his feet at night. As long as he can take him in, he can do anything."

Li Chongyi shook his head immediately, and said with a small face of horror: "If this happens, my aunt will beat me to death. You can just be a cook, and you can't think about other things."

The woman was ashamed, she nodded quickly and said: "I absolutely dare not, I think this is the rule."

Li Chongyi took a few steps back to leave her, then raised his head proudly, and said, "My uncle has only one rule, and that is that the common people can have enough to eat."

The woman turned her head in a daze, looked at Gu Tianya who was about to disappear in the distance, and murmured: "Is there such a noble person in the world?"

……

…The update resumes today, and the 2 chapters of 7000 words will be sent first. As for the two chapters that were not updated yesterday due to leave, I will add more to everyone later, but there is nothing I can do today. I still have to take care of my baby, please be patient.

Shanshui will definitely give me more rewards after I have been busy for the past two days. Old readers know that my character is not bad.

Chapter 131 [I'm here to find fault today]

Gu Tianya left the post station to go to the county seat, he has two things to do today.

A small group of 'refugees' quietly followed him...

……

This group of 'refugees' looked ragged, and seemed to be behind him intentionally or unintentionally. The distance wasn't too far, but it wasn't too close either.With a distance of seventy or eighty steps between the two sides, it was difficult for anyone to notice that they were following Gu Tianya.

Even Gu Tianya himself didn't seem to notice that there was someone behind him.

And the ten postmen in the station are all busy with disaster relief.

At this time, there were refugees everywhere around the post station, and there were as many as a thousand people at a glance. The post soldiers set up five big pots and were serving porridge in groups of two. It can only be made into gruel, and the clear soup with little water can almost reflect the shadow of a person.

However, even so, it can still keep the refugees alive.

They lined up in a long line, staring fixedly at the cauldron. Every time the postman shouted, a refugee swallowed his saliva and stepped forward.

They carried broken bowls, some didn't even have broken bowls, so they could only dig a hollow in the middle with wood, and use it as a tool for holding gruel.

As Gu Tianya walked far away, refugees would often kneel and kowtow to him, and some old women would kneel very piously, wanting to kiss Gu Tianya's shoes with tears in their eyes.

Gu Tianya hastily dodged every time, and then bent down to pull the old man up from the ground.

He first patted the dirt on the old man's body, and then pointed to the cauldron at the entrance of the post station. His tone pretended to be very proud, and he said loudly: "With those five pots, you will not starve to death. My wife is Datang. My princess, the food at home piled up into ten mountains..."

So the old people had to kneel down again, Gu Tianya could only dodge again.

This caused him to travel very slowly, and it took him more than half an hour to leave. Until then, he seemed to have finally discovered that there was someone following behind him.

He stopped slowly, did not look back, but asked with a sneer, "A bandit? A soldier?"

The refugee behind him knelt down on one knee at the same time, and replied cautiously: "Mr. Gu, we are from the south."

"With whose family name?"

"The Qin family, the Cheng family, Mr. Gu, we are part one..."

"It's not just a melody, I think you are like soldiers. Everyone is powerful and belongs to the elite who are not afraid of death on the battlefield."

"Thank you for your compliment, sir, you are so bright. We are indeed soldiers, but we have been expelled from the house."

……

Gu Tianya sighed, turned his head to look at this moment, and said in a deep voice: "I have no friendship with the Qin family, and I have cut off contact with the Cheng family, you go back, I don't need your protection."

However, this group of 'refugees' didn't seem to hear at all.

Only a figure who looked like a leader spoke in a low voice, and said respectfully: "Mr. Gu, we have already been expelled from the family. We cannot be regarded as members of the Cheng family or the Qin family."

Gu Tianya no longer insisted, turned around and continued on his way. Suddenly he spoke again, this time with a slightly relaxed tone, and said, "You should have the means of communication with your family. Thank you, General Qin Qiong, for your care."

As for Cheng Yaojin's name, Gu Tianya didn't mention it at all.

And those refugees didn't answer, they still followed him far behind.

……

The two sides seemed to maintain a tacit understanding, and slowly moved towards the direction of the county seat. After more than half an hour passed, the gate of the county seat was already ahead.

Wuyang County is not very big.

The width from east to west is only [-] steps, the length from north to south is only more than two miles, and the city wall is only about one foot high, which is about three meters and three meters high in later generations. There are about [-] families living in the city, which belongs to that kind of extremely small city.

However, even in such a small city, there are tax collectors at the gate of the city, and there are not one share, but three shares.

Each of these three tax lords occupies a place, just guarding the passage into the city and the gate.

If people want to enter the city, they have to pay for taxes.

If refugees want to enter the city, they will be scolded and returned...

Obviously, setting up taxes is not the main purpose, the real intention is to stop the refugees, otherwise thousands of refugees will flood into the city together, which will overturn the order of this small county.

The intention is good, not bad. After all, the stability of the county must be ensured first, and any official should give priority to ensuring the stability of the local residents.

Even so, Gu Tianya still sneered twice.

He went straight to the gate of the city.

Immediately, the three taxpayers blocked them together, each with a threatening face, and scolded: "City gate tax, twenty yuan."

Twenty Wen is not a small number, and it is obvious that it wants to make people retreat.

It's a pity that Gu Tianya came prepared, he directly took out a money bag from his arms, threw it over and said, "There are sixty coins in it, which is just right to pay your three shares of tax."

The three taxpayers were startled, looking up and down Gu Tianya, after a long time, someone hesitated to speak, and asked cautiously, "Are you the one at the post?"

Gu Tianya smiled slightly, passed them through the gate and entered the city, the three taxpayers looked at each other in dismay, the three leaders hurriedly caught up with Gu Tianya, each said with apologetic smiles: "You don't dare to collect your taxes."

Talking about wanting to exchange the money bag back.

Unexpectedly, Gu Tianya smiled again, and said lightly: "Since the rules have been set, you must be treated equally. You are just tax servants on errands, and I don't want you to be in trouble."

"But if you pay the money, we will be in more trouble."

"Hehe, it's not my fault."

"Gu Yichang, please show your noble hand and spare us."

Gu Tianya's face darkened at this time, and he said: "When the green and yellow were not picked up, countless refugees fled from the famine. According to the laws of the Tang Dynasty, no tax was allowed at any city gate, but now I have seen with my own eyes that there are three shares of tax in a small Wuyang City." Man."

As he spoke, he glanced coldly, and first said to the first taxpayer: "You are wearing soap clothes, you should be servants in the county government."

He looked at the second group of Fu Ding again, and said again: "You are wearing soldier uniforms, you should be soldiers of the city defense..."

The two gangs bowed their heads and replied cautiously: "No matter which side we belong to, we definitely dare not offend you. Postmaster Gu, you should understand that we are just some pawns."

Gu Tianya sighed, nodded and said, "You really can't help yourself."

The servants of the county government are under the management of the county magistrate and the county magistrate, obviously they belong to the faction of the aristocratic family, while the guards of the city are under the management of the county magistrate, needless to say, they are the faction of the Tiance Mansion.

A small county town was actually divided into two factions, which shows how fierce the competition is, and it has almost reached the point where swords are on the verge of breaking out.

Therefore, whether it is the servants of the county government or the soldiers of the city defense, they are indeed in a situation where they cannot help themselves.

Gu Tianya suddenly looked at the third party, this time his tone was deliberately curious, and he asked with a light smile: "You are neither wearing soap clothes nor military uniforms, I don't know where you belong to, why are you qualified to be here? collect taxes."

The third member of the tax bureau hurriedly lowered his head, and said awkwardly: "Reporting to Postmaster Gu, we are servants of the Liu family."

"What a servant of the Tan family, today I really gained my knowledge." Gu Tianya laughed loudly, and said: "It turns out that not only officials in the Tang Dynasty can collect taxes."

The third group of servants shook his head quickly, and hurriedly argued: "We are here to help, and we will not really collect taxes. Director Gu, our Tan family..."

However, Gu Tianya no longer gave him a chance to continue explaining.

He directly left these tax officials and strode towards the city. The tax officials saw that he was going in the wrong direction, and subconsciously said from behind: "Master Gu, the county government office is in the middle of the city, and you are walking on the East Street now." , not the path to the county government.”

Gu Tianya's leisurely voice came, and he said lightly: "I don't plan to go to the county government office, I'm going to visit Tan's house."

The faces of the servants of the Tan family changed drastically.

The leader of the guard suddenly looked at a long-legged boy, and hurriedly said: "You take a shortcut and go home quickly, and report the matter here."

The long-legged boy nodded quickly, turned around and was about to run away, but at this moment, he heard a sound of breaking wind, and a big stone fell from a distance, knocking the long-legged boy to the ground with a bang.

But seeing a group of Kongwu powerful refugees, murderous like a group of bandits, said solemnly: "Until Mr. Gu comes back, none of you are allowed to leave. If you dare to report the news, don't blame the ruthless hands."

The leader of the family member of the Tan family was furious, and he raised his foot and kicked his whip leg vigorously. Unexpectedly, someone among the "vagrants" smiled faintly, grabbed his whip leg with only one hand, and then grabbed his ankle With a heavy blow, the servant leader was directly smashed to the ground.

This 'refugee' sneered all over his face, and said: "Twelfth Road Tan's legs are very good, it's a pity that your training is not authentic, just stay here obediently, grandpas don't want to kill people."

He's just the most common of the 'vagrants'.

In the end, he overthrew the leader of the Tan family's servant.

The faces of the three soldiers present turned pale, and the city guards took two steps back, subconsciously blurted out, and said in shock: "All are soldiers of the same order, all of them are iron-blooded soldiers."

The 'refugees' separated out a dozen or so individuals, and directly blocked all three groups of taxpayers. The remaining 30 or so people went through the city gate. Judging from their direction, it was obvious that they were going to protect Gu Tianya.

Although there were only a dozen or so refugees left at the gate of the city, they were not at all afraid of dozens of taxpayers.

……

At this time, in the east of the city, the Tan family's mansion.

"Mr. Gu Yi is here, the Tan family is really flourishing..."

Few people can believe that the head of the Tan family is actually a woman, she looks delicate and compelling, soft and weak, very quiet.

The woman kept laughing, and kept apologizing to Gu Tianya, saying repeatedly: "Why didn't you inform the Tan family to make preparations in advance, now we can only entertain in a hurry, and people will call us rude."

While speaking, he stretched out his hand to caress the hair beside his ear, smiling sweetly, pretty and full of life.

However, Gu Tianya didn't seem to see him, he just smiled slightly at the other party, and said: "I'm very busy, I don't have time to be polite, I came to Tan's house today, and I want to tell you three things."