I, Kiriko, the Cheater

So it seems that the corruption in this country has reached its peak.

Seeing that Tongzi was silent, the tax official was also silent for a while: "Well, in fact, I have always yearned for the Revolutionary Army."

"What?" Tongzi was taken aback, not understanding why the tax officer suddenly jumped to this topic.

"You are also from the Revolutionary Army, right? That's why you helped those untouchables...I mean good people."

Tongzi didn't speak, just tapped her fingers on the table slowly.

The tax officer gritted his teeth: "I... Actually, I am also in the empire, and my heart is for the revolutionary army. I have long disliked the corruption of the empire..."

The tax official patted his chest and spoke with certainty.

But Tongzi was not in the mood to listen.

She suddenly had a bold idea.

……

When Tongzi and the tax officer came out from the village chief's house, Tongzi saw that the villagers surrounding the village entrance had not dispersed yet.

When they saw Tongzi approaching, they stepped forward one after another.

They didn't speak to Tongzi, but they all knelt and kowtowed to the tax official.

"My lord tax official, I beg you to have a large number of lords, please forgive our offense."

"We will pay the tax you mentioned before, and we will definitely pay it. I just hope that there will be a little more time."

The villagers all said so, pleading with the tax official.

When Tongzi and the tax official were talking at the village head's house, they had already learned the seriousness of the matter from the village head.

To them, the tax officials are as big as the sky. Now instead of paying taxes, they violently resist—although they are not the ones who did this, but they have offended Tianwei. Come level this village.

The villagers who were terrified by what the village chief said happened to see Tongzi and the tax official coming out of it at this time, so they hurried over to beg for mercy.

The tax official didn't speak, he just looked at Tongzi.

Tongzi stretched out her hand, pressed it down, and made a gesture of "Please be safe and calm": "Don't worry, I just talked to the tax officer at the village chief's house, and now the tax officer has agreed to take me Go to Heishan City and reason with the prefect, and then I will find a way to exempt everyone from this year's tax."

The expressions of the villagers changed instantly.

"really?"

"Can this year's tax be exempted?"

"That's really nice."

The villagers were all cheering and exulting, but only the village chief didn't show any joy.

The village chief asked tremblingly: "My lord tax official, is this true? Can my lord prefect really exempt us from taxes?"

"This is..."

The tax official subconsciously wanted to avoid the village chief's gaze.

Tax exemption?

what are you thinking...

The tax official couldn't help laughing in his heart.

As the bottom of the imperial hierarchy, being able to be exploited by the top is a blessing from your previous life.

But when he subconsciously wanted to say these words, he just met Tongzi's eyes.

Tongzi didn't say anything, just smiled at him.

This made the tax officer immediately recall the scene where this woman chopped up his subordinates just like chopping melons and vegetables.

The tax officer shuddered, and quickly threw away all the thoughts he had just thought, and licked his face with a sincere smile: "It's true, of course it's true."

After saying this, perhaps it was not enough, the tax officer hurriedly added: "After all, the prefect is the most sensible, if this... this..."

Tongzi said lightly: "My surname is Tong."

"...If this Miss Tong and the prefect have a good conversation, it will definitely lead to a good result."

After hearing what the tax officer said, the village chief showed a happy expression: "Really? Then thank you very much, Mr. Tax Officer. Also, thank you, Miss Tong."

So Tongzi and the tax official rode on horses (the horses were brought by the tax official and his party), and left under the watchful eyes of the villagers.

……

With her head lowered, Chelsea followed behind the butler and walked into the prefect's mansion.

As a veteran assassin, especially one who is good at camouflage, Chelsea naturally knows how to play the role properly.

That's right, Chelsea's current identity is a penniless village girl from the countryside who needs to sell herself to bury her father.

And her true identity is an assassin who is loyal to the Revolutionary Army, and her mission is to assassinate the prefect of Montenegro.

According to the information provided by the secret agents of the Revolutionary Army lurking in Heishan City, the prefect of Heishan City is a person who is particularly fond of women, so as long as he is selected to be a woman serving the bed, he can easily approach him.

"Okay, you guys, take her down to wash up first."

The butler directed several servants to take Chelsea down to wash and bathe.