Su Sijin understood. Was this the reason why the old woman asked for the change of route? This made sense, judging from the reactions of the people entering Zhengding County.
There is also the desolation on the streets and many strange things.
"But we're just passing through Zhengding County. We're not permanent residents here. Why should we pay the head tax?"
A convict said angrily, and then someone else echoed.
"That's right. We've been through so many counties and haven't heard of any poll taxes."
"That's right, that's right. There's also a head tax of one tael per person. There are thirty or forty people in our family. How can we afford that much money?"
Li Bantou looked at the people who took the lead in speaking, and then looked at the followers around him. The followers pounced on the "troublemakers" and beat them.
"If anyone else disrupts the county yamen's investigation, please come forward if you are dissatisfied. I will definitely take special care of them."
Li Bantou looked at the dodging people with disdain. These lowly people just liked to be toasted.
Li Bantou glanced at the crowd, especially the women from Madam Lu's third room, and looked at them from head to toe with a shy look.
Qin Qing, who has always been fearless, hid behind Lu Mao in fear.
Li Bantou wiped the saliva from the corner of his mouth and smiled obscenely, "If you don't have money, you can use people as a substitute!"
His suggestion was so blatant that many women were frightened and hid behind their relatives.
Su Sijin blocked Zheng Jie and Shen Tingyun behind her without leaving any trace, but how could Li Bantou let her do as she wished?
Li Bantou noticed Shen Tingyun as soon as he stepped into the inn.
Shen Tingyun's appearance is the most outstanding among these hundreds of people. She has bright eyes, white teeth, delicate eyebrows, and even without makeup, it is not an exaggeration to say that she is so beautiful that she can topple a country.
Su Sijin narrowed her eyes dangerously and quietly unsheathed the dagger in her hand.
Just as Li Bantou stretched out his hand to pull Shen Tingyun, the dagger in Su Sijin's hand had already pierced his palm.
Then he pulled out the dagger without blinking, raised his foot and kicked him out.
The sudden change caused the fugitives to scatter in panic.
The unexpected sudden change and the brutal and bloody scene frightened the yamen runners so much that they dared not act rashly, fearing that they would be the next person to have their palms pierced.
Li Bantou covered his injured palm in grief. Even though he almost fainted from the pain, he gave orders angrily with red eyes.
"Come here, there's an assassin trying to kill an official of the imperial court. Capture him. Anyone who resists will be killed without mercy."
Once Li Bantou gave the order, the yamen runners dared not disobey even though they were afraid of death. After all, Li Bantou was the younger brother of County Magistrate Ma's most favored concubine, the 20th room.
The bailiff rushed towards Su Sijin with a knife in hand.
Su Sijin, Lu Changji, Lu Changming, Jiang Hong, and Xu Yongsi stepped forward to fight.
In just a quarter of an hour, dozens of yamen runners were beaten and screaming everywhere.
Su Sijin approached Li Bantou, who was frightened and begged for mercy, "Lady, Queen, Seven Fairies, Goddess Guanyin, I am blind and ignorant. Please forgive me! I will waive your head tax, waive it."
"Well, just exempt me?" Su Sijin stepped on the palm of his hand and threatened.
Li Bantou felt pain and pushed Su Sijin's shoes, but it didn't work at all. He endured the pain and begged for mercy, "The head tax for your family will be waived, all of it."
Su Sijin was not satisfied, and she increased the strength of her foot again. She opened her red lips and asked lightly:
"What? Say it again."
Because of the pain, beads of sweat were beaded on Li Bantou's forehead, showing that he had reached the limit of endurance. He gritted his teeth and said, "All of them are exempted, all of them are exempted, this should be fine!"
Su Sijin got a satisfactory answer, loosened her feet, and said coldly with a cold face, "Get lost."
Li Bantou crawled out of the inn, but before leaving, he glared at Su Sijin with his poisonous rat eyes.
"How can we let him go? If we let him go, what if he goes back to get reinforcements? What if he launches a surprise attack at night?"
Chen Chunhua complained to Su Sijin dissatisfiedly.
"That's right, that's right. Why should we release the squad leader? Isn't it obvious that we should let him go back for help?" Qin Qing agreed, no longer looking like a coward.
Su Sijin glanced at the two of them coldly, "Come on if you have the guts. If it weren't for me, what would have happened to you? Do you want me to help you imagine it?"
The two of them immediately fell silent, not daring to make trouble again. It also reminded them that just now Su Sijin pierced Li Bantou's palm without even raising her eyebrows.
They forgot that Su Sijin is more terrifying than Li Bantou.
Of course Su Sijin would not let Li Bantou go. She had already put a colorless and odorless poison in him. He would die suddenly in half an hour at most.
The doctor's diagnosis was that he died of a sudden illness. What does it have to do with her?
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Listening to the sound of deep breathing, Su Sijin opened her dozing eyes and carefully lifted the quilt.
With a raise of his right hand, Shen Tingyun and the other two fell into a deep sleep.
Su Sijin let out a long breath and patted her pounding chest, "This person should never do anything that would offend his conscience."
After Su Sijin finished speaking, she realized what she had said and quickly said in disgust, "Pooh, it's not a bad thing. What I'm about to do is a good thing that benefits the country and the people."
"Xiao Ai, I want to go to the county government office, to the county government office's warehouse."
As soon as Su Sijin finished speaking, she appeared in the warehouse of the county government.
Su Sijin was stunned by the mountain of silver in front of her. The entire warehouse was filled with silver, piled randomly on the ground, without even a box.
The smallest amount was one tael, the largest was one hundred taels, but most of them were just one tael of silver.
"You are a dog official, you are all exploited from the common people. Meeting me, Su Sijin, today is the beginning of your unlucky days as County Magistrate Ma."
Su Sijin looked at the silver, some new and some old, especially the silver at the bottom which was corroded. Su Sijin was annoyed and put all of it into the space.
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