The little girl's tears dripped down like beads. "There is a Zhanyang County not far from this village. The county magistrate of Zhanyang County is named Chen, and he is the nephew of the current queen. Because he relies on his royal family, he has become a local tyrant in this area, calling himself the king and tyrant, and he doesn't treat us as human beings!"
Her eyes were filled with hatred as she continued, "Not only did he seize our food, he also bullied the women in our village. Whether they were married or not, he would send people to take them to his mansion, under the pretext of sending them to work in his county government, but in fact, they were locked up in the backyard for his amusement!"
As the little girl spoke, she cried louder and louder.
Chu Chenyin quickly took out her handkerchief to wipe her tears and searched her mind for this county magistrate named Chen, but there seemed to be no record of him in history books.
She asked her, "Girl, where are your family members?"
The little girl clenched her fists tightly, biting her lower lip and said, "My mother was kidnapped by his men a year ago. Within three months, her body was wrapped in a straw mat and thrown into the back hills by the Chen mansion's men. My father went to the Chen mansion to seek justice and his legs were broken. He finally survived, and he sent people to take me to the Chen mansion as well. My father and eldest brother refused to agree, so they were beaten to death by his men. I took the opportunity to escape and hid here."
Chu Chenyin sighed as he listened to this. How could such a thing happen in broad daylight?
But if you think about it carefully, you can understand that the dog emperor was a tyrant. The top beam is crooked and the bottom beam is crooked. They are all the same kind of people.
Fu Yanting didn't seem surprised. He took out a silver ingot and gave it to the girl as a reward for her kind reminder. Then he took Chu Chenyin and hurried back to the small earthen house.
As luck would have it, before they got home, the soldiers who were collecting grain from the village arrived.
These officers and soldiers captured four or five families along the way, and finally came to the small mud house where the Chu family lived, and shouted loudly into the house: "Delivery of food! Delivery of food!"
"What grain delivery?" Lord Fu still didn't know what was going on.
Lai Fu was the first to react. He had heard about the events in Zhanyang County from his fellow villagers earlier, and he whispered in Fu Hou's ear.
Upon hearing this, Lord Fu slammed the table in anger and said, "Forcing the people to pay grain is really lawless!"
Mrs. Fu on the side whispered, "Okay, we are fleeing now, don't show off, just hand over the food. We will just give them the bag of rice in our hands."
Lord Fu was originally full of anger, but now he deflated his temper and waved to Lai Fu, saying, "Go, get them a bag of rice."
Lai Fu didn't have much rice with him, so he didn't move even after hearing what he said. "Master Hou, this..."
The soldiers outside the door began to get impatient and rushed in, "Where's the food?!"
Fu Xingcheng in the house held the sword, gritted his teeth, and wished he could rush out and kill those people right now, "Dad, Mom, we can't give you this food."
Fu Kanghong strode out directly, "Dad and Mom, don't move yet, I'll go out and take a look."
When she left the mansion, she had already changed into men's clothing for ease of movement. She wore gray-black clothes and painted her face black, looking like a farm boy.
"Pay rations? What rations should we pay?" she asked the officers and soldiers in the yard.
Seeing that he was a stranger, the officers and soldiers said arrogantly, "According to the rules of Zhanyang County at this time, more than ten villages in the entire county must pay grain to our county commander, ten dan every month."
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