Yun Ao and Lü Tu had a long-standing feud, and he had been waiting for this opportunity to take revenge for many days. How could he stop because of Lü Tu's words?
He looked at Lü Tu with a defiant gaze and demanded, "What, are you planning a rebellion?"
Lu Tu's face was now covered with frost. Looking at these fat and bloated soldiers, he knew that the mere mention of the name of the Wuhuan cavalry would terrify them.
However, he was exceptionally ruthless when dealing with commoners of lower status than himself.
Lu Tu shouted sternly, "It's just handing over grain, right? I'll hand it over to them. Tell your men to stop!"
Yun Ao glanced at him disdainfully: "You? You mean you have to pay all the taxes for everyone in Kuishan Village by yourself?"
Just then, a firm voice came from behind, "Yes!"
When everyone turned around, they saw that it was Song Yuxi and Nangong Huiyu who walked out hand in hand and stood together beside Lü Tu.
"My lord, well done!"
With the support of his family, Lü Tu put all his worries aside and looked at Yun Ao with pride, saying, "There are 300 people in this village. Each person gets 30 catties of millet, which is a total of 9,000 catties. That's equivalent to 900 taels of silver, right?"
The moment Yun Ao saw Song Yuxi and Nangong Huiyu, his eyes widened, and he didn't hear what Lü Tu was saying at all.
He had never seen such a beautiful woman before, and Lu Tu had even married two of them at once! The thought that he had been nearly crippled by Yun Tian because of Lu Tu filled Yun Ao with a nameless rage!
Who are you two?
"We are Lu Tu's first wives!" The two women simultaneously and affectionately took Lu Tu's arm, their eyes filled with admiration as they looked at him.
At this moment, the villagers of Kuishan Village kept kowtowing to Lü Tu, saying, "Thank you so much, Lord Lü, for saving our lives!"
Hearing the villagers' shouts and cheers, Yun Ao's jealousy burned even brighter!
He shouted angrily, "Shut the hell up! Who said it could be settled with silver? The document says that in order to prepare for the decisive battle with the Wuhuan next year, the border army is in dire need of food, and the taxes collected must be paid in grain!"
Upon hearing this, the villagers all looked astonished. Even if the entire Kuishan Village pooled their resources, they probably couldn't produce that much grain.
They looked at Yun Ao with pitiful expressions: "Sir, please, please show leniency and let Lord Lü pay our taxes with silver!"
Yun Ao found great enjoyment in the constant pleas around him; this was the confidence and pleasure that power brought.
"No! I am only following orders. I was told to procure military provisions, and I must bring the provisions back. If there are none, take them all away! Men, make the move!"
As Yun Ao shouted, the soldiers continued to drag the villagers away. This scene of family members being separated caused an uproar in Kuishan Village.
Seeing that his words were ineffective, Lü Tu went back into the house, retrieved his bow and arrow, and without even aiming, fired an arrow at Yun Ao.
When Yun Ao came to his senses, he felt a chill on his head. His pupils dilated in shock as he quickly reached out to touch it, only to find that his head was still intact. Looking down, he realized that only his cloth hat had been shot off by Lü Tu.
"Lu Tu, how dare you attack me? Men, tie Lu Tu up and send him to the Commandant's mansion!"
After this commotion, Nie Yun, Liu Yang, and the others, who had been holding back for a long time, finally got their chance and roared in unison, "Let's see who dares to touch my big brother!"
In an instant, more than 30 elite soldiers who had undergone many days of training, led by Nie Yun, stood around Lü Tu with broadswords in hand, guarding him in the middle, glaring angrily at the government soldiers in front of them.
The sudden appearance of this group of people startled Yun Ao. Having grown up in the Commandant's Mansion, he had naturally seen ruthless people before.
Judging from the imposing manner displayed by Nie Yun and the others, he had no doubt that these guys had killed people.
Yun Ao was secretly shocked. He never expected that Lu Tu Meng was one thing, but he also had a group of soldiers like this under his command. Just their appearance alone was far superior to that of the well-trained border troops.
"Lu Tu, how dare you rebel?"
Upon hearing this, Lü Tu laughed loudly, "Rebellion? I was just trying to scare you, you piece of trash. You call that rebellion? Tell me, which law says that I can't joke with you?"
Yun Ao was rendered speechless by Lü Tu's sophistry. He was ignorant and incompetent, so of course he didn't know the law. He only used it to scare people, and there was no hard and fast rule that he could only collect grain. He was just deliberately targeting Lü Tu.
He held the document high in his hand, pointing to the seal in the lower right corner: "This is the seal of the Commandant. Anyone who dares to disobey the imperial decree is committing treason! According to the laws of the Great Yu Dynasty, traitors will have their entire families exterminated!"
These words shocked everyone present!
Lu Tu shouted at the villagers, "Get up! I've already paid your taxes, what's the use of groveling to these people?"
He then stepped forward and angrily rebuked the officers and soldiers in front of him, saying: "You officers and soldiers are obsequious to outsiders, but you are terrified at the sight of the Wuhuan people. Yet you are ruthless to your own people. Calling you cowards within your own ranks is an understatement. In my eyes, you are nothing but a bunch of chickens and dogs. How dare you force women into prostitution in front of me?"
Upon hearing this, the villagers suddenly remembered that under Lü Tu's leadership, they had not only killed many Wuhuan cavalrymen and made great achievements, but had also been able to eat their fill.
At this moment, the villagers' spines seemed to have been forcibly straightened, and their previous humble expressions were no longer the same. For the first time, fighting spirit ignited in everyone's eyes.
The shadow of the tree of life is the shadow of life. Lü Tu's reputation for killing more than a dozen Wuhuan cavalrymen had already spread throughout the entire Wuchuan Prefecture. How could the soldiers not be afraid?
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