Liu Saner also stiffened for a moment and nodded to the man. As soon as he turned around, he saw my pale face, which shocked him: "Miss Qingqing, what's wrong with you?"

I...

I was speechless and just looked at him with a panicked expression. Liu Saner hurriedly said: "If you feel uncomfortable, just sit down and rest for a while. Yunxiang, please help me take care of her."

After saying that, he hurried out.

Yunxiang stood at the door and looked at his disappearing figure, and seemed to want to follow him, but when she looked back at me, she showed an uneasy expression, and her hands holding the door frame were shaking.

But at this time, I calmed down.

From the day I woke up alive, I knew that such an "accident" would inevitably happen. If that man didn't believe that I was dead, he would definitely send someone to look for me. If he really found me here, he would hide there.

There is not enough room to hide me in this small room.

And I don’t even want to bring disaster to the people here.

Thinking of this, I gritted my teeth and stood up holding on to the table. When Yunxiang heard the movement, she looked back at me and was startled: "Qingqing, what are you doing?"

"I want to see it too."

"Don't go? Your body -"

"It doesn't matter."

I insisted on walking to the door. Yunxiang actually wanted to go there too. Seeing my strange expression, she nodded: "Okay."

She helped me out of the courtyard, and soon walked to the entrance of the village. From a distance, I saw a lot of people gathered there. Almost everyone from Jixiang Village was there. Many people were talking loudly, and I noticed

, there were several unfamiliar faces in the crowd, wearing poplin, who were obviously the "official people" they mentioned before.

My heart skipped a beat.

If it was really Pei Yuanhao who sent people to find me, it would definitely not be just this small formation. And looking at the appearance of those government officials, it didn’t look like they were looking for something, but rather as if they were announcing something.

Yunxiang supported me and walked slowly closer, and then heard a sharp voice: "Humph, there are so many unruly people in the poor mountains and poor waters."

As soon as these words came out, the people around him immediately became angry.

One of the young guys rolled up his sleeves and was about to rush forward, saying angrily: "What do you mean?"

"It's obvious that your government is acting unreasonably. You have issued a fishing ban, but you actually want to collect money from fishing taxes. How can you make people live?"

"That's right, if we don't let us catch the fish, why do we have to pay taxes!"

Suddenly everyone was shouting, and the government officials also brought some people. They immediately pulled out the sword from its sheath, stepped forward and said with an angry look: "What are you doing, rebelling!"

I said softly: "Miss Yunxiang, what's going on?"

Yunxiang said sadly: "I don't know why, but fishing bans have been issued from Rencheng to Yangzhou Prefecture. In fact, it has been a long time. The big boats in our village have not been able to go down the river, so we can only catch some secretly in the nearby creeks."

Small fish and shrimp."

"Fishing ban?!"

"I heard it's an imperial edict, an order from the emperor."

My feet went soft and I almost fell down. Fortunately, Yunxiang had quick eyesight and quick hands, and hurriedly supported me hard, saying in surprise: "What's wrong with you?"

"No, it's okay."

I said this, but my face turned pale in an instant, and I couldn't deceive anyone. When Yunxiang was supporting me, she touched my hand and suddenly said in surprise: "Why are your hands so cold, like ice?"

”

"..."

I was speechless and just shook my head gently.

He is still in Yangzhou.

He is still in Yangzhou...

Sure enough, my guess was not wrong, and the shadow in my heart that had never been erased really became a reality at this moment. Is it the king of the world? If he really wanted to find me, it would be a simple matter.<

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And now, he is still in Yangzhou and even issued a fishing ban. That is——

Thinking of this, my body began to shiver involuntarily, as if it was very cold. Yunxiang looked at me and became worried: "Miss Qingqing, if you feel uncomfortable, I will send you back to rest."

"No, I'm fine."

I waved my hand and asked: "If the fishing ban is issued, what are they doing now?"

Yunxiang frowned and said bitterly: "We are not allowed to fish, but we are charged double the fishing tax. Isn't this going to cost our lives? The few times they came here before, everyone made a lot of noise.

They also brought knives today, I’m afraid—”

My brows also tightened.

It’s the cancer of untouchability again.

But, that’s not right...

Pei Yuanhao is in Yangzhou now. He has always been gentle in governing Yangzhou. Even if a fishing ban is really issued, based on my understanding of him, he will never impose additional fishing taxes!

Could it be——

I grabbed Yunxiang's arm and carefully took a few steps forward. I heard a government official sneer and said: "If you are not allowed to go into the river, then you have no other way to make a living? I haven't seen you starve to death. As long as you don't starve to death,

, you have to pay this tax!"

How can there be such an unreasonable person!

I was angry when I heard that, but the gray-haired old village chief could only swallow his anger and asked tremblingly: "Then, how much should I pay?"

"Five denarii."

"What?!" The people around started making a fuss.

"Five coins of silver, wasn't it only two coins in the past?"

"Why don't we allow people to fish in the river, so the tax money will increase?"

"Hey, why are you talking so much nonsense!" One of them said fiercely: "Do you know what is going on in Yangzhou City now? The emperor is going south to Yangzhou. There is so much ostentation and so much consumption. The Yamen can no longer make ends meet! Don't charge more.

A little tax can keep the situation going. If the emperor blames you, how many of you have the brains to bear it?"

Nonsense! Although Pei Yuanhao went on tour south this time, the ostentation was not big at all. He didn’t even build a villa. He just lived in the state capital. Besides, he had been here for so long, except for the fireworks dinner on the first day.

Other arrangements are just for accompanying officials and guards. How could the fat Yangzhou government make ends meet!

Looking at their looks, I realized that those officials were simply using the emperor as a cover to make money!

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"Besides, the emperor is about to leave Yangzhou, and this scene cannot be shabby!"

Pei Yuanhao is leaving Yangzhou?

My heart skipped a beat.

At this time, I heard the village chief saying with a smile: "My lords, since the emperor is leaving, it won't cost so much, right?"

"Who said that?" the man said with a cross-eyed look: "Do you know why the emperor returned to Beijing? It's because the war in the north is tense now, and the provinces are about to start raising food and salary. The tax collected from you five coins is already low.

It’s over!”

Is the war in the north tense?

So you are preparing to return to Beijing because the situation there is no longer easy to control?

From this point of view, Pei Yuanhao should have negotiated a result with Yao Lao and the others when he stayed in the south, and finally reached this point. But the problem is that although the general situation has been decided, these greedy officials below are still against them.

If the people levy excessive taxes, then Jiangnan will still be in chaos, and he will still be a "tyrant" who levies excessive taxes.

Seeing that everyone was quarreling, the situation was getting worse and worse. The villagers kept waving their fists, and the samurai brought by the officials also pulled out most of their swords. Seeing that a riot was inevitable.
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Just then, a clear voice said: "We won't fish anymore."

The voice was not loud, but as soon as it came out, the noisy crowd slowly quieted down, and everyone looked at the man who was supporting the village chief and keeping silent.

Liu Saner.

His young face did not have the hearty smile that I was used to seeing, but instead was very calm.

When the officials saw him, they narrowed their eyes slightly. But, I don't know if it was my imagination, but I seemed to see a vicious light flashing in their eyes.

One of them sneered: "Liu San'er, are you here to make trouble with us again?"

"Don't dare."

"Don't fish, huh, I forgot that you are a rich man. I heard that more than a month ago, you bought one or two ginsengs in the town. Of course you don't need to fish if you are so rich. Forbidden

Even the fishing order can’t stop you.”

"Master, what I said about us not fishing has nothing to do with the fishing ban."

The government officials were stunned, and Liu Saner said: "If we don't fish, it means we don't do this business anymore. Since we no longer do this business, do we still need to collect this tax?"

"Humph, no matter what you do for a living, as long as you are still in this area, you have to pay taxes. Tell me, you poor fisherman, you no longer fish, what do you do?"
To be continued...