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Zhang Feng then walked towards the mansion, but looked at the arresting officers who were coming and going.

With the voice of "Hello, my lord".

At the entrance of the small courtyard in the shopkeeper's mansion.

Several detectives were sealing boxes full of silk, or sealing gold and silver objects.

There were also trays in tow with some fragile jewellery.

Further ahead, there is also the removal of cabinet furniture.

The stone table in the central hall of the courtyard was also 'clanked' by the stone hammer, ready to be separated from the root.

Today, shopkeeper Xing's house was completely ransacked, leaving nothing behind.

Chapter 221 Worship Me Not God!

"East Wing, five taels of gold and twelve taels of silver"

The accountant is recording the items brought out by the police, singing the quantity of each item out loud, and recording it on the list.

Zhang Feng listened to the numbers one by one, wandering around, followed by a group of people.

Look at the gold and silver everywhere.

Zhang Feng finally stopped in front of a wooden box, because he felt that shopkeeper Xing could do it.

I have accumulated money for most of my life, and now it is finally returned to disaster relief.

But when the policeman passed by Zhang Cover with a large silver plate full of gold and silver jewelry.

Zhang Feng saw that the pair of jade bracelets on the plate looked good, so he picked them up casually, and put them back in if he wanted to have a look at them.

It's just that the policeman didn't seem to notice that someone was moving public property, instead he didn't stop walking, still walking towards the outside of the mansion.

The people around should not see that the county magistrate took things.

Because this is just a jade bracelet, it is not worth mentioning compared to the merits of the county magistrate.

"Where did I remember a pair of emerald bracelets just now?" The accountant's eyes were even more fixed. He flipped through the account book and turned two pages. up.

At that time, I will draw up another draft, which will be regarded as the official storage file and handed over to the master.

The master and the accountant exchanged a look, and then looked at Zhang Feng who was playing with the jade bracelet. They were also silent, pretending not to know.

Including if someone asks them now, 'Did the county magistrate take the jade bracelet? '

They will 100% say, 'Does shopkeeper Xing have a jade bracelet at home?Are you slandering the county magistrate? '

Zhang Feng didn't care what they thought, but looked at the jade bracelets, and then looked at the four veterans who were laughing dryly, "Look, shopkeeper Xing's family business is quite solid. Just this pair of bracelets, let's talk about a hundred taels of silver." ?”

"Treasurer Xing is in collusion with Tan Butou!" One of the veterans stepped forward to talk, with a look of righteousness, "If we, Mr. Zhang, hadn't come, who knows how many people they would have bullied!"

"Yes yes yes!" The other three veterans also hurriedly agreed, "Master Zhang is just and upright, and has eradicated a great harm for our Qiguang County!"

"There's no need to say good things." Zhang Feng looked at the cleaned-up room next to him, and while walking, he handed the jade bracelet to the accountant, "Don't paint it back and forth, and get another one. Remember to put the bracelet in .”

Having said that, Zhang Feng smiled and patted Mr. Accountant on the shoulder in the flattered salute, and walked into the house.

There is also a small tea table here, and a servant warms up good tea.

It seems that Li Laocai is very obedient, and the reception area is well prepared.

After the master and the four shopkeepers all come in, the servants leave.

Zhang Er closed the door outside and stood outside the door like a bodyguard.

Zhang Feng sat at the front, picked up a cup of tea, sniffed the charming fragrance, and said to the four veterans, "Is this tea specially prepared by Shopkeeper Li?"

"Yes" Li Laocai hurriedly replied, "When the villain travels, he often brings some good tea that he has kept privately. Today, when I heard that the adult wants to talk to the villain here, the villain will make a fool of himself and take it out. I don't know if the adult likes it or not."

When he said this, he showed a flattering expression, "If the adults like the villain's carriage and there is still a catty and two taels, the villain will go right away."

"The crimes and faults of Shopkeeper Sun and Shopkeeper Xing." Zhang Feng suddenly looked at Li Laocai, "And the matter of arresting and accepting bribes at the altar, you should take warning. Don't let Zhang Feng catch you."

"Yes!" Li Laocai's heart tightened, and he quickly knelt down to admit his mistake, and he didn't expect that the new county magistrate would not even accept tea for drinking.

At the same time, Zhang Feng looked at the fragrant tea, but didn't taste it. Instead, he looked at the fear of the few people, went straight to the point, and sprinkled them with jelly beans,

"Treasurer Xing's family is well-off. I remember that he owns a rice shop. People sometimes go to exchange rice. The rice shop cannot be closed because of this.

Sun Laocai's several restaurants can't close down. His restaurant still has a lot of hunters who live by hunting, and they have to pay for it.Think of a way, let's take over. "

"My lord means that" the moment the four veterans heard the meaning of Zhang Feng's words, they were scared and happy at the same time, feeling that they could expand their power and make more money again!

But it's still such a big cake for them, and then act with the ruthlessness of the new county magistrate.

In the end, fear had the upper hand in their hearts, and they bowed down in fear, "Don't worry, my lord!"

After worshiping, Li Laocai and the other three looked at each other quietly, and made a painful promise: "My lord, every year I will draw two from the gross profit."

He said, looking at Zhang Feng who was using the tea cover to shake the tea leaves, and his fingers did not obey his control, from two to five,

"Fifty percent! The villain will take [-] percent from the gross profit and hand it over to the county government treasury! And when there is a disaster, the villain will definitely do his best to serve the adult! As long as the villain can do something, the adult can tell the villain!"

"It's the same with me!" The rest of Lao Cai promised one after another.

"Several people are talking about disaster relief." Zhang Feng turned his head and looked at the master standing beside him, "After the people's taxes and food are paid every year, do you still have food left at home?"

Master "Yu Liang" closed his eyes and meditated for a few breaths, and replied: "Sometimes the harvest is not good and the court needs relief."

When the master said this, he looked at the four old men who were kneeling on the ground. Although he didn't want to help them, he still sought truth from facts: "Sometimes when the disaster is serious, the shopkeepers in our county will also go to other counties to help out of their own pockets."

After the master finished speaking, he always felt that what he said sounded like a compliment and pleading for them, so he didn't want to say it.

It's like being with them.

But the facts are the facts. When the master talked about business and people's livelihood, no matter how much he bothered them, he was not at all selfish.

"Several shopkeepers have done some good deeds." Zhang Feng laughed when he heard that these shopkeepers had also done good deeds. At this time, he picked up the teacup, took a sip, and said to the four people who were chasing him: "The tea is good. When the time comes to leave, hand it over to Zhang Er."

"Thank you, sir!" Seeing Zhang Feng accepting the gift, the four veterans were relieved and happy again.

Li Laocai looked gratefully at the master who spoke for them.

"Hum..." the master snorted softly, turned his head away, and didn't want to talk to them.

But Zhang Feng's next sentence made everyone bring up the emotions that had just been relaxed.

"I have heard about it for a long time. I heard that there is a mountain god temple in Dongshan." Zhang Feng held a teacup, leaned on a chair, and looked at the crowd, "Is there a mountain god in this temple?"

'Mountain God? ! 'When everyone heard the county magistrate casually calling the mountain god, they staggered in fright!

You must know that there are really sects of cultivation and half-immortals walking in the sky in this world, this is not just for fun!

Maybe there really are "heavenly gods" in the sky! ', always watching whether they are pious.

Calling the mountain god at will is a big deal!

But when Zhang Feng said something, everyone was completely stunned.

"Can the temple be demolished?"

"Demolition?!" Li Laocai turned pale with fright.

"Your Excellency," the other three veterans were also having a hard time, and they knelt down to speak out, saying all kinds of reasons why they didn't dare to tear it down.

"Don't do it, don't do it!" Hearing this, the master hurriedly persuaded Zhang Feng, ignoring the dark anger of the old fortunes.

"My lord! This is a god statue that we have worshiped for hundreds of years in Baili villages in Qiguang County! It cannot be dismantled or moved! If the gods are angered, it will be a disaster for Qiguang County!"

"Yes!" The four veterans nodded one after another, hoping that the master would persuade this courageous county magistrate.

Not to mention that they were punished by the gods just after they took over the territory.

Seeing their frightened look, Zhang Feng thought about it and asked, "Since it can't be demolished, have we been offering incense to this god every year for the past hundred years?"

The master said truthfully: "Winter is enshrined every year. In today's early spring, the people will kneel down at the foot of the mountain to pray, offer incense, and make wishes for a good harvest next year."

"As long as incense and prayers are not enough, you must show sincerity." Zhang Feng asked again, "Do you repair the temple every year?"

The master replied: "Every year, the tax and the rest of the county are collected, and the immortals are asked to repair. Even if the people starve for the winter, they will devoutly send incense to the mountain gods for a good harvest in the coming year."

"The sincerity of our county is enough." Zhang Feng poured the tea with a tea lid, "Then, has there been any flood in this county for a hundred years?"

"This..." the master paused for a moment, and still said truthfully: "It is recorded in the treasury documents that there have been two times in the past hundred years that the great monsters fought with humans and drew the water of the long river to kill and injure thousands of households."

Zhang Feng put down his teacup, "Is there a drought? No harvest?"

Master whispered again, "Three times"

Zhang Feng looked at him, "Is there an earthquake disaster?"

All are silent.

"Yeah." Zhang Feng nodded,

"Then what is the use of this god?

dismantle. "

Chapter 222

Everyone looked at each other weakly in silence.

"It seems that some of you also know that the mountain god can't protect the people of this county." Zhang Feng got up and said, "After the execution of Shopkeeper Xing today, take someone with me to Dongshan."

"Yes" Master bowed and saluted.

"This..." The four veterans also pondered for a while, and finally said cruelly: "If my lord doesn't dislike me, I'm willing to go too!"

"That's the best." Zhang Feng nodded and glanced at everyone, "I'm not a person who can judge at a word. I also know that the root cause of whether temples can be demolished is the people."

Zhang Feng walked out the door, "Because every spring, the people will go to Dongshan to sacrifice according to the past.

But if the temple is suddenly moved now, of course something is wrong.

But these things are small things, nothing can be broken.

Can't a false god continue to eat the incense of our county for nothing?

And now, I'm still a little curious, is this mountain god a fake?Or is someone obstructing it, asking outsiders to dress up as mountain gods and eat incense from our county? "

"My lord's lesson!" Li Laocai and the others knelt down hastily when they heard the words 'stealing incense' and 'demolishing temples', as if they wanted to prove their innocence and had nothing to do with this matter.

"The ones who can eat incense are naturally monks and ghosts." Zhang Feng turned around and looked at them, and said otherwise: "It has nothing to do with them. I, Zhang Feng, am not a person who tortures innocent people into a scapegoat."

Zhang Feng knew what they were thinking, and heard their 'worries'.

They are not afraid that when they demolish the temple, they will not be able to explain to the people, and then they want to use them as scapegoats and divert the disaster to the east.

For example, when demolishing temples by oneself, the people were unwilling and said that they could not be demolished, and disasters would result if they were demolished.

But as long as I come to "the incense is eaten by someone among the four shopkeepers", or "this is a certain old fortune, and the scam of the cultivation sect who comes to overhaul and rectify every year, wants to use the name of the mountain god to steal tax revenue, Fifty-five cents and the like'.

Wait for the words to come out.

These shopkeepers must have been scolded to death.

The temple must also be demolished, and the demolition is loud.

I will even confirm the title of Master Qingtian.

Because in the final analysis, people worship gods every year, and there are still floods, droughts, and earthquakes, so they are somewhat suspicious.

Coupled with the people's hatred for Sun Laocai and shopkeeper Xing, they will just find another Laocai to take the blame.

Then this plan to divert disasters to the east is logical.

It's just that Zhang Feng doesn't bother to use this kind of strategy.

It was as if he was afraid of some mountain god, and he was looking for some reason.

For example, after the mountain god found out that the temple was demolished, he really came over and said, "I thought it was some old money who made a fool of himself, and didn't intend to offend the mountain god?" '

I don't know how to use this trick, but I will tell the mountain god that I think it is useless, so I just tear it down, so what's the matter?

In layman's terms, in the words of the previous World Tao brothers, as the local county magistrate, how can outsiders be allowed to collect protection fees?Just accept it, and don't do anything, I can't bear it.

"The temple must be demolished today."

Zhang Feng came to the door of the house and looked at the people in the house who were still thinking, "Prepare axes and utensils, and prepare some lamp oil and fuel to ensure that today passes without leaving any traces of the mountain temple."

"Yes" the master walked out, but suddenly asked: "My lord, what did the city lord say?"