Chapter 260 Sacrifice me

Suddenly I heard that the pheasants that my aunt caught in the mountains were actually tributes sent to the emperor from other countries that had been stolen before. Can everyone not be frightened?

What if someone from the government comes and directly identifies them as thieves?

This is a serious crime of decapitation!

"Dali, is it daylight outside?" Mrs. Liu coughed a few times, opened her eyes weakly, and saw her son Liu Dali, dressed and sitting by the bed.

"No, it's only the fifth watch now, it's still early before dawn."

When Mrs. Liu heard this, she made a sound and was silent for a long time before she said, "When the officials come, remember, you must insist that you brought the peacock back to my aunt."

"Mom, I know." Liu Dali sat beside the bed, his face covered with green stubble, making him look much haggard.

He turned back to look at his mother, his cheeks were sunken, his whole body was very thin, and his eye circles were sunken.

Seeing her son like this, Mrs. Liu couldn't help but her eyes turned red, and she raised her hand to touch her son's face.

She said with a tearful tone: "Mom, I'm sorry for you. The Si family has been so kind to us. My aunt is still so young, so I can only let you take the blame."

Liu Dali pursed his lips and shook his head: "Mom, what are you talking about? This is all deserved. If I can save my aunt and help the village tide over this crisis, it will be worth it."

"Dali, my son..." Old Mrs. Liu couldn't bear it any longer. She burst into tears and hugged him, sobbing loudly.

The wind was howling outside, and the sky was dark, as if it would never light up again.

I heard the watchman outside shouting "It's five o'clock."

County Magistrate Zhao hurriedly got up from the bed, packed up, and rushed to Dajia Village with Xing Wu and two cronies.

At this moment, he was really anxious.

The case of stolen tributes made Emperor Long Yan furious. He felt that the reason for the theft in Jinzhou must be the incompetence of Jinzhou officials and lax governance, which led to the proliferation of bandits.

Directly ordered the tribute to be recovered within three months, otherwise all officials would be dismissed and prosecuted.

Jinzhou officials were also unjustly accused. If something was stolen in Jinzhou, it was not necessarily done by Jinzhou people?

But what can be done? Today's saints are fatuous and do things based on their preferences. They do whatever they say, and their subordinates can only accept it.

Nowadays, the whole Jinzhou is looking for tributes. Yang County is remote and has not been affected much. However, if no tributes can be found after three months, Magistrate Zhao will also be implicated.

Therefore, yesterday when Xing Wu said that peacocks were found in Dajia Village, County Magistrate Zhao was so excited that he almost stayed up all night. He counted the hours and waited for the next day to arrive and rushed to Dajia Village.

In order to travel faster, Magistrate Zhao even rode a horse.

It was still dark in this winter, and there was a strong wind. His ears almost froze off along the way, but it still did not stop his excitement.

In the end, he couldn't bear it anymore. Halfway down the road, he happened to see someone lighting a fire to keep warm. He stopped, got off the horse, and ran to the fire to warm himself.

Seeing that the person who lit the fire was a young man, I couldn't help but chat with him: "Little brother, it's so early, are you going to the county town, or are you going home?"

"Go home." Xiao Yifeng's eyes were lowered, his voice was as clear as a cold spring striking a stone, and his jade-like face was bright and dark in the beating firelight.

The slender hand held a wooden stick and fiddled with the fire from time to time.

When County Magistrate Zhao heard this voice, he couldn't help but raise his head and glance at him. He saw that his face was extremely handsome, his outline was exquisite, and his brows looked somewhat familiar.

He was about to ask him if I had seen him somewhere.
Chapter completed!