Chapter 481 I'm Back (Part 2)
Since secretly leaving Xingqing Mansion at the end of February, Sun Tu finally returned to the Song Dynasty safely after a lot of trouble. Fortunately, it has been a long time since the incident before the New Year, and the Xia Dynasty has been in constant conflict, so they didn't bother to search and track his whereabouts, which allowed him to truly escape.
After returning to the Song Dynasty, after some trade-offs, Sun Tu did not rush to reveal his identity or rush to Bianjing to meet Tong Guan, but went directly to Qingzhou, Shandong. Because he knew very well that this was his foundation. If he really entered Beijing and was sued by some people in the court for a lawsuit or had a plan, it would be very difficult to return to Qingzhou.
But in this way, Sun Tu spent even longer on the road, and he did not arrive in Qingzhou until mid-May, but he saw many changes that he did not want to see along the way. The conversation in the teahouse at this time made him angry and his emotions a little out of control.
What a person Sun Tu is? His subordinates have hundreds of lives. When they are angry, they are not able to withstand the ordinary people in front of them. At that moment, the few people exclaimed and looked at him with panic. It was not until this time that he suddenly came to his senses, quickly gathered his momentum, put down the tea bowl that had been crushed by him, and apologized to everyone: "I was so angry and a little arrogant just now. I hope you don't want to be surprised. Old man, this bowl will be counted as the tea money together!" As he said that, he had already picked up the teapot in front of him, drank the tea water inside in one go, took out twenty or thirty cents of money and put it on the table, and got up and wanted to leave.
Originally, Sun Tu was in a hurry to return to Qingzhou. Now, after hearing about the various changes there, he was even more heartbroken and did not want to delay any more. When the old tea seller saw that he had left so much money, he waved his hand and said, "The guest has given too much, and even if the money for the tea bowl is included, it doesn't take ten cents..."
"Your tea is the best for me. Even if the rest is thanked for the old man's hospitality today." Sun Tu smiled and strode to the horse. As soon as he untied the reins and was about to get on the horse, he saw a team of soap-clothed officials suddenly coming on the road ahead. The guests and the old man in the teahouse were panicked when they saw them coming. Several people who were still drinking tea and talking slowly immediately got up and hurried to the other end.
But the old man couldn't leave, so he could only stay there with a nervous look on his face, and his shrunk eyes didn't even dare to look at the official officer who had already walked straight towards the teahouse. These official officers walked into the teahouse as if no one was around and asked in a condescending tone: "Old Jiang, today you should pay the grain tax and the tax money you opened a teahouse!"
"I'll ask a few people to make some money to make peace. The old man really can't come out with so much food and tax money... My sons have been summoned to the army, and no one has cultivated the land at home. Where can I pay taxes for food? There are also only 30 or 50 cents a day for this tea stall, and you have to ask for ten cents of money. This..."
"Bold! You are so stupid. You are so old. I have already given you time to raise money and food because you are old. I didn't expect that you are not only ungrateful, but you still want to shirk responsibility and delay today. Do you really think that my Song Dynasty's rule cannot deal with you?" An official immediately glared at the eyes and scolded him with threat. At the same time, the eyes of another companion next to him quickly fell on the twenty or thirty copper coins left on the table by Sun Tu. He immediately took a step forward and grabbed Yip in his hand. Looking at the pale old man, he smiled sinisterly: "You old guy is really a person who wants money but lives. At this time, you dare to lie to me! Your tea stall only costs dozens of cents a day? It's just afternoon today, where did you come from? It seems that if you don't take you back to the city and punish him heavily, you will not pay the money!"
As soon as he said this, several officials rolled up their sleeves and wanted to take down the old man who had already been scared and trembled. The other two guests in the teahouse were also silent at this time and did not dare to say anything, let alone stand up and explain it to the old man.
Just as the old man whispered that he was wronged but did not dare to dodge, a voice rang out from behind them: "I gave the money to this old man. Have you ever asked you a few of you?"
The cold voice surprised the officials slightly. He quickly turned around and saw a young man dressed in a long journey looking at him and others with cold eyes. Zhong Yi, the leader, vaguely felt that this person looked familiar, but he couldn't remember it for a moment. He just collided with the other party's gaze, and a chill suddenly rose.
However, the other officials still looked arrogant at this time, staring at Sun Tu who was back and said, "Who did not put on his pants well, so I exposed you? Boy, can you control the taxes of the government?" As he said that, he glanced at him holding the horse, and his eyes showed a look of greed: "By the way, my government's government office just threw a good horse apart two days ago, don't just steal it! You are unlucky today. Since you have shown up, let's follow me to return to the city to convict!" As he spoke, he conveyed his eyes, and the other officials immediately understood and held the sticks in his hands and wanted to take the person down.
Sun Tu really didn't expect that these officials were so scoundrels and could convict people at will. His face immediately became a little gloomy. Seeing that someone was waving his baton, he just flashed his body and avoided the stick. Then he reached out and grabbed it at the head of the stick. He shook and shook, which made the officials lose their stick in the screams, and the person staggered backwards.
Seeing that he took his brother's stick with a light move, these officials finally became a little nervous and immediately shouted, "What a thief, not only stole the horse but also dared to resist arrest. Are you not afraid of the king's law?" As he spoke, the few people all danced the sticks in their hands and swept towards Sun Tu's head, face, neck and other vital points.
Although these guys had a great momentum, Sun Tu's eyes were no different from a few children. He heard a cold snorkeling, and the stick in his hand was already whimpering and then arrived first. Before these people hit him, they pointed the tip of the stick at the wrists one after another. After a few painful crys, the sticks in their hands all fell to the ground, but Sun Tu didn't even move his steps from beginning to end.
"You...rebelled, there are Liangshan bandits going down the mountain to kill the officials!" An official suddenly shouted, turned his head and ran towards the official road leading to Qingzhou. The others then made the same choice. Only the leader Zhong Yi still looked at Sun Tu with some confusion, with a look of fear flashing in his eyes, but he did not escape like the others.
Seeing this, Sun Tu was really angry and funny. These guys really expressed the word "rogue" to the extreme. Of course, he could not let them escape at this time. He immediately chased after him with one step. With a long stick in his hand, he quickly knocked all the officials to the ground.
Until this time, these people were truly convinced and knelt down and begged for mercy: "Good man, please spare my life, I know I am wrong. I have a 80-year-old mother and a three-year-old child to raise. I hope the hero will spare my life!"
Sun Tu stared at them with a faint look: "Now you know you are afraid? Since that's the case, why did you have to fight this old man so hard? He just opened a tea stall and made a living. Are you going to treat him to the official position?"
"I... I am also ordered to act. But he has not paid the government's taxes. We always come to collect and report the life." The official officer hurriedly explained.
"Just just a tea stall, you will charge him a heavy tax of ten chunks? This is not a tax collection, it is obviously a life-threatening person! I have never heard of Qingzhou Prefecture that there was such a rule. Even when Murong Yanchao was in office, there was no such heavy tax!" Sun Tu stepped forward and asked again: "Say, are you waiting to charge a lot of benefits in the middle under the name of the government?"
"The good guy is wronged, how dare the villains have such intentions? We really did it on orders, but it was not to force him to death, but to bring him back and be injected into the army..." Faced with Sun Tu's intimidating momentum, this person finally told the truth.
When Sun Tu heard this, he was stunned. What's the purpose of this? He actually wanted to force such an old man in his sixties into the army. What's the use of such a person?
Seeing that he was hesitant, everyone thought he was afraid, so someone plucked up his courage and said, "This hero, we are all doing things according to the regulations. If you were not from Liangshan, this matter would have nothing to do with you, and the affairs of the government were not something that people like you could control! If you know the truth and leave, we will not make things difficult for you. But if you insist on getting entangled, when the army in Qingzhou arrives, no matter how skilled you are in martial arts, I am afraid you will not be able to get benefits!"
"Hahaha..." Sun Tu immediately laughed disdainfully when he heard this: "You should not be a serious official businessman. You were a street gangster before?" Seeing the few people stunned, he knew that his judgment was good. The words and deeds of these people were really no different from those of rogues. The only difference was that outfit.
Then, he glared at him: "Who said that I can't control such a ridiculous thing done by the Qingzhou government? I'm not afraid to tell you that as long as it is in Qingzhou, I can control it, I should control it!" At this point, his aura suddenly erupted, which made these officials dare not speak again, and no one asked questions and asked again.
At this moment, Zhong Yi, who had been standing next to the teahouse, finally understood and exclaimed, stared at Sun Tu with his eyes, and his body shook quickly like a whisper. He said in fear: "You...you are...you are Sun Dujian... are you back from Huanyang?"
Chapter completed!