Compulsory education in ancient times

"How?" Tao Jianran asked anxiously when he saw the dark guard.

"Reporting to my master, there are four major families in the Lianzhou government. Except for the Li family, the other three have been controlling the economy of Lianzhou. They drive up prices, forcefully buy people's assets at low prices, and there are many other activities. The subordinates have not been able to investigate for the time being. come out."

Although there is not much information, it is enough for Tao Yanran to deduce the general situation of Lianzhou: "That's why the people of Lianzhou live in such poverty. This state capital may be quite good, and some counties that are more remote are not Know what it's going to be like!"

Tao Jianran's anger that had subsided before came up again: "Then what about Lianzhou Zhizhou? What did he do?"

"My subordinates only heard that the governor of Lianzhou eats fast and recites Buddha's name every day, and he doesn't care about these things."

"Hmph! I don't think I don't care about it, but I don't want to! I don't believe that the Li family didn't participate in anything, so keep investigating!" Tao Jianran was so angry at night that Qi Bohan had to use some It took special measures to let him sleep peacefully.

The next day, Tao Jianran rubbed his sore waist and said firmly, "No, I came back yesterday without looking carefully. I must go out today to see the situation in Lianzhou with my own eyes."

"When I was in the capital, those ministers made such a fuss, but I didn't see you so angry. What's the matter?" Qi Bohan took Tao Yanran into his arms, "It's not that you are not allowed to go out, but I just feel sorry for you."

"Hmph! I feel bad for you to sleep with the babies at night!" Tao Yanran took a look at this hypocritical stinking man, "No one in the capital would dare to act so boldly!"

Qi Bohan knew he was wrong, so he only accompanied Tao Yanran with a smiling face and softly coaxed Tao Yanran's anger down, and then went out with Tao Yanran.

Instead of taking the same route as yesterday, they took a detour to the slums in Lianzhou.

Passing over the streets that are neatly decorated and bustling for outsiders to see, the goal is actually filthy and barren.

Tao Jianran didn't expect that there would be such a world of difference just across the street!

The east side of the street is full of flowers, but the west side is like purgatory on earth.Today's scene is not much worse than the disaster area, and may even be poorer than the disaster area!

Tao Jianran paused at the intersection for a while, and there was a group of burly and menacing men in front of them, dragging a skinny man and two women, walking towards them.

Before Tao Jianran could open his mouth to ask, the person opposite immediately said arrogantly: "Who dares to block your grandfather's way? Get out of here!"

"Bold!" The shadow guard stepped forward and showed his long sword, and the momentum of the people on the opposite side weakened a little.

But there were only a few, and the man on the opposite side still threatened arrogantly: "Do you know who I am? Get out of the way quickly, and I will spare you!"

Tao Jianran hadn't heard anyone talk to him like this for many years, and he laughed angrily: "I want to see who spares who, and take them all!"

Tao Jianran's impulsiveness may arouse the vigilance of those people.But Qi Bohan knew that Tao Jianran had been very angry these two days, and if he was not allowed to vent his anger, he might be overwhelmed, so he kept silent and let Tao Jianran mess around.

Anyway, what happened in the end, he has the bottom line.

The shadow guard restrained the group of seven strong men three times, five times and two times. The three ordinary people caught by the strong man woke up like a dream, and hurriedly crawled to Tao Jianran's feet on their knees, crying bitterly. Kowtowed and begged: "Master, please save us, save us!"

"Get up first, since I've taken care of this matter, I will take care of it to the end." Tao Yanran let the shadow guard help him up, "Is your family here? Take us there and we'll talk about it."

"Thank you, sir, thank you very much, sir." The three gratefully brought Tao Yanran and his party to the innermost part of the slum area, in front of a dilapidated hut.

The front of the hut was also splashed with feces and black dog blood, and the people around were walking around the road holding their noses.

The air here is really bad, Tao Yanran tried hard to make a friendly gesture, but he still couldn't hold back.

Qi Bohan naturally hated him to work so hard, so he said: "This room is too small, let's find a spacious place."

Hearing the words, the three ordinary people dared not respond, so they brought the group to the small square in the middle of the slum.

The square was formed around a well, and the people living here depended entirely on the water from the well, so people came and went, and it was very lively.

This also allowed Tao Yanran and Qi Bohan to see more intuitively the appearance of the people living here, and the more they looked at it, the more frightened they became.

The last time Tao Jianran saw such lifeless people was when Lingzhou was flooded and the people suffered heavy casualties!

Tao Jianran took a deep breath, leaned on Qi Bohan's body, and after absorbing some warmth, he said to the three people: "Tell me, what happened?"

Hearing this, the three of them burst into tears immediately, expressing all their grievances in one go.

It turned out that these three people were a family of three, and they had a son before, but last year when the son fell ill, the couple sold all their property, but the son's illness still did not improve.

I also heard that people can borrow money from the government without paying interest.So the couple ran to the Yamen, signed and pledged to borrow a tael of silver.

But I never thought that my son's illness could not be cured, and he was dying!

Not long after, someone brought the IOU they signed and pledged to the door to demand debt, and said that they would have to pay ten copper coins in interest every day!

The family was illiterate, and they didn't know what they were signing, so disasters began to strike.Those people's debt collection methods are very bad, and there are endless incidents of spilling feces and dog blood.

The family of three lived in the heat of the water, and even the son's body could only be buried hastily, without even a tombstone.

To this day, the accumulated debts of their family have reached 100 taels, and this group of strong men arrested them to sell themselves to pay off the debts.

Listening to the three people's narration, Tao Jianran was filled with righteous indignation at first, but he calmed down in the end, but the palms he held with Qi Bohan were sweating a lot, and only the two of them knew about it.

Tao Jianran looked up, and suddenly asked: "There should be quite a few people who have had the same thing happen here, right?"

"There are many, and many have already been taken away." Speaking of this, the three of them wept again in fear.

"Go and call all the people who were also forced to pay their debts." After Tao Yanran let the family of three leave, he turned his eyes to the seven strong men who were tied up like dead pigs.

Qi Bohan immediately understood what Tao Yanran meant, so he ordered the shadow guard: "Pull it down and interrogate it carefully."

Tao Jianran watched the seven strong men being dragged away with cold eyes, knowing that they would be severely tortured, but at this moment there was no disturbance in his heart.Although these people are just minions, since they choose to work for the tiger, they have to bear the consequences themselves!

"Of course, don't get too angry." Qi Bohan gently embraced Tao Yanran, "They still have to wait a while, let's go back and have lunch."

"Just eat something, I want to go shopping again." Tao Yanran buried his face in Qi Bohan's arms, "Bohan, why are there so many wicked people in the world?"

"Didn't you say that, only if the people can afford to read and understand the principles of life. When the people's customs are enlightened and everyone knows how to protect their own rights and interests, corrupt officials will naturally restrain themselves a lot." Qi Bohan lightly Rubbing Tao Jianran's ears that were red from the cold, "Don't worry, there will be more such things in the future. If you get angry, who will take care of Xingzhi College in the future."

"Hey..." Tao Yanran let out a long sigh, then raised his head, looked straight into Qi Bohan's eyes, and said in a coquettish tone, "Next time I won't come out again, just let someone else go out on patrol, otherwise I will still get angry if I see it .”

Tao Yanran knows that it is difficult for him to control his emotions perfectly like Qi Bohan, and it is better for others to handle these things in the future, otherwise he will not be able to bring the greatest benefits to the people in fact, and may expose Own.

Qi Bohan was like a roundworm in Tao Jianran's heart. Seeing Tao Jianran's expression, he immediately said: "Don't worry, I brought a token of imperial envoy this time, and I'll just use this identity to act when the time comes."

"The other three...?"

Qi Bohan nodded: "If they encounter this kind of situation on the road, they will take care of it, don't worry."

"Is this what you ordered specifically?" Tao Yanran felt warm in his heart, "You expected me to be so impulsive?"

Qi Bohan didn't answer, but everything was kept silent.

Only then did Tao Yanran completely let go of the burden, with a warm smile on his face.To have such a partner by my side in this life, I don't know how many blessings I have cultivated in several lifetimes.

But the peaceful atmosphere didn't last long, and suddenly another group of arrogant people surrounded Tao Yanran and the others.

Qi Bohan frowned slightly, and the shadow guard immediately drew his sword and stepped forward to reprimand: "Back off!"

Seeing the shadow guard's knife, the group of people were indeed afraid of death, and silently backed away a few steps.

But they didn't retreat very far, and the leader was a short man with wicked eyebrows and mouse eyes who said loudly: "Do you know who our master is? Let him go quickly, maybe the master will be able to spare you! "

"Heh." Tao Yanran chuckled disdainfully, "I don't know who your master is, so you might as well tell me."

"Hmph! Our master is the head of the Qian family! You know you're afraid, why don't you let him go!" The little boss said with a proud face.

Tao Jianran and Qi Bohan felt chills at the moment.

The team of strong men just now had been captured by them, and it stands to reason that no one should go back and report the news.

As for the people who had been secretly watching Tao Jianran and his party, the secret guards did not come to report that anyone had left.

Then there is only one possibility, that among the people living here, someone has become the minion of these villains.