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Chapter 141 Perseverance should change

Xu Heng had just returned from Wang Ningzhi.

Unlike others, Wang Ningzhi gave him great freedom. Although he still did not give him any position, he gave him a task after reporting the movements these days. Xu Heng has freedom and he can walk around at will. It seems that Wang Ningzhi ignored him at all, but in fact he restricted him everywhere: if his wife wants to treat the disease, the whole family needs to live in a house. Once he leaves Wang Ningzhi, it is impossible for him to face tax escape.

Fortunately, he didn't have the intention to get out of it.

"Did Brother Wei Yi come here?" As soon as he settled down, Xu Heng asked the maid at home.

The maid shook her head and said that no one came, not that she didn't know who was called Wei Yi. After all, in these few days, Wei Yi, dressed in a refugee, often came over. As slaves, they could not interfere. Even so, it can be seen from the conversation between Xu Heng and Wei Yi that Wei Yi was a soldier under Xu Heng.

After learning about this, these maids became close to Wei Yi.

"Just just now, the Taoist came over and treated his wife for a while, and then the wife drank the medicine and now she went to bed." As if seeing the confusion on Xu Heng's face, the maid hurriedly explained, "Just said that taking the medicine will cause drowsiness, which is a normal manifestation."

"Well, you guys take good care of your wife"

As he was talking here, there was a noise outside, as if a group of people were coming over, making Xu Heng raise his head suddenly, and when he heard the familiar voices, he waved his hand to let the maid leave. When he walked out of the room, he saw a group of refugees coming towards him.

The small courtyard is not big. After several days of cleaning and tidying, it has become clean and tidy. The flowers and plants in the courtyard have been trimmed and arranged in an orderly manner, which is very beautiful.

In the courtyard, Wei Yi, who was missed by Xu Heng, fell to the ground, looking embarrassed, and kept talking, as if defending him. There was a group of people around him, dressed in refugee clothes, and it seemed that they were refugees who built houses nearby, but now they were viciously surrounding Wei Yi.

"What's going on?" Xu Heng hurried over when he saw this scene. He did not rush to help Wei Yi up. Instead, he frowned and stared at the people around him, "He actually came here to make trouble!"

"He insulted the statue of the Lord of the Mansion!"

"Not only did I knock down the water that the whole village needed, I even knocked down the statue of God."

"He broke one leg of the statue of the Duke Jun!"

A group of people said in a silence, with anger on their faces, even Xu Heng was not given any face. This was abnormal. They didn't know Xu Heng's specific identity, but judging from his performance and this house, at least they could not afford it, they still refused to let him help Wei Yi up. What's more, they didn't listen to Wei Yi's defense at all, and kicked Wei Yi's body violently convulsed.

"I didn't mean it, I just slipped my feet and accidentally hit the wooden barrel." Wei Yi curled up, hugged his head, and said intermittently, "Brother, save me."

"Enough!" Xu Heng suddenly raised his voice and his eyes were cold, "Stop it!"

The person who was beating Wei Yi stopped and glanced at Xu Heng. He was frightened by his murderous gaze and slowly took back his fists and feet.

After such interruptions, Xu Heng almost understood what it meant, pointed at Wei Yi and said to the refugees: "He has admitted that it was not intentional. You beat him. Can you make up for the mistake by beating him to death? And those martial soldiers, who are not in charge of the matter?"

"Those adults are not here." A refugee replied, "It's okay to knock down the bucket, but he actually knocked down all the statues we made for the Duke, and even broke one leg of the statue. Isn't this cursing the Duke? He should be punished!"

"Yes, his intention should be punished. If it weren't intentional, how could he knock down the statue of God?"

"It's just that the mistake is caused, and the sins will not end in death. What's more, the Lord of the Mansion you are talking about is the Erlang's family. You should know that I am working under Erlang now. If I inform Erlang of this, I believe Erlang would not use lynching like this." Xu Heng said lightly, "I once heard a Taoist saying that respectful faith is in God but not in things. If Erlang is really the reincarnation of an immortal as you say, then how can you care about a small statue of God being broken by a broken leg?"

"Then, that's always going to have an impact." The refugees could not be convinced by Xu Heng's words.

"It's enough to punish a little. The Taoist talks about fate. Now that things have come to this point, it's also a disaster in his fate. However, Erlang's blessings are blessed by heaven, so we don't have to worry about it." Seeing those people stopping, Xu Heng walked over and helped Wei Yi up, signaling him not to speak, and then said to these people, "Since he has made a mistake, he will just deduct his food for two days. If the wood for the statue is gone, I can provide it."

The refugees discussed with each other, and the leader said, "This is the only way. We will report to Wei Yi of Wu Zu, and remember to go back."

After saying that, he refused the maid's guidance, and the group walked out of the house, leaving Wei Yi and Xu Heng in the courtyard.

Wei Yi's face was a little disappointed, with a hint of fear. He looked around and saw that there was no one else, so he asked Xu Heng carefully: "Brother, have you thought about what I said that day?"

Xu Heng raised his eyebrows, looked at Wei Yi carefully, and then said for a while: "Wang Erlang's government orders are good. If you do it steadily, you only need to survive the second half of the year and you can settle down in Kuaiji. So, are you still not satisfied?"

"It's not that dissatisfied." Wei Yi said hurriedly, but his hand subconsciously touched the wound on his face and curled his lips, "It would be fine if he could always be in office, but brother, which official has you seen who can hold an official position forever? Besides, there are rumors outside that the court has not allocated much disaster relief funds, and it doesn't matter if it delays for a while, but it's definitely impossible to deal with it for half a year. He now says that he is reducing taxes for half a year, but he has no way to know whether he will change his mind in the future."

"Do you think Wang Erlang will change his mind? After you settle down, you will re-extract a large amount of taxes?"

"Although I hope he won't do this, there were such things in the past. There were not a few officials who changed their minds. Now they live in a painting area, and everyone lives in a fixed area, so it is easier for anyone to get taxes." Wei Yiyue said the more excited he looked, and he reached out to grab Xu Heng firmly, "Brother, you have seen what the situation here is, you once had a refugee commander, interacting with the prefect and the governor, but now he has ended up in such a situation, even refugees dare to come to the mansion to cause trouble."

Xu Heng raised his hand to stop Wei Yi's speech, his expression kept changing, he frowned, and his eyes were deep and restrained.

"Brother, think carefully about the exam"

"Shut up." Xu Heng narrowed his eyes and said softly, "Is the method you said reliable?"

To be continued.
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