Chief Hu waved his hand at the two thugs and shouted, "If you don't confess, you will beat me, hard."
The beater holding the stick raised the stick and hit Kuang Guangbu's ankles hard, causing him to scream in pain.
His wife Mai Yuan approached him and said sympathetically, Guangbu, just admit it! Admit your mistake and beg Chief Hu to let you go.
Kuang Guangbu gritted his teeth and remained silent.
Chief Hu said with a straight face, "I will let him go if he begs me?" Nothing good like that.
At this time, the whipper also whipped Kuang Guang's head and face with a whip.
Mai Yuan then knelt down and begged Liu Binggong, hoping that he would say a word to make Chief Hu show mercy.
Where can Liu Binggong buy it? He turned around, raised his face, and said angrily that he robbed my rice while I was away. He deserved to be beaten and killed. And he spoke loudly to some villagers who were standing by the field watching the excitement, did everyone see it? This is the fate of those who randomly break into houses and steal property!
When Kuang Hong, Kuang Shan, and Kuang Hua saw their father being beaten with green and red streaks on his face, they were so shocked that they started to cry.
Mai Yuan, who was kneeling on the ground, suddenly stood up and rushed forward, trying to protect Kuang Guangbu with her body. She said, you can whip me with a stick! I am willing to suffer on my behalf. It doesn't matter if you beat me to death, if you beat him to death, the three children will be left alone. There was a burst of scolding and crying.
Chief Hu didn't say anything. How could the two thugs obey her? The sticks and whips continued to rain down on Kuang Guangbu alternately.
Kuang Guangbu couldn't bear it anymore and blurted out that it was Wu Daode who robbed the bag of rice from the drugstore on Zhonghuopu Street.
Kuang Guangbu knew in his heart that it was not Wu Daode who did it, and it did not even have a dime to do with him. Why do you want to frame him? Who told him to talk nonsense yesterday and asked me to carry a big water tank to sell on the street? I waited for most of the day, but there was no business. In the afternoon, the business finally came in and the price was agreed upon. However, Wu Daode randomly said that there was a crack in the bottom of my tank, which caused my business to go to pieces. For this reason, I also want to point out randomly that he robbed a bag of rice from Liu Xiangshen's house.
Upon hearing this, Chief Hu signaled the two thugs to stop, looked at Kuang Guangbu, rolled his eyes, and gestured, "Say it again."
Kuang Guangbu repeated what he said again.
Liu Binggong said angrily that it turned out that Wu Daode was the bandit leader. No wonder he didn't say anything about beating him like this. Now that he couldn't bear the physical pain, he finally said it. Ha... He loudly raised his voice and said, Wu Daode, how can I not forgive you?
Chief Hu signaled the two thugs to untie Kuang Guangbu, then waved his hand and said to capture the bandit leader Wu Daode.
On this day, Kanjiazhuang was not very peaceful.
Kan Neng came to see Kan Ba's family in the village killing dogs. In front of his house, a pitiful black dog was hung by a rope on a wooden ladder against the wall and howled.
There is a wooden bucket filled with water under the wooden ladder. Kanba took the water ladle and poured water into the dog's mouth. The dog could not bark and twisted even more violently.
Kanba poured a few more ladles of water in. The dog choked and rolled its eyes and its body was still twisting. Because every time it twisted, the rope that tied the neck tightened, and the dog couldn't breathe. In addition, water was poured on it. In just a few moments, the black dog with a full belly became motionless and died.
Kan Neng came close to watch the excitement, clasped his hands and howled happily. Watching the dogs being killed was really fun, and of course eating the dog meat was even more fun.
Without saying a word, Kanba picked up the knife and carried out the second procedure: skinning the dead dog hanging on the wooden ladder.
Kan Neng came and asked, Uncle Kan Ba, can this dog meat be sold?
Kanba, who tilted his head and held a knife, continued to cut the dog's skin, and replied angrily, "Sell it, can you afford the price?"
Kan Neng came and asked, how much does it cost per pound?
Kan Ba looked at him and said, "Ten coins per catty."
Kan Neng said, after a while you finish skinning the dog and chop 3 kilograms of dog meat for me.
Kanba replied, OK!
Suddenly they heard the sound of horse hooves. They looked up and saw three men in official uniforms riding horses to the village. One of the big men rode his horse to the yard in front of Kanba's house, pointed at Kanba who had skinned the dead dog and shouted: "Has your family's land tax been paid?"
Kanba was stunned for a moment, then chuckled, and then shook his head at the big man.
The big guy was a tax collector, and he said, "That won't work. You have to pay the land tax quickly." Otherwise, you can use dog meat to pay off the land tax, that's fine, and you can use money to make up the remainder.
Kanba still didn't speak, but he freed one hand to dig into his trouser pocket, took out a bill, turned around and flashed it in front of the big tax collector, and then put it back in his trouser pocket.
This angered the big tax collector, and he yelled, "You paid the land tax, why did you shake your head just now?"
Kanba said, I shake my head to tell you that I have already paid the land tax and do not need to pay it again. You don't understand what I mean.
The big tax collector said, OK! You skin this dog and I'll buy all the dog meat. How much does it cost per pound?
Kanba replied, 10 coins per catty.
The big tax collector frowned and said, damn, why is it so expensive? The most expensive dog meat in the city only costs 7 cents per catty.
Kanba said forcefully, if you think it’s expensive, don’t buy it! I'm not begging you to buy it.
The big tax collector glared at him and drove away. Kan Nenglai, who was standing aside, chased after him.
The big tax collector had arrived at a corner of a house before he got on his horse and found someone chasing him. He was about to ask a question with a stern face, but Kan Nenglai, who was chasing him, faced him with a smile.
The big man, still unsmiling, got off the horse again. Kan Nenglai came close to him and whispered for a while. The big man nodded, his tense face relaxed, and he pointed with his fingers, with a smile on his lips.
Then, he turned around the corner of the house and passed through the house alley. When he reached the end of the alley, he turned another corner and disappeared. Kan Nenglai smiled strangely and walked towards the house of Kanba who killed the dog.
An hour later, in the sunshine at the end of the alley, the big tax collector and two other tax collectors, one of medium stature and one of short stature respectively, were all riding on horseback talking animatedly about something. Suddenly they saw a The man walked out of the alley carrying a bamboo basket.
The man looked at the big tax collector and nodded his head as a greeting. The big tax collector was most concerned about what was in his bamboo basket.
The man realized this, reached out and grabbed a large piece of pink meat in the bamboo basket. The big tax collector looked at it, jumped off the horse with satisfaction, took the bamboo basket handed over by the man, and asked gratefully. ,May I have your name? The man replied, My name is Kan Nenglai.
The big tax collector asked, "You spent money to buy dog meat and gave it to us. Do you need our help with anything?"
Kan Neng came to ask questions and answers. Is it convenient to talk about it here?
The big tax collector pointed at the other two tax collectors who also got off the horse, and said relaxedly that they are colleagues and brothers in our county government, and you can say whatever you want.
Kan Nenglai said hesitantly, I also... want to find a job.
The big tax collector asked, what kind of job do you want to get?
Kan Neng came to ask for a job as a tax collector and be the tax collector for our area.
The big tax collector said awkwardly, "We can't be the master." This needs to be decided by Magistrate Liu.
The middle tax collector said that it would be impossible for you to get a job without giving gifts to the magistrate of Liu County.
The short tax collector said that the gift should not be given too lightly.
Kan Neng said, can't I ask you for a favor?
The big tax collector replied simply, no, we don't have that right. Then he returned most of the basket of dog meat in his hand to him.
Kan Nenglai shook his hand and said, "No need to return it. I spent a hundred pounds to buy 10 kilograms of dog meat and give it to you. Doesn't it count?" Besides, it doesn't matter if you can't help.
The big tax collector smiled and praised, you are quite generous!
Kan Nenglai asked in an inquiring tone, if money was to be given, how much money would be needed before Magistrate Liu could make a decision?
The big tax collector said, I want to give him at least 1,000 coins.
Kan Nenglai said in surprise, "Oh my God!" so many?
The middle tax collector said that it was still a small amount. If it's less, we won't talk about it.
Kan Nenglai suddenly changed his tone. As long as Liu Zhixian can take this decision, I am willing to give him 1,000 coins.
The short tax collector said it was hard to explain. Who can guarantee that if you give Magistrate Liu 1,000 coins, he will make the decision to make it happen?
Kan Nenglai's eyes rolled around a few times and he said, "I want to give it a try."
Of course, Kan Nenglai thought to himself: Anyway, the 1,400 yuan of money I got came from a bad source. Now I will spend it on the right path to find a serious job. Even if it doesn't work out and the money I gave out is wasted, I won't regret it. Just like gambling, I want to take a chance and try my luck.
Kan Nenglai clearly had an enlightened mind. He suddenly took out 1,300 coins from his bag, divided the 300 coins into three parts, and gave 100 coins to the big guy and three others each.
Kan Nenglai weighed the remaining money in his mind and said, I still have 1,000 coins left, and I just want to entrust the three of you to see which one of you is willing to do this for me and give it to Magistrate Liu.
The big tax collector said, give it to me and I will try it with you.
The middle tax collector and the short tax collector said in unison, "If we have the opportunity, we will also help you put in a good word in front of Magistrate Liu."
Kan Nenglai cupped his hands and said, I'll leave it to you three.
The big tax collector returned the bamboo basket containing the dog meat to him and said, forget it, we have each received 100 coins from you, so we don’t need the dog meat, and you can enjoy it yourself!
Kan Neng can say it, that’s fine! I like dog meat. Then he picked up the bamboo basket containing the dog meat and grinned, revealing a particularly eye-catching black tooth that had been worn out by chewing the dog's bones.
