The fat city lord didn't expect that Song Zhi, who was good-tempered at the moment, would suddenly attack him, and he froze in place.

Song Zhi snorted coldly, "You don't think I'm soft-hearted and soft-hearted, so you can manipulate me."

After she came in, her attitude was always good. He first used the excuse that the study was messy to leave her here for so long, and then pretended to be deep and said those words, just wanting to suppress her silently and gradually test her bottom line.

Unfortunately, Song Zhi is not really easy to talk to.

"If you don't want to die, put away those little thoughts and behave properly."

With just a few words, she exposed the fat city lord's thoughts. The cold blade cut his neck, making him break out in a cold sweat.

"I was wrong, please calm down, sir."

Song Zhi took the dagger coldly and sat back. The fat city lord changed his previous playful and casual attitude.

He didn't care about the wound on his neck and knelt down in fear.

"Sir, I have no intention of testing you. It's just that the people are having such a hard time. You are all bigwigs chasing fame and fortune, so why would you care about the lives of insignificant little people like us? I'm also afraid. What if you, the new officials, need money to squeeze the people?"

The fat city lord was in tears and spoke in a sincere tone.

Song Zhi recalled the scene he had just seen when he entered the City Lord's Mansion, and his tone softened a little.

"If you weren't really doing this for the people, you would be dead by now."

The City Lord's Mansion looks bright and beautiful on the outside, but in fact it is just an empty shell with nothing valuable inside.

Even the servants' clothes were patched, and even the city lord himself was not much better off, as the material was still old and from a few years ago.

This tight financial situation actually confirmed what he said earlier about it taking him a long time to scrape together a plate of pork elbows.

Even after they occupied the city lord's mansion, the servants remained loyal to them, the soldiers did not abandon the city and flee, and the people were not happy.

She knew that the Fat City Lord was indeed a pretty good person.

Seeing that he was now obedient, Song Zhi put away the dagger and stopped scaring him.

"Come on, I have plenty of money, I don't need to squeeze the people's blood and sweat."

Upon hearing this, the fat city lord wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a sense of relief: "Thank you, sir."

Song Zhi looked around and asked, "Have you sold all the valuable things in this house?"

The fat city lord scratched his head with his chubby hands in embarrassment, "I sold it. If I didn't, how could I raise the huge amount of levies the emperor wanted? I ripped off the buyer."

Then he quickly explained, "I sold it to a merchant from the Kingdom of Li, but I didn't cheat my own family."

Song Zhi was embarrassed. "It seems we arrived just in time. You have nothing to sell and can no longer afford such high taxes."

"That's true. I'm so worried. Winter isn't over yet, and the people still need a way to survive."

Song Zhi couldn't help but think that Mu Yuan's heart was really dark.

"It's okay. You can contact the court officials normally. The next time they come to collect taxes, tell them that they haven't collected any in the past two months. Wait until the spring to collect the money and give it to them. In short, delay it as much as possible."

She just didn't believe that Mu Yuanzhi would dare to make a big deal about such a thing. He was just confident that the emperor was too far away and the news would not reach the ears of the dog emperor.

It was not possible to convey it before, but now I have met her.

"Okay, I'll do as you say." The fat city lord said respectfully.

Song Zhi suddenly remembered something and asked someone to call Meng Qi over.

"Go to other cities and get information about their tax situation."

The fat city lord raised his hand weakly. "Don't bother asking about the two neighboring cities. I wrote to them and they added two floors, just like us."

Song Zhi nodded, "Then there's no need to go."

Other cities are too far away and it takes too long to make a trip. After returning to the capital, she can check Yunshui Youyou's account book to find out which cities have abnormal taxes.

Speaking of Yunshui Youyou, there is also a branch of Yunshui Youyou here, but she hasn't visited it yet.

Liu Ruoyu had said before that Ping'er seemed to be in charge here.

Thinking about it, she prepared to go and take a look.

Meng Qi followed Song Zhi, wanting to say something but stopping himself. Seeing that he was feeling uncomfortable, Song Zhi couldn't help but ask, "What do you want to say?"

"Um... Boss, it's the poison in my body. Do you have the antidote? The antidote you gave me is almost gone."

Meng Qi lowered his head shyly, feeling a little embarrassed.

When he mentioned this, Song Zhicai remembered that he had tricked him into poisoning him when they were in the capital.

After thinking about it, I decided to tell him the truth, "That's not poison, it's a tonic."

Meng Qi was stunned for a moment, "Isn't it poison?"

"Yes."

Meng Qi stopped, his eyes flashing with disbelief at first, and then the disbelief turned into bits of emotion.

A rough, large man, his eyes red, said shyly, "General Xin is right. You are a great man, sir. From now on, I will follow you diligently, overthrow the dog emperor, defeat the evil imperial power, and follow you to the pinnacle of life."

Song Zhi's mouth twitched. He was such a rough guy, but why did his way of speaking become more and more pretentious?

She got goosebumps all over her body and quickly sent him away to go to Yunshui Youyou alone.

When passing by the main street, you can still see Xie Ting doing well there, chatting with the people.

I can only say that there are both advantages and disadvantages.

Yunshuiyouyou is located at the end of the main street. You can see its slightly iconic decorative style from a distance.

She didn't inform Ping'er before she came, and when she arrived, she saw that the hall was empty.

She looked around and heard the lid of the water tank in the backyard make a noise.

She was about to go over and take a look when she heard Ping'er's voice behind her.

"Who is it, stop!"

Song Zhi turned around and saw Ping'er holding the dagger in both hands as if facing a great enemy.

When she saw Song Zhi, Ping'er's pupils suddenly shrank. The huge joy instantly broke through all emotions. She dropped the dagger and ran over.

"Miss, it's you!"

She was very excited, but her excitement turned into nervousness.

"The city is not safe now. Why are you here at this time?"

Song Zhi paused for a moment, and before he could answer, Ping'er hurriedly pulled him to the water tank. She quickly opened the lid and was about to push Song Zhi into the tank.

"Rebels occupied the city this morning. Don't be fooled by their friendly behavior. Who knows if they will go all out with women? There are countless examples in history of women being raped and looted after cities were captured. You should hide quickly and don't be discovered. I will guard outside and deal with it."

Before Song Zhi could catch his breath, Ping'er hurriedly closed the lid, blocking out the light.

Ping'er's voice came from outside, "Miss, please bear with it for now. Wait until you are sure there is no danger before coming out."

Song Zhi lowered her head and saw that there was a tunnel under the water tank. She was now standing on the first step of the tunnel.

There were sounds of scolding and sobbing.

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