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"Mother, it's okay. Let's go back first. Don't delay the officials from continuing their work. If all the taxes are confiscated, the county magistrate will blame you for not doing your job well."

Qu Jingyao's words reminded Hou Li. He put on a cold face and shouted to the yamen runners, asking if anyone else had confiscated property.

The bailiff flipped through the booklet in his hand and found that there were five families whose property had been confiscated. Not only were these families from the Qu family, but one of them was Old Lady Xu's family.

Seeing Qu Jingyao's family turn around and leave, Old Lady Xu was so angry that she tried to catch up with them, but was stopped by the yamen runners.

"Did you get the money, old man?"

Hearing what the yamen runner said, Old Lady Xu nodded and bowed hurriedly with a smile on her face, and did not forget to defend herself, saying that their family consisted of her daughter-in-law and grandson, and her population tax had to be paid by Liu as well.

"Old lady Xu, you are really shameless. The Liu family has already left the clan and has nothing to do with you. How can you still attribute the tax money to the Liu family?"

There was a woman in the crowd who couldn't stand Old Lady Xu and shouted out in mockery.

Old Mrs. Xu's face turned red, and she shouted angrily that her family's affairs had nothing to do with others.

Then she shouted a few words in the direction Liu left, but unexpectedly, the Liu family members ignored her completely.

Liu was held back by her daughter and ignored what Old Lady Xu said.

The jade pendant that belonged to her father was already in her hands, and she didn't find anything else related to her father.

"That old lady Xu is just trying to trick us, don't pay any attention to her."

Liu knew that her husband's jade pendant was now in her daughter's hands, and her last worry was gone. She felt much more at ease, and the mother and daughter walked quickly towards their home.

Hou Like ignored the old lady Xu's little tricks and ordered the yamen runners in a cold voice to take her to get the silver and money. If she couldn't get it, they should take her directly back to the yamen jail.

Old Lady Xu was so frightened that her face turned pale. She wiped the sweat from her forehead and begged for mercy. She kept promising to go back and get it, but in her heart she was cursing Liu and her son to the ground...

Seeing that even Mrs. Xu, who was as tough as a crock, didn't dare to make any more trouble, the other families didn't dare to drag their feet any longer and could only bite the bullet and pay the tax.

After an incense stick of time, Hou Li and the yamen runners left Lingshui Village. Xu Lizheng finally breathed a sigh of relief. Listening to the complaints of the surrounding villagers, he could only say a few words to comfort them and shouted at everyone to disperse quickly.

"His father, life will be even harder from now on. Several families left crying. I can imagine that life will be tough for them!"

Aunt Cui Lian sighed helplessly. Seeing the man beside her looking worried, she felt distressed and didn't know how to comfort him.

"Okay, go back to work first. We'll have to take it one step at a time. You never know when the enemy might attack us."

Xu Lizheng said this, put his hands behind his back and walked towards his home lamenting.

After returning home, Qu Jingyao came to the woods outside the yard alone. At this time, Dabai Baixue was standing beside her.

"Dabai, you two should go back to the back mountain first. I'm afraid a lot of people will go there in the next two days. You just need to scare them away and don't hurt them. Also, go to the back mountain and find some wild wolves to teach a lesson to those who just left the village."

After Qu Jingyao finished giving the instructions, Dabai nodded, shaking his head.

"Master, rest assured, I understand."

After he finished speaking, he quickly ran towards the back mountain with Bai Xue.

After doing all this, Qu Jingyao curled the corners of her lips, a cold light flashed in her eyes, and she turned around and returned to the courtyard.

When she left the forest, she still found the figure of the old madman not far away. He was hiding carefully behind a big tree and peeking out, but most of his body was exposed, which exposed him.

Qu Jingyao burst out laughing and called out to the old madman, asking him if he was hungry.

"Wait here, I'll go back and get you some food."

As soon as she finished speaking, the old madman ran towards her like a gust of wind and anxiously blocked her way.

"Uh......"

"For me?" Qu Jingyao looked at the grass he handed to her and was suddenly stunned.

She didn't understand what the old madman meant at first, and just thought he was giving it to her out of kindness.

"Are you going to give it to me? Thank you!" Because the old madman looked so sincere and serious, Qu Jingyao reached out to take it even though she knew it was just a blade of grass.

When she raised her head and wanted to ask something again, the old madman had already run away.

"Hey! Don't run!"

Qu Jingyao didn't expect that he would run away directly. She felt a little depressed without asking any questions. She stared at the grass in her hand in a daze. This grass was special because its five leaves formed the shape of a flower. It was the first time she had seen it.

The movement in the woods suddenly interrupted her thoughts. She quickly ran towards the depths of the woods and saw the old madman surrounding two half-grown children, shouting and laughing.

Qu Jingyao stopped and frowned tightly, watching the old madman suddenly hide behind the two children when he saw her figure.

"Who are you? Are you here to arrest us?" The boy who was obviously injured stared at Qu Jingyao cautiously.

The old madman was now slumped under a tree, grinning foolishly at the air.

Qu Jingyao shook her head helplessly and turned to the two children: "I'm not here to arrest you, but why are you here, and with that old lunatic?"

Qu Jingyao's words made the boy even more alert, his small eyes filled with cold light:

"You can't hurt him. We...we are just people in trouble. He helped us, so you can't hurt him."

Qu Jingyao understood something from the little boy's words, but this old madman was also interesting. Qu Jingyao became more and more suspicious as to whether he was really a madman.

"Are you hurt? Where are your family?" Qu Jingyao tried to ease the boy's nervousness and asked the two of them softly.

She was surprised to find that the two boys seemed to be twins. With their identical delicate faces, they must not be children of ordinary people.

The two boys were very cautious towards her, staring at her with cold eyes.

Qu Jingyao sighed helplessly, shrugged and said to them: "I have no ill intentions, I just came here because I heard the noise, that's all. I'll leave first."

After saying that, Qu Jingyao turned around and walked out of the woods.

"Brother, how are you? Don't scare me!" Qu Jingyao heard the little boy's anxious cry, but she just flashed her eyes and continued to walk out of the woods.

No one noticed that the old madman waving the branch suddenly paused and continued laughing at the air.

"You...wait a minute, please save my brother!"

The little boy shouted anxiously, and seeing that she had no intention of staying, he had no choice but to put his brother under the tree temporarily, and quickly ran to Qu Jingyao, grabbing her sleeve and begging.