Tax Official Forcing! Centurion Summons!

"Are you Wang Xuan?"

The man saw Wang Xuan open the door, sized him up, and asked coldly.

Wang Xuan nodded.

"That's me."

"I'm Sun Fu, in charge of this year's taxes!"

"Your family owes a total of ten taels of silver in taxes, hand over the money!"

Sun Fu didn't bother with pleasantries and went straight to the matter of taxes.

"What, ten taels of silver?!"

Lu Yao came out of the inner room at this moment, her face changing drastically when she heard about the ten taels of tax.

"Sir, isn't the poll tax one tael of silver per person this year? What's changed?"

Lu Yao asked anxiously.

Although Wang Xuan had given her fifteen taels of silver yesterday, the family had debts before, and after paying the taxes, there wouldn't be enough left to repay them.

Sun Fu said coldly, "This year's policy has changed temporarily. For hunter families like yours, the tax silver is doubled."

"You haven't been hunting in the mountains any less on weekdays, surely you can come up with this little bit of money, right?"

He looked at the two of them coldly.

Not mincing his words.

Among the villagers watching the commotion behind him, some hunters' faces turned as bitter as gourds when they heard this!

Doubling the hunting tax!

Are they even supposed to survive?!

Wang Xuan frowned upon hearing this, instinctively sensing that something was wrong.

Just then.

His gaze suddenly noticed something outside.

Some villagers were following the tax officials to watch the excitement, but among them, he saw several familiar figures.

It was Shi Qian and Liu San and the others!

The former had his arms crossed, looking at him with a smile that wasn't quite a smile.

Wang Xuan immediately understood!

"That guy is behind this!"

Yesterday, Shi Qian came to ask about Shi Yong's cause of death. Although he pretended not to know and muddled through, he knew that Shi Qian still suspected him in his heart and would definitely find a way to make trouble for him!

He just didn't expect that Shi Qian would join forces with the tax officials to deal with him!

"That damned guy!"

Wang Xuan couldn't help but clench his fists.

"Sir, as far as I remember, this year's tax hasn't changed. I remember it should be three taels of silver, right?"

Wang Xuan didn't lose his temper, but asked rationally.

When he met Chen Feng yesterday, he also mentioned the tax issue. This year's hunting tax should be three taels!

Sun Fu said impatiently, "The policy was just changed today, is that not allowed?"

"I say it's this much, it's this much, stop giving me lip!"

"Hurry up and hand over the money!"

"If you can't come up with the money, don't blame us for being impolite!"

As he spoke, he seemed about to take action.

According to the laws of the Great Yuan Dynasty, if you couldn't pay the tax, the men would be forced into corvée labor, and the women would become prostitutes.

Seeing this from a distance, a smile appeared on Shi Qian's face!

He had now become a martial artist, a formal disciple of the martial arts gym, and the tax officials would give him some face!

So after returning yesterday, he found the tax officials and asked them to help.

If Wang Xuan resisted, then he could probe Wang Xuan's details. If not, since the two families also had grievances, he would just take care of him along the way.

Lu Yao's expression suddenly became anxious when she heard this, and she quickly said, "But sir, the hunting tax in previous years was one tael of silver. Is it too much to suddenly increase it to six taels this year?"

Sun Fu's expression suddenly darkened, and he snorted coldly, "I said, the policy was suddenly changed today!"

"Are you doubting that I'm lying?"

His tone became heavier, and the pressure of a martial artist was unconsciously revealed!

Lu Yao's face was pale, and she couldn't help but take a step back.

Wang Xuan, seeing this, quickly stood in front of Lu Yao, saying, "Sir, don't be anxious, we're just asking."

"Ten taels of silver, right? I'll give it to you right away."

Wang Xuan didn't plan to get too entangled with these two.

Although Sun Fu was only a leather-level martial artist, he was still a tax official. If a conflict occurred, they would be the ones to suffer.

Wang Xuan immediately went into the house, then took out ten taels of silver and placed it in front of the two.

"Sir, this is ten taels of silver!"

"Please take a look!"

Sun Fu's expression changed slightly upon hearing this.

"I misremembered, there's also the matter of the poll tax increasing this year, three taels of silver per person!"

"So, it's eighteen taels of silver in total!"

Whoa!

As soon as he said this, the expressions of many villagers watching the commotion changed drastically!

Three taels for the poll tax!

Most of the people in the village didn't make a living by hunting, so the hunting tax wasn't a big burden for them.

But!

Almost every household had four or five people!

Three taels of silver per person!

This was simply deadly!

For a moment, the faces of the surrounding villagers turned pale, and some even wanted to run away!

Wang Xuan's expression darkened upon hearing this!

"Sir, are you making a fool of me?"

He had already given the other party enough face, but they were still pressing him relentlessly!

It wasn't a matter of whether he paid the money now; even if he took out eighteen taels of silver, the other party would immediately increase the taxes.

Lu Yao almost collapsed to the ground when she heard about the eighteen taels of silver.

Seeing Wang Xuan's attitude, a cold light flashed in Sun Fu's eyes as he said, "What, do you want to make a move?!"

Wang Xuan narrowed his eyes, his killing intent soaring!

"Please wait a moment, esteemed sirs."

"This woman now belongs to my master. Please be kind and hand her over to me!"

Just then, a voice suddenly came.

Everyone turned to look.

They saw a middle-aged man with a mustache and a lewd expression, leading seven or eight servants, walking towards them.

"Manager Qian!"

Wang Xuan's gaze sharpened.

The person who came was Zhou Bapi's manager.

Qian Tong!

"Manager Qian."

Sun Fu's face showed a hint of respect when he saw the person.

Behind Qian Tong was the Zhou Estate.

And Zhou Bapi was the wealthiest man in town; naturally, they had to give him face.

Qian Tong came to the door and said, "Sirs, this family owes my master money. If they can't repay it, this woman must become my master's concubine."

"So..."

Sun Fu nodded and said, "Manager Qian, please do as you see fit."

Qian Tong's gaze fell on Wang Xuan and Lu Yao, and he said with a smile, "Wang Family's little lady, you haven't forgotten the money you borrowed from my master a few days ago, have you?"

"I'm here today to collect the debt."

"A total of three taels and six qian of silver. If you can't repay it, you must come with me!"

His face was smiling, but it sent chills down people's spines!

The surrounding villagers sighed repeatedly upon hearing this.

It was already troublesome to offend the tax officials, but now that they had also offended Zhou Bapi, it was a dead end!

Chen Shan stood in the crowd, his brow furrowed. Even if he wanted to help, he couldn't.

Wang Xuan's eyes suddenly turned cold!

"This is your money!"

He picked up four taels of silver and tossed them to Qian Tong.

However!

Qian Tong shook his head, saying, "Wang Family brat, this is tax money, not my master's."

"Pay your taxes first, then pay back the money."

Sun Fu quickly nodded in agreement.

"Exactly."

"You haven't paid all your taxes yet, what are you trying to do?"

"If you don't have the money, come with us!"

As Sun Fu's words fell, the four constables behind him immediately stepped forward, staring at Wang Xuan with unfriendly expressions.

Wang Xuan protected Lu Yao, taking a step back.

"It seems you're deliberately trying to make things difficult for me today!"

Wang Xuan said coldly.

Sun Fu sneered.

"What do you mean making things difficult!"

"You can't pay your taxes, and you think you're in the right!"

Sun Fu shouted, his large hand reaching out to grab Wang Xuan!

Seeing this, Wang Xuan clenched his right fist, ready to strike back!

"Stop!!!"

"Centurion has ordered Wang Xuan to report to the camp!"