Chapter 33: A Little Trouble in the Countryside

Rosen quickly entered the courtyard, where there were several men from the same village, who also had blood stains and wounds on their bodies.

As soon as I entered the house, an old man came out.

Everyone in the village calls this old man Uncle Ganjiao. Uncle Ganjiao is the village doctor. His medical skills are not that good, but he can cure minor illnesses and injuries.

Uncle Ganjiao glanced at Rosen, shook his head and said, "Prepare for the funeral."

My sister-in-law, who was supported by the servants at the back, fainted immediately after hearing what the uncle said.

"Uncle Carrier, thank you for your hard work." Rosen stuffed some silver coins into the uncle's hand.

As soon as he entered the house, Rosen smelled a strong smell of blood.

Luo Damu was lying on the bed, and the floor and bed were all covered with blood.

A wound running from the left shoulder to the abdomen was shocking.

Luo Damu had lost too much blood and fainted on the bed.

Rosen glanced at the servants behind him and said, "All of you, get out! No one is allowed to come in unless I shout."

After the servant left the room, Rosen's palm emitted a green light.

The magic of palm!

Under Rosen's treatment, Luo Damu's injuries gradually eased.

Then Rosen began to bandage Luo Damu.

In order to avoid unnecessary trouble, Rosen did not completely heal his elder brother's injuries directly, but only saved him from life-threatening danger.

Rosen walked out of the house and said to the servant, "Take my sister-in-law to the mansion to rest, and you go buy some supplements."

Rosen looked at the farmers in the yard again.

"Uncle Daliang, tell me, what happened?"

"We went to the town with Da Mu to buy this year's grain seeds. On the way back, we encountered a group of bandits. They stole our grain seeds and also chopped Da Mu."

"Are there bandits nearby?" Rosen asked in surprise.

Although this happened thirty years ago, Rosen remembered it very clearly. Before he got married, he had already wiped out all the nearby bandits.

It is impossible for a new bandit gang to emerge in a short period of time.

"Do you know what banner they are flying?" Rosen asked.

"I don't know. I didn't hear their names, but the leader had a big beard, black teeth, and was tall. He looked like a soldier."

"I understand. Each of you will go to my house tomorrow to get some grain seeds as a thank you gift for sending my eldest brother back."

The farmers thanked him repeatedly and no one refused.

Their grain had been taken away, and they were already at their wits' end.

Now that Rosen was willing to give them grain seeds, they were naturally grateful.

Rosen's face was extremely gloomy. He had already regarded the area around Kaiyuan County as his own piece of land.

Now a strange gang of bandits has emerged, and most importantly, they have injured his eldest brother. This matter cannot be covered up so easily.

My sister-in-law also breathed a sigh of relief when she learned that her husband had recovered.

However, Rosen had been investigating the group of bandits but knew nothing about it.

Luo Damu's injuries were getting better day by day.

That day, just after Rosen checked on Luo Damu's injuries, he heard his servants report that a group of yamen runners had come to the door.

When Rosen came to the living room, the first thing he saw was the big black teeth.

Rosen narrowed his eyes and looked at the group of yamen runners.

"My fellow officers, what can I do for you?"

"My county magistrate said that the north is at war with the Mongols, so the court is going to increase the head tax to 1,200 coins per household. Your family, including your servants, has a total of 35 people, which means 42 coins," said the Black Tooth officer.

Rosen's eyes turned cold. Nowadays, an ordinary farmer's family that could afford one string of cash was considered well-off, let alone one thousand two hundred coins per person.

Even if the imperial court wanted to increase the head tax, at most it would only be a few dozen coins per person. It was impossible to increase the tax amount to such an unreasonable amount.

This is equivalent to someone in modern society requiring every citizen in the country to pay 100,000 RMB.

"Since it is the order of the court, I will follow it. Then please take out the official documents from the court." Rosen looked at the Black Tooth officer and others with a smile.

All the officers looked gloomy, and the Black Fang officer stared at Rosen with a gloomy look.

"Master Luo, the document is naturally in the government office. I was in a hurry to leave today and didn't bring it with me."

"I'm really sorry, I can only ask you to bring the official documents first, so that I can pay the money according to the imperial decree."

"We have come all the way here, more than thirty miles along the way. I'm afraid it won't be a good idea for Master Luo to ask us to return empty-handed."

Rosen sneered. These yamen runners thought they were nouveau riche, so they dared to extort money from them.

If they really dare to produce such an outrageous document, both the county magistrate and they will lose their heads.

"Return empty-handed? That's right. If you can't produce the official documents today, you will really return empty-handed." Rosen said coldly: "Come here."

At this moment, a dozen servants came out holding sticks.

"Master Luo, what do you mean?"

"What do you mean? If you can't give an explanation today, each of you will lose an arm." Rosen said blankly.

"We are officials. Attacking us is tantamount to treason." Heiya Chaji shouted.

"Who said I attacked the officials? A group of villains broke into my Luo Mansion and tried to defraud money. When they failed, they tried to rob us, and were killed on the spot by the servants of my Luo Mansion." Rosen said sinisterly.

All the officers' faces turned pale, and Chief Black Fang tried hard to suppress his fear.

"Master Luo, we are Meng Lang. We just want to get some money and drink. If Master Luo can let us go today, we will definitely repay you in the future. If you can use us, we will also be able to help you. What do you think?"

"A few days ago, my eldest brother encountered thieves three miles outside the village and was hacked. Now he is still lying in bed. All the grain seeds in the fields this year were also stolen." Rosen stared at the Black Tooth officer.

Sure enough, the Black Tooth Captain and all the other officers' faces changed drastically.

Looking at their expressions, Rosen had roughly determined that this matter was definitely related to them.

"Brothers, fight him..."

Just as the Black Fang captain was about to draw his sword, Rosen pushed the handle back into the scabbard.

The Black Tooth Sergeant was stunned for a moment, and raised his head in confusion, only to see Rosen putting his hand on the Black Tooth Sergeant's shoulder. With just that light press, the Black Tooth Sergeant's spine was directly broken, and the whole person fell to the ground like mud.

Rosen looked at the other officers calmly.

"Kill them all."

The servants were still a little hesitant. After all, they were just servants and not sold into slavery.

Even most of them are from Luojia Village.

That is to say, the Luo family paid a lot of money, and Rosen was unwilling to hire outsiders, so they hired them.

Rosen looked indifferent, and could see the hesitation of these servants.

Rosen formed seals with his hands, performing an illusion and soul-stealing technique.

After all, these servants are just ordinary people, not vicious butchers, so it is indeed difficult for them to kill people.

So Rosen directly deprived them of their memories of today, and all the servants returned to their rooms like zombies.

The next moment, all the officers on the scene disappeared from their places and were thrown into a distorted space.

This is a cubic space that is 1000 meters long, wide and high. The top, bottom, front, back, left and right walls of this space are covered with human limbs. Some have half of their bodies exposed, while others have only their arms left, grasping and waving in the air.

This is the twisted space!

At the same time, in the center of the distorted space, there was a small hill.

The young Ten-Tails heard the noise and turned around to see Rosen.

At this time, all the officers were scared to death.

They had never seen such a strange scene before.

Roar--

The young Ten-Tails moved its body and rushed towards Rosen.

After coming in front of Rosen, he lowered his body like a pet and put his head close to Rosen.

The young Ten-Tails has only one eyeball on its head, and it is a huge blood-red magatama Rinnegan.

Rosen reached out and touched the head of the young Ten-Tails.

The young Ten-Tails let out a low roar, as if it was enjoying Rosen's touch.

“They are your food.”

"No……"

"Help me."

"I was wrong, don't eat me, don't eat me..." The officers howled in fear and despair.

They never dreamed that a country rich man could be so terrifying.

Originally, they believed that their status as police officers was enough to destroy the homes of these local rich people.

However, they never expected that Rosen would not play any tricks on them, and his methods were so terrifying.

Rosen looked at the officers begging for mercy and said, "Why did you come to me? If I hear even the slightest lie, you will be used as feed for my pets."

"It is the county magistrate who wants to take over the land of Luojia Village." An officer said hurriedly.

"Originally, he asked us to seize the grain seeds so that the villagers of Luojia Village would have no land to farm. Then he could take the land back to the government on the grounds that it was abandoned, and then he could transfer it to Mr. Huang in Kaiyuan County at a low price."

"Who is Mr. Huang?"

"Huang Dongping, he is a Jinshi from Kaiyuan County."

In this era, Jinshi were already a privileged class and were exempt from taxes.

And tax exemption does not seem to exercise any power.

However, it was able to attract some gentry or farmers to register their land under the name of this Jinshi, thus evading taxes.

If the land was registered to a gentry, the Jinshi would generally receive a small reward.

But if ordinary farmers just register the land, after a few years, the land will most likely be swallowed up.

Therefore, as long as one can pass the imperial examination, within a few years, a poor person can become a local tyrant.

This is why the old scholar was so eager to pass the imperial examination.

Rosen understood that the fields in Luojia Village had been coveted by someone, which led to this unexpected disaster.

"Master Luo, I can help you." An officer said in fear, "Even if you want me to kill the county lord, I will do it for you."

"I can too."

"I can too."

Rosen originally wanted to kill them all, but now he had other ideas.

Although he is not afraid of the government, if he uses violence, troubles from the government will only continue to come.

"How do you say your chief's death?"