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第一百零八章 栽赃

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刘成笑了起来,曲端的精明与狠辣让他颇为高兴,毕竟谁也不喜欢在做大事的时候身后多一个猪队友,至于手上多了些血,他并不在意,在这样一个末世,只有以霹雳手段,方能扫清混沌,重整乾坤,犹犹豫豫。唯唯诺诺,只会在大难临头的时候一同覆灭。

当天下午,宜川县衙的三班衙役就都被召集了起来,县令曲端从中挑选了三十多人。告诉他们从明天开始将被作为向导派到刘成麾下。像平时一样。这些老油条们就开始连声抱怨,说衙门已经有很长时间没有饷了(这倒是事实),他们穷困不堪,不少人家里已经断顿了(这是假话),实在是没有力气去做向导了。曲端颇为大方的给每人放了五百文的草鞋钱。那些衙役们方才作罢。

“老爷!”老仆替曲端添上茶水,颇为愤懑的说:“看那些蠹虫的满脸油光的样子,哪里有断顿的样子,分明是死要钱。”

“呵呵!”曲端笑了起来:“既然是死要钱我又怎么能不给呢?你看老爷我是这么小气的人吗?连区区五百文草鞋钱都舍不得?”

“可是——”老仆刚想反驳,就被曲端打断了:“没有什么可是不可是的了,你把我昨天的银子找个信得过的人收兑一下,换成五十两一锭的松花白银。”

“是,老爷!”

对于绝大多数宜川县的百姓来说,池乐川是一个如雷贯耳的名字,与绝大多数缙绅不同。他的家并非是依靠科举功名带来的政治特权,从严格的意义上讲,他甚至都不能被列入缙绅的行列,因为他即没有担任过任何官吏也没有得到秀才的资格,他家的渠道是一项很古老的行业——高利贷。

对于习惯于银行基准年利率通常低于百分之十的现代人来说,古代社会的绝大部分借贷都可以被划入高利贷的范畴,九出十三归、驴打滚、羔羊利等等名目繁多的借贷方式都沾满了借贷者的血泪。但经营高利贷的难度不是借出去——在几乎没有任何社会福利制度的古代社会有太多不得不接受极为苛刻借贷条件的穷人,但要想收回本金和利息就难了。在通常情况下借贷人是不可能如数偿还本金与利息的,甚至连利息都无法照常偿还,在这种情况下借贷人不得不出售仅有的牲畜、工具、土地甚至家人乃至自己来还债。不难想象。这种行为必然会引起借贷者的激烈反抗,也是违反当时的普遍道德的。只有那些拥有强悍势力而且极为凶狠,敢于践踏人类所有道德底线的坏蛋才能将这一行当经营下去,而池乐川就是这样一个人。在他的手下豢养了一百多个心狠手辣的无赖打手,专门替他做放债收账的活计。

因此不难想象当池乐川接到催钱粮书信时会有什么样的反应了,他甚至懒得将书信完完整整的看完一遍就将其丢到一边,如果不是弟弟池乐山的劝阻,那个倒霉的送信人连口茶都喝不上就会赶出去,甚至还会吃上几鞭子。在池大爷的眼里。他不去欺负别人就是积德行善了,啥时候还轮到别人来找他要钱粮的。

相比起池乐川,他的弟弟池乐山就要狡猾的多了,从表面上看他是个普通的青衣秀才,平日里脸上总挂着和善的笑容,若是有谁欠了池乐川债的求到他头上,他还能在兄长那儿说说好话,也能宽限个几日。但实际上池乐山却是个极其阴狠的人,他凭借自己秀才的身份,平日里与县中的缙绅往来密切,帮助他们做了许多想做而又不方便做的事情。池乐川能够走到今天,也是多亏了他这个狡猾多智的秀才弟弟。

对于这次捐税,池乐山的意见与兄长不同,作为一个秀才,他的消息来源比仅仅是一个土财主的池乐川要丰富得多。根据已知的信息判断,他觉得这次的事情来得不简单,与其像兄长那样硬顶回去,还不如拿些钱粮来应付一下,只当是破财消灾了。而池乐川的理由也十分充分:要是给的话应当给多少?是按照报到官府的田亩数字给还是按照真实的数字给?若是这次给了下次又要怎么办?最要紧的是凭借池家与县里三班衙役的密切关系,真的挺不下去了再给也来得及。

面对兄长的态度,池乐山也没柰何,毕竟长兄为父,而且他自己也没有什么切实的证据来回答兄长的问题,于是他决定过两天得闲的时候就去一趟县城,找几个相熟的朋友了解一下这一切的内幕。

这天早上,池乐山带了个小厮,骑了头骡子便出了门。他虽然是秀才,但也不是那种手无缚鸡之力的文弱书生,少年时跟着兄长学过些杆棒,现在穿上了长衫,不再方便拿着棍棒与人厮打,便在腰间配了一柄倭刀,那小厮提了根杆棒,腰间带了只弹弓,一口袋石弹骑在驴上与池乐山一同出了门。两人出了池家寨子,过了道山梁,一阵穿梁风吹来,池乐山嗅了嗅问道:“咦?溜子你可闻到有股子血腥味?”

那小厮也仔细闻了闻,答道:“不错,可能是又有哪个路倒狼啃了,这年月邪性,狼也比平日里凶的多。“

“不对。“池乐山摇了摇头:”这么重的味至少有十几人,哪有狼能啃这么多人的,走我们过去看看。“

池乐山主仆两人顺着味道又翻过了一道山梁,便看到前面山坳的上空有不少老鸦在上下翻飞,不时出呱呱的怪叫声。池乐山打了一下骡屁股,加快度往那边跑去,不一会儿便绕过了前面的山脚,定睛一看,不由得叫了一声“苦也!“只见地上横七竖八的躺满了尸体,粗粗一算怕不有三十余人,看身上服色倒像是衙门中人。

“呀!“一声尖叫把池乐山从思忖中惊醒了过来,他回头一看却是小厮也赶上来了,他骑的驴慢便落在后面,只见其脸色惨白,一副即将呕吐的样子。(未完待续。)

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