Two wins in a row,. Purple Pavilion

On the way back, he found that the people here were very unfriendly, and any stranger except his own family was the object of everyone's beware.

For example, when Xiao Chen walked on the street, the residents on both sides would call the children who were playing outside back and close the door when he was still far away.

This made him feel very depressed after just winning two victories, the master has such a harmless appearance, coupled with a warm smile like a spring breeze, you are afraid of hair.

How did he know that the more people with smiles on their faces here, the more terrifying they felt, because no one dared to guarantee when such a person would turn his face.

In order to survive, the people of Beicheng have long been accustomed to deceit, and their opinion is that even their own family members cannot be fully trusted.

This strong sense of precaution against strangers made the little marquis feel very depressed, and he wanted to find someone to inquire about the situation here, but it seemed that he could only check it himself.

Back in the dilapidated room, he was surprised to find that the tent was gone.

Your sister actually stole it from the master, who ate the ambitious leopard gall?

Soon, he found some small footprints from the ground, which seemed to have been done by a few hairy children, and followed the footprints all the way to the slum by the stinky river.

Don't look at the dilapidated appearance of Beicheng, but the residents are also divided into three, six, nine and so on, for example, the men in the family can win twenty games in a row, and the family has face, and they are out-and-out middle-class and upper-class families.

If the man in the family can win more than forty games, it is a complete superior family, and a woman with a slight appearance will come and offer herself to sacrifice herself and ask for shelter.

And those women with ordinary looks and children, the men of the family died in the death arena, and this kind of family is the lowest level of the poor. Because they don't have the protection of strong men, they will be bullied in all kinds of ways, and it is good to raise daughters, and if they are boys, they rarely survive to adulthood.

Looking at the familiar tent in a dilapidated house, the little marquis only had a wry smile on his face, he was really embarrassed to trouble the people of that family, an ugly-looking middle-aged woman with four children, unclothed and hungry, and without a piece of tile to cover the rain.

Forget it, just do good.

He turned around and left, because the situation of the families here is almost the same, how can it be a shocking thing to describe, and it will make people feel depressed if they see too much.

Back at home, he rearranged a tent and began to meditate.

In the dead of night, he stood not far from the city wall, and after a few days of questioning, he finally figured out why the residents of the northern city did not choose to escape from the cage, not because they didn't want to escape, but because they couldn't!

From a distance of 100 meters from the city walls, all sorts of traps were arranged, and there were three times as many soldiers with crossbows facing inwards as outwards, and the walls were almost covered with dried corpses, all of whom were trying to escape.

After some reconnaissance by Ye Zi Martial Spirit, he came to the conclusion that traps were endless, and it was difficult for people below the Xuanwu Realm to reach the root of the wall unscathed.

In addition to the traps, there are dozens of defenders on each section of the wall, and their crossbows are not vegetarians.

No wonder the people of Beicheng chose to keep to themselves, since they couldn't escape, they could only survive.

Just as he was about to leave, a black figure appeared on the side, and he approached the city wall cautiously with his waist bent, as if he had done his homework and calmly avoided a few traps.

Seeing that he was only a dozen meters away from the city wall, suddenly ten thousand arrows were fired from above, directly shooting him into a hedgehog.

Several soldiers reversed the angle of their crossbows and fired barbed arrows that had been in the shape of spears, with a rope attached to the end.

Burst......

Barbed arrows pierced the dead body accurately, and the soldiers turned the winch and the rope drove the corpse, dragging it up the wall bit by bit, and then hanging it.

The little marquis let out a sigh of relief, the thing just now had the strength of the seventh level of the Immortal Martial Realm, but it looked so vulnerable in front of the defenders.

I thought I would be able to escape from Beicheng in a few minutes, but now it seems that that kind of thinking is too naïve.

Xiao Hou Ye shook his head, since he couldn't escape, he would challenge two or three opponents every day from tomorrow, and strive to make up sixty-six victories in a short period of time.

He continued to wander around the city until dawn and did not return.

......

The border city, after a series of vigorous reforms by Su Kemu, the appearance here is almost catching up with the pre-war period, the population is initially the same as before the war, the caravans from the east and the west are gradually increasing, and the rich goods bring huge profits to the merchants and the border city.

"My lord, there's another caravan at the east gate. The old butler happily ran in and said to Su Kemu, who was sipping tea: "This is the largest caravan in the past few years, and they have brought a total of more than 200 carts of goods, exquisite southern Chu silk, tea, porcelain, and refined salt from white flowers. ”

"Really?" Su Kemu asked with a smile, "Which caravan is it?"

The housekeeper replied: "It's a caravan that has never been here before, the shopkeeper's surname is Lin, they call themselves the Lin merchant group, and they say that they set off from Yangzhou in Dachu and come all the way to us." ”

Su Kemu frowned: "From Yangzhou, that's the smuggling merchants, I didn't expect them to be so bold, they dared to cross the border with more than two hundred truckloads of goods to come here, aren't they afraid of the Great Chu Emperor Zhujiu clan?"

In order to curb the development of the steppe tribes, the Great Chu Emperor strictly ordered merchants to do business with the barbarians, especially metal, silk, tea, and salt, which were prohibited from circulation.

This approach of the emperor is nothing more than forcing the barbarians into a situation where they cannot survive and ensuring the safety of the Great Chu border.

But the emperor ignored a very important thing, that is, the merchants pursued profits, the more the border trade was blocked, the higher the price of various commodities needed by the barbarians, and the high price represented the great profit, not only failed to prohibit the circulation of goods, but more and more smuggled merchants.

It is said that many smugglers were secretly supported by border army generals.

For smuggling, the Great Chu Dynasty had strict regulations, smuggling goods of more than 10,000 taels of silver, the parties concerned would be beheaded, more than 50,000 taels of Yi and three clans, and more than 100,000 taels would be punished by nine clans.

More than 200 cartloads of goods, mainly precious silk, porcelain and sea salt, are worth more than hundreds of thousands of silver.

The housekeeper smiled and said, "Who doesn't know that smuggling is to kill the head, but do you see that there are few merchants of Da Chu here?" The shopkeeper of the Lin family's merchant group said that the first thing to do when entering the city is to visit you, give the most precious gifts, and seek long-term cooperation with us. ”

Su Kemu nodded: "In this way, Shopkeeper Lin is a person who understands the rules, and he is ready to welcome guests, since people are so polite, we can't be lazy." ”

The butler was just about to leave, but he turned around and said, "There is one more thing, I don't know whether to talk about it or not. ”

"Say it!"

"The young shopkeeper of the Lin family business group is a girl, and she looks very smart. The old butler said cautiously: "From the moment she saw the soldier inspecting the cargo, she began to inquire about someone. ”

"Who?"

"Chen Xiao, Chen Gongzi. ”

Su Kemu's face immediately changed: "Could it be that the Chu people sent him to arrest Xiao Gongzi?"

The butler shook his head: "It doesn't look like it, if so, why did they bring so many goods." And she can say Xiao Gongzi's pseudonym, not her real name, and she looks like she has a lot of friendship. ”

"Be careful, don't be careless!"