The six guards at the gate of the city, untidy, leaned against the city wall, chatting with each other.

There are not many people entering the city from here, probably because it is not a city gate where trucks enter and exit, and there is not much oil and water, a few people saw Song Shuyun, a poor person who had fallen to the bottom, with blue light in her eyes, and stopped her and asked for a city tax.

Song Shuyun pretended not to have seen the world, and trembled and took out a small rag bag from her arms.

Then Song Shuyun looked through these broken steps layer by layer, looking at the guards with a toothache, several people exchanged glances with each other, although they were not surprised by this situation, but they did not delay their contempt.

When Song Shuyun turned to the end, several guards saw that there were a little more copper coins than the city entry tax and cloth tax, and they were even more irritable, snatched the money over, and let Song Shuyun go over with a big wave.

Song Shuyun just wanted to speak, but when she saw the vicious eyes of several people, she hurriedly stepped down and entered the city with a backpack on her back.

After passing the city gate, Song Shuyun rolled her eyes, she had prepared the money in advance, but she was afraid that these people would turn over her back basket and snatch her flesh.

The city is not as exaggerated as three steps, one pavilion, five steps and one post, but it is indeed full of tax collectors, and when they see people they don't know, they keep staring.

Song Shuyun was stared at by others, and she looked very shrunken.

She wanted to go directly to the grocery store, but who knows, because Zhao Sanniang has not been to the county seat for many years, the grocery store that Zhang Hu took her to before has closed.

She had no choice but to inquire with nearby pedestrians, and she didn't know if these people were deliberately teasing her or if there were really many grocery stores in the county, anyway, everyone pointed to different paths.

Song Shuyun was speechless.

You can only look at the buildings in the vicinity as you move forward.

There are very few storefronts with plaques here, everyone is hanging flags, and the flags are not all words, and there are some strange patterns.

Song Shuyun can only rely on her own understanding to guess what these stores do.

I don't know how this county was built, Song Shuyun walked into a small alley, there will definitely be no grocery store here, she can only turn around and prepare to leave.

At this moment, she suddenly heard a female voice calling for help.

Song Shuyun subconsciously turned her head, and the streamer was also surprised at this time.

At this moment, the female voice calling for help became more and more urgent, and Song Shuyun's pace also sped up a little.

Streamer said at this time: "It seems that a tax collector has arrested a girl!"

Song Shuyun couldn't help but pause when she heard this, she confirmed that there was no one nearby, so she directly felt a thick branch from the space.

Wanting to step forward, he paused again, put away the basket, turned out a fat coat and put it on, and covered his face.

She moved quickly, and the cries for help in the alley became more and more poignant.

Song Shuyun bypassed the alley, and a man's laughter reached Song Shuyun's ears.

There was also a little girl's cry together.

Song Shuyun didn't see the little girl's appearance clearly, but the man was indeed dressed as a tax official.

Both of them fell to the ground, and the little girl kept struggling and heard the sound of someone coming.

The man turned around and shouted.

"Get out! It's a good thing to ruin the master, and I want your dog's life!"

The little girl, however, took advantage of this gap to slap the man in the face, screaming and kicking her legs to retreat.

The man didn't have a good hat in the first place, and he was directly slapped and fell to the ground.

He didn't look at Song Shuyun, but turned around and slapped the little girl in the face.

"Stinky bitch, you dare to hit the master!"

The little girl's face was crooked by this slap, and her fair face became visibly red and swollen.

Song Shuyun had already arrived in front of the two of them at this time, and she didn't hesitate at all, and hit the back of the man's head with the stick in her hand.

This time, she saved her hand, after all, the death of a tax official in the city is a big deal, and it will be bad if she is involved!

The man was beaten by Song Shuyun and snorted, and looked back in a daze.

At the moment when he turned his head, Song Shuyun had already approached, raised his hand knife and struck him on the back of his neck.

The man's eyes rolled and he fell to the ground.

The little girl under him turned pale, and tears were still on her face.

The little girl is not very old, her face has not yet grown, and everyone here is precocious, and Song Shuyun speculates that the child is only about thirteen years old.

She doesn't look very good-looking, ignoring the redness and swelling on her face, you can see that her original appearance is just delicate.

However, she braided her long hair, which should have been loose, into a big braid, and although she was wearing gray cloth clothes, she also used floral cloth to connect a piece of sleeve trouser legs, which looked a little cute.

Song Shuyun stepped forward, kicked the tax official away, and reached out to pull the little girl up.

The little girl was still a little frightened.

Song Shuyun lowered her voice and asked, "Are you okay?" ”

The little girl shrank for a moment, but when she heard that Song Shuyun was a woman, she was a little relieved.

Her fingers are slender and white, with some thin calluses, and she looks very good in Song Shuyun's chapped hands.

Song Shuyun pulled her up, picked up some broken things on the ground and handed them to the little girl.

Seeing that she hadn't recovered from her panic, Song Shuyun gently patted her shoulder.

"Which direction is your house in? Shall I send you a paragraph? ”

The little girl got a little better, swallowed her saliva and said, "Thank you, thank you for this sister-in-law, thank you for today's events." The little girl lives very close, on Dongfu Street, two streets away from here, where there is a stone bridge. The little girl's surname is Chen, her nickname is Yueyao, my father is a child, you will know when you inquire there, if you have anything to use in the future, the little girl will definitely not shirk ......"

Song Shuyun saved her only on a temporary basis, and she didn't think about the future.

"Good! Then I'll send you back!"

The little girl glanced at the man on the ground with some fear, and said, "This person is the tax collector of West Sixth Street, and it is not good for you to provoke him, so I should go back by myself!"

As soon as she said this, Song Shuyun's heart sank.

"You know him?"

The little girl nodded.

"He lives not far from my house, we all know each other!"

Song Shuyun's covered face was a little calm.

"Miss Chen, to say something presumptuous, today's behavior of this person is in vain, and he must be even more unwilling, so he will retaliate in the future, I advise you to move out as soon as possible!"

The little girl didn't expect Song Shuyun to say such a thing, as if she had thought of something, her face turned pale.

She bowed deeply to Song Shuyun.

"Thank you for the benefactor's reminder, the little girl will go back to clean up, I don't know if the benefactor can leave his name and stay ...... in the future."

Song Shuyun waved her hand.

"You don't have to, I saved you just temporarily, you are better than any thanks!"

The little girl hesitated for a moment, and wanted to say something.