When the two of them rode to the gate of Qingshui City, they did see a team guarding the gate of the city. However, unlike what I heard, there are now rows of people at the gate of Qingshui City, and when they passed by those fast catches, everyone trembled and handed over some silver taels before being released. Through those crowds, the two saw more people who were stopped and not allowed to come out.

The two looked at each other and stopped a citizen who had just left the city.

"Excuse me, what's going on?" Gu Ange asked politely on his horse.

The man looked the two of them up and down carefully, and then sighed, and replied with a wooden face: "What else can I do, the living king of Hades makes money." ”

Under that person's narration, Gu Ange and Mo Wuxian soon knew that since the drought began, Qingshui, who originally had a lot of business travel, immediately became depressed, not only did no one enter the city every day, but many people in the city ran out, and the entrance tax collected by the people who entered the city was naturally not collectible, so I didn't know which one was talking to the county magistrate, saying that since the entrance tax could not be collected, wouldn't it be the same to collect the entrance tax, so there was the current scene.

And many people who can't afford this exit tax can only be stopped in the city and wait for death.

After saying that, the man sighed again, and slowly walked into the distance with his salute, his back thin and desolate.

The two looked at each other and entered the city?

Enter!

So, the two dismounted, led the horses slowly to the gate of Qingshui, and in the face of everyone's surprised eyes, they said to the guarded catcher that they wanted to enter the city.

Obviously, their actions were not only surprised by those people, but even those who caught fast were not small, after all, who would run to Qingshui at this time! Those who are rich and powerful have not long run away with their families to other places, and looking at the clothes of these two people, they do not look like people who are short of money.

"You're going into town?" I was afraid that I had heard it wrong, so I couldn't believe it and asked again.

Gu Ange nodded.

"What are you doing in the city at this time?" Looking at Gu Ange's face, a gleam flashed in his eyes, a handsome little white face, and then pretended to ask.

"Pick up people." Gu Ange looked at the look in his eyes, his eyes were cold, and the words he said were not as gentle as before.

The catcher who had some eyes in the back immediately pulled the catcher who asked the question, signaling that these two people were not ordinary people at first glance, and it was better to collect some money and not get too entangled, didn't you see that the head just now came back because he provoked someone who shouldn't be messed with? They still learn to be smarter, lest one accidentally lose his life, in this world, human life is like an ant, if you lose it, you will lose it, but you can't find a place to reason.

As soon as the questioning person was reminded like this, he immediately reacted, and he didn't interrogate any more, and said cleanly: "Our rules here, everyone who enters and leaves the city gate pays one or two pieces of silver, enter if you have money, and leave quickly if you don't have money." ”

The two didn't want to entangle with them more, so they threw down the two taels of silver that entered the door, and then went in.

When they entered, the two of them saw that the situation inside was even worse than what they had seen on the way together.

One or two pieces of silver are naturally nothing to people like them, but these people, each family has at least two or more people, and there are very few people who can still come up with this money in this era.

Many people who couldn't afford it took their luggage and spread their bags on the ground at the gate of the city, and some people knelt on the ground and kept kowtowing to the catchers who stopped there, and the kowtow broke the blood flowing, hoping that they could move a little bit of compassion, and from time to time it was accompanied by the crying of children, and some hungry people who couldn't move just lay under a broken quilt and moaned under the city wall.

At first glance, it looks like a hell on earth.

The two of them didn't care about the situation anymore, and frowned and walked into one of the few inns in the city that was still open.

"Boss, open two rooms." Gu Ange knocked on the counter and reminded the shopkeeper who was sleeping on the counter.

The shopkeeper raised his head and glanced at the two of them with a wooden face, "There is only one room." ”

Well? The two of them frowned at the same time, and looked at the empty hall in the store, could there be so many stranded people in Clear Water City?

"Don't look at it, the people who come and go to do business in the city are still there, if they don't pay the money, the county magistrate won't let them go." The shopkeeper seemed to see the doubts of the two, and explained lightly.

"This... For these people, a tael of silver is not a big deal, right? Gu Ange asked with a frown.

"A tael of silver? At that time, for those ordinary people, for those of us who were in business, we had to hand over half of our net worth, I said that the two of them couldn't live? ”

"Stay, how much?" Gu Ange nodded.

"One or two silver a day, eat by yourself, our store does not include rice." The shopkeeper lowered his head and began to fiddle with the abacus in his hand.

One tael of silver, this price is two or three times more expensive than those inns outside, and the decoration of this store is not worth this price, but thinking about it, most of the people in the city should be like this now, and the two of them didn't say much, took out ten taels of silver and put it on the counter.

The shopkeeper took the money, and while guiding the two of them, he chattered and said: "It's better for the two guest officers to leave here early, this is not a good place, remember not to show your wealth, and leave as soon as you finish your business." "It can be seen that this shopkeeper is not bad.

After leading the two of them to the room, the shopkeeper left, but fortunately the inn was much larger than the one they had stayed in before, and it was easy to sleep two people in the bed.

The two put their luggage in their room and went downstairs, and after asking downstairs where they could find food, they went out.

The two of them walked all the way, the streets were empty, and there was no one in sight, and if it weren't for the half-open windows and clothes hanging outside, I am afraid that this would have thought that this was a dead city.

Soon, the two found the place that the shopkeeper said.

As soon as I entered the door, there were many people sitting inside, dressed in luxurious clothes, and they were gathering together with sad faces, not knowing what they were talking about. When they saw two fresh faces coming in, they were all stunned.

"Guys, what is this?" Gu Ange pulled Mo Wuxian to one of the tables and sat down, and asked a young man who was staring at him and Ah Yuan suspiciously.

"The two of you are... New to Clearwater City? The man asked, frowning.

"Yes, what's the problem?" Gu Ange nodded.

"What are you doing here?" The man continued.

"Take a relative and leave."

Hearing this, the man's brows furrowed slightly, "That's okay, that's okay." ”

"What's going on? Big brother, why don't you leave and stay here? Gu Ange said with a smile.

The man sighed, "Where we don't want to leave, it's impossible to go." ”

The two understood that this was probably the businessmen who had to hand over half of their net worth before they could leave.

Looking at the empty street outside, Mo Wuxian asked, "Didn't you hear that Your Majesty ordered the opening of the warehouse to release grain and set up a porridge point, why haven't we seen a single one along the way?" ”

The man glanced at Mo Wuxian, who asked this, as if he was looking at some strange creature, and seeing that he was wearing a mask, he couldn't see what he looked like, and the doubts in his eyes were even worse.

Gu Ange naturally knew what was going on with this man's behavior, and said with a smile: "Son, forgive me, we are not from the northwest and don't understand the situation, but even if the government doesn't do anything, isn't there any soup kitchener in the whole Qingshui?" ”

Hearing Gu Ange's explanation, the man's eyes became normal, and then a sneer appeared on his face, "It's no wonder that the two people who are not in the northwest don't know these things, and the two of them are afraid that they are not from ordinary people, so naturally they don't know, in our northwest, especially in a small city like Qingshui, how could the government open a warehouse to release grain, did you see the rice shop on the side of the road when you came?" ”

The two nodded, and on the way they came, they did see an open rice shop, which seemed to be piled up with a lot of grain, and the man sat at the door and dozed off.

"The grain in this clear water granary should be all there." The man said coldly, "As for the family of the soup kitchen, there was originally one, but it's a pity that the porridge shed was raided by the county order just after the porridge shed came out, saying that since there is excess food, why should they come to the soup kitchen, it is not better to hand it over to the court and let them come, in short, now in Qingshui, the only one who can buy food is the rice shop, after all, it was not opened by the county commander." ”

I understand, it is to take the opportunity to make money. This Qingshui County Commander is too bold, even if there are more or less similar behaviors in other places, but it is really rare to do such an excessive.

"What is the origin of this Qingshui County order?" Gu Ange asked curiously, "Aren't you afraid of being known by the above?" ”

"Who dares, this sister of Qingshui County Commander is married to one of the most powerful people in the northwest, and people will carry him for everything, which one dares to sue, even if there is, what is the use." A businessman who had been listening to a few people next to him also leaned over and interjected.

Just as a few people were talking, a bunch of people walked in from the door, and among them was a fat man with a big belly and a gorgeous dress.

"Lord Prefectural Order!"

"Your Excellency!"

"Your Excellency!"

Seeing this fat man walk in, a group of people hurriedly surrounded him and said with a flattering smile.

The fat man was extremely arrogant, he didn't look at the group of people who came up, and walked to the innermost part and chose the middle position to sit down.

Seeing the fat man come in, the man who was originally talking to Gu Ange and the two quietly said to Gu Ange: "This son, if you don't find something to cover your face, don't be seen by him." "Obviously, everyone knows what kind of virtue this county magistrate is.

"I couldn't find anything to use for a while, so I hid and counted." Gu Ange replied with a wry smile.

Mo Wuxian beside him put his hand on the back of Gu Ange's chair without saying a word, and he wanted to see how bold that fat man was to dare to do anything to An Ge.

His movements caught the man's attention, "Who is this?" "Looking at the momentum, it doesn't look like this little boy's guard.

"This is my senior brother." Gu Ange replied with a smile.

"What are you thinking about?" At this moment, the fat man said lightly, "You can think clearly, after a long time, I'm afraid that the money you bring on your bodies will not be able to support your expenses in Qingshui." ”

Everyone was silent for a while, "My lord, half of my net worth is really a lot, why don't we give 10,000 taels of silver each?" It was a long time before a cautious voice sounded.

This is the result of their discussions these days, and this county order is right, it has been spent here for a long time, and the money in their hands is indeed a little insufficient. The so-called strong dragon does not suppress the head snake, people have to bow their heads under the eaves, and they can only spend money to keep safe.

"Ten thousand taels? Are you begging for food? Half of the net worth is half of the net worth, and not a penny less! The county magistrate sneered again and again, obviously looking down on this mere 10,000 taels.

"This..." The person who spoke obviously didn't expect that the county order would really be so open-mouthed, standing there in a dilemma.

"Don't talk nonsense, if you don't pay the silver, don't think of the realm of Qingshui!" The prefectural order continues to threaten.

Everyone turned their heads to each other and discussed what to do.

The county magistrate didn't care about them, his eyes swirled around the audience, and soon fell on the two figures in the corner, one blue and one black, with the fact that he read countless beauties, just by virtue of the side face of the boy in Tsing Yi, he knew that this face would definitely not be bad.

"That, the one in the green clothes, come and show the official!" The county magistrate shouted loudly, and his voice immediately overshadowed the voices of everyone present.

Everyone followed the direction of the county order and looked over, and saw two particularly conspicuous backs, with a clear and straight posture, just the two backs made people feel that the front was also a fairy style.

Gu Ange sat still, and the cold light in Mo Wuxian's hand flashed slightly.

Seeing that Gu Ange didn't move, the county commander's eyes were cold, and he said to the catchers around him: "Invite people to this official!" ”

The catch around him was so fast that he immediately walked towards Gu Ange, and many people present sweated for this young man in Tsing Yi.

But when the past catcher saw the faces of the two clearly, he didn't dare to take another step.

In Mo Wuxian's hand, the dagger appeared again, and the eyes of those who stabbed him hurt, and they remembered the head who was still wailing at home and was determined by the doctor to have lost a pair of eyes, and these people all felt a chill rise from the bottom of their hearts. This is definitely a devil to be provoked with!

Mo Wuxian stared at them gloomily, revealing an evil smile, and his red lips inexplicably made people feel a burst of blood.

"What's the matter, what are you doing there?!" Seeing this, the county magistrate came over with some dissatisfaction, and when he saw Gu Ange's appearance clearly, he completely stayed in place, this young man looked better than everyone in his backyard, he must get him! The prefectural commander's eyes flashed with a sparkle of inevitability.

"My lord, they're the eyes of their ruined heads!" One of them pointed at the two and screamed.

What the?! Everyone stared at these two people in shock, their eyes full of disbelief.

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