Chapter 77: What a big stroke

The sun was shining, the autumn was crisp, and just after noon, the Han family's convoy stepped on the official road to Panda City. Within two hours, Han Biao, who was at the head of the line, began to shout that he had seen the west gate of Panda City.

"Biaozi, something is wrong!" Seeing a long queue of cars outside the West City Gate, Han Mei was also frightened in the past two days, poking her head out and asking worriedly: "Why is there such a long queue, is there something wrong?"

Han Biao was also beating drums in his heart, but the car had arrived in front of the mountain, and he had to press out a way if there was no way! So he continued to drive the carriage to the west city gate, and did not forget to turn around and shout: "Let's go over and talk about it!"

Looking at it from a distance, I only felt that there was a lot of pressure outside the West City Gate, and when I got closer, I saw that there were more than a dozen convoys and four or five sedan chairs lined up in front of me.

Han Biaoxin said, This is to do something! The convoys are often mercenaries or caravans transporting goods, and these people who are guarding the city will stop them, and no one dares to complain in the slightest. But the people who ride in the sedan chair are different, except for those rich and noble families, who will be idle and have nothing to do to wander around the world? Stop these people, if there is no reasonable reason, the defenders of the city will have to go around without food!

Anyway, being idle is idle, settling the convoy behind him, Han Biao ran to the front shirtless to listen to the truth. It didn't take long for him to come back and say to Han Mei mysteriously: "It's amazing, Su Ze set fire to the valley last night, but I didn't expect the fire to be so eye-catching that it alarmed the guards of Panda City." It's good now, I have to check the car, and I don't even let go of those sedan chairs, for fear that there will be some chaos in the city and I will be punished by the city lord when I turn around. ”

Su Ze's hearing was so keen, Han Biao and Han Mei were talking in the second car, and he, the person sitting in the third car, could also hear it clearly, and immediately got out of the car and said, "If you are worried about getting into trouble, let's go our separate ways, and leave it at that." ”

"Alas, Su Ze, what are you talking about?" Han Biao hurriedly shook his head, "Don't say that you are not allowed to enter the city unless you have a carriage, even if you really have the ability to sneak into the city, if we go all the way, Uncle Biao will definitely personally send you into the city!"

When the Zhao brothers were dragged away by the two-headed white wolf last night, Han Biao and the others were indeed very afraid of Su Ze. But the night passed, looking at the rising sun, not to mention the Han family, even the Lin family felt that they were not a thing last night! Su Ze overcame all obstacles along the way, from sand-eating ants to black cherries, and then to the intrigues and tricks of the Zhao brothers, not to mention saving their three lives, and revenge was not something that these honest mercenaries would do.

"You can't enter the city without a carriage?" Su Ze frowned, "What kind of rule is this?"

Han Mei explained: "The city-state is equivalent to a national fortress, where a large number of upper-class people gathered, and without a pass, ordinary homeless people are not allowed to enter the city-state, and no one is even allowed to walk on foot on the official road leading to the city-state." Of course, this will be much more relaxed in the townships, not only can people leave on the official roads, but as long as they pay tolls, displaced people can also enter the townships. ”

Being ostracized since he was a child caused Su Ze to be particularly disgusted by this kind of class discrimination, and immediately asked coldly: "If there are no ordinary people to help them serve tea and water and clean up, the dignitaries and nobles in a city must not let it be like a pig's nest?"

"Shhh——! you can't talk nonsense!" Hearing Su Ze's words, Han Biao and Han Mei both shrank their necks in fright, and then waved their hands at him again and again, persuading: "There must be subordinates, there are more human traffickers transporting high-quality slaves and beautiful girls to the city-state, and the city people will enjoy it more than us countrymen." ”

Su Ze gritted his teeth and said, "Evil human traffickers......"

Han Mei shook her head and said, "Human traffickers are hateful, but they also give those displaced and homeless slaves and girls a job in such a place where ordinary people may not be able to enter for the rest of their lives." It's all about begging for a living, so don't take it too seriously. ”

Waiting and waiting, seeing that the sun was about to set, Han Biao and the others finally drove the carriage into the urn city before the main city gate was closed, and under the watchful eyes of twenty ironclad soldiers, they opened the cargo box and accepted a rare and rigorous inspection.

Looking at the piles of goods in a dozen large boxes on the five wagons, all the soldiers present were stunned—the value of these five carts of goods alone was already more than the value of all the goods that passed through the West Gate in a whole day!

The soldier in charge of the inspection looked at the bright gold coins in front of him, and then looked at Han Biao and the others who were dressed in dirt, and immediately shouted: "Inform the centurion, there is definitely something wrong with this group!"

Hearing this, Han Biao hurriedly stepped forward to defend: "This official, we have worked hard to save this money to go into the city to do business, can you please be accommodating?" I know that all the officials are fortunate to defend the city, in addition to the tolls, I am willing to pay you ten gold coins per person for drinks, and I hope that you can let us pass......

"What do you want to do?" Just as Han Biao walked into the two-meter range of the soldier in charge of the inspection with the gold coin, the soldier immediately drew the big sword at his waist, and the tip of the sword pointed directly at Han Biao's throat, "Before the centurion arrives, everyone will be honest with me!"

In the impression of Han Biao and others, all the characters who have anything to do with the court should be people who are greedy for money and derelict in their duties. Suddenly meeting such an upright lord scared him a lot, so he could only honestly retreat to Su Ze and the others, and subconsciously protected Han Qing and Han Xue behind him.

It didn't take long for a man in leather-lined chain mail to walk to the side of the convoy in the setting sun, followed by four people. After sweeping Su Ze and the others in turn with a sharp gaze, he sneered and said, "Five carriages, six boxes of gold coins, two boxes of high-grade magic crystals, one box of intermediate magic crystals, and five boxes of high-quality animal skins, with a market price of no less than three thousand gold coins, you guys are so generous!"

The centurion, as soon as he heard it, knew that he was an officer who was qualified to command a hundred soldiers.

Panda City has a total of four city gates, east, west, north and south, each gate has 20 people patrolling, 20 people guarding, 10 people standing guard, and then divided into two shifts in the morning and evening, exactly 100 people. Therefore, the centurion is the supreme person in charge of this western city gate.

Suddenly being lectured by such a high-ranking official, Han Biao and the others were so frightened that their legs were weak, even if they wanted to defend themselves, they couldn't straighten their tongues for a while.

The more they were like this, the more the soldiers felt that they had a ghost in their hearts. Just as the centurion was about to give the order to escort the people and goods away, Su Ze, who was the most inconspicuous on the edge of the crowd, spoke. He looked into the eyes of the tall centurion and asked expressionlessly, "Is there anything wrong with the big deal?"

Those who can serve as officers must not see blood on weekdays. Even in a peaceful and prosperous era, this centurion must have witnessed the death of countless people in the battle of the ruins!And Su Ze's eyes that disregarded life made him intuitively believe in an instant that the little ghost in front of him must have something to do with the flames of Tongtian last night!

"Last night's flames burned the sky, I am afraid it is a bad omen. Anyone who enters the city must go through strict inspections, and the slightest hidden danger must not be allowed to sneak into Panda City. At this point, even those high-ranking officials and rich people who are eager to enter the city can take the initiative to cooperate, so I guess you won't have any opinions, right?"

The centurion stepped back from the left and right, strode up to Su Ze, looked down at the thirteen-year-old boy, squinted his eyes and said: "You say that these gold coins were saved, I will admit that you have saved for six hundred years, but these more than 400 high-grade magic crystals and more than 300 high-quality animal skins are not something that the weak can save! If you can't prove that the goods belong to you, then please honestly follow me to the cell for trial!"