Chapter 308: Above the Shu Road
"I hadn't made such a name for myself back then, and my paintings weren't yet complete. Pen Γ fun Γ Pavilion www. ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ο½ γ infoI met Birou by chance, and at the beginning of our acquaintance, we had a lot of similar interests, and I painted for her for a year, and it was also during this time that my painting skills gradually matured.
It's a pity that I had no intention of falling in love at that time, but I failed Birou's heart. Birou has many admirers in Emei, and I was originally targeted everywhere. Later, after Birou decided to lose her hair and practice, I had nowhere to stay......"
"Uh...... At that time, I had no intention of falling in love and falling in love, I don't think you have the heart to do it now, do you have to tell me honestly, did you cause a fatality in the first place?" Ning Yue suddenly blinked lewdly and asked.
"Although they chased and killed me all over Shuzhou, I never hurt Emei's life. After so many years, it's gone......"
"That's not what I'm talking about...... I'm asking about getting a human life, not having you take your life. The fire of gossip in Ning Yue's heart burned in an instant.
Ye Xunhua saw Ning Yue's obscene face and suddenly understood, and after a short period of stunnedness, she was a little embarrassed, "Brother Ning, what do you think of Ye? Bi Rou and I are innocent......"
"Okay, okay, don't be angry! Seriously, I don't know what you think until now. If there is a girl who is willing to marry you when you are not married and she is not married, you should marry early. At least for now, you won't have any regrets. β
"Regret?" Ye Xunhua was suddenly stunned, and fell lonely in an instant, "Yes, you can see it...... It's really a pity! When I was young and frivolous, my mind was full of success and fame, and I was famous all over the world. Where do you know, something missed is a lifetime. Forget it, since you are going to Shuzhou, Xunhua will sacrifice his life to accompany the gentleman to accompany you. β
"Aren't you afraid of being hunted down?" Ning Yue smiled playfully.
"The hunt is just a joke, and it's me who really doesn't want to let me go! After so many years, there's no point in escaping. I'd better go back to Shuzhou to have a look. β
"Why don't I go with you too?" Shen Qing said suddenly.
"No, you are the chief arrester of Jiangzhou, and now is a critical period for the integration of Jiangzhou. There are a lot of things that you need to deal with, and you won't be able to leave for a while. Besides, with my current martial arts, as long as I am not a master of the Heavenly Ranks, no one in the world can do anything to me. I remember that Shuzhou doesn't seem to have a master of the Heavenly Rankings, right?"
"This is also true, Brother Ning's martial arts practice time is the shortest, but the speed of martial arts advancement is probably beyond the reach of Qianduxue. You two...... It's really wicked. β
In the next few days, Ning Yue dealt with the government affairs of Jiangnan Province and also put forward some corrections and suggestions. There was nothing wrong with the general direction, which also saved Ning Yue a lot of time.
Entrusting Xiaoxuan to Shen Qing, Ning Yue and Ye Xunhua sang and rode westward. The western part of Jiangnan Province is Jingzhou, and the southwest of Jingzhou is Shuzhou. If you want to go to Shuzhou, you must step through the Shu Road, among the continuous mountains is a straight cliff on one side, and a cliff on the other. Shu Road is a simple sheep intestine path carved out on the cliff, even people with martial arts have to be careful, not to mention ordinary people.
The continuous Shu Road is almost a life of nine deaths, but the rich products of Shuzhou drive the merchants to step across the Shu Road one after another into Shuzhou. In view of this, the Great Zhou Dynasty re-opened the Shu Road at the beginning of the founding of the country, and even did not hesitate to use gunpowder to open a relatively safe Shu Road for entering Shuzhou.
But this safety is only relative to the old Shu Dao. There are still a few sections of the entire Shu Road that cannot be excavated, and can only be stepped on the edge of death as before.
The sparse flow of people climbed effortlessly along the Shu Road, and everyone seemed to be carrying a big mountain on their backs. Once you step into Shu Road, there are no vehicles to walk, and the goods can only rely on people's backs.
And in the long flow of people, the two snow-white figures seemed so abrupt. They walked in the Shu Road as chic and calm as idle clouds and wild cranes, and the cliff on one side seemed to them to be just a beautiful scenery.
Suddenly, a shrill goshawk cry pierced the sky, and a huge eagle shuttled through the clouds. Ning Yue raised her head and looked at the eagle hovering in the clouds as if she was very curious, her eyes stared straight at it without blinking, and even the movements under her feet paused.
"What are you looking at?" Ye Xunhua also followed Ning Yue's eyes and asked, "Eagles like to build nests on cliffs, and they can be seen everywhere in the mountains of Shuzhou. β
"This eagle is different, it gets lost and can't find its way. Ning Yue said matter-of-factly.
"How do you know?"
"It says. β
Ye Xunhua suddenly smiled, "What did it say?
"You don't believe me?"
"I don't think normal people would believe it. β
"Believe it or not, I called it down?"
"If you can call him down, I will unconditionally promise you to do one thing, of course, you can't trick me!"
"Cut! Who do you think of me, will I cheat you?" Ning Yue gently put away the folding fan, and suddenly put her finger in her mouth, and a sharp whistle sounded through the sky.
The goshawk in the sky swooped down at the moment of the roar, crashing towards Ning Yue like a missile. Not to mention Ye Xunhua in this scene, even the businessmen around him were shocked enough.
The goshawk fluttered its wings and landed steadily on Ning Yue's arm, quiet as if it was a good baby.
"You...... You can't really talk to the goshawk, right?" Ye Xunhua was not calm, and asked in horror with her eyes widened.
"What do you think?"
"Impossible! There must be something strange, tell me. "Ye Xunhua is not a fool, obviously there must be something wrong with such an unobtrusive matter.
"This goshawk was raised by Guiyue Palace, and if I tell it to come down, of course it will come down. Ning Yue's bright smile showed a faint tenderness.
"Are you cheating on me?" Ye Xunhua stopped after hearing this, "The bet just now doesn't count!"
"Please, just now I only said that I could call it down, the gentleman is quick to say a whip, you can't go back!" said as he slowly took off the bamboo tube at the goshawk's feet and took out a silk silk inside.
"Then what do you want me to do? Say okay, don't cheat me!"
"I heard that Ye Xunhua, a playboy looking for a man, has painted countless times in his life, but he has never painted a single painting for a man, how about you paint one for me?"
Suddenly, Ye Xunhua showed a constipated face, stared at Ning Yue's joking smiling face, gritted her teeth and said word by word: "Don't force me-"
"A gentleman's words are quick and a whip, I am not a pit for you!"
"Okay, don't regret itβ" Ye Xunhua shouted coldly.
Ning Yue unfolded the silk, and the beautiful handwriting appeared in front of her. Suddenly, Ning Yue's heart warmed, this was the handwriting of Qianduxue.
"Standing in front of the window, the beaded curtain is hand-studded. The first painting of the eyebrows, a wisp of love in the heart. Hongyan is based on the depositary language, I don't know what year Lang Gui is, and the deep boudoir Chanjuan can't sleep at night. β
"Twilight Snow Sword Immortal sent you a message to Feihong?" Ye Xunhuan asked with a somewhat playful smile.
"How do you know?" Ning Yue carefully put the silk silk into her arms and asked subconsciously.
"Do you know what I see in your face? lewd!"
"Looking for flowers, my brother told you, I am very twilight and snowy correspondence, this is called emotional, not lewd. If you only paint beautiful women and don't talk about feelings with them, that's lewdness. Do you know what Yin Yuan said about you back then? It is rumored that Ye Gongzi ...... It's not good for women!"
"Phew!" Ye Xunhua spat out, and his face darkened in an instant, "I used to have it, but it was ordinary." I don't regret it until I lose it. Maybe as Yin Yuan said, I really didn't like being a woman since then...... Hey, what are you doing so disgusted? This son is even worse for men!"
In the midst of the frolic, Ning Yue and the two stepped on the most difficult part of the Shu Road. And the front is the pass into Shuzhou. There are a total of seventeen passes to enter Shuzhou from other places, and this is the fastest and most dangerous one.
But when she was approaching the pass, Ning Yue had to pause. Even the smile on his face slowly put away. Because from a distance, a group of Emei disciples at the pass of Shu Road were collecting tariffs one after another in an orderly manner.
When entering Shuzhou, you must pay taxes. This is a rule set throughout the ages, and it is also one of the important taxes collected by the imperial court on Shuzhou. However, only the imperial court government has always been qualified to collect taxes, what qualifications and powers does a sect have to collect taxes for the imperial court? Moreover, Ning Yue did not think that Emei was collecting taxes for the imperial court.
"What's wrong?" Ye Xunhua asked hesitantly.
"Don't you see that it is the Emei disciples who collect taxes? Throughout the ages, which sect has the right to collect taxes?"
"Huh, strange!" Ye Xunhua suddenly understood, "I didn't do this when I left Shuzhou, although Shuzhou Emei is powerful, but never intervenes in the people and does not entangle with mortals, at that time it was Shuzhou Taishou Mansion who collected taxes." β
"It's been a long time since the young man returned to Shuzhou?" asked a thin man who looked to be in his forties.
"It's been almost six years. Ye Xunhua replied.
"Then it's no wonder that the Shu Dao tariff was collected by the Emei disciples exactly five years ago. Taishoufu issued a notice, saying that in order to prevent some martial arts warriors from evading taxes, they asked the Emei faction to collect it on their behalf. The relationship between the Emei faction and the imperial court is really good, and the old man has been traveling south and north for so many years, and it is the first time he has seen it. β
"Don't say it's the first time you see it, it's ridiculous! Even if the Taishou Mansion gives orders, you still need to report to the imperial court to issue a tax collection permit. Not to mention...... Emei has a good relationship with the imperial court, so laugh off his big teeth!" As she spoke, Ning Yue's figure flashed, and she came to the checkpoint.
Ye Xunhua was shocked, and hurriedly followed with a flash. Ning Yue just swaggered towards the checkpoint, and the tax box was already full of copper coins. Seeing that Ning Yue didn't mean to take money at all, the two Emei disciples came to Ning Yue in a flash and blocked the way.
"Pass the customs and pay taxes-" The Emei disciple raised his head arrogantly, almost holding his nostrils to Ning Yue, and coldly spit out a few words in his indifferent mouth.
"I can't imagine that the dignified and decent Emei has also done the deeds of a hero in the green forest, which is really refreshing. β
"What are you talking about? This is paying taxes! I think you should be a martial arts person with martial arts, right? When you cross the Shu Road, you must first pay taxes when you enter Shuzhou. This is the rule, don't make mistakes with yourself, and don't embarrass us in the martial arts. β