Chapter 60: The Storm in the City
Xiao Longchen wanted to refuse this inexplicable gift, but the caravan was already drifting away at this time. He stood silently, lowered his head, weighed the not too heavy purse, and a happy smile appeared on his immature little face.
In his cognition before, the human beings in this world were cold-blooded and greedy images, but he didn't expect that he had just stepped into the human world and gained a kindness.
It seems that whether it is the earth or this world called the Star Continent, human nature has two sides.
If there are cold-blooded and greedy bad people, there will be good people with good hearts. The latter lives in the sun, smiling like the rich lady before her. The former, like the astrologers of the Holy City he met, lost his good nature in the pursuit of fame and fortune.
Although there are not many coins in the money bag, for Xiao Longchen, its value cannot be measured by numbers.
Because of the other party's kindness, Xiao Longchen's slight resistance to the human world came to naught in an instant.
Putting the precious and valuable money bag into the space ring, Xiao Longchen continued to walk towards the city in the distance.
It's just that invisibly, his steps have become much lighter.
Although the distance was not far, it took Xiao Longchen nearly two hours to complete, and when he approached the city, he realized how majestic the city wall in front of him was.
The majestic city wall made of bluestone is more than ten zhang high, and on the left and right sides of the city gate, it extends out for many kilometers.
This world not only has a powerful existence like an astrologist, but also has an endless threat of alien beasts, perhaps because the odds of becoming an astrologist are really small and outrageous, among the human races in this world, the special profession of astrowizard is still not so easy to see.
Xiao Longchen traveled all the way, whether it was the peddlers and pawns on the official road, or the soldiers and soldiers guarding the city wall in front of him, there was no star power on his body.
Xiao Longchen looked up at the plaque hanging on the towering city tower, on which three big characters were written "Zhenbei City".
Judging from the name of this city alone, you can guess its function, which is obviously a Xiongguan fortress used to guard the border and resist the invasion of foreign beasts.
Under the threat of those huge beasts, it is not difficult to understand that the walls should be built on such a scale.
Xiao Longchen can judge by the direction of the sunlight that this should be the south gate of Zhenbei City, and the real human world is actually behind him.
But now that I've come here, I have to go in and travel around everything, and only when I have a general understanding of the human world in the Star Continent can I decide where I should go next.
Following the flow of people that stretched for hundreds of meters, it took nearly half an hour to line up to the bottom of the city gate.
Because Xiao Longchen did not carry a package or bag, the soldiers guarding the city also omitted the steps of searching, and the middle-aged man sitting behind a simple table just glanced at him lightly, and then lazily stretched out his hand and said: "A big money to enter the city, if you have money, bring it quickly, and if you don't have money, roll it aside for Lao Tzu!"
This bad attitude made Xiao Longchen's brows furrow. However, the trouble that can be avoided by spending money, he does not need to worry about an ordinary person.
As soon as he turned his palm like magic, a yellow and clear gold coin appeared in his hand.
After slapping the coin on the somewhat broken tabletop, the man looked at him in some surprise. Obviously, he didn't expect that this vulgar-looking wild boy would be able to take out a gold coin.
However, after a brief moment of surprise, the official official's eyes soon revealed a hint of cunning. After putting the gold coin into the sleeve of his robe without a trace, he waved his hand to signal that Xiao Longchen could get out.
As an astral magician, Xiao Longchen has no sense of how keen he is. When he was queuing up just now, he noticed that the people in front of him had paid nothing more than a copper coin! Moreover, the entrance fees paid to the city were all casually put into the big wooden box beside him, and it was impossible for them to enter his own pocket.
Even if Xiao Longchen didn't know the exchange ratio of this world currency, he knew that he was being cheated by someone. So he didn't choose to swallow his anger, but still stood there, looking at the little official calmly.
"You don't know the rules of paying the entrance fee without change, you little devil don't know, right? After paying the money, get out of here, there are still many people waiting behind!" The little official naturally knew what Xiao Longchen meant, but the temptation of a gold coin was still irresistible to him, so he scolded fiercely.
Xiao Longchen looked at his ugly face and suddenly laughed.
Even if his smile looked quite sunny, it could not make the thief have any good feelings.
"You wild boy is delaying your departure, is it possible that you want to disturb the order of my south gate? Come on, take down this deliberately troublesome kid for me!"
The strange situation here has long been noticed by the people around him, so after hearing this little official's order to take people, Xiao Longchen immediately heard a few voices of discussion behind him.
"You young man is so ignorant, even if you don't have change on you, you can exchange it with those merchants in advance. Isn't it a deliberate attempt to bring disaster to yourself by giving out a gold coin so hastily?"
"That's right! The officials who defended the city, and the soldiers, all wore a pair of pants. If you don't leave, you'll end up in jail. ”
"Before the soldiers come, let's go into the city honestly! That gold coin can be used to buy a lesson......
Xiao Longchen listened to the whispers of comfort from the people behind him, and still stood there without moving, not even looking at the two or three soldiers who rushed over after hearing the news, but still staring at the little official who had already stood up and smirked.
"Isn't this kid stupid? Why doesn't he listen to persuasion?"
"He must be a fool, and I don't know how the adults in his family take care of him, how did he let him run into this tiger......'s mouth alone?"
What these people didn't know was that Xiao Longchen had been bullied by those powerhouses in the Holy City before, and he had already held his breath. Now that Xiaoxing has fallen asleep again because he saved him, and now an ordinary person wants to ride on his head and, how can he swallow his anger?
Amid the crowd's discussions, three soldiers in black iron armor and armed with a standard spear trotted over.
"This kid dares to disturb the order of the city gate, take him down for me!" The little official had already been stared at by Xiao Longchen's strange gaze, and at this moment, when he saw the soldiers coming, all the shame and anger in his heart turned into lust, pointing at Xiao Longchen and screaming.
As public officials of the same system, these soldiers and petty officials all collude, and every time they embezzle money like this, they will have a share. So even if these soldiers knew the inside story of this matter, they rushed over with a cruel smile.
However, when the two strong soldiers grabbed Xiao Longchen's arm and wanted to drag him away, they found that this young man, who didn't look very old, was surprisingly heavy, so that they didn't drag Xiao Longchen's body at once.
However, the two soldiers didn't think much about it, thinking that this young man dressed as a mountain field obviously had a bit of brute strength, so the strength in his hands increased a little again.
Xiao Longchen still stood there without moving, not even the smile on his face was not restrained, he was still looking at the little official and sneering at him.
This time, everyone realized something, and there was no contempt in the eyes that looked at Xiao Longchen, but turned into a touch of surprise.
A half-grown child can not only laugh under the threat of government power, but also make two strong adult soldiers unable to help him.
If they don't see anything anymore, then they are really fools.
Powerful people are, after all, the easiest to be awe-inspired. Although the little official's face was still not very good-looking, he also decided to take a step back.
"Young man, if you know each other, get out of here quickly, and I can act as if nothing has happened. Don't think that with a little brute force, you can do whatever you want here. Don't look at what kind of place this is, how can you, a young man from a mountain village, be able to go wild?"
Although the little official took a step back, he decided to let Xiao Longchen leave. However, his tone was still tough, and he obviously had no intention of looking for money.