Chapter Seventy-Eight: To the City of Xihe
Near noon, the family's belongings were packed up and loaded into the car. Because the two families lived at the end of the village, and what happened before, no one dared to approach here during this time, so even if some nearby villagers saw the movement at the door of Zhang Hao's house from a distance, no one stepped forward to ask.
However, no one expected that in the ten years since today, Wuyun Village will experience five years of heavy snowfall and two years of poor harvest, and the village will gradually decline. Many years later, some old people in the village were always embarrassed when they mentioned the past, even so, they had to secretly regret it in their hearts, but they couldn't stop the decline of Wuyun Village.
Carrying the car from the back mountain trail around the periphery of the village, he walked out of Wuyun Village, looking at the familiar forest around him, Menghai couldn't help but take a deep breath, and an indescribable loneliness appeared on his face. The land where he has lived for more than ten years has made him think countless times that Wuyun Village can be regarded as his hometown, but he did not expect that he would eventually leave in this way.
"Uncle Menghai, hurry up!"
Turning his head to look at the existence surrounded by green mountains and green trees, and hearing Zhang Hao's greeting, Menghai sighed lightly, and immediately took a step and followed.
Along the way, there is a fat man, a living treasure, talking and laughing, which makes the rush seem very relaxed, coupled with the high mood of everyone, Menghai's mood is gradually released, and the heavy mood after leaving the village is also a lot easier.
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"Is this the city?"
Approaching dark, everyone arrived at the outskirts of Xihe City, and when Zhang Hao saw the huge city from afar, he couldn't help but sigh. In his impression, the scale of this city should not be too large, but the city wall in front of him is twenty or thirty zhang visually, even if it is still hundreds of meters away from the city gate, he can feel an ancient aura exuded from the behemoth, which makes people's hearts shocked.
Seeing Zhang Hao and the fat man next to him staring at the city wall not far away, Meng Hai smiled and said, "You have lived in Wuyun Village for more than ten years, and you have never been to Xihe City. In fact, the scale of this city is not too large, but the thickness of the city wall is nearly two zhang. It is said that thirty years ago, for some reason, there was a seven-star high-level electric system of fiery war beast by mistake to come to the city, a skill "flame burst" directly blasted the city out of a big hole, killing and injuring hundreds of people, zuihou led out the master of the city to capture and kill, since then the city wall has been rebuilt, and the city has become the second largest city in the country. β
"Oh, I see. Zhang Hao nodded in realization. As the car approached, he couldn't help but sigh, in the face of such a huge city wall, people are as small as ants, recalling the imperial capital of the Tianshui Empire admired in the mouth of the dream, his heart is full of longing.
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Walking to the city gate, a soldier wearing soft armor stretched out the spear in his hand to stop everyone, and said with a cold face: "The cost of entering the city is one lower grade power stone per person." β
"Oh?" Hearing this, Menghai frowned slightly, took two steps forward, and said, "This brother, I didn't charge fees when I entered the city two days ago, why did I do it this time?"
Glancing lightly at Menghai, his eyes glimpsed the illusionist medal at the location of his heart without leaving a trace, and the soldier's face showed a hint of respect, and said: "Dear summoner, the New Year is approaching, you also know that Xihe City is the second largest city in the country of Xiran, and it will attract many foreign merchants during the New Year, plus the Youth Conservation Contest after the New Year, so the city will chase the city fee at this time of year to replenish the city treasury." β
Hearing the soldier's words, a strong man who was also wearing a military uniform walked next to him, and his eyes also swept the medal in Menghai's heart, and said: "There are rules in the city, all residents and illusionists of Xihe City can enter the city for free, please enter." β
Nodding slightly, Menghai beckoned Ma Lao Er who was driving the car behind him, and when the frame passed by, the eyes of the two soldiers inadvertently swept the medal on Ma Lao Er's heart, and couldn't help but take a breath of cold wind at the moment.
When the carriage entered the city, the two couldn't help but glance at each other. Honorable summoner as a coachman?
"Go, Gazi, report to the city lord, I'm afraid this group of people is not simple, there are many things during this time, don't cause trouble. β
The strong man lowered his voice and explained in his ear, and then the soldiers next to him hurriedly responded and followed the team of Zhang Hao and others into the city.
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The car went to the inn next to the branch of the Hydra Chamber of Commerce, Menghai just wanted to greet Ma Lao Er to unload the car, and saw the inn shoulder to shoulder to greet the two of them, it was Uncle Ge and Wang Hai of the Hydra Chamber of Commerce, at that moment he hurriedly took two steps forward and arched his hand: "Brother Wang, why are you here?"
"I haven't seen you for a few days, and you're welcome, aren't you?"
Wang Hai waved his hand behind him, beckoned his subordinates to help settle the carriages and horses, and when he looked back at Menghai's actions, he pretended to pull down his face and said: "My brother came to Xihe City to live temporarily, and he didn't send anyone to inform me, if it wasn't for Brother Ge who went to the auction yesterday afternoon to find me and inform me about the sale of blood pills, I didn't know that my brother was going to settle in this Xihe City." β
"It's not that I'm afraid of trouble, Brother Wang. Menghai smiled heartily and asked Uncle Ge, "Brother Ge, is the house arranged?"
"Don't worry, it's all done, you can only move in tomorrow, and tonight I will live in our Hydra Chamber of Commerce Hospitality Inn." Let's go, my brother has prepared the food and drinks, let's have a few drinks. Wang Hai smiled slightly, grabbed in front of Uncle Ge, pulled Menghai's arm and said.
"Good, good. Letting Wang Hai pull it, Menghai turned his head and explained to Uncle Ge: "Brother Ge, settle Sister Zhao for a while, the children have never been to Xihe City, if you want to go around, let them go." β
"Rest assured. Uncle Ge smiled in response.
Hearing Menghai's words, the fat man's eyes moved slightly, looking at Ma Lao Er, who wanted to do something next to him but couldn't intervene, he reached out and pulled the latter's sleeve, making a look, and when the two walked aside, he asked softly: "Second brother, how many times have you been to this Xihe City, is there a place where we can be happy and happy?"
Hearing this, Ma Lao Er's face immediately flashed with a look of eagerness, and said: "Yes, yes, the Qingxiang Pavilion in the west of the city is good, but I don't have any money." β
"Brother, wow, I have been preparing for this time when I am going to come to Xihe City. Let's go, I didn't enjoy the taste of Widow Qiu last time, but this time I opened the meat. The fat man couldn't wait to pull Ma Er and wanted to leave, but turned his head to find Zhang Hao in front.
Glancing at Ma Lao Er a little unexpectedly, Zhang Hao said in a strange tone: "Second brother, I really can't see it, you also like this?"
"What's this? Dalu stipulates that a man is an adult at the age of fifteen, these things are human nature, before in the Green Wolf Village, it was forced to do it, we can't do it, now this is spending money voluntarily, two different things. Ma Lao Er smiled with the fat man next to him as a matter of course, took off the illusionist medal in his heart and put it in his arms, and said casually.
"Uh...... The fat brother is only sixteen years old after the New Year, so if he is discovered by Uncle Ge......"
"Roll the calf, what are you pretending to be twenty-five or eighty-thousand, you still don't know the bottom of the fat brother? Hurry up and accompany your ice chick and sister Yurou to go to the downtown area, and save the good thing of delaying the fat brother." Seeing Zhang Hao's serious appearance, the fat man snorted.
"Come on, let's go, we've only been in Xihe City for a short time, don't get into trouble. Out of the corner of his eye, he caught a glimpse of Meng Yurou holding Bing Yao and looking at him, Zhang Hao reminded casually, no longer paying attention to the hot-headed fat man at the moment, and walked towards the two girls.
Watching the three of them muttering and leaving, the fat man pursed his lips, full of envy. However, remembering that when he went to the Green Wolf Village a month ago, he just took a few steps towards Bing Yao, and he did not hesitate to summon a big sword for convenience, and he immediately shuddered. Immediately, he picked up Ma Lao Er, greeted Zhao Lan, and ran towards the west of the city in a hurry.
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Xihe City is the first city that Zhang Hao has seen in the true sense of the word on Zhengyuan Dalu, because he has been living in the countryside before, so when he comes to this strange city, any shouting and shouting can attract his curiosity.
Looking at Zhang Hao's eyes shining, he only looked around along the way, but he didn't even have the time to speak, Meng Yurou said with a smile: "Brother Hao, where did the fat brother and the second brother go? Why don't you come with us?"
"They go...... The restaurant went to drink, and finally came to Xihe City once, saying that it was to have a meal of haode. Zhang Hao responded to the last sentence, heard a commotion not far ahead, and there were many onlookers, he stood on tiptoe and looked for a long time, and said, "You guys go shopping first, I'll go to the front to see what's going on." β
"Hillbilly!" On the road, Bing Yao had been inadvertently paying attention to Zhang Hao's behavior, and when she saw the other party's behavior at this moment, she couldn't help muttering, and pulled Meng Yurou up and walked towards a stall selling low-level young beasts on the right.
At this moment, Zhang Hao and the others are in the middle of the trading street in Xihe City, and the goods sold here are varied. There are a variety of shops on both sides of the street, and many merchants have set up trading points on the street due to the New Year, so the sides of the street are also full of stalls. There are stainless steel for refining weapons, objects on the body of monsters, blood of monsters for making pills, various medicinal herbs, various juvenile monsters and monster eggs, etc., making the whole street look crowded.
"It's been typed, it's all transformed. Hey, I've never seen a summoner fight in my life, but this time it's an eye-opener. β
"Isn't it? See, the person who hangs Lang Lang is the famous bully Zhu Guoming in Yihe City, maybe he has a fancy for someone's treasure, if it weren't for the name of the city lord, how dare he be so arrogant?" An old man with Huafa stared at a hideous pockmarked face in the crowd, his tone was full of annoyance, and he seemed to know Zhu Guoming's personality quite well.
"Now that the New Year has fallen, foreign merchants are flocking here, and the lord of the city has a strict order, and those who violate the harmony in the city will be beheaded, and he dares to look for trouble in the city's most prosperous trading street at this time, which is really bold. The middle-aged man standing next to the old man leaned towards the front of the crowd from time to time, echoing him.
These words fell on Zhang Hao's ears, and his brows couldn't help frowning tightly. Because I learned from Ma Lao Er that it seems that the culprit of the previous robbery of Meng Yurou in the Green Wolf Village is also called Zhu Guoming, and the identity of the other party is the brother-in-law of the city lord.
Looking back at the two women not far away holding a fluffy young beast seemed to be bargaining with the boss, Zhang Hao's eyes were certain, and the strength around his body swayed without leaving a trace, and he squeezed into the inner circle of the overlapping crowd in the crowd, and then he saw the scene that was happening in the field......
Remarks: I have some urgent things to go home at night, and I said that I would make up for the three watches!