"Pay taxes?" Salin was a little stunned, since putting on the mage's robes, he had slowly gotten used to not paying taxes at the city gates.

"Nonsense, the three of you combined, you're all bigger than me, and of course you have to pay taxes. ”

Salin then took a closer look at the soldiers who stopped him. The soldier was not very tall, but he was very strong, he did not wear metal armor, and his leather armor was held up by him like a skin bag for crossing water. The soldier's face was bearded, with a long beard and long eyebrows, and a face that looked like some kind of ape-like creature.

"How much?" Salin didn't dwell on it, and he had to follow the rules when he got to someone else's land. As long as everyone else pays it, he doesn't care if it's thirty or fifty gold coins.

"You are a mage, the entrance tax is doubled, 1 silver coin, and the other two are also 1 silver coin. ”

Salin was very sensitive to the numbers on the money, 1 silver coin was already very high in his opinion, and the general city would only levy such a tax on chariots and horses, and pedestrians would be at most one or two copper coins.

This county lord has a problem with his intelligence, right? No wonder the mercenaries left far away, refusing to enter the city. How do you do business like this?

Salin had no silver coins on him, only gold coins, and he took one out and gave it to the soldier.

The soldier threw the gold coin into the box next to him, waved his hand, and said, "Go, go, go." ”

Saleen looked at the box and didn't say anything. One gold coin is equivalent to ten silver coins, and he has been deducted eight silver coins, and if he has time to quarrel with this soldier, he might as well hurry up and meet the idiot county lord.

The Green Dragon's Demon Core itself has no intention of greedy for ink, and it is not short of these silver coins.

"Excuse me, how do I get to the county lord's mansion?" Salin smiled and showed kindness.

After the soldier received the money, he also became kind, pointed to the road and said, "From here go ten streets ahead, turn right, and then go two streets to the left, and you will see." ”

"Thank you. Saleen nodded, pulling Shika and Neris out of the city gates.

For more than two months, Shika and Nelith were forced by Saleen to learn the Qin Yin language. Neris also has to learn the lingua franca. Now that both Sika and Neris have grown a lot, Sika can say that Neris can write.

"Salin, we seem to have been cheated out of eight silver coins. Sika said dissatisfied. After she came out of the village, she didn't have a few silver coins on her body, and now she was deducted so much when she entered the city, which made her feel distressed.

Neris also stammered, "Lord, master, no, no, it's better for me, go and bite him to death." ”

"Shut up!" Salin scolded, and although there were few pedestrians on the street now, people could hear Neris's words. Trouble comes from the mouth, and if these words cause any trouble, I don't know what to do.

Kushui County is very evil, the streets are clean, and the pedestrians look very leisurely and gorgeously dressed. The houses on both sides of the street are quaint and have an indescribable charm. If you look closely, you'll see that almost all of these houses are decorated with magic.

It's quiet as a countryside, and it's more luxurious than a noble castle.

The further he went, the more surprised Salin became, as he met so many magicians along the way. Although they were all white-robed mages, this also made him unacceptable.

In Skocina, only the bustling big cities have magicians, and in places like Saleen's hometown, it's good to have an apprentice. There are as many mages here as flies.

Not only are there many mages here, but there are also many swordsmen. Moreover, these swordsmen are obviously not mercenaries, they are all wearing robes, carrying Qin Yin's eight-sided sword at their waists, and their demeanor is high-spirited, and they will not show humility when they meet a mage.

Saleen loves the city because it is noisy, bustling, and fills people's hearts. In the crowd, even loneliness can be washed away a lot. But in Kushui County, he couldn't feel the breath of the city.

It's well organized, everyone doesn't make loud noises, and the silence is terrible.

The street was very long, and Salin and the others walked for several miles, and only then did they walk ten streets and turn right. The street is quieter, and pedestrians are almost nowhere to be seen. There are double rows of trees planted on both sides of the road. The trees are tall, straight, and leafy. The sunlight was almost completely obscured, and the bluestone road under his feet exuded a slight chill in the shade of the trees.

A carriage approached onwards, and the sound of horses' hooves was rapid and fast. When they approached Salin and the others, the golden bell outside the carriage shook and made a crisp sound.

Saleen suddenly understood why he was uncomfortable. This city is very beautiful, every detail is so charming, but this city is extremely proud. This pride is not for anyone, and it doesn't even care who you are.

This arrogance was like the golden bell of the carriage, without any domineering meaning, but it stung the inferiority complex hidden in Salin's heart.

The street was very wide, and the carriage would not hit Saleen at all, and Saleen still subconsciously made a move to avoid it.

The driver was dressed in an ancient brocade robe, and his chin trembled slightly, as if he nodded to Salin in thanks. Salin turned his head away from him, and was depressed in his heart, you are a car driver, is it necessary to wear such a burning bag? This kind of ancient brocade is not even willing to wear Viscount Guge. Damn, Qin Yinren has money and nowhere to spend it.

But Lao Tzu has money. Salin touched the Gift Ring in his hand, which contained a pile of extremely rare gems, and his heart was much more balanced.

After walking through two streets and looking to the left, I saw the county lord's mansion in the distance. Because there are no other buildings nearby.

Neris was originally relaxed, but when she saw the tall mansion from afar, her expression immediately became solemn. This mansion felt like the cage that had trapped her for tens of thousands of years, and as long as she entered, she was afraid that everything would be out of her control.

This mansion imitates the style of the Fourth Dynasty, mostly made of bricks and tiles, glazed, and the courtyard wall is tall, but there are windy diamond-shaped tiles on the upper part of the wall. The main entrance was closed, and a side door opened nearly a hundred meters to the right. The fallen leaves in front of the steps are not swept, and the stone stakes that tie the horses have been eroded by the years, and the original patterns have long been worn away.

It's just that this kind of oldness is something you can't buy with money.

There were no guards at the door, unlike Skocina. The aristocratic mansion of Skochenia is eager to display its majesty with thousands of troops and horses in front of the door.

Walking up the stairs, there was a porter on the left side of the door, and before Salin and the others crossed the threshold, someone made a voice inside: "Who is it?"

Salin was a little confused, the mansion of the dignified county lord, was the defense so lax?

The rank of the nobles of various countries is still clear, and the county lord of the Qin Yin Empire can only be the daughter of the emperor, and after the county is sealed, it is equivalent to a first-class marquis. The taxes within a radius of 100 miles of Kushui County belong to the county lord alone, and the towns under his command may exceed ten. This is not the kind of title that the Clyde family has bestowed, but real power.

If there is a war, the county lord can command tens of thousands of soldiers, and it is no different from the duke.

Worried, Saleen pushed open the door and entered the gatehouse. The room was small, with a half-supported window, and a table, behind which the author was a young man reading a book. Seeing Salin come in, he put down his book, looked up and asked, "What's the matter?"

"Ask to see the county lord. Salin looked at the entire youth and found that there were faint elemental fluctuations in the young man's body.

Someone who has already produced elemental fluctuations is at least a high-level magic apprentice. A high-level magic apprentice is likely to become a first-level magician within a few years, and it is too extravagant to be used as a porter, right?

"Did you bring a name post?"

"Nope. ”

"Is there an invitation?"

"No, there isn't. ”

"So what are you doing here? Get out and get out. The young man didn't care at all about the identity of the Sarin magician, raised his voice slightly, and began to chase people away.

"I am entrusted by men. Salin said, taking out the badge left by Qin Yin's swordsman and placing it on the table.

When the young magic apprentice saw the badge, he got serious, picked it up, and said, "Wait here." ”

With that, he left the porter and walked out.

Salin didn't dare to walk around, so he could only endure in this small house. He glanced at the book that the magic apprentice had left on the table, without a title. He turned the book over, but it was a book of magic common sense written in Qin Yin's language.

"Don't run around. Saleen told Neris and Sika to find a chair and sit down and look through the magic book.

The books are old, and the material is just ordinary paper. Each page is densely written, and between the lines there are symbols marked with red ink.

Sure enough, it is the most ordinary common sense book, and the experience introduced in it is the highest level of magic. Saleen flipped through quickly, and the last few pages were about meditation.

In Salin's opinion, the meditation was crude, but it was marked with more commentary. Many of the commentaries are wrong, and only a few refer to the true meditation rules.

The apprentice soon returned, followed by a magician. Seeing that Salin was looking through his book, the apprentice was not angry, but just said to Salin: "Just follow him." ”

Saleen put down the book, and the magician nodded to Saleen, "Come with me, the county lord is waiting." ”

Salin glanced at the magic mark on the magician's white robe, and like himself, he was also a first-level mage. The mage left the gatehouse with Salin and the others and walked deeper into the mansion.

After passing through an unknown number of courtyards, Saleen was taken to a house facing the water. The room was unusually spacious, with no walls on the waterfront side, all open windows.

The water outside the window is rippling, and the wind blows in, which is very cold.

In the center of the room is a table that is only half a meter high. Behind the table, there sat a woman on the floor, and there were several maids around her, and on the table were celadon cutlery, only four simple ones.

The woman's back was to Salin, and her long hair hung down from her waist, black like silk. Saleen's heart tightened, and he didn't know why, he was a little uneasy. The woman couldn't see her face, but her breath was a little short.

The woman's upper body is a blouse, and the long skirt is only cotton, without any embellishment. Just looking at the back, it looks a little thin. Salin involuntarily felt a thought of pity in his heart. Not because of the chill that the wind blew into the room, but because of the woman's back, indescribably lonely.

"Lord of the county, people have brought it. The magician kept his voice as low as he could, as if he was afraid of disturbing the cleanliness of the place.

"Well, you go down. The woman spoke, but her voice was mellow and textured. Saleen held his breath, not knowing how to speak.

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