In autumn and winter, wild beasts are frequently disturbed, and the number of soldiers patrolling up and down the castle tower has also increased several times.

First, a soldier asked him what his surname was, where he came from, and what he was doing in Pingliang City, and Wu Ye made a name, saying that he was a hunter in the mountains, and he accidentally hunted a giant bear and brought four bear paws to the city to sell.

The soldier examined the four paws and waved him over.

Another soldier stopped him and took out more than a dozen wanted list texts to compare them one by one, Wu Ye also tilted his head to peek at Guanqiao, he was really afraid that his appearance would suddenly pop out, but after the dozen or so wanted list texts were turned over, there was no wanted notice with the word "Wang Biao" written on it, and he couldn't help but breathe a sigh of relief.

Secretly laughed in his heart, knowing that his worries were a little redundant, although Qi Gongzi suffered a big secret loss this time, as long as he didn't want to expose the identity of the evil demon for a day, it would be impossible for him to use the power of the government to pursue him for a day.

After collecting five knives from him, the third soldier handed him a very rough yellow slip of paper, on which were written the three seal characters of "Pingliang City", which was the proof that he could stay in Pingliang City, and when he left the city, he would have to hand it in.

After completing the three formalities, another soldier led Wu Ye and seven or eight other travelers to a high wall made of black stone, and in the center of the black wall was a red list with three big characters written in the dragon's flying phoenix:

"Hero List!"

Wuwei State is a foreign barbarian state, and literati who are knowledgeable and reasonable are rare, even the official list is written in straightforward vernacular, and there is a soldier with a strange voice next to him who spits and explains.

Wu Ye listened for a long time, it turned out that on the Tanglin Mountain, twenty miles east of Pingliang City, there was a strange python infested, injuring countless people, and even the elite soldiers of Pingliang City were helpless, so the Pingliang City Lord released a hero list and recruited heroes within a radius of 100 miles to go up the mountain together and kill the monster python.

If you are willing to go, you will be rewarded with 30 silver knife coins, 5 acres of land, and exempted from 3 years of forced labor and taxes for the whole family; if you can successfully hunt the giant python, each person will be rewarded with 3 golden knife coins, and 50 acres of land will be given to the family, and you can also be recommended by the lord of Pingliang City to enter the mansion of the Marquis of Western Qin and become an elite cavalry under the command of the Marquis of Western Qin!

Wu Ye pursed his lips, and said in his heart that this kind of example can only deceive three-year-old children - if it is really so simple as an ordinary "giant python", why can't even the elite soldiers of Pingliang City be helpless, and why should they propose such a high reward?

It is estimated that this "giant python" is at least a monster at the level of demon beasts, and if these three-legged cats on the ground of Pingliang City have the ability to kill this giant python, then it is called a ghost!

Looking at the date written below, this "snake slaughtering meeting" is scheduled to be held after the 50th day.

Wu Ye's heart moved, and he seemed to grasp something.

At this time, some soldiers stepped forward and asked them one by one if they were willing to unveil the list, these travelers have been walking outside all the year round, how old and spicy the experience is, they all saw the strangeness of the list, and they shook their heads one by one, and even refused, but the soldiers were not reluctant, and waved their hands to let them go.

It was the first time for Wu Ye to come to the big city of Pangea Continent, the rows of houses and the busy street market were a hundred times more lively than Heishui County, and a few mud legs who had just entered the city from the countryside stood under the city tower, looking at the three- or four-story wooden building, opening their mouths, and they were a little at a loss.

Wu Ye was thinking about what to do next, when a thin man with a yellow face swayed up, and said with a smile on his face: "Big brother, just came down from the mountain? Are there any familiar shops? Do you want the younger brother to introduce a few restaurants? If the eldest brother is not at ease, just go and inquire, I, Liu San, am not nameless and surnameless, who doesn't know that I am the most fair in business." ”

Wu Ye looked up and down a few times, and saw that this Liu San was as thin as a hemp rod, carrying an empty cloth coat, his face was blue from the cold, and a pair of thief eyes were still staring at the bear paws in his cloth bag, and he knew that this was a broker who specialized in business.

For example, if he introduces Wu Ye to the inn, he can collect a sum of money from the inn, and if he introduces Wu Ye to a certain restaurant to sell bear paws, he can naturally get a benefit from the restaurant.

Still, for those strangers who are not familiar with the place, it is better to earn some hard-earned money for these brokers, which saves a lot of time and trouble, rather than stumbling blindly like headless flies.

Wu Ye's four bear paws are all poisonous, of course they won't be sold, but he does have something he wants to find out from this geographical ghost, so he nodded at the moment, pointed to a greasy little rice shop on the side of the road and said, "Sit down and say." ”

Liu San glanced at Wu Ye gratefully, and waited until he sat in the small rice shop, and after two bowls of steaming haggis soup were in his stomach, a tongue began to run all over the field, and one restaurant after another was introduced, tirelessly pointing out which restaurant Wu Ye should sell the bear's paw to in order to make a good price, Wu Ye couldn't cry and laughed, and waved his hand to interrupt:

"Bear Paw speak slowly, you tell me first, what's going on with this hero list?"

Liu San almost didn't bite off a piece of the blue and white porcelain bowl, suddenly sobered up, and stammered: "Big brother, you, you, have you unveiled the list?"

Wu Ye shook his head: "No, I wanted to pick it up, but someone grabbed me in the back, so I didn't pick it up." ”

Liu San breathed a long sigh of relief: "It's okay, it's okay, that person saved your life, big brother, where is this hero list, it's a life talisman at all, whoever reveals who dies, half of it can't escape!"

"Oh?" Wu Ye asked quietly, "How?"

Liu San broke open a fragrant white flour bun, dipped it in the haggis soup, and said:

"Counting this time this year, this 'snake slaughtering conference' has been held three times in a row, the first time was twenty years ago, a total of more than 800 heroes from more than 30 counties in the city were recruited, and they entered Tanglin Mountain, but half of them didn't come back, and then someone had the courage to go up the mountain to find it, hey, don't talk about the corpse, even half a finger, no trace of blood was found, it's like these people disappeared out of thin air, big brother, are you weird?

Sucking a piece of crispy dough into his mouth, Liu San continued, "Ten years ago, it was the second 'Snake Slaying Conference', and this time more than 700 heroes were recruited, and they also wore red and green, beating gongs and drums into the mountain, and the result was the same, no one was alive, no corpse was dead, and it was extremely strange!"

Liu San took a bite to pull the dough soaked in the soup, ate it with a mouth full of oil, and the burp was full of onions and garlic, and the thief looked left and right, and when he saw that no one was paying attention, he leaned into Wu Ye's ear and whispered:

"Big brother, you invite Liu San to eat this haggis soup, not in vain! Liu San will tell you a big secret - where is the 'strange python' in this Tanglin Mountain, it is clearly an extremely powerful demon beast, called 'Lotus What Snake', I forgot the middle words, in short, it is a very domineering high-level demon beast, and it is the kind that has to be transformed into a sincere and benevolent form! Once every ten years, the City Lord's Mansion recruits heroes and heroes, not to hunt this demon beast, but to borrow the surnames of these heroes and heroes to forcibly suppress the demon beasts, keep the peace for ten years, and let the demon beasts not come out of the mountains to cause trouble!"

Wu Ye raised his eyebrows: "How do you know?"

Liu San's voice was lowered: "I have a brother who works as an errand in the City Lord's Mansion, and I occasionally heard Shen Tianshi talk about it, in fact, this is not a secret, half of the people in Pingliang City know it." ”

"Shen Tianshi, who is it?"

"Shen Tianshi is a worldly master from the Central Plains 20 years ago, with vast magical powers and profound mana, when he first came to Pingliang City, he once hooked the heavenly thunder in public and smashed a stone lion at the gate of the city lord's mansion! I heard that there was a giant python on Tanglin Mountain, so Shen Tianshi volunteered to go up the mountain to kill the demon and eliminate the demon, but unexpectedly, the demon beast was powerful, and Shen Tianshi's cultivation was abolished - but Shen Tianshi also used a spirit rune to seal the demon beast, so that this demon beast could only attack once every ten years, which attracted the ten-year snake slaughter conference! According to Shen Tianshi, if the demon beast cannot be firmly suppressed during the ten-year attack period, this demon beast will break the seal at any time and set off a bloody storm in Pingliang City, then the city will suffer!"

Wu Ye frowned, always feeling that this Shen Tianshi was a little strange, and asked again, "Is Shen Tianshi still in Pingliang City?"

Liu San nodded and said: "Although Shen Tianshi's cultivation has been abolished, after all, he is a master of Taoism, the Pingliang City Lord is struggling to stay, and Shen Tianshi doesn't want to see the lives of Pingliang City ruined, so he has stayed in the City Lord's Mansion and became the teacher of Qi Gongzi." ”

"Qi Gongzi is a disciple of Shen Tianshi?"

Wu Ye's eyes flashed.

He somewhat understood where Qi Gongzi's Mist Phantom Knife and Zhushan Sect Elder Token had gotten.