〇 30, a journey of a thousand miles

After walking for nearly half an hour, Qi Yi finally came to the bottom of the East City Gate. As far as the eye can see, at the city gate, there are four tall men standing on either side of the city gate, checking the passing passers-by in an orderly rhythm. About two feet from the door on the right, there is a workbench seven feet long and two feet wide. There is a rattan chair on the workbench, and at this moment a middle-aged man with a bookish face is lying on the rattan chair. Whenever someone passed by him, he would take out a bag of money and put it on the workbench, and then the middle-aged man would sit up, pick up the pen and register, and when he had finished registering, he would lie down and fall asleep.

Qi Yi walked up to the middle-aged man and asked, "I need to go out of the city, how much should I pay?"

Hearing this, the middle-aged man said slowly: "Ten gold coins should be paid when you go out of the city." ”

Before the words fell, Qi Yi took out ten gold coins and put them on the workbench. Only then did the middle-aged man sit up, pick up his pen, and ask, "Where did you come from?"

Qi Yi said: "Come from Tancheng and go to the imperial capital." ”

After a while, the middle-aged man did the registration work, and then said, "Okay, now you can go out of the city." ”

Qi Yi said: "I'm tired." ”

After finishing speaking, he walked towards the city gate, but he did not expect that when he came to the city gate and was about to pass, he was stopped by the man guarding the city. He looked at the man with a puzzled look. The man smiled and said nothing, only rubbing his index finger and thumb a few times. I saw that he was stunned, thought for a moment, and then understood what the man meant, and then took out four gold coins and handed them to the man. After the man took the four gold coins, he let go.

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The sun was shining brightly, and it was constantly emitting a scorching red light, converging into a huge flame that scorched the vast expanse of the land and everything on it.

On the official road outside Wolong City, there was an endless stream of passers-by coming and going, most of whom were in a hurry, sweating, as if they couldn't bear the scorching sun on their heads. Not only that, but even the tall and straight poplar trees planted on both sides of the official road are hanging their leaves at the moment, looking listless.

However, in the crowd of people, there was a young man standing there straight, like a flagpole, which seemed out of place with the surrounding environment. Looking closely, this person is Qi Yi who has just come out of Wolong City.

At this time, from the direction of Qi Yi's eyes, it was the end of the official road, but from his somewhat sloppy eyes, he found that he didn't seem to be looking into the distance. At this moment, Qi Yi felt that pictures seemed to appear in front of his eyes, as if he was playing a movie. It's about grandpa, it's about Qi Xuewei, it's about the people and things in Wolong's selection······ And so on, there are all kinds of people and things.

After a long time, Qi Yi sighed softly, and then muttered to himself: "The road is under your feet!"

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After nearly two hours of walking, the road had come to an end, so Qi Yi had to follow the path in the forest. The mountain trails are winding, difficult and endless.

At this time, the huge fireball in the eastern sky was hanging directly above Qi Yi, although it was so, but fortunately, the trees in the forest were dense and covered the sky and the sun, and the road did not have any impact on Qi Yi's hurry, but made Qi Yi's speed increase slightly.

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In the mountains and forests, I saw a young man walking and walking. Although the trees in the forest were dense, they did not affect the boy's walking in the slightest, but he would stop and go from time to time. He stopped because he had to look at the map to determine the direction.

After a long journey of nearly an hour, Qi Yi finally came across a small town. After coming to this town, Qi Yi first found an inn to live in, and then had a beautiful and full meal, and then began to rest contentedly. Nothing was said all night.

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