Chapter 796: Human Suffering
Let Qing Xuan and Hei Xuan stay outside to catch food, Gou Shen didn't have any worries in his heart, and these two little guys didn't have any dissatisfaction, compared to those human worlds, they still caught prey in this kind of mountains and forests, bullying and bullying weak Xuan beasts were more cheerful, and before Gou Shen left, he rushed directly into the forest, and after a while, he flew into the nearby mountains, and after a while, he saw Qing Xuan flying up with a bear. Fastest and most stable update)
"Qing Xuan, this idiot, bear meat is not delicious at all, I know that I caught these weak Xuan beasts and bullied them to play, cut, it's really embarrassing!" Bai Xuan whispered to blame Qing Xuan's behavior very shamelessly, but he forgot how he bullied Qing Xuan and Hei Xuan in the road to heaven back then.
"Okay, okay, let's go in first. ”
Bai Xuan directly became the smallest body shape, and it didn't look so conspicuous, if you didn't look carefully, you would just think it was a white flower cat, even if you wanted to look closely, it would only be regarded as a weird little mysterious beast, and it wouldn't be taken into account at all.
The so-called Wangshan ran a dead horse, saw the city from afar, and really walked over, but it still needed some distance, which was not a problem for the two of them at all, but when they approached the gate of the city, they found that there was a queue at the door, and if they wanted to go in, it seemed that they still had to go through investigation.
Gou Shen and Er Niu came directly to the back of the team, and in front of them was an old man, who was sighing there, and Gou Shen patted the old man's shoulder and said:
"Uncle, what's going on here? Could it be that something is wrong in this city? Why do you have to queue up to go through the investigation before you can enter the city? Is it that you are tracking down some gangsters or spies?"
The old man glanced back at Gou Shen and Erniu. Gou Shen is full of silver hair, with a knife on his waist, he is not easy to mess with at first glance, but he speaks very kindly. The big stupid man who followed him only looked like he was smirking. The old man glanced at the two of them a few more times, and made sure that the two were not bad people, so he sighed and said:
"You two, you're from out of town, it's normal that you don't know, where are you checking something, it's basically collecting a head fee for entering the city!"
"Capitation fee?" Gou Shen was surprised, it was the first time he had heard of this kind of name.
"According to the number of heads, a person who enters has to pay a piece of money, saying that it is an entrance fee, but we call it a head fee in private, how many years, this is the order of the city lord, it has always been like this, as long as it is not the first time to come, you know. ”
Saying this, Gou Shen was even more surprised, he had been in the Xuan Cultivation Realm for so many years, and he had been to a lot of various places, he had seen those who had been investigated, and he had also seen the little minions at the gate secretly collecting money, but he had never seen the city lord order to collect the fees for entering the city, this was really the first time I had seen it. Isn't this the toll fee? What's the difference between this roadside robber?
But since people have always been like this here, Gou Shen naturally won't talk much, although his strength is relatively strong, but it is always difficult to break other people's rules.
Looking at the team in front of you and the situation in the city, you can see that there are a lot of convoys and shops, and you know that this town must be a place with relatively developed commerce, after all, it is at the junction of the two regions, and I also understand a little bit in my heart the reason why the city mainly collects city fees.
But understanding does not mean agreeing, and Gou Shen still doesn't accept this provision in his heart.
Maybe it's really because I'm used to collecting the "head fee" here, and it's fast to pay the money in front of me, but after a while, it's already the turn of the old man in front of him.
The old man stretched out his trembling hand, took out a small handkerchief from his backpack, unfolded it layer by layer, and took out a piece of Xuanjing from it, and handed it to the gatekeeper.
I thought I would be able to pass through like this, but the old man was about to go inside, but he was suddenly stopped by the gatekeeper, and a long knife was planted directly in front of the old man:
"Wait, your Xuanjing has obviously been used, the Xuanjing in it is not enough at all, not enough to use the protection fee, this Xuanjing needs at least three to pass!"
The old man blinked his eyes, he didn't know much about things like Xuanjing, like Erniu, ordinary people like him had no way to absorb the energy in Xuanjing, and naturally he didn't know how much Xuanjing still had in Xuanjing, and it was not even easy to distinguish between good and bad Xuanjing.
"This uncle, you can do well, my wife is sick, waiting for me to go to the city to get medicine. I have a few pieces of Xuanjing on me, and I don't know if there is enough to grab the medicine, if this Xuanjing is given to you again, I won't be able to catch the medicine even if I go in!"
"Hmph, no matter what, don't enter the door without Xuanjing, either hand over Xuanjing, or get out of here!" The gatekeeper said, threw Xuanjing directly to the ground, and pushed the old man aside, but he didn't even look at it, and said directly to Gou Shen and Erniu: "Next, hurry up, hurry up, if you don't have money, get out of here, don't want to enter this door if you don't pay the money!"
As this person spoke, he slightly released the breath on his body, and as soon as he put it away, he turned out to be a Xuanhou peak, infinitely close to the Xuanhou level powerhouse, which made the few people behind Gou Shen couldn't help but look nervous, and the old man on the ground trembled slightly in this momentum.
Xuanhou is at the pinnacle, a strong man close to the level of Xuanjiang! Gou Shen sighed in his heart, it turns out that this kind of cultivation can also be regarded as a strong person, in the world of ants, it is really a mouthful of spit that can drown countless ants!
Gou Shen didn't rush into the city, because Erniu couldn't stand it anymore, so he hurriedly went to the side and subdued the old man from the ground, and at the same time looked at the gatekeeper and shouted:
"Why are you like this? How can you do it to the old man? Isn't it just a piece of Xuanjing's entrance fee?"
"Hmph, don't talk nonsense, don't get in the way here if you don't want to go in, if you have the ability, you can make these Xuanjing for them!"
Gou Shen shook his head gently, but he really didn't bother to bother with this guy, in his eyes, this is the world of ants, almost in a different world from him, he also knows that this kind of thing is too much, if it weren't for Erniu to take care of, Gou Shen wouldn't pay much attention to it.
It's just three Xuanjing, it's still three inferior Xuanjing, even if it's 30,000 Xuanjing, it's just the money of a pill for the current Gou Shen, so naturally I won't take it to heart.
"One, two, three, oh, three Xuanjing, all of them are full of spiritual power, no problem? The two of us, plus this old man, this is enough. ”
Gou Shen directly threw the three Xuanjing into the arms of the gatekeeper, and after seeing that the other party had checked the condition, he turned around, looked at the old man who had been helped up by Erniu, and said:
"Old man, it's okay now, let's go in. ”
At this time, Er Niu took out a few pieces of Xuanjing from his touch ring, put them into the old man's hand, and said:
"Uncle, the eldest lady in the family is sick, you can take these Xuanjing to grab medicine, and then buy some food for the eldest mother. Erniu said, smirking again, and shook his head secretly, this Erniu is always so kind in his heart, so nosy, this situation is not good.
When the old man saw Xuanjing in this, his eyes were straight, and he excused himself in every way, but he couldn't resist Erniu's honest smile and persistence, so he had to accept it with a thousand thanks.
But when the gatekeeper saw this, his eyes rolled, and suddenly, he stopped the three of them again, and called:
"Wait!"
"What's the matter? The money has been given to you, is it possible to check our identities?" Gou Shen was already slightly displeased, looked at the man and asked.
"That's right, you don't have enough money, and you have a cat on your shoulder, and he has to pay for it!"
When Bai Xuan heard that this guy actually called himself a cat, he was angry in his heart, his eyes squinted slightly at each other, and a low groan came out of his throat.
"People go over, they have to pay for people, carriages, livestock, goods, everything has costs in the past, and it can't be less, if you want to go over, you have to pay the cost of this cat!"
But at this time, another person came to the gate of the city, wanted to enter the city, but didn't care about the long queue at all, just came to the door, didn't even care about the gatekeeper, about to enter the city, the gatekeeper didn't care about Gou Shen and others, hurriedly stretched out his knife, stopped the other party, and called:
"If you want to enter the city, you must pay the entrance fee first, and go to the back to line up!"
The man was dressed in a purple robe, probably in his thirties, less than forty years old, but when he saw this, he snorted coldly, didn't say anything, and directly released his momentum, a Xuan general peak, and the cultivation of the half-step Xuan King was fully revealed.
"It turned out to be a powerhouse at the peak of the Xuan General!"
"Yes, it's about to be the level of a half-step Xuan King!"
The people around him exclaimed, and the gatekeeper's face also changed, and he hurriedly smiled on his face, and said:
"Hehe, this uncle, please inside, the little one has no eyes just now, and if you are offended, please don't blame me!"
The man snorted coldly, and without saying a word from beginning to end, he strode into the small city.
When Gou Shen saw this, he could be regarded as seeing the doorway, and the kind of cultivation strength was really much more useful than money and wealth, and he couldn't help but show a little smile on his face.
The gatekeeper also knew that he was a little embarrassed just now, so he was not angry when he saw Gou Shen's smile, and said:
"Look at what, hurry up and hand over the money, don't give the money, don't think about going in!"
Gou Shen didn't speak, and took out a Xuanjing directly from his arms, which turned out to be an extreme Xuanjing, and gently tossed it in his hand and fell.
"A piece of Extreme Xuanjing, the entrance fee for everyone in the back should be enough?"
The gatekeeper's eyes were even more wide-eyed, a piece of extremely Xuanjing, in normal times, it was almost the income of the entrance fee for one day, after all, the money collected by people entering was still small, the main thing was that they still had the money for the goods and carriages of those caravans.
With a smile on the gatekeeper's face, he said:
"Enough, enough, this piece, enough for all these people in the back queue to go in. ”
Gou Shen didn't speak, and directly put Xuanjing into the other party's hand, this person had tested the Xuanjing in the Xuanjing, and only felt that it was surging, it was definitely the best Xuanjing, and he couldn't help but smile even more, so he waved his hand directly and shouted:
"Okay, okay, Uncle Youwei has paid all the money for you today, you can all go in directly, you don't have to pay!"
It can save the entrance fee, although it is really not much for most people, but it still makes everyone happy.
Everyone walked through the door, and they all thanked Gou Shen before entering the door, and after these people went in at the door, Gou Shen took Erniu into the city.
"I didn't expect to meet such a fool, hehe, a piece of extreme Xuanjing, Lao Tzu has earned a lot of extra money, enough for me to have a good drink tonight!"
But it seems that he knows there that the things that hook and sink are not so easy to take.
At this time, Gou Shen had already walked away, and the gatekeeper was holding Xuanjing in his hand and was happy, but only at this moment, Gou Shen in the distance suddenly lightly read a burst word, and then heard a scream and angry scolding from behind, and couldn't help but show a little smile on his face. At the gate of the city, everyone heard the sound and came to watch, but they saw the gatekeeper sitting on the ground, one hand was already blown up and bloody, and there were many fragments of Xuanjing scattered on the ground!