Chi Zheng also wore straw sandals before, knowing how uncomfortable it was to wear straw sandals in this weather, fortunately, Hai Sheng gave him three pairs of good cloth shoes in one go, made of silk, linen, silk, silk and other fabrics, which were very comfortable to wear.

It just didn't seem to be very waterproof, and when I stepped on the muddy ferry port, I was quickly soaked by heavy rain.

Chi Zheng didn't understand the professional terminology of the porters, but he roughly understood what they meant, waved his hand, signaled refusal, and suddenly one of the porters turned around to cover his mouth and coughed, and when he turned around, his face was very ugly.

The rest of the porters sighed: "Third brother, you better go back and rest, your condition is getting worse and worse." ”

"It's okay, I'm fine. ”

The porter smiled reluctantly.

Seeing that Chi Zheng waved his hand and rejected them, the porters did not entangle, sighed and walked back to the shed.

"Wait," Chi Zheng said suddenly, stopping the porter who was called "the third child", "you wait." ”

"My guest's name?"

The third child stopped in surprise and turned around.

"You come here," Chi Zheng waited for the porter to come over, "take me to the city to find an inn, it doesn't have to be too expensive, but it can't be too bad." ”

"Yes, guest, please come with me. ”

The porter can help carry the luggage, but if you don't have a job to do, you will naturally be willing to help lead the way.

The rest of the porters had to watch with envy as Wang Wu led Chi Zheng to the outside of the ferry, the city wall of Xiahai County was actually on the side, and the ferry led directly to the east city gate, which was specially used to transport goods.

"I've heard that there are many homeless people going south, why don't you see them now?"

Chi Zheng asked while holding the "grapes".

"The guests came from the waterway, and they didn't know that the imperial court had already prepared for it, and it was impossible to let the displaced people continue to go south......"

The porter said weakly: "What's more, Xiahai is located in a mountain gorge, surrounded by high mountains, not the main road to the south, and it is impossible for those homeless people to come here no matter how they go." ”

"Ahem...... "Ahem" said a few words, and the porter kept coughing.

The city wall of Xiahai County is not too high, Chi Zheng looked up and retracted his gaze, the city gate was wide open, and the two soldiers guarding the gate hid in the shed under the city wall, shrunk their necks, covered their hands in their arms, and ignored the spears thrown aside.

The weather had already turned cold, and it was raining heavily, and the soldiers were thinly dressed, with old faces, shivering with cold hiding in the sheds, not so much soldiers as beggars.

Originally, the two soldiers didn't move, but when they saw the mule led by Chi Zheng, their eyes immediately lit up, and they struggled to stand up, grabbed the hat and put it on, and didn't pick up the spear, but walked out and shouted, "Where did it come from?"

"Master Zhang, Master Wu, this is a guest who has just gotten off the boat and wants to go into the city to rest. ”

The porter's face was covered with rain, and he rushed up a few steps, bowed his head and explained to the two soldiers.

"Hey, disembarking guest?"

The eyes of the two soldiers brightened even more, "The county lord said, you must strictly investigate the rogue and the spies, what is in the mule you are leading, take it out and take a look." ”

Strictly investigate the spies?

The porter was silent, of course he understood what these two masters really thought, they were locals who would not be hindered from entering and exiting, because the two soldiers could not loot any property on them, but for outsiders, especially outsiders with goods, of course they had to search carefully.

"Wait. ”

Chi Zheng stretched out his hand into his arms, when he left, Hai Sheng also gave some broken silver and copper coins, which was very intimate, and the three thousand taels of silver tickets could not be exchanged in this small place.

He took out five copper coins, "I'm not a spy, just a passerby." ”

The soldier stretched out his hand to take it, "heh", and said disdainfully: "You want to send us away for just this little money?"

"Then I don't know what this entry tax is?"

Chi Zheng looked at the porter Lao San, who lowered his head and didn't dare to look at him directly.

The two soldiers sneered: "Do you want to enter the city? ”

Chi Zheng had a general understanding of their income through the boatman, so he knew that it was impossible to collect fifty yuan in this entry tax, otherwise where would anyone dare to come to the city?

Not to mention, there was no tax when he entered the city, and these two soldiers were completely trying to blackmail him.

He has never been blackmailed so obviously since he was a child, he was surrounded once when he was a child, but before those people could speak, they were beaten by a group of female classmates passing by, and now they are really blackmailed, and I always feel a little strange.

Chi Zheng smiled and asked rhetorically, "What are the names of the two of you?"

The two soldiers were stunned, probably never thought of such a reaction, in the past, either the other party was angry, or they could only accept it, and asked themselves what the names of the two meant?

"What do you ask us for names?"

The two soldiers frowned.

"I don't know the names of the two of you, I met your county lord, so what should I say?"

Chi Zheng said seriously.

"You—Do you know the county honor?"

The two soldiers were startled, and their bodies trembled.

"I don't know. ”

Chi Zheng shook his head.

“......”

The two soldiers were stunned for a moment, and then became furious: "You bastard, dare to coax and play with us." ”

"I don't know your county honor, but I know your county lord. ”

The two soldiers who just wanted to move over to pull Chi Zheng were suddenly stunned again, and said in a trembling voice: "What, what Shangguan? You, do you know the Shangguan of the county lord and the county lord?"

"I don't know. Chi Zheng shook his head.

"You, you ......"

The two soldiers were furious, and one immediately rushed into the shed to bring a spear, pointed at Chi Zheng and shouted: "Okay, you guy, you must be a spy, and you actually played with our brothers." ”

"I don't know each other, but I know a friend. ”

The two soldiers were stunned again, "You, your friend, who is your friend?"

"My friend, his wife is the younger sister of the Shangshu of the Criminal Department of the Dynasty, how about this Shangguan?"

"The Book of the Criminal Department?"

The two soldiers laughed after hearing this time, "What are you bragging? I also said that my friend is a fairy." ”

"Coincidentally, I'm half an immortal, is the friend you are talking about me?"

Chi Zheng said "surprised".

"You!"

The soldier with the spear said angrily and rushed forward, but before Chi Zheng could make a move, he fell directly under his feet because of the muddy puddle.

The fall was heavy enough, even Chi Zheng couldn't help but worry about him, and the other soldier was so shocked that he hurriedly wanted to step forward to pull his companion, but after only taking two steps, he also fell together, fell to the ground, and made a big splash.

"Oops, it hurts ...... death"

These two soldiers were already old and frail, and when they fell like this, half of their anger was gone, and they groaned in pain in the puddles on the ground, and they couldn't get up at all.

"You see, I didn't do it, they fell on their own. ”

Seeing the porter staring at him dumbfounded, Chi Zheng sighed, led the "grapes" and continued to walk forward, and the half-hanging Donald Duck puffed out his hairy buttocks, flew out a ball of poop, and smashed on the faces of the two soldiers.