"The city in front of you has passed, is it Qingchuan Pass?"

"There is also a wide Yueyong River behind this city, and there is a starry forest behind the Yueyong River, if it goes well, maybe we will be able to reach Qingchuan Pass by this time tomorrow. ”

"Listen to my mother, the scenery of Qingchuan Pass Canyon is amazing, then I will tell Brother Mu Qing in advance that I will rest at Qingchuan Pass for half a day tomorrow, so don't disturb." ”

The mutual suspicion did not ferment any conspiracy to assassinate, on the contrary, for a few days, Mu Qing and Wang Yeqing's mother and daughter got along more and more politely and restrainedly, and the group had walked to the border of Qingchuan Prefecture without incident.

Hearing that the other party offered to rest in Qingchuan Pass for a long time, Mu Qing originally had this intention, suppressed the doubts that had risen in his heart at the right time, looked up at the sky in the direction of Qingchuan Pass, nodded and smiled: "The next few days should be sunny, and the scenery of Qingchuan Pass will not disappoint Sister Xiuwei and Mrs. Wang." ”

"Thank you very much. Wang Xiuwei tilted her head slightly on horseback, and quietly looked at the polite man beside her, with sword eyebrows and starry eyes, clear breeze and jade, like a god descending to earth, she really couldn't put Wang Yeqing's evaluation of the "danger" and "deep hidden" on the other party.

After quickly receding from the greenness, Mu Qing's whole person looked much more mature, Wang Xiuwei looked at him from the side, he

"It looks like you still remember the scenery of Qingchuan Pass, can you tell me?"

After a dream in the cottage, Mu Qing quickly faded away, and the whole person seemed to be much more stable. When he heard Wang Xiuwei's question, he immediately remembered how Liu Weirui introduced it at that time, but he shook his head and smiled: "At first glance, it only shocks, I am poor in words, and I can't figure out how good-looking it is." ”

The two rode side by side, and when they looked at it up close, Wang Xiu's eyebrows and eyes slightly exposed outside the veil were less decorated with a lot of powder, and the heavy makeup was finally lightened, beautiful and refined, I don't know how many times better it looked better than when I first met.

"It's better to keep your distance. Mu Qing thought in his heart that everyone has a love for beauty, but how could he see a person who likes a flowery person?

What's more, the faces that appeared in the dream were enough to make him feel overwhelmed, and he really didn't want to get into the slightest peach scandal.

Wang Xiuwei felt the slight change in Mu Qing's attitude, and couldn't help laughing slightly in her heart, she was conscious and natural in her dealings with people, but occasionally some unintentional tones still left the temptation of Xiaohonglou's ears and eyes, but this Mu Qing was so cautious, and the image of Mu Qing's heart when he bought rouge in his heart was a little lighter.

A group of nearly thirty people slowly approached the city gate, and Sun Ren was at the front to negotiate with the sergeant who stopped the procession.

Knowing that he didn't have to continue to eat raw dry food today, Wang Xiuwei's heart was a little lighter, a pair of eyes shining left and right, and he looked at the scenery around him seriously with curiosity, but he couldn't help frowning deeply.

I didn't pay attention to it just now, but at this time I was close to this city called "Shule", and I found that at the root of the city gate wall, there were many people.

Most of them were ragged, their faces were colored, and some of them were like dry bones, huddled at the base of the wall, twitching and moaning in pain.

Wang Xiuwei only got out of the carriage yesterday and rode on horseback, and as I saw along the road, some green seedlings were left untended for a long time, but I did not expect that there would be so many refugees at the border.

Mu Qing raised his head and squinted his eyes, the caravan had not stopped in this city before, but Mu Qing still remembered that there were not so many refugees at the city gate, obviously these had only happened in recent days.

He found that Sun Ren's face was red, and it seemed that his entry into the city was not going well, so he shouted to the side: "Xiao Wuling, you go and see what's going on, don't make any extraneous things for the time being." ”

Xiao Wuling stepped forward and listened for a long time, but he didn't make a sound, but after half a cup of tea, he ran back with an angry face, "Childe, they are blackmailing, what are the fugitives from Jinguan City who are coming here, their new city lord has an order, anyone who wants to go to Qingchuan Pass through Shule City, regardless of identity, in addition to verifying the identity, must also be calculated according to the head, and each person will hand over ten taels of silver to ensure sufficient guarantee." ”

"Ten taels of silver per person? ”

Before Mu Qing could say anything, Wang Xiuwei frowned directly after hearing this.

Mu Qing now has a lot of property on his body, and he got more than forty taels of gold from Lu Fei, if you count the box of dozens of gold leaves that Liu Weirui gave him, and convert it into official gold, it must add up to at least five hundred taels of gold.

Mu Qing did some calculations and asked Wang Xiuwei: "Ten taels of silver for one person, isn't it one person and one gold to enter the city, it is indeed more expensive." ”

Wang Xiuwei hurriedly shook his head, "Now gold and silver are cheap, if they are all official casting, one or two gold should be exchanged for fourteen taels of silver." ”

She remembered Mu Qing's generosity when she bought rouge, and couldn't help but smile bitterly: "Even if it is not to the point of one person and one gold, but you don't know the truth that firewood, rice, oil and salt are expensive, I sold you so many things a few days ago, and they are all the best but only a few gold, I know why there are so many refugees at the gate of this city." ”

Mu Qing asked Wu Ling, "You said they have a new city lord?"

Xiao Wuling nodded and said: "Yes, listening to the people around me, it seems that this city lord has raided the previous city lord's house, and the crime he used is to shield the fugitives." ”

Mu Qing asked quietly, "Has the fugitive been caught?"

Xiao Wuling was puzzled: "Those people are all people who are blocked at the gate of the city and can't enter, but I just heard some rumors, or I will ask again." ”

Mu Qing understood that he was a little obsessed, shook his head and said: "Forget it, let's talk about it first, everyone has been sleeping outside in the open for the past few days, let's go eat hot first." ”

Xiao Wuling's eyes widened and said: "But it costs ten taels of silver to enter, and I have saved up for so long that my net worth is only four taels or seven yuan, which is not enough at all." ”

Mu Qing shook his head and smiled: "Your little money should be left for your sister to buy new clothes, and I will help you out." ”

Mu Qing counted the number of people in his heart, and in Xiao Wuling's wide eyes, he took out twenty-seven gold from the burden tied to the saddle in front of him.

Wang Xiuwei was also stunned, "You really gave it?"

Mu Qing nodded, but handed the gold to Wang Xiuwei first, and said, "Let's exchange it for silver at ten to one, you should bring so much silver when you return to your hometown." ”

Wang Xiuwei looked at Mu Qing's face seriously, he didn't know why the other party was so eager to enter the city, shook his head and said: "Wuling and Brother Sun are also responsible for escorting me and my mother, even if you want to give it, you can't come." ”

In the end, Wang Xiuwei only took ten taels of gold, and Mu Qing and her handed over the silver to Xiao Wuling to hold in the back, and then rode a horse and slowly crossed to Sun Ren's side.

A fat man who was still arguing with Sun Ren saw Mu Qing and them coming up, and motioned to his subordinates with his eyes, and immediately surrounded him.

This fat man is obviously a leader, and his armor is much thicker and brighter, but his fat body is encased in the armor, and there is not even a trace of majesty, only the comical feeling of rubbing his limbs against each other when he walks.

He is also the new official who took office as the third fire, and in the past few days, as the supreme general of the city gate here, he has not been a little brave and led his subordinates to fish out the wrong door, which is more bandit than the bandit who blocks the road and becomes a thief and shouts to leave the road to buy money.

More than a dozen people surrounded Mu Qing and them in just a moment, he looked up at the horse in front of him with a little panting, the afternoon sun was setting, his eyes narrowed into a slit to see a few people clearly, and roared viciously: "Who are you, don't you know the reason why you have to get off the horse when you get to the city gate?"

He spoke sharply, the more he thought about it, the more angry he became, he had already planned to ask his subordinates to drag these people down and beat them up without asking the reason, but his eyes wandered, but he was deeply attracted by Wang Xiuwei's fairy temperament that was still not like an ordinary one even if he was veiled.

Mu Qing saw that the fat man in front of the horse didn't know how to restrain himself, his eyes kept wandering on the graceful curves of the woman beside him, and he didn't hide the obscenity and lust in his sight, patted the horse's belly, and took a few steps forward, forcing the fat man to dodge, and he just blocked Wang Xiuwei behind him.

"Tell you to dismount. Do you want to die if you dare to be so presumptuous?"

The minions behind the fat man all blushed, drew their knives out of their sheaths, and suddenly felt the humiliation of the lord's humiliation and death, as if as long as the fat man gave an order, he would jump up and slash Mu Qing.

Mu Qing was dressed in white, and there was no wind, he didn't pay any attention to these fierce sword lights under the horse, and looked condescendingly at the fat man who was wearing a bulky armor and kept retreating, and suddenly felt that it was really boring to scare this kind of person, and asked indifferently: "Isn't it ten taels of silver for one person? We will send you money, don't you want it?"

The fat man's eyes were hidden in the slits of the eyes that were almost closed, and for a moment, he felt that he was almost going to die, and his fat lips were still trembling, and when someone helped him, he said cowardly: "Yes, why not." ”

He had long seen that Sun Ren and Mu Qing were in a group, and he wanted to kill Mu Qing and these people for so long, but unfortunately he had a good eye for collecting money, but he was not as sensitive to life and death as Sun Ren, so Mu Qing withdrew the qi that locked him, and he shouted loudly: "But now it's not ten taels of silver, one person and one tael of gold." ”

The faster he spoke, the higher the pitch of his voice, as if this was the only way to vent the embarrassment and depression just now, and to bring out his momentum, "In addition, you people are not good people at first glance, I suspect that you are the thieves in that mountain nest, so you have to search here to pass." ”

He found that he couldn't see the fairy just now, so he stretched his neck greedily and looked behind Mu Qing, and said with a strange smile: "The man will take off and search here, and the woman can take off in the shed next to him." Well, let me do it. ”

Speaking of this, the sergeants who were surrounded by fat men all smiled knowingly, and invariably let out a lowly laugh.

Mu Qingjian raised his eyebrows, and when he heard this, he was not very angry in his heart, but he was a little puzzled, why did he not care about the fat man in front of him about the death threat that Sun Ren was very good at?

Thinking of the woman behind him, he shook his head a little speechlessly, and said indifferently: "You just want to collect money, and you still speak frivolously, do you city lords know?"

When those people saw Mu Qing shaking his head, they thought that he would scold something angrily, but they didn't expect to wait for a long time to be such light words, and after being stunned for a while, they all laughed sarcastically.

"The spearhead boy who has not dried up, do you know that our adult's daughter is the favorite concubine of the city lord?"

"It's funny that you still want to use the city lord to oppress people. ”

Mu Qing's sword eyebrows slowly stretched, and he also smiled slightly, and asked, "Is it really so funny?"

The fat man listened to the compliments of his subordinates, his face was proud, and he turned his head to look around, but he only saw those refugees with vegetables on their faces, pointing at this side, he looked at Mu Qing who was still sitting on the horse, his face became more and more unhappy, and he shouted: "If you don't do what I say, you don't want to enter Shule City." ”

"And you kid, if you don't kneel down for Lao Tzu, don't want to enter Shule City. ”