Armill Boots

Author: polarisa

In the early morning, the sky was just bright, and outside the west gate of Shenzhou City, a very luxuriously decorated two-horse carriage was galloping from five miles away, and the horse's hooves raised high and the smoke and dust brought up seemed so abrupt in the wilderness.

Shenzhou City is built on the mountain and by the sea, and there is an empty field outside the city gate, and a carriage and horse avenue passes through the city. This avenue, after leading to the west gate, whether by the sea or on the side of the mountain, is a patch of gloomy pine forest. When the wind blows, there will be a terrible whistle.

At this time, there were already many caravans waiting for customs clearance in front of the West City Gate, and there was even a four-horse carriage of the official family in the team. Listening to the sound of horses' hooves coming suddenly, the people in the team couldn't help but look over. Even a group of city guards stationed in front of the city gate was alert, and kept a queue to march outside the city.

At the end of the procession, there was a caravan that was supposed to be transporting grain, and there were eight identical troikas. In the last carriage, two men dressed as men sat on a tarpaulin-covered pile chatting.

The guy with a tall nose and a thin body said: "Second brother, what do you say everyone is looking at? Isn't it just a two-wheeled carriage that runs faster? There is a huge Shenzhou City, not to mention that there is a Jingdong Guard Camp more than ten miles away on the way here, so you can be afraid of such a carriage?"

The honest guy beside him continued: "Xiao Qi, this is maybe! Shenzhou City is a new city, and I heard that it was still a square town half a year ago. If you really have a martial arts master with a flying sword in your hand, it is estimated that you will not be able to parry it for a while. ”

Xiao Qi originally just looked at everyone's astonishment and felt a little funny, but at this time, when he heard the second brother say this, he couldn't help laughing for a while, and he couldn't get a mouthful of phlegm, and coughed: "Ahem, it's ridiculous to kill me!" Ahem, second brother, can't you not be so funny? This is the southeast corner of Donghai County, not a county seat, where will there be any masters?!"

When the second brother heard this, he smiled honestly, and said angrily: "Xiao Qi, don't laugh, before leaving, the shopkeeper specially instructed you not to move when you arrive in Shenzhou City, saying that it is stricter than the government here, and you are not allowed to use knives and guns, or you will be beheaded! ”

When Xiao Qi heard this, there was a trace of fear on his face, and he snorted: "I still forgot about this stubble." The shopkeeper also told me, it seems that this Shenzhou City is really an evil place. Second brother, you said that it is necessary for our caravan to come all the way here? This sea goods can be bought when you enter the Muhai Principality, and I heard the shopkeeper say that there are a lot of goods in the acropolis in the west of the town. ”

The second brother looked around, leaned close to Xiao Qi's ear and said: "Xiao Qi, don't talk nonsense, don't you see that the city guards are all coming over? When you came, you didn't see it: this carriage and horse avenue leads directly to our Cangwu Empire, and along the way through the Black Horse City and their Muhai National Capital and Donghai County, it is not difficult for us to travel through the city and alleys. Besides, it's not just our caravan family coming, you see, it's still early in the morning, and the line is already so long. ”

Xiao Qi listened, peeked at the city guard, looked a little frightened, lowered his head, and listened carefully to hear the last sentence: "Second brother, I know." ”

The troika finally slowed down ten feet away, and slowly came to the two of them. The city guards who were about to walk over also stopped. The curtain of the carriage door was lifted, and a dignified-looking scholar walked out, and someone in the team took a breath of cold air and whispered: "Who is this? Why is it so similar to Rong Chengxi, the missing head of the Rong family?"

A little scholar came out of the back of the scholar, jumped out of the car with a big grin, staring at the people in the team with big flickering eyes, and kept looking at them one by one.

Seeing that it was the scholar master and servant, most of the people in the team turned their heads, and the city guards also hated the team, and a few people were still scolding the unruly horseman. The scholar looked at the team and the city guards indifferently, looked up at the west city wall, and said: "This west city wall, it looks very atmospheric, but I don't know what is going on on the battlements?"

Xiao Qi listened and leaned next to the second brother's ear and said: "This scholar is a bit roundabout, and he dares to judge when he goes to other people's territory?"

The second brother looked up and peeked at the scholar, but found that he was looking at the little scholar blamed, the second brother's head became bigger, his face became solemn, and he knew that he had met a master. The second brother hurriedly jumped out of the carriage, pulled Xiao Qiban out of the car, and walked towards the first car with his arms, while walking, he occasionally peeked at the scholar master and servant.

The scholar was about to raise his feet and move forward, but he heard the groom say, "Two, you will receive fifty copper coins." The little scholar put his hand into his bosom, and took out a long time before he took out a silver coin, threw it to him, and cried out, "Find money!" The groom looked at him with disdain, and took out fifty big coins from the place where the car was hidden, and did not look for a bag, so he held it to him.

The little scholar was furious, and pointed at the coachman and was about to scold. The scholar hurriedly stopped him, lifted the placket, and untied a bag from his waist, which turned out to be a hundred bags. The little scholar took it hatefully, pressed it into the groom's hand, and fifty copper coins disappeared. The groom had already trembled with fear when the scholar untied the bag. Seeing that the copper money was taken away, he quickly jumped into the carriage and whipped away. The little scholar laughed so happily that even the scholar couldn't help laughing.

The second brother in the distance was walking over with the shopkeeper, and his face turned pale with fright when he saw this scene, and he hid directly behind the shopkeeper. The shopkeeper was not surprised, stepped forward, and said respectfully: "I, Wu Sheng, am the shopkeeper of this caravan, just now my guy didn't know the depths, and he offended the nobles by speaking disrespectfully, thank you for your bearing." When he goes back and heals his wounds, he will be punished heavily. ”

Seeing that this Wu Sheng shopkeeper's posture was very low, and he couldn't go too far, he took a hundred bags from the little scholar's hand, took out an elixir and handed it out, and said softly: "The Wu shopkeeper is too modest, my boy's shot is not serious, I'm afraid it will hurt my muscles and bones." This is an elixir used by martial artists, and it should be able to get better if you take it. Shopkeeper Wu happily took it with both hands: "Walking together at the end of the world is also fate." Dare to ask what is the name of this son? Come to this Shenzhou City, is it sightseeing or visiting friends?"

The scholar handed the bag to the scholar, saw him tied it under his waist, looked up and smiled: "Don't dare to be so polite as the shopkeeper, Xiaosheng was born in Muhai Mu, I heard that a new Shenzhou City was built here, and I came to sightsee." When the shopkeeper Wu saw that the scholar was willing to talk to him, he was happy, and said loudly: "Mu Gongzi, people often say that when you go out, you are a friend if you are fated." Wait a while, let's find an inn to stay in, and have a good chat in the evening, what do you think?"

This Mu Gongzi glanced back at the little scholar, the two looked at each other and smiled, and turned back and said, "That's fine, I'll go with Shopkeeper Wu." Shopkeeper Wu was overjoyed, and exchanged a few words with Mu Gongzi, and saw that his caravan was about to clear the customs, so he said his guilt and left.

Seeing that the shopkeeper Wu was gone, the little scholar lay on Mu Gongzi's body, full of ridicule: "This Mu Gongzi, don't you have a drink at night?" The scholar gently pushed him away, and said in his mouth: "Just you are naughty, be careful, don't reveal your secrets." ”

The master and servant talked and laughed, and came to the city gate. The seal of the caravan is examined in order to avoid double taxation. For general sightseeing and family visits, there is nothing to check. As long as he is not a wanted criminal in the principality, he is generally unconsulted when he crosses the city.

Maybe there is something wrong with the scholar's appearance, and a city guard officer in charge of the inspection saw the scholar for the first time, his eyes were stunned, and he couldn't help asking: "This is the ...... of the Rong family" The scholar shook his head: "Xiaosheng's surname is Mu." After that, he also took out a waist card from his arms and held it up to display:

The four corners of the waist card are decorated with "Muhai Situ", and there is a big "Mu" word in the middle.