Volume 1 Chapter 32 Arriving at the First City
Seeing that the flash flood had already delayed us for two days, when we woke up on the third morning, we found that the sun was already high in the sky and the flash flood had receded.
Over the past few days, Su Muyan had been entering her own space from time to time to practice the martial arts secret book. From the initial drawing of energy into the body, she had gradually been able to use a little spiritual power. In short, her progress was very fast.
Of course, since I have been watering the sprouted seeds while practicing martial arts these past two days, they have now borne fruit and will be mature soon.
At first, I just scattered some strawberry seeds, but I didn’t expect that they would be ripe and ready to be picked immediately. The growth speed is really amazing!
"Yan'er, the mountain torrents have stopped, let's get on with our journey!" Su Zimu said to himself while packing his things.
"Okay, Daddy told everyone to pack up and let's continue on our journey!"
"There will be a city not far ahead. We should try to go into the city and rest tonight."
Everyone quickly packed up their food and started to slowly head down the mountain.
After the mountain torrents ravaged the area, the bodies of refugees could be seen everywhere.
Su Muyan felt uneasy and was also worried about infectious diseases such as plague.
So during this period of the journey, I asked everyone to cover their mouths and noses with their sleeves and travel quickly.
With corpses scattered all over the ground, they will soon rot under the scorching sun. If things go wrong, a large-scale plague may really spread. By then, even if you have space, it will be of no use.
Everyone was extremely panicked when looking at the corpses beside them, but there was nothing they could do. There were so many corpses that they didn't have the capacity to bury them one by one.
Soon, in the afternoon, we finally saw the appearance of the first city.
But Su Muyan clearly felt that something was wrong, because the city gate was closed, and there were a lot of people fleeing famine gathered in front of the gate, and every soldier on the city wall had a bow and crossbow in his hand.
At this time, Su Zimu also noticed something was wrong: "When I was the Prime Minister, I never heard that every chess player in the city would be equipped with a bow and crossbow?"
"Is there something wrong?"
After hearing what his father said, Su Muyan immediately understood that it was very likely that these were people in the city. In order to prevent this group of people fleeing famine from rioting after entering, they simply blocked the door.
Now they just hope to enter this city and only need to hand in their shadows, otherwise they will have to take a long detour. Besides, everyone originally planned to rest here for a while.
When the group arrived at the foot of the city, they heard the refugees complaining, "This city lord is really a piece of shit. In such a chaotic time, he's asking for one ounce of silver per head. Isn't this asking for our lives?"
"If we really had that one ounce of silver, why would we be so hungry that we had to flee from the famine?"
"Yes, yes, who says it's not true? I have a family of eight and they want eight taels of silver. This is simply killing me. You know, I can't even save eight taels of silver in a whole year, let alone this, during the years of fleeing famine."
After hearing these people's complaints, Su Muyan and others probably realized that they had to pay silver to enter the city. After everyone paid the head tax, they could enter the city to buy things or rest.
After hearing this, Shen Youchu frowned and said, "If it was in the past, this little bit of silver would not mean anything to me, but now my house has been raided and I can't bring anything with me. What should I do?"
Su Zimu was also standing nearby, his brows furrowed.
"Daddy and mommy, you don't have to worry. Have you forgotten that I am here?" he said helplessly.
"Yes, look at my brain. I only remember that our house was searched and we didn't take anything out, but I forgot about the cigarettes!" Shen Youchu said with a look of annoyance.
"Alright, alright, there are too many people here. It's not suitable to stay here for long. Let's go in first!"
Just as everyone was about to leave for the city, people fleeing famine nearby surrounded them.
"Young lady, are you and your family going into the city?"
"You guys are really rich! You don't look like people fleeing famine, yet you have to pay thirteen taels of silver just for the head tax!"
Su Muyan looked at the group of people who gathered around her, with malicious glint in her eyes.
At this time, they were heard saying, "We won't make it difficult for you. Since you are able to hand over thirteen taels of silver, then I believe that paying one hundred taels of silver will be a piece of cake for you."
"As long as you leave a hundred taels of silver and allow us to enter the city, we will let you go. Otherwise, haha!"
Su Yi and others stood in front, protecting the Su family.
Su Muyan herself had never expected that these people would actually have evil intentions towards her. They even shamelessly asked her to hand over a hundred taels of silver. What a ridiculous amount!
"One hundred taels of silver, why don't you just go and rob it?" Xiaoyue shouted angrily at the group of people.
"Aren't we fighting over it right now? Little girl, why are you so excited? If you don't come up with a hundred taels of silver today, I'll kill you right here. Let's see if you still have that kind of temper."
Among the people who gathered around, a man with a bandit-like temperament spoke to Xiaoyue.
Frightened, Xiaoyue immediately retreated behind Su Yi. She had never seen such an unreasonable person in this class. But you couldn't do anything about him.
"One hundred taels, you really can say that? Aren't you afraid that if the lion asks for too much, you will hurt your waist." Su Muyan said coldly.
"Little girl, stop talking nonsense and hand over a hundred taels. You will enter the city first today. If you can't hand over the hundred taels, I don't mind. I will teach you a lesson."
Seeing that her mother, younger brother and younger sister were frightened, Su Muyan became unhappy.
"Oh, really? You still want to teach me a lesson? I really can't come up with this hundred taels today. Let me see how you can teach me a lesson?"
After saying that, he took out the pepper spray from his bag and sprayed it into the man's eyes, then picked up the pistol and pointed it at his head.
"That bitch sprayed something in my eyes and I can't open them."
"What are you still standing there for? If this little girl can't come up with a hundred taels today, none of us can enter the city."
When the people surrounding the Su family heard that this involved their own interests, everyone became furious and completely lost track of right and wrong.
Just as they were about to take action, Su Muyan coldly and ruthlessly shot the man directly in the forehead. With a bang of the gunshot and the man falling heavily to the ground, the scene suddenly became silent.
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