It was pitch black up there, with no lights or human figures in sight, but Chu Tian was definitely not mistaken; he heard the faint sound of armor rubbing against each other.

The state of Jizhou was a remote state, and the state soldiers were poorly equipped. The soldiers stationed at the city gates had only a set of battle clothes, a waist knife, and a wooden spear. Only the governor of the state had 800 elite soldiers wearing armor, and the four leading lieutenants each had 300 armored soldiers. The entire state of Jizhou had only 2,000 sets of armor.

Normally, these elite armored soldiers are the personal guards protecting their own chief officers and would not easily show up in public.

Whose army could this elite armored soldier on the city gate tower belong to? Did the governor of Qizhou want to change his profession and become a bandit? Or did the other lieutenants try to take advantage of the situation? Chu Tian grinned. Lieutenant Wang Qi had just been massacred for the crime of "high treason". Any of the remaining three lieutenants could take action!

Chu Tian laughed and took out two large silver ingots weighing twenty taels from his sleeves and stuffed them into the hands of the two lieutenants guarding the city gates: "Two brothers, please have some tea with us brothers. Haha, I will give you more gifts another day!"

The two lieutenants of a hundred men weighed the large amount of silver in their hands. If it were an ordinary day, they would have received two ingots of silver, which was almost half a month's salary for a hundred soldiers under their command. They would have already surrounded Chu Tian and shown their courtesy.

But today, the two lieutenants of a hundred men put away the silver and managed to force out a few smiles with great difficulty.

They cursed Chu Tian in their hearts, what a stingy Chu Tian! There are a full 15,000 taels of pure gold in the carriage behind you, why don’t you take out a hundred or eighty taels to share with your brothers?

This news had already spread out of Qizhou City before noon. You deserve to be dead for being such a stingy guy!

None of the state soldiers and patrolmen spoke, they just stared at the carriage behind Chu Tian, ​​and none of the patrolmen who were most familiar with Chu Tian came over. Everyone's eyes were shining with a faint golden light, and everyone's heart was filled with this red gold.

If this gold was in the hands of the Chu family, or in the Ling family's convoy, no one in the entire Qizhou would dare to touch it.

But how come all this gold fell into Chu Tian's hands? Who is Chu Tian? He is just a fishmonger in Baimang River. He has a certain reputation in the market, but in the eyes of many people who claim to be superior, he is just a fishmonger. He is a pig or dog that can be killed at will!

Such a lowly person, you are worthy of earning 15,000 taels of gold? Do you dare to leave the city of Qizhou with this gold?

The sound of hooves suddenly rang out, and the strange rhythmic sound of hooves broke the strange and stiff atmosphere at the city gate. Several patrolmen and dozens of state soldiers shuddered and looked in the direction where the sound of hooves came from.

A row of seven or eight large glazed tile lanterns emitted bright light, illuminating an area of ​​seventy to eighty feet in radius.

Under the bright oil lamp, a majestic white horse took small steps slowly and arrived at the city gate like a stream of wind. A clear and unusual voice came from the horse's back: "Excuse me, is this the city of Jizhou where Jishan is located?"

Everyone's attention was attracted by this majestic white horse.

This white horse is much bigger than the old yellow wolf under Chu Tian's mount. It is at least two meters long from head to tail, and about ten meters high from feet to shoulders. Its entire body is covered with white fur, like a piece of top-quality satin, extremely soft and fluttering in the wind.

What is even more magical is that this white horse has two three-foot-long golden horns on its head. Under the light, the golden horns shine brightly and are eye-catching. This white horse actually has the blood of a dragon, and judging from the aura of the golden horns, its dragon blood is quite strong.

The one who just asked the question was a handsome young man in purple clothes sitting on the back of a white horse.

No matter it was Chu Tian, ​​the patrolmen at the city gate, the state soldiers, or even those hiding on the pitch-black city gate towers, when they suddenly saw the face of the young man in purple, they all felt their hearts stagnate, as if they had been punched in the face.

How could such a person exist in this world? How could he be so beautiful?

No one knew how to describe this young man's face. It was like a nine-dragon jade disk carved from a flawless white jade, shining with lustrous light all over. It was perfect, yet noble and majestic. A cloud of precious aura surrounded his entire body. Everyone could see his face clearly, but in the blink of an eye, they could not remember what he looked like!

Chu Tian had seen many powerful people before, but he had never seen such a wonderful person!

This young man just sat on the horse and looked at everyone coldly, just like a high god sitting on his throne in the clouds above the nine heavens, glancing at all the people in the world in a lonely, cold and indifferent manner.

After being looked at like this by this young man, Chu Tian felt ashamed of himself. He was like a pool of smelly black water, while this young man was an extremely pure divine lotus. Their identities were so different that they should not coexist in the world.

“Monster!” Chu Tian yelled in his heart: “Young ladies in Qizhou City, you are in trouble! Damn, if this pretty boy enters Qizhou City, all those young masters and scholars will have to jump into the Baimang River! With this pretty boy, how can those young ladies care about you?”

Chu Tian also noticed that the young man in purple seemed to have a special liking for the color purple. He actually wore four sparkling purple jade rings on the five fingers of his left hand. Chu Tian had received rigorous training since childhood and had an eye that could easily identify more than 90% of the materials in the world, but he couldn't tell what kind of jade these four purple jade rings were.

Especially the purple-clothed young man was wearing a huge purple jade ring on his left thumb. The ancient and colorful ring was engraved with dense cloud patterns, which was exquisite. However, Chu Tian instinctively felt a strong sense of danger from these four purple jade rings and the huge purple jade ring.

The young man also had a purple jade flute more than three feet long hanging around his waist. There were several delicate bamboo leaves and tender plum blossoms carved on the flute, and the craftsmanship was also exquisite. Under the light, the jade flute was surrounded by a three-inch thick purple gas, which showed that the jade flute was definitely a treasure.

There were the sounds of horse hooves and a few lanterns approaching.

There were seven tall, majestic, and white-haired mules. On the first mule, a woman who looked to be about thirty years old looked at the people at the city gate fiercely. Although the woman was a bit old, she was extremely beautiful and had an extraordinary temperament. She was also dressed in purple, but she looked like a banished celestial being from the sky. Under her domineering aura, people did not dare to look at her directly.

On the six mules at the back sat six tall, expressionless men with a strong aura like a mountain. Under the light, the skin of the six men reflected a faint cold light, and at first glance it looked like skin made of metal.

What a wonderful person, what a wonderful entourage.

Chu Tian coughed lightly, and with a smile, he bowed to the purple-clothed youth: "My lord, this is the city of Jizhou. Are you here to study at Jishan Academy? No, that's not right. Jishan Academy can't accommodate a brilliant person like you. You are here to travel and enjoy the scenery!"

Chu Tian bowed and led the large group of carriages out of the city gate with a smile. He turned back and bowed to the purple-clothed young man and said with a smile: "Hurry up and go into the city. The city gate will be closed soon. If you can't go into the city, the night in Qizhou City will be unsafe. It's better not to camp in the wild!"

Chu Tian led his men away with a smile on his face. The young man in purple looked at him expressionlessly and nodded slightly: "Interesting!"