Wang Xiaohai circled the moat to see if there was a chance to jump over it.
"It seems I can't jump over--" Wang Xiaohai estimated the distance in his mind. The moat is about fifty meters long. Even if he is a very strong mortal, he can't jump over it unless he can reach the strength of an entry-level warrior. Now he is still about ten meters away. He can imagine the scene of his body hanging in the air and falling into the water.
"It's too far. I can't jump directly onto the city wall. I have to swim to the corner and then jump up!" The city wall is only more than ten meters high. He can jump over it by jumping from the water and stepping on the wall. But asking him to swim in the dirty river water, and there is a pile of garbage floating on the water surface, emitting the stench of feces and urine - even ordinary people would not want to swim in it, let alone God!
"We're still a dozen meters away from flying over—"
Wang Xiaohai was thinking about this problem. He thought of getting a ten-meter-long wooden stick to do pole vaulting, but then he rejected this decision because it was not feasible at all. The force would be too great and the stick would break directly, and then he would fall into the river and smell shit.
"Maybe I can make a hang glider and fly over there." Wang Xiaohai thought seriously about possible solutions. "No, if I don't have time to make a hang glider, why don't I wait until tomorrow morning to go into the city?"
Wang Xiaohai looked around and found a horse eating grass by the river. He immediately came up with an idea - he untied the rope tied to the horse, cut the reins, and tied them together with the rope.
"It's still less than ten meters." After Wang Xiaohai finished tying the rope, he found some rags on the shore. He tore some rags into strips and tied them together, and finally he had a ten-meter-long rope.
He tied a knot at the front end of the long rope and tied a small stone to it. Then he ran along the shore, took off and jumped. A piece of bluestone under his feet sank down, and Wang Xiaohai flew towards the city wall like a roc spreading its wings.
The whistling wind blew past Wang Xiaohai, and the coolness filled his clothes. His hair flew back. The long rope tied to the stone was swung into a circle by Wang Xiaohai, thrown forward, and accurately put on the middle of the city wall. As he pulled, the long rope became tight.
"Bang!"
The long rope made a loud noise like firecrackers and broke into pieces in an instant. With the help of this force, Wang Xiaohai jumped into the air for the second time and flew steadily to the top of the wall.
"Enemy attack!" The city guards patrolling not far away shouted and rushed towards Wang Xiaohai with spears in their hands.
"I just want to enter the city, don't make a fuss!" Wang Xiaohai waved his hand to signal the soldiers not to chase him, "Besides, you can't do anything to me."
Wang Xiaohai's words were like a bucket of cold water poured on the heads of the city guards. The soldiers thought the same thing. It was unbelievable that this guy could jump over the moat. If they really rushed over, they might lose their lives. They only got a few taels of silver a month for guarding the city. There was no need to sacrifice their lives for this!
"Can't you come in tomorrow morning? It won't be too late." A burly city guard soldier shouted from afar. He was the captain of the city guard here.
"It's too late. There's no one living outside the city. I don't want to spend the night in the wild mountains and forests. Besides, I'm sleepy." Wang Xiaohai was indeed sleepy and extremely hungry. Mortals get hungry easily, needing three meals a day, and heavy exercise can easily tire them. As he spoke, he jumped from the city wall, rolling on the ground to reduce the impact, and then, in a flash, he disappeared into the alley below.
"Captain, what should we do now?" a soldier came over and asked, "Should we report this to the city guard commander?"
"You're stupid!" The captain of the city guard patted the soldier on the head. "Just pretend you didn't see it. If you tell the commander that it's my fault, and then the commander deducts my money and scolds me, I can only deduct your money and scold you!"
Wang Xiaohai walked along the city road on the edge of the capital and soon came to the most luxurious commercial street. He was surrounded by merchants and officials. As expected, a brick thrown from the emperor's feet could hit an official.
The commercial streets were lined with taverns, restaurants, and brothels. Other businesses, such as cloth shops and pawnshops, had closed due to darkness. Normally, they wouldn't close so early, but during this special period, there were many assassins and thugs in the capital. No one knew where these assassins came from. They seemed to appear out of nowhere.
"Boss, how much are the buns?" Wang Xiaohai asked a big man selling buns on the roadside. The man had a linen cloth wrapped around his head, which could be used as both a sweat towel and a hat.
"Two cents each," the shopkeeper replied. "How many would you like, sir?"
Wang Xiaohai took out money from his pocket and pulled out a few stolen storage bags, which he couldn't open no matter how hard he tried.
He found that he was now penniless! The owner of the buns seemed very honest and he couldn't rob him of his buns, so Wang Xiaohai had to shake his head and continue walking forward.
A man came over with silver in his hand. Wang Xiaohai took a closer look and found that it was Guan Er Zhenshen!
"Guan Er, why are you here to participate in the marriage proposal?"
Wang Xiaohai walked towards the Second True God of the Hall, and no one around paid attention to Wang Xiaohai.
Guan Er looked up at Wang Xiaohai and was also surprised to meet Wang Xiaohai here. You know, there are hundreds of cities in the Zhou Kingdom, and there are ten commercial streets in the capital. The probability of two gods who know each other meeting is very low.
"There's nothing I can do. I also have dreams. I am a god with dreams." Guan Er Zhenshen replied.
"Where did you get your money?" Wang Xiaohai pointed at the silver in the second hand of the shopkeeper.
"I traded the clothes I was wearing for one hundred taels of silver at noon," said Guan Er Zhenshen proudly. "Don't you see that the clothes I'm wearing are just the cheapest linen?"
"Lend me fifty taels to buy something, and I'll return you one hundred taels when I get out." Wang Xiaohai said bluntly.
"I never lend money to others," Guan Er Zhen Shen replied. "Haven't you heard the saying? If you lend money to a friend, you lose a friend."
"We are not friends, you don't have to worry. Do you suspect that I will owe you one hundred taels of silver, or one tael of gold?" Wang Xiaohai said.
"I'm sorry, I still can't lend it to you. I suspect you will forget about this after you go out, and I'm even more embarrassed to ask you to pay back the one hundred taels of silver because I have several pure gold sculptures in my storage bag, each as big as a planet." Guan Er Zhenshen still refused.
"There's no other way." Wang Xiaohai sighed, "I can only use my trump card, robbery. Hand over all the money you have on you, otherwise I won't be polite!" Wang Xiaohai thought to himself, you won't give it to me even if I talk to you nicely, so you have to do this!
"you--"
Guan Er Zhenshen was speechless - the opponent was the strongest Zhenshen, and he really couldn't beat him!
"Hand over your silver and storage bag quickly, don't force me to do it, one, two - three!" Wang Xiaohai rolled up his sleeves.
"I'll pay!" Guan Er handed the storage bag and the silver wrapped in cloth to Wang Xiaohai. He just wanted to think of other ways to make money. "There are so many merchants and wealthy people on this street. Why do you have to keep your eyes on my one hundred taels of silver?"
"That's because they are just mortals, and you are a god. It's fun to rob gods." Wang Xiaohai accepted the silver and storage bag from the Second True God of the Tavern, and walked into the tavern happily. He planned to eat and drink first, then rest, and then go to the palace tomorrow.
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