As soon as Xu Jinhuan arrived at the city gate, he heard someone shouting in surprise.
Many people who were preparing to leave the city were also puzzled when they heard this.
Since the founding of the country, we have only heard of city fees. Why do we need to pay city exit fees now?
The soldier guarding the city looked helpless as he explained, "Everyone, this city exit fee is not something we added casually, it's the decision of the higher-ups.
It is said that because of the floods this year, many places in the south were flooded and the national treasury was empty, so the emperor wanted the people of the capital to take the lead.
This year's tax has already been raised, and it cannot be raised again, so someone is proposing to increase the city entry fee and then the city exit fee. "
After listening to the explanation of the soldiers guarding the city, everyone was so angry at the person who made the suggestion.
"The south suffered a disaster? But didn't our capital suffer a disaster as well?
If it weren’t for Mr. Xu’s grain shop selling grain without increasing the price, forcing other grain shops to reduce the increased prices back to the original price, my family would have been unable to make ends meet by now.”
"Yes, my family is unlucky. Our house was flooded. That's why I thought of going out of town to stay with relatives for a while and come back after the house dries up. Doesn't this count as a disaster?"
"When will Your Majesty be able to understand the people's feelings? Taxes have been rising year after year, and every household can barely fill their stomachs.
Now there is another expense. I am afraid that it won’t be long before I starve to death in this busy capital.”
That being said, although everyone expressed dissatisfaction, those who left the city at this time had their reasons for leaving the capital, so even if they were reluctant, they still paid the expenses to leave the city.
Before leaving the city, Xu Jinhuan took another look at the imperial palace in the distance. Based on the old emperor's incompetence, she felt that someone else would revolt before she could start a rebellion.
Xu Jinhuan successfully walked out of the gate of the capital city and walked to a deserted corner. Only then did she retract the invisibility power of the man and the horse.
Xu Jinhuan touched the head of the Ferghana horse and said, "Xiaohong, I will lead the way with Qinggong in a while, and you will be responsible for leading Xie Guangbai. Do you understand?"
Xiaohong snorted, signaling Xu Jinhuan not to underestimate it. It was the smartest one in the tribe. If it weren't for its greed, it would not have come to the capital.
Xu Jinhuan smoothed the horse's fur again, then turned to look at Xie Guangbai, "Are you okay riding a horse?"
Xie Guangbai looked at Xiaohong with envy and said excitedly: "No problem, no problem. I never thought that I would have the chance to ride on a Ferghana horse one day!"
Seeing that both the man and the horse were fine, Xu Jinhuan used his lightness skills to fly to a tree not far away.
Because the rain stopped, the flood was slowly receding, so she quickly found a suitable path.
"Xiao Hong, follow me!"
After hearing what Xu Jinhuan said, Xiaohong started running away happily, and Xie Guangbai was so scared that he could only hold on to the horse's mane tightly. He was so excited that he forgot that the horse had no saddle.
He had never ridden a horse without a saddle before, and at this moment, feeling the wind whistling in his ears, he could only clamp his legs tightly on the horse's belly and try hard to keep his balance.
However, the Arabian horse Xiaohong was running a little excitedly at this time. Since entering the capital, except for being occasionally taken out by Long Wangcai to show off, it could only run two laps, but at the speed limit.
It has never had a good run, and now it can finally run freely among the mountains and forests.
In this way, the two men and the horse hurried on their way, and soon they arrived at the foot of the mountain.
After Xie Guangbai waited for Xiaohong to stop steadily, he quickly got off the horse, walked under a tree, and started vomiting frantically.
Xiaohong looked at Xie Guangbai with disdain through her horse eyes. This guy was really screwed. He vomited like this after running such a short distance.
"Xie Guangbai, are you okay?" Xu Jinhuan asked worriedly as he looked at the man whose face was ashen, who had already vomited out everything in his stomach and was now vomiting water.
This is the only doctor on the mountain. If something happens to him, she will have to go through a lot of trouble to find him. It gives her a headache just thinking about it.
Xie Guangbai had no idea what his master was thinking. Seeing Xu Jinhuan looking worried, he stood up with the help of the tree trunk and explained.
"Master, I'm fine. I just haven't ridden a horse for a long time, so I was a little uncomfortable for a while. Now that I've vomited, I feel more energetic."
After Xie Guangbai finished vomiting, he had time to look at the surrounding scene. When he saw Xu Jinhuan was going up the mountain, he couldn't help but wonder: "Master, the place you are talking about is on the mountain?"
Xu Jinhuan nodded, "Yes, it rained heavily before and there was a flood here, so the people around moved to the mountains."
Xie Guangbai understood, and holding Xiaohong's hand, he followed Xu Jinhuan up the mountain.
The two walked for a while before they saw the smoke rising from the kitchen.
"There are so many houses in this mountain? If I hadn't seen that everyone looked so friendly, I would have thought we had entered the bandit village that the storyteller described." Xie Guangbai said with a smile.
Xu Jinhuan was so shocked that he said, "This is the bandit camp."
"Ah?" Xie Guangbai was shocked. It turned out that his master was the bandit leader?
But Xu Jinhuan continued, "This used to be a bandit village, but I killed all the people there, leaving only a brainless leader who is now working as my thug."
Xie Guangbai was surprised. He didn't expect his master to have such ability.
At this moment, Ma Wencai happened to come out of the kitchen carrying dishes. When he saw Xu Jinhuan, he immediately walked forward.
"Master, why did you come back just now? Did something happen? Xiao Xiao was so anxious when she saw you were not here this morning that she almost cried."
Xu Jinhuan nodded, "I did encounter some problems, so it took a little longer to deal with them. Let me introduce you, this is Xie Guangbai, the imperial physician in the palace. He has a family background in medicine and his medical skills are very good.
He will follow us from now on, you can take him to meet everyone."
Ma Wencai didn't expect the boss to be so powerful. He said he was going to the palace to bring an imperial physician, but he actually brought the imperial physician to their mountain.
He looked at Xie Guangbai with a bright smile, "Doctor Xie, you haven't had breakfast yet, right? Let's eat in my room. Follow me in first and I'll introduce you to the others."
After saying that, Ma Wencai enthusiastically pulled Xie Guangbai into the house.
At this time, Xie Datou, Li Yichang and others were already sitting in the room.
"Ma Wencai, why are you so slow with the last dish? Did you eat some secretly?" Li Yichang looked at Ma Wencai suspiciously.
After Ma Wencai put the dishes on the table, he said unhappily, "Why are you talking so harshly? What do you mean by stealing food? I'm just helping you taste it first!"
"Brother Ma, who is following you?" Li Xiaoxiao looked at the young man who followed Ma Wencai in with confusion.
She lifted her nose slightly and sniffed. The tip of her nose was filled with the very clean aroma of medicinal herbs. He should be a good person.
After hearing what Li Xiaoxiao said, Ma Wencai slapped his head and said, "Look at my memory, thank you, Imperial Doctor. I'm really sorry. I was so angry just now that I forgot you were behind me."
"Imperial Physician?"
"Sister is back?"
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