Three days later, the group finally arrived at the gate of Nanzhao Tiandu.
The queue at the city gate is quite long, and it seems that everyone who enters is being held strictly.
The Master of the Hall of Mirrors lowered the curtain and fiddled with a pink skirt with some discomfort. This kind of skirt was really meant for children, and she didn't like the color very much.
But there's nothing they can do about it. Their status is sensitive, and her iconic red dress is a perfect target.
The voices of people outside kept coming in.
"Why is it so strict? It's so troublesome to enter a city. Doesn't this waste time?"
"That's right, those soldiers are very outrageous. They actually require one or two silver coins to let one person in. How can we have such money?"
"Oh, I also saw someone asking for five taels of silver! I don't have the money, forget it, I won't go in during this period."
Many people are complaining.
"Stop talking, it's not because of those demon cultivators."
"How to say?"
"You don't know? Where did you come from? Now the entire Nanzhao Heaven is looking for demon cultivators. If it weren't for the demon cultivators, the city would not be under such martial law, making it difficult for everyone to enter and leave the city!"
"What I heard is that there are demon cultivators who want to sneak in, so they are so strict. On the contrary, it gives these soldiers an opportunity to blackmail us people. In the past two years, the taxes here in Nanzhao have been too high to survive...
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"Oh, who says it's not the case! My family can hardly afford to cook, but we still have to go out and sell things..."
"It's all those demon cultivators' fault anyway! It's so annoying, a bunch of demons, just let them die! Why doesn't anyone come out and kill them!"
"It's not that no one has been killed, it's because they are too strong. I heard that many people have died."
"Oh, this world! If it weren't for the medicine money my family has, I wouldn't want to come. Don't you know? There have been many cases of missing children in the city recently."
As soon as these words came out, there was a sudden gasp of air from the surroundings.
Ye Wu was also attracted and poked his head curiously.
"The child is missing? What happened? I still have my baby with me!"
"About half a month ago, many children disappeared in the city. The government also ordered to search for them, but they were not found."
"how so!"
"Who is so crazy?"
"I heard it was a demon cultivator who did it."
Everyone was silent for a while, and then an uproar broke out.
"These demon cultivators have gone too far! What are they arresting these children for? Could it be..."
"Could it be that it is used to practice some kind of martial arts? I heard that magic arts are very evil."
"No wonder the city is under martial law and a warrant has been issued to hunt down the demon cultivator. Such a crazy beast is worth killing!"
"Hiss! No, I have to take my child back now. We are not going to the city. Let's go, son, let's go!"
Ye Wu frowned in the car.
"Why do they push everything on demon cultivators?"
The Master of Hall of Mirrors said nonchalantly: "It's not just once or twice. What I care about is when we can get in line."
They waited at the door for most of the day before it was their turn to take the car.
"Get all down here!"
The soldiers outside shouted at them very arrogantly.
Ye Wu and the others did not want to have a conflict, so they naturally cooperated and walked out.
Several soldiers looked them over.
Ye Wu and Hall Master Jing were not wearing very fancy clothes, but they could tell that they came from a wealthy family, probably the kind of rich people in a small county.
The pair of maids behind them were unremarkable in appearance, but the temperament and figure of one of them made several soldiers take a second look.
As for the coachman's farewell to Qiancheng, it was completely ignored.
"There are five people in total, oh, and there is a dog, so that's six. A total of thirty taels of silver. You can go in after paying the money."
Ye Wuwenyan looked at him and said subconsciously: "So much? Didn't the one just collect only three taels of silver?"
Thirty taels of silver, that is, three hundred guan of money. It was not like he had just come here. He knew that this amount of money was enough for an ordinary person and a family of six to live carefree for a year.
"That's them, you have to pay this price!"
The soldiers said unceremoniously.
They also looked at Ye Wu and the Master of Hall of Mirrors, a young man, a little girl, two weak maids and an elderly coachman, with the words "little rich and noble" written all over them. How could they let this plunderer go?
Chance.
Ye Wu suddenly felt angry and helpless, but he also remembered the instructions from the Mirror Hall Master and the others.
But if everyone in the Yehuo Dynasty has this kind of virtue, no wonder the uncle from the caravan before said he couldn't survive.
"Here you go." He took out the money with some displeasure.
"So happy?" A soldier on the right glanced at him, and then looked at the person next to him.
"I think there is something fishy with you. Otherwise, why did you get the money so quickly? Now it has been changed and it costs one hundred taels."
Ye Wu was suddenly shocked. This was completely intentional. Is there such a thing as blackmail?
"What? Don't you have any money? If you don't have any money, go away. There is no place for you here!"
While he was talking, a luxurious carriage passed the people from the other side and walked to the city gate.
And in full view of everyone, the carriage entered without stopping.
Ye Wu couldn't help but take a second look.
And the soldier said impatiently: "What are you looking at? It's the carriage of the city lord's palace. Is it the same as you untouchables? Pay the money quickly!"
"..." Ye Wu was a little aggrieved and wanted to resist, but he looked at the people around him, endured his anger and took out another seventy taels.
The group of soldiers suddenly laughed, but still did not let them leave, but surrounded them.
One of them looked at Ye Lin and felt that this delicate-looking little maid had such a good temperament that she couldn't help but reach out and touch her.
Ye Lin immediately took a step back and looked at him with disgust.
"Tsk, I think there's something wrong with you guys! Why don't you search them to see if there's anything wrong with them!"
Ye Wu knew clearly that these people did it on purpose. Even Ye Lin and Tingting had their demonic aura covered up by Ci Qiancheng and would not be discovered at all.
They simply thought they were easy to bully, so they wanted to take action. Now they wanted to take action against Ye Lin and the others even more. Ye Wu only felt that the anger in his heart was getting bigger and bigger.
Especially the feeling of not being able to vent is really uncomfortable.
He pulled Ye Lin to his side and avoided the soldier's outstretched hand.
"Hey, you want to refuse? OK, take out another three hundred taels, and you can obediently take out the money, otherwise... I see that you guys are acting weird in everything. You want to go to the water prison in Nanzhao Tiandu.
Suffer it!"
"Why are you talking nonsense to them? Let's search you!" The soldier who spoke seemed to have his eyes on Ye Lin.
Ye Wu gritted his teeth, and the Mirror Hall Master next to him tugged at the corner of his clothes.