Originally, such a search should have led to Lingqiu being arrested.

But I don’t know how that girl hid, but she didn’t get caught.

Even at noon, scandals about the city lord and the aristocratic family were made up into stories and spread all over the streets.

Most of the people in Yanyu City were originally warriors and cultivators. As soon as those papers with the inside story were thrown out, within an hour, almost everyone in Yanyu City had a copy.

City Lord Lan Ling saw that the situation was going in a strange direction, and she immediately focused on arresting the person who distributed the inside information.

This manpower mobilization immediately reduced the number of people who originally captured Lingqiu by more than half, and some people who were originally dissatisfied with Yanyu City also used this to make a big fuss and unite with the aristocratic families outside the city to put pressure on the city lord Lan Ling.

When things got to this point, Chen Xiaofei was also dumbfounded.

But he never believes that everything is a coincidence. If this is a coincidence, it would be too terrible?

In the inn, while listening to the storyteller's old-fashioned stories, Chen Xiaofei's eyes reflected the charming and beautiful face of Lingqiu last night.

That kind of beauty penetrates people's hearts, like poison, and is unforgettable, even if there is a terrible soul wrapped behind this beauty.

"It seems that we have caused a big trouble!"

"How could it be? What does it have to do with us?"

Mo Chuchen asked in surprise.

He was eating melon seeds and listening to stories like an ordinary cultivator, and didn't care about the wind and rain outside.

What does he care about?

Anyway, he didn't do the thing. The current storm was just caused by Lingqiu. As for where Lingqiu is now? Why should he worry and care?

"What good will it do to you to mess up this misty rain city?"

Chen Xiaofei whispered, staring at the red fruit with extremely complicated eyes.

Originally, as a puppet, every move was decided by the controller, so he didn't think so much about food.

People's hearts are never easily satisfied. Chen Xiaofei originally thought that he was used to being a puppet.

But the time traveler in front of him gave him the convenience of movement and the opportunity to talk and move around freely, which made him couldn't help but think about eating and drinking.

"Don't accuse someone of their innocence out of thin air!"

As Mo Chuchen was talking, several children ran over laughing and saw that there were dried fruits and drinks on his table, and they were all very greedy.

Those children wear cute braids and the whips on their heads dangle when they walk. They are really cute.

"Want to eat?"

Mo Chuchen brought a plate of fried peanuts and waved it in front of the group of children. The aroma of peanuts and bright red pepper immediately wafted out.

The girls nodded and looked at the plate of peanuts with bright eyes.

"You can eat if you want, but you have to do me a favor."

Mo Chuchen also put the peanuts directly on the table: "Now I can't leave the inn easily, you go buy me two blue and black clothes, and this half of the spiritual stone."

With that said, Mo Chuchen took out a piece of spiritual stone with obvious signs of fracture.

"This is no problem!"

The girl in the lead was the daughter of the innkeeper, who was about eleven years old now. Seeing Mo Chuchen's bold move, she immediately took the spirit stone and ran out of the inn happily.

Chen Xiaofei didn't understand Mo Chuchen's intention at first.

The clothes in Yanyu City are very delicate in workmanship, with gold and silver threads used. Even the dark clothes are decorated with cutting and embroidery techniques to make them look low-key and luxurious.

After putting on those expensive-looking clothes, Mo Chuchen took Chen Xiaofei around the inn, listening to books, listening to music, and giving rewards without any ambiguity.

It didn't take long for almost the entire inn to know that there was such a rich scapegoat. Everyone else's money was just silver, while his money was all spiritual stones.

What can this spirit stone do?

For warriors, they can absorb energy to enhance their own force. For latent cultivators, whether they are cultivating swords, cultivating wind, cultivating water, or cultivating any other messy elements, they all need the assistance of spiritual stones.

A well-crafted spiritual stone that is in circulation has one or two weights, and the store can exchange it for ten taels of silver.

However, these ten taels of silver may not necessarily buy one spiritual stone. The production of spiritual stones has always been rare, and warriors and latent cultivators who have spiritual stones will not easily exchange their cultivation resources for silver.

While wandering around the inn, Mo Chuchen also accidentally rescued an eighteen-year-old boy who was almost arrested by the government officials for marriage because he had no money to pay the single tax.

At that time, Chen Xiaofei looked at several female government officials arresting people aggressively, and thought they had caught the mastermind behind the trouble.

"Hey, I didn't expect these government officials to be quite efficient!"

While Chen Xiaofei was watching the excitement, he glanced forward to see clearly who was behind the scenes.

Everyone onlookers were a little unhappy at being pushed, but when they turned around, they saw, what a big guy, almost two meters tall!

Those who originally had objections shut up and obediently made way for Chen Xiaofei.

"I don't have any money now! But I will work hard to make money and pay taxes! You can't arrest me! You can't arrest me!"

After the boy in linen clothes cried for a while, he looked up and saw the tall Chen Xiaofei.

Seeing that he was as tall as a mountain and as powerful as a rainbow, the weak young man threw himself directly at Chen Xiaofei's feet, begging him for help.

"Strong man! Strong man from the outer city, please do well! Help me!"

"What's going on?"

Chen Xiaofei pulled the young man up and asked him carefully.

After asking this question, Chen Xiaofei learned various reasons.

Like other places in Yanyu City, there is a custom that you need to pay single tax before you get married at the age of sixteen.

The difference is that in other places, older women pay taxes, but here men need to pay taxes, and as age increases, the single tax becomes more and more heavy.

When you reach the age of eighteen, you generally need to pay five hundred coins. If your family is really poor and cannot afford to pay taxes, Yanyu City has another emergency plan.

Can't pay? Then I'm sorry! Take him away! Don't get me wrong, you are not taken to jail here, but taken to the Yamen for random matching.

After seeing this, some people may wonder, isn’t that a good thing?

Of course this is not a good thing!

How many of those who can be dragged away until the Yamen intervenes in their marriages are from good families? And there is a hidden rule here. As long as the Yamen interferes in the marriage, the gifted girls born must be sent to the city lord after they are five years old.

This is the tradition of Yanyu City for hundreds of years.

It is also a tradition that has never been changed by any city lord.
Chapter completed!