Zuo Feng frowned and stared at the soldier with a crooked mouth who suddenly appeared. His cunning and greed could be seen from his appearance. Judging from his attire, he should also be at the level of deputy captain.
'Could it be that you want to cause trouble and then ask for some benefits?'
With this thought in his mind, Zuo Feng stood there calmly and used his eyes to signal Zuo Hou, Chendie and others around him not to move rashly.
This ugly-looking "villain" is actually called "Crooked Mouth". I don't know if it's his name or if his companions gave him such an appropriate nickname.
The crooked mouth smiled sinisterly, walked up to the captain, leaned over and whispered in a low voice. While speaking, he secretly pointed at the people in Zuojia Village from time to time, and occasionally let out a few strange duck-like laughs.
"Brother, where are we?" A sweet voice sounded beside Zuo Feng.
A familiar voice immediately interrupted his thoughts. He turned around with a smile and said, "Sister, we are at the gate of Yancheng. You can go back and sleep for a while."
"I'm not going to sleep anymore. When did you come here? A group of bad guys came last night, but then there were fireworks and archery and the bad guys were driven away."
After hearing this, Zuo Feng smiled helplessly. Her sister was still childish. The thrill last night sounded to her like a child fighting.
"Listen, our captain only mentioned the general rules for entering the city before. There are so many of you, so you will naturally have to pay more fees."
Zuo Feng was attracted by the voice and saw that the speaker was the soldier named "Waizui". The third elder quickly took a few steps forward and said respectfully: "I don't know how much more fees we people have to pay. ?”
"If there are more than 50 people with mules, horses and livestock, an additional ten gold coins will be charged, and if there are more than 100 people, an additional five gold coins will be charged, and the package must be opened for inspection."
As soon as the crooked voice fell, voices of shock and dissatisfaction immediately came from the crowd. This rule was obviously too harsh. How could a team of fifty people salute without mules and horses? If there were more than a hundred people, ten gold coins would be required. , you must know that they normally only need to pay fifteen copper coins each, and everyone together only pays eight or nine silver coins.
Zuo Feng frowned deeply, "The charge to enter the city is ridiculously high, and the packages have to be opened and checked one by one. This is obviously humiliating. He wants to force everyone to leave, or he wants everyone to stay here and have peace with each other." Soldiers are only satisfied if they have conflicts. Then this man's sinister intentions are definitely not as simple as just making things easier for everyone.'
Seeing that some young people in the village were becoming more and more agitated, and the smell of gunpowder was getting stronger and stronger. Seeing this, the crooked-mouthed soldier hid behind the scenes and snickered secretly. Zuo Feng was moved in his heart and said loudly.
"Fifth Elder, why don't we retreat the team for a while and then slowly negotiate with him, lest we are temporarily unable to enter the city and hinder the order of the city gate."
Zuo Feng's voice was not loud, but the people in the village immediately became quiet. Most people knew that Zuo Feng helped them tide over the difficulties last night. So although everyone doesn't quite understand what he said now, they don't understand either. People raised questions.
"I'm just pretending. I really thought that after last night's battle, I would become the village chief."
Teng Fang's discordant voice could be heard in the distance. Zuo Feng ignored the man's words and turned to the fifth elder with a questioning look.
The fifth elder thought for a moment with a troubled face, then sighed and said: "This can only be done for the time being. Let's all step back to make way for the city gate."
"Since you are not planning to enter the city, don't stay in the Yancheng Plain."
Seeing that his goal had not succeeded, the crooked mouth first glared at Zuo Feng in the crowd, and then immediately spoke loudly. His words made other soldiers feel disgusted. This was obviously bullying, but because of his
I don’t dare to add anything else to my identity and background.
At this moment, the people of Zuojia Village were really angry. If they were allowed to withdraw from the plains outside Yancheng, the bandits would attack them at any time, which would be the same as putting their necks to the enemy's knife.
Seeing the crooked mouth that was even more crooked with joy at this time, the anger in Zuo Feng's heart ignited. The surrounding villagers were also thrown into torches like kerosene. Seeing this, the soldiers also raised their weapons one after another, and a tense conflict was about to break out.
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Now even if Zuo Feng wants to calm everyone down, he can no longer control the situation.
"Get out of the way, get out of the way. How unbecoming is it to block the city gate here? The eldest lady is going out of the city to hunt. Get out of the way quickly. Are you city guards all dead?"
A loud shout suddenly sounded inside the city gate, and then a burst of intensive sound of horse hooves covered up the noise of the crowd. Zuo Feng saw that the crooked mouth turned extremely ugly at this moment, knowing that this might be their turning point, he immediately shouted
said the voice.
"Everyone, please be quiet."
Before Zuo Feng could say anything else, Waizui spoke first.
"Didn't you hear that the eldest lady is leaving the city? You guys are just waiting here, why don't you quickly clear the city gate passage? Get out of here, get out of here."
"What do these people do? How do you people do things?"
A woman's voice sounded inside the city gate, and the following words were obviously addressed to the city guards. Following her voice, a tall, snow-white horse slowly walked out of the city. On the horse sat a beautiful man wearing a luxurious cloak.
Woman, this woman is about seventeen or eighteen years old.
The high temples are combed on the top of the head, and the round face with the fair skin is like a peeled egg. A pair of big eyes are as clear as a deep pool, and a small red mouth under the straight little nose is very delicate.
.Wearing a warrior's attire under the light yellow cloak, she showed off her slightly plump figure, giving her a more heroic beauty.
Seeing this woman, all the soldiers bowed and saluted, and the leader of the soldiers did not forget to give the "crooked mouth" a fierce look.
Then he said: "These people are from Zuojia Village in the Tianping Mountains. They want to enter the city here."
The crooked face changed several times, but he still had to bite the bullet and said: "They can't pay the entry fee, and we are about to drive them away."
"Oh, that's right. Then why are you still entangled here? Just drive them away happily. You can't handle such a small thing."
After hearing the words of Waizui, the beautiful woman said casually impatiently.
Zuo Feng knew that if everyone wanted to enter the city, they would fall on this woman. He didn't care about the fifth elder who was already a little stunned at this time, so he immediately spoke.
"Miss, it's not that we can't afford the fee to enter the city. It's just that the soldier said that if there are more than ten people with mules, horses and livestock, an additional ten gold coins will be charged, and if there are more than a hundred people, an additional five gold coins will be charged, and the package must be opened for inspection.
We have never heard of such a rule in Yancheng before, so we stayed here."
Zuo Feng pointed at the crooked mouth as he spoke. Although his voice was not loud, it was heard softly by both parties.
"Oh, that's it. Could it be that there are new regulations in Yancheng, and I, the daughter of the city lord, don't know about it? This is a strange thing."
The beautiful girl seemed to be joking, but her expression gradually turned cold.
The crooked face turned red and white, and he glared viciously at Zuo Feng before replying in embarrassment.
"Miss, I think there are too many people in this group, and I'm afraid it might be detrimental to Yancheng. That's why I..."
"Hmph, you, a little deputy captain of the city guard, dare to set the rules without authorization. It seems that you want to be the city lord of Yancheng."
Hearing what the eldest lady said, his legs went weak and he knelt down. He knew the temper of the eldest lady, and if he was not good, he might be severely punished.
"Great, great, finally someone can deal with this evil person."
A sweet voice sounded behind Zuo Feng, and it was Zuo Tiantian, Zuo Feng's sister, who spoke.
The woman called the eldest lady looked curiously towards Zuo Feng. When she saw a small head emerging from behind Zuo Feng, her eyes lit up slightly, she got off her horse and walked quickly towards Zuo Feng.
Come.
He said to himself: "What a beautiful little girl, come here and let me take a closer look."
This strange scene made everyone stand on the spot, except for the entourage following the eldest lady who seemed not to be surprised.
"Sister, you are also very beautiful, and you are also so kind and have a sense of justice. Those evil people are afraid of you."
Zuo Tiantian was not afraid of strangers at all. He raised his little hand and pointed at the crooked mouth in the distance, baring his teeth and saying with a smile.
This sentence immediately made the girl's entourage all grin and twitch, obviously disapproving of Zuo Tiantian's words.
The scene in front of them made everyone, including Zuo Feng, feel very strange. A beautiful girl in noble clothes held a little girl in her arms regardless of her manners, pressed and pinched her face, and finally couldn't bear it.
He couldn't help but give each of his left and right cheeks a firm kiss.
Zuo Fengyou couldn't stand it at this moment, and coughed slightly and said.
"I wonder if this, ahem, eldest lady, can we enter the city?"
"Yeah, let's go and complete the formalities and enter the city."
Although he said this, he had no intention of letting go of Zuo Tiantian.
Just at this moment, the discordant voice sounded again and came from afar: "Miss, such a large group of people..."
"You bastard, how dare you speak to me? You have caused such a smart and beautiful girl to stand under this poisonous sun for so long. Uncle Tian hangs this hateful guy on the city gate, hang it for me.
Three days and nights."
This beautiful girl was very beautiful, and her speaking voice was also very pleasant. But when she spoke the words, not only did her crooked mouth collapse to the ground in fright, but even everyone in Zuojia Village felt a little scared.
"The eldest lady is really clear about rewards and punishments, which is admirable. I dare to ask the eldest lady how to call her by her name."
At this moment, Tengfang slowly walked out of the Zuojia Village team, bowed and saluted and said.
Just after the eldest lady appeared, Fujikata's eyes were never drawn away, and it was only at this moment that he finally found a chance to speak. Fujikata's appearance was also very handsome, but the eldest lady just glanced at him casually.
He said impatiently.
"Who are you? Why should I tell you my name?"
Tengfang's face turned red, and you couldn't tell whether it was because of embarrassment or something else. But he was really thick-skinned, and he said without getting angry: "I am the leader of the young regiment of Zuojia Village.
my name."
"You are the leader of the young group. I am not interested in your name, so don't bother me with your blabbering."