Lihua looked around and saw the stacked mountains and said, "There are only two mountains left!"
After crossing the last two mountains, you will truly enter Yandi.
The cascading mountains are stunning at first glance, but things in the mountains are not as beautiful as they look from the outside.
"Why don't the government here care about these bandits?" Lihua asked.
Yunxiang touched Lihua's head and said, "Many things in this world exist for a certain reason."
"It is rumored that during the Eight Kings Rebellion in the early years, King Yan's army was weak. This secluded place in the southern region was already sparsely populated and sparse, so King Xiao wanted to expand. Yan Land was in danger at that time. Fortunately, the bandits in the mountains came to help, and they made a three-part agreement. , the officers and bandits came together to stop King Xiao's army from outside."
"After the incident, King Yan acquiesced to the existence of some bandits. These bandits even had official documents issued by the government in their hands!"
"Rumor?" Lihua asked with a blink.
Yunxiang said: "Maybe it's true."
Everyone in the world knows that there is such a thing, and it has spread somehow. However, the matter has been around for a long time and has not been confirmed, so this matter can only be reported as rumors.
The remaining two mountains are very different.
As we approached the mountains in front of us, the road in front of us stopped.
The road in the mountain was forcibly blocked with huge rocks. This was a vertical valley, so there was only a detour.
The journey has been much longer.
But this road has to be spared.
"It looks like we have to take a detour." Chen Changsheng said.
Yunxiang glanced at the blocked mountain road in front of her and said, "This mountain is already under the jurisdiction of the Yandi government, and this valley is also blocked artificially."
On the side of the mountain, there is a trail between the grass and the forest. It seems that it has been stepped on by many people, so it became a road.
Take the long road.
All the way forward.
The road ahead will be even more bumpy.
The horse was also a little unbearable and stopped midway.
After resting for half an hour, eating a lot of fodder and drinking water, he started moving again.
The bumpy carriage made Yu Hongjin dizzy.
But fortunately, I still let him go.
After a long time, I finally saw the pass blocking the road in the distance.
Officers and soldiers were stationed here, but most of them looked particularly lazy. Some were lying down and taking a nap under the trees, some were sitting around gambling, and few people were paying attention to things on the road.
"Opening, opening."
"big big big……"
"oops!!"
Some people sighed, while others were jealous and excited.
This doesn't look like a group of officers and soldiers, they seem to be more gangster than the bandit.
"A carriage is coming!"
Finally someone spotted the approaching carriage.
All the officers and soldiers looked over, and most of their eyes were filled with horror and disbelief.
"He actually came..."
They were probably surprised that there were still people who could safely walk through the seven mountains in front of them.
The leader of the group of officers and soldiers stepped forward, raised his hand and said: "Dismount, prosecutor!"
Chen Changsheng jumped off the horse.
The officers and soldiers circled around the carriage and found nothing strange, and then asked: "What are you doing in Yandi?"
"Talk about business." Chen Changsheng said.
Yunxiang also handed over the waist badge of Tang's Trading Company.
The officers and soldiers took it in their hands and recognized it at a glance.
"Are you from Tang's Trading Company?"
Chen Changsheng nodded and said, "Not bad."
The officers and soldiers nodded slightly, then returned the token, but said: "We brothers have such a hard job and come to such a mountainous place. I heard that your Tang's Trading Company has always been rich, otherwise it would be convenient. , please invite some of our brothers to have a cup of tea?"
Chen Changsheng was stunned for a moment after hearing this, and then asked: "Money for tea?"
The officers and soldiers nodded and said with a smile: "Yes, it's tea money."
Chen Changsheng looked at him and couldn't help but smile: "The official just lost money in gambling and has no gambling capital, so he said this."
After hearing this, the officers and soldiers shook their heads and said, "That's not true. We always have the money for tea. It's just a routine thing for us."
"Business?"
Chen Changsheng asked: "Is collecting money for tea considered official business?"
"Why don't you count it?" The officer and soldier then said: "Just take the money, don't ask if it's too much."
Chen Changsheng shook his head and said, "No money."
Even if he has money, he doesn’t want to give it.
After hearing this, the officers and soldiers frowned and said, "Don't even think about it if you don't have money."
Chen Changsheng said: "At worst, if Chen goes around the mountain road, it will be the same."
The officer and soldier smiled and said: "If you want to go around, just go around. These mountains are overlapping. If you want to go around, you have to go to the Year of the Monkey and the Moon of the Horse."
The surrounding roads have long been blocked.
Yunxiang raised her brows slightly and said: "The official's blatant collection of tea money is no different from the robber's collection of passing money. Aren't you afraid that others will find out and be blamed?"
But the official looked calm and said with a smile: "The girl in the car is right, but we never talk about these rules in this place. Since I dare to ask for it, I am not afraid of who you tell. The world is like this , if you want to pass, you have to recognize it.”
Yunxiang was a little unhappy and said: "The officers and soldiers of Dayan are worse than bandits."
The man wasn't annoyed, he just waved his hand and said: "Stop talking nonsense, take out the money for the tea. If you can't get it out, get out!"
Yunxiang paused and asked, "How much do you want?"
The officers and soldiers thought for a moment and said: "Ordinary caravans only charge ten taels of silver. Your Tang's Trading Company has money, so let's take a hundred taels."
"Is this a price hike?" Chen Changsheng asked.
"So what?"
The officers and soldiers were very arrogant and did not take all this seriously.
It seems that this kind of thing has happened many times.
Yunxiang's tone became colder and she said: "How can you face the people of Yandi by doing this?"
When the officers and soldiers heard this, they all loved it: "Sister, if you talk too much, don't blame me for being rude."
Chen Changsheng looked at the officer and soldier. He frowned slightly and felt a little uncomfortable.
There was silence in the carriage for a moment.
Yunxiang suddenly said: "Hongjin, take the silver!"
Yu Hongjin paused and looked at Yun Xiang, very surprised.
"Sister Yun..."
Before Yu Hongjin finished speaking, she was interrupted by Yun Xiang.
"Get it for him!"
Yunxiang's words became colder and colder.
Yu Hongjin couldn't bear to tremble.
After listening to Yunxiang's words, she took out one hundred taels of silver from the sachet at her waist and placed them neatly on the plate.
Chen Changsheng turned around and said, "There is no need to spend this money."
Yunxiang looked at her husband and said, "Let them keep it."
Chen Changsheng couldn't help but sigh when he heard this, and then he stopped talking.
Yu Hongjin got off the carriage with the silver in her hand.
The officer and soldier looked at the white money and their eyes were straight for a moment.
"It's so rich..."
