Hearing that Jian Chen was going to the Qiangan Kingdom alone, the three strong men of the Gesen Kingdom showed a hint of surprise in their eyes, and they were a little puzzled in their hearts. In his capacity as the national guardian of the Qin Huangguo, why did they feel right in their hearts? The hatred of the Gan Kingdom is so great that although the Gangan Kingdom sent a strong person to intervene in this matter, this alone seems to be insufficient for Jian Chen to do so.
Although several people felt very puzzled in their hearts, due to their identity, they did not dare to ask, and could only hold it in their hearts.
"Master Protector of the Country, let Xiaotian go with you." Xiaotian said, now that Jian Chen's strength is not at the level of a holy king, he is afraid that Jian Chen's trip will be in danger.
Jian Chen shook his head and said, "No, I can go alone. Xiaotian, you should stay here for the past few days to prevent the powerhouses of Fenglan Kingdom from attacking again."
There was a hint of helplessness on Xiaotian's face, and he said, "Okay, Lord Protector of the Country must be more careful during this trip. Although a few strong men have died in the Qiangan Kingdom, there are still many strong men in them. "
Afterwards, Jian Chen left Huangen City alone, flew in the sky at an altitude of 1,000 meters, and rushed towards the Kingdom of Qiangan. And in his arms was holding a tiger the size of a kitten.
Originally, Jian Chen did not intend to take Little White Tiger, but when he was about to leave, Little White Tiger depended on him, and was forced to take him away together. He was also very confident in his current strength. In front of his opponent, he believed that he had the ability to protect the safety of the little white tiger.
In a blink of an eye, the sky had already darkened. In a second-tier city in the Kingdom of Qianqian, the number of people on the street was also rapidly decreasing, and the originally prosperous city gradually quieted down.
At the city gate, a man who looked like a general looked at the sky, and then said to the people below; "The time has come, close the city gate."
Immediately, a dozen soldiers ran out, and together they pushed the heavy city gate to slowly close.
"Wait a minute!" At this moment, a voice came in from outside the city gate, and then I saw a white shadow disappear in a flash, just as the city gate was about to close, a man holding a small beast in his arms The young man has entered the city at a very fast speed, and then walked away.
The soldiers did not block the entry of the youth. They guarded the city gate and saw a lot of various characters all day long. They had already trained a pair of piercing eyes. From the speed at which the youth came in, it could be seen that the opponent's strength was very strong. , at least a great sage.
This young man was Jian Chen. It was getting late, and Jian Chen didn’t want to go to the palace of the dry kingdom in the middle of the night, so he planned to take a night’s rest and continue on his way in the morning.
Jian Chen walked on the deserted street with the cute little white tiger in his arms. He entered several inns in a row, but the rooms were all full and there were no more rooms left.
At this time, Jian Chen entered a small inn and asked, "Boss, do you have any spare rooms?"
"Yes, yes, how many rooms do you want?" Immediately, a young man in his twenties walked out and said with a smile on his face.
Seeing this young man's face, Jian Chen's expression was stunned, and a person's face suddenly appeared in the back of his mind, but he quickly came back to his senses and said, "Give me the best inn, In addition, give me a plate of barbecued beef." With that, Jian Chen flipped his hand, and a gold coin appeared in his hand, reaching out and handing it to the young man.
The young man immediately took the gold coin thrown by Jian Chen and said with a smile, "Guest officer, please sit down as you please, and I'll go and serve you food." After speaking, the young man walked down.
Jian Chen stared blankly at the back of the young man leaving, and gradually began to ponder. He casually walked to a clean table beside him and sat down. In his mind, the face of Uncle Kent in the past appeared in his mind. in the past memories.
"Objective, the dish you asked for is here." But after a while, a voice woke Jian Chen from his deep thoughts, and saw that the second shopkeeper had already placed a large plate of barbecued beef in front of Jian Chen's table. The young man who left.
"Woooo..." The little white tiger let out a happy cry, jumped on the table in a vertical leap, and began to gulp out unceremoniously.
Seeing Xiao Baihu's appearance, Jian Chen couldn't help showing a wry smile on his face, and said, "Give me a plate of barbecued beef."
"Okay, objective!" The young man readily agreed, and then left.
Jian Chen took a look at the inn. The inn was not very big. There were only a total of twenty or so old wooden tables, which were wiped clean and shiny. One of them looked like a shopkeeper. The middle-aged woman was sitting in front of the counter and kept calculating with the abacus. The sound of the abacus fluctuated incessantly. There seemed to be no one else in the entire inn except the young man and the shop assistant.
At this moment, several big men who were tall and tall, and wore their upper body, walked in from the outside, and one of them immediately shouted: "Madam, this month's deadline is up, hurry up and hand over all the fees that should be paid."
Hearing this, the middle-aged woman who was counting on the abacus in front of the counter raised her head and glanced at a few men with a look of embarrassment in her eyes. "Several nights, the small shop's voice is not good this month, and it can only barely make a living. There is no cost to hire a staff, so I can only take out so much."
"How much is this, one hundred and thirty-five silver coins. You think we are begging for food. I don't care what your business is like. In short, three gold coins a month are not less than one." A big man shouted fiercely, The meaning of starting to do it after a big disagreement.
The proprietress was forced to be helpless, so she had to face bitterly, and reluctantly took out a handful of silver coins again, the total number was just 300.
Several big men counted the number of silver coins and left here after confirming that they were correct.
Just as they left, the young man walked out with a plate of barbecued beef and said, "Mother, are they here to charge again?"
"Yeah." The middle-aged woman said with a sigh, a look of weakness and a look of worry on her face.
"Mother, we can't go on like this. How much money do we only earn a month, and once we pay the fees, we have very little left." The young man said indignantly.
The middle-aged woman sighed and said, "There's nothing I can do about it. Who made us have no one to support us? It's the same wherever we go."
Hearing this, the young man also bowed his head and looked helpless.
"The shopkeeper, I don't know what fees they charge? Do all the shop owners have to pay?" Jian Chen, who was sitting not far away, suddenly asked.
The young man wiped the table carefully with a towel in his hand, and said without raising his head: "Of course, it is the protection fee and the site fee. Three gold coins a month are not less than one. Our small shop only earns ten dollars a month in total. A few gold coins, after removing the five gold coins handed in by the city lord's mansion, there are not many left, so I can barely make ends meet."
"Does every store have to pay such a fee?" Jian Chen then asked.
The young man shook his head and said: "The tax of the city lord's mansion must be paid by every shop, but the people behind are all members of the mercenary group. Relying on their own power in the city, they began to select those who did not The small shops backed by the backstage charge fees indiscriminately.”
Jian Chen fell silent. He also knew in his heart that things like this would happen no matter where they were. In this world where the strong eat the weak, if you don't have strength, you can only be bullied. This is an unspoken rule in almost every world.
"Madam, is there any free room?" At this moment, a voice came from outside, and I saw several young people in white robes walking in from outside.
Seeing the guests coming up, the shop assistant in the inn hurriedly greeted them and said with a smile on his face, "Yes, yes, of course there are guest rooms. I wonder how many guest rooms need?"
Several young people looked around the inn arrogantly, frowned slightly, and said with some dissatisfaction: "This inn is too bad, isn't it, young master can live in the habit?"
"We came too late, other inns are full, so let's go first," said a young man beside him.
"That's all, the shopkeeper, we have taken over all the inn, and drive out all those irrelevant people." A young man said arrogantly.
Hearing this, the second shopkeeper and the middle-aged woman sitting at the counter were both embarrassed, and the middle-aged woman said, "Guest officer, there are still a lot of rooms left in our inn, because it should be enough for you to rest. "
"Stop talking nonsense, do what you want to do. Are you afraid that our Yangyang Sect won't be able to give you money?" The young man in a white robe looked arrogant.
As soon as they heard that it was Yangyang Sect, the expressions of the middle-aged woman and the shop assistant changed. They were forced to go upstairs to invite all the guests who had already stayed in the inn. There was a loud swearing sound.
"Damn, how does your shop do business? Uncle, I paid to live in, why did you let me go temporarily? Do you want to open your shop? Uncle, I am a member of the Bloodthorn Mercenary Group." The second floor of the inn At the top, a thick voice came down, but the next moment, the voice of the speaker suddenly changed, exclaiming: "What, the Yangzong people, forget it, when I didn't say anything."
Then, I saw a big man with a bear waist and a tiger back quickly walked downstairs.
Next, people came down from the second floor one after another. Although many of them were hot-tempered, as soon as they heard the name of Yangyang Sect, they immediately tightened their necks and obeyed without saying a word. Leaving here, his face is full of fear.
Soon, the guests in the inn were cleaned up, and only one person and one beast were left eating barbecue beef leisurely on the first floor of the inn, seemingly indifferent to everything around them.
"Guest officer, I'm really sorry. You have to change to an inn. The two plates of barbecue milk and milk are also given to the guest officer for free. I hope the guest officer will forgive me." The second shopkeeper returned a gold coin to Jian. Dust, said apologetically.