The foundation of the loess barrier was sprinkled with a thick layer of sand and gravel and rolled with a roller to make it solid. The official road, which was more than three feet wide, was very open and easy to walk on.
A mere thirty miles away, the old yellow wolf tamed by Ah Gou was very strong on his feet and acted like he was having fun all the way. In less than a quarter of an hour, he arrived at Yazhou City carrying Chu Tian on his back.
Outside the towering city gate, several policemen in black were mixed with a group of state soldiers. They seemed to be lazily in a daze. Their eyes were more ruthless than thieves, but they were constantly in the flow of people entering and leaving the city. The shuttle patrolled.
The old yellow wolf, which was bigger than a big bull, stuck out its long tongue, jumped more than ten feet away with a "gudong" sound, and landed heavily at the gate of the city. Several patrolmen were suddenly startled and straightened their bodies, with sharp eyes. Quickly scanned Chu Tian's face.
A middle-aged patrolman with a vigorous face separated the two state soldiers, walked over with a smile, and rushed to give Chu Tian a fist salute.
"Chu stall, are you going to the city again? Hey, Old Huang, Old Huang, you should be more obedient. Last time you were walking on the street, you opened your mouth and swallowed the crowing rooster of Widow Li's house..."
Chu Tian smiled and took out half a piece of silver from his sleeve and threw it out: "Invite brothers to drink tea. It doesn't matter, it doesn't matter. I swallowed the widow's big cock. As long as Aqiao is here, even the widows in the world can't do anything to Lao Huang if they join forces. . Well, something happened in the city?"
The middle-aged patrolman raised his hand quickly, and half a piece of silver slipped right into his sleeve.
Shaking his sleeves with a smile, the middle-aged patrolman patted the panting old yellow wolf on the head, stood up on tiptoes and approached Chu Tian: "Tsk, it's nothing serious, just a routine arrest of bandits. A ship of the Chu family The team transported 200,000 pieces of silk and satin, and the group of uncles who controlled the three states forcibly collected 50% of the toll tax. The Chu family's silkworm manager is going crazy in the state capital, isn't he?"
"Fifty percent? Isn't it 20% as usual?" Chu Tian's eyes widened in shock.
"It's scary, isn't it? As a rule, it's 20% of the toll money, but the Chu family's new silkworm steward Da Da used the Chu family's airs to reprimand those uncles, and suddenly made a big fuss and became famous. This Are there any good ones?" The middle-aged patrolman shrank his neck and said with a dry smile: "If we brothers want to arrest bandits, it depends on whether we can catch a few unlucky little thieves."
Spreading his hands, the middle-aged patrolman "Chi Chi" snickered: "As for those uncles who control Sanshan, Chu stall head is his brother, so he naturally knows where we can deal with them?"
Chu Tian waved his hand, laughed "hehe" a few times, and licked the corner of his mouth: "One hundred thousand pieces of silk, dear, how many fish and shrimps will be sold for this?"
The old yellow wolf put away his temper, took small steps, and carried Chu Tian into Yizhou City.
Faintly, Chu Tian could still hear the secret whispers of several patrolmen and state soldiers behind him: "Scare, isn't that the truth? A big scale divides gold, a small scale divides silver, a big bowl for eating meat, a big bowl for drinking, these days , An official is worse than a thief! Wearing official skin like this means you have to look good, how many benefits can it bring?"
Chu Tian laughed dumbly and shook his head slightly.
After walking through the twenty-foot-long city gate cave, you will find an urn city with a size of two hundred acres.
On weekdays when there is no war, Wengcheng is a spontaneous market. Many small merchants and hawkers have set up stalls here, selling trivial things. Chutian rode the old yellow wolf and walked slowly through Wengcheng. He also exchanged a few words with the leaders of the state soldiers stationed at the inner city gate, invited them to tea as usual, and then entered the city of Yizhou in a formal manner.
Without Chutian's guidance, Old Huang Lang shuttled along the streets of Yizhou City with familiarity. A greasy smell of powder floated in front of him. On both sides of the refreshing bluestone street, there were two rows of exquisite small buildings. , all the street doors were closed.
In broad daylight, there were no people on this street. Only a few idle men with playful smiles were sitting at the tea stall at the end of the street, looking around furtively. Seeing Chu Tian coming over, a few idle men wanted to come up and say hello, but they didn't dare. They smiled and nodded from a distance.
Chu Tian nodded slightly to them. The old yellow wolf had already stuck out his long tongue and drooled all the way to the end of the street. His huge wolf claws pushed hard towards the varnished door of a courtyard.
This old yellow wolf had strong muscles and great brute force. The wolf's claws pushed against the courtyard door, and there was a "click" sound from the courtyard door, and the door frame was almost pushed down. The four plaques of "Qingliu Xiaozhu" hanging on the lintel made a "quacking" sound, and a few wisps of dust fell from behind the plaque.
A sharp shout suddenly sounded from inside the door: "What kind of heartless bastard is here to nag people in broad daylight? The door is going to be broken, the door is going to be broken, stop it, stop it, you bastard!"
The door opened with a sound of "桄桔", and a man who looked to be in his forties was wearing a red dress and a green skirt. He had seven or eight jade bracelets on his wrists and two or three kilograms of gold chains around his neck. His head was full of pearls and jade that could make people blind. The woman put her hands on the waist of the bucket and glared at Chu Tian fiercely.
"Chu Tianchu stall!" The woman's brightly red lips opened as wide as she could, and a large amount of saliva spurted out. The old yellow wolf was so frightened that he jumped back, and then avoided the blow in her mouth. Drool: "Our Qingliu Xiaozhu is a serious place. You are here in broad daylight..."
"Scared, do you have to come in the middle of the night?" Chu Tian bulged his eyes at the woman, took out a piece of garlic gold from his sleeve and shook it.
"It's okay to come and drink tea and listen to music in broad daylight!" The woman's fierce face suddenly turned into a smile, and she twisted her thick bucket waist like a fat penguin. He jumped up and snatched the golden garlic stick from Chu Tian's hand with great agility.
Her right eye widened and her left eye was tightly closed. The woman stuffed the garlic strips of gold into her teeth and bit them hard. She suddenly smiled and softly shouted: "It's full of red gold, hey, Chu's hair is rich, huh?" Come in, come in, you bunch of short-lived bastards, why don’t you hurry up and dress up, here comes Chu!”
"Hee hee" smiled, the woman twisted her round waist and shouted loudly: "My good daughters, the Chu stall you have been thinking about most all day is here! Don't sleep, why should you sleep? When you die, what will happen? It's time to sleep! Here are some living people, Chu is here!"
The woman waved the garlic stick fiercely, her eyes widened, staring fiercely at the empty and exquisite courtyard.
"Mom Xiu, just go and be busy, hehe, I just came to chat with Aunt Hong. Can you please bring me a pot of tea!" Chu Tian patted the old yellow wolf's neck, and the old yellow wolf scurried into the yard lightly. With a flick of his thick and powerful tail, he closed the two courtyard doors tightly, and with a lift of his hind paws, he also hung up the door bolts.
Without anyone greeting him, Old Yellow Wolf walked along the veranda in the yard to the backyard with great familiarity.
Mother Xiu smiled like a flower, hurriedly responded to Chu Tian, stuffed the gold garlic strips into her sleeves, and skipped happily all the way.
After bypassing the large courtyard in front and walking along a cobblestone corridor for more than ten feet, there were several exquisite courtyards lined up behind.
The old yellow wolf came to the door of the first courtyard on the right, and lay down heavily in the open space outside the door, sweeping the ground with its long tail. Chutian patted its head, straightened his clothes, gently opened the courtyard door and walked in.