Chapter 1965 Encountering a Goblin
Sure enough, as Xiao Jian said, there were many convoys and merchants on the side of the avenue waiting for the inspection by the soldiers of the Xi State, passing through the border one by one and entering the bridge. However, Xiao Jian urged his horses without queuing at all, and galloped across the middle of the avenue, towards the soldiers guarding in front of the bridge with weapons in hand.
"Daoist, please stay here..." One of the dozens of soldiers came out, raised his hand, and shouted, "Please show me the official document!"
"Immeasurable Daoist..." Xiao Jiankou declared the Taoist name, put his hand in his arms, took out a square jade clip, handed it over casually, and said with a smile, "This is the official document of the poor Taoist, please check it with the general! "
"Daozhang, wait a little later~" The soldier took the jade clip without looking at it, and hurried to the side of the bridge, where several tents were located. After a while, a strong man with armor on his body and a sword hanging from his waist quickly walked over with a jade clip in his hand, bowed and saluted: "The last general Li Xianyu has seen Daoist Xiao!"
"Pindao Xiao Jian has seen General Li!" Xiao Jian's face was light, and he raised his left hand to salute, and said, "Pindao is traveling around Yuzhou with his boys and seniors, and he is about to go to Gaza now. country, please allow me, the general.”
"Daoist Xiao, it's okay for you to take the boy to Gasa country, and you just need to check the carriage!" Li Xianyu looked at Xiao Jian and then at Xiao Hua and others, and said with a smile, "But your old man On the official document, only Daoist Xiao and a boy named Yuan Ya are written, and there are still a few blanks that have not been filled in, the remaining two boys..."
"Bold!" Xiao Jian shouted, raised his hand, and looked at Xiao Hua very respectfully. "This is the senior of the old master's family. How can the old man's name be written on the official document of the old man?"
"Ah? The last general... The last general has seen the immortal teacher!" Li Xianyu was shocked, and hurriedly bowed to Xiao Huama to salute. After all, a young man is called a teacher by an old man, and this young man will immediately have The demeanor of a fairy master!
"Well~" Xiao Hua nodded lightly, and with a flick of his hand, Li Xianyu got up involuntarily.
"Immortal... Immortal Elder..." Li Xianyu straightened up, swallowed his saliva, and said nervously, "The villain knows that the Immortal Master is a senior expert. It's just...does the Immortal Master have...does he have an official document?"
"I don't have any official documents!" Xiao Hua shook his head slightly. "The old man doesn't need any official documents!"
"This... this..." Li Xianyu gritted his teeth, wondering, "The general's order is...but anyone who comes from the border in front of the general must pay customs. Or...have an official document..."
"Hehe. So that's the case!" Xiao Hua nodded. "This old man won't embarrass you..."
"Senior..." Xiao Jian said with a smile, "You don't have to pay customs duties as long as you fly over this bridge!"
"Hmph..." Xiao Hua looked at Xiao Jian angrily. Clapping his hands, he took out a low-grade spirit stone and threw it to Li Xianyu, saying, "I don't have any gold or silver used in the world, this is a primordial stone, do you think so?"
"Immortal Master..." Li Xianyu didn't expect Xiao Hua to be so approachable, so he took out the fairy stone, caught it hastily and carefully, and said with a smile, "It doesn't matter, the order is just for fear that someone will pretend to be someone outside the party to pass through the level. You are a foreigner, so naturally you don’t have to pay customs duties!”
"How can it be possible to take back what the old man took out?" Xiao Hua said lightly, "You are also a general order, and this general order still has to be obeyed. Besides, the old man doesn't care about a piece of primordial stone!"
"Yes, yes, the villain understands!" Li Xianyu lowered his head.
"Can the old man go?" Xiao Hua asked politely again.
Li Xianyu hastily stretched out his hand, pulled the drooping rein in front of Xiao Hua's horse and said respectfully: "The villain will send the immortal master there!"
"Hehe, thank you!" Xiao Hua nodded with a smile on his face.
"Grandma's, a piece of primordial stone! It's just gone!" Xiao Jian watched Li Xianyu put the primordial stone into his arms, his eyes were hooked, and he wanted to pull the primordial stone out of his arms, feeling resentful in his heart complain.
Li Xianyu led Xiao Hua's horse all the way to the middle of the Fangong Bridge, then stopped, bowed and said: "Immortal Chief, after passing this bridge, there is the border of Gasa Kingdom, the little ones dare not cross it, The small ones can only be sent here."
"Okay, thank you General Li!" Xiao Hua nodded and patted the horse, and the horse stepped across the blood-red mark in the middle of the bridge in small steps...
At this moment, "Wow, quack, quack..." A burst of noise sounded like birds chirping together from the distant sky, and at the same time, a gust of wind blew up and fluttered the flags of various colors planted on the bridge.
"Sloppy..." The poor horse screamed again, seeming to be terrified, kicking all four hooves, and was about to rush under the bridge!
"Huh~" Xiao Hua frowned, and snorted coldly, the horse immediately felt that his body was heavier than a thousand weights, not to mention running away, he couldn't even stand still. Just when the horse was about to collapse to the ground, Xiao Hua floated down, patted the horse with his hand, and the horse obediently lay down on the bridge.
"Quack quack quack..." The sound of birdsong turned into hoarse laughter again, and it was coming from the sky at the right rear of the bridge, where a black cloud whizzed over, passing by everyone's eyes very quickly . With a sweep of Xiao Hua's gaze, he saw an extremely ugly goblin in the black cloud, covered in black hair, but holding an almost naked woman in his arms, the woman was as beautiful as a flower, with skin better than snow, that Ruou's arms were just around the neck of the goblin, and the black and white two people were very clear in the dark clouds. The two of them didn't seem to care about the secular people on the ground, they seemed to be teasing and laughing, and rushed to the front left and disappeared.
"Silk? This...isn't it a goblin?" Xiao Hua was a little surprised, looking at Li Xianyu who was trembling not far away, he wondered, "How could it come and go freely in Gasa and Xi countries so unscrupulously?"
"I'm so good to know!" Li Xianyu said in a low voice, "This goblin is not from our country of Xi. There is Heiyun Ridge between Gasa, Tongzhu and Jiang, which is beyond the reach of the three countries. If nothing unexpected, this goblin should be from Heiyunling! Oh, Immortal Chief, if you always go to Tongzhu country, you can't, but if you want to go from Tongzhu country to Jiang country, you have to pass Heiyunling, Xianchang You have to be careful! I heard that many people were buried there!"
"Well, the old man knows!" Xiao Hua nodded, and he got on the horse again and was about to enter Gasa...
"Immortal Elder, Immortal Elder..." Another voice came from behind Xiao Hua and the others.
"Oh?" Xiao Hua turned his head to look, but saw an old man with white beard and hair chasing him out of breath.
Xiao Hua looked at the old man, frowning a little. Obviously, this is a secular old man, about sixty years old, to be honest, compared with Xiao Hua's age at this age...it really belongs to a young child! But unfortunately, Xiao Hua seems to be in his twenties, when facing this kind of Huafa old man, he feels a lot of pressure in his heart! He will naturally call others an old man, and he will naturally call himself a boy!
"Could this be the legendary judging by appearance?" Xiao Hua touched his nose, secretly wryly said.
"What's the matter, old man?" Fortunately, before Xiao Hua could speak, Xiao Jian stood in front of Xiao Hua first.
"Hello, Daoist!" The old man saluted very respectfully, "I am Qi Jin from Xunhai Trading Company! Come to find Daoist...I have something I want to discuss with Daoist!"
Said, the old man gave Xiao Hua a very good look.
Xiao Jian frowned, and said strangely: "Pindao and others have no place to stay now, let alone preside over any dojo. If the old man wants to fulfill his wish, I am afraid that Pindao and others will not be able to satisfy it!"
"Preacher..." Qi Jin said in a low voice with a hint of pleading on his face, "I don't want to pray to the gods, but I have another matter that I want to discuss with the Taoist priest. If it is possible... please tell me Master Chang He crossed the bridge and waited by the side of the road, the old man will tell you all about it!"
As he said that, Qi Jin took out a small silver key and stuffed it into Xiao Jian's hand in a very subtle manner, and said: "In addition, the customs duties for Taoist priests and others entering the Gasa country have been paid by Xunhai Commercial Bank, just ask for this." The matter can be heard by the elder..."
Xiao Jian touched the slippery feeling of the silver curb, his heart was already full of joy, he turned his head to look at Xiao Hua, and said with a smile: "Senior, do you always look at it?"
"Hehe, you agree, why ask the old man?" Xiao Hua smiled, he already had some concerns about the way forward at this time, all of this is just a kind of experience, no matter what the old man asks, in Xiao Hua In Hua's eyes, it may not be difficult. Even Xiao Hua has some intuition, it should be related to this goblin in the black cloud.
"Mr. Pindao agrees, I'll wait for you at the front!" Xiao Jian looked at the many carriages lined up behind the old man for inspection, and knew that this was the convoy of Xunhai Trading Company. It would take a lot of time for them to pass the border of.
"Yes, yes, thank you Daoist, thank you Xianchang!" Qi Jin was overjoyed when he heard this, bowed and saluted, and hurriedly ran to the back again. Following his shouts, bursts of laughter sounded, and some people beside the convoy They all saluted Xiao Hua and others.
Xiao Hua didn't care about these people's thanks, but asked in surprise: "Xiao Jian, is it possible... After crossing the border between the country of Xi and the country of Gaza, not only do you have to pay customs duties in the country of Xi, but you also have to pay customs when you arrive in the country of Gaza. ?”
"Senior..." Xiao Jian pulled the rein of the horse, followed Xiao Hua down the bridge, and explained, "That's right! But, people are different from goods. People pay only ten copper coins Tolls, while goods are charged according to the value of the goods.”
"This... isn't this just... robbery?" Xiao Hua suddenly thought of the robbery sea beast he encountered on the West Sea. What is the difference between this kind of behavior and sea beasts? If there is any difference, it is to play the banner of being famous and righteous, and it is impossible for people to avoid it! (to be continued...)