Chapter 27 Even a bug must be registered
The wind was sunny and the sky was clear. With such good weather, the Tao family's caravan did not delay in Hefeng County. They prepared some extra food and hurriedly set off on the road.
After Huang Feng taught the children to play chess, he bought saltine cookies and returned to the carriage to distribute them to Bai Yang and Xiao Nuan.
Xiao Nuan didn't expect that Huang Feng would buy her a cake. She wanted to take it but hesitated: "Give it to the lady first."
"She was wearing a veil, and it was inconvenient to eat. I didn't buy it for her." Huang Feng looked at Li Motang after saying, "No matter how fast the Tao family's caravan is, it can't be compared to walking with a sword. You shouldn't rush at this time. Are you going back to Zhaoyang? Come on."
Li Motang ignored him at all.
Huang Feng felt bored, so he stuffed two salt biscuits into Xiao Nuan, sat back and started eating by himself.
It is not difficult to live without food, but without eating, life will be much less fun.
Xiao Nuan handed the saltine cake in her hand to Li Motang: "Miss."
"I do not need."
"Young Master Huang is just joking with you, otherwise I wouldn't buy two." Xiao Nuan advised, handing the salt biscuits to Li Motang's hand.
Huang Feng dealt with his cake, his voice a little vague: "I heard Tao Yansheng said that this salt cake is a specialty of Hefeng County, so I bought it to try it. What, you are afraid that I will poison it."
Li Motang then took the saltine cake from Xiao Nuan, took off his veil, and took a small bite.
Wearing a veil is mainly to keep a low profile. After all, the dual identity of Yuyuan Pavilion and Princess Daxia is too ostentatious.
Huang Feng already knew that it didn't matter whether he picked it or not.
At this moment, Tao Yansheng opened the curtain of the car window and poked his head in: "I heard Brother Huang just mentioned me..."
Halfway through the words, Tao Yansheng opened his mouth wide and stayed there. Li Motang, who had half of his face covered, only showed his facial features, which shocked him. Now that he saw the whole picture, there was only one thought left in his mind, how could there be such a beautiful woman in the world.
Huang Feng deliberately frightened him: "If you don't retreat quickly, be careful she cuts your eyeballs out."
"Ah, I'm offended, I'm rude." Tao Yansheng remembered that this fairy seemed to have a bad temper, so he hurriedly retracted his head out of the window and lowered the curtain.
"Miss is not that kind of person!" Xiao Nuan protested while holding a saltine cookie.
"As the saying goes, the grasper has short hands and the cannibal has a short mouth. You eat my food and you still blame me?"
"I...I didn't!" Xiao Nuan couldn't resist Huang Feng, she lowered her head and ate the cake silently, then raised her head after eating half of it, "How about I stop eating and give it back to you?"
Li Motang was helpless, and Bai Yang was also very happy to see it. This young lady is so interesting.
But he was used to it. In the sect, the place with Senior Brother Huang Feng had always been so interesting.
…
Under the arrangement of the Tao family steward, the caravan traveled at sunrise and rested at sunset, staying on official roads and minding other people's business. The journey was smooth and uneventful.
A few days later, Huang Feng got off the carriage and finally saw Shulu City in front of him.
The tree hut is built against the mountain. The city wall is more than ten feet high. Flags are fluttering above it. Several city defense teams carry strong bows and crossbows and patrol continuously.
On the surrounding sentry towers, every soldier stared at the surrounding plants and trees like a hungry eagle.
At the gate of the city, soldiers lined up to check and register the passers-by one by one.
"It is indeed a great city." Huang Feng sighed with emotion.
Just because of the chilling atmosphere of this city, even if there is no immortal standing guard, ordinary little demons and ghosts would not dare to get close.
Huang Feng thought that Shulu was like this in the past, until he heard Xiao Nuan talking behind him.
"Miss, why is Shulu so heavily guarded? What happened?"
"Isn't this usually the case?" Huang Feng asked doubtfully.
"It won't be so strict." After Li Motang finished speaking, he told Xiao Nuan, "Go and ask."
Next to the city gate, most of the city defense officials usually set up a table in the shade and put some tea, melons and fruits to pass the time.
Today was different. The sun was blazing in the sky, but the city defense officer personally held a sword on his waist and led people to inspect people and goods entering and leaving the city.
Seeing Xiao Nuan walking straight towards him, the seriousness on the city defense officer's face did not ease because of Xiao Nuan's cute appearance. He scolded: "Who is waiting in line after entering the city to register? No one is exception."
Xiao Nuan took out a token from her sleeve, hid it in her palm, avoided the eyes of others, and showed it to him: "If you recognize it, don't say anything. Talk here."
The first thing an official, even a small city defense officer, must learn is to be able to recognize people and brands.
Seeing the Daxia royal token in Xiao Nuan's palm, the city defense officer was suddenly startled and quickly walked aside with Xiao Nuan.
Xiaonuan got straight to the point: "What happened in Shulu recently? Why is the security so tight?"
The city defense officer was a little surprised: "You don't know?"
Xiao Nuan urged: "Stop being verbose and speak quickly."
The city defense officer quickly explained: "The governor Liu was killed. Not long after it happened, the news was reported to Zhaoyang. When His Majesty learned about it, he was furious and demanded that the matter be investigated as soon as possible and the murderer be arrested.
Because the incident happened at Mr. Liu's house in the city. In addition to Mr. Liu, many people died in the house, and the circumstances of their deaths were somewhat... unusual.
Nowadays, rumors are spreading, some say that Mr. Liu has been attacked by evil spirits, and people in the city are now in panic. "
Xiao Nuan was confused: "If it is really the work of evil spirits, can the Monster Collection Department find out?"
The city defense officer smiled bitterly: "After the incident, I heard that Lord Zhenfu He went to the scene in person. As for what conclusion he came to, it is not for the humble to know.
The order I received was that people entering and leaving the city in the past few days must be strictly interrogated. Without registration, not even a fly can enter or leave the city gate. "
Buzz…
While they were talking, a flying insect flew past the two of them and flew towards the city.
Maybe it was because he had spent so much time with Huang Feng that he had unknowingly picked up some bad habits, such as arguing.
Xiaonuan looked at the flying insects and then at the city defense officer.
"..."
In order to prove what he said, the city defense officer drew his sword out of its sheath and slashed at the flying insect. The sword's momentum was amazing, but unfortunately it failed to hit the target and the flying insect nimbly dodged it.
Hearing the sound of swords being drawn, the soldiers in front of the city gate thought something was wrong and quickly drew their swords. The clanging sound of unsheathing frightened the people around them.
As a result, everyone looked around in panic and saw the city defense master slashing the air with his sword in front of a girl.
What is this doing?
This city defense officer was quite skilled in martial arts, and he accurately hit the flying insect with his third sword. Then he took a deep breath, put the sword back into its sheath, and looked at Xiao Nuan with a majestic look, as if he meant what he said and lived up to his mission.
Xiao Nuan saw everyone at the city gate looking at this side and quickly left: "Okay, go ahead and do your work. We will line up to register and enter the city later."
When Xiao Nuan came back and saw the scene just now, Huang Feng asked curiously: "What did he do to chop the insects just now?"
With his eyesight, he could tell what the city defense officer was doing.
Xiao Nuan explained: "He said that if he didn't register, not a single insect would be able to fly in. But there happened to be an insect flying by, so I took a look, but who knew he..."
"Hahahaha." Huang Feng suddenly felt that this brother was so interesting, and gave a thumbs up to Xiao Nuan. This girl really got his essence!
Under the gauze, Li Motang pursed his lips slightly, wanting to laugh. After holding back, he reminded Xiao Nuan: "Let's get down to business."