Chapter 5465 Hiding Tracks
"I'm afraid this is not a tax that Marquis Jingwu wants to collect. It's the local officials' idea, right?"
Ye Liuyun guessed that Marquis Jingwu would not be so ridiculous.
"The upper beam is not straight and the lower beam is crooked! Anyway, it's their rich and powerful people who have the final say!"
Old man Chen felt that they were all from the same group.
Ye Liuyun immediately took out more than ten Dao crystals and asked, "Are these enough to pay the rent and residence tax?"
When old man Chen and his granddaughter saw him, their eyes widened.
Immediately, Mr. Chen looked around nervously with his spiritual consciousness, and then asked Ye Liuyun to quickly put away the Dao Jing.
Then he took out some Dao crystal fragments, the quality seemed to be relatively poor.
"This is the resource we use! If you expose those Dao Crystals, they will plunder them all from you!"
Then Old Man Chen told him.
Ye Liuyun asked about the situation again.
The dozen Dao Crystal fragments in Old Man Chen's hand were enough to live on for the two of them for a month.
As for cultivation resources, Mr. Chen would give his granddaughter Hongluan slightly better Dao Crystals, but at most, they would only have one piece per month.
And a piece of high-purity Dao crystal in Ye Liuyun's hand could be exchanged for at least one or two thousand of the broken pieces in his hand.
Ye Liuyun still gave the dozen Dao crystals to Old Man Chen.
"These will be used as our accommodation expenses, including food and accommodation expenses. You can keep them for Xiao Hongluan to practice."
"This... is too much!" Mr. Chen still didn't dare to accept it.
"Put it away, don't let others see it!"
Ye Liuyun urged him, and he immediately put away the Dao Crystals.
"But your appearance and status make it look like you are rich..."
After taking Dao Jing away, Mr. Chen began to look at the two of them.
Ye Liuyun and Ye Tiandao were actually wearing very ordinary clothes.
But they also had a way. They immediately returned to Dongtian World and exchanged two sets of old mercenary weapons.
Clothes come out.
He didn't wear protective gear or armor, and used treasures to block his aura, making him look more like a local ordinary person.
The two of them also sorted out the storage rings on their hands and put away all the valuable things.
"This set is okay, it's just a bit new! Just wear it out as much as possible in these two days! Just say he's my distant relative..."
Old man Chen gave them some more instructions before taking them back to his residence.
He lived in a relatively remote place, in a small courtyard on the edge of the village, which was more suitable for Ye Liuyun and the others to hide their whereabouts.
The people in the village are very kind and greet them when I meet them.
According to Xiao Hongluan, many people in the village are also practicing secretly. It’s just that they have few resources and their cultivation progress is very slow.
Children of the same age as her have only reached the third level of gods.
Ye Liuyun and Ye Tiandao chatted with Mr. Chen and Hongluan every day to learn about the situation. While chatting, they wore out their clothes and added a few patches.
The next day, Mr. Chen went to a nearby town and asked an acquaintance to replace the piece of crystal Ye Liuyun gave him with the broken crystals they commonly used.
After returning, he gave some to Ye Liuyun and Ye Tiandao.
"You keep it as a spare, it doesn't sound like that if you don't have any!"
"Thank you!" Ye Liuyun thought he was very thoughtful.
After chatting, I learned that the places where Mr. Chen often goes hunting are also guarded by soldiers, and you have to pay to go hunting in the mountains.
You even often encounter local bullies and get robbed.
However, according to Old Man Chen, there are many good resources in the mountains, and some of the ferocious beasts in them are also very high-level.
Ye Liuyun thought he could go there to check out the situation. He might be able to find some good things and learn about the upper world.
resource situation.
"It's tax payment day in two days. I'll accompany you when I finish paying the tax!" Old Man Chen also said.
On tax day, soldiers would come to collect them, otherwise they would have to go to the city lord's mansion in the town to pay taxes alone, and they would have to pay more by then.
They were familiar with the soldiers who came often and were easy to talk to.
Ye Liuyun was not in a hurry and asked them to come step by step.
After waiting for two days, a group of soldiers entered the village and went door to door to collect taxes.
But most people are used to it. They know how much they should pay, and they pay it all.
The person who came to Uncle Chen's house to collect taxes was a young soldier.
Ye Liuyun looked at him and found that he was only at the fourth level of Heavenly Dao and his strength was very ordinary.
"Brother Xiaowu!" Hongluan also greeted him.
"Hongluan! Uncle Chen!" The soldier seemed to be quite familiar with them.
"Xiao Wu is here!" Old Uncle Chen also called the soldier in.
However, Xiao Wu frowned slightly when he saw Ye Liuyun and Ye Tiandao.
"Uncle Chen, it's hard for me to deal with you like this! As soon as they come out, everyone will see it, and I can't help you save money!"
Xiao Wu also spoke.
Old man Chen also immediately said: "Distant relative. I understand the rules. Pay some rent and accommodation tax, and I won't embarrass you, Xiao Wu!"
Xiao Wu also nodded and reminded Ye Liuyun and the others: "You all should keep a low profile and don't cause trouble to Uncle Chen and the village!
In this world, having a relative is a burden! "
He also sighed.
Old man Chen immediately handed over six crystal stones. Not only do you have to pay taxes when renting a house, but you also have to pay taxes on a per capita basis.
So Mr. Chen paid a lot more this month.
The soldier named Xiao Wu didn't ask any more questions. He glanced at Ye Liuyun and the two of them and was relieved when he saw that they couldn't tell.
Then he said hello to Uncle Chen and went elsewhere to collect taxes.
"Can't they see that we used treasures to block our aura?" Ye Liuyun also asked Mr. Chen.
Old man Chen also smiled bitterly and said: "How can you not see it! It's just that everyone is like this and we are all familiar with each other, so there is no need to embarrass each other.
Xiao Wu is also from our village. It is a lot more convenient for us to have him here! "
After paying the tax, Mr. Chen felt a lot more relaxed.
"Wait a minute. Let's leave tomorrow so we don't encounter tax-paying soldiers on the road! Some people are hard to talk to."
The nearby villages collected taxes on the same day, and the soldiers went to other places to collect taxes the next day.
After the soldiers left, Old Man Chen also took out a large piece of animal meat to give Ye Liuyun and the others something to eat.
Red Luan is happily waiting to eat the meat.
Although they are hunters, eating meat is not common. In order for her to practice, Mr. Chen had to live frugally.
Ye Liuyun took out a storage ring with several ordinary ferocious beasts inside.
Although it is a ferocious beast from the lower realm, the quality is not as high as here, but it is enough to improve the food for Hong Luan.
"This is too much, how can this be so embarrassing!" Old Man Chen was still a little embarrassed to accept it.
"You can keep it, I still have a lot of this kind of stuff!"
Ye Liuyun also gave it to him directly.
"Thank you very much! Then we will have barbecue for this meal. Don't expose so many things when you are outside in the future.
Otherwise you will be targeted by others! Whether you are a soldier or a martial artist, they are all dangerous! "
He also kept reminding Ye Liuyun.
He also saw that Ye Liuyun and the others had a lot of resources. Once you go out and reveal your wealth, you will inevitably be targeted.
Ye Liuyun understands these truths. He has enough experience to know that people's hearts are sinister.