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Chapter 400: The great man hides in the city!
Gu Shiyi and Pu Yanlan pretended to be a pair of farm sisters, carrying a bamboo basket full of eggs, pretending to be going to the city to sell eggs, while the old horse and the fox were hidden in the secret place.

"In a big city, the four of us will be too conspicuous. It would be more convenient for Yan'er and I to go into the city alone!"

Sure enough, the facts proved that Gu Shiyi's caution was correct. At this time, the leader of the Golden Toad Sect was only a mile away from them, holding the male toad in his hand, and was also looking at the big city.
"This is Gouyang City, the old ghost's territory. If I enter rashly, I'm afraid I'll make him unhappy. It seems I have to be careful!"

High-level monks are just like the demons. They each have their own territory. If you rashly enter without saying hello, it will be easily misunderstood as a provocation. If everyone starts fighting, it will bring disaster to all lives!
Moreover, after entering the big city, the aura was mixed and the male toad had no way to sense the female toad's aura, so he had to think of other ways!

The leader of the Golden Toad Sect thought for a moment, then lowered his escaping light and changed his appearance. The golden toad in his hand was transformed into a walking stick with a lifelike toad on the top. He himself was an old monk with a long beard and a fairy-like appearance. Passersby saw that he was a cultivator and made way for him. The old monk smiled and nodded to everyone, then walked into the team entering the city...

At this time, Gu Shiyi and Pu Yanlan in the front were paying the city entry tax, three copper coins each, which they threw into the bamboo basket in front of the gate. At the city gate, the soldiers guarding the city looked through their baskets and then let them go.

The two entered the city and found that this place was indeed much better than other places. Not only were the streets clean and wide, there were also few beggars on the road. The people walking on the streets all had ruddy complexions and kind expressions, and it seemed that they were living a very good life!
Pu Yanlan saw this and said to Gu Shiyi,
"Eleven, we have been running around all the time. Now that we are here, we might as well buy a house and live there so that we can get some information!"

Gu Shiyi thought for a while and nodded.

"it is good!"

So the two of them first went to the market in the city, squatted on the street, and sold the eggs in the basket. They also asked the middle-aged and elderly women who came to buy eggs if there were any houses for sale in the city. As a result, one of the women just shook her head and waved her hand at them.

"You are from the village outside the city, how come you don't know that we don't allow people to move in and out of Goyang City at will? If you want to buy a house in the city, you need a letter from the village head or the elders, and then report to the government office. They will send people to the village to verify. You must have lived near Goyang City for three generations and have a clean family background to be accepted!"

"That's it!"

Gu Shiyi hurriedly smiled and said,

"Aunt, you don't know, my brother is getting married. There are many people in our family, and the house is small. Our sister-in-law who has not yet married into the family wants us to buy a house in the city before she is willing to marry into the family. So we sisters came to inquire about it while we were in the city!"

The woman tutted her lips and said,

"Why, isn't it true that when you marry a chicken, you follow the chicken; when you marry a dog, you follow the dog. Why do you want a house only after you get married? When your family was talking about the marriage, didn't you ask your sister-in-law's family about it?"

Gu Shiyi laughed and said,

"Isn't this my sister-in-law who has not yet married into the family? Her family is a well-known wealthy family in the surrounding area. My sister-in-law and my brother fell in love with each other, but her family refused to allow it. As a result... well..."

Gu Shiyi gestured at his belly.

"…The marriage is impossible…The family put forward conditions, which is really difficult for us!"

The woman listened and sighed again.

"Your brother is quite quick..."

After thinking for a while he said,

"Even if that's the case, we can't treat the girl badly..."

He looked around again and said,
"I'll show you a way. Go to the alley behind the government office. There lives an old man named Jin in the first house. Go ask..."

"Thank you, Auntie! Thank you, Auntie!"

The two of them hurriedly bowed to the aunt. Gu Shiyi gave the woman the last few eggs and the basket. After the woman left happily, Gu Shier and Pu Yanlan went to the back alley of the government office, but saw a man and a woman standing in front of the first family's door, knocking on the door. A little girl came out, looked them up and down and asked,
"Who are you looking for?"

"Let's go find Father Jin!"

"What do you want to talk to my father about?"

"We want to buy a house in this city. Someone said that Father Jin has a way, so we wanted to ask!"

The little girl turned around and shouted at the top of her voice,

"Old man, someone is looking for you!"

Soon, an old man with a hunched back came out and looked them up and down. Gu Shiyi and Pu Yanlan were also looking at him from the side.

"This old man looks to be over sixty, and this little girl is only about ten years old. How can he still have a daughter when he's fifty?"

She is quite fertile!

After the old man looked at the two, he let them into the yard and sat them down at the stone table in the yard. The man and woman explained their purpose, and then Old Man Jin made a three sign to them.

"May I ask what this means, Dad?"

The man and the woman looked at each other, and the man asked Old Man Jin, who replied,

"With thirty taels of silver, you can buy a house in the city..."

"Three... thirty taels!" The man was shocked.

"Does the thirty taels include the house?"

"Think beautifully!"

Old Man Jin rolled his eyes at him.
"Father, I won't hide it from you. My son is a clerk in the government office who specializes in issuing identity documents. You can pay thirty taels and buy a house in the city without doing anything. After buying the house, even if you encounter an inspection by the adults, you don't have to worry about being expelled from the city. As for what house to buy and how much money to pay, that is your business with the owner. We have no right to interfere!"

Gee!

It turns out that he has connections in the government, and the money is rolling in!
It is estimated that the son of Old Man Jin just made an entry in the government office's book and bribed his colleagues at most. He would make at least 20 taels out of the 30 taels!

This business is so easy!

The couple looked embarrassed, and Father Jin was very straightforward.

"Do you have money? If you don't have money, just leave!"

After saying that, he stood up and ignored the two of them and went in. The two looked at each other, and the man gritted his teeth.

"Go away, Dad!"

When Old Man Jin turned around, he saw the man with an expression as if his house was on fire and everyone was dead. He said to his wife,
"Mother of the child, take it... take it out!"

The woman started crying, just like a robber who had blocked her way.

"His father can't do that. This is all our savings. If we give it all to him, how will we live in the future?"

"Fool, as long as you can enter this city and gain a foothold, why not make some money?"

After hearing this, Old Man Jin laughed and said,

"You are a man of insight!"

So the man reached out his hand and rummaged through his wife's arms, and took out an old, dark-colored gold hairpin. He gritted his teeth and gave it to Old Man Jin.

"Dad, we must keep our word, you can't lie to us!"

Old Man Jin took the hairpin, put it to his lips and bit it, and found that it was Old Jin. If he gave it to the shop, it should be worth 10 or 20 taels of silver.
"Not worth thirty taels!"

When he said this, the woman burst into tears.
"Dad, this is all we have...if you want more, there's really no more!"

When Old Man Jin saw the woman crying miserably, he thought for a moment and said,

"Never mind, let's just leave it at that...wait!"

He then asked the two for their names and places of origin, and left them with the little girl while he went out. Gu Shiyi and Pu Yanlan followed him and saw him go to the back door of the government office. He said something to the doorman, and the doorman let him in. The two concealed their bodies and followed him in. They saw him go in and find a middle-aged clerk to take out the gold hairpin. The clerk took a look and frowned.
"Dad, didn't I tell you long ago? You need enough silver. This hairpin is not worth that much. If I share it with my colleagues, there won't be much left for me!"

Father Jin said,
"There are fewer and fewer places for servants to stay in this city recently. How many times can we receive such silver?"

The clerk thought about it and said helplessly,

"That's it!"

So he went to a bookshelf nearby and took a blank booklet and filled in the two people's identity information on it. He then took it aside and asked someone to stamp it. Then he came back and gave it to Old Man Jin. Old Man Jin took it and left. No one inside or outside the yamen saw it. Two women followed Old Man Jin out. One of the women was holding a similar booklet in her hand, with a large bright red seal on it.

"It's done!"

The two took the identity documents with the seal of the government office and went to look for the middleman who specialized in buying and selling houses in the city. However, they unexpectedly met the couple there. The couple did not know them, but they knew them. Gu Shiyi and Pu Yanlan exchanged a glance, and after the two followed one of the middlemen away, Gu Shiyi whispered,
"I'm afraid this couple is just like us..."

Pu Yanlan nodded,
"Although they concealed their own aura, the bracelet on the woman's wrist faintly exuded spiritual energy. It should be a magical weapon of good quality!"

If you are not a cultivator, how can you wear a magic bracelet?

However, as it was just a chance encounter, the two of them would not meddle in other people's business, so they quickly forgot about it.

Afterwards, they spent one hundred taels of silver and bought a medium-sized courtyard in the city. The location was very close to the market, making it very convenient to get in and out.

Since the two entered Tianyi Sect, they have not enjoyed the fireworks of this world for many years. Gu Shiyi said,
"If you want to hide in the city, you have to do it in its entirety..."

So she went out and bought a whole set of furniture, and went to the human market to buy an old nanny and a little maid. Pu Yanlan disguised herself as a widow whose husband had just died, and Gu Shiyi was her cousin who was so strong and powerful that she could never get married. The widow was not liked by her mother-in-law and her family, but fortunately she still had some money, so she bought a house in this city, invited her cousin to come and keep her company, and set up her own household.

This yard is full of women, which is quite simple!

Just like that, within two days, the two of them settled down. After that, they often asked the old woman and maid to look after the house while they went out to stroll around the city.