Reborn as a wolf

Chapter 4 Whitehorse City

"I can't run." The green-robed Taoist priest looked at the blue-eyed goshawk standing beside him, and the blue-eyed goshawk flapped its wings, planning to take off.

The gray-clothed boy said ghostly, "Master, don't hurt it, otherwise, I'll go back and tell Master that you're drinking flower wine in the city."

The green-robed Taoist staggered, almost fell to the ground, and said to the gray-clothed boy: "You are slandering, master has never been to the city, where did you drink flower wine?"

Immediately, the green-robed Taoist quickly stopped the blue-eyed goshawk with his eyes, and then put the Qiankun Yin-Yang Compass in his arms, stretched out his left hand, pointed at the direction Tang Hui was escaping, and said loudly, "Photo."

It is the technique of shooting objects in the air.

Suddenly, Tang Hui, who was running away, suddenly felt a huge suction force behind him, which was irresistible. Before he understood what was going on, he was captured by the Taoist priest in green robe. On the back of his neck, he muttered a word, and said the word "bind" to Tang Hui, and the light blue gas in Tang Hui's body immediately remained motionless.

"Take it, the trace of demon power in it has been restrained by me, now it's just an ordinary little wolf, I gave it to you as your first pet, but it is absolutely not allowed to be your beast of war, find an earthen wolf You don’t think it’s embarrassing for a wolf to be a beast of war, but the master also thinks it’s embarrassing.” The green-robed Taoist threw the half-meter-long little wolf in his left hand to the boy in gray, and continued: “A spirit beast that has just awakened has the highest IQ at most. It only looks like a one or two-year-old child, you are not looking for a war beast, you are looking for a little playmate, a little pet or something like that."

The gray-clothed boy stuck out his tongue, quickly took the little wolf from the hands of the green-robed Taoist priest, stroked the little wolf's fur, and argued, "My little wolf is not a coyote, it is a descendant of Sirius, heh, In time, I will definitely cultivate the No. [-] beast in the Beast Master Sect."

"I'm too lazy to talk to you, you little brat." The green-robed Taoist turned the three-foot green point in his right hand into a small pocket sword, inserted it back into his hair, and jumped onto the back of the blue-eyed goshawk. Holding the glimmer of hope for the descendants of Sirius, he was completely broken by the coyote in front of him, completely ruining his mood.

"Still playing? You can play slowly when you bring it home." The green-robed Taoist priest pulled the gray-clothed boy who was holding the little wolf onto the back of the blue-eyed goshawk, and said, "We have been out for a while, Shiwan Dashan It's not a place to stay for a long time, so go back to the Beast Master Sect first, lest your mistress wait for a long time to find the war beast, the master will take you out to find it next time."

"Okay." The boy in gray hugged the little wolf, rubbing it on his round face non-stop.

White Horse City.

It is impossible to know whether there was a white horse with extraordinary steeds in Baima City. Perhaps a clue can be found from those old people with gray hair. No one will really ask whether there is a white horse in Baima City. , People who come here have their own purpose, or trade, or visit relatives, or pass through here and so on.

Baima City is the nearest human gathering place near Shiwanda Mountain. It was originally just a small village of hunters. After hunting the animals of Shiwanda Mountain and collecting medicinal materials from Shiwanda Mountain, after hundreds of years of trade, even thousands of years of reproduction The small village then expanded into a small town, and today, it has evolved into the magnificent Baima City.

The thick city wall paved with bluestone is stained with gray-brown blood stains, which are the traces of the years left by a beast tide that hits the human city every few years. The official road is so tall that three carriages can drive side by side. Next to it are lush knee-length weeds. At the end of the official road is the forest of Shiwan Dashan. This end of the official road is facing the majestic and majestic city gate. It takes ten young and strong men to slowly push away a thousand catties.

The sun is shining brightly.

This is a good weather for hunting or trading in the city. The tall city gate has already been opened, and there are two rows of soldiers in military uniform standing under the gate, each row of ten soldiers is collecting the city tax. There is no tax, but when you return to the city, you must pay the city tax.

City entry tax is also one of the main sources of income for a city.

At this moment, Taoist priests in green robes and boys in gray clothes are lining up in the queue on the official road to enter the city. There are all kinds of people in the queue, including farmers from nearby villages carrying vegetables and fruits, hunting knives hanging from their waists and shoulders with long bows. There are hunters carrying the corpses of their prey, there are porters in commoner clothes and shorts and bare-chested carrying wooden clubs the size of bowls, there are knights who walk the rivers and lakes and carry swords and halberds on their backs, there are bodyguards escorting freight carriages, and of course there are Taoist priests in Taoist robes.

The city entrance tax requires ten copper coins. In front of the captain of the soldiers at the city gate, a large basket made of green bamboo has been placed. There are already countless copper coins piled up in it. Occasionally, you can see broken pieces thrown by wealthy merchants. silver.

The team lined up in a long queue, moving forward without haste.

There are quite a few small vendors walking beside the long queue, bargaining with the farmers and hunters who are carrying vegetables, fruits, skins and carcasses of their prey, in order to save a sum of city entry tax.

"It also has to pay city tax, double, no, triple city tax."

The Taoist priest in green robe just took out twenty copper plates from the purse tied around his waist and threw them into a large basket made of green bamboo. The captain of the city quickly jumped up, pointed to the little wolf in the boy's arms, and said, "Besides, you have to pay the security tax."

Immediately, the red-tasseled spears in the hands of two rows of defenders crossed each other, blocking the way into the city.

The green-robed Taoist touched his chin, looked at the captain of the city guard, and said with a smile: "This is not in compliance with the rules. It is not considered a human being. Why do you have to pay taxes?"

The captain of the city guard smiled, walked up to the green-robed Taoist priest, and said plausibly: "You magic sticks, don't think that you can enter the city to bluff and cheat by wearing a Taoist robe. It is because it is not a human being that you need to pay three times as much." City entry tax; besides, if it bites someone in the city, it’s not us patrolling soldiers who are rushing to deal with it, so for the sake of security in the city, it must pay a security tax of fifty copper coins.”

The green-robed Taoist smiled, took out a cart of broken silver from his purse, waved it in front of the captain of the city guard, then threw it into the basket, and said with a smile, "Is that enough?"

"Enough. Go, go, but watch the beast in this child's hands, otherwise he will bite people in the city, but he will go to prison." The city guard waved his hand, as if to repel flies. .

The two platoons of guarding soldiers retracted their spears, looked at each other, and smiled playfully. It seemed that they had another drink tonight.

The green-robed Taoist priest led the gray-clothed boy into the room.

When the green-robed Taoist priest and the gray-clothed boy walked away, the captain of the city guard picked up two taels of silver from the big basket, laughed at the soldiers guarding the city, and said, "Old rules, tonight, I'll invite everyone to drink."

"Thank you, boss." The city guards responded one after another.

"Haha." The captain of the city guard put two taels of silver into his arms, and said nonchalantly, "It's just another charlatan, and he also brought a little liar, how can there be so many gods in this world!"

"Master, why didn't you teach him a lesson just now?" The boy in gray looked up at the Taoist priest in green and said angrily.

The green-robed Taoist squatted down, touched the little head of the gray-clothed boy, and said with a smile: "We cultivators mainly cultivate the heart. Where can we get so much hostility? Instead of asking the sky, we should ask our own heart." .”

The gray-clothed boy didn't want to understand, and was a little confused when he heard the words of the green-robed Taoist priest, but Tang Hui, who was in the arms of the gray-clothed boy, suddenly trembled, as if he had realized something.

"Master, didn't you just say that we should go back earlier so that my wife won't have to wait for a long time? We can just take the eagle to go back, why do we have to go into the city?" The gray-clothed boy blinked his eyes and asked.

The green-robed Taoist stood up, led the gray-clothed boy forward and said, "Buy a box of rouge for your mistress, and a bunch of candied haws for you."

"Master is so pretty, so I don't need to buy any rouge powder, I'd better buy a few bunches of candied haws for my apprentice!" Hearing the candied haws, the boy in gray suddenly had little stars in his eyes, and his saliva almost flowed out.

"You are the only one who is greedy." The green-robed Taoist rapped the gray-clothed boy on the head and said, "Let's go."

"Hey." The boy in gray patted his head, jumped up and followed, and said to Tang Hui in his arms, "Little wolf, candied haws are delicious. The master said that we want to be friends with spirit beasts. After a while, the master bought me candied haws, and I will share one with you."

Tang Hui couldn't laugh or cry, a good friend should be half of one person, okay?Just give me one, it's too stingy, he hasn't eaten for a day, he is in the growth stage, his appetite is big, how can a candied haws fill his stomach.

As the green-robed Taoist priest and the gray-clothed boy walked, there were endless shouts and curses from the shops near the city gate, and many farmers and hunters sat on the spot after entering the city gate and set up street stalls.

The gate of the city is undoubtedly the place with the largest flow of people.

"Candied haws, delicious and sweet candied haws, 80-year-old candied haws." At this time, a half-centenarian man was carrying a wooden stick, and the top of the wooden stick was covered with highly adhesive soil mud. Strings of red candied haws are sold while walking.

"Master, master, candied haws, candied haws." The boy in gray yelled loudly as he wiped the saliva that was about to overflow from the corner of his mouth.

"I heard it, I also saw it, your master, I'm not blind." The green-robed Taoist gave the gray-clothed boy a blank stare helplessly, and walked towards the half-baked old man selling candied haws.

"Old man, how do you sell candied haws?" the green-robed Taoist priest asked.

"Master Daoist, please be polite." The half-baked old man's eyes lit up, and he hurriedly bowed, "One string of three copper coins, two strings of five cents, since the Taoist priest is a master of Taoism, if the little Taoist priest wants to eat, the old man is willing to give it away for free." A string, to form a good relationship with the Taoist priest."

"Wuliang Tianzun." The Taoist priest in green robe returned the gift immediately, sang a Taoist name, and then said: "It's not easy for an old man to run a small business. The poor Taoist should pay for it."

After finishing speaking, the green-robed Taoist priest took out five copper coins from the pocket at his waist, handed them to the half-baked old man and said, "Please trouble the old man."

"No trouble, no trouble." The half-century old man collected five copper coins, took the largest, reddest and two bunches of candied haws from the top of the wooden stick, and handed them to the boy in gray.

The boy in gray quickly threw Tang Hui on the ground, took a bunch of candied haws in each of his left and right hands, immediately bit a candied haws in his mouth, chewed them in his mouth, and said vaguely to Tang Hui: "Xiaolang, you are not allowed to run around, people here Too many, if you get lost, you will be caught by others. Cook and eat meat."

Tang Hui wanted to cry without tears, he really wanted to run away, but the cyan-colored demon power in his body was immobilized by the magic of the green-robed Taoist priest.

The green-robed Taoist bid farewell to the half-hundred-year-old man, looked around the bluestone-paved street, and found a rouge shop about twenty meters away, and then said to the gray-clothed boy: "Wait here for the master, and the master will buy it for your mistress." Some rouge powder."

"Okay." The boy in gray replied while eating candied haws.

The Taoist priest in green robe walked towards the rouge shop in three steps and two steps in parallel.

"Boss, bring me a good rouge powder." The green-robed Taoist priest took out a silver ingot from a thousand miles away, which was worth twelve taels. He snatched the money from the Taoist priest in green robe, turned his back, bit it with his teeth, looked happy, turned around and cast a wink, and said with a coquettish smile, "Master Dao, aren't you monks? Why? Impressed by Fanxin, which pretty lady do you want to buy rouge and gouache for?”

The green-robed Taoist blushed slightly, and pretended to be angry: "Are you going to sell it or not? If you don't sell it, I will go to another place to buy it."

"Sell, why not sell, my mother opened the door to do business, of course I have to sell." The proprietress emphasized the word "sell", and then shouted to the inner hall, "Xiaohong, give this Taoist priest a little The best rouge powder."

"Okay." A crisp voice came from behind the bead curtain in the inner hall.

"Master Dao, how old is your sweetheart?" The proprietress put her chin on the counter and joked.

The green-robed Taoist kept silent, turned his head away, and did not look at the burst of spring on the landlady's chest, but the snow-white meat ball that was exposed inadvertently or deliberately, played back scene after scene in the green-robed Taoist's mind.

"Hey! Daoist, don't be angry, just ignore the servants." The proprietress raised her voice a few times, and continued to tease the green-robed Taoist priest.

At this time, a luxurious carriage rushed out from the gate of the city and rushed towards it.The carriage is framed by four pure white horses without a trace of variegation. The exterior of the carriage is carved with exquisite patterns. The windows of the carriage are hung with strings of jingling black agates. The scenery inside the carriage, sitting in the driving seat of the carriage is a driver in his twenties, even the driver is wearing silk, and is waving a pure black whip, shouting loudly: "Get out of the way, get out of the way, get out of the way!" Drive, this is the carriage of the City Lord's Mansion, who dares to block the way."

The boy in gray was standing in the middle of the street, enjoying two bunches of candied haws. With his back to the carriage, he heard the sound of hoofbeats and quickly turned around. Seeing the luxury carriage that was about to crash into him, he was at a loss, with an expression on his face. At a loss.