As noon approached, some blazing sunlight poured into the room through the window, shining on Li Ling's face, who was still asleep. The change of light finally made him react a little while in a hangover. After covering the door below with his hand, he slowly opened his eyes. Then he realized that he was not at home in Luoyang or in the wilderness, but in a rather empty and old room, there was an equally old bamboo couch under him.

After a while, Li Ling realized that he was in Lanxi Town. Because of the warm hospitality of the villagers yesterday and frequent toasts, they all got drunk one after another without realizing it. After that, they couldn't remember how they slept here.

Since they learned that they were the heroes of the Black Ridge Mountain Wolf King, the people in the town have become more respectful and enthusiastic about them. Even though they repeatedly suggested that they wanted to continue on their way the next day, the townsmen still quickly bought a banquet to entertain them.

In this somewhat obscured and poor town, they naturally couldn't come up with any good things. But they still took out the best things to entertain distinguished guests, all kinds of wild game, and sour but refreshing fruit wine. They kept moving them to Li Ling and the others, and then everyone in the town came up to toast from the old men in the mountains.

Originally, Li Ling and the others were still ruthless and dared not drink too much, but as some girls in costumes sang folk songs and stared at them pitifully with sweet smiles, even Li Ling couldn't resist it. Finally, he even drank three glasses of wine in a beautiful song of a beautiful girl named Caidie, and then he didn't know anything...

Li Ling, who recalled the lively scene last night, smiled bitterly. He had heard that some places were singing folk songs and urging people to drink, but after all, they were only heard of it. This time, I really learned it. It seems that this time I went to the southwest, I had to be careful not to get hit again, otherwise it would be a bad thing to miss the matter.

However, he also knew that the reason why they all got drunk was related to the hard trekking for the past half month. Once the strings were too tight and loosened a little, it would be a little difficult to control. Fortunately, the people in this town were treating guests sincerely, so there was no trouble.

But now, I will definitely not be able to get on the road today, so I can only rest here for another day. Thinking of this, Li Ling finally supported himself and saw that there were Li Moyun and Yang brothers on the other mats and bamboo couches on the side, but they had not woken up yet.

Just when Li Ling was wondering whether to wake them up, there was a noise coming from below. Then he realized that the four of them were arranged to sleep upstairs. If you want to say this, it was the old man in Shan who had freed up his home for them to rest. How should the Shan family rest?

"Why are you so noisy?" Yang Zhen muttered, and woke up suddenly. After patting his head, he remembered the past. Then the other two people came. The three of them who understood showed a look of embarrassment: "Young Master..." They are not as responsible as Li Ling, and they have the responsibility to protect their safety. They were all drunk last night, which is indeed not worthy of being.

However, Li Ling waved his hand disregardly: "We have been tired for half a month, so it is appropriate to relax..." As he said that, his brows frowned again, because the noise below became louder, and as the noise came to the street downstairs, he could understand the words. Both sides actually used Mandarin.

"You are here to pay taxes again. Haven't we paid it once this year?" The voice was exactly the mountain stone, full of anger.

Then, a arrogant voice quickly replied: "The tax I had before was given to the county government, but this time the fifty fur, three hundred wood, and twenty taels of silver were to be given to Master Long! What, what is your attitude? Do you want to pay it to Lanxi Town?"

The voice of the old man Shan also sounded at this moment: "Stone..." It was obviously stopping his grandson from continuing to argue with the other party, and then he said humbly: "Master Mu, we naturally dare not give away what Mr. Long wants. However, can we be lenient for two days? Now our town can't bring out these many things. Give us two months to get all the things together, and we will send them to Mr. Long..."

His words were immediately interrupted by the other party: "You said you were doing business in the market and you bargained with us. When will Mr. Long be determined by you when he collects taxes? Old man Shan, I remember that you gave you less than twenty furs two years ago. There was also a shortage last year, and then I kept dragging you, really taking Mr. Long's care as a blessing?"

"I dare not, I dare not..."

At this time, Li Ling had already walked to the window facing the street, looking down from a high place, and saw the two people below confronting each other, one with the townsmen and more than a dozen weapons in the other hand, who were completely strong men who looked arrogant and arrogant.

Although there are more than a hundred people in the town, in terms of momentum, they are completely suppressed by the other party. Even if someone is muttering something in a low voice, they dare not say it out. Only Shan Shitou stares at them with righteousness, but in front of him, he is also blocking his father, Sanmi and uncle, Yam, so that he cannot speak.

The old man in Shan stood in front of him with an arrogant expression, a guy in his thirties and forties, with a sharp-mouthed and monkey cheeks. While lit the old man with his hands, he scolded him with a spitting spitting: "I don't know. But I have already put my words here. You have to pay the tax today, and you have to pay it if you don't! Fur, wood and silver are not a single thing! Also, the ones owed in the past two years also have to add interest and pay it together, otherwise you will be an enemy of Master Long. Do you know what the consequences are!"

This speech without leaving any room for nothing made the town people angry again. Shan Shitou even clenched his fists. Just as he was about to object, he was stopped by his father. The others were also muttering there, but they didn't dare to be presumptuous. Even if the other party had only more than ten people, it was obvious that they could not be the opponent of more than a hundred of them.

The manager Mu was also sure that they had no courage to be arrogant and said to the sky: "Old man Shan, you are the one who is the master of this town. If you are giving something, please give me a good word! We are still waiting to go back."

"Mr. Mu, our town is really in trouble recently. Not to mention silver, there is not enough wood... But it will be different in the future. The wolf king on the mountain has been killed. In two months, two months, we can definitely prepare everything and hand it over to Mr. Long..." The old man was still making final efforts and explanation, "Our Lanxi Town is very respectful to Mr. Long. I hope Mr. Mu will be proud of him..."

Yang Zhen and the others had already gotten up and came to Li Ling. After hearing the conversation, they frowned slightly and said strangely: "They have already paid taxes, why do they have to pay more? And looking at the dress of these guys, they don't look like people in the government."

Li Ling pondered: "Yesterday, I heard the old man in Shan mention Mr. Long, and I didn't take it to my heart. Now it seems that this guy is really powerful. He can actually collect taxes from the people like the government, and it's still so natural..."

A crisp sound below interrupted Li Ling's thoughts, and an unexpected scene appeared in front of everyone. Manager Mu suddenly slapped the old man in the face, making the old man stagger and almost fell to the ground. He still had to take a step forward without permission, grabbed the old man's collar, and said viciously: "Old guy, I really give you a face! I said, I'll want something today. If I don't give it, I'll tie you up and see Master Long!"

"Grandma!" This incident finally made Shan Shitou unable to control himself. He shouted, then pushed away his father and uncle who were also stunned and rushed forward. Just as he was about to take action, the old man in Shan shouted: "Shitou, don't do anything randomly!"

At the same time, another person in the crowd rushed out, but instead of heading towards General Mu and others, he grabbed the mountain stones. It was the girl Caidian who had given Li Ling and the others last night, and her singing was extremely moving and she looked quite beautiful.

She pulled the mountain stone, which was already a little hesitant, and she completely stopped her movements. She could only look at the guys fiercely, while Caidie quickly started to persuade them, but she still spoke in local dialect, so Li Ling naturally couldn't understand it.

However, this did not prevent them from seeing that the two had a close relationship, and they were also very annoyed that Manager Mu was arrogant. Yang Zhen even snorted: "Young Master, do we need help?"

"No hurry, take a look." Li Ling immediately stopped his intention and continued to fall on the manager Mu. This guy should have another purpose in doing this.

Even Li Ling and the others who had just been here for a day could see how poor Lanxi Town is. Even if they really brought all the people back, they wouldn't even think about knocking out those things. How could this manager Mu not know and would continue to force pressure?

As Caidie suddenly rushed out, Li Ling immediately noticed the problem, because at this time, General Manager Mu's eyes had fallen on the girl, and he said threateningly: "Old Man Shan, is your grandson trying to get mad at me and want to challenge Mr. Long's authority?"

"I dare not, Shi Tou apologizes to General Manager Mu..." Old Man Shan said quickly with a little panic.

But before Shan Shitou could speak, General Manager Mu had already spoken: "There is no need to apologize. Don't you want to postpone the tax payment? It's not impossible."

When the other party suddenly changed his words, the old man Shan was immediately happy: "Mr. Mu is really willing to help us, then everyone in Lanxi Town will definitely not forget you..."

"Haha, you're polite. Actually, this is not the case for me, the errand runner, and it's up to Mr. Long to decide. But I know that the words of the Fourth Master Long, whom Mr. Long trusts the most, are quite effective. As long as you can ask him to help, not to mention two months, it's okay for two years." When he said this, his eyes were always looking back and forth on Caidie, just like admiring a piece of goods.

At this time, Old Man Shan had already seen the problem: "Mr. Mu... what does this mean?"

"Don't you understand? Mr. Long Si came here two months ago and happened to take a look at her, so as long as you hand her over to me, you will naturally be fine." Manager Mu did not beat around the bush, and immediately pointed at Caidie and made his own request.
Chapter completed!