Chapter 1405 Gold and Taxpayers
While Bai Yunzi was anxious, he found that his cousin Bai Shengyu was even more anxious and frequently looked in the direction of the exit of the hall.
She soon understood that the other party was worried about the idiot Shui Jingyu who had been captured.
She didn’t understand why her cousin fell in love with each other. Maybe fools had something in common?
While thinking, Bai Shengyu suddenly raised his hand and said: "I also want to know the whereabouts of the tax collector."
"Well, you can see him right away. Take him away, take him away!" the mayor said unhappily.
Only four of the nine people are left.
One woman and three men.
"Okay, does anyone else want to know the whereabouts of that liar?" The mayor glanced at the remaining four people.
Everyone shook their heads.
"Then let's start the second question. Five pirates were driving a small boat on the sea. Suddenly they found that there was no food and water. However, they still made it to the shore. How many pirates survived?" The mayor scanned the crowd.
The four of them suddenly felt overwhelmed. This question was more difficult than the previous question about the number of sons.
There was only one pitfall before, and it had some logic.
Mei Guangzhan simply gave up and waited to be arrested and sent to prison, or at worst, to die.
"There are five, because the five pirates are all skeletons and they don't need to drink water or eat." A male adventurer raised his hand.
"Take it away, take it away." The mayor waved to the guard.
There are only three people left, Bai Yunzi, the male adventurer who has already landed, and the last one, Mei Guangzhan.
Holy shit.
This is a great answer, I can’t even think of it.
Mei Guangzhan sighed.
Bai Yunzi was also desperate. She also thought this answer was good. Didn't pirates just use skull and crossbones flags?
At this moment, she suddenly saw the second daughter of the mayor's family gesturing to her with three fingers.
Did the three pirates survive?
Why three?
The mayor must ask, don’t be blind.
By the way, it takes three pirates to kill two pirates, eat their flesh, and drink their blood.
"I know, it's three, because..." Bai Yunzi said his guess.
"Take it away, take it away." The mayor asked the soldiers to escort her out without even looking at her.
“Why?”
Damn it, I was deceived by that woman!
Bai Yunzi kept an eye on the mayor's second daughter.
However, the second daughter of the mayor's family was sighing and shaking her head, without a smile that was trying to deceive others.
"Forget it, there are only two men left. Are you willing to marry my two remaining daughters?" the mayor said helplessly to Mei Guangzhan.
After hearing this, Bai Yunzi, who was taken out of the door, suddenly realized that what the second daughter said was "There are only three of you left", and she did not need to answer!
Because there is no one left to choose as mayor.
"I do." Mei Guangzhan quickly agreed as he thought about the possibility of getting ashore for free.
"Very good, you will hold the wedding in the church tonight, don't waste time." The mayor said happily.
Delaying time, delaying what time?
Mei Guangzhan felt a little bad.
…………
Somewhere in an underground prison.
It stinks.
Narrow and damp.
Ouyang Tian and other seven people are all imprisoned here.
"Hey, don't you give us something normal to eat?" asked an adventurer.
The guards ignored him and just played cards and chatted outside.
"Don't ask, I think our situation is very bad." Shui Jingyu sighed.
"It doesn't matter what you say, they are all in the cell, how can it be better?" Another adventurer said angrily.
"Hey, buddy, didn't you answer it correctly? Why are you deliberately looking for trouble and being sent here?" Someone asked Ouyang Tian.
Everyone looked at Ouyang Tian.
Ouyang Tian smiled, then pointed to a shapeless man covered in straw in the far corner of the prison and said:
"He is the tax collector."
"Huh? "Only when everyone discovered each other's existence, they were suddenly shocked.
"Strange, why didn't I find someone here just now?" Shui Jingyu quickly stepped forward and took the initiative to save people.
After struggling for a long time and feeding the other person some fresh boy urine, the person finally woke up.
Everyone was disgusted by the sight.
He is such a kind-hearted person, but this method of saving people just doesn’t feel right.
Only Bai Shengyu looked at him with admiration. He was his own hero. He didn't care about shame, just to save people. "Thank you, they didn't even give me a sip of clean water." The tax collector woke up and looked at the people in front of him and spoke in pure French.
Everyone can understand them because they are automatically translated into Chinese.
What you are drinking now is not clean water either.
Wait, it seems to be clean.
"How did you get locked up here?" Shui Jingyu asked immediately.
"Go quickly, go quickly, the people here are all devils, they are all devils!" the tax collector said in panic.
No one was surprised by this. It was nonsense. They knew that this town was not normal before they came.
How can you serve food to guests that looks good on the outside but is rancid on the inside?
"The devil will talk about it later, we can't get out even if we think about it," Ouyang Tian interrupted, "The king asked us to come to you, where did you put the taxes you collected?"
When everyone heard this, they couldn't help but give Ouyang Tian a thumbs up. Even now, they still haven't forgotten the gold, which is enough to assume their identity.
"Haha," the tax collector forced a laugh, "this is something only a king can say. You are not liars. The taxes are indeed very large, so much that they pile up into a hill, but they are in the devil's fart. If you want to take it away, you will wake up the devil."
Everyone sensitively grasped a key word, devil.
There's a devil in this town, no wonder it stinks so much.
"Devil, have you seen it?" Ouyang Tian asked.
"Of course I have. When I came here last time, they entertained me very warmly. They also said that they had kept the taxes given to the king well for so many years, and then took me to see them."
< br>The tax collector had a smile of memory on his face,
“I saw it, I saw it, gold like a hill, golden, flowing with the smell of wealth. But then I saw gold On top of the mountain, there is a huge devil sitting!”
The tax collector stretched out his hand and gestured.
It took a lot of effort for everyone to establish the image of a big devil in their minds from his gestures:
It has huge arms, strong legs, and a ferocious head. , the whole body is covered with many tentacles, with flames spitting out of its mouth and blazing eyes.
It’s really scary.
This is definitely a god-level creature in the game, the kind that will drive you crazy just by looking at it.
But at this time, they couldn't even defeat a single guard.
The stench seemed to be everywhere, paralyzing their muscles and source of strength.
“I was so scared that I grabbed a handful of gold and ran away. At first, I was almost escaping from the town. But because the gold I brought was too heavy, I finally fell to the ground and was caught by them, and the gold was gone.” The tax collector said bitterly.
Listening to his painful tone, it seems that he is suffering from the loss of gold, not himself.
What a fool whose mind is controlled by money.
Everyone was disdainful.
Only Ouyang Tian smiled. It seemed that the tax collector's words were crude, but he found a lot of useful information.
He gradually figured it out.
The next step is to let my cousin come.
Just like last time.
Everyone was silent.
They racked their brains to think of a way to escape.
Some people pretended to be sick and called for help, but the guards didn't care.
Some people are considering escaping from prison, but the dungeon is made entirely of stones and iron bars. The key is that there are guards watching, and many methods cannot be used.
“Damn it, I wish I still had the power I exchanged last time.” One adventurer couldn’t help but say.
"As long as I still have the strength of a normal person, I can find a way to escape." Another person said bitterly.
"Just wait." Only Ouyang Tian had some free time and rested against the wall.
Everyone looked at him, and some people couldn't help but ask: "Brother, we are all in the same boat, you seem to have a solution?"
"You will know then." Ouyang Tian was filled with a sense of superiority.
This is the benefit of having a big tree at your back.
Just like the emperor's private visit in disguise, after something happened, as soon as his identity was revealed, the boss immediately knelt down, and the climax was staged.
Everyone was itching, but they didn’t ask any more questions.
They speculated that Ouyang Tian was afraid of someone eavesdropping, so it couldn't be easier to set up an eavesdropping mechanism in the prison.
Night falls.
The dark twilight can be glimpsed from the entrance and exit of the stairs in the narrow dungeon.
At the same time, a string of festive music also came from the exit.
“It’s wedding music!”
“Look, all the guards are gone.”
“They must be there to maintain order at the wedding! This is where we escaped Opportunity."
"Take me, and find the gold."
(End of this chapter)