I want to be innocent, but they don't allow me

Chapter 844 Suspected Princess.

"Warrior?" The short and fat soldier had a mole the size of a soybean on his nose. He touched his chin with one hand and looked at Xu Doudou with a lewd look.

"Where did it come from? Don't you know that you have to pay a tax for bringing weapons into the city?"

"Pay taxes!" Shanshan was stunned for a moment, and subconsciously reached for the purse around her waist.

"What tax? How much silver?"

"Are you stupid?" Seeing that Shanshan was really going to pay, Xu Doudou held her back and glared at the short and fat soldier.

"You are quite courageous to come up with all sorts of excuses and arbitrarily increase the tax burden."

However, the two soldiers were not afraid at all. They stood in front of the three men with their arms crossed and sneered,

"Here, my words are the rules. If you don't pay taxes, don't even think about entering the city!"

His obscene and greedy gaze never left Xu Doudou's chest from beginning to end.

"You..." Xu Doudou was furious and felt nauseous in his stomach. He clenched his fists and was about to teach this blind man a lesson.

"Forget it." At this time, Li Mu grabbed Xu Doudou's wrist, pulled her behind him, and ordered in a deep voice, "Shanshan, give me the silver."

Shanshan said "Oh", took off her purse and shook it gently, and a handful of golden beans fell into her hand.

"Is this enough?"

When the short and fat soldier saw the golden beans, his eyes widened and he reached out to grab them.

"Enough, enough!"

Seeing that the man's hand was about to touch Shanshan, Li Mu frowned, raised his hand to knock the golden beans to the ground, then took the hands of the two women and walked away.

The short and fat soldier didn't care about anything else and immediately fell to the ground, protecting the golden beans under his body.

However, the middle-aged soldier who came with him suddenly changed his expression, turned around, and shouted sternly,

"you wanna die!"

Then, with a "swish" sound, the long knife at the waist was placed on Li Mu's neck.

"Second level?" Li Mu paused and looked at the middle-aged soldier in surprise.

There are not many second-level warriors in the army.

Even if he had no military merits, he was at least at the level of a centurion.

But the man in front of him looked like just a soldier.

"It's obviously embarrassing, hurry up and get up."

The middle-aged soldier kicked the fat man, then looked at Li Mu fiercely and said in a bad tone,

"You pick it up!"

"Me?" Li Mu raised his eyebrows, then glanced at the short and fat soldier who stood up, and sneered,

"I don't think so."

As soon as he finished speaking, the short and fat soldier had already picked up all the golden beans and said excitedly,

"Twenty-nine, a total of twenty-nine. Boss, we're going to make it this time!"

The middle-aged soldier frowned and glared at the short and fat soldier with disgust.

The short and fat soldier seemed to have received some signal. He first carefully put away the golden beans, then walked up to Li Mu, licked his lips and said,

"I now suspect that you have other weapons on you. You two, follow me to the room over there for inspection."

The short and fat soldier raised his hand and pointed at the gatehouse in the distance, and smiled evilly at Li Mu.

"Kid, you'd better be sensible. I'll be able to return the person to you after the examination."

"Master."

Shanshan gritted her teeth and called out in a trembling voice.

If Li Mu hadn't been holding her, the two men in front of her would have been beaten into a pulp by her heavy sword.

She had never suffered such injustice in her life.

"Son."

Xu Doudou also called out softly, her voice was soft and there seemed to be a hint of pleading in it.

Hearing this voice, the short and fat soldier shuddered unconsciously, rubbed his hands, and walked towards Xu Doudou.

"Hiss-----It's so crispy."

"Young lady, call me Young Master nicely. I like it."

"Sir, don't!"

At this time, Xu Doudou shouted again.

However, the next moment, the short and fat soldier's expression froze, and the flesh and blood on his arms suddenly exploded, leaving only naked white bones, and he continued to rub his hands.

He lowered his head stiffly and looked at his hands, the confusion on his face gradually turning into fear.

"Ah...ah...ah..."

His throat seemed to be stuck by something. He wanted to roar, but only hoarse sounds came out.

"Boy, you!"

On the side, the middle-aged soldier came to his senses, veins on his hands popped out instantly, he clenched his long sword and chopped towards Li Mu's neck.

"court death!"

At the same time, Xu Doudou let out a tender cry, raised her hand and slashed out with sword energy.

The sword energy penetrated into the body, and the middle-aged soldier paused, then fell straight back.

Xu Doudou didn't even look at the man, she put her arms around Li Mu's waist and said anxiously,

"Dead, sir, the person is already dead."

Feeling the girl's soft body, the brutality in Li Mu's eyes gradually faded away. He said "hmm" softly, then pulled the two of them and walked towards the city.

"Murder! Murder!"

It was not until Li Mu and his two companions walked away that passers-by dared to come forward to check.

On the city gate tower, a soldier in armor looked in the direction Li Mu left, with a smile on his face.

At this time, the soldier who went to investigate ran back and whispered,

"General, Lu Ning is dead, killed by a single sword strike."

"Zhu Guang just broke his arms and fainted temporarily. Do you think I should..."

The soldier made a gesture of wiping his neck, obviously intending to send the short and fat soldier to death.

The armored sergeant glanced back at him and said unhappily,

"Brother, how could you do this?"

"It was my fault."

The soldier hurriedly clasped his fists and bowed, speaking quickly,

"I will order someone to send Zhu Guang to the clinic right away."

The armored soldier patted the soldier's shoulder with satisfaction, nodded and smiled,

"That's right, don't let anyone die."

"You should arrange for some civilians to take Lu Ning's body to the county government office."

"Also, have someone keep an eye on those three people to see where they settle down."

"Yes!" The soldier clasped his fists and accepted the order. Just as he was about to leave, he heard the armored soldier say again,

"If you are discovered, state your intentions and do not get into conflict with others."

"My subordinate understands!"

"Go." The armored sergeant patted the soldier on the shoulder and nodded.

"Brother, should we help that guy?"

At this time, a dark-skinned boy walked out of the nearby sentry post, clenched his fists, frowned, and said,

"Zhu Guang's uncle is an elder of the military family after all. What if..."

The boy's name was Zheng Huaizhong. He was the head of the Zheng family in Jiangzhou and had a youngest son when he was fifty years old.

The armored soldier was his elder brother, named Zheng Mang, who was also the eldest son of the Zheng family.

The Zheng family is an old family in Jiangzhou, and their ancestors have lived in Baidi City for generations.

"Ah!"

Zheng Mang chuckled, turned around and touched the boy's head, saying lovingly,

"You still want to help others? They may not need your help."

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"Brother, do you know that person?"

The young man's eyes lit up and he grabbed Zheng Mang's arm, speaking excitedly.

"I don't know him." Zheng Mang shook his head.

"Then how does big brother know that he doesn't need our help?" Zheng Huaizhong frowned and looked at his big brother with suspicion.

"You should read more books on weekdays."

Zheng Mang smiled, picked up the boy, asked him to lie on the city wall, pointed at the golden beans that were being scrambled for by the people, and said,

"Only people from the royal family would have such golden beans on their bodies."

"Royalty?"

"Yes, the royal family usually rewards their servants with such golden beans."

"The amount that the woman just took out obviously couldn't have been a reward."

"Is it impossible?" Zheng Huaizhong looked suspicious, thinking that his elder brother's words were a bit absolute.

"What if they are generous?"

"If I say no, then no!" Zheng Mang was humiliated and gave his younger brother a slap in the face. Then he scratched his head and said,

"Of course, I, your elder brother, will definitely not rely on this."

"Didn't you notice the sword on that woman's back?"

"Is that... a sword?" The young man rubbed his head, thinking of the sword that was taller than him, and asked in confusion.

"What happened to the sword?"

"Silly boy, the waning moon, that is the waning moon!" Zheng Mang said excitedly, with fire in his eyes.

"A waning moon?" Zheng Huaizhong was startled and exclaimed.

"The crescent moon of my Zheng family?"

"Could that big sister be a princess?"