Chapter 945: Out in Full Force

As the Lord of Maocheng, Qi Maolin also possesses the peak strength of Nascent Soul.

It's a pity that Zhou Ran killed so many people in one breath just now, all of them were in the Nascent Soul realm. Compared with Zhou Ran, he was simply not qualified.

Therefore, Qi Maolin had no confidence in arresting Zhou Ran.

This city lord was so pitiful that Zhou Ran couldn't bear to hurt him, so he threatened: "City Lord Qi, please get out of the way. If you don't get out of the way, don't blame me for being rude!"

Zhou Ran's threats had no effect.

"I know you are powerful, but I will fight even if I can't beat you! You have committed a terrible crime. If you just leave like this, the entire Maocheng will be in danger!"

Qi Maolin mustered up the courage to stand in front of Zhou Ran.

Zhou Ran added: "I killed the person. As long as you post my portrait, they will arrest me. How can you embarrass the people of Maocheng?"

Qi Maolin looked aggrieved and said: "The Taxation Department is always merciless when doing things! If you kill someone here, the Taxation Department will attack with all their strength. Once the murderer is not found, they will attack the people of Maocheng. ! There were thieves who killed people from the Taxation Department before, and they did it this way, let alone the entire Maocheng Taxation Department! You can’t leave, you must not leave!”

The lord of Maocheng refused to let him leave. Zhou Ran saw how pitiful he was and could only sigh.

"In that case, I won't leave, I'll stay, okay?"

"Really?" Qi Maolin was overjoyed.

"I will help Maocheng deal with the people from the Taxation Department."

"That's good! That's good!"

Qi Maolin looked relieved, and the big stone hanging in his heart finally fell to the ground.

Zhou Ran could also see that the city lord of Maocheng couldn't stand the people in the tax department, so when he slaughtered the tax department in Maocheng, Qi Maolin would stand by and wait until the people in the tax department were dead before he walked out.

Since it was his fault, of course he had to deal with it.

Qi Maolin knew that Zhou Ran was powerful and treated Zhou Ran as if he were a god. He respectfully invited Zhou Ran to the city lord's mansion.

It's called the City Lord's Mansion, but it's shabby. It's similar to the house that Old Man Zhang lives in, only slightly larger and with more people in it.

Zhou Ran saw such a shabby official residence for the first time, which was really an eye-opener.

Qi Maolin was also particularly ashamed and said: "I'm sorry, most of the Qingguo city-states are like this, making you laugh."

"It's fine."

Zhou Ran responded politely and did not mean to look down on Qi Maolin.

Qi Maolin had people deliver the meals. They were all simple meals, not even wine. They were not much better than the steamed buns at Old Man Zhang's house.

Qi Maolin complained to Zhou Ran while eating.

"Ever since the new leader took office, Maocheng has been deteriorating day by day! In the past, Maocheng had thousands of acres of fertile land and spiritual vein mines. It was extremely rich. It was responsible for its own revenue, as long as it paid taxes to Qingguo every year. , the city residents will be able to live happily!”

"But the new king has decreed that all Lingmai mines be owned by the state, and the city-state cannot mine them privately! As for the annual taxes, it is all decided by the Taxation Department! The people in the Taxation Department are like locusts. There are countless exorbitant levies and miscellaneous taxes, and the city residents cannot bear the burden. , dead, ran away, and fell into the trap of bandits.”

"I, the city lord, am not much better! The fields are deserted, the salary is low, and I have to send money to the people in the tax department all day long. Every day is getting worse. I think that the city lords of the cities in the inner domain can be like me. For my sake, there is no one else!”

While talking, Qi Maolin couldn't help wiping away tears.

Zhou Ran also sympathized with him a little.

Qi Maolin poured out his bitterness to Zhou Ran.

He said bad things about the country's leader, but he did not abandon his left and right sides.

People around him were not surprised and allowed Qi Maolin to talk nonsense.

Zhou Ran saw it clearly. It seemed that Dongli, the leader of the country, was not popular in the Qing Kingdom and had caused a lot of resentment among the people.

"City Lord Qi, the new ruler of Qing Kingdom, what kind of person is he?"

Zhou Ran asked again, he wanted to know what the city lords of Qing Kingdom thought of Dongli, the lord of the country.

Qi Maolin's eyes immediately revealed an expression of hatred.

"He is not the king at all, but a wolf that eats human flesh! Since he succeeded to the throne, he has continued to launch wars, making the people of Qing miserable and full of complaints! However, no one knows what he is going to do! It's like at the beginning , he will destroy the entire Qingguo!"

Zhou Ran listened to Qi Maolin's words silently, with a calm face and noncommittal expression.

The son of Immortal Donghua turned out to be such a person.

In this way, it will be even more difficult for me to fulfill Donghua Immortal's instructions.

As the saying goes, everything will be straight when it reaches the bridge. Zhou Ran didn't care too much about the righteousness or evil of the Qing Kingdom's leader, and could only take it one step at a time.

While Zhou Ran was a guest at the Lord's Mansion of Maocheng City, the news of the complete destruction of the Maocheng Taxation Department had reached the ears of Qing Wenliang, the head of the Qingguo Taxation Department.

Qing Wenliang was the tax director personally appointed by the king. In addition to his strong strength, Qing Wenliang also had a vigorous and resolute way of doing things.

As long as it is a task assigned by the king, Qing Wenliang can execute it perfectly.

Qing Wenliang collected Qing's taxes without any ambiguity, greatly increasing the national treasury and abundant military expenditure.

Therefore, the king sent Qing Wenliang to the border town of Jingguo.

Although it was a city-state in another country, Qing Wenliang was unambiguous in collecting taxes in the border town and successfully earned 200,000 red soul coins.

I originally thought that I would be able to return home with a full load, but I didn't expect that Cheng Yaojin would show up halfway. With 200,000 red soul coins, Qing Wenliang and the tax department were also driven back to Qingguo.

Qing Wenliang was defeated in the border town and wanted to find an opportunity to atone for his crime, so he increased the tax collection from Qing.

Unexpectedly, this time, something went wrong again.

All the people in the Maocheng Taxation Bureau were killed, and the murderer was at large.

This is intolerable!

Qing Wenliang lost face in the border town. If the matter of the complete destruction of the Maocheng Taxation Bureau cannot be properly resolved, then the Taxation Bureau will no longer have any face in Qing.

Therefore, Qing Wenliang summoned the masters of the Taxation Bureau as soon as possible.

"Everyone, someone killed all the people in the Maocheng Taxation Bureau, and all the people killed were our companions! As people of the Taxation Bureau, how can we tolerate this! So this time, all of you follow me to Maocheng, and you must catch the murderer and cut him into pieces!"

Qing Wenliang's words made the people in the Taxation Bureau indignant.

The Taxation Bureau is a department directly under the Lord of the State, in charge of the taxes of the entire Qing State. How high is the status of the people in the Taxation Bureau.

All of them are arrogant in Qing Kingdom. .

I didn't expect that this time, someone would be so bold as to kill all the people from the Taxation Bureau of Maocheng.

People like this must not be left alive. The Taxation Bureau will definitely come out in full force to kill the murderer and avenge their companions.