Seeing Leonard and them approaching the gate of the courtyard of Cliff's house, one of several bodyguards in black formal dress hurriedly stepped forward and asked with a cautious expression: "May I ask how many of you..."

Dressed in a crisp white formal dress, Cliff's butler, Bosu, stood by the gate of the courtyard and caught a glimpse of Leonard and the others; While thinking secretly in his heart, he hurriedly stepped out of the gate of the courtyard: "The swordsman with a scar on his face, the mercenary with a longbow behind him, and the orc with long hair all over his body, these are the few people, it should be right." Pen %Fun %Pavilion www.biquge.info"

As soon as Bo Su stepped out of the gate of the courtyard, he asked loudly instead of the bodyguard: "May I ask how many of you, are you the guards of Her Royal Highness the Princess?" I'm Lord Cliff's butler, Bosu. ”

Leonard, who was at the forefront, affirmed the other party's confirmation: "Of course it is." I'm Leonard. ”

Bosu suddenly found that there was an amphibious man among the guests, which was not included in the calculation of the intelligence, so he continued to ask: "Also, that friend from Salk Island, may I ask too?"

Seeing that the housekeeper of such a magnificent mansion renovated by a rich and powerful rich man had to interrogate one of his extra companions, he asked the other party very happily: "His name is Rosie, and he is our friend." Aren't you welcome? ”

Seeing this, Bo Su didn't dare to ask any more questions, so he hurriedly smiled at him, bent down and bowed his head, pressed his right hand on his chest, stretched out his left arm, and made a gesture of please, apologizing: "Welcome, welcome." Since it's a few friends, please come in. And, I'm very sorry. The dinner hosted by Madame has been a long time coming. ”

Leonard replied, "It's okay. We've all already eaten. With that, he led his companion into Cliff's mansion in a big stride. Then, the Great Swordsman and the others were arranged by Bosu to each of them to live in their own rooms. Although he didn't have time to make it to the dinner, the butler arranged a fine black tea for each guest, plus a late night snack with a cream cake.

The next day, Tina, Leonard, Bran, Hanks, Crotty, and Howl get up early in the morning and say goodbye to Cliff's family and bodyguards for a while; After leaving the mansion, it was time to visit the mysterious merchant as soon as possible. Rossi stayed in the villa and stayed in a conference room with the mayor to discuss the treatment of the amphibians in Port Shevis .

Leonard led Tina and the others directly to the courtyard wall of the mansion from yesterday. I saw that the mysterious merchant with bangs covering his face was wearing the same Taoist robe as yesterday, lying on the fortune-telling table, sleeping with his back against the courtyard wall of the big mansion; Saliva came out and wet the tablecloth on the table: "zzzz..."

Seeing this, Tina stepped forward; Humbly arched his hand and made a gesture: "May I ask Your Excellency..."

When the mysterious merchant heard this, he snorted; Turned over on the fortune-telling table, and then continued to sleep with his back facing the sky: "zzzz... Well... zzzz...”

Seeing this, Tina couldn't help frowning, and thought anxiously in her heart: "Why haven't you woken up yet?" Because she was asking for help, she was embarrassed to forcibly wake up the mysterious merchant, so she could only continue to stand in place at a loss.

The most impulsive howl among Leonard's companions, seeing that the attitude of the mysterious merchant was so arrogant and rude, that he continued to pretend to sleep without the slightest concern for the feelings of others; He couldn't bear to shout next to him and asked the other party: "Hey! - Did you hear that!? When the mysterious merchant heard this, the skin next to his mouth wrinkled, and he still lay motionless on the fortune-telling table and snored like thunder.

Standing for a moment, howling impatiently shouted to Tina, "Let me wake him up." ”

At this moment, Hanks was also angry at the mysterious merchant's stubborn attitude and asked loudly: "What a good way to pretend to be garlic!" Who does this guy think he is!? ”

Seeing this, Tina thought to herself, "It's good to test this person's skills." So, she nodded and winked at Hanks and Howl.

As he spoke, he and Hanks quickly struck the mysterious merchant's stall from two different directions: "Get up." ”

Just as Howl and Hanks were about to run to the mysterious merchant's stall. The other party's mouth suddenly recited a mantra: "Haste is like a law." I saw that this person turned over and jumped into the air, and his feet jumped to a height of more than three meters at once. As he jumped up, he pulled out a peachwood short sword from behind his back with his right hand, and with his left hand, he inserted an apricot yellow paper string full of strange charms into the blade of the peachwood short sword.

Immediately afterwards, the mysterious merchant slashed down with a sword from mid-air, and in the middle of his howling forehead, he shouted: "Certain! - "I saw that the apricot yellow paper strung on the peach wood short sword suddenly released a blue flame in front of the eyes of the orc warriors, and it was burned in an instant. The howling body was suddenly paralyzed in disobedience, and he stood in place with his mouth wide open, his eyes glaring, his torso and limbs unable to move, and the cold sweat that broke out of his face flowed down his face.

At this moment, Hanks also jumped up at a very fast speed, and reached out to snatch the peachwood short sword that the mysterious merchant held in his right hand. The other party waved his left hand and grabbed one of the middle-aged uncle's arms, as if he didn't have any effort. Hanks felt as if his body had been subjected to the force of Chikjun, and he was thrown straight down, his feet falling to the ground, and he staggered backwards and staggered back several large steps.

Immediately after, the mysterious merchant fell from mid-air, crossing a distance of several meters in one step; Stretching out his right arm forward, he stabbed Hanks in the heart with the peachwood short sword he was holding, and said loudly again: "Decide again!" ——" The middle-aged uncle's body suddenly stiffened completely, and he fell into the same dilemma as the howl, and cold sweat flowed from top to bottom.

Seeing this, Tina understood that she had met a worldly master, so she hurriedly bent down again and pleaded with the other party: "Mr. Mysterious Merchant." If there is any offense between the two of them, please forgive me and relieve them of their paralysis. ”

The mysterious merchant glanced at the howl and Hanks' eyes that were almost spewing fire, and then, sitting back on the chair behind the fortune-telling booth, grinning his mouth, and replying with a smile: "How can this mysterious merchant refuse such a beautiful and moving request from Her Royal Highness the Princess?" However, the two of them seemed to be holding back the anger on me. In order not to hinder our next business. Let's get rid of their paralysis later. ”

Hearing this, he opened his eyes wider, and thought to himself, "You..." The muscles of the tongue, mouth, neck, and vocal cords do not work properly.

Hanks scolded fiercely in his heart: "Damn, frivolous charlatan..."

Tina led Leonard, Bran, and Crotty up with her, and told the mysterious merchant with a solemn and formal expression, "Then let's get down to business." ”

The mysterious merchant also straightened his back, sat upright on the chair, and asked Tina seriously: "May I ask Her Royal Highness the Princess." Do you want to look at palmistry, look at the feng shui of your home, or predict your financial fortune this year? ”

Faced with this inexplicable question, Tina reluctantly squeezed out a smile, a little sweat stain appeared on her head, and she didn't know how to answer for a while: "This..." Therefore, female mages don't understand what it means to read physiognomy, feng shui, and fortune telling.

Seeing this, Bran, who was standing on the side, tried to relieve Tina's predicament and reminded the mysterious merchant: "We have been commissioned by Mr. Cliff to ask you for your advice on solving the problem of the invasion of Lars by the First Army of the Republic of Vosfitta. Have you forgotten all this? ”

When the mysterious merchant heard this, his face immediately became gloomy, and he stretched out his hand and raised the bamboo pole next to the fortune-telling table, pointing to the six big characters written on the bamboo pole flag; Without leaving any affection, he taught Bran a lesson: "Who is Cliff?" When did I recognize such a person? The invasion of the First Army of the Republic of Vosfita by Lars Pass is another mysterious businessman's? I'm here for a fee only, doing the three things indicated on this flag! The longbowman's expression was immediately embarrassed.

Seeing that Bran had failed to persuade the mysterious merchant, Crotty also spoke: "Mr. Mystery Merchant, don't be kidding. Please accept our commission. ”。

When the mysterious merchant heard this, he immediately became pleasant, energetic, and energetic, with a slightly red face and a colorful expression: "Heroic Miss! You are so beautiful, too intelligent and wise, and you can see through the fragile and immature young glass heart of this mysterious merchant at once, and gain insight into the soul essence of this nervous merchant's heart. Good! This mysterious merchant promises you that he will solve your problems with any of the skills of physiognomy, feng shui and fortune telling. ”

Leonard, who had already seen the doorway, hurriedly whispered to Bran beside him: "This lewd guy is chatting with beautiful women. We'd better not interject so as not to disturb his interest. ”

The words and actions of the mysterious merchant reminded Crotty of an unusually familiar fellow. So her expression was unusually calm, and she asked the other party without any change: "So, can you please explain what physiognomy, feng shui and fortune-telling mean?" Seeing that the elven female swordsman was so sensual and provocative to the mysterious merchant, Tina didn't even have half a bad mood on her face, so she admired Crotty's extraordinary concentration very much.

The mysterious merchant is mysterious, eloquent, and explains in great detail the profound meaning of the three exclusive nouns of physiognomy, feng shui and fortune-telling: "Physiognomy, as the name suggests, is to predict the tragic fate that will befall a declining person in his life by observing the appearance and appearance of the face, palmistry, etc.

Feng Shui is to explore the terrain for the powerful and gentlemen, calculate where the mansion should be placed, how to fiddle with it, and set the size, so that the owner can turn evil into good fortune, be rich and rich, and have the extraordinary good fortune of stepping on the dog/when he goes out.

Fortune telling, which is also the meaning of hope, is to calculate the birth date of a little person who is unwilling, depressed, decadent, poor, and specialized in the tail of a crane, and turns the dead into alive and the living into death, and changes the tragic fate that he is destined to face in his life; Make this guy completely transform and evolve, and become a cosmic life where demons block demons and gods kill gods, the biggest winner. ”

When Crotty heard this, he couldn't help but hide his face, and replied with a smile: "Don't be miserable fate, don't step on the good luck of, then the biggest winner in the universe." ”

When the mysterious merchant heard this, he asked seriously: "Since you said so, Miss, it is a fortune teller." First of all, could you please tell me what you want to count? Secondly, this mysterious merchant always charges first and then ships the goods; He never worked for a day, never bought and sold at a discount, and never accepted any credit. ”

Crotty took out two silver coins from his coat pocket and replied politely: "Of course, it is the solution to the invasion of Lars by the First Army of the Republic of Vosfitta. These are two silver coins, is that enough? ”

Seeing this, the mysterious merchant hurriedly waved his hand; With a panicked look, he shouted, "Oh!no!no!! ——no...”

Seeing this, Crotty couldn't help but feel angry in her heart, her patience had reached the limit, and she forcibly suppressed her emotions; While frowning and asking, he put the silver coins back in his pocket: "Is it because you don't think there is enough money?" ”

The mysterious merchant pretended to answer in a profound and subtle way, while stretching out his left hand into a fist, and made a gesture with a thumbs up, an extended index finger, and two fingers at 90 degrees, representing the figure of eight: "Fei Ye." You are asking about the life and death of the people at dawn and the rise and fall of the country. So money alone doesn't count. This has to be given to me. ”

Crotty stared at the gesture of the mysterious merchant, his head blank, and he asked at all clueless, "What does this action mean?" ”

The mysterious merchant closed one of his eyes and pointed his finger at Crotty's face; made a gesture of aiming and shooting, reminding the other party: "This is a heavenly opportunity that cannot be revealed." But since I'm going to ask for you, then this thing must be on you. ”

Crotty suddenly realized: "Oh." That's what you wanted. She then pulled out Alonso's miniature magic bullet launcher from the inside of the armor she was wearing, and placed it on the table in front of the mysterious merchant's eyes; I thought to myself: This person is really not a mortal, and he even knows about this kind of thing.

So, the mysterious merchant put down the mahogany short sword in his right hand, took out three identical enamel bowls from the drawer under the fortune-telling table, and used one of them to buckle upside down on the miniature magic bullet launcher, and the other two upside down on the table with nothing, and muttered aloud: "nice." Heavenly spirit, earth spirit. This mysterious merchant is about to start counting..."

The three large enamel bowls are clasped upside down on the white tablecloth, and three large characters of red, green, medium and black are revealed. Then, with his own hands, he pressed on the three large enamel bowls in turn, changing hands unusually frequently; The three bowls were constantly moving and swapping positions, and they were moving and spinning on the tablecloth like a shuttle.

Seeing this, Leonard couldn't help but ask, "Aren't you betting big or small?" ”

When the mysterious merchant heard this, his hands stopped moving the enamel bowl, and muttered a few specious and profound philosophies, seeking confirmation from the other party: "Fei Ye, Fei Ye." This thing is not something else, and something else is not this thing. Color is emptiness, and emptiness is color. Is it big or small? ”

Crotty, who had never participated in gambling and had seen this kind of trick, speculated with great interest: "Neither big nor small." I check. ”

The mysterious merchant lifted the large enamel bowl pressed against the Chinese characters, and replied with an extremely disappointed expression: "Oh! no！ - Nothing. ”

Tina, who rarely sees people playing like this, is also interested in the choice: "Then, I'll choose the small."

The mysterious merchant lifted the large enamel bowl pressed against the small print, and replied loudly in a pretended startled tone: "Oops! It's a shame that it's empty. ”

Leonard, who had become addicted to gambling, had already recognized the subtle differences in the characteristics of the three large enamel bowls, stared at the fortune-telling table, and shouted eagerly: "You are all too tender." Keep an eye on his hand and see where it goes. Ask the dealer to open another hand. ”

The mysterious merchant didn't want to start another game, and asked Leonard unconvinced: "In that case." So you say, is it medium or small? ”

Leonard replied loudly: "Of course it's big." What's left besides the big? He thought to himself: this mysterious merchant must have had another nervous attack.

With great confidence, the mysterious merchant opened the last enamel bowl pressed on the big characters, and announced in a loud voice: "Wrong!! ——”

Immediately afterwards, the mysterious merchant found that under the porcelain bowl, a thin magnetic card printed with three large bronzing characters of VIP appeared, and he shouted loudly in surprise and surprise: "Huh!? What kind of thing is this!? ”