In the study of Crescent Manor, Mo An, who was sitting at the table, took the small box containing the gem from Xuanyu's hand, and then carefully used tweezers to clip the gem out. Pen | fun | pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 Info Moan then took out his pocket watch and set the gem on the twelve o'clock position.

Lucia sat down in the corner of the table and looked back. Rhodes, who was beside her, couldn't hold back his curiosity and stared at the dial in anticipation of what would happen next, but they were all disappointed. The pocket watch with the gems on it was still just a pocket watch, giving no clue other than a tick-tock turn of the hands.

Finally, Rod couldn't help it: "Are you sure this pocket watch can give a clue to the entrance to the underground palace?"

Mo An buttoned the lid of the pocket watch: "What, isn't this also your judgment?"

"Maybe there's something I don't know how to use it?" said Rhodes.

"That's right, this mechanism can only be activated when the full moon is full, and now there are two days left before the full moon, so we need to keep it safe. Mo An said as he put the pocket watch in the drawer of his desk and locked it, "You can rest well during this time, who knows what will happen in two days." As he spoke, he walked over to the fireplace and tossed the key to the drawer into a vase beside him.

Knowing that there was no good show to watch now, Lucia jumped down from the table boringly: "In that case, I'll go to sleep, last night was really a toss!" She twisted her neck, hammered her shoulder, and at the end, grabbed Rod's arm, and said softly, "What about you?"

Rod shook Lucia away and pretended to be calm. Their series of movements were all seen in Xuanyu's eyes, and although they didn't make any expressions, a faint smile appeared at the corners of their eyes. Turning his head, he glanced at Mo An who was standing on the side of the vase, the two looked at each other, and Mo An nodded slightly.

After leaving the study, Rhodes was walking alone in the manor, when he suddenly heard someone behind him calling his name, and when he looked back, it turned out to be Xuanyu. Although it is more than one-sided with Xuanyu, it is the first time that he has really spoken in private like this. Xuanyu stopped Rhodes, but there was no substantive topic, just chatting with him. Despite this, Rhodes was not bored at all, and he was very interested in the origin of Xuanyu.

"What? you're still a prophet?" Listening to Xuanyu's statement up to now, Rod came to this conclusion.

Xuanyu smiled and shook his head: "It's not a prophet, we call it a fortune teller there, hehehe." ”

"What's the difference?" Rhodes was very unfamiliar with the term "fortune teller", but he was full of interest.

"To put it simply......," Xuanyu said, "a prophet only tells what will happen in the future, and a fortune teller has the ability to change the future in addition to predicting the future. ”

Hearing this, Rod laughed: "What you said is too suspenseful, if you can change it casually in the future, it will be chaotic!"

Xuanyu smiled and said nothing, and after a while, he grabbed Rhodes and said in a low voice, "If you are interested, how about I help you calculate?"

Rhodes was very interested in Xuanyu's proposal, so he agreed. After that, according to what Xuanyu said, stretch out your palm and palm up. Xuanyu held his hand and looked at it for a while, then looked up at Rod's arm until he reached his face, and after looking at it for a while, he laughed.

"What?" asked Rod eagerly, "what do you see?"

"Just today......" Xuanyu deliberately said intermittently, "you...... Met ...... Old friend. ”

Rod frowned slightly: "What old man, where did you meet him, can you make it clear." ”

Xuanyu pretended to shake her head deeply: "It's not interesting to put it bluntly, but I suggest you go to the forest outside the east gate of the manor." ”

After saying that, Xuanyu left a smile of unknown meaning and turned away, leaving Rhodes standing in place, the second monk couldn't figure it out, but he still decided to accept Xuanyu's suggestion and go and see it first.

Outside the east gate of Crescent Manor, there is a forest, and beyond the forest is the sea. Since this sea area has not been developed as a wharf, it is sparsely populated, especially with the Crescent Manor in front, the common people will not come all the way here to play, and the dignitaries will not set foot on the beach that is jokingly called the "back garden of the Crescent Manor". As a result, the forest in the middle seemed even quieter, and under normal circumstances, even Mo'an would not go there.

The forest between Crescent Manor and the sea has always been inaccessible, but there are exceptions. Today, a small wooden hut has been built in one corner of the forest, so small that it can only sleep for one person, and the outside is covered with vine branches, and it is really difficult to detect its existence unless you look for it.

However, the astute Rod still found out, and he walked up without thinking about it, knocking on the door three times. But after waiting for a long time, there was no movement inside. Rod shook his head and was about to leave, but he heard footsteps in the cabin, and after a while, the door was opened.

It was Charlie who opened the door! This sudden encounter surprised Rod very much, he did not expect Charlie, a colleague in "Pandora" and one of the members of the Wild Wolves, to appear in this place. The other party was also surprised, he first opened his eyes wide, clasped Rod's arm with both hands, and tears rolled in his eyes.

"Boss, is it really you?" Charlie said excitedly, "I have been looking for you since the Grand Theater was surrounded and suppressed, but I didn't expect to meet you here today, it's really good!"

Seeing his former friends who fought side by side, Rhodes also became excited: "What the hell is going on, why are you here?"

"Come, come in and sit down, I'll tell you carefully. Charlie quietly wiped away his tears and let Rod into the room. It was as Rod had guessed, very simple, which made Rod feel a little bitter.

"Charlie, what about the others?" asked Rhodes as soon as he sat down on the bed.

Charlie shook his head: "I don't know if it's fortunate or unfortunate, on the day of the performance, I suddenly had unbearable abdominal pain, so I found someone to replace me and go to the convenience of reading by myself;." I thought I would come back in a while, but the abdominal pain got worse and worse, and I thought it was not a way to go on like this, so I left the theater to buy some medicine. As soon as I opened the door of the pharmacy, I lost consciousness due to severe pain, and by the time I woke up, it was already the next morning. ”

Charlie sighed and continued, "I later learned that everyone was arrested that night, and I was the only one who escaped. I'm really useless, and I don't help when it's critical......" he said, feeling emotional again.

Rod hurriedly comforted, he patted Charlie on the shoulder: "It's not your fault, blame me for dragging everyone down......" He sighed, "Later, how did you get here?"

Charlie pursed his lips and said, "Later, I ran to inquire with the members of the 'Pandora' troupe that was released, and they said that you were not caught, so I decided to find you and rescue the wolf's companions with you." However, I went to many places where you would normally go and didn't see you, and at this time the Praetorian Guards searched the streets again, and I knew they must be looking for you as well. But I had nowhere to hide, and I had all the money on me, so I wanted to hide in a place where the Praetorian Guards wouldn't go, and where I didn't have to spend money, and at the same time, I couldn't be too far from the city, and even if I did the worst, and you were caught by the Praetorian Guards, I would get the news as soon as possible. After thinking about it, this is the only place. ”

"I see," Rhodes pondered for a moment, "you have also suffered a lot, so let's talk to Mo'an and let you live in Crescent Manor as well." ”

Hearing the words "Crescent Manor", Charlie stood up suddenly: "Crescent Manor? It is indeed very safe there, but can Mr. Moan agree? I am a robber, how can such a noble person agree?"

Rod laughed: "If that's the case, it's even more impossible for me, the bandit leader, to live in it." ”

Charlie looked surprised: "What, boss, where do you live?"

Rod nodded, and he recounted to Charlie some of his experiences after leaving the Grand Theater that night, and of course did not say a word about their attempts to find the underground palace and his true identity with Moan. It's not that he doesn't trust Charlie, it's just that he doesn't want to involve one more outsider.

After listening to Rod's words, Charlie seemed to have a better impression of Moan, and after thinking about it, he decided to follow Rod back to the manor. The first person they met was Lucia.

"Who is he?" Lucia was on the lawn in front of the castle.

"Charlie, I'm in the wolf and 'Pandora' companion reads; Rod explained.

Lucia leaned in close to Charlie and watched carefully, because the distance was too close, which made Charlie somewhat embarrassed. Lucia looked at it for a while, then suddenly burst out laughing, and slapped Charlie on the back: "It turned out to be really you!"

"What?" Charlie was startled by Lucia's sudden move. Even Rhodes, who was on the side, couldn't help but look confused.

Lucia smiled and said to Rod: "It's this guy, before the performance that day, he just drove the duck to the shelves and asked me to replace him." I also said that this is a good opportunity to get close to you. With that, she turned to Charlie again, "But you're right, I'm really close to Rod, even though he's not my thing." ”

This sentence somewhat embarrassed Rod, but Charlie laughed: "It turns out that you were the little girl at that time, and I blame that I was blind at that time, and I let such a powerful magician take the stage for me, I apologize to you." ”

"It's okay," Lucia said with a smile and a wave of her hand, "It's an experience, but it would have been better if it hadn't been surrounded and suppressed by the Grand Theater later." ”

"By the way, did you see Moan?" Rod asked, glancing at Charlie, "I want to talk to Moan about letting him live here." ”

"I see," Lucia laughed, "there are a lot of people. Oh...... I saw Mo An and Xuanyu in the study just now, but now I don't know if they are still there. ”

Saying goodbye to Lucia, Rod took Charlie straight to Moan's study, and when they got there, they found the door closed. Rhodes knocked on the door for a long time, but no one answered. With a slightly regretful expression, he spread his hand and shook his head: "Let's go find it elsewhere." ”

With that, Rod walked away, and when he reached the door of the stairs, he realized that Charlie was not following him. Leaning over to look the way he came, he saw that Charlie was still standing in front of Moan's study, facing the door and not knowing what he was talking about. Rhodes shouted twice, and he reacted as if he had just woken up from a dream, scratched his head, and walked over with a red face: "I thought I was going to see Mr. Mo An just now, but I was nervous all of a sudden, haha." ”

"You're an old actor, how can you still have stage fright?" Rhodes quipped, "Actually, Moan is not as serious as you think, but......" he blinked again, "it can't be considered amiable." ”

Rod said this, thinking about it and laughing, completely forgetting Charlie's strange behavior just now. Next, he took Charlie down the stairs, and for a while he only talked to himself, not noticing that Charlie was still looking back at the study from time to time, with a hint of cunning in his eyes.

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