Chapter 16: On the Way Back to the City
"Boss, is this book a comedy or a tragedy? Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info" Bing Qingcheng asked as he held the book and looked into the gap behind the bookshelf.
"Hey, this is a bookstore for frozen seafood, and Duke Xia Wangtian is serving you." There was a stumbling sound from behind the bookshelf, and a man squeezed his head out of the slit.
"It's clearly written at the door that it's a bookstore in the cave." Bing Qingcheng is interested in this self-proclaimed duke. The young man was white and tender, with drooping eyelids and a look of not waking up, and he was wearing a delicate grape red robe, which looked loose and comfortable in silk, but with wrinkles. At this time, his waist was stuck in the gap between the bookshelves, but Bing Qingcheng saw that he was hanging on the cabinet weakly, and he didn't want to make any effort behind him, guessing that maybe he liked the feeling of being stuck.
Duke is a noble title, but the northern countries do not have dukes, although they can also call themselves dukes, but now both civilians and mercenaries hate noble titles, even if they are very powerful, most of them call themselves the head of the family, the lord of the city, the lord of the gang, the president and the like, and will not say that they are knights, lords, and marquises.
"Well, don't worry about the details." The bookstore owner named Duke Wangtian yawned and glanced at Bing Qingcheng with hazy eyes, "It's a little girl—"
"What's wrong with the little girl?" Bing Qingcheng didn't care too much about the small ones, "As long as you don't recommend fairy tale books to me, it's fine." ”
"A little bit up, half of the books called "House Eighteen Niang's Pleasant Daily" are the same as the ones in your hand, they are all novels with relaxed content and connotation, if you want it, I will give you a discount, and I will charge you twenty yuan...... Twenty copper coins will do. ”
It's very cheap, at least fifteen copper coins in other bookstores. The other book has a dark red cover, which is also easy to find. Bing Qingcheng simply opened the two books to see if there were any missing pages or prints. As she flipped through the book, Duke Wangtian retracted his head and took a large piece of brown paper.
He folded a few threads on the paper, and without relying on the table, he rolled the two books in one roll, and turned over a flower rope with a rope hanging around his neck, and wrapped the two books squarely, and tied a hand-held bow on them.
Bing Qingcheng counted out twenty copper coins and handed them to Duke Wangtian, who shook them in his hand and said, "Although I really want to say that you are welcome to come next time, but tomorrow I will move out of this bookstore." ”
"Hey, what's the reason?" Bing Qingcheng knew that this kind of bookstore was very troublesome to move, the books were heavy, and the bookcases were too large to move from the entrance.
Duke Wangtian didn't answer, and pulled his upper body back behind the bookshelf. Bing Qingcheng didn't want to ask, so he could only say goodbye, push the door and leave.
The doorknob of the rose bud is soft when your fingertips slip off the rose petals. But just now it seemed to be a small carving as cumbersome as a flowing cloud.
On the other side, Nayas walked slowly to the blacksmith shop, and inspected the weapon that Jiuye Yu had customized for Bing Qingcheng, a dagger that had not yet been decorated, and after taking it back, Bing Qingcheng would apply varnish to the sheath and handle of the dagger, wrapping it with bright materials, covering up the cold and shining nature of this dagger.
She walked very slowly, and had already left Duran City, but Bing Qingcheng never caught up. I thought that Bing Qingcheng must have been delayed in the bookstore, so I had to go back first.
In front of Victoriaburg, there is a forest path, and the weeds on both sides grow more than a man tall. The weeds rustle in the wind.
Nayas suddenly retracted, her fingers silently resting on her usual weapon, a straight stab. Someone was squatting in the grass, feeling like an acquaintance.
"It's me, Naiath." A girl's voice came from the grass on the right.
Nayas didn't move, and sure enough, a few seconds later, a tall, sturdy boy stood up from the grass on the left, and only then did he open the grass and a young girl appeared in front of her.
If Ice Blue Orange is here, he can immediately recognize that the boy is Iron Bull, and the girl is the girl who drew the number one during the test of her skills, her name is Judy, and she is older than Naiath.
"What's the matter? Judy. Nayas was already gripping the hilt.
"It's worthy of being a girl who is only one point away from being transferred to the moonlight group." Judy sarcastically said mercilessly, "Vigilance is strong. ”
Nayas didn't speak, she wasn't an emotional impulsive girl anymore, if she had learned how not to be ridiculed and provoked earlier, maybe she would have been a member of the Moonlight group.
"This is the head of the house's warrant, Naiath." Iron Bull took out a token, "The head of the family ordered us to intercept and kill Bing Qingcheng on this road. ”
The starlight at night was so faint that only a reflective family crest on the token could be seen, a spider fighting a snake.
"Why? Hasn't Bing Qingcheng been preparing for the mission of the head of the family? Nayas suppressed the surprise in her heart and said in a lukewarm tone.
"Naiath," Judy said without answering her question, but with some sadness and heartache, "Naiath, don't you feel sorry?" You are the best person in our group of dead soldiers, and this mission to Lu'an City was originally given to you, but you were snatched away by the ice blue orange that came out of the sideways. Now the head of the house is ready to test Bing Qingcheng's strength again, as long as we kill her, the new mission will be yours. ”
It seems to make some sense. Nayas looked at Judy's pale face, anger twisting in her teeth and the corners of her mouth, while the upper half of her face was as calm as ever. Nayas knew very well that it was an expression that she thought she could control the expression on her face, thinking that she would not show viciousness, but she failed to control it.
However, there is indeed a little temptation, the last person to play, to deal with a girl who has already consumed most of her physical strength by others. As a result, he was beaten down by Bing Qingcheng in one move, which was obviously more embarrassing than the first one who was defeated.
But is it possible? Even if the task of going to Lu'an City is not handed over to Bing Qingcheng, this kind of technical latent mission will be given priority to the Moonlight Group.
"You want to convince me to cooperate?" Nayas said softly, she glanced at the Iron Bull, and the other party nodded.
Duran City, Ice Green Orange walked quickly on the road. At night, the city of Duran is brightly lit, and noisy music can be heard from the restaurant theater, and horse-drawn carriages and gasoline cars engraved with magic arrays drive on the narrow roads at the same time. A beggar with a broken leg leaned limply against a corner wall.
Bing Qingcheng thought for a moment, and gently put a piece of steaming bread wrapped in paper into the beggar's broken bowl.
It was strange, it got dark quickly, as if she had been in that strange bookstore for a long time. When I came out, I smelled a strong aroma of toast, and Bing Qingcheng felt a little hungry again.