Chapter Eighty-Five: Love Beads
The wind was so strong that the sails of the ship were blown up, and the horn flags on the top of the masts were fluttering in the wind.
Qin Zheng's long hair that was scattered behind his shoulders was blown by the wind, and a few strands of messy hair fell on Xizi's face.
"This wind ......" Xizi muttered in her mouth, brushing away the messy hair that tickled her cheeks one by one, and it took a long time to realize that there was not only her own hair in the messy hair, but also Qin Zheng's hair.
It's all to blame for this wind, it's really an illusion, Xizi said in his heart. At that moment just now, she was actually looking forward to it, and now she feels very funny in retrospect, what is she expecting from the With a height of one meter six and five against Qin Zheng, who is one meter eight or four, even if she looks up at those eyes until it gets dark, nothing will happen except for a sore neck, she will only be covered by her hair, and her face will hurt so much
Xizi covered his hair and staggered a few steps, took out the comb, roughly groomed the messy hair in the wind, and then tied the ends of the hair tightly in a bunch, and found that Qin was busy fiddling with his messy hair, and couldn't help but funnily stuff the hair comb into him.
"It's messier than mine, let's go to the cabin inside the ship and sort it out. ”
Qin Zheng smiled at her awkwardly, clenched the hair comb in his hand and hurriedly left, the feeling at that moment didn't seem to be an illusion.
Not only did Li Yuanhua listen to Jammans's story, but some mercenary businessmen who came out to breathe were also attracted to the past.
"My Zhao family started by selling pearls, first river pearls, then sea pearls, and now ......," said a pot-bellied merchant in the crowd, touching his neatly trimmed short beard, and his plump face was very complacent. "The tears of the shark people in southern Xinjiang will turn into pearls, the quality is better than the mussel beads, to say that the most popular pearls of dignitaries and nobles, should be the shark beads undoubtedly. ”
"So good? Then I'm going to go to southern Xinjiang to get some shark beads and sell them for a treasure." ”
"Hmph, you're afraid that you have a life to go back to my group with a brother, I don't know who heard from the mouth that the female shark is beautiful, and wants to go to southern Xinjiang to catch one and come back as a daughter-in-law, but the beauty didn't see it and almost died in the middle of the road, and it was difficult to stop it. ”
"Lao Tzu has been a mercenary for five or six years, I haven't seen any difficulties, where is death not death? As soon as I hand over the task at hand, I will go to southern Xinjiang to see how beautiful the merman is, catch three or five to warm Lao Tzu's bed, and catch another seven or eight for Lao Tzu to cry, just sell shark beads and make a fortune hahaha......
The strong man spoke wildly, and everyone present laughed, and the businessman surnamed Zhao also laughed and did not speak.
"People like you won't get the friendship of the merfolk, and they will pay the price in blood. Jarmans said solemnly.
The strong man squinted at Jarmans, everyone could hear that he was joking, only this foreigner took it seriously, and warned him seriously, and couldn't help but tilt his mouth to show mockery.
Jarmans wanted to say a few more words, but was stopped by Li Yuanhua.
The businessman surnamed Zhao smiled and arched his hand to Jarmans. "Brother, let's continue to tell the story, I'm really sorry that such a moving story was interrupted by Zhao. ”
Hearing this, Jarmans's serious expression soothed, and he continued to tell the story of the relationship between him and the mermaid girl Rhea, and when it came to the emotional part, he took out a lot of strangely shaped shells for people to see, and many people present craned their necks to see it in amazement. Li Yuanhua was afraid that these treasures would be snatched away, so he put them all away after just a glance.
Jarmans said that he had left the island and separated from Rhea, his dark eyes showed sadness, and his happy speech gradually slowed down, and suddenly remembered something, and felt a round red pearl from the pocket of his underwear, and rubbed it gently, and when he saw this pearl, he couldn't help but think of the shy Rhea.
"Coral red ......" The merchant surnamed Zhao subconsciously spit out three words, his pupils shrank suddenly, looked around vigilantly, and did not notice that anyone paid attention to him, so he stared closely at the red pearl the size of a fingernail in Jarmans's hand. Settle your mind and put on a twelve-point kind test for Jammans. "The color of this pearl is so pleasing, I wonder if my brother is willing to give it to Zhao?"
"Not for sale. Jarmans refused.
"Oh, don't refuse so quickly" The merchant surnamed Zhao frowned and smacked his lips, and continued to persuade without giving up: "Zhao loves pearls the most in his life, both selling pearls and collecting them, otherwise he would not have traveled thousands of miles to southern Xinjiang to collect shark pearls in order to pursue good pearls." The color of this pearl in my brother's hand is festive, Zhao wants to buy it and collect it, the price is negotiable, why not think about it more?"
"Friendship is priceless, this is a testimony of my friendship with Rhea, you give up, I don't sell. ”
The merchant surnamed Zhao carefully observed Jammans's face, and the eyes revealed by a pair of smart and deep eyes were extremely determined, and he sighed regretfully, he just wanted to try his luck. The tears of the merman are precious, and the pearl turned into blood and tears is even more difficult to find, and I believe that Jarmans, who has dealt with the merman, will not know it. I feel the good luck of Jarmans, and I feel sorry for his lack of style, and I don't know that I get the favor of the female merman, and the coral is red...... But love beads.
Qin Zheng braided his hair and tidied up his appearance and returned to the bow of the boat, only to see more than a dozen people asking questions around a fat man in fancy clothes, and from time to time he asked Jarmans for confirmation.
The merchant was flatteringly smiling at the people around him, and many people in the far south had never even heard of it, let alone go. Many mercenaries asked him how to get to the southern Xinjiang road, and the merchant smiled and said that he took the sea route with the big merchants, and the land route was relatively much more dangerous, in addition to the ferocious and man-eating monsters, there were also swamps and poisonous miasma, and the distance was not short, and the southern Xinjiang was not a place where ordinary people could go if they wanted to.
"Did my brother go to southern Xinjiang by sea or by land?" someone asked Jarmans.
Jarmans was stunned when he heard this, and said worriedly, "I am ...... Fly past. "To be precise, he took Elder Bai's car and flew to Southern Xinjiang, saying that flying over is not a violation of dogma, right? Cautiously glanced at Qin Zheng from a distance.
The crowd erupted in laughter, some of them burst into tears, and Jarmans didn't understand what they were laughing at, and pulled the corners of his mouth to laugh.
boom
The laughter died down to the beat of the drums, and the mercenaries and merchants returned to the cabin with a little catch.
"It's landed. Xizi said to Li Yuanhua. Obviously a strong man as strong as an ox, he was so afraid of water that he sat on the ground, and he didn't dare to move next to Jammans.
"So fast?" Li Yuanhua let out a sigh twice, grabbed Jammans's arm and slowly stood up.
Qin Zheng watched the sun gradually set, and calculated the time in his heart, at this moment, it only took half an hour to cross the river, starting from the riverside, and he could reach Danyan City before the hour.
The four of them rode on the demon beast and ran all the way, running from sunset to darkness and finally arrived at the foot of Danyan City. Even if the mercenaries on the official road are tired, they don't dare to slow down, and the mercenaries who walk outside all the year round know that the Qin State's famous orders are forbidden, and the closing of the city gate is the most punctual.
Fortunately, before the time came, the city gate was wide open, the lights in the city were bright, and Qin Zheng and the others put their respective contract beasts back into the contract space. After a day of travel, both the Black Panther and the Red Flame Tiger were tired enough, only the two-horned pony had enough stamina, and the worst was Jarmans's baby alpaca, which immediately fell to the ground and pretended to be dead when he saw the place.
handed over the Qingyu and mercenary badges, and the three of them got a smooth passage, because Jarmans did not have any identity credentials except for the nameplate of the trainee deacon of the Twilight Moon Temple, he was once again harassed and discriminated against by the soldiers defending the city, and after being relieved by Qin Zheng, he was so angry that he shouted on the road that he must go to the mercenary union registration list.
"It's not too early, why don't you go to the mercenary union with Jarmans, and Li Yuanhua and I will go to book a room. Xizi suggested to Qin Zheng.
Li Yuanhua nodded when he saw Qin Zheng and said, "I've booked a room, I'll go to the mercenary union to find you." ”
"Let's go. After Qin Zheng saw Xizi leave, he thought back to the location of the mercenary union in Danyan City and walked in the opposite direction.
The road is empty, not crowded as in the daytime, and the lanterns in front of the shops on both sides are very bright, and you can see from one end to the other. Even if you walk like this, you have to be careful, because there are a lot of rotten vegetable leaves and various livestock droppings left on the ground, and if you are not careful, they will stick to the soles of your boots.
When Qin Zheng passed by a clothing shop, his footsteps slowed down, and he swept to a young woman who was moving the door panel and preparing to close, and there was a girl next to him who was also helping. The two rested and wiped their sweat while moving, as if they were chatting about something, and the girl was unhappy by the woman's words, and the two argued.
The reason why he cared was that he recognized the clothing store where he bought women's clothes, and even clearly remembered that the girl with a red face and a thick neck who was fighting with a woman was called Yun'er, who was ingenious and warm-hearted. Qin Zheng sighed and hurried to the mercenary union, and as the distance got closer, the depressed streets became lively.
There were stalls near the door, and there were all kinds of weapons and protective equipment for animal skins, and some people squatted down to bargain for the goods, either for money or for barter, and the scene was noisy. Passing through the human wall and entering inside, the old elders of the queue to hand over the task, Jarmans glanced at so many people, and thought to himself that his plan to register for the roster tonight might be frustrated.
Qin Zheng was glad that he was just checking the message, came to the counter with only a few people, handed over the mercenary badge, and just reported the name and reason, the union member stared at him in surprise.
"What's wrong?" Qin Zheng looked at uncomfortably.
The strong man leaned over the counter and said in a low voice, "Elder Qinmen, Qin Zheng?" Seeing Qin Zheng nodding, his eyes showed disappointment. "But I heard that it is an elder of the Qin Sect and a beauty, and the real person is too far from the rumors. ”
Qin Zheng heard the meaning of the words, and was speechless for a while, isn't it easy to understand, as for saying that he is ugly?
"Shen Qing'er sent you a message from me, and I didn't say anything except to let you come to Danyan City. However, I personally chatted with you, the battle between Shen Protector and Luo Protector in the suburbs, many people witnessed it with their own eyes, and the two were already incompatible, and it is also true that Shen Protector was seriously injured. Shen Qing'er's face was very panicked that day, as if she was afraid of bumping into someone, so she sent a message and left in a hurry. ”
"Where do you want me to find it without saying anything?"
Hearing Qin Zheng's low complaint, the strong man pouted his lips and spread his hands regretfully, took the mercenary badge handed by others and continued to get busy.
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