Chapter 21: Slightly less popular
"Two hundred gold for one person!"
Xiao Mo looked at the total of less than two hundred Human Emperor Gold Coins in his hand, counting the storage bags, and shook his head secretly.
"Brother, can it be cheaper? The four of us will go into the city and stay for half a day before leaving. ”
Xiao Mo talked about the price with a smile on his face.
"The law is strict, and there is no bargaining!"
The "conductor" man, who had a white face and a two-handful beard, said in a straight voice, and a trace of disdain seemed to flash in his eyes.
Xiao Mo looked at the other party's serious expression, helpless.
"Brother, can I mortgage something?" Xiao Mo's eyes lit up, and he suddenly spoke.
"It depends on something. ”
The bearded man glanced at Xiao Mo's slightly dirty clothes covertly, a trace of contempt flashed in his eyes, and he said coldly.
"Do you think this is okay?" Xiao Mo took out a cube the size of an ordinary person's palm from the storage bag in his arms, this thing is octagonal and round, the whole body is white, and the smoke in it is dense, Zhong Lingyu is beautiful, and it makes people feel refreshed at first sight.
"Spirit Stone!" a suppressed exclamation sounded.
The bearded man changed his previous cold and detached look, his eyes were full of eagerness and excitement, he looked around vigilantly, and after finding that no one was paying attention here, he hurriedly said to Xiao Mo eagerly:
"I don't know if Gongzi can give this spirit stone to him, and he is willing to buy it at a price that is one-tenth higher than the market price, and buy it for 1,100 gold!"
"This spirit stone is quite valuable. Xiao Mo thought to himself.
Seeing that Xiao Mo seemed to be groaning, the bearded man frowned, a trace of anxiety flashed in his eyes, and after cautiously looking around again, seeing that no one was paying attention here, he hurriedly approached Xiao Mo and said in a low voice:
"If the son gives this spirit stone to the next, he will make the decision, and will not charge the deposit for the son to enter the city, nor will the information of the child's entry into the city be recorded. ”
"This boy is a spirit stone, he wants to be either rich or expensive, and he doesn't have identity credentials on him, so he naturally doesn't want people to know his whereabouts! Hehe, do what he likes, don't be afraid that he won't be tempted!" The bearded man thought proudly in his heart.
Sure enough, after he saw Xiao Mo listen, his eyes seemed to light up, and he was obviously quite moved.
Xiao Mo approached him, his eyes pointed at Gu Yao and the others, and he also lowered his voice and said:
"And my companions?"
"No deposits, no records!" he said busily, a flattering smile on his lips.
"Okay, deal!"
Xiao Mo knew that this man was so eager, presumably the real transaction price of the spirit stone should be higher, but if he could enter the city without making a record, he always felt that it was much safer for the four of them, so he didn't care about some small prices.
"Okay!" The eight-character bearded man immediately snatched the spirit stone in Xiao Mo's hand, stuffed it into his arms, quickly counted out seven hundred gold from the cabinet behind him, and put all of them into a small cloth bag, and hurriedly took out four blank bearer temporary passes, hurriedly wrote them, took out the seal from his arms, covered four in a row, and threw the cloth bag and pass into Xiao Mo's hand, the whole action was done in one go, as if he was afraid that Xiao Mo would regret it.
"Thank you. ”
Looking at the bearded man who was looking at him with a wary face, Xiao Mo smiled slightly, turned around and walked towards his companions who were waiting not far away.
"Brother Xiao, are you okay? Don't you need us to go over?"
The little girl saw Xiao Mo holding four made passes in her hands, and asked crisply.
"Alright, let's enter the city!" Xiao Mo said with a smile.
"Let's go!"
The little girl shouted, jumping up and down in front of her, quite excited.
Xiao Mo called the two middle-aged men who were waiting on the side, and the six of them walked to the end of the line and lined up again to enter the city.
"By the way, I don't know what the two brothers call yet?"
Xiao Mo asked with a smile.
"Just call me Lao Li, he is my cousin, call him Lao Zheng is, I don't know the surname of the son?"
Lao Li saw that Xiao Mo and his party had successfully obtained the four temporary passes, and his words unconsciously brought a trace of respect.
"In Xia Xiaomo, this is Gu Yao, Han Ziyu, and Xiong Zhen. ”
"Lao Li doesn't have to be polite, just call us by name. ”
Xiao Mo smiled gently.
"Xiao Gongzi is no better than our brothers, at first glance, he is a capable person, and he can't be called by his name. ”
Lao Li Zhengse said.
Xiao Mo was about to persuade again, but the little girl suddenly came up from behind and pulled Xiao Mo's sleeve, "The most important courtesy under the rule of the Confucian Palace, don't force others, let's hurry into the city to play!"
"Good, good~" Xiao Mo smiled bitterly.
Then everyone went smoothly, and after handing over the temporary pass to the warrior on duty at the city gate, they were directly released and entered the city smoothly.
"Well, it's time again!!"
After Xiao Mo followed the flow of people through the dark city gate hole nearly ten zhang wide, he looked up and found that the city was surrounded by five-story brick houses five zhang high, and the simple and atmospheric style of houses in Northeast China was instantly rushing towards Xiao Mo! The pedestrians around rubbed shoulders, shouting and shouting endlessly, and it was very lively.
"The First Emperor not only carried the invention, but also the style of the house......
"I don't know if there is a Northeast fire kang ......in the house," Xiao Mo complained frantically in his heart.
"Huh, it turns out that the architectural style of Linzi City is similar to that of Jicheng. The little girl was slightly surprised.
"Sister Yao, it is estimated that the architectural styles of the capital cities of the Seven Kingdoms are almost ......," Xiao Mo said weakly.
I heard from the merchants who traveled from the north to the south that the buildings in the capital of the Seven Kingdoms were almost identical. Lao Li answered on the side.
"Oh, that's not interesting. The little girl shook her head.
Xiao Mo also shook his head slightly, and smiled at the two swarthy middle-aged men, "Lao Li, you can take us for a walk, you and Lao Zheng have the final say wherever we go." ”
"Okay, I wonder if Childe and a few of his companions have had breakfast?"
"I haven't eaten it, we have a big appetite! Lao Li, do you know where the food is delicious?"
"Shall you go eat?" said the little girl, excitedly.
Han Ziyu's eyes were also fixed on Lao Li.
"Haha, since that's the case, then our brothers will take a few of them to eat all over the business district!"
"Great!" said the little girl, blushing and fluttering.
"Brother, what does this business district mean?" Xiao Mo was curious.
"Childe, why don't we talk while we go?"
"Okay, let's go. ”
After that, Lao Li and Lao Zheng roughly introduced the situation in Linzi City to everyone.
As one of the seven great human giant cities in the world, Linzi City has four walls that are each 100 miles long! In such a vast area, more than 50 million people live here.
These more than 50 million people are distributed in the four districts of the outer city and the four districts of the inner city.
The four districts of the outer city, Shinong industry and commerce. Including the commercial district in the northwest of the city, the industrial area in the southwest, the agricultural area in the northeast, and the taxi district in the southeast where Xiao Mo and his people are located.
According to the two of them, they live in these two districts as some peddlers and pawns who are similar to their brothers, and if they insist on working hard every day, one person can earn about 100 gold a year, and some people can earn 200 or 300 gold a year.
The work area is mostly some professional and technical masters, ordinary scholars and farmers and businessmen who have earned enough money and want to change to a better environment and other places to live, according to the old brothers, people who can live in the work area, a person must earn at least 500 gold a year.
In the eyes of Lao Li and Lao Zheng, the taxi district is full of people who are rich and noble, and the houses in the taxi district are also single-family three-story buildings that are different from the other three districts in the outer city, and it is said that they can't earn 5,000 gold a year and can't live there at all.
As for the four districts of the inner city, compared to the four districts of the outer city, ordinary people can't even enter, and they must be at least in the consummation period of the spiritual body's forging realm, or have a special inner city pass to enter.
The two brothers have never been in, and they don't know much about the specific situation of the four districts of the inner city, only know the four districts of the inner city, including the business district located in the northwest of the center of the inner city, the Xuegong district in the southwest, the martial arts district in the northeast, and the royal district in the southeast.
"Come, a few of you try this noodle!It's definitely the top food in this out-of-town business district!" Lao Zheng secretly swallowed.
As I said before, at this time, Xiao Mo and the others were sitting around a dark and old wooden round table, and each of them had a bowl of noodles in front of them.
Xiao Mo looked at the rising white qi of the big man, sniffed it a little harder, and suddenly felt a fresh fragrance, his heart was clear, and his mouth and tongue were full of relish.
He hurriedly picked up the thin round noodles with wooden chopsticks, and instantly the white air came to his face, and he was not afraid of being hot, so he sucked all the chopsticks noodles into his mouth with a vinegar sound.
"Hmm~"
Xiao Mo instantly felt the fragrance in his mouth, and his mouth was fragrant, and when he chewed it with his teeth, he felt as if he was taking a bite of gummy.
After a while, Xiao Mo lowered his head and finished eating a bowl of noodles, he raised his head and found that Xiong Zhen on the other side also raised his head almost at the same time, the two looked at each other, and there seemed to be sparks bursting out of the air.
"Boss, another bowl!"
"A bowl!"
The two said at the same time.
"Okay!"
After a while, another bowl of noodles was served in front of the two.
They looked at the delicacy in front of each other, looked at each other again, bowed their heads at the same time, and then began to make!
"Ha~"
After a while, two voices rang out in unison, looking up and looking at each other.
"Boss, three more bowls!"
"Three bowls!"
"Okay!"
At this time, the meal had already passed, and there were not many people, so the boss was happy to see this.
After a while, Xiao Mo and Xiong Zhen each served three bowls of noodles in front of them.
"Brother Xiao, Xiong Zhen, it's delicious, but do you eat like this?" said the little girl with a disgusted expression of "I'm very embarrassed".
Xiao Mo and Xiong Ba didn't have the time to take care of the little girl, and after the two glanced at each other, they lowered their heads and started eating.
After a while, the three bowls of noodles in front of each other were all eaten by the two of them.
The two looked at each other again, their eyes full of war.
"Boss!
"Checkout. Han Ziyu got up suddenly, handed the face money to the boss, and turned around and glanced at Xiao Mo.
"Uh~"
"Everyone is full, this, Xiong Zhen! Have you eaten enough?" Looking at the pairs of eyes around him staring at him, Xiao Mo calmed down.
"Hiccup. ”
Xiong Zhen hiccuped and nodded slightly, his eyes still full of fighting spirit.
"Let's go, let's continue eating!" Xiao Mo also said with undiminished fighting spirit.
The crowd then began a purely foodie tour of the out-of-town business district.
............
Linzi City, southwest of the inner city, Xuegong District.
A dignified man with a face as black as charcoal led two veiled women behind him into a nondescript three-story white building in the corner.
After the three of them entered, the majestic man closed his eyes for a while, and said in a positive voice:
"Uncle Shi is waiting for you on the second floor, go up. ”
The two women took off their veils, it was Lin Ling and Lin Huaiying's master and apprentice.
"I'm tired. ”
Lin Ling said softly.
The majestic man bowed slightly.
"Huaiying, you wait here. ”
"Yes, Master. ”
Lin Ling turned around and walked up to the second floor alone.
In the center of the room on the second floor, which was elegantly decorated, a white robe, with a white face and a high nose bridge, stood quietly beside the wooden table, quietly looking at Lin Ling who walked up slowly, his eyes were warm.
"Confucian Fan is polite. The man saluted, and his voice was exceptionally soft and intoxicating.
"Zhifu Lin Ling has seen Senior Fan. ”
Lin Lingying said angrily.
Fan Lige smiled warmly, "How is your master lately?"
"It must be very good!" a sneer appeared at the corner of Lin Ling's mouth.
Fan Lige's eyes flashed, and he looked at Lin Ling, waiting for her to continue.
"My master, her old man, has already taken refuge in the Desire Demon Dao, so she must be very good at this time. Lin Ling said coldly.
"What is the evidence?" Fan Lige's expression remained unchanged and he said warmly.
"Me. Lin Ling said lightly.
"You?" said Fan Lige with a smile.
Lin Ling looked at Fan Lige with a gentle smile on the opposite side, stretched out his hand and slowly took off the plain coat on his body, and with his left hand, he lifted the black underwear on his right shoulder, revealing a large area of snow-white skin underneath, and the thin red scar on his right shoulder looked particularly eye-catching against the background of the surrounding snow-white skin.
Fan Lige's smile remained unchanged, he took a deep look at the scar on Lin Ling's right shoulder, and closed his eyes.
Suddenly, Lin Ling felt a cold aura covering her bare right shoulder, and then her entire right arm was like falling into an ice cave, making her whole body react involuntarily.
However, this feeling came and went quickly, and the warmth instantly returned to Lin Ling's right shoulder and right arm, making her almost cry out in comfort.
Fan Lige on the opposite side opened his eyes and looked at Lin Ling indifferently.
Lin Ling slowly put on his clothes and glanced at him slightly.
Fan Lige quietly waited for Lin Ling to get dressed, ignoring her last move, and said gently:
"It's indeed the Wind Demon Knife, can you tell me the whole thing in detail?"
Of course, no matter what the seniors asked, Lin Ling would not refuse. Lin Ling looked at Fan Lige fixedly, and said in a soft voice.
Fan Lige smiled indifferently and ignored it.
Seeing this, Lin Ling didn't care, so he told Fan Lige the words he had prepared in advance.
She told Fan Lige that she was betrayed and captured by her master many years ago, and hid in the secret realm jointly controlled by the Zhifu faction and the Desire Demon Dao, preparing to be the key furnace for the promotion of the young master of the Desire Demon Dao to the congenital Wei Jin appeared, the two had a big fight, her realm was unstable under her hasty promotion, coupled with the fact that the sharp weapon in her hand was not as good as Wei Jin's best magic weapon, and finally missed a move, and was broken by Wei Jin, but Wei Jin also repelled it, and then used the jade talisman snatched from Wei Jin's hand to open the exit and escape from the secret realm. And in this process, she found that all the innate grandmasters of the Zhifu faction secretly colluded with the Desire Demon Dao, shared the secret realm with the Desire Demon Dao, cultivated the Demon Attack, and brutalized the same sect, so she decided to kill her relatives in righteousness, and came to Zicheng to find the Confucian Palace to preside over justice, and at the same time expressed her willingness to share the secret realm with the Confucian Palace.
"You said that all the innate sect masters of the Zhifu faction except for you colluded with the Desire Demon Dao privately, is there conclusive evidence?"
After listening to Lin Ling's narration, Fan Lige pondered for a moment and asked Wen Yan.
"I am the proof. ”
Lin Ling said lightly.
"It's not easy for you to get the five Innate Grandmasters to confess their sins. Fan Lige's smile gradually faded.
"It's three, Uncle Qi is dead, the head of the sect has been abolished, with the Confucian 'truth', plus my 'evidence', 'are you still afraid that the three innate grandmasters will not admit their guilt?'" Lin Ling smiled lightly.
"And the Lust Demon Dao. Fan Lige's expression remained unchanged.
"The lion has already come, and the wolf has also eaten the meat, will they still fight the lion for the remaining bones that can't be moved?" Lin Ling sneered.
"Although the metaphor is inappropriate, your mouth is much more powerful than your master's. ”
Fan Lige showed a warm smile on his face again, slowly walked in front of Lin Ling, gently brushed his fingertips across Lin Ling's white chin, withdrew his fingers, crossed Lin Ling, and walked downstairs, "Follow me to see the sacrificial wine." ”
Wen Run's voice came, Lin Ling clenched his fists, a trace of ecstasy flashed in his eyes, and then he seemed to have made up his mind and quickly followed.
............
Linzi City, northwest of the outer city, business district.
The afternoon sun became more and more intense, shining on Xiao Mo's bulging belly, warm, making people more and more sleepy.
Xiao Mo touched his unseemly belly, feeling a little embarrassed.
"It's delicious!" he muttered.
"Yes, yes!" chimed the little girl, "it's just too much." She also touched her bulging belly.
Han Ziyu touched her round belly embarrassedly on the side.
The bear held on to the walls of the inner city's business district, burping one after the other.
Lao Li and Lao Zheng also supported each other, their faces were full of red light, and they all sighed that today was the best day for the two of them to eat in their lives......
The six of them had been eating raw from the morning to the afternoon......
"Lao Li, Lao Zheng, thank you so much today, this is the most refreshing thing I have eaten in my life. Xiao Mo smiled at the two.
"We have to thank Gongzi, we have lived for almost eighty years, and it is the first time we can eat so well!" Lao Li said busily.
"It's really a waste of money for Childe! Childe has spent forty or fifty gold in the past half a day! Tsk! It's all caught up with my half-year's salary!" Lao Zheng said distressedly.
"The two of you are serious, without the two of us, we would not have known that there are so many delicacies in this business district, but I want to thank you. ”
"Okay, Brother Xiao, don't be polite, after being with us for so long, it's time to let the family go home. The little girl stepped forward to interrupt Xiao Modao.
"Two brothers, I won't delay you, we'll have a date later!"
"There will be a period in the future!"
"You regret it!"
The brothers supported each other, humming the cheerful old tune that they loved to sing when they were young, and drifted apart.
"Brother Xiao, let's go to the inner city business district to play!" the little girl said excitedly without sleepiness.
"Okay, let's go see what to do with the Inner City Pass first. Xiao Mo nodded and smiled.
Han Ziyu and Xiong Zhen are indispensable.
The four of them walked to the "ticket booth" next to the gate of the inner city business district not far away. ”
......
"Lao Zheng, why is there a bulge in your arms?" After walking for a while, Lao Li suddenly wondered.
When Lao Zheng heard this, his face suddenly turned red, and he was silent. Suddenly, he found that Lao Li's sleeves were also full, "Lao Li, why are your sleeves bulging?"
"This ...... Just now, when they ate the last few things, there was some leftover, so I thought about bringing it back to your sister-in-law to taste, she has wanted to eat these things for many years, and she has been reluctant to do it before......" Lao Li said with shame.
"I also want to take it back to my mother to taste, she has never eaten these good things in her life......" Lao Zheng said with a red face. "I think Xiao Gongzi shouldn't care about this. ”
"Well, those people in Childe are so good, they shouldn't care, and I secretly put the gold coin given by Childe back on Childe, Lao Zheng, you won't blame me, if you ——。 ”
"How can I blame you! It should be so! These meals are completely enough as a reward!" Lao Zheng hurriedly interrupted Lao Li's main voice.
The two looked at each other and smiled, and returned home hand in hand.
The afternoon was sunny, but it was slightly less popular.