Chapter 178: A Good Show (1)
"Uncle Feng, you must help me this time. ”
After finding an excuse to 'want to catch up with Uncle Feng in private' and leaving the old man of the Zhang family, Zhang Jinli immediately lowered his voice, clasped his hands together and waved at the wind and autumn.
“... How do you want me to help you...?" Feng Yinqiu only felt a little headache. "If you don't want to follow me, I'll explain to your grandfather that he doesn't want to force you......"
"No, it's useless for you to say. My grandfather is now determined to shove me to you by all means, and even if you refuse for a while, he will probably take me to the legation and use other means. I overheard him and Uncle Zeng say Uncle Feng, your status is extraordinary, let me follow you to climb the relationship, this is a great opportunity to revive my Zhang family, and it can also make the Shenzhou ethnic group exhale and raise their eyebrows in this European land from now on. I know my grandfather very well, he has been thinking about reviving the Zhang family and revitalizing the Shenzhou ethnic group all his life, and he will not let go of the small opportunity. ”
"This ......" Feng Yinqiu's head hurt even more. He didn't expect that the identity he fabricated in order to coax Li Wenmin would lead to this kind of thing. He didn't know this girl very well, but for the sake of the Sword of Benevolence, he obviously couldn't be regarded as an outsider.
"My grandfather also gave Uncle Great-Uncle a death order, saying that they would keep an eye on me and not allow me to run around anymore. In fact, the Zhang family has always secretly funded manpower and material resources behind this laundry gang, and even Uncle Zeng and the two leaders of the laundry gang were also brought up by my grandfather, and they were not easy to disobey my grandfather's orders. ”
"Uh...... Then what do you want me to do? Why don't you wait for your invincible uncle to come and let him talk to your grandfather?"
“... But no one knows when Uncle Invincible will come, and it is difficult to say what the final result will be when he goes to talk to his grandfather. Now I have an extremely important thing to do, very, very important, if I miss it, it will be a big trouble, but I can't let grandpa know about it....." Zhang Jinli's face was full of anxiety, and there seemed to be faint tears flashing in his big eyes. "So I can really only ask Uncle Feng to agree to come down for the time being, so that I have a chance to go out. Please, Uncle Feng, you can help me this time..."
"This... Okay..."Feng Yinqiu only nodded in agreement. He has seen all kinds of winds and waves, he can face the adversity of life and death calmly, and he has seen enough of the world, but he has never been begged by a young girl as a junior.
Fortunately, this is not a difficult thing, just agree to it. Finding Mr. Zhang again, Feng Yinqiu clenched his fists and said, "Then thank you for your kindness." It just so happened that Feng also needed the help of someone who was familiar with the local situation of Euro and Oroyusta, so I asked my niece to travel with me for a while. ”
"Where, where. Mr. Feng is now shouldering the heavy responsibility of the survival of our envoys, and it is of course incumbent upon him to have a place in the middle that can help him. The old man of the Zhang family also pressed the joy in his heart at this time, and his face always had an awe-inspiring expression for righteousness. "This kid has been stubborn since he was a child, and Mr. Wangfeng is more tolerant, and when he has the opportunity, he helps the old man to discipline more. ”
As soon as he took Zhang Yili out of the laundry gang's station, Feng Yinqiu received a text message from the Sword of Benevolence: 'Go to the Tianhong Grand Theater', so he said to Zhang Yili: "Then you can go by yourself, girl, I want to go to the Tianhong Grand Theater, do you know where it is?"
"Tianhong Grand Theater?" Zhang Yili looked strange. "That's exactly where I'm going. Uncle Feng, what are you going to do there?"
"Your invincible uncle called me over. ”
"Ah......" Zhang Jinli's expression became more and more strange. "Could it be that Uncle Invincible already knew about ......"
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“... Didn't you, Robert, say we'd better get back to Enclay as soon as possible with our stuff, and why are you here waiting for a play?"
In the luxurious box of the theater, which had been re-washed and dressed, Archmage Adler, who had regained his elegance and nobility, looked at Duke Inclave next to him. The Duke was now looking at the small illusion in his hand, showing the last time Miss Ballia Ulysses performed an opera.
"Ah, having said that, how can you not see Miss Ulysses for yourself a rare visit to Oroyosta? Such a beauty, such an art, such a singing voice, you can't appreciate the true beauty with illusion. Not even the immersive magic of the law, and appreciating art with arcane arts is like touching a woman's skin with gloves, boring, and very rude. As soon as the duke's hand was closed, the illusion vanished, and he looked out at the empty stage in the distance. "Anyway, can you find a way to invite Miss Ulysses to Inclave? ”
"Hehe, Miss Balia Ulysses is very mysterious, I heard that she does not belong to any theater company, but only has one-way contact with a few familiar theaters. I think it's a little trick to add to the topic and appeal, after all, those young people like these hazy mysteries. But if it was the Duke's sincere request, she would not have been able to refuse. ”
Archmage Anthony on the side said with a smile. No matter how popular this singer is, no matter how popular she is with those young people, in the eyes of people like him, she is just a plaything, and even if she is not, it is just a matter of time and who it belongs to. Now that the Duke has shown a keen interest, the ownership of this singer must be ascertained as soon as possible.
"I heard that some time ago, this singer disappeared inexplicably, and missed an appointment, which caused a certain big man to get angry, so today I deliberately held a performance at this Tianhong Grand Theater to make up for it... There are quite a few people here today, even the bright red rose from Fernandez's house, have you seen it, Lord Duke?"
"Oh, is it Julia Fernandez? I have long admired her good name, and I heard that there were thirty or forty duels fought in her last year alone, and she is considered the first beauty of Oroyosta. The Duke's eyes lit up, and he looked at the luxurious box in the other direction in the distance in the direction pointed by Archmage Anthony, and casually used a reconnaissance arcane for himself. "Ah, it's really a beauty I've never seen before...... It's hard to imagine that there can be such a beauty, more beautiful than the girl of the elven clan, and she can't find the slightest flaw..."
"So, do you need a referral for you?" Archmage Anthony smiled like a ball of marshmallows that were about to flow. "Although this flower of the imperial capital has always been arrogant, but in the face of Duke Incre, no matter how arrogant the flower is, it must have to break off its own branches. ”
"Ah, what is this......" the Duke smiled, touching the very sensual beard on his upper lip, as if imagining some wonderful scene.
"That, Robert... We're not here to have fun..."Adler had to be reminded of this.
"Ah, yes, yes, I'm sorry. The duke sighed and smiled bitterly, but still raised his hand to signal surrender. "Forget it this time. After all, it is still not appropriate for me to make a noise about my visit to Oroyosta this time, and I will talk about it next time I come. ”
"It seems that Julia Fernandez had bad luck today. Hopefully she won't cry when she finds out afterwards. Archmage Anthony shook his head and smacked.
Adler next to him hesitated, pretending not to care much and suddenly said, "That, I said Robert, why don't we discuss the issue of the envoys of the Qian Empire again......"
"Oh, I understand, Neyma. You're grateful to the two Westerner friends who took you out of the Fragments and the Prairie, but you also promised to pay them a large sum of money, and it's a fair deal that no one owes anyone. The Duke waved his hand, and was suddenly stunned, as if he had thought of another possibility. "Are you trying to pay off your debts? For example, to set a trap to kill them who come to collect them? It's a bit difficult... But it's also interesting, we can have a good discussion with Lord Anthony... That's a lot of money for you, after all, four million Aojin, and all your inventory of the Nine Rings Arcane Scrolls...... I said, "Are you going to go back and work in the Golem Workshop to earn money and start from scratch?"
"Of course not! How could I do such a thing? Since I promised them, I would definitely pay them, which is the basic principle of being a human being. Adler replied angrily. "I mean, isn't it a bit rude for us to treat the envoys of the Qian's empire like this? After all, they represent the face of an empire......
"That's something you can't help but do. This time the incident in Minsk is too ugly for the other families of Oroyosta to know, so it is better for us not to have any official contact with them. Anyway, for us, the most important purpose, those gifts we have already received, that is enough. The Duke shrugged. "You know, if the news of a real Western Empire mission comes back to Inclave, who knows what the impact will be on those Western ethnic groups? So it's best for them to go back on their own now without making a sound. Of course, proper compensation is also necessary, and I asked His Excellency Anthony to convey to them on my behalf a full five million dollars in supplies and a letter of thanks, enough for them to repair their ships, and enough for their hundreds of people to live comfortably on the west coast. ”
Archmage Anthony on the side also nodded hurriedly and added, "Ah, yes." I have told the people in my family to do it. Rest assured, they have been on good terms with these Westerners since the West Coast, and will definitely show you a good friendship for them. ”
"Alright then......" frowned and thought about it, and Adler only nodded gloomily.
"I'm still happy to make friends with your two Westerner friends, as well as the Liu who helped us in the past, and if you have the chance, you can invite them to Inclave as guests. Of course, it's personal. The Duke's eyes lit up suddenly. "Ah, yes, speaking of the personal aspect. What happened to the two ladies who had escaped from Minsk? I heard that they were both very beautiful ladies with different origins, one was a member of the Alpha Revival and the other was a mage of the Legation. They were able to get in touch with Anthony through their mediation, and I was always thinking of finding an opportunity to thank them both privately. ”
Archmage Anthony replied with a smile: "That Lady Mu is a cleric of the Elemental God, and she has returned to the envoy group of the Qiandi Empire to recuperate, as for that Lady Motley, there is no news for the time being, but the Arcane Revival Society is now just a candle in the wind, and the fate of such an extreme organization is actually inevitable, sooner or later they will all defect to Incre's broad mind......"
"Haha, who said that our Arcane revival would be a candle in the wind?" a very heroic laugh suddenly came.
The three archmages turned their heads in amazement to see a tall and majestic Westerner swaggering into the box with a handsome young man with flowing blond hair.
"You... Who are you? How can you come in without permission?" Archmage Anthony jumped. The VIP boxes in such high-class venues are arcane circles with isolated voices and automatic protective vigilance, and they are never casually brought in, let alone overheard in their conversations.
"Haha, the arcane barrier in this kind of place is just fooling those hillbillies, and my handsome and extraordinary subordinate No. 1 can break it with just one breath. The Westerners laughed and walked straight to the soft chair next to Adler and sat down. "I'm here to see my friend who is heavily in debt, and I'm afraid he's gone all of a sudden, and my millions of dollars worth won't be paid. ”
"Is it your ....., how did you find this?" Adler looked at the two uninvited guests with a strange expression, and then made a gracious introduction. "Robert, Lord Anthony, this is what I mentioned to you before, the Western friend who rescued me from the Fragment Realm and the savannah, the Sword of Invincible King, the Sword of Benevolence. The one... Well, it's also Phil, who walked out of the savannah with us. Two, this one is... My friend, also from Robert in Inclave. This is His Excellency Archmage Anthony of the Anthony family. ”
The Sword of Benevolence ignored Archmage Anthony on the side, just looked at the Duke and said with a smile: "Oh, isn't this Duke of Inclere who all the females of Inclere want to give birth to him? ”
"I didn't know that there were still Westerners in the Arcane Renaissance, and it was such an interesting person, it seems that our intelligence work is not enough. Faced with this strange and somewhat offensive assessment, the Duke smiled. It's not that he doesn't have any wariness of these two uninvited guests, but that the constant Nine Rings Sequencing Technique on his body will automatically respond to any hostile and threatening object, which is based on the causal level, and there is almost no possibility of error and cover-up. He knew that the two men were not here to assassinate and cause trouble.
However, among the other warning signals triggered at the same time, these two people were judged to be 'people who could pose a threat to him', which made the Duke interested in these two people again, knowing that the head of the Anthony family was not qualified to trigger this warning sequence.
"Your Excellency the Sword of Benevolence, are you really a member of the Arcane Revival Society? As far as I know, the Arcane Revival Society aims to revive the imperial family of the Empire and attaches great importance to bloodlines, can you, as a Westerner, really join this organization?" Archmage Anthony on the side obviously couldn't bear to be ignored, and it was not easy to attack directly, so he could only say coldly. And even if you're really lucky enough to join, you should go through basic etiquette training so that you can live up to the organization's self-proclaimed noble style. ”
"Haha, when it comes to etiquette and style, I'm naturally no match for you Euro nobles. The Sword of Benevolence laughed. "For example, the envoys helped you send precious gifts from foreign lands across tens of thousands of miles, but you yourself forcibly robbed and killed dozens of people, and then you coaxed Mr. Liu of the envoys to help you be a thug, making them half dead, and finally sent them away with just a few thousand dollars and a letter of thanks. I can't learn that style. ”
"What nonsense are you talking about?" Archmage Anthony almost jumped up, but the cold sweat on his forehead immediately flowed down like a marshmallow that was about to explode. "It's supplies worth five million Aojin! I specially instructed the people in the family to send them over in batches, at most, it only takes a little time to mobilize the materials, you are slandering the reputation of our Anthony family! If it weren't for the fact that you are a friend of Your Excellency Adler, I would have duel with you soon!"
The Sword of Benevolence still looked unimpressed, and smiled lazily: "Ah? It turned out to be five million Aojin? Or did his subordinates send it over in batches? Are there still some temporarily hired outsiders to handle it? You have to be careful that they flee with the money." It is often easy for such people to disappear from the world completely and quietly. ”
"What nonsense are you talking about, you're a .......," Archmage Anthony shouted as he glanced quickly at the Duke and Adler next to him, waving his hands in a hurry, as if he couldn't resist throwing an arcane at the unscrupulous Westerner.
"Shhhh
A soft voice drowned out Archmage Anthony's screams, and even the arcane that he was about to give birth to, and the entire box fell silent.
It was Phil who made this sound, and with a gentle blow of his finger on the side of his mouth, the noise made by Archmage Anthony disappeared completely, and it was obvious that the fat old man was still opening and closing his mouth wide, but he couldn't make the slightest sound, and then he looked at his hands, and the expression on his face changed from anger to horror.
But Phil didn't even look at him, he stared at the stage not far away, as if all his energy was thrown into the past, and whispered softly as if talking to himself: "Don't make noise, the show is about to start." This is my first time watching an opera. ”
"Ah, yes. The opera is about to begin, so let's enjoy it, for this is the performance of Miss Ulysses, which I have been waiting for for a long time. The duke, however, glanced at the blonde young man who was distracted and distracted, and smiled meaningfully.
"Yes, Miss Ulysses' performance, everyone should enjoy it. Surprisingly, even the Sword of Benevolence, who was very arrogant, snorted and looked at the stage with a serious expression.
On the stage, the curtains on both sides are slowly being opened, and the faint sound of music is beginning to sound.