The nominal negotiation between the two countries in this hall was quickly over, and the figures belonging to Duan Qing and Secret Ning Lan then reappeared in the center of the square outside the Hall of Heroes, looking at each other at the streets that were still full of soldiers, and finally cut off the hostile gaze they had transmitted under the action of bowing their heads. The rain curtain from the sky above the central square also became a little more sparse with the enhancement of the magic light curtain, but on the contrary, the more and more turbulent rain that converged near the central fountain, they continued to roll past Duan Qing's feet under the guidance of the ditches on both sides of the bluestone pavement, and finally stirred with the spring water in the central fountain with a spiraling trajectory: "...... If I had the chance, I'd love to see how the city's waterways work up close. ”

"Sir, you can go and take a look now, they won't stop you."

"Forget it, so many pairs of eyes are looking at us."

Shaking his head and rejecting Ning Lan's proposal, Duan Qing touched his nose and looked away from the surroundings of the fountain: "I'm afraid that Tania's high-end technology is more than this, and if you want to study it, I'm afraid you can't finish researching it, and normal people won't let us study the core content of others, not to mention that they are so hostile to us." ”

"It's like that Foster said, yes?" Ning Lan, who was in the code on the side, replied with a smile: "What does Mr. think about this negotiation?" ”

"I can understand what he's thinking."

Slowly retracting his feelings, Duan Qing lowered his head and carefully avoided the hostile gaze of the Duchy soldiers: "If there really is any blood feud, I wouldn't give my enemies any good looks, let alone kindly describe the details of the damage they suffered to others when they cheekily ran over and asked, 'Why are you doing this to me?' ”

"At least we've made some progress in our investigations." Whispering Ning Lan smiled at Duan Qing: "This hatred may really have reached the point of a deep hatred in the sea of blood." ”

"From what I know of Foster, he's not the kind of petty guy who is obsessed with hatred and grudges."

Gently covering his face, Duan Qing lowered his head and walked through the crowd in the square: "The reason why he can force him to refuse to tell this fact must be from a greater will within the principality, they can't forgive the imperial side for what they did before, and even have gathered this unwillingness to negotiate into a joint force that others dare not resist." ”

"In our real world, this kind of thing is called public opinion." An unconcealable glint flashed in his eyes, and finally slowly returned to his deep expression: "Whether Foster really agrees with this matter or not, he is not the one who dares to stand up and speak out against this. ”

"You mean that the anger and corruption that the old man just showed were his disguise?" Whispering Ning Lan smiled and blinked: "He just played for us?" ”

"Who knows, it doesn't matter if it's true or not." Duan Qing shrugged his shoulders: "In short, the result of the fact is that he can't be the first guy to compromise with the Imperial people and hand out an olive branch in front of all the principalities. ”

"Are you referring to President Hossman?"

"That's right, the one who took all the infamy on his shoulder."

Duan Qing, who had crossed the intersection of another street and crossed two ditches and turbulent water again, replied in a low voice: "Foster probably doesn't have that much courage, and this meeting and negotiation is probably forced by the will of the principality to do so, if it weren't for this statement, his situation in the country might be even worse than now." ”

"He's the oldest man in the council, and he's the most powerful family in the principality's nobility." Whispering Ning Lan tilted her head slightly puzzled: "He shouldn't have fallen to such a point, right?" ”

"In the face of this force, things like family and seniority don't matter." As if inspired by a feeling, Duan Qing let out a long sigh: "Hossman, who controlled the entire principality, died in the end - this example may have a profound impact on the people of the principality, I don't know if there is anyone behind this atmosphere, but at least for now, no one dares to risk the world's condemnation to approach us." ”

"And what is the point of this meeting between Fortson and us?" After a slight pause, Ning Lan shrewdly discovered the crux of the problem: "He invited us here to meet for no reason, it can't be a change of law to intimidate us, right?" ”

"Considering the background clues that Fortson's family once revealed, the answer to this question is easy to guess." Duan Qing shook his head and replied in a low voice, "It should be those strange places that were inadvertently revealed in his question." ”

"He seems to be very interested in some of the prophecies of our empire."

After crossing the two streets again, the gray-robed magician and the blue-and-white maid then came within the confines of Neil Street: "You may not know much about what happened that night in the imperial capital Redcar, but it seems that these principalities who are thousands of miles away have already heard of it. ”

"They seem to have taken a great interest in the details of that mutation." Speaking of this, Duan Qing turned his head and looked in the direction he came: "At least this Fortson looks like this." ”

"There is indeed a prophecy on the Duchy's side, but the content of that prophecy has been broken." Blinking her eyes again, Ning Lan, who remembered something, whispered, "As the Fortson family who guarded that prophecy, they should have given up the content of that prophecy. ”

"God knows what else this city of Tania has left for them." Duan Qing made a helpless move: "But looking at the old man's inadvertent expression, he seems to be a little anxious." ”

“…… Worry? ”

"That's right, something might be happening."

Lowering his head again, Duan Qing's thoughtful gaze began to become deeper and deeper: "From our departure to the present, inexplicable investigation team personnel, inexplicable attacks, one unidentified figure after another, and inexplicable hostility from the principality...... Everything seems to be pulling by a thread that we can't see, gradually implicating these unrelated things, which may also affect the Duchy's side, hindering us in another form that we can't see. ”

"If we apply the same to this group of principalities, the whole thing will be very lively." He looked up at the left and right sides of the street, as if looking for something: "We've only seen half of them so far, and the other half is still fermenting in Tania City." ”

"The prophecy of the Fortson family is one clue, and the encounter with the Fool Adventure Group should be another." Whispering Ning Lan also tried to sort it out: "In addition to these two clues, what remains is probably the mysterious enemies we face, and their true identities...... Not. ”

"Here we are, sir."

As if to understand what Duan Qing was looking for at this time, the maid stretched out her hand and pointed to the street in front of her left, and a guild station made of simple wooden materials was swaying in the sparse rain curtain overhead with countless hanging lanterns, accompanied by the rivers and lakes dressed men and women who kept coming and going in this station.

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"Go away! You are not welcome here! ”

Some time later, on the afternoon of March 26, 796 in the new calendar, the figures belonging to Duan Qing and the two people were then driven out of their own gates by countless players from the Jianghu station, and almost all of them were close to the full level, and then they folded their arms and formed a circle, completely blocking the gate of the station that Duan Qing and they just wanted to break into: "Go back, Imperial!" ”

"Hey, don't be so uncooperative, okay?"

Duan Qing, who didn't mean to be angry at all, slapped his body and got up from the ground, replied casually: "I just want to talk to your president a little, it shouldn't be a big deal, right?" ”

"Is the president of our rivers and lakes the one you want to meet?" One of the Jianghu disciples standing in front of him looked at Duan Qing's face with a squinting gaze: "Driving you out is already the most polite way to treat you, otherwise you can still stand here alive?" ”

"Well, if you look at it from the enemy's point of view, you have indeed shown mercy." Duan Qing bent down and gasped twice: "However, there is not only a hostile relationship between the principality and the empire, but also acquaintances." ”

"Are you acquaintances with Boss Duan?"

A mellow voice then appeared in front of Duan Qing, accompanied by a swordsman player named Five Elements Lack of Earth who pushed away the crowd and stepped into the field of vision of the two: "But I haven't heard of you, this ...... A gentleman named Linyuan Broken Water? ”

"Uh, trumpet, trumpet." Duan Qinggan replied with a smile, "When we meet your family president, you should know." ”

"We can see this kind of sloppy description a lot, guess what will happen to those who call themselves 'best friends'?" Slowly walked in front of Duan Qing, Wuxing Qitu put his hand on the hilt of the sword on his waist: "And I also know the one next to you, do you think that the festival between us and her is ...... Will I believe what you say? “

"Well, after all, it happened suddenly, and I can't do anything." Signaling the secret whisper Ning Lan to put away the dagger, Duan Qing scratched the back of his head and whispered, "I just hope to communicate before things get worse, so as not to cause more misunderstandings, so-"

“…… The president is not here at the moment. ”

After glancing at each other deeply, the Five Elements Lack of Earth finally withdrew his tentative eyes from the two of them: "He can't meet you now." ”

"He's not here?" Duan Qing opened his eyes: "Where did he go?" ”

"If you're really his friend, you should know where he is now." Wuxing Qitu slowly turned around: "For the sake of your sincere attitude, about your true identity, I will let you go first." ”

"Wait, wait!" Hurriedly stopped the other party's footsteps that were about to disappear into the station gate with someone, Duan Qingfu lowered his voice again: "Can you first answer me about that Prince Chris, what is going on here?" ”

"I don't know."

The pace of walking back slowly stopped at the gate, and the Five Elements Lack of Earth turned around and waved back the Jianghu congregations around him to the door: "That matter is a secret within the principality, and not many player forces can know about it at present. ”

"You are not an ordinary player force, you are rivers and lakes." Duan Qing's eyes gradually became serious: "Even you don't know, who else can know?" ”

"Of course it's the parties." Looking up at Duan Qing's face, the Five Elements Lack of Soil, who showed disdain, lowered his head slightly: "The rivers and lakes are not all-encompassing, one-handed covering the sky, and there is no dominance and leisure to take care of everything you imagined, if you want to inquire about the news, you'd better go to those people and ask yourself." ”

"But...... If I were an insider, I wouldn't have told you. Speaking of this, he turned around again, and then stretched his arms to the side: "This kind of inside information is not easy to reveal, only people who are not related to each other have the opportunity to ask, and you-"

"Do you know us well?"

The heavy sound of the door closing then rang out in front of Duan Qing, becoming the final termination of this extremely unfriendly exchange, Duan Qing, who felt this sense of distance, then looked at the ruthless wooden door in a daze, and finally turned his head helplessly: "Come on, this road will not work." ”

"It seems that Jianghu really has no energy recently." Ning Lan, who was also standing on the side, whispered something like this: "Not to mention the Broken Wind and Thunder, even the other two brothers didn't come forward...... They must all be busy out there. ”

"I see." With a look of realization in his eyes, Duan Qing then clapped his hands and turned around: "I don't know much about things outside, so I don't really feel this pressure." Anyway, what's going on out there now? ”

"The specific situation Ning Lan is not very clear, Ning Lan only occasionally heard Miss Yu Yan's subordinates mention a few words." Secret whisper Ning Lan replied in a low voice: "If Mr. is interested, Ning Lan will help you ask next time." ”

"No, there's no need to rush." Looking at both sides of the street where Jianghu was stationed, Duan Qing's eyes then became confused: "I finally came to this point, I can't swallow this breath until I solve the mystery in front of me first." ”

"If you have clues, Ning Lan still remembers a place."

The quiet voice belonging to the maid then sounded on Duan Qing's side, and he turned his head to see the warm face of the other party smiling again: "It's at our feet." ”

"You mean the underworld?"

After hesitating for a while, Duan Qing finally nodded slowly: "Okay, as long as you have money, you can really find out any news there." ”

"It's a question of how to do it." He grabbed his hair, and his tangled expression was then hidden in the movement of turning: "Whether it's Hank or Wiesel, the reputation of my place has been cleared. ”

"If you go to them now, most of them will eat a nose of ashes like they did just now."