"Hey, you two! Weapons are forbidden in the tavern! Look at the two of you, one looks more dangerous than the other......"

"That's right, and this girl...... Well, although it looks very standard, what does it mean to have a sword hanging in front and a sword on the back? I don't think a sword is enough to chop, isn't it? ”

"Where are you from? Do you know the rules of the Scrap Four Tavern? Whether it's a soldier of the Principality or an adventurer of the Empire, as long as they bring weapons into the tavern, they will be considered troublemakers! ”

"Have you ever heard of it? Do you know how they were kicked out by us two days ago? If you two guys are going to do a crime in this place, then don't blame us - hey, hey? ”

Pushing away the two players who came forward out of nowhere who wanted to provoke, Duan Qing, who was expressionless, then quietly walked to the side of the red-haired girl, lying on the bar counter, she didn't seem to notice the approach of the gray-robed magician behind her, just turned the bottom of the wine glass beside her with her fingers: "You guys...... How...... Haven't taken it yet......"

"Don't drink it if you haven't brought it." Reaching out and flicking the wine glass aside, Duan Qing sighed and slowly helped the other party's body up: "Maybe you owe someone money for wine, and they have stopped supplying it." ”

"Stop-stop?" The body swayed back and forth crookedly, and the red-haired girl's eyes were obviously still cloudy: "Who...... Let you ...... Stop, stop, you ...... You know...... I am...... Who...... ......"

"Yes, yes, we know." As if the girl who fell softly on his shoulder did not exist, Duan Qing, who maintained his calmness, took out a bottle of magic potion from his waist: "Drink this glass of wine first, and then let's talk about the wine money." ”

"Don't worry, I'll ask for this cup."

He pouted and looked at the confused girl for a while, and then smiled bitterly and revealed his smile in front of the drunken Thousand Fingered Crane, and the figure belonging to the Snow Spirit Phantom Ice also appeared behind him, using his strength to stabilize the red-haired girl's figure on the bar: "It's really not light to be drunk." ”

"Done?"

"I don't know where the gangsters came from, and they want to do things in the name of the abandoned Four Taverns."

Stretching out his hand and pointing in the direction they came, Snow Spirit Phantom Ice gestured to the two players who had tried to stop them before, but had already hidden in the middle of nowhere: "I hope the real Waste Four Tavern can take care of them a little...... Hmm, what did you give her to drink? ”

"The anti-drug of abnormal state is known as the 'panacea'." Duan Qing replied with a normal face, "Although it can't reach the point where any curse and abnormal state can be resolved, it's still okay to relieve her hangover." ”

"Is it okay to have a hangover?"

"Of course, alcohol anesthesia is just one of the anomalies."

Putting away the potion bottle that had been drunk in his hand, Duan Qing, who had made a gesture of toasting, finally showed a smile: "According to the normal situation, lifting this state naturally requires a special potion formula and high-level alchemy technology, but thanks to Violet, I can still prepare this kind of all-purpose medicine." ”

"That's right...... Then give me a few bottles first. The corners of his mouth inadvertently rose upward, and Xue Lingphantom Bing, who showed an inexplicable smile, then stretched his hands into Duan Qing's arms that he had just retracted: "In case I get drunk one day, I will also drink two bottles to wake up." ”

"Wait, wait, don't pay like that, okay?" Duan Qing, who was holding the Thousand Fingered Crane, hurriedly pushed the other party's fumbling hand aside: "This thing is a precious item now, and I haven't made a few bottles now, if you take it away, I'll also-"

"Brother Duan?"

The swaying body finally appeared a little stable, and the eyes belonging to the Thousand Fingered Crane finally became clear with the effect of a certain medicinal effect, and her eyes stayed on Duan Qing's body for a long time, and finally gradually became panicked: "You, you, you, you, you, you-"

"When did you get here?"

She broke free from Duan Qing's side in a little hurry, and then looked at him and Xue Lingphantom Bing looking at her in unison and blushed: "I, I...... You...... You ......"

"Looks like you've recovered—the Violet brand elixir, you deserve it."

With a long breath, Duan Qing, who had let go of his hands, turned to the top of the tavern and gave his thumbs up: "How do you feel?" How much did you drink? ”

"I, I ......"

As if remembering something that was difficult to let go, the red-haired girl's clear eyes suddenly became lost: "By the way, I'll come back from the Caryland Hills, and then ...... Then ......"

"So you should have found them."

After a slight pause in his voice, Duan Qing turned to look at the Snow Spirit Phantom Ice beside him: "And the result seems to be a little unsatisfactory?" ”

"They...... They did attack the Fars Fortress. The Thousand Fingered Crane replied with a low expression, "Although they didn't ask in detail, they still admitted the matter and ...... They also uprooted their hidden camp and intended to continue the plan of the attack. ”

"So they're planning to come?" Duan Qing raised his eyebrows: "Walked on the opposite side of us without hesitation? ”

"I, I'm not going to be with them." Hurriedly waved his hand, leaned back a little and looked at Duan Qing's gaze, which became dodgy: "I, I won't be their backing anymore, and I won't continue to be their secret weapon, and the name of the Red Lotus Gang has nothing to do with me......"

"It doesn't matter if it's up to you."

Interrupting the Thousand Fingered Crane's coquettish declaration, Xue Lingphantom Ice, who was sitting on the other side, then said with a slightly cold face: "The Red Lotus Gang and the Red Lotus Maiden, even the locals who don't know much about the reputation of adventurers, I'm afraid they will look at you with suspicion for these reasons, not to mention that the current principality has become a mad dog, and wants to seize every opportunity that can be seized to slander others......"

"The word denigration is still a bit overused, after all, they didn't find the wrong person this time." Duan Qing sighed and turned around: "Now I'm afraid that they will end up involving Xiao Qian in the dispute between the two countries because of the information they have." ”

"No, it's okay." Thousand-Fingered Crane hurriedly waved his hand: "The Mage Council doesn't know what I've done in secret, and they don't make it so easy for me to be bullied by the principality, as long as they don't have any tangible evidence, they can't do anything about me." ”

"Herein lies the problem." Duan Qing tapped the other party's head: "What if there is a problem within the Red Lotus Gang?" What is the probability that they will betray you? ”

"They won't betray me...... Right? ”

The firm voice that had just been raised then softened into uncertain doubt, and the expression of the Thousand Fingered Crane then became much more ugly: "Brother...... My brother had taken on such a big task without telling me, and he didn't care where I stood at all, if he and his men did reveal my secret in order to put me on their chariot......"

"Even if Rainbow doesn't, his employer might ask him to do it." Xue Lingphantom Ice furrowed his eyebrows deeply: "Based on our previous experiences and experiences, they may have also participated in the war of the castle of Tibilisi, if they also have intricate relationships and power support behind them, it is not impossible for this kind of thing to happen......

"I should have thought of this a long time ago."

Looking at the Red Lotus Staff in her hand, the red-haired girl's gaze gradually immersed in a self-reproachful expression: "When he first came to ask me for help, I should have rejected him, I was just soft-hearted at the time, and I didn't expect it to be more and more involved in the future......"

"Don't dwell on the past, just like what happened in this fortress."

A mellow voice then appeared in front of the three of them, accompanied by a figure in armor with a long sword standing behind the bar at some point: "Rather than continue to be bound to the pain of memories, you might as well keep your eyes on the future, right?" ”

"Brother Miner."

Recognizing the identity of this person, Duan Qing's smiling face then turned in the direction they came: "There were two people at the door who wanted to stop us from entering the tavern just now, and they used bullshit reasons like 'no weapons'...... Do you know about this? ”

"The main visitors to the Abandoned Four Tavern are adventurers and soldiers of the principality, how can it be forbidden to carry weapons? He's not one of ours, and I've already sent someone to deal with it. Smiling at Duan Qing, the African miner's gaze then fell on the Thousand Fingered Crane: "Compared to it, the problem in front of us is the problem that we urgently need to solve." ”

"Brother Mo...... Ah no, Brother Lin. He whispered to Duan Qing and asked, "If the charge of attacking the empire that day really falls on Xiao Qian's head, what will be the consequences?" ”

"The position of the Mage Council has always been neutral, and they will never sit idly by and watch any magician members in the Council use such means to meddle in the conflicts between countries." Before Duan Qing could say his answer, the Thousand Fingered Crane, who was sitting in front of the bar, muttered in a low voice: "Of course, compared to this matter, what makes me more angry is that my brother would actually do such a bold thing......"

"When you finally caught up with them, did you ask them why they did it?" Duan Qing's fingers tapped on the table in front of him: "Even if it's the identity of the employer." ”

"How could someone like my brother say this to me?" The muttering voice in his mouth became lower and lower, and the black aura on Thousand-Fingered Crane's face became more and more intense: "No, it's not so much that he hid it from me, but that since he had a car accident, his personality has become more and more strange......"

"What did you say?"

"No, nothing."

As if he had exhausted all his mental energy, the Thousand Fingered Crane, who had forcibly cheered up, then also looked at the people in front of him: "Go on - what should we do?" ”

"Brother Lin is probably leaving." Before Duan Qing could speak, the African miner once again said Qing Ling's plan in advance: "I heard that the Imperial Investigation Team has issued a recall order to you?" When do you want to go? ”

"How do you know everything—oh, I see." Halfway through the words of surprise, Duan Qing's eyes then revealed a sudden look: "That nine-fingered beggar...... He's connected to you, right? ”

"Intelligence workers in the world are one family, and even if they don't cooperate with each other, what they learn will not make much difference because of competition." The African miner, who shook his head, also explained: "Of course, we have to understand more clearly about the safety of our principality's land, not to mention-"

"Your Highness seems to have been in a bitter battle lately." He pointed to the east outside the tavern, "If she doesn't hurry over, I'm afraid she won't be able to withstand the attack of the principality." ”

"We'll probably be gone soon."

Shaking his head towards the rain curtain outside the window, Xue Lingphantom Bing, who was sitting next to Duan Qing, then said their plan as the team leader: "I've been waiting for several days, and the time is almost wasted, even if this heavy rain will fall, we will leave here first." ”

"First? In other words, the people of Arashiyama will not leave? The African miner blinked his eyes: "Do you want to accompany the rivers and lakes to the end?" ”

"How do we know, we don't care about them." Duan Qing waved his hand indifferently: "The rivers and lakes don't have much to do with us originally, and I don't know which of their tendons has a problem, and they have been entangled since we came here......"

"The confrontation of forces left in this fortress is, in the final analysis, only the empire and the principality, the rivers and lakes and the mountains." The African miner's hand swept over the bar and gestured around: "If it weren't for that night's battle, you and the Red Lotus Gang, as well as characters like Yinzhu and Xiaoqian, would not have appeared in the field of vision of those high-ranking military officials. ”

"And that dream." As if remembering the root cause of these incidents, his gaze then fell on Duan Qing's body: "What are you going to do with him?" ”

"We're just about to talk about it." Duan Qing's gaze fell on Thousand Fingered Crane: "We are going to take him with us, in case he may bring more problems, that is, I don't know if the representative of the Mage Council that we left here will let go of the wanted criminal who is wanted by himself." ”

"It's not impossible to leave that wanted criminal in your hands, after all, I don't have the ability to bring him back to the Mage Council right now." Sitting in place with his eyes fixed for a long time, the face of the Thousand Fingered Crane was finally buried deep in the long red hair that fell down: "And...... And I want to see the Red Lotus Gang again, I, I still want to work a little harder......"

"Then she'd better follow you."

A mysterious voice then came into the ears that only Duan Qing could hear, it was Violet's muffled words from afar in some way: "According to my observations-"

"The little ones you're following seem to have started moving in the direction of the principality."