Chapter 68
"Whew~... Is it barely so many? ”
The evil fairy looked at the city he had just walked through, and the people who were willing to accept the faith were two, and they were both old people, making a last ditch fight for immortality.
It doesn't make sense at all, their bodies simply don't last that long. What's more, her immortality technique is an absolute taboo for mortals, or in the land of China.
Kill each other and then resurrect them.
Not to mention the problem of operability, the Chinese are full of doubts about such an operation method: since it is immortality, why die first?
So what is this immortality? Do you resurrect your own body, or do you want to exchange your own body for becoming the plaything of this evil fairy?
Even if this can achieve immortality and use one's own life as collateral, the risk is inevitably too great, and if something goes wrong, the gains outweigh the losses.
"That's it, that's it... Let's go back today..."
Looking at the courtyard opposite with Buddha statues, she knew that this was definitely a useless exercise.
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"Sure enough... It is indeed the heyday of the expansion of Chinese civilization. ”
Erli, who came from the Western Regions, wore a gray fat cloak and walked under Daxing City, or the future capital of Chang'an City.
The rush of traffic is not enough to describe the scene, and the elite soldiers energetically inspect the crowd entering the city; The merchant hauled his goods and hurried to the city, in case the time was up, he could not sell his goods; As for the literati, they also exude a martial atmosphere, with a long sword tied around their waists, and they do not look like weak scholars after the Song Dynasty.
"Let's find a better hotel... I can finally take a shower. ”
When she entered the city, she put down her hood and shook her hair, her tangled silver hair draped over her back, and her little face was covered with a lot of solidified sand.
This image is more outstanding in Chang'an City, if you associate her with a group, it is a beggar.
It's just that the beggar didn't have a dagger that was obviously a nobleman, and although the dagger was stained with a lot of dirt, it still couldn't hide the value of the dagger. If anyone with a discerning eye can see that the pattern on the dagger is from Persia, and it is made of iron from the Western Regions.
In other words, the dagger was made of the material of a Damascus knife, and only the nobles of the upper ranks were qualified to use this weapon. But now a little beggar can hold it, it doesn't make sense.
The Persian merchants, as well as some of the merchants who had been to the Western Regions, frowned at Ellie.
There are three assumptions, first, this little beggar can steal a dagger from a nobleman, but such a nobleman is definitely a high-level, how could she possibly come into contact with those nobles? Even if she might be a nobleman's handmaiden, what's the point of her stealing it?
The second is a weapon she picked up from the battlefield, but the probability is very low. It is impossible for the nobles' blades to be used as trophies, unless the fighting army is a group of saints who have no desire for money.
Third, this little beggar girl has a big background. Being able to walk around with this dagger proves that her family is at least a big noble, and maybe even the illegitimate son of the king.
Some knights on the street did not dare to disrespect this little girl, the reason was that this dagger was very well maintained, and the surface was very dirty, but in fact, the dagger was as good as new, and the sharpness had not changed at all.
Another point is that this beggar is calm and powerful, although it is a child's body, but as long as he makes a effort, it will definitely surprise those self-righteous big men.
And so, a strange sight appeared.
Ordinary people didn't look at Erli squarely, and pointed at her from time to time, but those who knew her "doorway" either had a frozen expression, or respect from the bottom of their hearts.
But Erri didn't care about that, she found an inn that looked good, and walked straight in.
The camel was burned to death by the Zoroastrian clergy as she tried to cross Persia. After Arlie had buried it properly, she dried the man's head next to its grave.
"Where's the kid, get out and get out!"
Xiao Er saw the tattered Erlie, and thought she was here to ask for food, so she directly asked her to blow out.
Arlie listened, but didn't hear all they were saying. It seems that the current official dialect is not very different from the modern spoken language she has mastered, and she has to be like a Persian from afar since she arrived in the Chinese-controlled territory.
"I want to stay in a hotel."
She tried to make it clear word by word, as if she were really from the Western Regions, and pulled out the silver coins of the Byzantine Empire.
China is poor in silver, and before the Tang Dynasty, its price in China was even more valuable than gold. Ellie didn't know this, she originally wanted to take out gold coins, but she didn't have many gold coins with her, and she spent a lot of money in Persia, so the gold coins had long been spent.
There were a lot of silver coins left, but she doubted that she would be able to take a boat to North Korea, and whether she would be able to leave one or two before she arrived in Japan.
Seeing the money, the man's face changed, and he immediately looked at the god of wealth with a smile.
The price of silver in Chang'an is not cheap, many nobles entrust craftsmen to use silver to make jewelry, the circulation is very small, silver is purely priceless.
Now that this one has taken out the silver, naturally he can't look at her as a beggar.
"Please!"
Snob.
Although Ellie didn't understand his words, the change in the man's expression was in her eyes.
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"Whew...... It was a lot more comfortable......"
In the evening, she huddled in the house, and the food had already been delivered, some stir-fried vegetables, but in her opinion, it was not as good as her own cooking.
She also only ate a few bites before she took out cheese and milk wine, as well as two roasted gerbils, and a hare's leg.
It's a little better to eat with these things. After eating and drinking, she asked the guys in the store to boil a basin of water and get ready to take a shower.
As for the clothes, she was ready to throw them away and change into her own modern suit. Since he arrived in Chang'an, he would not be deliberately besieged by a group of God's servants. After all, no matter how big the gods of those disciples are, you have to kneel down in front of the emperor, and then honestly admit that the emperor is the eldest and the emperor is the second.
So, this was also the most peaceful day she stayed, and the feeling of not taking a bath for several years made her sink directly into the steaming bath water.
Relax with all your heart, or clean your whole body.
It should be a year at most, and you will be able to reach Yamato.
Purple, Sister Youxiang, Yan, are you all right? How's that going with the exorcists?
What about you, stableman? Have you suppressed the domestic forces, have you found anything about Taoism?
And Emperor Inaba, there shouldn't be any problems with that bamboo forest, right? If there is no problem, then Purple and Yuxiang are really the creators of the Lost Bamboo Forest.
And also... Yes...
Footsteps?
Ellie suddenly stopped sighing and listened to the movement in the room.
How did you get in? No sound at all?
Powerful thief... It's just a pity that you've come to the wrong place.
Before the droplets of water that had been brought up, she had already pulled out her Jingyue knife and put it against the thief's neck. Over the years of training with Yumeko, as well as fighting alone with Zoroastrianism, her fast knife practice is very good, and she doesn't rely on knife skills, and she can fight speed to the point of three slashes with one blow. But it seemed like a blow, but in fact she still slashed three times, but the speed was not something that could keep up.
“… A girl? I thought it was some kind of merchant from the Western Regions..."
The thief disguised his panic, and pretended to look at the naked Erlie calmly, and said slowly.
Naturally, Ellie didn't understand, but just pushed the knife slightly into her neck.