Chapter 20: The Foreshadowing of the Unknown
Three days later.
Hall Castle.
During this time, Zhu Ping has been waiting for the incident to ferment.
In addition, he followed Nina's family to the countryside before, and it has been more than half a month since he crossed at this time, and people's adaptability is often beyond their imagination.
At this time, living in another world, he no longer had the jerky feeling he had when he first arrived.
In the past three days, his own strength has reached the top of the realm, and he needs to complete the "ritual" of "shooting extraordinary creatures at close range" before he can continue to cultivate.
And there are remarks to this ceremony...... Fight against extraordinary beasts that you can't defeat, break through yourself in a life-and-death crisis, and then be promoted.
Then the question arises, nine deaths, one life, successfully shooting the beast, will the promotion sequence 7 be successful?
A: Not necessarily, one could even say, almost impossible to succeed.
In the entire capital of Orlanton, the king and knight have a "marksman", and its difficulty coefficient can be imagined.
A few lucky ones escaped, leaving one life without promotion, and most of the unlucky ones have become dry food for the stomachs of extraordinary beasts.
Complimentary buffet delivered to your door.
This is also one of the reasons why nobles will not cultivate the path of warriors, glory and wealth do not want, who wants to be a reckless man, of course...... Except for Zhuping Hall.
"If you don't perform a ritual and eat the roots of the dragon scale giant tree directly, will you be able to advance directly?
Although it doesn't feel very feasible.
Let's try it first. ”
The root system of the dragon scale giant tree is not uncommon, and in many deep mountains and old forests, there are this kind of giant trees with layers of bark like scales and slender maple leaf dragon claws.
Its root system is good-looking, and the pattern on it is like the claws of a falcon, in the shape of a ring that is constantly nested.
However, due to the high density and strong wood, it is the first choice of raw materials for many carving masters, so it is not cheap.
Of course, there is no comparison with wizards who need a few hundred gold coins to get started.
According to the tutorial on the "manual", blanch the old hen and set aside, put the bottom oil in the pot, stir-fry the green onions, ginger and garlic until fragrant, remove the residue, and put in cinnamon, star anise, and bay leaves...... Put in the roots of the old hen and the dragon scale tree...... Simmer over low heat for two hours.
Serve the plate, and now for the technical summary......
Overall the chicken broth tastes good, and the wood texture is a bit stiff.
The realm of the Extraordinary Sequence still shows no signs of loosening.
"It seems that the promotion ceremony is a process that must be experienced! But it's too difficult to shoot an extraordinary beast, wait for the next time your hometown calls and find a solution!
It is impossible to participate in the ceremony according to the rules, and it is impossible to play with your life! Isn't it good to live well? Isn't it fragrant to enjoy the glory and wealth? ”
Zhu Ping sighed and looked at the two Nadana brothers who were exercising outside the window.
He was very optimistic about these two people, and even paid out of his own pocket to buy them the nutritional products of Warrior Path Sequence 9 to help them enter the Warrior Path.
Loyalty is a very valuable quality at all times...... Spending money for them, although Zhu Ping was a little distressed, he also had to admit that the money was well spent!
Moreover, the two brothers have a very good foundation in cultivation, although the cultivation is a gradual process, but at this time, the results of their training have begun to show grandeur.
It's a pity that they're muscular men.,It would be nice if it was a cute girl.。
"Hey...... The world has both laws, left and right for men and left and right can only choose the same! ”
……
In the past three days, the two viscounts George and Peggy have been very lively.
Inside the castle, his men kept coming in and out.
George initially sent the killer Joel out to interrogate the castle lord's group about what they had seen and heard, and the results were all true.
Of course, there is no way not to be real, because the Nada brothers, as the "starring", do not know the whole of the plan, and their honest "wind comments" also add a sense of reality to the "stage play".
Later, news also came from Peggy's side, and his male servants discovered that the three men described by the castle master were from the Hall family.
This made the two barons, Peggy and George, angry and angry.
Zhu Ping had just humiliated the two of them at Viscount Xiao Nong's ball before, and scared them to the point that he couldn't help himself, but it turned out that the person in the gem vein was actually Zhu Ping Hall.
George also realized that something was wrong, but he couldn't say what it was, and he began to feel uneasy in his heart.
So he sent someone to quickly whip up the castle lord with a blue nose and swollen face, and questioned him face to face to review the whole incident.
In the ins and outs of events, no problems were found.
Viscount George's inner uneasiness became more and more obvious, it was clear that the gem vein was likely to open on his own land, but he just felt as if something was wrong.
Then, the two barons sent a team of private detectives to find out where the veins of the gem were.
Today, the killer Joel is back with news from a private detective.
George Castle.
Baron George, dressed in a tight tuxedo all day, sat in the garden and listened to the court music of the violinist, which was originally only for the king's solo.
Killer Joel wore his gloomy face all year round, even when he knelt down on one knee in front of George.
Baron George, instead of interrupting the performance rudely, took the killer Joel to the corner and asked, "Has the specific location of the vein been found?" ”
"The exact location has not been found, but based on the untreated campfire residues that the three men were camping at night, it can be determined that the approximate location is in the northwest corner of the small village." Killer Joel affirmed.
Baron George frowned slightly, and for a moment he couldn't remember where it was, so he asked directly, "Does that place belong to me?" ”
"My lord, it belonged to you." Killer Joel was halfway through his words, not knowing how to speak.
George pinched the flowers in the garden, and the small movement revealed the extreme uneasiness in his heart, and asked, "What originally belonged to me, where?" Could it be the piece of land that was given to Hall? ”
Killer Joel didn't refute it.
"Fack!" George was furious, crushing the flowers and plants in front of him with his feet, and the fat on his face continued to shake with the violent movement.
"How could it be that land, damn it! It's Hall again, it's that guy again! The intense anger made Baron George take off his long-standing gentlemanly disguise.
The violent mood is vividly displayed in his body.
After venting for a while, he felt the cheerful tunes coming from the court musicians becoming more and more harsh, and he scolded: "Get rid of all those musicians!" Get them out of my house! ”
Hearing this, the killer Joel nodded, and with the other valets, invited the musicians out in a not too gentlemanly manner.
Two hours later.
From Baron George scolding alone, to George Peggy's two mouth-to-mouth squirting.
"Hall, this guy is definitely a sinister and cunning villain."
"Phew! Pretending to be unsociable, pretending to be aggrieved when we ceded those two pieces of land. ”
"Despicable reckless ......"
“……”
The two of them were furious because they realized that they had been deceived.
Is Zhuping Hall an idiot?
Now it seems, apparently not!
If Zhuping Hall is a fool, what are the two of them who are being played by him? A fool of fools?
Greedy people don't look like good people, so they follow their own way of thinking, and make up the scene when Zhu Ping made a deal with them before.
These two nobles thought that they had made a lot of money by exchanging thousands of acres of wasteland with Hall for shares and shops in gem veins, and they thought that Zhu Ping Hall could be bullied casually.
However, from the "Employee Incident", Zhuping Hall's fangs are exposed, and he is not a tame little sheep.
Now everything is clear, since Zhu Ping is not stupid, that is, he deliberately exchanged his assets with thousands of acres of wasteland, in order to seize a complete vein of gemstones.
And he succeeded.
The two counts beat their chests, what did they do before? They used all means to sell favors, give gifts, and package the "ore veins" that belonged to them to Zhu Ping.
The two barons were furious, they felt that they had been deceived by that disgusting villain again and again, and that everything was a conspiracy of the other party, and they kept playing tricks, one ring after another.
Peggy smashed everything in sight and said fiercely, "Kill!" Kill him! ”
This is the second time Peggy has been in a frenzy of incompetence, and George has neither agreed nor refuted this time, leaving Peggy to vent alone.
If a nobleman is really killed, the entire circle of the upper class will be in danger, and even the king who has not been in charge for a long time will be furious, and when the time comes, even Viscount Xiao Nong may not be able to protect Peggy...... George began to think that the result was not bad.
George patted the other party's shoulder and said, "Go!" Let's go to Viscount Xiao Nong and ask him to administer justice for us, even if it's a big deal, ask Viscount Lin Zheng again. ”
……
Hall Castle.
Why hasn't the phone from my hometown been called yet...... Zhu Ping is doing the necessary exercises every day, and next to him is the cute and intelligent freckled girl Lina to time him and tell the time.
After all, there are more employees in the castle, and Nina's workload is not the same.
Lina sat on the chair, the breeze blowing the hem of her skirt from time to time, outlining the shape of her slender and straight legs, her eyes fixed on the clock, and asked casually:
"My handsome Prince Charming, how are you sure these people will take the bait?"
"There is a theory called the anchoring effect, which is to bury an anchor in the subconscious of people, so that future cognition will be affected by this anchor.
In this case, the spear I have sunk is a jewel!
The gemstones that appear around your neck, the gemstones that are given to the one who serves as a birthday present, the gemstones that are set in the purse, and of course, the ...... Hey, hey, hey.
These details will affect their judgment, and in a few days, I will have a big gift for them. ”
Zhu Ping paused, the corners of his mouth hooked up a villain-like standard smile, and said: "Of course, there is the most important layer of cover-up, the unsolvable cover-up."
That is, before and after the ball, the contradiction in behavior, docile as a sheep, fierce as a wolf, this inconsistent behavior is incomprehensible, and they have no possibility to figure it out. ”
After all, who would have thought that I had crossed over during this time...... Zhu Ping thought in his heart: This is the foreshadowing of no solution.
"Alright! It's training time! Lina sat on the chair and shook her legs casually, revealing a sweet smile: "Oh! Then I say Prince Charming, Prince Charming, and to this day, you don't think it's weird.
Isn't this kind of behavior also in line with the anchoring effect you mentioned? ”
"Uh...... Right! ”