The royal capital is as great as the country in the hearts of the people, which is why the city is named after the country. As a desert city with a population of 4 million, it is a good place to describe it as bustling, and the infrastructure that most large cities have is here, and what they don't have in big cities, they are also here.

Local merchants fill the streets with stalls selling everything from gold and silver jewellery to specialty delicacies, acrobats earn applause and gold coins with dangerous moves, and snake dancers attract curious eyes with a poisonous snake that swings from side to side to music.

The crowd of onlookers blocked the road, and they had to get off the camel's backs and slowly move slowly on the reins, and the merchants who passed through each stall would scramble to sell their wares, exaggerating the true value of the goods with flowery rhetoric, including the shouts of a young man who made Yuna smile on her lips.

"Come and see! What a beautiful hairpin, a crystal from the Embedded Mountains, which was once worn on the head of the Empress Dowager Rogess. ”

Yu Na took the blue-crystal hairpin in the middle-aged man's hand, handed it to Ling Wenxuan, and said with a smile: "Do you see that this thing is really worn by the Queen Mother?"

Ling Wenxuan only glanced at it, then handed the hairpin back to the young man and replied, "I don't know, but the Kazan area of the Gara Kingdom is indeed a well-known source of crystal stones. ”

A man dressed as a merchant standing at a nearby stall picking up goods heard the conversation between the two, so he leaned over, covered the left side of his face with his right hand, and whispered: "Don't listen to his nonsense, I don't remember my grandmother wearing this style of hairpin." ”

"Oh! wait...... Your grandmother?" said Yuna's mouth wide in surprise.

"No...... "I mean, this is just the traditional sales tactic ......of our merchants in Galu, and some time ago he would have said that this was the hairpin worn by the Empress of the Loberun Empire. ”

In other words, he is not selling goods, but his own eloquence. Yuna put away her smile and said solemnly, "There is deception hidden in this kind of business, how can you let it go?"

"The girl was really to the point, but he didn't force anyone to buy his things, and we think that if anyone buys something they think they shouldn't buy, then they should blame themselves first, this is a free city, and you have to tell whether gold is trash or rubbish. ”

After hearing this, Ling Wenxuan couldn't help but sneer: "Freedom? There is not a single Tianyao Sect church in this country, I'm afraid that the people here have long forgotten what freedom is?"

"Oh, my dear sir, you are not entirely right. The man bowed deeply and made an inviting gesture, "If you have time, I'll take you somewhere and you'll understand." ”

They observed Lan Lingxiang on the back of the camel, and found that her complexion was much better, and they felt that it was okay to take a look at the person, anyway, it was too early, and there was no need to rush to find an inn to meet Ban Renji.

Seeing Ling Wenxuan nodding in agreement, the man led them through a narrow road next to the stall, past several houses, and came to a dilapidated bungalow. The door was chained and dusty, and it was evident that no one had been here in a long time.

"This was originally a Tianyao church, and since the decree was issued, all the clergy here have been expelled from the country, and it has been rebuilt into what it is today. ”

Ling Wenxuan's right finger wiped a clean mark on the door, and said with a smile: "But I don't see what you mean by 'freedom'?"

"It's actually a bookstore, which collects all kinds of books since the founding of the People's Republic of China, and my real name is Xuan Wenyan, and I'm the operator of this store. The man clasped his hands and raised his eyebrows, "Since the coup d'état, many books have been considered forbidden in the country of Gara, and although ordinary people are not allowed to read them, it does not mean that they cannot be sold, but no one will risk violating the law to buy these books, so there are fewer and fewer customers who patronize here, and it is about to go out of business." ”

Gui Xun'er glanced at Ling Wenxuan contemptuously and said, "Then why don't you destroy these books like someone else, and then transfer this shop to someone else." ”

"These books carry the historical memory of our country, and my work to protect them with limited 'freedom' is not only a manifestation of my personal moral feelings, but also a supreme honor to my family. ”

Hearing him say this, Yuna and Gui Xun'er couldn't help but smile at each other, and became deeply interested in the collection of books inside, and he at least used his eloquence to boast about himself, not to deceive.

"Do you want to go in and have a look?" Xuan Wenyan took out the key and opened the iron cable on the door, "You are the first customers to come here this year, take pity on me, an unlucky businessman." ”

With that, he pushed open the wooden door, stepped over the threshold, and approached the entrance.

The exterior of the library still retains part of the architectural style of the Tianyao Church, in addition to this, it is an ordinary house with an outdated atmosphere even the shutters, and the entrance is connected to a front yard that has not been cleaned for a long time, and the space on the left side is enough for their camels to rest, after simply tying the reins on the wooden frame, Xuan Wenyan brought a basin of water to replenish the water for the camels, and they entered the library by the way.

The choking dust forced them to choke their noses and use the light outside the window to avoid the pesky dust, some of which flew in the air, some landed on the shelves, some formed footprints on the ground, and even the cash register was not clean, which shows how negligent the operators here are.

Ling Wenxuan said frankly that this was the worst environment in the library he had ever visited, and he was so bookish that he didn't want to touch any of the books, which made Lan Lingxiang retreat to the front yard with him on the grounds of poor health, leaving only Youna and Gui Xun'er still inside.

He asked Yuna to choose a few anthologies written by Ban Renjie at random for his own research, but he really didn't follow his own preferences.

It was time-consuming and laborious to pick out the books in person, and Yuna asked Xuan Wenyan to directly provide the location where Ban Renji's works were placed, but the other party hesitated for a long time and did not speak, and she asked again and again before telling the truth.

"Girl, I'll tell you the truth, there is only one last copy of Ban Renji's book left in our store, which is a collection of poems from his youth, and the rest were burned in the coup d'état thirty years ago, he is the target of the new government, and he does not even have this limited freedom of speech, and I don't want to sell this book. ”

"How much does it cost? Yuna stretched out her right palm, "I heard that businessmen in your country have a tradition of high-fives and never back. ”

"No matter how much you pay, I won't sell it, I'm going to keep this book for a treasure. ”

At first, Yuna stretched out one finger, then three, five, and finally under the lure of her money, Xuan Wenyan gave in.

"I can't help you, but since you're going to buy this book, you have to promise me one thing first. Xuan Wenyan stretched out his right hand and Yu Na tapped his palm, "If you don't want to get into trouble, don't sing a song recorded in this book." ”

"This book belongs to me, what to do is my freedom, you even have to take care of this?" Yuna looked a little angry, but had to compromise in order to get the book, "Okay, I promise you." ”

She thought to herself that it was a verbal promise anyway, and she could go back on it at any time.

So, Xuan Wenyan walked to the innermost bookshelf, and after a loud sound, he returned to Yuna and handed a book of poems called "Shen Yun" to Yuna.

Yuna paid him five gold coins, and then eagerly flipped through the contents of the book, and she found that there was nothing strange about it except that it was thin and the pages were yellowed, but it was a forbidden book.

Taking this opportunity, Gui Xun'er showed Xuan Wenyan the handwritten note of Ban Renji, and asked the specific location of this inn, after the other party's gesture, she knew the general direction, and immediately told Ling Wenxuan when she returned to the front yard.

Not long along the main street, they came upon the magnificent Imperial Palace of the Gara, with its magnificent brown walls extending east-west and enclosing the entire imperial city, and under the closed gates was a wide stone bridge with ten guards standing on each side, and a quietly flowing moat.

The inn is located near the right side of the main road south of the main entrance of the palace, Ling Wenxuan couldn't figure out why Ban Renjie would choose a place so close to the palace as his foothold, the former prime minister Ban Renjie was regarded as the most wanted criminal by the government of the Gara country, and those who caught him could be rewarded with a million beers, and the news even spread to the Dragon Federation thousands of miles away, where he checked the history of the Gara kingdom when he was a lecturer at the Edoris Monastery, and then inferred to find out Ban Renji, who lived in seclusion in Suhua Village.

For many years, the Holy See of the Tianyao Sect has wanted to resume the religious activities that were strictly forbidden by the government of the Gara Kingdom thirty years ago, and Ban Renjie is the only person who can help him, he wants to abolish the "Decree of Restriction of Teachings" that discriminates against Tianyao Christians, and Ban Renjie wants this country, and the two hit it off, but the other party's unreasonable nature made him very annoyed.

No, when Gui Xun'er went to the stable to take care of the camels, and when he returned to the front desk, he heard unpleasant news from the shopkeeper, it turned out that Ban Renjie had already booked and paid a deposit for four upper rooms, as long as they provided the shopkeeper with a handwritten note to prove their identity, they could stay for as long as they wanted, until they wanted to check out, and Ban Renjie himself did not appear.

The shopkeeper instructed the shopkeeper to take them to the attic to see the house, Ling Wenxuan's heart was churning like boiling water, he knew that this was Ban Renjian deliberately delaying time and not allowing him to meet His Majesty the King, and he had nothing to do about it.

It was not yet late at night, but Ling Wenxuan couldn't calm down and think about things, he ordered three plates of stir-fried from the store, and ate it alone in the room, and after filling his stomach, he would see if the other three wanted it.

Lan Lingxiang naturally rejected Ling Wenxuan's kindness due to physical discomfort, and Gui Xun'er was tired all day and didn't eat much dinner, so she took the plate and accepted it gladly.

Just when he was surprised why Gui Xun'er took it all away and didn't leave some for Yuna, the other party made a look and asked him to knock on the door next door to know.

There was a clear low hum from the door of the room where he looked, Ling Wenxuan did as he was told, and Youna, who came to open the door, looked panicked, her right hand was hidden behind her, and the corner of the book was exposed on the side of her skirt.

Ling Wenxuan got straight to the point and said, "I'll inform you, if you want to have supper, go to Gui Xun'er." ”

"Thank you, I'm not hungry!" Yuna replied firmly.

"What are you doing in the room?" Ling Wenxuan glanced at Youna's right hand, but the other party immediately turned his back and shook his head, making him feel very bored, "Forget it, whatever you want to do is up to you." ”

With that, he closed the door behind him, grinned, and walked away.