216 Turns
Ryan's study had a faint smell of inkstone, and Chen Xiansong saw that in the corner of the room, there were a lot of discarded papers that had been painted into black paper. Even if it is a nobleman to learn writing, it will cost a lot of money, especially the paper of the Aurora Kingdom, one silver coin can buy three...... And if you want to practice a good hand, I don't know how much blank paper you have to scrap. Therefore, if you can save it, you can save it, and every piece of paper Lane will be thrown away when he can hardly put pen to paper.
"Long waiting!" Ryan made himself the main seat, and his chair was inlaid with bright gold stripes, showing the style of an upstart: "Forgive me for asking Jamie about your Excellency, I really admire your great achievements, but I am also more curious about what kind of person like Your Excellency would come to a small place like ours." β
"It's hard to put into words." Chen Xiansong remembered his own experience during this time, and he felt that he would die for a lifetime: "Actually, I also admire Your Excellency, as far as I know, it is not easy for mercenaries to make money, but Your Excellency can complete capital accumulation in a short period of time and buy a noble title, which is not counted, and now you are still a city lord, you have completed the hundreds of years of history of other families in just a few years, which is much more powerful than me." β
Ryan waved his hand, and even said that he didn't dare to be, but there was an obvious look on his face. Rose sighed in her heart as she watched from the sidelines, four years is still too short a time to truly transform a mercenary into a real nobleman, if it is other nobles, in front of people with a higher status than herself, she will never dare to show a smug look, because it is easy to leave a bad impression.
Taking advantage of the gap between the two men's talking, Rose observed Bai Min and Bai Qianxin, the cold-faced girl was still the same, standing behind the boy, with an unabandonable appearance, but it was another blonde girl. Lying lazily on the bench, under the thin white shirt, the curves were undulating, and the long bright blonde hair covered almost the entire chair, although she was wearing simple white clothes, she was full of charm, and she found that her husband's eyes were on the two girls from time to time.
This is already a very rude behavior, and if the other party is worse than the city, maybe they will be jealous...... Rose sighed inwardly. Moved a chair to her husband's left side, blocking his view, which made Ryan frown slightly. Rose saw that he seemed to be a little displeased with his behavior, and sighed in her heart, since becoming the city lord. Ryan's personality is becoming more and more self-serving, though it's not obvious yet. But go on like this. She always felt that something big might happen in the future.
"Your Excellency, you don't know how hard it was for us to be mercenaries before we became nobles." As he spoke, Ryan shook the golden bell on his desk: "Now I have finally become a master, but I still receive a lot of ......" Ryan has limited knowledge after all, and he can't find the right words to describe it for a while. After thinking for a while, he continued: "I was restricted and suppressed by many people who were stronger and more capable than me. β
Chen Xiansong knew that he wanted to say...... Restricted by rules and unspoken rules, I really couldn't find an adjective, so I replaced it with the latter sentence. Ryan was a mercenary after all. The background is not enough, he has been a nobleman for four years, and he vaguely feels something, but he can't express it in words.
However, Chen Xiansong didn't intend to point it out, he still understood the etiquette of being a guest: "Heh, even if it is a king, it will be restricted by the council, and no one can do what he wants." It's better to be a nobleman than a mercenary, isn't it? β
In the 22nd century, the noble and lowly classes have been basically eliminated, and Chen Xiansong does not think that the mayor is more noble than a doctor How many millimeters of distance, but now is the dark age, the aristocracy is the human being, this is a fact, he does not need to experience, he has been taught in the history class, how big the gap between the nobles and commoners in the feudal era is.
"Ha Lu Ha, that's!" Ryan patted his thigh and smiled happily: "At least I don't have to come and go anymore and can live a stable life." β
The door was gently pushed open, the housekeeper came in with a tray holding a few glasses of wine and a porcelain pot, and put them on the table, Ryan invited Chen Xianxian Song to drink together, only Chen Xiansong took it, Bai Min ignored it, and Bai Qianxin turned over, and dreamed twice, as if she was sleeping very dead.
There was no way, Chen Xiansong had to smile bitterly: "Your Excellency, I'm sorry, their sisters have always been like this, and I apologize for the rudeness." Then I drank the wine in the glass in one sip, these are cloudy wines, and they don't taste very good.
Bai Min stood behind him and frowned beautifully, the new human beings are even more forbidden to natural persons, especially Chen Xiansong, who is under the age of 22 and has not reached the legal age of the new gang, it is forbidden to drink too many alcoholic drinks, she snatched the wine glass from Chen Xiansong's hand, sniffed it, and hesitated for a while before handing it back to him.
Chen Xiansong drank too fast just now, and Bai Min hadn't had time to check whether the food was poisonous, so now he was just making amends.
Ryan didn't express anger at such behavior, on the contrary, he was envious of how rare it was to be a trustworthy, extremely beautiful woman, and a servant of the sun god (he had already received Bai Min's identity from Jamie's mouth). In fact, his mutual-son Rose is also good-looking, and his strength is okay, only eating in the bowl and looking at the pot is the common nature of most men.
"I still have a shallow foundation, and I can't receive high-quality wine, so they (the nobles) deliberately shirk it and don't sell it to me." Ryan shook his head and sighed, then he put down his glass and asked, "Your Excellency, it's late at night, do you want to stay here at night?" β
This is a signal to get to the point, Chen Xiansong naturally understands it, he sits up straight, and tries to put his expression as naturally as possible: "That's not necessary, I'll go back in a while." I have heard in the past that when you became a mercenary, you found a good thing, and I was very interested, so I came to ask. β
Ryan and Rose glanced at each other, and the former asked in a suspicious tone, "We used to be mercenaries, and we did come into contact with some strange things in normal times, which can be regarded as good things, but I don't know which one Your Excellency Lu Dao is talking about?" β
"Ancient relics." Chen Xiansong chuckled.
As soon as these words came out, Ryan stood up in shock, his eyes narrowed into a slit, staring straight at Chen Xiansong, Rose suddenly grabbed the corner of his clothes with both hands, Chen Xiansong felt a faint murderous aura rushing towards him, and before he could react. Bai Min was already standing in front of him, and Bai Qianxin also sat up at some point.
Two seconds later, Ryan sat down in a cold sweat, Bai Min's cold eyes made him extremely stressed, Rose put down the corner of her clothes and said with a smile: "Your Excellency, you really like to joke, I am so scared that my heart is about to jump out." As she spoke, she patted her towering chest, and at some point, her underwear had been pulled down halfway. Under the translucent flying silk is white and soft meat, which can make people dazzled.
This is clearly a charming atmosphere transfer method with color, which is very old-fashioned, but very effective. Ryan glanced gratefully at his wife, and he sat down. He smiled and said, "Your Excellency." I'm sorry, I was excited just now, I shocked you, and I punished myself with three glasses to apologize. β
After he finished speaking, he really drank three glasses in a row. This is the custom of the officialdom of the Aurora Kingdom, and the Kingdom of Uva borders it and is deeply influenced by it, and it is not uncommon to know this rule. Although it is cloudy wine. But drinking three glasses in a row is still easy to get drunk, Lane's face turned red on the spot, he snorted, and said: "In this case, I won't hide it from Your Excellency, I dug up an ancient ancestor four years ago...... It is true that an ancient relic was taken inside. β
"Imperial Tomb?" Chen Xiansong was a little puzzled, and then reacted, he should be talking about the underground research institute.
"Well, the Imperial Tomb. It was sealed with a strange woman, and a constant bed with the royal family sleeping. Ryan's expression was a little helpless: "This should be what His Excellency James Bang told you, he promised me not to talk about it to outsiders, I know that your soul thinkers are very interested in ancient relics, and His Excellency James Bang also told me to buy it, but I didn't agree." β
When Ryan spoke of sealing a young girl, Rose seemed to suddenly remember something...... She quietly took out a small elemental spar from under her clothes, put it in her hand and closed it, and then the spar emitted a crimson light, she looked at Bai Min for a while, and her body trembled uncontrollably.
At this time, except for Bai Min and Bai Qianxin, no one noticed her abnormality, and the two men were still chatting.
Hearing Ryan's words, Chen Xiansong's eyes lit up: "So, that thing is still in your hands?" β
"It's gone!" Ryan said without hesitation: "The magic crystal we got from the Imperial Tomb did sell for a lot of money, but if we want to buy a knighthood, it is still not enough. We were originally from the Kate Kingdom, but the Kate Kingdom despised the mercenaries unusually, His Excellency James Bang said that he would spend 6,000 gold coins to buy the ancient relic, we felt that it was less, so we didn't agree, and then we heard that the Heluo Liang family of the Aurora Kingdom bought anything strange at a high price, so we went to try our luck, and the result was really sold and the price was high, 25,000 gold coins. So we had enough money to buy a lowest-class knighthood in the kingdom of Uva. β
"In other words, now that ancient relic is in the hands of the Aurora Kingdom, the Heluo Liang family?" Chen Xiansong asked.
Ryan nodded: "We really don't know what that thing does, and the Heluo Liang family has money...... Heluo is the royal capital of the Aurora Kingdom, and the royal family is surnamed Liang, and the Heluo Liang family is also surnamed Liang, Your Excellency should be able to guess what the relationship between the two is. β
"Xiaomin, what he said is true or false." Chen Xiansong turned his head and asked the girl behind him.
"There is no abnormality in the brainwave detection." Bai Min said lightly.
Ryan's hairs stood on end at the moment, he really didn't expect that the other party could actually distinguish whether a person was telling the truth or a lie, and then he was really glad that he didn't lie just now. If it was before, he would definitely find a way to get some benefits from the other party and then tell the information, but he was frightened by Bai Min just now and didn't dare to do it.
Chen Xiansong was a little disappointed, but it was also a good thing to know the approximate location of the photographer. And he didn't pay much attention to the warning in Ryan's words. got up at the moment and said with a smile: "Well, Your Excellency Xie Lu Xie said frankly, it's too late now, let's go back first, and then we will have a chance to get together and talk about it later." β
Ryan also stood up, and he breathed a sigh of relief: "Then I'll send it to Your Excellency, Rose, and you too...... What happened to you. β
At this time, he Zhang Yu found that something was wrong with his wife, her face was pale, her body was still shaking, and her forehead was full of sweat, no matter how she looked at it, it was not normal.
"Lady Rose seemed a little uncomfortable. You don't have to send us off, Lord Lane, let's go down ourselves. Madam wishes you a speedy recovery. After Chen Xiansong finished speaking, he gave a farewell salute, and then walked out, Bai Min followed closely behind, and Bai Qianxin stared at her thoughtfully for a while as she passed by Rose's side.
Wait for all three to leave the room. Ryan walked up to Rose and asked, "What's wrong with you?" Not feeling well. β
"It's not!" Rose's left hand gripped her husband's arm so tightly that Ryan's brow furrowed. Now her heart was enveloped by great fear, and it took her a long moment before she reluctantly said, "That...... A woman who can't laugh...... We've seen it before. β
"Seen?" Ryan thought for a while and felt that it was impossible, such a beautiful girl, if he had seen it, he would never forget it.
"The Emperor...... Lingli. Rose's right hand was closed, and the elemental spar on it had dimmed: "Remember the Imperial Tomb...... That icicle? I took her shine with my power...... Noting down her fluctuations, you just talked about the Imperial Tomb...... I think she resembles the woman in the icicle...... I tried again. β
Rose's teeth chattered up and down, "It can't be wrong...... That's her. We have violated their territory, and they have come back to trouble us...... Otherwise, how would they have known that we had picked up the ancient relics...... His Excellency James Bond said not to mention it to anyone! β
Hearing this, Ryan took a deep breath, and the air around him seemed to become cold for a moment, and he laughed dryly. I want to use this method to dispel the fear in my heart: "How is it possible...... They've been dead for thousands of years! β
"But the woman is alive!" Rose screamed, "As soon as we entered the Imperial Tomb, we knew that the woman in the icicle was still alive. Now they've come to the door with a different identity. A year ago. Bode: They disappeared inexplicably. No one could be found, not even a little news, now it's our turn, they came to us, and after confirming that we stole his imperial tomb, they would definitely kill us. It's like killing BodΓΈ them. And then no one will know how we died. I don't know where we went. Disappeared without a trace! β
"This can't be, how can I say that I am also a city lord, they should not dare." Ryan was very unconfident.
"What don't you dare!" Rose jumped up and screamed, her pupils dilating as if she had lost her mind. Looking at the whole eye, it seemed to be filled with pupils, very weird: "They are ancient ancestors, descendants of the royal family, the city lord is a fart, if someone demolishes the house you live in and takes everything away, if it is you, will you want to kill, I absolutely will." β
"No wonder we haven't been able to find Bode, they must have killed us."
Ryan was speechless, and he sat down slumped: "Then what should we do?" Hire mercenaries to protect us? β
"Do you find it useful? I'm sure that cold-faced girl alone could kill all of us here...... They didn't do it, they must have wanted to find an appropriate time that would not reveal their identities before they did it. After shouting a call, Rose's mood calmed down a bit: "Ryan, let's get out of here and go live in a place where no one else can find us." β
Ryan was stunned for a moment, and he said angrily: "Do you still want to live that kind of poor life, Rose, we finally want to give up like this for the sake of the nobles, I am not reconciled." β
"Let me give up my current status and turn back into a civilian, it is better to let me die." Ryan launched a ruthless attack, and the decisiveness of the iron-blooded mercenary leader seemed to return to him: "Instead of dying, it is better to fight, what about the ancient ancestors, I am not afraid of death, I am still afraid of them!" β
Listening to her husband's arrogant words, Rose quickly calmed down, which made her feel that she had returned to the ruthlessness she had when she was a mercenary, giving up all her hard work: "Then what are your plans?" β
"Instead of passively waiting for him to come to the door, afraid and uneasy every day, it is better for us to strike first." Ryan snorted: "Now it doesn't matter if they are the ancient ancestors in the Imperial Tomb or not, as long as they threaten me, I have to find a way to get rid of them." Later, I will contact Husso and give up some benefits, and I think he will form an ally with me. β
"Besides, Hu Suo was extorted tens of thousands of gold coins by him today, and he should have a certain hatred for that Chen Xiansong." Ryan said slowly: "Toby in the north of the city, Loki, have a good relationship with us, as long as they give them enough gold coins, they will also help us, Seth in the south of the city...... Rose, you go talk to him, I think he'll be willing to listen to you. β
Rose's body stiffened: "Ryan, you know that he is ...... to me You still let me go. β
"You can tell him first, and when we kill that Chen Xiansong, you will have a good time with him." Ryan snorted coldly: "Of course, this is just a lie to him, after killing Chen Xiansong, I will kill him, and I will never let him touch you." β
"I don't think he's going to be so stupid, and he's probably going to make me pay first." Rose's heart was full of bitterness, not long ago, her husband signaled that she could commit herself to Chen Xiansong if necessary, and now let her do these erotic interest transactions, is this the attitude that a husband should have towards his wife, Rose felt more and more confused.
"I'm going to find Husuo right now." Ryan stood up: "You go and talk to Seth, of course you have to go quietly, don't let others find out, otherwise there are some bad rumors coming out, and the reputation of our City Lord's Mansion is not good." β
"Ryan, I'm ......"
"That's it, time is of the essence now." Ryan stood up and left the room directly.
Rose looked at his back and wanted to cry sadly. (To be continued......)