Chapter 385: Arrows and Roses
Pink Jenny is located not far from the night market, which is also the most prosperous area outside the royal capital. Pen, fun, pavilion www. biquge。 During the time when Lin Qiu was still in the Tarun Kingdom, this Fengyue place was probably also the most entertaining place invited by the nobles. And after the renovation of the entire royal capital, Pink Jenny also doubled in size with the support of nobles and merchants.
Although Pink Jenny is a place of wind and moon, the most essential difference between it and the brothel is that it euphemizes all kinds of money and sex transactions, and the founder absorbed the popular power games of the upper class of the Talen Kingdom, and in order to cater to the hobbies of the nobles, a "masquerade ball" was set up here.
The frequency of court banquets in the inner city did not satisfy the needs of the nobles, who enjoyed masked banquets full of lies and hypocrisy, all true and false, and they needed to find their true allies in a smile full of deception, which the nobles found interesting and the capital on which they depended for their livelihood in the royal capital. As for the girls and lust, it is just an adjunct to the game of thrones, and the winner will spend a beautiful and memorable night in the company of the girls, while the loser will have to leave in disgrace.
Wacker sat at the door of Pink Jenny for most of the night, and he only saw the passers-by coming and going in this hypocritical banquet. But his words made Lin Qiu suddenly realize a completely new possibility.
Both the former Assassin Guild and the Silent Rose were mainly business partners of nobles and wealthy merchants, and ordinary people could not afford to assassinate them. Pink Jenny was undoubtedly a gathering place for aristocrats and wealthy merchants, who could even talk directly to the Assassins about their assassination targets at this hypocritical party, because no one cared what one of the "girls" said.
"Boss, do you have that kind of ...... here? It's that kind of ......."
Lin Qiu was in front of the counter and asked a man with a kind face. In order to fit in with the party, he had to buy a mask, but fortunately with Lilith as his teammate, 100 gold coins was just a drizzle. He was still wearing the court-style evening gown he had worn to the party, so the thugs hired by Pink Jenny didn't block him at the door as they had done with Wacker.
"Guests, don't worry, there are all kinds of girls here. The face-good receptionist smiled kindly, he took Lin Qiu for granted that he was a nobleman who had secretly stayed here behind his parents' back. This happens from time to time, and young aristocrats have topics they brag about, and attending Pink Jenny's masquerade party is one of them.
He'd seen it a lot, and the young people who sneaked in were as nervous as the teenagers in front of him, but often when they entered, they were surprised to find their parents on the dance floor.
Seeing Lin Qiu's hesitation, the receptionist continued to comfort: "There's nothing to worry about, I dare to guarantee that you will soon be able to integrate into the party and fall in love with this atmosphere deeply." ”
In fact, most of the girls like to receive young aristocrats who have just arrived, and they are enthusiastic and spend a lot of money. Not long after Lin Qiu came to the counter, many girls secretly sent Qiu Bo to him.
"No, boss, you probably didn't understand what I meant. ”
Lin Qiu waved his hand: "What I want to find is the kind of girl who likes to wear black clothes and can shoot arrows." ”
He tried to euphemistically state his purpose, and when he came to the counter, Lin Qiu remembered that he didn't know the secret code to connect with the assassins of the Silent Rose, but he couldn't directly say to the receptionist, "Bring me a dozen female assassins".
A girl in black clothes who could shoot arrows, he felt that this had been a euphemism for his purpose.
"Oh, it's my fault, I really didn't understand what you meant. The receptionist's face was full of hypocritical smiles, but Lin Qiu was very keen to catch the caution behind his smile, he seemed to casually rummage through the list on the counter, but in fact, he really measured what Lin Qiu just said: "We may have the girl you are looking for here, but can you tell me, who introduced you?"
If it was an ordinary young man, he would probably have been deceived by his deceptive smile. Lin Qiu noticed that while he was smiling, he quietly gestured to the thugs standing guard, and those big men with meaty faces leaned over here one after another after getting the signal.
The assassination is also one of the important contents of Pink Jenny, but those who know about this project are all the leading nobles in the imperial capital or the arrowheads of the Chamber of Commerce. Especially after the captain named Coriya took office, these activities had to be more cautious.
Now, there was a young man he had never seen before, and this was the first time he had made such a request, which had to make him suspicious.
He needed to make sure that the boy in front of him wasn't Corria's pervasive spy.
"Who introduced you to me?"
Lin Qiu pondered for a while, he felt that Wacker's answer was obviously not the answer that the receptionist wanted to hear. And the receptionist's caution and small movements let Lin Qiu know that he had come to the right place. It turned out that the Assassins of the Silent Rose had infiltrated the lives of nobles and merchants in this way - and that was indeed a wonderful way.
Even if Coria was aware of Pink Jenny's anomaly, she would not have been able to risk offending all the nobles to investigate the place, but the Assassins would have been able to easily learn from the nobles what was going on inside the court. However, the assassins of the Silent Rose washed Coriya's manor in blood, and Lin Qiu did not know whether it was a mission request or a retaliatory warning.
The thugs gathered around, and they pretended to make casual small talk, but as soon as the receptionist gave them a look, they would rush up and subdue the teenager in an instant. This kind of thing is not uncommon, and the nobles also know the rules of the game, so they never delve into whether it is a drunk or someone else who is taken by the thugs.
"Yes, who introduced you – it's important because according to the process, we're going to send someone to thank him for his support of our business. The receptionist was still smiling harmlessly.
"You've probably heard of the people who introduced me here. Lin Qiu pretended to be distressed: "She said that she was the president of the Assassins' Guild, Baifeng. ”
When he heard the name of "Baifeng", the receptionist's pupils shrank, and before he could convey the instructions to all the thugs, a black wooden arrow broke through the air from behind Lin Qiu. The target of the arrow was neither Lin Qiu nor the receptionist, it was nailed to the counter between the two of them, deeply embedded in it.
The nearby nobles sensed the movement and moved not far away as if nothing had happened. Pink Jenny always had some trouble, and they had long since seen it.
"This little brother, I heard that you are looking for a girl in black who can shoot arrows, I wonder if I meet your requirements?"
The girl was not only dressed in black, but even the mask in front of her was inlaid with black lace, she put the bow made of black wood on the table and walked towards Lin Qiu with a smile.