Chapter 21: Murder in the Heavenly Palace (Part II)
Two hours ago, the nineteenth floor of the Heavenly Palace.
A group of Tsing Yi people stood quietly in several neat columns, this group of Tsing Yi people had two common characteristics, they were all Oriental faces, and they all wore a bun on their heads.
The man in Tsing Yi at the head was the sword-eyebrow man who had spoken to Zhang Chonglin before, and the person next to the sword-eyebrow man was wearing a distinctive black robe, and the silver cross on his chest shone with a slight cold light.
The black-robed man said, "Mr. Zhang, retire first." ”
The man with the sword eyebrows is the successor of Taiwan's Zhengyi, Zhang Jianfei.
Zhang Jianfei arched his hand and said: "Please also tell me that Zhang has written down the love of this priest." ”
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Lu Yi had no consciousness to become the focus of everyone, and wandered around the Heavenly Palace alone.
Although the Heavenly Palace is very large, but with the logistics staff and the entourage of various families inside, there are dozens of as little as possible, and hundreds of them at most, but they are not so deserted, Lu Yi walks all the way, and occasionally meets a few people.
Of course, those who sneak behind along the way are not counted.
For these people who follow him, Lu Yi has a headache, he can't fight, he can't drive away, and even when he goes to the toilet, he will have more than a dozen pairs of eyes looking at him from various places.
Lu Yi rubbed his forehead, thinking that these people would not leave easily if they didn't watch a vigorous and bloody show.
While strolling, Lu Yi walked to the door of a bookstore.
Lu Yi is surprised, every villa has a library with an astonishing collection of books, and such a large number of books are simply inexhaustible, is it necessary for this bookstore to exist?
Unconsciously, Lu Yi has stepped in, this is a very small bookstore, Lu Yi walked into it There are only four rows of bookshelves, and the books in it are the same as those seen in the library, all of them are made of black book covers, and the titles are gilded, and there is no difference.
Just when Lu Yi was puzzled, a voice came from the depths of the bookstore: "Guest, please don't read for a long time, this makes me very embarrassed." ”
Another voice replied, "Your book is too expensive, can't I read it?"
Lu Yi quietly walked over and saw a man and a woman arguing about something.
The man was in his early twenties, with an oriental appearance, a delicate but mature face, dressed as a clerk, and stood at the back of the counter.
The woman, perhaps as she should be called a girl or a little Lori, is a white man, only thirteen or fourteen years old, no more than one and a half meters tall, with a little baby fat on her face, and some immature yellow hair tied into a single ponytail, wearing a pink dress, looking very cute.
Lu Yi felt that his vocabulary had suddenly become poor, and he couldn't think of any words to describe the little girl in front of him except cute.
The little girl was holding a book and looking at the clerk with pleading eyes.
The clerk said helplessly: "Guest, this is the rule, please don't embarrass me." ”
The little girl pleaded, "Then I'll watch it for another five minutes." ”
Without waiting for the clerk to speak, the girl emphasized again: "Just five minutes!"
It seems that little Lori is the entourage of the eldest young master or the young lady's family, and she can't afford to buy things to come here to read books.
Before the clerk could answer, he discovered Lu Yi's existence and said, "Guest, do you need any books?" ”
Lu Yi asked, "Is there any difference between the books here and those in the villa library?"
At this time, the girl saw the two talking, and hurriedly picked up the book and read it hungrily on the side.
The clerk didn't have time to take care of it at this time, and said to Lu Yi: "Guest, when the books here were being sorted out, they found that there were original defects or omissions, and the fragments of incomplete transcription, so they were not put into the library. ”
Lu Yi asked, "Are the books here very expensive, and how much does it cost to have a book?"
The clerk replied, "100,000 dollars." ”
Lu Yi was surprised by the price and asked, "Since it is a fragment, why is it so expensive?"
The clerk explained: "Because it is a fragment, it is not printed on a large scale, and every book here is a unique one. ”
"The fragments have been sorted out, so why do you want to hide them so much?"
"That's what the teacher meant. The clerk said, "The teacher said that it was also a mistake to release the fragments." It was supposed to be destroyed, but I thought it was a pity and stopped it, and the teacher didn't want the fragments to be circulated, so he deliberately marked such a high price. ”
Lu Yiqi said: "Your teacher is one of the people who sorted out these books?"
The clerk smiled and nodded, and said, "But I want to correct you, the teacher is not one of the people who organize the books." ”
"What?"
"I mean, all the books are compiled by the teacher alone. ”
Lu Yi felt a little incredible, not to mention how much time it would take, these books include almost all countries and nationalities in the world, to sort out and translate all these books into Chinese, this alone requires what kind of erudition to be competent.
Lu Yi realized that the clerk's teacher might be the most knowledgeable person in the world, so he looked at the clerk and asked, "That, you...... Short of money?"
"Huh?" the clerk said stunned, "It's still ...... It's okay. ”
Lu Yi continued: "It must be very hard for the old man to sort out these things, you should care more about it. ”
"Huh?" the clerk was still puzzled.
"Buy some supplements or something. ”
"Huh?"
"It costs money to buy supplements. ”
"Ahh ”
Lu Lai said without changing his face: "I'll buy you a few books, it's good for you to help me with one thing." ”
The clerk then understood and asked, "What do you need me to help you?"
Lu Yi said: "Someone will come to trouble me later, help me fight." ”
"No, no, no, I'm not going to fight. The clerk hurriedly shook his head.
Lu Yi persuaded: "Maybe you don't have to really fight, you can help me strengthen my momentum." ”
"No, no. The clerk said resolutely, "You'd better go find someone else." ”
I want to find someone else, too.
Lu Yi glanced at the little Lori who was reading a book on the side, and didn't seem to hear anything, and couldn't bear it.
The clerk also noticed Lu Yi's eyes and was very disdainful.
Lu Yiqing coughed and said to the little Lori: "That...... Little sister. ”
"Jin Mei, Amy Jin Mei. Little Lori didn't raise her head.
"Ahem, Miss Jin Mei, that ......"
"Okay, three books. ”
"Huh?" Lu Yi thought to himself, aren't you reading a book.
Amy finished the last page of the book, closed the book, closed her eyes and recalled, and couldn't help but smile on her face.
Amy opened her eyes and said proudly: "One heart and two purposes, basic literacy." ”
This little Lori doesn't seem to be simple.,I don't know which family's entourage.。
The clerk persuaded, "Miss Jin Mei, you can think about it more." ”
Amy held the book in front of the clerk and stood on tiptoe due to her height.
Amy said, "Then would you give me this book, it's okay to make it cheaper." ”
"This ......"
The clerk hesitated to disobey the teacher's order because of something that had nothing to do with him.
Lu Zhi hurriedly said: "It may not be a fight, and if it is not enough, I can add another one." ”
Anyway, it was the card that the uncle gave him, and Lu Yi didn't feel distressed to use it, not to mention that 300,000 US dollars could invite these big family thugs, no matter what the outcome was, it would be earned.
"Well...... Amy puffed out her cheeks and made a look of old and serious, waiting for the clerk to decide or Lu Yi to increase the price again.
On the surface, Amy is now happy in her heart, her favorite thing since she was a child is to read books, and nine times out of ten the books in the library have been read by herself, and occasionally there are a few books that she has not read, and they are all the same, and she can't arouse much interest.
But when she stumbled into the bookstore not long ago, she was surprised to find that she hadn't read a single book herself. Growing up, I had read a lot of books, and I thought I had read through the classics for the first time, and it was the first time I had discovered new books on such a large scale, and most of them were heresies rejected by the mainstream, and even fragments were invaluable when most of them were destroyed.
But the price discourages me.
Relying on the money I got from the old housekeeper every month, it was a long way to buy one, and in desperation, I had to come here regularly every day to read books, which was also a chore, because the annoying clerk would drive people away.
Now that there is finally a big wrongdoer, how can I let it go easily.
As for fighting, it's all written in the book, and it doesn't seem to be very difficult.
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The clerk persuaded hard: "Miss Jin Mei, it's really not good to fight. ”
Lu Yi asked, "Have you ever fought?"
Amy turned a deaf ear to the clerk's words and replied, "No, but I have seen it." ”
Lu Yi said: "The kind that fights to the death." ”
"I've only seen this in books. ”
"On the books?"
"It's all in the books. In order to prove her worth, Amy pointed to Lu Yi's crotch and said, "The book says that if you want a man to lose his combat effectiveness, the highest priority should be to attack here." ”
Lu Yi hurriedly took two steps back, because if he didn't retreat, this little Lori's fingers would really poke up.
Seeing this, the clerk's face seemed to be scalded by boiling water, and hurriedly reminded: "Miss, pay attention! Pay attention to etiquette!"
Amy tilted her little head and said strangely, "I...... Is it rude?"
The clerk said: "Men and women don't kiss, they don't kiss!"
Amy thought for a moment and said, "From Mencius Lilou Shang, a Chinese book that records ancient Chinese etiquette. ”
"You know ......"
"Thousands of years ago, I didn't know that Confucianism still has such a big influence in China today. ”
"It's not something that doesn't matter. The clerk was anxious, not knowing how to explain, and said, "That part should not be touched at will." ”
Amy was silent for a while, then said, "I don't think there's anything about this in the book I read. ”
The clerk was speechless.
Lu Yi opened his mouth and said, "Miss Jin Mei, can you take the liberty of asking, what is the first book you read?"
Amy thought for a while and said, "Basic alchemy is explained in detail, Mel's version." ”
Hearing this, Lu Yi and the clerk both understood that this little Lori had no concept of children's books, and naturally there would be no sex education, and what she saw in the book was limited to what she saw, not why.
So these things, of course, can't be explained.
The clerk also gave up at this point.
Seeing the reaction of the two, Amy thought that her performance had disappointed Lu Yi, and hurriedly said: "I have read a lot of books about fighting! I will definitely fight well! You can't go back, the contract ...... The contract has been formed, and if you repent, you will be in breach of contract! I have read the laws of China!"
Lu Yi now felt like he was kidnapping an underage girl, and asked the clerk as if asking for advice: "Why don't you forget it?"
The clerk nodded again and again, agreeing.
Amy was so anxious that she stomped her foot and said, "No, then I only need two books! One is fine, and one is good, okay?!"
Looking at the little Lori who was about to cry in a hurry, Lu Yi really didn't know how to explain the situation to her.
Lu Yi hadn't answered yet, but he heard a voice from the door: "It's not good." ”
The three of them turned their heads to look, and at some point, a gray-haired man in a waiter dress, about fifty years old, was standing at the door of the bookstore.
Before he could speak, he heard a scream from the little Lori next to him, turned his head and ran.
The attendant man reached out and grabbed it, and Amy's figure froze, and she flew upside down towards the door.
This should be magic. Lu Yi compared the telekinesis displayed by Lin Xia and Lin Xiaotong, and probably guessed the identity of the middle-aged man.
The attendant man grabbed Amy and clamped it directly under her armpit.
Little Lori hung in the air with her feet and cried out with a "wow", punching and kicking, and the pear blossoms brought rain.
Amy writhed her body vigorously and cried, "I didn't spend any money, I'll just come and see, just see, woo......"
The attendant man nodded to the two of them and said, "Excuse me." ”
After saying that, he took Amy and turned to leave.
"Girls still don't have to be poor. Lu Xiang said to the middle-aged man who was far away: "Otherwise, I will be deceived by someone else's two books." ”
"Teachable. ”
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The clerk straightened his face and said, "Guest, the shop is closing." ”
Lu Yi held on to the last glimmer of hope and said, "Can't really be discussed?"
The clerk gave a clear answer this time: "No." ”
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Lu Yi walked out of the bookstore in a daze, very depressed.
Now I'm on my own.
Looking at the group of people in Tsing Yi blocking the front of the corridor, Lu Yi complained bitterly in his heart.
The Tsing Yi man led by him walked out, carrying three long swords behind him, with sword eyebrows and eyebrows, and he was heroic and powerful.
Lu Yizheng said: "I didn't bring a weapon, is it unfair to be surrounded by people." ”
Before the words fell, only the sound of "Cang Gong" was heard, and a sword behind the head of the Tsing Yi man suddenly came out of its sheath and flew towards Lu Yi's front door.
Although Lu Yi was shocked, he was not flustered, he took out a talisman from his sleeve, raised his sword finger in his right hand, and pushed it forward with the talisman, the flying sword stabbed the talisman, and there was a glimmer of light at the junction, but he didn't go any further.
Just as Lu Yi was pulling out the spell, the second sword of the Tsing Yi man was already unsheathed, stabbing towards Lu Yi's ribs in different trajectories.
Lu Yi couldn't leave his right hand, but he cast a spell with his left hand, and a spell flew out of his hand and turned into a paper sword.
The paper sword seemed to have spirituality, and instead of confronting the flying sword, it flew out diagonally and struck at the sword grid of the flying sword.
The flying sword was hit by this blow, and the trajectory deviated, but the paper sword was reluctant to chase after it, one large and one small two swords in the air, one in front and one behind, sometimes chasing back and forth, sometimes scuffling.
After releasing the paper sword, Lu Yi didn't dare to be careless, and hurriedly pulled out another spell from his sleeve, and waited.
Waiting for the sword left behind the man in Tsing Yi.
And unexpectedly, the third sword was not unsheathed for a long time.
Lu Yi only felt that the pressure suddenly decreased, and he didn't have time to react, only to hear the sound of a sword, and the two swords that had been murderous just now had already been sheathed.
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The Tsing Yi man at the head bowed and said, "Zhengyi, Zhang Jianfei." ”
Lu Yi held the paper sword that flew back in his left hand and said, "Don't you think it's a little late to introduce yourself?"
Zhang Jianfei said expressionlessly: "The matter of Fang Cai is caused by Mr. Lu's behavior towards Uncle Rein, since Mr. Lu has already parried, then I have nothing to say, so I should offset the previous matter." ”
Lu Yi nodded, expressing his approval of this explanation, and asked, "Then what is Mr. Zhang's intention in bringing so many people here?"
Zhang Jianfei said: "Zhang is a person who holds grudges. ”
Lu Yi felt a little big when he heard this.
"From the point of view of the matter of returning to Uncle, Mr. Lu is an unreasonable person. Zhang Jianfei said: "So Zhang will not reason with Mr. Lu." ”
"Formation!"