Night, blizzard.

The wind is howling, like roaring waves, surging in the streets and alleys!

There is no noise in the world, no horse bells, no creaking sound of pedestrians stepping on ice and snow, only the sound of the wind is left in this vast world.

The snow danced wildly, soared, turned into a waterfall and poured out, and the streets were white.

Pedestrians tightened their collars and walked as quickly as if they were ghosts chasing, but even then, a thick layer of snowflakes had accumulated on their bodies.

In the wind and snow, in the dark night, only the magic lamp of the Copper Bull Tavern was emitting a yellow halo.

The decoration of the Copper Bull Tavern is not luxurious, it has a characteristic, large.

The stone is large, and the outer walls are all made of stone strips one meter wide and two meters long, which are made of clay into brick embryos, and then transformed into stone by earth magicians using "mud into stone".

Its roof is arched, and standing in the hall of Tongniu Restaurant, you need to look up to see the roof that is about ten meters high.

Its gates are made of thick logs, and it is used in small cities to make enough gates.

The door was also covered with thick bear skins and winter wolf skins.

On the avenue, as long as you look at the yellow street lamps of the Tongniu Tavern and the thick fur on its gate, you feel a warmth rising from the bottom of your heart.

This door separates two worlds, cold and warm, dark and light.

Entering the door, there is a group of flamboyantly dressed chicks, their profession is to warm the guests with their bodies, if you are interested, but you are not satisfied with them, then just negotiate the price, they will take you to the secret room at the back of the hall, where there are down-and-out aristocratic young ladies and occasional part-time apprentices.

If you just want to eat a bite to eat, then you go further down the hall and there are well-arranged seats everywhere, bright and warm, and the asking price is not high, a few silver coins will do you want.

If you have something important and hidden to talk about, the unlit place of the torch is definitely for you. The asking price is only a little higher. One gold coin can keep you in for a day.

Its hall is also large, and near the door is a row of ovens for a hundred people, roasting bear's paws, leopard tails, lamb legs, donkey lips, and all kinds of food to suit your unique tastes.

There was a small stage by the oven, where clowns, bards, and dancers took turns performing, winning applause.

Opposite is a shop selling furs, clothes, armor, helmets, shields, swords, axes, crossbows, and more, the quirk requirements of the most seasoned adventurer can be fulfilled at the Bronze Bull Hotel.

There are special people who serve these people who take risks with their heads, they are all smart, and they are called Smart by the inhabitants of the underworld, which means intelligent people. The most clever of them all, the most active wrists, except for the head, is called the head horse. Like the inhabitants of the Underworld, Smart, who has no business, does his job: a thief.

Today, Smart's business is not good, after all, although there are people who can ignore such a big snowstorm, there are definitely not many, and they can't do their own work in the Bronze Bull Tavern, the base camp of Smart in the deer hunting city. So they all sat in a heap of laziness, and stood against the wall behind the group of chicks, and their leader and the head horse were the only two who were qualified to sit around a small stove.

The door creaked open, and several men dressed in traveler's robes and hooded hoods walked in one by one. Their robes were covered with snow and ice, and at the head were two tall bearded men, and judging from the outline of their robes, they were dressed in full-body steel armor, which was a terrible thing to wear in a blizzard, and only a strong knight could learn to resist the cold.

Behind them was a veiled lady with only clear eyes, and behind her were two slender, leather-clad archers. Although the robes of these two archers were simple, the quiver around their waists revealed that they were not simple, because the feathers of the arrows hanging in the pots were not ordinary black-gray wild goose feathers, but white swan feathers, which were even more crystal clear under the cover of white ice and snow.

At first glance, it was clear that the lady in the middle was in charge, so the chicks chose to ignore it, but they immediately attracted Smart's attention.

The head horse stood up, passed through the group of chicks, and came to the two knights in front of the current one, and just as the head horse was about to say hello, the two senior knights parted, and the lady in the middle came over, with a gold coin in her hand.

This is a processed gold coin that works only among Smart.

This coin is only available to distinguished guests who have already made contact, and is a proof that the guest has come to view the booked service.

Touma immediately whispered, "Please come with me." ”

The group followed the head horse, and the smart leader got up and waved his hand, and the smart scattered and formed a semicircle around the wall, indicating that they had very secret activities, and among the people of the underworld, whether they had any origin or not, it was best not to disturb them.

The lady walked over to the small fire and sat down. The leader, wrapped in a bearskin, ducked back into the darkness.

The leader said in a deep voice, "You are a day late." We don't know what you're going to do, but the headquarters says we're going to meet your demands, no matter how unreasonable it may sound. ”

The leader spoke, and his voice was still calm: "Since you came to us, you must know that we rely on the copper bull." ”

"No, we don't know. But we know that there are very few things that you have promised that you can't do. ”

"Except, of course, for those things that break the rules. He doesn't do that. The leader pondered for a moment and said, "Since it is an order from the headquarters, our Bronze Bull Branch has taken it. Theseus, you take them to him. ”

Touma was surprised and said, "See him?"

"Well, see him. ”

The head horse was silent for a moment and said, "Okay. I'm going to take you to meet a guy who is the one we at the Bronze Bull Tavern who dare to put up a 'have it all' sign. You must know that four years ago, the Copper Cow Tavern was just a small roadside bar. But his current price is too high for you to believe. However, as long as you hire him, there's nothing he can't do. ”

The lady only said lightly: "As long as he can really do it, even if he is given 10,000 gold coins, we will pay it." ”

The leader also said lightly: "His asking price is 10,000 gold coins, and it must be Ouyagu gold coins without silver." ”

The lady was silent for a moment and said, "We have the money, take me to meet him." ”

The head horse walked in silence, and the group soon saw him.

Not in the Chamber of Secrets, and he's not a white-bearded mage.

He sat swaggering around the row of fires baking food.

He sat in the light of the fire, which should have been very clear.

But at first glance, the best shooters didn't see him clearly, and at second glance, the shooters felt as if they didn't know where he was sitting. The two shooters couldn't help but be a little stunned in the face of this strange situation, and the two looked at each other in disbelief, and then looked at the head horse, who only smiled slightly.

The lady was silent, she had seen something like that happen. On that occasion, it was at a royal banquet that she met the leader of a general meeting of thieves, who was already said to be a great thief, a master of hiding in the shadows, but the lady felt that the person in front of her who could not see his face was as capable as the great thief, and even more so. Last time, half of the big thief's face was hiding in the shadows, but the person in front of him was obviously illuminated by the fire on all sides, but he still couldn't even see his face clearly.

He chose a perfect position, the firelight flickered, there was light and dark, and in the light and darkness of this firelight, he seemed to blend into the surrounding environment.

The lady knew she was doing the job, and she opened her mouth to speak.

But the man raised his index finger and put it to his lips to tell her to shut up, and he said in a lazy voice, "Don't bother me, I'm enjoying the memories." You're walking so hard, eat something on the table next to you, and I'll be fine right away. ”

The lady obediently shut her mouth and let him soak up the memories. For she realized that only by following his word could she get his help.

Few people in the Bronze Bull Tavern noticed this scene, but everyone who noticed it knew that the stranger who was only in contact with Smart, named Link, had a big business to do.

How he got here, how he colluded with the leader, no one knows, but the head horse knows that since he came a few years ago, a series of unbelievable things have happened.

The leader looked at the man with the name of the Eastern World, but he didn't look at the head horse.

Because he is not free at all, he is only immersed in his own world at the moment.

He flipped through a yellow gold coin with his fingers.

His mind returned to Earth, where he was not a mercenary who struggled to make a living, but a carefree, chicken-eating college student every day.

In those days, I felt ordinary at the time, but now, every moment is called to memorial, and the old father and mother at home, fortunately there is a sister to take care of, otherwise, their own crossing will bring them irreparable pain.

When the clock pointed to twelve o'clock in the night, the man came to his senses and said lightly, "I know that your father, the Duke of Fafel, has been murdered. ”

The lady burst into tears and said, "You...... You know. ”

The man said, "For three days, you have investigated the seven cities of the northern land of the entire kingdom, and the people who have the strength to do this big case on the surface, but you have not found the murderer, have you?"

The lady said, "I can only ask for your help. ”

The man said, "Have you eaten?"

The lady's attendant nodded and said, "I'm full." ”

The man said, "Then let's go." My name is Link. ”

The lady's entourage did not complain and followed Link out the door.

Snow poured in through the collars, and the crowd tightened their fur collars.

Nearby, Smart brought in the horses.

As they drove their horses into the snowy night, several healthy horses rushed into the darkness with the sound of the whip.