Chapter 3 On the Street
"Yes, yes, okay, it's still a month, a month. The landlord was not reluctant, took the money and sat back at his door.
I walked to the market, and behind me I heard the landlord's complaint to the women: "Look at the people, you never default on the rent, and if you are in arrears next month, you will move out for me......"
The landlord's words caused a flurry of chickens and dogs to jump in the apartment, and there were faint rebuttals from countless women, and I smiled and shook my head slightly. Yes I was laughing, I felt me laughing, and there was a voice in the deepest part of the fire of the soul, "Uncle, aren't you here to set me on fire and roast me?"
For me, though, it doesn't matter anymore and I'm ready to move out of here. I slowly shook through the stinking bazaar, which was not only a place for people to buy and sell their daily vegetables, but also filled with gossip.
I walked slowly, listening to all kinds of daily gossip in my ears, today there are a lot fewer people coming and going here than usual, as for why this is happening, there are all those gossip, some people say that there are officials from the imperial capital who want to come to inspect. It is also said that the northern border has been broken through by the orcs, and this large northern garrison town is about to take action, and now it is undergoing a full conscription.
Of course, there are also people who say that King Beijing is dead, and his death is still very miserable, and I heard that people were torn apart by five horses in their bedroom, and the blood was all over the wall.
When I walked past the man who said this, I really wanted to pat him on the shoulder and give him a thumbs up, this guy said all the same, except for the blood that covered the walls, because there could be no blood coming out of the people I killed, and that blood had become a part of my body.
Passing through the bazaar and onto the other main road, this side is also noisy, there are almost no pedestrians on the street, and if there are pedestrians, they are in a hurry, and a large number of soldiers are walking through the streets, and I am a "celebrity" in this area, and the few pedestrians who see me nod their heads to me, say hello, and then rush by.
However, the greetings of these pedestrians to me were a small favor, because the soldiers kept passing me, and they were naturally wary of me wearing a robe and hood all the time, but when they saw that the few pedestrians were greeting me, they naturally knew that this person was a frequent visitor on the street, and naturally they relaxed their vigilance.
I walked slowly, observing the various pedestrians who hurried by, and the soldiers who were patrolling, and I could see that they were all nervous, but they were not strictly checked, and I was a little confused, but as a dead man, I also didn't care about this, so I didn't think about it if I didn't understand.
There is always an end to the road, no matter how slow you go, there is always a time to reach the end, and I don't plan to go to the end of the road, I walked two blocks and turned right at the next intersection.
It's a brand new neighborhood, and I'm not familiar with it, and of course, the people on this street are not familiar to me, it's a street with more pedestrians and much brighter clothes than where I'm from.
This is one of the two rich areas of the city, and I have a house in this area, but I never lived, and an old killer said that for us killers, there need to be more than two places to stay in a city, and these places can't be too close to each other, and at the same time, these places can't be the same type.
So, after I got into the killer business, and after I made this city my long-term stronghold, I bought this house, and at the same time, I rented the basement, and as for the rest of it, personally, there was no need.
When I stepped down the street, the people on the street did not look at me kindly, they looked at me with a scrutinizing gaze, and even a few of them turned away when they saw me, and they were directed towards the soldiers patrolling the street.
When they talked to the soldiers, they didn't forget to see if I was paying attention to them, but, unbeknownst to them, I had been watching them all the time, but the hood of my robes was blocking my view, so they were very self-righteous that I hadn't noticed them.
Soon, a few patrolling soldiers came towards me, but most of them stopped when they saw that there were actually companions like them, but they did not return to their original duty, but stood there on guard.
The last two people who walked up to me stood in front of me, blocking my way, probably considering that this was the edge of the rich area, they could not confirm my identity, but could only politely say: "Hello, Mr. Master, please stop, we need to check on you and ask you a few questions!"
I nodded my head to them in agreement, and when they saw that I had no intention of replying, one of them asked to himself, "Mr. Master, are you a resident here, and where were you after midnight last night and before dawn today?" while the other went around behind me, put his hands on my shoulders, and motioned for me to raise my arms, which I did naturally, without the slightest hint of uncooperation.
After that, the man searched my body very quickly, and of course, he could not have found anything forbidden on me, so he quickly finished his business and circled back to my front.
I pointed to a lone building at the end of the street and said, "My house is at the end of the street." I went for a drink last night and accidentally got drunk, and for some reason, when I woke up this morning, I was lying next to a garbage dump two blocks away, but fortunately, I don't usually have the habit of bringing valuables out, just a few small dollars. ”
The two soldiers turned to look at the tattered musty blue mage robe I was wearing, and finally my robe could still be seen to be from the famous man in the city, they frowned, but seemed to take my words, and the one who spoke said, "Yes? But the people here say they haven't seen you?" and could you please take off your hood. ”
"Well, I'm sorry, my eyes aren't very good, and I cry whenever I see the sun, so I don't go out during the day, I only come out after dark, and I'm at home during the day. I said.
"Mr. Mage, I think it's better for you to take your hood off, it's good for you and us. Obviously, they didn't believe this, and at the same time, he continued to ask: "You said that you usually don't come out at home, so how many people are in your family?"
"I'm alone, Mr. Soldier, do you really want me to take off my hood?" I thought there was a pleading in my tone.
"Yes, what do you usually eat? You live alone and don't go out during the day? Don't you need to buy groceries and cook? The market is not open at night!" Obviously, my answer made him even more suspicious, and even the honorific was waived.