"Be careful! Open the gates!" the heavy sluice gates rose with the slow twist of the winch, revealing the true appearance behind the bridge. The shadow of the bridge deck falls on everyone who passes through the hole, as if it were a silent welcome, or a silent laughter. It's a city that swallows people, and it's big and complex enough to keep you entertained for a lifetime. It is a labyrinth and a whirlpool, once caught in it, the net of complex relationships and the iron nails created by people's desires will trap people in it forever, and they will never get tired of it, and they will never die. In such a place, it is not surprising that nothing can happen.

"Hey, you've unloaded the goods. Thanks to you, I don't know how long I'd be stuck in that ghost town. It's just a pity that I have to go home and say goodbye to the old man, and I can't go ashore with you for a drink. The captain of the ship stood on the deck, looked at the few people who had already disembarked from the ship, and said heartily. As soon as he got out of trouble, he went straight to the river, and he didn't even go home on the way.

This favor is indeed owed by this boatman, and there is nothing to be touched by it. But in love, the cheese they still liked the man who begged for a living on the river, and after throwing the money bag containing the reward to the other party, the mage shrugged his shoulders slightly, "Then drink it next time, we will have to go back from here sooner or later, and we will have a good drink with you when the time comes." This money is considered to have booked your time first. ”

Selling timber along rivers and transporting pedestrians may seem like a lucrative business to some, but at the end of the day, there is only a limit to the profits that can be made by one person or one boat, and they cannot afford to stop for long periods of time. Cheese can not give the other party freight, this is a long time ago, they help the boat boss to get out of trouble as soon as possible, and the latter takes them to the rushing stream for free. However, since they are not short of money now, why should they be stingy with this expense? Now they give money to the other party, which is to leave a way back for themselves, so that they will not even have a person willing to carry them in case they encounter some trouble and have to flee.

Clever and clever, water and fire are the most ruthless, people who beg for a life in water and fire look rough, but what they think in their hearts is not pure. The boat boss understood the meaning of the cheese almost as soon as he took the money bag, he smiled, didn't say anything more, just nodded to the mage and left. There are some things, even if he sees through it, he doesn't have to be in such a hurry to pack the ticket, after all, he doesn't know whether the cheese group is going to rob the house or kill people and set fires. If he really gets into trouble then, he will naturally help if he can, and if he can't, he will have to stay away. Mo Dao is a thin heart, if everyone is righteous, the world will be chaotic.

The figure of the boss of the ship disappeared outside the gate, and the people who remained inside the gate also diverted their attention from this small parting, they now have a whole city to face, but they don't have time to sigh. Kenqi and Atta were leading a horse and looking around, looking for the exit to the dock, which was not difficult to find, because in addition to the few planks near the water that they were, there were a large number of stairs and ramps leading to higher places. I think this design is to prevent the river from rising and flooding the city built on the water. Very reasonable, Cheese thought to himself, leading the way towards the nearest ramp.

As it claims, the City of Rushing embraces all the rivers that flow down from the upper reaches and what they bring. Just a small pier, the cheese saw pedestrians of all colors, hair colors, and even races, some of them workers, some merchants, and some travelers like them who seemed to have no clear purpose. Of course, there are also some obscene and ill-intentioned fellows among them, especially after seeing the appearance of the two steppe horses and Ata, a few people with faces hidden under their hoods have begun to whisper. But somehow, when they saw Cheese and Kenqi, they disappeared.

"That's not right. Jian Qi also noticed those guys, he was not afraid that the other party would stumble and make a trick, and if he couldn't even deal with this kind of thing, he would have folded in the gutter he didn't know. What he said is wrong is that in the absence of managers, these landlords will actively choose to retreat. It's not like a scoundrel, these people shouldn't be so cowardly.

"There's nothing wrong with that. Remember what the boat boss said to us? The only rule of the city, respect. Cheese understood what his companion meant, and said, "This respect has two meanings, the positive side makes the city inclusive and accommodating to all people and perspectives. But if you think about it the other way, there is no so-called lord, no army, and even a unified security system. What do you think keeps this place from being lawless? Being respectful means that if you feel offended, you can fight back. Everyone here can become a murderer, and there is no responsibility. ”

"Do you keep your distance because you threaten each other?" the sword-seeker's tone hesitated, and he began to find the city less interesting than it was to see from afar.

"It's not that exaggerated. Gangs are the instinct of intelligent beings, where race, gender, occupation, and purpose can all become labels, and they may have given up because they sensed that there were some labels in us that were not to be messed with. For example, maybe in this city, cats are sacred animals, and all those who keep cats are protected. The mage was making fun of Kailas, who had been acting like a normal cat all the way, and now he was lying on the back of the horse that Atta was leading, and he seemed completely unattracted by the lively scenery around him.

However, this assumption was quickly overturned, because when they walked onto the real part of the city, the huge platform above the water, there were a large number of vendors selling cat meat. And looking at it that way, it seems very normal to buy and sell cat meat here. In front of the stall with cat skins, there were some customers eating food made by cats. The mage exhaled a little and muttered, "There must be no witches in this place, and it would be strange if those crazy women who love cats see this sight and don't just throw the city into the river." Or maybe there are witches here..."

Guess it shouldn't be on the street. Cheese stopped his thoughts in time, they needed a place to settle now, and the more they were in such an unfamiliar environment, the more necessary a reliable place to stay. So in this strange city, what kind of foothold can be regarded as reliable? Ordinary hotels are inevitably not thieves' dens, do you need to find a local to help? But why don't the locals lie to them?

"Hey, boy, look at your horse! it's almost in my head!" an angry voice sounded from behind him, and when he turned around, Jian Qi was busy apologizing. The person he was apologizing to was the man who had just complained, who was only as tall as the sword-seeker's belly, and with his trademark long beard, there was no doubt that he was a dwarf. And dwarves don't like horses, and it's not news.

Cheese looked at the dwarf, his brow furrowed, and he knew who to go to for a place to stay.