The city of Bordeaux at night is prosperous, although there are no street lamps and colorful decorations in the previous life, but the spar lamps of the magical civilization and the gorgeous carriages shuttling back and forth give the city a beauty beyond imagination, the colors of the region we can't imagine, but the style, can be reflected vividly at a glance. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

The Old Town, which is the most charming part of Bordeaux, is the most attractive part of Bordeaux, and although the business and garden districts are more lively, countless dignitaries are still willing to call their homes here, quiet and elegant, there is no such vulgarity as the commercial district full of money transactions, the teahouses and cafes everywhere have their seats outside the store, friends and relatives sit together, and some witty quips, which attract the women who are dressed in fancy clothes to cover their mouths and chuckle, and young boys and girls climb over the fence in droves, sit on the slopes of the moat that flows through the old town, and sing popular songs with crisp bagpipes and hoarse voices, everything is so harmonious, so beautiful.

"Hey, Joe, there's something fun to do tonight, do you want to go?"

At the entrance of the old street, a sloppy fellow with his back against the wall was drinking wine from nowhere, and reached out to stop Joe, who had just come out of the house, the former was the famous second ancestor of this wealthy district, although he had a lot of inheritance in hand, but he spent his days hanging around, while the latter was the young and promising secretary of the city council, and it was said that he would soon succeed his father as an honorable councillor.

However, few people know that the young and promising Joe and the sloppy Raul are good brothers who grew up together, although in the eyes of outsiders, the two are as incompatible as the sun and the stars, but Joe has been secretly protecting Raul, and Raul has also used the connections he has collected for more than ten years to help Joe deal with some things that are inconvenient for him to come forward, and today, the relationship between the two has long surpassed the shackles of blood, and they are already good brothers.

Hearing Raul's words, Joe, who had planned to go out for a while, smiled, looked left and right, and then took out a cigarette from Raul's pocket, which was a new enjoyment that became popular in Bordeaux City only five years ago, and it is said that it was originally from the Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce, which has become more prosperous and atmospheric in recent years, with the best tobacco produced in the barren stone plateau, and then wrapped in a thin silver swordfish skin film like cicada wings, a box of twenty, even the box is made of sandalwood-smoked willow wood, each box comes with a silver cigarette holder, every breath has an inexplicable aroma, and the smoke that billows out seems to take away all their troubles together。

This kind of aristocratic cigarettes called "Golden Years" appeared as soon as it brought a trend in the whole Bordeaux city and its surroundings, those salons, small gatherings if there is not a box or two, simply no nobles will be willing to participate, because then the taste is too low, and because this thing is quite expensive, so for a time the whole Bordeaux city of the third-rate assembly is much less, which makes the hypocritical nobles very happy, they have praised this little thing as a real "luxury enjoyment".

Joe skillfully took out his custom-made eagle-headed cigarette holder from his pocket, and then lit it with the exquisite "igniter" that the Bordeaux Chamber of Commerce gave to every distinguished guest in the past few years, and with a crisp sound of "bang", Joe also raised his head and exhaled a deep blue smoke, and Weimi's eyes enjoyed it to the extreme.

"How's it going, man, this is the best thing you got in the gold-encrusted roses, it's said that they asked the pharmacist to add aquamarine grass to the tobacco, the dose is very small, but the feeling of fluttering fairy is really... Tut-tut, there's no way to describe it. ”

Raul watched the guy keep spitting smoke rings, and he couldn't help but light one, and then walked out of the rich area from the small alley with Joe, laughing in a low voice,

"By the way, Raul, the last time has been taken care of"

Joe said to Raul while playing cigarette ash in a trash can on the side of the street,

"Remember to keep your hands and feet clean next time you do something, those mad dog-like junks are almost going to be on you, and you should be glad that Mr. Surov doesn't like to listen to these bastards, so he directly ordered them to be executed. ”

Raul waved his hand carelessly, he inhaled the last puff of smoke, and then spit it out,

"These are small things, you don't have to take them to heart, oh yes, I forgot to tell you about tonight's events. ”

As he spoke, he took out two light blue badges from his arms and threw one to Joe.

"The blue VIP card with gold roses, tsk, you don't know, that place has now become the top of Bordeaux, guess who I met when I went to apply for the VIP?

Joe tossed the badge up and down while showing a casual smile,

"Who else could it be? Did you meet the mayor? hahaha."

"Of course it won't be the mayor, you idiot, I met General Murulrak, haha, I can't think of it? At that time, he was in the VIP room next to me, and it was said that he was going to hold a birthday party for his daughter, and it was set in the hall with gold roses, and I heard that the dignitaries and dignitaries of the whole city would attend. ”

Joe nodded, as the secretary of the town hall, he also received the invitation, but he didn't expect that the old-fashioned general would choose to choose a gold-encrusted rose, but speaking of which, the style and service of that hotel was indeed very popular, it was simply amazing.

"By the way, Raul, what the hell are you going to take me for tonight?"

Jo asked as he loosened his bow tie, which was tied too tightly, and Raul pointed to the hotel not far away, which was the size of a house the size of seven or eight houses.

"Right there, old roulette, have you heard of it?

"That gambling game where you can get rich overnight? What's there to see? A bunch of mud-legged carnivals. ”

Jo lost interest all of a sudden, and he was not to blame, the aristocrats looked down on the mud-legged people who relied on the lucky ones to get rich overnight, and the descendants of the poor ghosts generally did not have much chance to become famous, especially in Bordeaux, a city with a long history and many nobles, but when a game called "Old Vegetable Roulette" appeared, one lucky person after another appeared out of thin air.

It is said that in that crazy gamble, you can win everything, and even if you put your life on the line, the mysterious proprietor called Lao Cai can give you everything you want.

"Wealth, power, power, everything you want, I have it, do you want it? I put it all in that gamble, come and get it!"

It is said that this is the most rampant speech of Lao Cai, but it is also the speech that makes the whole city of Bordeaux boil, and from that night on, desperate gamblers began to frantically pursue the mysterious figure named Lao Cai, and to this day, no one knows who he is.

Listening to his companion's disdainful evaluation, Raul also froze, but soon laughed mysteriously,

"Come with me, Joe, it's not the smoky place you think, and besides, the so-called roulette wheel is just a gimmick, you see? Even the craziest people are desperate for their lives, and it's not every day that anyone wants to pick up that pistol and look for excitement. ”

Jo looked at the golden, crowded gold-encrusted roses, carefully pulled up his collar, and then deliberately scattered his neat hair, and followed Raul almost in unison, for he could not imagine waking up early to-morrow morning to hear lace news about "the secretary of the town hall, midnight, nightclubs."

But even Joe wanted to keep a low profile, but the moment he just walked into the gold-encrusted rose through the strangely shaped revolving door, this noble-born child couldn't help but let out a hillbilly-like exclamation, no wonder the general wanted to put his daughter's birthday party here, if he also had a beloved daughter, let alone a birthday party, even if it was more than enough to hold a wedding for her here.

I saw a large black relief in the center of the entrance, but the appearance of the sculpture and the majestic and solemn statues in the temple were completely untouched, and the relief carving of the same size as the normal human body was as delicate as a real person, the slender and graceful hands held the vase, and the clothes on the body were half covered and half leaked, the face covered by half of the hair was full of eager gestures, and there was a mischievous smile at the corner of her mouth, and what was more ingenious was that what she stepped on was not a stone platform or altar common in the mainland, but a beautiful lotus flower, just like a beautiful woman dancing on the lotusAt the end of Qiao's upward look, a splash of colorful light was pouring out of the bottle held high, and then fell around, a little mist surging up, making the stone statue look like a dream, holy and enchanting.

"It's... This is.. ”

Joe stammered a little as he looked at his brother Raul, who shrugged his shoulders, as if accustomed to Joe's expression, and whispered to Joe with a snicker,

"This is the statue of the Holy Maiden, dedicated to the god of love and beauty, you don't underestimate this stone statue, it is said that a few years ago on the day this stone statue was erected, the temple of love and beauty in Bordeaux City received an oracle, since then, the entire continent of the Shini stone statue has gradually been changed to this appearance, and the first time the gold-inlaid rose became famous was also that evening, it is said that many people saw Shine's appearance with the pink light, and finally disappeared in this stone statue, this is a miracle, understand? Now, brother, put away your idiot-like face, and don't lose face in front of me and the goddess. ”

"Oh. . . Oh.. I know. ”

Joe, who had only woken up from his sluggishness after being reminded twice by Raul, immediately patted his blushing cheeks, lowered his head and didn't dare to look directly at the stone statue, but Rao was like this, and the unique arrangement of the entire hall made him sigh in his heart again.

On the left hand side of the revolving door is a tall front desk made of black marble, which contrasts strongly with the white jade floor of a water, and four girls in black and white tight-lined uniforms politely converse with guests from different regions in various languages, and their perfect smiles can easily calm everyone's anger, and behind them, a glass fish tank with a width of one person is embedded in the wall like the most ordinary decoration, starting from the front desk to circle the entire hall, those strange fish that even the well-informed Raul does not know very well swim leisurely in the blue water curtain, coupled with the green aquatic plants and white soaking, this scene is enough to shock those who come to the gold-encrusted roses for the first time.

Behind the stone statue of the goddess is a tall staircase with brown handrails and golden railings, and a combination of white jade floors, which suddenly separate and spiral up on the second floor, and the walls in front are extravagantly carved with relief gold to paint a series of mythical scenes, and when Joe raises his head, it is easy to be deliberately made into a duplex structure on the second floor of the spar lamp that constantly lights up and then goes out, in fact, because the second floor is a restaurant, the brightness of the spar lamps inlaid on the ceiling to present a wonderful image is not conspicuous, and even the frequency of transformation is not interesting to the extreme in the eyes of the owner, but when have the people of the other world seen thisIn short, Joe became the nth victim of this ever-changing illusionary landscape.

In fact, there was still a lot of time left for Jo to carefully observe the layout of the hall, because he and Raul were queuing, and behind them, the belated nobles and noblewomen whispered to each other, and they were happy, but from time to time there would be a shout, most of them were disgusted that their husbands or their wives had to queue up because they came too late for some reason, and needless to say, Joe would not have set his eyes on the noisy guys, for them old nobles, in such an elegant place, even waiting was a virtue。

Ten minutes later, when Raul had finished smoking the third cigarette, the long line finally began to move, and Jo followed the crowd step by step, he carefully observed his surroundings, this strange aura that was out of step with this world made him feel a little intoxicated, the contrast that existed everywhere, the simplicity and beauty displayed in every place, made Jovin's thoughts well, and he even had a strange idea at this moment, wanting to quit the decent job that had exhausted him, and become an ordinary troubadour, and tell all those who had seen it tonight。

But before Joe woke up in this dream, Raul, who had already completed the formalities, pulled him to the right corner of the hall, and Joe who woke up clearly saw that in front of the corner corridor his hands crossed at his waist, and at the same time looked at the two big men with black eyes and bald heads in front of him, the feeling Joe was very clear, like when he went to the military town of Rogue with his father a few years ago, those equally fierce guards said to him.

"Idlers are not allowed to enter!"

"Hey, buddy, this is our badge!"

Raul didn't feel the stiffness in Joe's hands, he smiled and put the two blue badges in his hands, the big man picked them up and looked at them carefully, then nodded, turned sideways without saying a word, and made a "please" motion.

"I'll tell you, Joe, you're going to have to search your body when you go into the 'old roulette' later, and if you have a dagger or something like that, you'd better leave it with the guards first, or we'll be very passive if we're found with these weapons. ”

Raul whispered to Joe, who was walking beside him, and directly in front of the two of them was a strange door, with a silver-gray border, a silver-white door, and a black protrusion on the door frame, on which several letters were outlined with red slender gem threads.

"Oh... I thought the town hall was the only one in Bordeaux!"

Qiao Huan, who finally woke up from the shock just now, took out a delicate short sword from the lining of his clothes with a smile, and handed it to the guard who was on the side, and then the door of the elevator opened, and the two of them walked in with a smile.

"I'm willing to bet the gold-encrusted rose learned it from the dwarf master craftsmen who built the elevators for the town hall in the first place. ”

Joe loosened the buttons around her neck again, leaned comfortably on the red cushion behind her, and said to Raul with a smile, who said with an expression, "This has nothing to do with me, so it doesn't matter."

However, hearing Qiao's words, the waiter in charge of opening the elevator smiled secretly, and then opened the door of the elevator with a serious appearance, and politely sent the two guests out.

In fact, the waiter was very disdainful of Joe's pretense, because he was present on the day when the elevator was installed with gold-inlaid roses, and he saw with his own eyes how the gnome master craftsmen who came to help were curious about this mechanical tool that was said to have been designed by the mysterious boss himself, and those white-haired gnomes even did not hesitate to offer various prices in order to get the drawings of the elevator, but finally the boss gave them the drawings for free, and then after several months, the news of the installation of an elevator came out from the town hall。

"What kind of garlic and earth buns do we put in our gold-encrusted roses!"

The waiter scolded in his heart, and then smiled and took his tip from Raul, which was what he was most concerned about compared to the faces of the nobles.