Chapter 18. A fairy tale that doesn't exist
When the two sides were separated, Zhou Jinru strongly demanded to pay for room and board, and the other party did not refuse.
This place can be described as a transit point in all directions, and a gathering place for messengers traveling in all directions.
"Maybe here's our point of contact."
Zhou Jinru looked at the messengers and caravans coming and going, and moved his mind to recruit another operator.
The sky paid off, he really found a rather shabby point of contact, with only one clerk.
The other party was also dumbfounded when he saw his colleagues arriving, this place is deep in the rainforest, and he hasn't seen a single Rhode Island operator for a year and a half, why did so many people suddenly come?
"Uh, it looks like there's an operator nearby, I'll take a look......"
A few seconds later, a resume was placed in front of Zhou Jinru.
"That's it."
The thorns are here, he can't even think of breaking his head, one is counted as one, and he will never let go if he can catch a strong man.
Since the special service operators would only arrive in the evening, Zhou Jinru and the others were not in a hurry to leave and went to the local tavern to pass the time.
Coincidentally, several Longmen Guards Bureau agents were also resting here, already drunk and bragging to the locals.
"Come on, come on, drink!"
The cool wine poured down his stomach, and a guard agent hooked the neck of the person next to him drunkenly, and said: "Do you know, I heard a very famous legend in Sargon these days, Sargon's Mansa has a lot of red gold, so much that it can fill the entire desert, and she even organized an expedition, called the Red Gold Expedition, trying to cross the foehn hot land, and then there was no news. ”
"What, was Sargon ever so rich?"
The Guards Bureau agent snorted with wine: "Of course, don't you see those royal chiefs, the fruit platter is all jade agate pearls, all of them are rich and rival countries, and their Pasha has built one palace after another." ”
After saying this, he poured another sip of wine, and suddenly found that the people around him were not interested in drinking and were drinking soda in one gulp.
"I said brother, you don't drink, what are you doing in the tavern?"
"I only drink milk, and drinking alcohol hurts my body."
The Guards Agent stared at his reddened eyes: "No! You listen to the story I tell and have a drink today! Or sing a song! ”
Zhou Jinru raised his cup and guided him with emotional perception: "You sing first?" ”
"I sing it, I sing it!"
The drunken Guards Operative staggered onto the table and sang to the chorus, and the tavern was applauded.
"Hiccup, I'm done singing, what about you?"
Zhou Jinru hooked his fingers: "You come here." ”
"What for?"
Bang!
He reached out and pressed the drunk on the table, and said lightly, "Look at who I am!" ”
The dazed Guards Agent's eyes widened little by little, and his drunkenness was half gone: "Ah, it turned out to be you, you are the doctor of Rhode Island, I ......"
In a hurry, he took out a pendant from his pocket and stuffed it into Zhou Jinru's pocket, and said with a sneer: "I'm drunk, what I say doesn't count, don't take it seriously, hahahaha......"
As he spoke, the Guards Operative suddenly shrank under the table and fell asleep.
When Zhou Jinru walked out of the tavern, it was already evening, and he saw a soaking Guards inspector at the entrance of the transfer station, and the other party was a little embarrassed and anxious.
"Sir, I have a few colleagues who don't know where they are, do you know where they are?"
Zhou Jinru suddenly took out the "quack" ornament in his pocket: "Are you talking about them?" They are in the tavern. ”
"Yes," the bespectacled inspector's eyes lit up, and despite his tired and anxious face, he remained polite, "Yes, thank you for the news, can you give me this charm, I am willing to pay the source stone ingot." ”
He took out a bag and shook it, it was heavy, and the crisp sound of the source stone ingots colliding was very tempting.
Zhou Jinru handed over the ornament and took the source stone ingot: "You're welcome." ”
With a lot of income, to relieve the constraints at hand a little, Zhou Jinru stood at the intersection to blow the wind, waiting for the thorns to come.
When the sun was just a little bit left, the young Agor in a dustproof coat finally arrived, but to the doctor's delight, he was accompanied by two operators.
"Doctor, I'm here, it's Dr. Kelsey and Miss Amiya gave you a plan of action for the area, and the accompanying operators are Red and Red Bean."
Zhou Jinru took the plan, looked at the content carefully, and the signature was signed by Kelsey and Amiya.
Hongdou said unexpectedly: "Zhou, I didn't expect you to be here!" ”
"And Nicker and Gumi, and Odyscas."
The red bean with the spear hugged Ke Obai tightly, but Red was not interested, and since he arrived, he had been standing by the doctor's side, like a personal guard.
"We'll leave tomorrow, as for where to go, we haven't figured it out yet, let's rest first."
The leader has always been Xiao Ke, and now she doesn't speak, and Zhou Jinru doesn't know how to go.
At this moment, someone shouted from behind:
"Hey, you, you're the one we've met."
The bearded man was sweating profusely, his eyes were staring at Zhou Jinru's face, and his expression was complicated, as if he was making a decision in his heart.
Zhou Jinru remembered seeing him at the door of the settlement tavern at the beginning, and then asked rhetorically, "What do you want to say?" ”
"I know where the treasure is!"
"Not interested."
Zhou Jinru led the operators to turn around and leave, but the bearded man was unwilling to give up, and chased after him and said: "As long as you can give me five, no, three source stone ingots, I will tell you!" ”
Just got a bag of source stone ingots, Zhou Jinru was not short of money, squatted down, and said seriously: "I'll give you five source stone ingots, please leave immediately, go home obediently, and don't run around anymore." ”
The bearded man gritted his teeth: "Okay, I want three source stone ingots just to make up the fare for the journey home, maybe I'm not the material to be an explorer, let me tell you, I have a dream treasure map, but it has been sold by me to a caravan in front, if you can catch up, maybe you can get it." ”
Zhou Jinru frowned and said, "Do you think this news is worth five source stone ingots?" ”
"I've been studying that treasure map for a long time, and it records an ancient city that no longer exists, or ruins, and there must be a lot of treasure, but unfortunately I don't have the ability to get it."
Although this was second-hand news, Zhou Jinru still took out five source stone ingots and handed them to the bearded man, and advised: "You are not suitable for taking risks, don't do these things in the future, go home honestly, find a job, and live a stable life." ”
The lonely man did not answer, and his back disappeared into the night.
Odekas asked, "Do you really believe him?" ”
"No, I just want to settle his mind, and in Sargon he will die if he is restless and guarded."