Chapter Ninety-Eight: The Silver Clan
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"The steward just now is the actual controller of this ship, and he is still the steward of the richest family in the whole Suchuan River, and to some extent, he is a high authority, but such a person seems to have behaved a little calmly and even humbly since we got on the ship."
Hanging the lantern with orange light on the iron barb in the room, Lu Ming turned his head and analyzed Linglong with a calm face.
"According to the outside world you introduced before, isn't the person in charge also a subordinate, what's wrong with his performance?" Linglong sat cross-legged on the mat, leaning her elbows on her knees, holding her little head in her palms, looking up at Lu Ming with a puzzled expression.
For her, since she was a child, this is the first time she has left Weaving Fire and come to this strange world outside.
Everything here is new to her, not only the transportation under her feet, the strange and unique beautiful scenery outside, but also the living habits and social common sense of these outsiders.
These are all things she needs to slowly understand.
Not everyone in the outside world will be able to perceive good and bad by her like Lu Ming.
"Do you know how we got on board?" Lu Ming walked across from Linglong, sat cross-legged with her, and asked with a smile.
"You gave him gold." Linglong replied without thinking.
Although weaving fire has never cost money, the outside world has to pay for other people's transportation, which she quickly accepted under Lu Ming's explanation.
Still, she doesn't quite understand the importance of money.
"That's right."
The girl's serious expression is always so cute, Dudu's little face makes people can't help but want to take a sip, Lu Ming didn't dare to kiss it, but he still knocked on Linglong's forehead unexpectedly, and sighed with a smile: "It's a pity, I didn't reward you." ”
"Let's get down to business, you don't pull me, what you just said is attractive." Linglong stretched out her hand and waved away Lu Ming's palm, frowning, and said with some anger.
This guy, when talking about things, always talks and goes off topic, as if the string in his head suddenly jumped, and I don't know why he can be so strange and interesting.
"Think about it with your cute little head, as the manager of the richest family, will he be short of money?"
Stretching out his hand to stop Linglong's posture of opening his mouth to refute, Lu Ming continued: "One, the manager of the richest man will definitely not be short of money, at least my piece of gold is not enough to buy him.
(2), if he just took us on the boat casually, but his attitude towards us is a little bizarre, from the conversation to the behavior, there are some weird and even humble and flattering, we blow the wind outside, he has to personally come to invite us back to the room to rest, a little too polite.
It's not at all like the attitude of a shipowner, a steward with a lot of power.
Third, he knew that there were two very distinguished guests of his host upstairs, but he still let the two outsiders get on the boat, didn't he worry that we would annoy the guests upstairs by some strange behavior? ”
With a snap of his fingers, Linglong, who was listening carefully, refreshed herself, Lu Ming looked at her and continued: "Isn't it suspicious that this steward is such a cautious and even humble person from the inside out, but he risked annoying the head of the family and the distinguished guests to let the two strangers get us on the boat?" ”
“…… It's suspicious. ”
Linglong subconsciously replied, nodded slightly, looked up at Lu Ming again, and asked seriously, "Then what should we do?" ”
Without waiting for Lu Ming to answer, she stood up again and proposed: "Since he is so suspicious, there must be some good intentions for us to get on the boat, why don't we get off the boat directly?" ”
Linglong thought simply, whether the steward was the same as the bone food, Pingjiang Hou's command came to trouble her, the 'god master', or the steward was plotting against the two of them for some reasons, as long as he left here and stayed away from the incident point, it would be fine.
Before going out, Daddy Huo Tu Xin dragged her to chatter for a long time, and she listened impatiently, but she still remembered one sentence when she was instructed, that is, safety first.
Dad said, if you don't make a decision, you should withdraw first!
The tree is dead, and it can only be silently endured when it encounters wind and rain, but people are different, people are alive, and when they encounter trouble, their brains turn around, and there is not only one way to Zhaodu, and it is not necessary to be a boat driven by this flying fish, there is no need to take risks.
At this point, Linglong still understands it, her little head is not stupid.
"Nope." Lu Ming opened his mouth and rejected her directly, looking at Linglong's confused and speechless look, he stretched out his hand and pointed out the window, "You can go and see it." ”
Linglong didn't know why, but he still walked to the window, and after pushing the window open, a strong cold air swarmed along the window to the warm room, Lu Ming shrunk his neck, Linglong frowned and glanced at him, and looked out under Lu Mingnu's mouth, just glanced at it, and then retracted his neck for a moment, and closed the merchant,
"Why is it all dark outside?"
The window was open and the cold wind was biting outside, whistling, which was not difficult to understand, after all, it was night and the ship was flying in the sky, but what Linglong was horrified was that when the two of them came in just now, there was still a dusk sunset outside, and the faint amplitude of the moon had leaked out.
Why did the two of them enter the house for less than an hour, and the sky is dark, even if it is dark, there is not even a little light, where did the moon go before?
The boat at his feet seemed to be walking in dark ink, and the surroundings exuded a cold and cold air.
Linglong shuddered.
"It's dark here."
Lu Ming patted the mat, motioned for Linglong to sit down first, and slowly explained: "From the lake outside your weaving fire to the next docking point of the fishing boat, we will pass above the Fish Scale Valley, which is where we are now.
Located next to the abyss, the Valley of the Scales is famous for its sliced fish-shaped passes, and legend has it that it is infested with terrifying monsters all year round, and because of its proximity to the abyss, the distance is so light that at night, even the moon cannot reach the area. ”
"Why do you want to get on the boat when you know that?" The dark night outside looked a little terrifying, and when Linglong sat down, she leaned next to Lu Ming, and suddenly felt a sense of security, and asked, "Isn't there any other way to Zhaodu?" ”
"Yes."
"Then why are we on this fishing boat?"
"Getting on the boat is just for convenience, and I just remembered that there was such a thing." Lu Ming knocked on his head, sentimental, and said helplessly to Linglong: "After all, my brain is not very good, and my memory is often wrong. ”
Linglong looked at Lu Ming blankly, and after half a sound, she reached out and touched his forehead to make sure that he was not sick with a fever, and then probed her brain close to his chest, confirming that her heartbeat was normal, and she couldn't help but look confused.
Why can he say with certainty that he has a problem with his brain?
How sick is this~
“!!!”
"Don't be there thinking about what you have and don't."
Seeing through the girl's whimsical ideas at a glance, Lu Ming stretched out his hand to pull her head away, and said very abruptly: "I was injured in the head when you fought with the fire demon in the forbidden land of weaving fire, so I don't remember some insignificant memories very clearly, and I really didn't remember such a thing before I came here." ”
When he was in Yan Xiqiang, the memory of the two lives was easy, mainly Lu Ming's previous life, and the memories of this life were also fully remembered, but most of the daily trivial things or irrelevant things were infinitely dissolved, and Lu Ming lived on the northern border for nine years in the first half of his life, and never left the capital for nine years in the royal capital.
Naturally, I will not be very impressed by the interesting anecdotes recorded in such classics and wild newspapers.
He really got on the boat and remembered it.
"Well, I believe you."
Linglong held Lu Ming's face and looked at it carefully, his little head was about to stick to him, and when he was about to impatiently move his forehead, he decisively let go, and said with a smile, "Believe you no matter what you say, you have a problem with your brain, and I also have a problem with my brain." ”
“……”
Lu Ming was greatly moved when he heard this, "You are really ......"
Also, how can normal people meet and know each other without two people running away with others? Leaving my father and the clansmen alone after living for more than ten years, and running away with a wild man from the outside world, do you think it's writing?
The girl's brain is really ...... Han!
What can I do if I encounter a bad person?
Lu Ming muttered in his heart, looking at the smiling girl, feeling that although the size was wrong, he couldn't bear to watch the girl go out to the outside world and deceive people casually, so he pulled her to explain some topics such as how the outside world is hateful, how evil, and how to protect yourself carefully when encountered.
After a while, there was a girl's silver bell-like laughter in the room, and Holmes's various explanations were serious.
……
Outside the wing, the shadow around the corner slowly moved, stretched and stretched until it gradually disappeared, leaving the floor.
The owner of the boat, that is, the steward of the micro-living family, still had a speechless expression on his face after walking out, he touched his forehead and shook his head, as if he wanted to leave the pair of men and women with some nervous problems behind, and then slowly went up to the second floor.
When he came to the middle room, the steward bent down, stretched out his hand and knocked lightly on the door made of red silk nanmu, and said in a very humble attitude and tone:
"Guest, the two people downstairs are already resting, and no one will disturb you."
The room was quiet, and there was no response, just when the steward thought that the guest would not answer, the door slowly opened, and a young man dressed in white walked out, looked into the house, and turned back to the steward and frowned slightly,
"My sister has a light sleep, so don't tell us about such trivial things in the future."
After a pause, the man turned his back and said again: "This is your Weisheng family's fishing boat, not our Yin clan's, and you don't need to ask me for instructions on everything." ”
"Yes, yes, but the head of the family has specially instructed that Miss Yin should be treated with the same respect as he treats, and the villain really doesn't dare to be reckless."
The steward bowed slightly, and a smile hung on his lips when he arched his hand.
It seems to be a touch of joy.
The man in white who was about to close the door looked at the smile on the corner of the other party's mouth, frowned slightly, his breathing stagnated for a moment, and quickly returned to stability
“…… I said, don't bother us! ”
"The villain remembers, not next time."
The steward was still humble, bowed down, and watched the door slowly close, the smile on his face did not diminish in the slightest, and the corners of his mouth hung a hint of mockery.
Then he turned and walked away, heading deeper for the owner's room.
At the same time that the steward's figure disappeared around the corner, two shadows appeared behind.
"Do you want to follow, look at the ship's supervisor inside."
Linglong first looked at the Nanmu gate that was locked and closed, and then looked at the direction where the owner disappeared, and for a moment she couldn't pay attention, and reached out and pulled Lu Ming's arm and asked.
"Follow the owner."
Lu Ming stretched out his hand and made a small gesture, then pointed in the direction where the owner disappeared, and slowly followed on the other side of the corner.
Linglong followed the ship's owner, only to see him first go back to his room and make a pot of tea, and then go back to the bottom cabin, find the crew who was driving the ship, check the various flying equipment, and carefully instruct the crew to be on duty in shifts.
When all this was done, the owner of the ship ran to the galley, took a box with a few plates of side dishes, brought them back to his room, and set them on the table and began to drink them in small cups.
The two watched all this cautiously behind them, and the more they looked, the more confused they became.
This seems to be just an ordinary ship owner.
Could it be that they guessed wrong?
Back in the guest room, Lu Ming looked pensive.
Linglong looked upstairs, "Why do you always think that the owner of the ship has a problem?" In my opinion, the silver clan in that room seems to be suspicious as well. ”
"The truth is often hidden in a small part of what is not a problem." Lu Ming said and sat down, and his originally solemn face softened again, "But don't worry so much, we just need to remember where the owner's room is." ”
"This big night, we are in the sky again, life and death are all in the hands of others, no matter what tricks the owner himself plays, or what other dangers arise, as the owner of the ship must know the way to escape from this ship, as long as we keep an eye on him, at least the safest way back."
"Oh, I see," Linglong suddenly realized, "no wonder I said that you don't even look at that ornate room, and follow the owner of the ship, just to confirm the room he lives in, thinking that if something happens, you can find him as soon as possible, right?" ”
"It's not too stupid."
The girl's serious and sudden appearance is too cute, which makes people's sense of achievement skyrocket, Lu Ming reached out to pinch her face, just raised his hand and quickly put it down, and said in a low voice: "When you go out, pay more attention, people in the outside world are not as simple as you fire weavers." ”
"I know, I know, why are you like my father, like a buzzing old woman, this has been said since you got on the boat." Linglong rolled her eyes, disapproving, and leaned closer to Lu Ming with a smile,
"But I'm still curious about what the hell that Yin clan is, you just held your breath when you first passed by there, do you know something?"
“……”
Lu Ming glanced at the girl in surprise, it seems that the girl is not really stupid and sweet, even the small movements he made just now have been discovered, in the expectant gaze of Linglong, Lu Ming has no intention of selling Guanzi.
"The Yin clan is one of the oldest families in Suchuan, and the Ming clan and the fence clan are known as the three major god clans, once held the position of the gods, in charge of justice, their clansmen can sense the emotions of others, the strong can control their will, and it is said that no sinner can escape the judgment of the silver clan."
"Controlling the will of others, isn't that the power of the mind, which exists like bone food?" Linglong was a little surprised.
"It's different."
Lu Ming shook his head slightly, "The kind of bone food relies on implants in the body to enhance and obtain certain powers, and it can only be regarded as an imitation, but the Yin clan is different, the royal family classics record that the silver clan relies on the power of the bloodline given by the god lord. ”
"However, after the fall of the gods five hundred years ago, this power of the Silver Clan gradually disappeared, and gradually the Silver Clan began to weaken, until now, Suchuan has not seen the Yin clansmen appear for a long time, only the ancient surnames recorded in the classics."
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