The Siren's Tears can change the shape of an object, but it cannot change its mass.

At least for the current Mavi, he can't use the true power of the Siren's Tears.

Following the caravan, Mavi and his men entered Baghdad near evening.

If we trace the history of Baghdad back to the known history, the history of Baghdad is at least 2,000 years, but Baji says that there were human beings living here tens of thousands of years ago, during the real era.

From a distance, it is a round, yellow sand city, nestled in the desert, like a raised sandbag, but if you get closer, you can see its grandeur.

The walls are craggy and yellowish, and you can occasionally see the corpses of animals under the walls, which Alberts says are animals that have lost their way in the black sandstorm, and they can only huddle under the city walls to survive, and finally take their lives by the black sandstorm.

What is the black sandstorm, Ma Wei has not seen it with his own eyes, when he was in the Royal Navy, he mostly roamed in the West Sea, rarely set foot in the interior of the Eastern Continent, and knew little about this side.

"Black sandstorms are scary."

Alberts looked at the camel in front of him and pulled a thick stool, while lifting the mask, his eyes swept around vigilantly, and said in a low voice: "Black sandstorms appear every month, about three days before coming, the sky will be red and black, merchants begging for a living in the desert know what it means, if it is a foreign merchant, you must ask a local guide, otherwise it will be more than lucky." ”

Recent. No, it should be said that since ancient times, the missing population of the Alawi Kingdom has been high, there are no people in the desert for hundreds of miles, and it is not surprising that nothing happens, some were stung by poisonous scorpions and died of poisoning, some were disoriented and died in black sandstorms, and some others

It was slaughtered by sand bandits.

Because of poverty and religious complexities, the situation in this area is complicated, and there are dozens of bandits, large and small, operating in different areas, unless you are lucky, you can't avoid it.

Sand bandits are a group of executioners who kill people without blinking, but there is no need to be afraid, caravans entering and leaving the kingdom of Alawi need to be issued by the local government, and in the process, as long as you spend some money, you can get a road map, and you will not encounter sand bandits if you walk this road map.

The roadmap changes regularly, and there is no need to say much about the doorway behind it.

"It's a mess."

Daniel looked at the guards not far away with disdain, and spat on it: "Even the government helps the sand bandits bully their own people, how can this kind of country be strong?" ”

"You'd better not speak other languages."

Alberts looked at the strange gaze shooting from all around, and hurriedly reminded: "Everyone knows that foreign merchants are rich, especially those who speak Windsor, and in their eyes they are fat sheep!" There are a lot of sand bandits in the city, and if you encounter a big fat meat, you will die whether you pay the protection money or not! ”

See more, listen more, talk less, think more.

That's how to survive in a chaotic region.

Of course, this is not about making you stare around with big eyes, but about collecting information in a subtle way

Taking out the identification documents handed over to them by Alberts, Mavi and the others successfully passed through the city defenses and followed the caravan into Baghdad, and as soon as they entered the city, the sultry atmosphere came to their faces, cramped spaces, overcrowded streets, random stalls placed on the side of the streets, and vendors pulling camels through the crowd.

The noisy, noisy and stuffy heat is simply suffocating.

This is a slum stacked on top of each other, surrounded by mud, sand and stones, and the canes stretch out to the sky, looking up like frogs sitting in wells.

It is already the norm for people to crowd people, and after only standing in place for a while, Ma Wei was hit on the shoulder by three or four people, just hit it, and the other party has to look back at you, as if he is blaming you for being stunned like a fool.

Levin took off his sunglasses, took out a small silver flask and took a sip, his mouth was dry as soon as he arrived, and the water had already been drunk.

"Follow me, watch out for thieves."

Alberts was already familiar with the situation here, although he grew up in the Kingdom of Qajar, the countries in this area were almost the same, and the language was also interconnected, so there were no barriers to communication.

Covered with a scarf, Mavi bent down to pick up Yunia and let her carry the package, walking in the second position, Daniel followed, Levine was in the fourth, and Edward was at the back, with a cold gaze and a look of no one to enter.

The Bloodlines were able to see the flesh of humans, that is, humans were shining in their eyes, and in this way, the overcrowded Baghdad should be a super large incandescent light bulb in Edward's eyes.

Wherever you go, it's like someone is shining a flashlight on you.

It's no wonder if you're in a good mood!

Through the crowd, Ma Wei and the others finally got out of this extremely crowded area and came to a square, there was a fountain in the center of the square, and there were still many people, but they could finally catch their breath.

Signs hung from the houses on either side, and on them were intricate, ghostly Semitic languages, and only Alberts could read them.

"There's an inn there." Alberts pointed to a curtained house in front of his right house and asked Mavi's opinion: "Do you live here, or do you want to go to the inner city?" The inner city is safer and more expensive, and it takes about half an hour by camel. ”

Baghdad is a ring-shaped city, divided into two cities, the outer city is the slum, the inner city is the rich area, the environment is much better than the outer city, and at the same time, the threshold is also high, you need to go through the audit to enter, and the poor will be bombed away by the guards.

Alberts brought with them a large number of local currencies, including the kingdom of voodoo, and the currencies of the Mediterranean region were all unified, namely the gold dinar and the silver dirkhan.

1 gold dinar can be exchanged for 10 silver windsor shillings and 22 silver dirkhan coins, which is 0.5 gold pounds.

There is no such thing as 0.5 gold pounds, and it is too troublesome to convert all the time, so Ma Wei thinks that he can remember that 1 gold pound can be exchanged for 2 gold dinars.

In addition to the silver Dirkhan coin, there is also a copper currency in the Mediterranean region with the head of the king of the Kingdom of Alawi on the obverse and the word Allah on the back, called the copper Allah coin, which has an exchange ratio of 1:10 to the silver Dirkhan coin.

Adams was generous, he didn't know what trouble Mavi would encounter, and he couldn't say anything to the Pope and the goddess, and with this principle, he prepared 1,000 gold pounds of gold, silver, and bronze coins, as well as 4,000 gold pounds worth of Cairo Khalifa Bank bills

It's all in Alberts' bag, and he keeps it covered as he walks.

"Why, do you want to live here?"

Mavi questioned Yunia and Levine.

Levin seemed very indifferent: "I'm tired, my throat is like a fire, as long as it's clean, I can live anywhere!" ”

This is a big truth, with their strength, they are not afraid of thieves at all.

Seeing that everyone was a little tired, Ma Wei decided to say, "Just stay here." ”

"There may not be any vacancies. The black sandstorm is coming, and the number of people in the city is skyrocketing."

Alberts scratched his head, lifted the curtain and walked into the hotel, the owner of the inn was a bearded middle-aged man with thick eyebrows and big eyes, who was eating pilaf, and when he saw the guest coming to the door, he hurriedly put down the plate, wiped his mouth, and asked:

"Brother Shuaidi, Bilashka?"

After exchanging views with the bearded man, Alberts frowned, walked out the door, and said to Mavi, "There are still rooms, but the price has increased." ”

"How much?"

"1 dinar for one night." Alberts said, "This beard is too black-hearted! It used to cost only 2 credits! ”

"Brother Shuaidi! Handsome brother! ”

Just as Alberts was complaining, the bearded boss chased after him, waving his hands and spitting around, and posing innocently.

"He said that the price is all this now, the black sandstorm is coming, the other stores are full, and he only has three empty rooms here, and he will sleep on the street when he is late, and he will definitely eat a mouthful of sand when he gets up in the morning."

Stealing customers, it must be stealing customers.

This bearded man is obviously taking advantage of the opportunity to rip off customers, and he will trap those rich merchants.

As soon as the black sandstorm came, the surrounding merchants rushed to Baghdad to settle down, and the city was overcrowded.

The world is as black as a crow, and it's the same everywhere.

Just when Ma Wei hesitated, the beard began to press again, which translates to the hotel can cover breakfast and dinner, plus a pot of hot water.

Thinking that the hotel was close to the city gate and the bazaar, it was convenient to pack his bags, and that Levine and the others were already very tired, Ma Wei agreed to the bearded man's offer, but the requirement was that the room must be clean and tidy.

"Clean and clean, must be clean!"

The bearded man rubbed his hands together and said with a smile.

"Do you speak Windsor?" Levin was stunned for a moment.

"If you don't know a foreign language, how can you do it?" The bearded man patted his chest and said, "My teacher is from Windsor, he is from London!" I am grateful to him! The people of Windsor are my friends! Friend! Handsome brother! ”

Daniel sneered: "It's rare to see a good brother who cheats on friends like this. ”

"Hey! Business is business! Friends are friends! Friends' money is easy to earn! Friend's bag to help with it! ”

The bearded hippie smiled and reached out to grab Ma Wei's backpack, but Ma Wei dodged away.

"Don't take it, don't take it!" The bearded man hurriedly said, "Friends, trust each other!" ”

"Lead the way."

"Good, good"

Following behind the bearded man, Ma Wei and the others walked into the hotel, came to the south-facing room on the second floor, and after looking around, Levin wondered: "Where is the bed?" How come there is no bed? ”

"There are no beds here." Alberts pointed to the mat on the ground and said, "They all sleep on the mat." ”

"Where's the table? What about chairs? ”

"You don't need to, you eat, sleep, and play poker, it's all on the mat."

"Do you change the mat once a day?"

"The mat is generally not replaced, unless it is broken."

“.”

Looking at the cloth mat that has been stepped on and slept on by many people, Ma Wei's face turned green, and Levin's face also turned green.

"Change hotels."

"Agreed!"

Seeing that the guest was leaving, the bearded man immediately jumped out and said loudly: "Bed! There is a bed! ”

The bed, indeed, but it was a wooden bed in the basement, with an unknown amount of dust piled up, and it would shake and creak when touched, and it was definitely eaten into powder by wood beetles.

At this time, Ma Wei was completely disappointed, no longer listened to the bearded man's obstruction, and left the hotel through the nearest back door, not wanting to stay longer for a moment.

Losing his distinguished guest, the bearded man sighed, returned to the front desk and continued to eat pilaf, but this time it was not as fragrant as he had just now, and he sighed while eating, unable to speak in frustration.

Just as he was feeling the loss of his honored guest, the curtain was suddenly lifted, and a richly dressed woman with precious cutlass and eyes as blue as the sky walked in and asked in Semitic, "What did those people tell you just now?" ”

The bearded man was slightly stunned, and then his heart was ecstatic, and he didn't have time to wipe the rice grains hanging on his beard, and stretched out a finger.

The woman threw out a gold dinar, but the bearded man shook his head:

"10."

Blue eyes stared at the smug smile on the corner of the bearded man's mouth for a few seconds, and the woman suddenly pulled out her scimitar and slashed it like lightning, and the next second.

The bearded man's outstretched fingers snapped off in response, and blood gushed out.

"Ah!!h

The bearded man let out a terrible scream and kept yelling, "Someone! Come! ”

Outside the hotel, several bare-chested men armed with scimitars heard the boss's call, but they didn't dare to move.

In front of them was a group of masked Templars riding tall horses, their eyes cold and without a trace of emotion.

As long as they dare to move, they will be separated in the next second.

The war horse snorted, and the bearded heart gradually cooled, his people hadn't come in for so long, and he knew that something was wrong with his ass, he looked at the woman's clothes, and the indescribable bitterness in his heart.

He was sitting just now, and he could only see the woman's face, thinking that the woman was a sand bandit, and he was eyeing the distinguished guest just now, so he sat on the ground and raised the price

Now stand up and take a look, what a sand bandit, obviously a Templar!

The Templars were in the business of robbing homes, too?

These days, the employment situation is really grim

"You have one last chance."

The cold scimitar was pressed against her neck, and the woman said in a cold voice, "What did they tell you?" ”

"They. They asked for beds."

"Bed? What bed? Is it a code word? ”

The bearded man covered his bleeding hands, and he was about to cry: "I don't know either. They said they wanted to stay in the hotel at the beginning, I opened a room for them, they said there was no bed, I took them to the basement to find a bed, I sighed when I found them, and then left, I. I don't know what a bed is."

Looking at the bearded man's extremely aggrieved expression, there was no trace of lying, the woman put the knife into the sheath and threw out a few gold coins: "Remember, I didn't come today." ”

"Yes, yes."

The woman walked out of the hotel on her front foot, and the bearded face on her back foot became gloomy, and the panic and pain disappeared completely, and as several bare-chested thugs rushed in, he said viciously: "Brothers, there is a fat sheep appearing, and the treasure that the Templars covet is definitely not a mortal thing!" ”

"Boss, that's a Templar."

"When you are a sand bandit, your head is pinned to the waistband of your trousers, what do you ask for if you don't ask for money? What kind of sand bandit is greedy for life and afraid of death! Go home and feed the sheep! ”

The bearded man picked up the severed index finger, clenched it hard, and said through gritted teeth:

"I must avenge this revenge! Go inform Mr. Simon! With him, the Templars are nothing! ”