The Pitchfork men bypassed the long and winding line and went straight to the city gate officer, Jonah carefully looked at the faces of the people around him, and it was strange that these orientals in line turned a blind eye to the behavior of cutting in the queue, as if it was natural to use their privilege to add plugs, which is simply unthinkable in the Western Continent, where the main god Shira is believed and everyone is equal. The 17-year-old didn't say much, knowing that this was just the first lesson in culture shock, and that there must be more different things to discover in this strange continent.

The gatekeeper waved his hand at the pitchfork squad in a friendly manner, "When these merchants have washed their hands, it will be your turn to wash your hands and enter the city, just wait a minute." ”

Elliott's conversation with the tax collector was done under the translation of Long Ji, so the rest of the friends also understood, "Hahahaha, you don't understand, I know." Danny once again showed a smug expression, "This is the essence of Oriental culture, the law of social communication that Westerners lack! This communication etiquette that embodies the 5,000-year-old civilization of the East is called 'bribery' and 'bribery', Elliott first sent a 'bribe' signal, and the tax officer returned the salute with a 'bargain' gesture, and Elliott put on a 'counter-offer' gesture to show respect, and the tax officer ended this communication process with the action of 'accepting bribes', and the etiquette of "bribe-taking" was completed. In this way, you can strengthen the relationship and make many difficult things go smoothly!"

"What do you mean...... I always felt that something was weird. Jonah frowned.

"That's because you don't have the basics of Oriental culture, cargo friend. The boy in the Stewart family patted his chest, "Learn more from me, and one day you will be able to catch up...... Half my level, come on!"

Finally, the few people who washed their hands in front of them completed the process, Long Ji was the first to stand in front of the copper basin, the soldier turned on the faucet of the waterwheel, and poured water into the basin with a bamboo pipe, and the oriental woman bowed slightly and cleaned her white hands. In the battle just now, she used the famous sword "Jairus" to kill several enemies with her own hands, and her hands were inevitably stained with blood, at this time, the blood spread like silk in the water, and was disturbed by ripples, and the soldiers next to her were slightly stunned, but they didn't say anything.

After washing his hands, the soldier took the copper basin, staggered up the ten stairs, and poured the water from the basin into the large urn beside him. It was the largest container Jonah had ever seen in his life, the height of three adults, thick in the middle and thin at the end, made of black stoneware, and inferred from the echo of the water poured into it, it was already filled with most of the urns of hand water. Ryuki, the Rosenkavalier, Hannah, and Sibi washed their hands in turn, and waited in the cave of the city gate, and Jonah walked up to the cypress shelf, rolled up the sleeves of his robes, and dipped his hands in the water. The Eastern Continent in spring has not yet become hot, the water is cool and soaking is very comfortable, water is water, basin is basin, everything is plain, there is no mechanism or magic.

After the Pitchfork's companions regrouped and passed through the long and dark city gate to Suiyang City, the astrologer couldn't help but ask, "The matter of washing hands is definitely not as simple as Danny said, are we going to go to that tavern to find out the news?"

Danny Stewart snorted, a look of indignation. Hannah next to her suddenly snorted softly: "Oh, what about the Oriental boy that Long Ji brought just now? I didn't notice him for a while, I don't know where he went, he didn't enter the city with us." ”

"Little Dragon. The Oriental woman opened her mouth and shouted when she heard this.

A black shadow appeared at her feet, knelt on the ground and said in a stacked voice: "The Pingyin Long family went to the seventeenth generation grandson of the Xianghou side branch and the third-level foreign envoy of the 'Shen' branch of the Shadow Sect to meet the grandma of the sect family! What are the orders of the grandma?"

This person's figure was so fast that everyone was startled, "Grandma......" Danny understood this key word with his half-understood lingua franca of the Eastern Continent, and immediately turned pale: "The woman I like really already has a grandson...... Is my love life going to be so heavy......"

"You follow me for the time being, don't run around, don't show your body in front of people, don't cause trouble, and we'll have a good conversation after settling down. Go ahead, little dragon. Long Ji waved her hand slightly.

"Obey the order!" Long Shen scales will not leave the left and right, and listen to the orders of his grandmother!" The Long family, dressed in the black clothes of the Tantai family, kept their kneeling posture unchanged, and disappeared in front of everyone with a twist of their heels like a gust of wind. Without waiting for everyone to ask, Long Ji took the initiative to explain: "He is the foreign envoy of the Long Family Shadow Sect, his name is Long Shen Scale, and he is a disciple of the seventeenth generation of side branches. The Shadow Sect is a vein in the family responsible for stealth operations, and the members mainly practice the Long family's light body kung fu 'Lame Dragon' and hiding kung fu 'Blind Dragon', these two kung fu skills can be practiced to a certain level, and can be hidden in the shadow of people without being discovered, which is a unique ability that the Long family is proud of. Although I have practiced 'Lame Dragon' for a while, the art of underworld marriage is too draining, and I can't improve it in the light body technique, so I still have some regrets when I think about it now. ”

Jonah nodded, thinking that this flickering figure did indeed have something in common with Long Ji's body. Hannah asked in a cold voice, "But what are you doing with him?" ”

The Oriental woman didn't make any excuses, and bowed slightly: "I'm sorry, I think this person seems to have some kind of relationship with us, and I will naturally let him leave after we learn more about it." ”

After consulting with everyone, the Rose Knight decided to go to the tavern to find out the information first. The Pitchfork Squad turns right at the fourth locust tree and comes to a path shadowed by trees. The roads in Suiyang City are smooth and wide, and the ground is paved with blue-striped stones, and the horse-drawn carriages that have passed over the years have left deep ruts on the stone roads. The roadside is full of trees, the thinnest of which are the thickness of the embrace, showing the history of the old city. Most of the buildings on both sides are wooden structures, the lower floor is open, the upper floor is inhabited, the herringbone eaves present a clear and brisk outline, the house is full of carefully carved details, whether the wind chimes under the eaves, the carved wall tiles or the column base of the lion dancing, the porch of the double ring and the moon all make the people of the western continent marvel, through the half-hidden flower wall of a large manor's wood door, you can see the twists and turns of the deep path into the rockery behind the rockery, the wind blows the bamboo tops, a vein of clear spring bubbling in the courtyard, and the flowing water surrounds the pavilion of the carved beams and paintings.

"No matter how many times I've seen it, the East is still full of wonders. Elliott sighed as the unicorn walked as he sniffed the camellia sticking out of the bamboo fence.

"I still can't understand the East, and I always feel that there is an incomprehensible indifference and strange paranoia. The astrologer said, "though I think the Orientals are good men." ”

Hearing his added words, Long Ji couldn't help but smile. Jonah's heart thumped, the Oriental woman hadn't laughed for a long time, this was like the smile of the ice and snow that made his heart smash, and his mood brightened at the same time.

It was still early, many shops were not open, and after walking for ten minutes, a lively place suddenly appeared in front of them, a big "wine" word was waving in the wind, and many civilians in ordinary clothes sat in the tavern and made noise, eating breakfast, drinking hot wine, chatting, and playing chess. Several strangers with different appearances and swords did not disturb the nature of the locals, and the shopkeeper in Tsing Yi and a small hat ran over to vacate a square table and wiped the non-existent dust on the table with a rag: "A few guest officers are sitting! It's a little late for breakfast and a little early for drinking, why don't you try the store's signature 'flatbread fritters with hot wine'? The flatbread is freshly baked, the fritters are freshly fried, the side dishes are bought in the morning market, you want to have more snacks, we also have the pickles of "Baoyu" and the lamb head meat of "Tianheju", which are all authentic North Road flavors! Sour and light Nanshang wine, our old boss is the fourteenth young master of the Yuan family clan in Pingyin City, Liang Sui Kingdom, this small shop that is not used to eating the Nanlu cuisine here has been three hundred years in a blink of an eye, and it is still tender compared to other time-honored brands, but it ...... said"

"Okay, there are six of us, let's eat and drink, two pots of wine is less hot, and find someone to sell news to talk. Ryuki interrupted the men's chatter and sat down first.

"Well, the six of you sit down to watch the tea! Flatbread fritters with hot wine, side dishes look at it, let's have a 'sell-out' chat!" The guy floated the white handkerchief over his shoulder. Several foreigners from the Western Continent were so dizzy that they didn't understand a word, "What did he say?" Jonah asked Danny beside him. Danny Stewart opened his mouth and stumbled, "He—what did he say...... That's right, doesn't that mean eating and drinking...... And the meat or something!、As for the question of bread and butter, about the cultural differences......"

The astrologer knew that he didn't understand, and he smiled in his heart and looked at him with a red face and continued to make things up.

After a while, the wine and food were served, the steaming pasta was paired with the steaming soju, which sounded very strange to match, but it tasted exceptionally coordinated, and drank it with a sip of hot and spicy wine, and quickly took a bite of the fragrant and soft flatbread, plus crispy fritters, refreshing side dishes, rich pickles and cold lamb that was not greasy at all, swallowed in a big bite, and was satisfied from the inside out.

Just as he was eating happily, a middle-aged man who didn't look amazing sat down, wearing a white shirt, with his long hair tied up on his head, and stuck it with an iron chopstick, so that he couldn't tell what kind of occupation he had. "A few distinguished customers, you want to know something? It hasn't opened today, and everything is half price. This person opened his mouth and actually spoke fluently in the lingua franca of the Western Continent. Seeing that the pitchfork had a look of surprise on their faces, this person was not annoyed, and said to himself: "I will send you a message first, the business is not benevolent." Isn't it abnormal that the old emperor of the Later Qin State who has been in power for 50 years has been crazy and crazy in recent years, and this morning he suddenly came to his senses, and with one mouth, he abolished the elder and took the power of the crown prince, and this news has spread crazy in all countries, once the old emperor wakes up, which emperor can sleep peacefully under the bed? The source is the liaison officer of the Suiyang Bachelor of Mathematics Association, and the accuracy is ninety percent. -- I won't charge money for this one. ”

Elliot stands outside the tavern, as the tavern's ceiling is too low to stand upright on the saddle. Then the knight spoke, "It's interesting. I want to know what's going on with the washbasin at the gate, but I don't have any money, and all I can give you is another piece of information. ”