Chapter 16: Mr. Kuroki (I)
When the dance was over, Zhou Sheng, Liu Yu and Zhang Tianqi hurriedly said a few words and then came to the room of 201 that Heimu said. "Is Mr. Kuroki there?" knocked on the door, and Zhou Sheng stood at the door and waited quietly.
After a while, there was a sound of footsteps coming from far and near, and soon came to the back of the door. With a soft "click", the door was opened from the inside. A crisp voice sounded: "Please come in." ”
Seeing the person standing in front of him with the door open, Zhou Sheng couldn't help but pause. It was a beautiful young woman in a bathrobe, her long wet hair was scattered behind her head, and there were droplets of water dripping from it, apparently she had just taken a shower. The bathrobe was just loosely tied around the waist with a strap, as if there were no clothes inside, revealing a piece of white flowery skin, and ** was wearing a pair of light soft-soled silk embroidered shoes on his feet. After looking up and down, Zhou Sheng asked again, "Is Mr. Kuroki here?" ”
"I'm Mr. Kuroki, Mr. Zhou, please come in. Kuroki's deep, hoarse voice came from the beautiful young woman opposite.
Hearing the familiar hoarse voice, Zhou Sheng was stunned on the spot, and he couldn't speak for a while, just looked at her in a daze.
Seeing Zhou Sheng's stunned appearance, the young woman who should have been renamed Ms. Kuroki "giggled" and laughed: "Mr. Zhou, aren't you very skilled?
Hearing Kuroki's crisp laughter like a silver bell, Zhou Sheng came to his senses and hurriedly said, "I was really surprised to see Mr. Kuroki become such a beautiful young lady. Zhou Sheng lost his temper, and hoped that Miss Kuroki would not laugh. ”
"Come on in, don't stand stupidly outside. With that, Kuroki walked into the room first.
Closing the door casually, Zhou Sheng followed Heimu inside. It was an ordinary-looking suite, with the bedroom door closed so you couldn't see the setting. The outer living room is simply a couch with a single sofa at each end and a coffee table with a fruit platter in front.
Kuroki walked back to the couch, reclined on the sofa and said, "Mr. Zhou, please sit casually." ”
Zhou Sheng chose a single sofa opposite the black wood and sat down and looked again. Kuroki is a beautiful woman with long black hair, fair and delicate skin, and large eyes that shine like black crystals. "Miss Kuroki is from the Monkey Clan?" Zhou Sheng asked first.
"Sort of. Kuroki stroked his black and bright hair, and said to Zhou Sheng: "You have seen my true face, have you always worn a mask to talk to me?"
Zhou Sheng remembered that the fox god mask he was wearing had not been taken off, and smiled self-deprecatingly, but remembered that Kuroki couldn't see his facial expression at all. While taking off the mask, he said: "Look at my brain, I thought you would talk to me wearing a mask, who would have thought that you would be so surprised when you take off the mask." I'm sorry that I forgot to get here with my mask on. ”
Zhou Sheng, who took off his mask, revealed his true face, he was not very tall, not much taller than Kuroki. He is not very handsome in appearance, and his black eyes are shining, revealing his shrewdness and toughness.
"The young man is good, he looks like a shrewd and capable man. Kuroki said after taking a closer look.
"My sister has won the award, and I dare not be ashamed. Zhou Sheng waved his hand again and again.
"What do you look like, too?" asked Kuroki.
"What does my sister mean by that? What do you call their so-called monkey clan? Aren't we all monkey clans, and who do they refer to?" Hearing Kuroki's words, Zhou Sheng immediately became alert, could she have seen something? We have been cautious and have not shown any flaws? If the situation is not right, how can we notify Liu Yu that they are going to kill here? Zhou Sheng was thinking quickly in his heart, but his expression remained unchanged and said, "Is there any other name for our monkey clan?"
"Do you know who I am?" asked Kuroki rhetorically without answering Zhou Sheng's question.
"All I know is that they all call you Mr. Kuroki. Zhou Sheng replied honestly.
"That's just a title, I didn't expect you kid to be stupid. Well, I'm not going to play these boring games with you anymore, I'm the owner here, and I'm the one who runs this hotel. I'm still Yude's woman, you won't tell me you don't know who Yude is, right? Kuroki glanced at Zhou Sheng deeply, and then said.
"My sister turned out to be the concubine of His Royal Highness the Prince, no wonder she could open such a hotel. It's disrespectful. Zhou Sheng said quietly.
"Do you know this thing?" After speaking, Kuroki threw a brocade bag to Zhou Sheng.
Taking the brocade bag thrown by Kuroki, Zhou Sheng looked at Kuroki suspiciously, and Kuroki motioned for him to open the brocade bag. After opening the brocade bag, Zhou Sheng took out a five-centimeter-sized piece of jade, similar to a cube, from inside. This is carved with the finest mutton fat white jade, with a phoenix button carved on the top and a phoenix pattern on the other four sides. Although the phoenix is not big, but the shape of the carving is different, lifelike, the head crown, feathers, tail feathers of the phoenix are all clearly recognizable, giving people a feeling of spreading their wings and flying high. The jade stone was turned over, and there were four gorgeous flower and bird seals engraved on the bottom side: "Princess Xiangluan".
After looking at this piece of jade over and over again, and looking at it carefully five times, Zhou Sheng's face became more and more solemn. Princess Xiangluan, what a familiar name! Look at this white jade, it should be produced in Hetian of the Dragon Empire, and the flower ornaments on it are unique to the Dragon Empire, especially the four flower and bird seals are the favorite font of the noble female surnames of the Dragon Empire. Is this it?
"This seal has been with me for more than 30 years, and it was a birthday gift from my father when I was five years old. Kuroki said faintly. Stared at the seal in Zhou Sheng's hand for a long time: "I haven't taken out this seal for twenty years. ”
"How can this seal be in your hand?" Zhou Sheng stood up violently and asked sharply.
"Mr. Zhou, what are you doing so excited? Now to tell the truth, since I dare to show you this seal, I will not be afraid that you will be unfavorable to me, you should sit down and let's talk slowly." ”
Taking a deep breath and sitting back on the sofa, Zhou Sheng's thoughts became even more chaotic. From the moment I met Kuroki, unexpected things happened one after another. First the magic scroll that Kuroki took out, and then found out that Kuroki turned out to be a woman, and in the end, the jade seal she took out brought a lot of shock to Zhou Sheng every time. Who is she? How can she have these things? It seems that our plans are about to be adjusted again, and Zhou Sheng's eyes when he looks at Kuroki again have become different.
"In that case, I won't hide it from you, I am a human from the Dragon Empire, and I was smuggled from the Malaya Mountains. After being silent for a while, Zhou Sheng gritted his teeth and said.
Nodding, Kuroki said, "It's about the same as I thought, although I don't know how you crossed the Malaya Mountains, but since you were able to recognize the magic scroll I was holding in my hand at that time, it proves that you are not from the Beast God Empire." ”
"Oh, what is this for?" Now that the words have been clarified, Zhou Sheng is no longer taboo, so he asked puzzledly.
"Because humans know too little about the Beast God Empire and the Demon God Empire, do you know how many magic scrolls there are in the Beast God Empire?"
Zhou Sheng shook his head, he really didn't know this. According to the records of the Dragon Empire, the beasts rely on the strength of their bodies, while the demons rely on the power of magic. Why the magic scrolls appeared in the orc territory, this was not something he could know, let alone how many such scrolls there were in the orcs.
"As of now, as far as I know, there won't be more than twenty such scrolls in the Beast God Empire. There are five in the hands of the Beast Emperor, two in the hands of Yude, two in the hands of the Beast God Sect Sect, one in my hand is given to me by Yude, and there are some in the hands of several other important people in the empire, adding up to no more than twenty. Kuroki didn't know where to take out the magic scroll, took it in his hand and stroked it gently, "Yude is really good to me, and he gave me such a precious magic scroll, even his original wife didn't have it." The reason why magic scrolls are scarce now is because the demons can't make them anymore. ”
"Could it be that the demons have fallen to the point where they can't make magic scrolls?, and what do they rely on to fight against the beasts?" Hearing Kuroki's words, Zhou Sheng asked puzzled.
"The demons mainly rely on their own use of magic, and most of their equipment is engraved with magic arrays. The magic scroll is more used to attack the enemy's leader, and the manufacturing process of the magic scroll is very complicated, and it takes a year to make a single attack scroll, and it also requires a lot of rare materials, not to mention group attacks, so the general demons can't afford to use it at all. Kuroki explained in detail, "Therefore, there are not many demons who can make magic scrolls. During the last beast and demon war, the demons were driven out of this continent by the orcs, and the magicians who could make magic scrolls among them were almost wiped out, and the scroll production books were also plundered by the orcs. Without the guidance of the classics, it is difficult for the current demons to make magic scrolls as powerful as before. The orcs could not sense magic, and they thought that they would be able to create magic scrolls according to the records in the texts with the production of the books, but until now, they have not achieved this goal. In the Beast God Empire, this secret has always been strictly guarded, and there are few people who know these secrets, and even fewer people can recognize the magic scroll. So if you can name the magic scroll, I know you're not from the Beast God Empire. ”
"But how could you take out such a precious magic scroll and use it against me as soon as it came up?" Zhou Sheng asked puzzledly, after all, no one would use such a scarce piece of equipment directly.
"Maybe it's because I've lived in the Beast God Empire for a long time, and my senses have become sharper. Kuroki glanced at Zhou Sheng again, "I felt that you had royal blood flowing in your body, so I took it out and tested it, and it turned out that I was right." ”
"Aren't you afraid that I'm a demon?" Zhou Sheng was slightly stunned, and then asked.
"If that's the case, do you think you'll still be able to sit and talk to me now?" Kuroki continued in a comfortable position, "I'll give you this seal, I don't need it anymore." I will prepare suitable identities for the three of you, and with these identities, you will be able to pass unhindered in the Beast God Empire. ”
"Then you don't plan to go back?" Zhou Sheng asked respectfully.