Chapter 84 Adaptation to the Rules
In the banquet hall of the thousand-year-old chΓ’teau occupied by the Anjou family, a ceremony and a banquet are taking place.
"I sincerely hope that the city of Crane will become better than ever under the control of Earl Eliza......"
Dressed in traditional aristocratic attire, officials from the Dexin dynasty have just presided over the canonization ceremony and are now wishing Eliza Anjou, the protagonist of the banquet.
These two people were surrounded by well-known officials in the city of Crane and surrounding cities, children of nobles, well-known merchants, and so on.
Everyone did their best to show off their abilities, either 'inadvertently' about the latest official news, or suddenly telling a story about a warrior who had made a breakthrough, and occasionally telling the legend of the king to liven up the atmosphere.
The women gathered in various regions talked about perfumes, clothes, bags, all kinds of eating, drinking, and merrymaking, and most of the topics were the same among the women, mixed with all kinds of derogatory sarcasm about themselves showing off to others, and all kinds of open and secret struggles for the limelight, trying to become the most dazzling pearl of this banquet.
And then Mingzhu will be able to use this as a pedal to follow the path of Eliza Snow, oh no, the Count of Eliza Anjou.
Although anyone with a discerning eye can see that Count Eliza is a person who belongs to the master of the Gate of Hell, this does not prevent Eliza from being an earl.
Isn't it just 'sacrifice', who won't come.
Many people have sharpened their heads, but they don't have this opportunity!
But no matter who it was, no matter what kind of caution there was, before Liu Wu came out, the banquet looked like it was happy, with neon lights and all kinds of precious food, a family scene.
But as we all know, there are shadows under the lights, but many times, these shadows are dim, and they can't be seen, and they don't even have the opportunity to climb this 'elegant hall'.
Lao Li is such a shadow.
It's an insult to my intelligence!
He listened to some gossip among girls, and the gossip between officials was not much interested, and he stood alone in an unobtrusive corner, as if he was one with the shadows.
Lao Li looks like a very ordinary, unattractive guy on the outside, but those eyes are extremely bright, and there is a feeling as smart as a fox.
The intelligence trafficker and underground gang leader tugged at his shirt and shrunk his neck, as if trying to gain a sense of security from this behavior.
He didn't have an invitation.
It's impossible for a person like this, who has no power or power, like garbage everywhere, to receive an invitation.
A black rat, with a large number of black marks in the archives, crawled in the lower ninth stream, and could not see the light......
Of course, we all know that those who are glamorous are not necessarily untouched by the gang, but there is no trace in their files.
At least not yet.
So, as a rat that can't be seen, how did Lao Li get in?
Could it be that now that the Lord of the Hell Gate has just died with tens of thousands of deaths and more than 3,000 people have been liberated, there are still rats who dare to sneak into the banquet he is about to participate in from the shadows?
Of course not......
As a 'timid mouse' and accustomed to adapting to the rules, Lao Li is not so bold.
Like some of the same kind who have been 'invited' to come and are now standing in various corners, they are in the open, through the main entrance.
This is actually normal, and this is not the first time Lao Li has attended this type of party.
There are many unspoken rules in this world that cannot be seen or touched, but they do exist.
Some have been abandoned with the times, and some have emerged with the times.
One of them still exists from ancient times to this day.
That is the lower ninth-rate gang, if you want to live a nourishing life in the tunnel, then you have to learn one thing.
Learn to work for those powerful people who stand in the sun and stand high in the sun, and play a good and useful loyal dog.
The big guys' bodyguards will deal with the 'real' masters, and their job is to be preoccupied with the stupid sluts who might appear, so that they can't interfere with the big guys' mood.
In addition to the main business, the gang has to deal with other gangs that may cause trouble, and it is also a business that has to be operated.
"Lao Li, are you here too? Alas, with you, I finally have a sense of security, if something really happens, there is a cushion. The person who spoke was clearly not hopeful about his future, and even though it was well groomed and had expensive clothes ordered close to him, there was a feeling of ill-fitting, curly, wrinkled, and a little funny.
"It's a fox." Lao Li shook his head, "Don't worry, the master shouldn't kill us, otherwise we should be trapped in the basement by the five flowers now, waiting for the sacrificial flag." β
"Sacrifice the flag, I know, the tradition on your side, before the army marches, pray with blood for safety and success, and win all battles." The man known as the fox squinted his eyes, showing off the knowledge he had forgotten where he came from, "I hope so, we don't want to be like the Hydra Alliance, and the lone wolf group, saying no, no, this dragon crossing the river is really terrible, what do you think above, pull such a wild dragon over......"
"What can you think? I thought I could meet the tiger at the front door, and the wolf entered the back door, and then the wolf and the tiger competed and enjoyed the success, but as a result, the boat overturned with a 'snap'. Lao Li shrugged his shoulders and said, "You know, this is not the first time. β
"Things don't often go the way the big people think about them." The fox also sighed, "But, this wild dragon is also too crazy, I know that Lao Li is well-informed, and the Hell Gate is a sect in your hometown, what kind of path is he, can he ......?"
"Want to know?" Lao Li rubbed his hands, "You know, in our business, there is no friendship." β
"Gotta add money, huh?" The fox narrowed his eyes and puffed out his chest, as if he was about to yell soon, but immediately exhaled a long breath, "Forget it, you, this fox has been poor lately, but I'm not interested in buying information that doesn't work with those idiots over there, anyway, in another week, your information will immediately become a rotten street thing." β
"It looks like your sense of smell hasn't deteriorated yet." Lao Li raised the wine glass in his hand and gestured to the girl who was chanting a sonnet in the center, as if he were a real guest, "Come, drink, drink, maybe this is the last time we drink." β
"Don't don't, I've never had blood on my hands, and I've always been an honest intelligence peddler." The fox also raised his glass from nowhere, "Judging from what I've investigated these days, we shouldn't be able to do anything - it's the god of this Crane City, it's about to change, and I don't know if we can adapt to the new era." β
The days in Crane City are about to change!
This was the consensus of all the people who came to this banquet, and Guo Jianglong, who came from the east, confirmed his disgust with the original rules of Crane City and his insistence on his own ideas with his crazy actions.
And his terrible record is a proof -
Because I can do it!
You can do it!
So you can only accept it, you can only adapt!
Lao Li and the fox clinked glasses, and the two best intelligence dealers looked at each other's ears, feeling the feeling of trembling slightly.
Both of them understood that the other party was eavesdropping on the really useful things that were mixed in with a lot of useless information in the banquet, collecting feathers one by one, peeking into the whole context of events and the turbulent development of the city from the complex information.
You can even feel the small secret relationships between the big guys!
The two nobles from the secret agency of the Dexin Dynasty seemed to be sarcastic about each other, but in fact they had a pretty good relationship, occasionally joking too much, and when they found that the other party was really disgusted, they immediately laughed it off.
The leader of the Violet Chamber of Commerce seems to owe a favor to the two nobles, and is trying to get closer to each other.
The women in gowns and elegant manners were intriguing, posturing, and flirtatious, constantly trying to attract attention, daydreaming of a step up to the sky in a city that was about to undergo great change.
The woman in the center, who was the most brilliant and at the same time the most jealous of staring at the freshly baked Count of Anjou, was named Liana Antonou, and was a descendant of a down-and-out count.
The girl in the center who was invited thought she was reciting ancient poems elegantly, but it was clear that no customer wanted to listen carefully, and the distance between her and the guests was the distance between the girl in the bar and the noisy customers.
It is clear that the ancient psalms have temporarily lagged behind in the eyes of these nobles.
Everyone in the whole banquet looked boastful and loud, but in fact, everyone was very nervous, nervously waiting for the arrival of the Hell Gate Master, their micro-expressions and movements were no different from those of the contractors who were waiting for their project funds to be approved at the gate of the Great Official.
Clues link to clues, emotions link emotions, everything is included in the eyes and ears.
From these small movements, from the emotions that everyone unconsciously revealed, Lao Li could see the relationship between most people, as well as the status and fist power of the Hell Gate Master.
And these are the reasons why Lao Li judged that the already rotten Crane City would definitely be changed.
Quite simply, when these really rotten sources of Crane City are faced with change and don't even dare to join forces to resist, what reason is there for Crane City not to change.
Heh, it turns out that the power of one person can really suppress everyone's thoughts, so the legendary invincible president of the Martial Arts Association is even more terrifying.
Suddenly, Lao Li's heart popped up with such a not strange idea.
After all, the Lord of the Hell Gate has only suppressed one city, and the chief has suppressed one world......
(End of chapter)