Volume II, Chapter 11
"This gentleman," a clerk placed a glass of water on the small table beside me, "please drink water." ”
I picked up the glass and took a sip, a faint coolness of mint lingering around my throat for a long time.
With such a good reception and such careful thought, it is no wonder that there is such a good business! Looking at the clothes of several clerks in the store, I did not expect that selling clothes would make such a profit, and I admired the owner of this store so much that I almost threw myself to the ground, and I don't know what kind of old fox this boss is.
"Master," Lily called me, "I've made my choice!"
"Really?" I walked over to stand beside her, "let me see." ”
Lily wanted to save me money and chose a casual outfit that looked like it should be relatively cheap, without tassels and lace trims. Light blue fabric with white flowers, it looks fresh and simple.
"That's it?" I asked her, and Lily nodded earnestly.
"Hey!" I beckoned to a clerk, "You, just you!" ”
"Yes sir," the clerk said, "what can I do for you?"
"I want two pieces of this style," I picked up all the way along the wall, "and I also need two pieces of this style, this ......"
"I'm sorry, sir," the clerk said to me, "we only have one of each style of dress, and this style has just been sold, you see, with a sell mark on it." ”
"Huh?" I was dissatisfied, "one piece has already been sold!
"I'm sorry, sir," the clerk was already sweating on his head. "I'm really sorry. ”
"Call your boss out!"
"This ......"
"Go call!"
Lily was terrified. Stand behind me and tug at my sleeve. Fischette still sat solemnly and drank his mint water, and the look on his face made it clear that he didn't know me.
"I'm sorry, sir," a voice sounded behind me, "I'm the boss here." ”
The sound was not like that of an old fox, it was as crisp and pleasant as the wind chimes.
I turned around to look at the boss, and sure enough. She wasn't an old fox, to be exact, the boss was more like a vixen, she was young, about the same age as a lily, with a pair of wild eyes under her flaming red hair, and a youthful air all over her body, and although she could be considered an extremely beautiful woman, I was very unhappy with her haughty demeanor.
"Boss?" I smiled dismissively, "cats and dogs should have names, too." ”
"Sir. Watch your words!" She raised her head and glared at me fiercely, "since your property allows you to enter my shop. You should behave like a gentleman!"
"Excuse me," I said, "I'm just an ordinary businessman!"
"What a disappointment!" she said, "Is there only a few rednecks left in Vamp now?"
"I'm sorry to disappoint you, miss," I said, "I'm a redneck, but for now, I'm going to buy these clothes!"
"Yes," she said, "we will take care of the wrapping and delivery to your lodgings, and you will be asked to pay three pieces of clothing for a total of one hundred and fifty silver coins, or you may pay fifteen gold coins, and we will refuse to accept copper coins." ”
"Fifteen gold coins, you're going to grab it!" was a big joke, for when my poor lily was sold a few years ago, the price was a little more than a gold coin.
"We don't rob, we only sell clothes, if you don't want to buy them or can't afford to pay, hang them back on the wall. ”
"Three pieces of clothing and fifteen gold coins, it's not a robbery!"
"These three pieces of clothing are made by the best tailors in mainland China, so the cost is more expensive," she explained to me unhurriedly, "plus the shipping cost and the decoration fee of our store...... Well, because you are not a nobleman, you can't enjoy the discount of this store, so a total of fifteen gold coins, you don't want to buy one less. ”
"How much is the word of the noble!"
"Four and a half gold coins, but an ordinary merchant like you should know that you can't take advantage of this offer!"
"Okay! I'll buy it!" I gritted my teeth and put my hand in my pocket, "you'll pay the price!"
"I don't need you to worry. She shook her hair, took her clothes and walked away.
Fischette seemed to be choking on water at this time, and was coughing very hard. "Stinky woman, dead woman!" I kicked in my room.
"Don't kick any more," Fichette said, sitting in the only intact chair, "and you're not very ashamed to say it. ”
"No shame!" I kicked the bedpost again, "what else can I do to be ashamed!"
"It's all right," said Fischet, "if only you could find a way to disgrace her!"
"yes! Why didn't I think of that?" and immediately put the black cloak on my body, and I took Fichette and went downstairs.
"Wait a minute! Wait a minute, my Mr. Turner," said Fischett, "what do you want to do?"
"Oh, my dear Mr. Phil, I suppose you have agreed to join me in the smuggling," I said to Fichette, "and you don't care about warming up for the robbery before the smuggling, do you?"
"Wait a minute, that's not what I said to disgrace her!"
"Whatever you want, if I go alone, it will be a robbery of money and people. If you go with me, I can consider giving up one of them. ”
"I ...... I'd better go with you. ”
"I didn't force you!"
"Yes, yes, you agreed to take me with me at my insistence. ”
"Let's go...... then"
Business in the vixen shop was so good that we waited until after nightfall before she left in a luxurious white carriage drawn by two white horses with a striking aristocratic emblem and a silver-trimmed uniform of the chauffeur.
"Hey...... I pinched my fingers one by one, making a "pop" sound, "You stinky woman......"
The white carriage headed for the residential area on the edge of the city, and Fischette and I rode slowly behind, knowing that there was a long slope to get from here to the residential area, and there was not even a single street lamp. Hey, hey, hey...... I can give her coachman a hard shot first. Then drag her out of the wagon. Coating her proud hair and face with thin mud must be the most smelly kind, and tearing her clothes, it must be the most thorough kind, yes! and swearing at her, it must be the most brutal kind......
The carriage had reached the bottom of the slope, and the road was dark, and the lights of the two lanterns on the carriage were dim. The coachman slowed down. I gave Fischette a look, ready to rush up to stop the carriage, and I had even figured out what to say first.
No one could have imagined that at this time, the carriage stopped by itself, and from the front of the carriage came a deliberately low word.
"Loot!
This sentence is cold, professional, and shocking. But I'm sure it wasn't me or Fichette who said that. We still have ten horses behind the carriage!
In the darkness of the night, I finally saw it. In front of the carriage stood two people, one tall and one short, wearing hats and covering their faces, and the daggers in their hands flashed with cold light...... It's not good, I met a peer, do you want to go over and say hello first?
"Sit down for me, don't move!" said the short robber, very fiercely, to the coachman, "we just want to get something......
It seemed that the coachman was frightened, and not only did not move, but did not even say a word.
"I knew you bastards were rich!" the tall robber walked to the carriage, "ride in such a beautiful carriage......
Kindness...... This guy can also speak foul language, I wonder if he will stop by me and Fichette after robbing this stinky woman?
"Well...... We," Fischette whispered to me, "would you like to help?"
"Help?"
"You!" said Fichette, "to help the young lady, of course." ”
"Bah, I won't help ......"
"If she's preceded by these two guys," Fichette advised me, "then your chance of revenge will be gone......
"Cut, if you want to help, you have to wait," I said, "and we will show up at the most dangerous moment, and she will be grateful to give her a hug...... And give me back the fifteen gold coins plus take care of our clothes for the rest ......"
The tall robber had already walked to the car door, he took a deep breath, and then said to the short robber, "Fuck......! I'm sure it's a inside......"
"You idiot!" the short man scolded, "don't do it yet!"
On the one hand, I was excited that someone would disgrace this stinky woman, but on the other hand, I felt that she should only be robbed by me, which was contradictory...... At this time, the tall man was smiling, and his left hand had already touched the door handle......
Fuck, you stinky woman screaming in the carriage!
Suddenly, a narrow sword only one finger wide appeared, and it broke through the door and stabbed into the chest of the tall robber, and the castration came out unabated! It was as fast as a silver bolt of lightning, and the tall robber didn't even have time to scream.
I was dumbfounded, Fischette was dumbfounded, everyone was dumbfounded!
The tip of the sword, which had been pulled away from the tall robber's body, trembled slightly, stuck in the door again, and was finally retracted into the car. There is a world of difference between this action of retracting the sword and the one that has just been stabbed.
It was the stinky woman who did it! Fichette and I looked at each other.
Right in the middle, the tall robber's dagger fell to the ground, his right hand grasped the bloody wound, shook his head, and walked towards the short robber step by step, and his left hand reached out to his partner...... Finally, he couldn't support it anymore, his body went limp, and he knelt on the ground.
"Stand up, you idiot!," shouted the short robber.
"Help me...... Help...... I ......" the tall robber crawled towards him," you said...... It's simple...... How...... ...... way"
The short robber was sweating profusely and his breath was hoarse...... The dagger in his hand shook a few times, turned around, and ran into the shadows of the roadside with his hat in hand, and there was a sound of footsteps fading away, and the tall head hung down, never to be lifted again.
The coachman shook the reins, and the carriage continued to depart, as it seemed that this was not the first time he had encountered such a thing.
"What do you think about this," I asked Fischette as I stayed put, "and tell me about it." ”
"I think ......," said Fischet, "you say the same thing...... Either you die or she dies......
Most likely she died. Although as a lady, her behavior today is a bit excessive, but you don't have to treat her like this, right?"
"That's right," I began to turn my horse's head. "We call it a day. ”
It should be said. I'm not to the point where I have to punch and kick this stinky woman. It's just an excuse to turn around with this accidental incident, not to mention that I was worried about her just now.
This stinky woman...... It's kind of interesting.
"Well," Fichette said to me, "let's make a bet." ”
"Didn't you always bet against me?"
"This time is different!" said Fischette with a grin, "the situation is special. ”
"Tell me about it. ”
"It seems that this young lady is very good at business...... "and although it is strange for the nobleman to engage in business, you can get her to make money for you." ”
"Well...... Interesting, go on. ”
"If you succeed in making her fall in love with you. Fischette laughed disgustingly, "I'll just accept your request, you can do whatever you want me to do!"
"Fall in love with me?"
"Yes, I'm in love with you, and I can't use violence!"
"......" Is this a good mention?
"Not sure?" said Fischet, "I would have bragged if I had known." ”
"Who said that!" I certainly won't be convinced, "I'm thinking how I'll explain it to the three ladies in the family if it succeeds." ”
"If you succeed! I'll explain it to you...... Moreover, you are doing this for the sake of money, which can be regarded as risking your life and sacrificing your life for the country. ”
"This ......," I was thinking, "you mean to say, I do this." Not only does no one blame me, but they shed tears of gratitude for such a great act of mine?"
"Yes!" Fichette nodded.
Oh, am I like this stupid fool to you?
"That's right. I said, "But I need your help." ”
"No problem," Fichette patted his chest, "I'm sure I'll help you, I'm an adult!"
"Are you an adult? You're just one of the most honorable chickens in the Empire!"
"I! I...... Aren't you the same, even though you already have a lady......
"In order to ensure that we abide by the gambling rules, I think we will become adults today!"
"Change is change, that's as simple as that......"
"Well, let's find a brothel to practice first......" Ignoring Fischet's protests, I grabbed his reins and left.
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In the red-light district of Wanpu, all kinds of brothels are lined up, with colorful lanterns upstairs and warblers flying downstairs, I am dazzled and I don't know where to start.
"I say......" Fichette whispered, "let's go back!"
"No!"
I didn't promise, I must let this kid enter the brothel today, or I won't have to be a human being in the future.
"Sir!" said a man of our age, neatly dressed and smiling, "do you need me to be your guide?"
I looked at him carefully, how did a young man who looked clear-eyed and innocent do this?
"Do you need it?" he said, "I won't take your money." ”
"No money?" I laughed, "so what do you live on?"
He was about to explain to us when a hand was placed on his shoulder and pushed him far away...... I've seen a lot of fights in general, but interrupting my questioning makes me very uncomfortable.
"Well done! You are not afraid of death in heaven, and come to our land to pull guests!" said a big man, grabbing him by his clothes.
"I didn't, I didn......'t," he hurriedly explained, "I don't think these two gentlemen have been in the house for a long time, and I think they may not be very satisfied......"
I put the end of my staff on the man's neck and motioned for him to put down his hand that was about to hit someone.
"Dark Mage......" He looked at my staff, then at my black cloak, and his face pale.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry. He immediately lightly touched his hand, "I didn't know he was your friend of the mage. ”
Oh...... I waved my hand and told the big man to get out.
"Thank you, thank you, sir!" said the guy who called Zaitian saluted us.
"Find us a brothel," I said to Zaitian, "and the environment should be cleaner, women...... It has to be hot and innocent, and yes, clean. ”
"No problem, no problem, gentlemen," he said, taking the reins, "please follow me!"
Rounding two streets, we stopped in front of a compound that was not very wide. Dismounted, tied the horse to the stake on one side of the horse in the sky, and invited us in.
The courtyard was very quiet, and when I heard someone come in, a woman came out of the main building in front of her, her long pale yellow hair with a silver hair tie was casually on her shoulders, and the blue dress set off her good figure. When he walked in with a smile, his shoulders didn't shake, his waist didn't twist, and only a kne-length embroidered belt swayed and swayed.
"Welcome, gentlemen," she introduced herself, "I'm the boss here, and you can call me Lucy." ”
"It's rare to see such a pretty boss," I laughed, "I'm Turner, and this is my friend, Mr. Phil." Phil, say hello to the pretty boss. ”
"I'm Phil...... You...... Hello, nice owner. It was clear that the blushing Fichette was absent-minded.
Lucy understood it and smiled and led us into the hall to sit down, saying nothing about who we were. There are not many furnishings in the hall, but they are well presented.
"Would you like something to drink, gentlemen?" asked Lucy, and in the bright light I could tell that Lucy was a little older than we were.
"Okay, bring us some wine," he said, taking off his cloak, I was wearing civilian clothes underneath.
"Okay, wait a minute. Lucy walked out.
It didn't seem like the business was doing very well, and there were just two of us in the big hall, so I called Zaitian over and asked him what was going on.
"Actually, in the past, Sister Lucy's business was very good, and it can be said that she was the first in Wanpu," Zaitian sat on the side, "but a few months ago, Wanpu came to a new boss, drove away the original one here, and took over all the business here."
Because Sister Lucy refused to bow to him, she ......, "So that's the case, no wonder you will be flattened when you go out to pull a guest in the sky."
"It's been a few months, isn't that hard to maintain?" Fichette asked.
"Yes, all our handymen and girls here have been poached by other brothels...... Now there are only a dozen or so left of the ...... that Sister Lucy had taken in before."
It seems that this Lucy is usually a good person, and there are still people who refuse to leave in such a situation.
Lucy came out the door with food and drink, and closed her mouth in the morning. The boss brought his own things, which was really embarrassing for Lucy.
"Gentlemen," said Lucy with a smile, "what kind of girl do you like?"
Hearing the girl, Fischette looked at me with a pleading look.
"No hurry, Miss Lucy," I said with a smile, "I would like to treat you to a drink, in the sky." ”
Clever in the day to stand up and pour us wine.
"I've heard that Miss Lucy is having some trouble this time?" I gently shook the glass in my hand, looking at the red liquid that was shaking in the glass.
"This ......," Lucy didn't expect me to say this, "Mr. Turner means ......"
"Oh, I'm only here today," I said, "and I've heard that there's money to be made in this place, so I'd like to see it first." Besides, I had to find a place for my brothers who were already on the road. ”
"You do your business, I'll do mine," Lucy no longer had a smile on her face, "we don't have to do anything to do with it." ”
You don't have to be too nervous, "Why can't I meet a good-natured woman today?"
"I'm not nervous. ”
"To be exact, I want to work with you," I thought of the words, "and you can listen to the conditions first." ”
"That's right," I continued, seeing that Lucy was silent, "I can give you a good environment, make sure that no one will harass you again, and I can also give you some funds first, and I will give you the help you need." ”
"What do you want me to do?" (to be continued......)