Chapter III Transactions

Following a hidden passage behind the wine cabinet, the lame man carefully did not make a sound, bypassing the large pile of rum and shochu cans, and crawling over two large boxes full of smuggled tobacco and sugar, at the end of which was a stone wall.

In the dark corridor, only a ray of light shines from the stone wall. The lame man lay on the stone wall, his eyes on the glimmer of light and looked out—on the other side of the stone wall was a small room with comfortable furnishings, the candlelight from a dozen white candles made the small room brightly lit, and a circle of large chairs covered with animal skins surrounded the whole room, and Lin Qi was sitting on a large chair, sipping wine with a strange smile that made people want to punch him in the face.

The lame man's pupils shrank to the size of a pinpoint, and he recognized the bronze wine bottle in Lin Qi's hand, which was one of the few bottles of rum left over from a hundred years ago in the entire lame shop. A hundred years of good wine, money can no longer measure its value, more as a lame shop legend preserved zài.

"This damn little ghost, how did he find this treasure?" The lame man trembled with anger, but his eyes swept over Lin Qi and saw Enzo standing not far from Lin Qi like a sharp sword, the lame man couldn't help grinning and shook his head helplessly.

Reaching out and pressing on the stone wall, the stone wall on one side slashed silently, and the cripple walked out with a bright smile.

"Hey, hey, what's the good thing my cutest little friend has brought me?" the cripple rubbed his hands vigorously, he deliberately didn't look at Lin Qi, who was sitting there drinking, his greedy eyes just swirling on the cloth roll under Enzo's armpit. He knew Lin Qi's personality very well, there were not enough benefits, don't think about him coming to the lame shop, this is a young man who is young but more shrewd than any old guy on the road!

'Promising little ghost, his father really has an amazing child,' the lame man sighed in his heart.

Seeing the cripple walk in, Lin Qi shook the wine bottle vigorously and shook the last bit of Yu Li into his mouth. Breathing out a breath of wine, Lin Qi threw the wine bottle on the ground casually, making a loud noise that made the lame's heart ache. Satisfied with a full burp, Lin Qi clapped his hands with a smile and shouted: "Dear lame uncle, every time I see you, I seem to see a lot of golden and silver chirps, will you give me a satisfactory price?"

The lame man stared at the bronze wine bottle rolling on the ground, and slowly pulled a gold coin and a silver coin from his belt.

Gold coins used in the Seventh Empire today depict the face of Saint Louis XIII on the obverse and a rooster on the reverse. All those who have been involved in the road have the wisdom to call the gold coin 'oh oh oh'. As for the Empire's newest silver coin, the reverse is a skylark with wings spreading, hence the nickname 'Chirp'.

Making a disapproving gesture, he threw the gold and silver coins to the only small square table in the room, and the lame man held his head high and laughed: "Uncle Cripple has a lot of cute little roosters and little larks here, as long as the dear little friend can come up with something I am interested in, the price will not be a problem." ”

Lin Qi burped, and Enzo stepped forward silently, placing the cloth roll under his armpit on the square table. The lame man quickly untied the cloth scroll, and inside were six swords coated with anti-rust oil. The hilt of the sword is exactly one palm to hold, the sword is four feet long, and the slender sword body has even cloud and water patterns, and it is obviously of excellent steel. The tip of the sword shone with a dazzling blue color, and the sharp and cold aura came to the face, making people dare not face it.

"Yo, yo, what a good little baby!" The lame's eyes lit up, and he threw himself on the square table with his hands neatly, his fingers lightly brushing over the six stabbing swords, like an amorous prodigal son caressing the peerless beauty. His fingertips trembled slightly, carefully slicing through every cloud and water pattern on the sword's body, the steel was dense and tough, and it was indeed a first-class good sword.

Grabbing a stabbing sword, the lame hand shook, and the candlelight in the room dimmed. The air sounded like a poisonous snake devouring a person's 'sizzle', and several cold rays of light that were indistinguishable to the naked eye tore through the air and stabbed at an erect armor in the corner of the room.

This armor is mainly made of thick cowhide, and the key parts are inlaid with palm-sized steel plates. Under the cripple sword, the cowhide was torn apart like a piece of paper, and the steel plate that was a finger thick in the heart and armpit also let out a sharp moan, and was pierced by the tip of the sword.

The candlelight flickered again, and the lame man withdrew his sword and put it in front of him to examine it carefully, there were only a few friction marks on the sword body that were thinner than a hair, and the sword body was basically undamaged. He couldn't help but sigh in amazement, this set of armor placed in the corner of the room as an ornament was a standard armor that he had spent a lot of money to get from the baggage warehouse of the regular army of the empire, and it was an exquisite armor that only a mid-level general could wear.

In front of this stabbing sword, the armor that can only be worn by this intermediate general is vulnerable, which shows what kind of piercing power this stabbing sword has reached.

Seeing the result of the lame man's sword test, Lin Qi laughed out loud, he rubbed his hands together with the same excitement, and there were countless gold and silver coins flying in front of him. He smiled at Enzo and said, "I'll just say it, I'll just say it, this time the goods will definitely satisfy the lame uncle, isn't it, lame uncle? This is how easy it was for us to get it out of the military academy's warehouse!"

The cripple snorted coldly, and he carefully placed the stabbing sword on the table, squinting at the six stabbing swords and was silent.

Lin Qi raised his eyebrows, and both hands were retracted into his sleeves at the same time. Enzo silently placed his hand on his waist, where there was a hidden pocket containing a long sword identical to the bayonet on the table. Enzo judged the distance between himself and the lame man, and with a single sword, he was ninety percent sure of piercing the lame man's throat.

The candlelight in the room trembled slightly, and there was an object moving in the room, and the wind disturbed the candlelight.

The hairs on the back of the cripple's neck suddenly stood on end, like a frog targeted by a poisonous snake, and goosebumps broke out all over his body.

After a long groan, the lame man sneered and shook his head: "There will be such a sophisticated weapon in the storehouse of the Military Academy? hell, it can pierce a palm-thick homogeneous steel plate, this kind of stabbing sword is a good treasure, there are many people who have paid a lot of money to wait for them." But I'd like to hear the truth, where did you get that?"

Enzo's hand held the hilt of his sword steadily, and his piercing gaze locked on the cripple's throat.

Lin Qi cocked Erlang's legs nonchalantly, and he laughed and said, "How do they come from, is it important? Anyway, they won't stay in your hands!"

The cripple frowned, he thought for a while, and suddenly shook his head with a smile.

Pretending to be generous, he took out an oily money bag from his bosom, and the lame man grabbed a handful of gold coins from it and threw it on the square table.

Lin Qi's eyes suddenly turned golden, and he pounced on him with cheers.

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