Chapter 441: Strange House Rules
"It's not going to let people live this day, it's almost freezing people!" Li Zijun whined while whispering, and tightened the skin that Rogge had just given him.
At this moment, the bitter cold of Essex seemed to have frozen Li Zijun's thinking, and he had been paying attention to the front, and he was not aware of what was happening behind him at all.
The black shadow suddenly flashed a cold light in the process, and this cold light pointed directly at Li Zijun's heart!
The whistling mountain wind has become the best protection for the black shadow, and Li Zijun still doesn't seem to feel that his life is hanging by a thread, he actually hummed an unknown little song in a low voice at this time.
The cold light completely showed its hideous face in Li Zijun's heart, it was a sword that looked extremely sharp!
"Grandma's, it's really cold enough this day!" Li Zijun couldn't help but shiver when he was excited by the cold of this sword, but he attributed this phenomenon to the weather, and he lost this last chance to dodge!
The sharp sword silently pierced into Li Zijun's skin, and at this time, Li Zijun seemed to suddenly think of something happy, and at the moment when the sword was about to enter his body, he actually laughed out loud.
Seeing that Li Zijun was about to leave this world with a smile, the murderous sword suddenly disappeared in a flash, it did not pierce Li Zijun's body, but really disappeared!
The black shadow also changed direction at the moment when it was about to collide with Li Zijun, and retreated more than ten meters backwards at a faster speed than when it came.
Li Zijun didn't know that one of his feet had just stepped into the 'Ghost Gate', and he was still humming his little song stubbornly, occasionally mixed with a few inexplicable laughter.
The black shadow stood in place and quietly observed Li Zijun for a while. He took a new step, only this time he didn't deliberately hide the sound of his movements.
"Who?" I have to say. Li Zijun was still very sensitive to such a voice, and he reacted immediately. As he asked, he drew his sword and turned around in one go.
"Son Ed, don't do it, it's me!" a slightly old voice came from the mouth of the dark shadow.
"So it's you!" The person behind Li Zijun was none other than the Saint-Rank master he had seen before disguised as Maher's old butler.
After Li Zijun saw the other party clearly, he hurriedly withdrew the sword in his hand into the sheath.
"Old butler, did you have any orders from the prince when you came over so late?" Li Zijun greeted the 'old butler' with a smile on his face, and asked politely.
"It's nothing, it's nothing! It's just that my lord sees that it's really cold in the Essex mountains. I felt that Childe's vigil alone was too hard. Let me come over and give Childe a belt on the one hand, and on the other hand, let me chat with Childe. As he spoke, the 'old butler' took out a belt from his arms and handed it to Li Zijun.
"This is a belt inlaid with volcanic crystals, and it can be slightly blocked from the wind and cold by tying it around the waist, so please tie it, Childe!"
"How dare the villain enjoy such a valuable item casually? What's more, the prince's side is not much warmer than here, and ask the old butler to return this belt to the prince. The prince remembers this love for the villain, but please forgive the villain for this belt, and the villain will never dare to accept it!" Li Zijun raised his hand and gently pushed the belt back.
Li Zijun said very politely on the surface, but in his heart he was secretly scolding Maher for picking on the door! He casually glanced at it with his eyes, and he could see that the so-called 'volcanic crystals' were nothing more than those discolored stones in the crater. Counting on a belt made of this thing for warmth, it would be better to force the rooster to lay eggs, and maybe it would be more practical!
"Childe, don't you think this gift is light?" The 'old housekeeper' was unaware of Li Zijun's psychological activities, and he really thought that Li Zijun was too heavy to accept the gift.
"Don't dare, don't dare!" Li Zijun kept nodding in his heart. But his hands were swinging.
"Then you take it! My prince doesn't like his gift being returned!"
"Hey, the villain is ashamed!" Li Zijun carefully took the belt from the 'old butler', and after respectfully bowing in the direction of Maher's rest, he took the belt into his arms with a precious heart.
The 'old housekeeper' was very satisfied with Li Zijun's performance. Smiled and nodded to him.
"Childe, if you don't dislike my humble status as an old thing. How about we have two drinks?" said the 'old butler' as he untied the wine gourd at his waist, and shook it at Li Zijun with a smile.
"It's my pleasure that you're willing to drink with me. What's my turn to be here to be disgusted?!"
"It's just that I don't drink very well, and I'm not going to be able to enjoy myself tonight when I keep vigil. In this way, when I descend the mountain, I will ask you, and I will definitely sacrifice my life to accompany the gentleman at that time. What do you think?"
"Okay, then we'll make up our minds! Drink as much as you want tonight, and when we get to the bottom of the mountain, we'll get drunk again!"
"It's a deal!"
Hearing that Li Zijun agreed to his suggestion, the 'old butler' was very happy, and he took out two bowls as if by magic, handed one to Li Zijun and the other to himself.
"This is a good wine from the prince, son, you must taste it!" As he spoke, the 'old butler' had already filled both wine bowls.
"Old butler, can you stop calling me 'Childe', I'll listen to it. You can just call me 'Ed' or 'Kid'! That's what my mother and my master call me, and I feel cordial!" A bowl of wine went down, and Li Zijun's words became more.
"Okay, boy, then we'll have another bowl!" The 'old butler' seemed to have forgotten the previous agreement between the two, and he slowly poured another bowl for Li Zijun.
"Old butler, I really can't drink anymore, otherwise I won't be able to keep vigil tonight!" Li Zijun looked at the wine bowl in his hand, licked his lips, and finally put it back with 'difficulty'.
"Okay, principled and responsible! I like young people like you!" The 'old butler' drank the liquor in his bowl in one gulp and gave Li Zijun a thumbs up.
"It's still the same sentence, 'You can drink as much as you want tonight', drink as much as you want, but when we're all safe, you must have a drink with me!"
"Definitely! It's just that if you drink it like this, I'm afraid there won't be much good wine left in you!" as he spoke, Li Zijun's eyes flashed with greed, and he kept staring at the 'old butler's wine gourd.
"Stinky boy, before you do, you're starting to think about my good wine!" The 'old housekeeper' couldn't help laughing loudly when he saw Li Zijun's appearance.
"Don't worry, I still have several gourds at the bottom of the mountain for such a good wine, and I will definitely let you drink enough when the time comes!"
"Ed, I was discovered by you just ten meters away, your martial arts level is not low, it is inconvenient for you to leak to the old thing, what level have you reached now?" Gradually, the 'old butler' began to get to the point.
"To tell you the truth, I think I'm only one step away from the Great Sword Master, but my master said that I'm far behind, and now I can't tell what level I've reached!" Li Zijun smiled awkwardly with his wine glass and took a sip secretly.
"Senior Swordsman, boy, how old are you this year?" The 'old butler' actually had an estimate of Li Zijun's strength, and he just deliberately pretended to be surprised.
"I'll be nineteen this winter!" Speaking of this, Li Zijun puffed up his chest slightly, and his face, which had turned red from alcohol, was full of confidence at this moment.
"Good boy, in the future, your name will definitely be on the list of Aojin Saint-Rank Masters!We have done this cup!For the sake of our future Saint-Rank Masters!" The 'old butler' took a drink from the wine bowl.
This time, Li Zijun did not refuse, and he also drank the remaining wine in the bowl.
"Stinky boy, you've got a good amount of wine!
"Let's have another half bowl!" Li Zijun hesitated, but finally couldn't resist the temptation of the wine and took the initiative to raise the wine bowl.
"Pour half a bowl which is our man's drinking style, come to a bowl, you can't drink the old brother for you!"
"You don't have to worry about drinking too much and no one is keeping vigil, isn't the old brother here, you can't hold on, the old brother can also go up!"
"You?" This time it was Li Zijun's turn to pretend to be stupid to the 'old housekeeper'.
"I didn't see it, my brother was also a powerful figure back then, but you weren't born at that time, which also made you watch a lot of good shows!"
"You should drink this glass of wine, I'm worried that we will drink too much for a while, and we will completely herd sheep here!" Li Zijun reluctantly picked up the wine bowl, sighed, and pushed the wine bowl in front of the 'old butler'.
An old man and a young man looked at each other quietly for a while through the wine bowl, and they all laughed loudly.
"You're a little funny, you have a temper with my old thing! You just sit like this, and I'll drink alone!"
"To be able to teach such an excellent apprentice as you, your master must be a great character, I don't know if it is inconvenient for us to know his name?"
As soon as the words 'old housekeeper' came out, Li Zijun immediately showed an embarrassed expression.
"My master is actually an elder of my family, and he especially hates us using his name to fool around outside, and he strictly orders us to walk outside and mention our relationship with him. Once someone is found to have violated it, he will be immediately grounded for three years!" "The moment Li Zijun followed Rogge and Hope into Essex, he thought that there might be people who were curious about his background, and at this time he happened to 'end' the statement he had prepared.
"And this kind of thing?!" The 'old butler' has some understanding of the major families of Aojin, and although there are still doubts between his words, a trace of realization has flashed in his eyes. (To be continued......)