Volume 1 Crime and Punishment Chapter 37 The Feast
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Luo Mu put his hand in his trouser pocket, Miao Yun naturally grabbed Luo Mu's arm, Luo Mu pushed open the door of the slow platform, and an invisible heat wave seemed to be rushing to his face, occupying the entire top floor of the Eye of Herlis, the luxurious banquet hall was bustling, and all the people who could appear here were the top elites of Corvo, and they might be able to make countless decisions about the entire Corvo in this cocktail party.
A year ago, when Luo Mu and Miao Yun walked out of the Forest of the Dead, Luo Mu and Miao Yun were sent to Corvo's top circle, as an excellent assassin, what they are best at is to disguise themselves, and Luo Mu and Miao Yun are among the best, whether it is classified into rare and noble etiquette, or incomprehensible language, both of them are familiar with each other, although Luo Mu only has seven days of memory, but he has recorded all the things that need to be memorized for training, and all the things that require the body are converted into muscle memory under the training of ten times more than others, and Luo Mu will open his thick record book every seven days when he gets up every morningand look at it from beginning to end with a unique shorthand method.
In this year, the two have done countless things that are unspeakable in the dark night, and they have also attended countless high-end drinking parties together, and no matter which one, Miao Yun seems to naturally become the most eye-catching focus.
The more beautiful a woman is, the more mortal danger she is associated with, and everyone who dies at the hands of Miao Yun thinks so.
The whole banquet hall was filled with lively whispers, and everyone had their own circle, keeping a polite and self-contained distance from each other, talking about the most lively topics of the moment, and nine out of ten men would mention "Yun", the tacit name of everyone present.
As the two walked in from the slow platform, countless pairs of eyes looked over from various directions, Miao Yun tilted his head slightly and enjoyed the greedy or envious gaze of others, but although Luo Mu was still not used to being exposed to the eyes of so many people after a year, he had applied to Archmaster Igniz for a change of partner more than once, this partner was too conspicuous, so it would always bring some unnecessary trouble to Luo Mu, and now even if this partner has his own room, he still has to squeeze with himself every night, Luo Mu is annoyed.
I don't know why Luo Mu's application has been rejected, and over time, Luo Mu has stopped doing useless work.
The two walked into the crowd, a young man in a small circle was holding a glass of champagne in one hand, telling something with emotion, and he was the only man in the small circle, and the other young girls were all young girls, from the focused eyes of those girls, it was not difficult to see that they had an undisguised good impression of the young man in front of them, you know, the most ordinary family of the young girl present is also the daughter of a certain city lord's family, if ordinary people can win the heart of any of the girls, they are definitely worthy of the word one step to the sky, and this young man can actually make so many rich daughters who are usually proud and even disdain for men gather in front of him to listen to him say some ordinary things.
Luo Mu walked behind him and patted him lightly on the shoulder, Banker turned his head and said with a smile, "Brother Mu, you're back" Bank is no longer the cowardly boy in the jungle, he wears a dark silver crisp suit, handsome appearance, good conversation, and most importantly, his gentleness and trusting sense of security from the inside out make him undoubtedly a girl killer in the top circle of Corvo, but Luo Mu knows that if the organization asks Bank to kill any girl here tonight, Bank may not blink an eye.
Luo Mu still doesn't know how Bank survived the endless silver wolf tide that day, when the two returned to the clearing, there was no one in the clearing except for the mess and bloodstains, not even a single corpse, when he and Miao Yun walked out of the edge of the Forest of the Dead, Janus was there waiting for them quietly, and Janus was beside him, Bank was lying there quietly, not even the clothes on his body were not damaged in the slightest, Luo Mu knew very well that Janus would never step into the Forest of the Dead even a step, and Bank definitely walked out of this forest by himself。
Although Luo Mu had long forgotten everything that happened at that time, Miao Yun had asked more than once, but every time, no matter how Miao Yun coerced and lured, Bank ended the conversation with silence.
Luo Mu nodded, raised his head and nodded to the girls, then turned around and walked towards a corner of the banquet hall, Banker turned around and smiled apologetically at the girls, drank the wine in the wine glass and followed behind Luo Mu, the identities of the three of them were particularly mysterious in Corvo's upper circles, no one knew where the three of them came from, and there was no information about the three of them being related to any officials or businessmen, but no matter which important banquet, the three of them were almost never absent, which made it even more as if the three of them were close to everyone but did not have any factional colorThis mysterious state of affairs reminds all the big men of the recent state of Hurlis, and even of Corvo as a whole.
In the past year, a saying has been widely circulated among the masses that hell is around everyone, and the end is imminent, and if you want to survive this catastrophe, you can only sacrifice your soul to the devil, this statement comes from nowhere, but it quickly envelops a group of believers, and every day in the name of hell to others to publicize this statement, the empress has sent people to spread rumors countless times, and even sent soldiers to arrest these hypocrites, but the continuous occurrence of unknown creatures hurting people makes the explanation of government officials extremely pale.
And these big people who really hold the real power know far more than the ordinary people, and they all know that there are already people in their ranks who have violated taboos and made deals with demons for selfish desires.
Every time Luo Mu and the others appear, it must be Igniz who assigned the task to the three of them, and today is of course no exception, and today's task is not about anyone else, it is Corvo when he is the Minister of Finance Jarvis, Jarvis is a rich middle-aged man, with a pair of tiny but shining eyes, Jarvis has been in power for ten years, and Corvo's economy has grown steadily under his precise control, but everyone present knows that if Jarvis is less corrupt, Corvo's economy can increase by at least one percent, but no one dares to accuse the financial lord of what he does behind his backIt is no exaggeration to say that all the people involved in the entire economic chain derived from Jarvis are like fat-headed and big-eared oil worms, attached to this line, absorbing the oil and water of the entire empire, and Jarvis is of course the largest one.
For Luo Mu, he doesn't care about Yalvis's identity and power, and Yalvis has another identity here in Luo Mu, as early as a few years ago when Igniz knocked on the door of Yarvis's study, Yarvis almost didn't hesitate to agree to the plan to cooperate with Ignaiz, he exchanged his faith for Lucifer's power, and in this year, Luo Mu didn't know how many officials who refused to cooperate with him in secret, in Luo Mu's eyes, he could see very clearly that some demonic breath that would escape uncontrollably from Yalvis's body every once in a while, but this strangeness was only noticeable to the three of themIn the eyes of others, Jarvis is still the respected Chancellor of the Exchequer.
And since there are people who keep preaching the doctrine of hell, then there must be a group of people with their own independent cognition, just half a year ago an organization entered Igniz's field of vision, this organization called itself "Seven Stars", Igniz thought that this was just a boring organization of the people, but recently they found that this "Seven Stars" knew much more than they thought.
And through Ignitz's unique intelligence sources, Seven Stars is a relatively loose organization, they are under the slogan of saving Corvo and purging the demons, anyone who can understand them and have enthusiasm can join, Seven Stars has vigorously promoted their ideas among young people everywhere, absorbing countless young people who have a passion for defending their families and countries, and recently Seven Stars has become more and more popular, often holding large parades around Corvo.
After Igniz's investigation, it is worth mentioning that the seven founders in the Seven Star Organization have already found that two of them are just ordinary people who are good at inspiring people, and the other person is now an ordinary person, but under the investigation, Igniz found that he was actually a veteran of the Corvo Royal Guard, and the other four founders have not yet been identified, but this person has aroused Igniz's great interest.
Today, Luo Mu and others received information that someone would assassinate Jarvis in this drinking party and publicly preach the fact that Jarvis and Igniz traded, and it is said that Seven Stars has mastered the evidence of Jarvis's cooperation with Ignitz, in fact, the ability that Jarvis gained through dedication of faith is not afraid of the killer sent by a small Seven Stars at all, but Jarvis's identity is not suitable to be exposed too early, in order to show the importance of Jarvis, Igniz specially sent Luo Mu's team to be responsible for the safety of Jarvis.
Luo Mu and the three of them slowly walked through the crowd to the periphery of the banquet hall, and the three of them seemed to be chatting indifferently, but with the current ability of the three of them, the soul power that escaped from the entire space could allow them to control everyone's every move in the entire huge banquet hall very slightly.
As the gorgeous lights of the banquet hall gradually dimmed, Luo Mu knew very well that the party was about to start, and at this time it was the most suitable time for the assassin to do it, but Luo Mu still didn't care about slowly drinking a glass of champagne in his hand that was rare on the market, no matter what form or identity this assassin appeared in this banquet hall, Luo Mu was confident that he could determine his identity at the first moment and crush all his plans before he could make a move, this was an impossible task to fail, in front of the three people who had experienced countless times on the verge of death in those seven years, all the so-called assassins' top methods were as ridiculous as playing a family。
Luo Mu suddenly stopped his movements and put the wine glass on the tray on the table on the side, while Miao Yun and Banker also looked at the inconspicuous man in the other corner of the banquet hall at the same time.