Lu Ning killed Liao Hongli, which actually relieved a lot of their work burden. However, even with this credit, it is still impossible for an untrained ordinary person to continue to participate in the following tracking missions. Emmy will not give in on this point.
But there are other things to do next. As the end of the month is approaching, Lu Ning is preparing to leave for the Jinpingshan Red Plum Pavilion. She also needs a longer vacation - in fact, her current studies are no longer enough for her. It doesn't make much sense anymore.
This is also the reward she asked Emmy for.
"Jinpingshan Hongmei Pavilion? A gathering of superpowers?"
Lu Ning didn't hide anything and directly told Emmy that she was going to attend this gathering, but Emmy didn't seem to know about it at all.
"It is true that there are many civilian superpowers who occasionally hold gatherings and the like. We do not prohibit healthy exchanges between superpowers, as long as it does not cause too much trouble to ordinary people." Ji Changting said.
"Do you know this?" Emmy asked her.
"I don't know. Normally, such gatherings of ability users don't send invitations to us official people, otherwise it would be less fun. As long as they don't do anything illegal or criminal, we usually turn a blind eye. But As far as I know, it seems that there are very few gatherings held in a place as valuable as the Red Plum Pavilion. Even among people with super powers, there is a certain gap between the rich and the poor."
This gap does not refer to net worth, but to the strength of ability.
"Since I got such an opportunity, I wanted to go over and take a look. I don't know..." Lu Ning asked tentatively.
"It's okay if you want to go, but you still have to pay attention to safety. Even if there are various laws and regulations, superpowers themselves are still walking weapons, and it is an unwritten rule not to anger strange superpowers. If If a problem occurs, please call us directly, this is what we are responsible for handling," Ji Changting said.
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At the Jinping Mountain Red Plum Pavilion, there are many budding reds on the mountain that is now covered with white snow. The plum blossoms are still ready to bloom in such severe cold weather. Lu Ning got off the mountain at the foot of the mountain and took the cable car to the red plum blossoms. Plum Pavilion, I actually thought that this was a very suitable place for a "Blizzard Villa" type of case to occur.
Due to the steepness of the mountain, there is only one road leading from the bottom of the mountain to Hongmei Pavilion, and the rest is the cableway. Now the trail has become very dangerous due to the snow, and the person in charge at the foot of the mountain has recommended that everyone take the cable car in and out.
However, Lu Ning was able to hold the invitation and its contents without any obstruction. The cable car ran for about five minutes and sent her to the opposite mountain, near the Hongmei Pavilion.
This is a huge foreign-style mansion, just like what Lu Ning saw on the Internet pictures. However, only the appearance can be seen online. As a private foreign-style mansion, outsiders are not allowed or impossible to take pictures of the interior. Lu Ning walked into the open door. In the mansion, there were two maids arranging the plum blossoms in the yard. Both maids were wearing black suits with plum blossom patterns on their collars.
Today is December 26th, and Lu Ning came very early.
"Hello."
She stood in the distance and said hello. The two maids turned their heads when they heard the sound, and then immediately put their hands on their chests and bowed to Lu Ning: "Welcome, guests from far away."
"Uh... I'm here to keep an appointment, about the dance."
"Of course, only those who have received the invitation letter may be allowed to come, but while I'm sorry, could you let me check your invitation letter again?" A maid said respectfully.
"No problem." Lu Ning took out the envelope and handed it to the other party. The maid took it out and checked it, then handed it back to Lu Ning with both hands: "Thank you, Miss Lu Ning, you are an early guest, so there are many rooms for you to choose from, but once we decide on your room, we will not It will be changed for you, please be careful. Please follow me."
"Excuse me, are you..."
"My name is Qu Langyue, and the invitation letter I sent to you before is my job." The maid smiled, "There are seven people here who are responsible for service, handymen, and daily maintenance. I will introduce them to you. In During your stay here, if you have any instructions, you can give them to any one of us."
Lu Ning glanced at the maid next to her.
"This is Ye Yunmei, who is mainly responsible for gardening, bedroom cleaning and some assistant chef work in the kitchen. I am mainly responsible for everyone's diet and daily life, the hygiene of public places and responding to your requests at any time." Qu Langyue said.
Ye Yunmei bowed slightly and saluted, but said nothing.
"Then let's go in. By the way, are there any other guests arriving now?" Lu Ning asked.
"Yes, a total of four guests have arrived before you. This time the host has invited a total of twenty guests to the dance, but I don't think everyone will respond." Qu Langyue said as he walked into the ocean. Inside the hotel, he first went to the servant's room on the first floor and took out a bunch of keys. At the same time, a third servant walked out of the room, this time a male servant.
"This is Tian Xiao. In addition to ordinary servant work, he will be responsible for all maintenance of electricity, mechanical tools, electronic equipment and other equipment in the mansion. If Miss Lu Ning finds any related faults in the room, Please tell him."
Tian Xiao smiled and bowed to Lu Ning. He was tall and handsome, and he was impeccable in appearance and etiquette.
Then Qu Langyue took Lu Ning upstairs.
"All guest rooms are on the second floor, and the area on the third floor is the bedroom used by the owner's family. However, because the owner only rents this place, there is no difference in this aspect, so the five rooms on the third floor except the master bedroom can also be used by Guests can choose whatever they want.”
"How many rooms are there on the second floor?"
"Sixteen rooms." As he spoke, he had already reached the second floor. Qu Langyue pointed to the left and right, "Each room in the Hongmei Pavilion is decorated differently, so you can choose the one you prefer. ……oh."
At this time, a guest room door was opened, and a man about forty to fifty years old exited the room, saluted into the room, and then gently closed the door.
"Manager Feng." Qu Langyue bowed to the man and then introduced him, "This is the new Miss Lu Ning. I am leading her to choose the room she likes."
The man came over. Although he had a good appearance, his clothes were the same as those of Qu Langyue and others. He seemed to be one of the servants here.
"Hello, Miss Lu Ning, I am Feng Yuanxi, the manager here, and I am in charge of all affairs. If any servant's service behavior makes you feel dissatisfied, please let me know and I will punish you in compliance with the regulations." Feng Yuanxi said seriously.
"Hello, Manager Feng. But I don't know who the owner of this place is. Is he already here?" Lu Ning asked.
"The master will arrive before the ball. As a servant, the master did not notify us, so we have no way of knowing the master's itinerary. I hope you don't think that the master is negligent. We promise to treat all guests with the highest standards in all receptions here."
"……good."
Feng Yuanxi signaled to Qu Langyue, and Qu Langyue took Lu Ning to the guest room and began to choose a house.
The sixteen guest rooms are arranged according to the seasons and subdivided according to the phases of the moon. Shuo, Xian, Wang, Hui, different decoration styles are prepared according to the naming of different guest rooms. Lu Ning noticed that the room Feng Yuanxi was serving just now was Xia Wangyue.
I don't know what kind of people live there.
Qu Langyue did not introduce the room in too much detail, but opened the doors of the unoccupied rooms one by one for Lu Ning to inspect and select. The decorations of the rooms are different, but the quality should be guaranteed. Lu Ning just picked a house that suited his eyes, and finally settled on the one in Donghuiyue. Judging from the ranking, he knew that this was the same house. This room, which is close to the edge of the mansion, has one more window than the other rooms. The furnishings inside are also in a cool and quiet layout, and the area looks a bit larger than the other rooms. After Lu Ning made the choice, Qu Langyue took the key from the keychain and handed it to Lu Ning.
There is a snowflake pattern on the key, and a black disc hangs from the short chain.
"This is your room key. Please keep it. During your stay, only your own key and the master key held by Manager Feng and Ye Yunmei can open the door. You can rest assured of its safety. If the key is lost, Please notify us immediately."
"Got it, thank you."
"In addition to the four servants you have already met, there is also the chef Mr. Wei Haonan in this mansion. Generally, his working area is the kitchen. You cannot see him unless there are food-related problems. The gardener Mr. Jiang Ai is In the flower room, if you are interested in going there to enjoy the flowers, he should be the one to receive you. Finally, there is Ms. Jin Xiuqing, she will assist everyone in their work, you may meet her in the next time, she is our senior .”
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"If necessary, please ring the bell on the bedside table and we will come over as soon as possible." Qu Langyue bowed and exited the room, closing the door.
Lu Ning started [Requiem] and checked the room, then sat at the table. She didn't go to the third floor. All she could see now was the situation on the second floor. However, Qu Langyue said that only four guests came before her, and three of Qu Langyue's doors were not opened before, namely Chun-Quan Yue, Chun-Wang Yue and Xia-Wang Yue. This shows that these three doors were not opened before. There are people in the room. If we consider that each guest lives in one room, then another person should have chosen a room on the third floor.
In addition, since Qu Langyue said that she was the main writer of the entire invitation, she must also know about matters related to superpowers, and she may even be a superpower herself. Unless the superpower is too weak, would a person with superpowers take on the position of being someone else's servant?
She walked to the window and took a look outside.
Outside the Hongmei Pavilion, except for the line from the cable car to the entrance, there is a mountain behind and steep mountain roads on both sides. It should be the way up the mountain path before, but it is almost closed now. However, for a person with superpowers, such "danger" is not an absolute danger. She can easily escape along the path, even without walking.
Finally, inside the room.
No special smell was observed. It must have been tidied up not long ago, and there is a slight smell of moisture and a faint fragrance in the air. The fragrance is consistent with the fragrance of Ye Yunmei that I saw in the front garden before. The four servants she had seen here all had different kinds of scents on their bodies. They seemed to be specially arranged to be this way, but the scent was very light and would not affect people's senses.
Lu Ning put down her luggage, took out some clothes and put them in the closet, then took a deep breath.
The cold outside did not change the warmth inside the house. Although the decoration was very much in the style of the last century, the house should actually use floor heating because she didn't see any external heating equipment.
"Is this the general situation..." Lu Ning muttered, walked around the wall, tapped her fingers on the wall, and checked. There are no secret passages or anything like that, just ordinary walls. Based on the distance between the walls when I opened the door and looked at the room, I can infer that the wall in front of the adjacent house cannot accommodate any hidden rooms or hidden passages. The second floor is probably like this.
After the observation, Lu Ning walked out of the room. She could see a fat man standing in front of the window at the end of the corridor in the corridor of Chunxia Room on the other side, holding a pipe in his hand and puffing away smoke. .
Lu Ning approached, and the man turned his head. His clothes were a woolen sweater, which looked a little tight and old on him, and his trousers were a pair of loose trousers, with serious fraying on the edges of the trousers and pockets on both sides. It seems that this person does not belong to the very rich category.
"Hello." Lu Ning greeted him first. The man put the cigarette butt slightly closer to the window and nodded slightly: "Hello, madam."
"This title is not very common."
"It's just a personal habit. If there is a title that better suits your intention, I would be happy. My name is Michael. I'm glad to see you here."
"Are you a foreigner?" Lu Ning pretended to be surprised.
"Yes, I am of mixed race. I grew up abroad and only returned here in the past two years. But my nationality is still here. You see, there is no problem with our communication." Michael said.
"So, Mr. Michael was also invited to the dance?" Lu Ning asked.
"Yes, I think people like us should actively participate in such social activities, which is good for our own growth and improvement, and for the stability of this circle." Michael said with a smile, "At least in Europe I had this experience growing up.”
"Then may I venture to ask what your master's abilities are?" Lu Ning asked.
Michael clicked his fingers with a smile: "Generally speaking, superpowers are kept secret by everyone, but I am still happy to show my abilities to others."
As he did this, Lu Ning saw some fluff and dust bouncing up on the carpet on the ground. No matter how clean it was, these little things would always grow quickly, and it had obviously been a long time since the last cleaning. These things quickly formed a line on the carpet, from Lu Ning's feet to the door of her own room.
"It's just such a trivial little trick to find connections between things. It's very useful for finding some lost kittens and puppies. Madam, I wonder if I will be lucky enough to learn about your ability?" Michael asked with a smile.
