No matter how you look at this city, it doesn't look like a city in the near future. There are no intricate overpasses or cars coming and going. Most of the pedestrians on the road walk. Occasionally, one or two gorgeous carriages will drive by. The shops also had changing colored lights and glass screens showing images. Shen Fu felt like he had arrived in England in the 19th century.
By controlling the traffic of residents, it is easy to separate regions and reduce communication between regions. This can ensure the privileges of the nobles to a certain extent. At least, they do not have to worry about 'commoners' passing through the areas where the nobles live from time to time. Feelings of jealousy arise.
However, the privileges of nobles can indeed be seen everywhere. Shen Fu has seen people in ordinary clothes give way to nobles in gorgeous clothes more than once.
"Shen pay"
At this time, Beatrice stopped and pointed to an inconspicuous shop at the corner of the street.
"Then what's written on it is the word 'pawn shop'."
Shen Fu looked in the direction she pointed, and indeed, among the French words on the street, there were two standard Chinese characters, and it was a rare shop like "pawn shop".
"Let's go, Betty, let's change some currency and take you shopping in the evening."
Beatrice has been learning Chinese in the past few days. Although it is not as good as she said before, she can learn it in one day, but she can already recognize most of the Chinese characters.
Shen Fu just held her hand and walked towards the pawn shop. He originally wanted to find a place like a bank to exchange precious metals such as gold for some currency used in this world, but at a pawn shop, he should be able to exchange it. Bar.
The corner of this street is arc-shaped, and the pawn shop is right in the center of the corner. Even the glass door of the shop is arc-shaped. Looking inside through the glass, it is a conical space with an angle of no more than thirty degrees, a The old man wearing glasses sat at the sharp end, blocked by a wooden table.
It is obviously at the corner with the most traffic, but there is not a single customer.
Pushing the door open and going in, the jingle tied to the door seemed to be affected, making a clear sound. The old man raised his head and looked at the door. They were two guests in special clothes but with a different temperament. By this time, Beatrice had already canceled Magic.
There were only dim yellow lights in the entire store, and on both sides of the wall were closets as tall as one person, filled with strange things.
"Are the two guests here to pawn things or to sell things?"
The old man had sallow skin, a head full of messy white hair, and dark age spots and wrinkles that made it difficult to distinguish his facial features. However, Shen Fu could see his black pupils at a glance.
"It's just a gift, let's see if there's anything to buy."
Only Shen Fu had a small translator, but Beatrice couldn't understand the old man's words.
"Hey, it's been a long time since I've heard Chinese spoken with such perfect accents. Is the guest from China?"
As expected, the old man was just stunned for a moment, and then he spoke the same standard Chinese. Just as Shen Fu thought, he was a Chinese.
Shen Fu did not reply directly, but picked up a diamond ring covered with dust from the shelf. After wiping off the dust on it, it shone brightly under the yellow light.
Actually...are they real diamonds, in a small shop here?
"This thing can't be real."
He held up the diamond ring in his hand and asked the old man. It seemed that he had discovered an interesting place.
"Haha, the customer was joking. How could a small shop like my own have real diamonds? They are just children's toys, but they are made more delicately."
Under what circumstances would a seller describe a genuine item as a fake? There is no doubt that it is only when the item has improper origins.
"Your place here must be a den for selling stolen goods."
He gently threw away the diamond ring and then caught it, and said the answer he had determined directly.
The atmosphere in the store was stagnant, and the old man's expression was frozen on his face. For a long time, his eyes kept flickering between Shen Fu and Beatrice.
"Looking at the dress of this little girl, the guest must be a noble. I wonder which country he is from? There seems to be no noble like the guest in the Legitimacy Kingdom."
"oh?"
Shen Fu was a little surprised now.
"Is it possible for you to remember all the nobles in this country?"
"Haha, I just..."
"Tell me, who is the nobleman behind you?"
Before the old man finished speaking, Shen Fu interrupted him directly, and he had already used hypnosis in Yin magic in his words. With his mental power, it was impossible for an old man to resist, and he soon lost his sight. He answered Shen Fu's question blankly.
"It's Count Nangong Muyue."
This kind of hypnosis is not harmful to the person who is cast, but it will make the person feel temporarily in a trance, and they will not remember what happened after the spell was cast. That's why Shen Fu uses it so directly. After all, judging from his appearance, it is impossible to ask directly. What.
However, Nangong Muyue was not only one of the five Chinese nobles, but also the only female noble. She learned from the old man that these stolen goods were stolen from some nobles by nearby Chinese wanderers. After arriving, they were sold here, but most of them would eventually be bought by Nangong Muyue at a slightly higher price.
What an unexpected gain. When Shen Fu walked out of the shop and the jingle at the door rang again, the old man suddenly started to react. He looked around and found a fist-sized piece of gold pressed on the wooden table. In addition, No one else was seen.
"Shen Fu, how do you know that there must be a nobleman behind this stolen goods den?"
Beatrice held Shen Fu's hand, tilted her head and asked curiously.
"It's very simple. To open such a store in such a location, Betty, don't you think we are the only ones who discovered it? So for it to exist, there must be someone behind it."
Shen Fu spread out the map he found there. The detailed distribution of addresses throughout Paris was on it. He quickly found the location of Frolaytia. However, as a rare OBJECT driver, Milinda actually connected herself in the capital. There are no houses in the country, which shows its true status in this kingdom.
"Come on, Betty, let's go straight over and get our business done first."
Having a map is equivalent to having coordinates, so Beatrice used magic to cover them again, and the two disappeared directly into the street.
The place where Frolaytia lives is not her own family, but in another aristocratic area, in a house that she enjoys as a major in the army.
This should be it. Compared with the street just now, this place is obviously more upscale. There are three-story bungalows, exquisitely distributed green gardens, and security everywhere. It exudes the luxurious atmosphere of the aristocracy.
