Langyun breathed a sigh of relief when he saw Alvin and Kui Qing finally coming out of the secret door.
After the three people came out of the store, they walked straight to the downtown area.
"Little sister, what do you think?" Alvin glanced at Kui Qing.
"No matter how you look at it, there are elements of gimmickry in it. Brother, this business can't be done." Kui Qing said seriously.
Alvin nodded, "Then...why did you ask me to pretend to be interested just now?"
"If you don't give him some reassurance, you won't be able to ruin our affairs," the little girl said.
Alvin looked at her and thought that this little girl was much more sophisticated than him when it came to business.
"Ha, having said that, I quite admire your subtle eyes, brother. When Lu Wen saw it, he definitely thought that we were very interested in that falling crystal." Kui Qing said with a smile.
"Little sister, you're not bad at all. After that, I didn't mention other ores again. I even asked him if we could get them cheaper. Now he must think that we really want to buy them." Alvin said in a condescending manner. road.
"There's no way, this is just business," Kui Qing said, "You can't really talk to someone face to face."
"Same." Alvin nodded.
"Brother, what do you think?" Kui Qing asked pointedly.
"What can I think?" Alvin knew that this little girl was also very cunning. "No matter how I thought about it, I thought Governor Yuanyasu would not be so obedient. Is it true that he has not touched the crystallized veins for so many years?"
"I knew that the elder brother would definitely 'strategize' that girl Juan Yun." Kui Qing said with a smile, and raised her eyebrows in a thoughtful way when she mentioned the word "strategize".
"You are right...look at your expression, how do you look like a teenage girl now?" Alvin laughed angrily, "Besides, Juan Yun was brought back from the battlefield by Kaiba at the risk of his life. Yes, I wouldn’t interfere. I’m just interested in falling crystals.”
"I didn't tell you, brother, to pursue her. I just asked you to ask her family if she has any fallen crystals. Brother, where did you want to go?" Kui Qing said lightly, "Besides, that princess His Highness is still here, brother, you don’t have the courage, right?”
"Hey! You little bitch, your expression changes quickly." Alvin scolded with a smile.
Langyun found it very interesting watching the two people bickering back and forth.
"Oh, by the way, Langyun, have you ever heard of falling crystals?" Alvin turned around and asked.
"I just heard His Highness and Miss Kui Qing mention this repeatedly. I thought about it for a long time, but I don't know what you are talking about." Langyun said.
"Then let me ask you, has Governor Yuanyasu sent anyone to mine any ore south of the mountains? Have you heard of this?"
"Your Highness, you are joking. How can ordinary people like us know where the Governor sends his people and what kind of mines he is going to dig?" Lang Yun said with a helpless smile.
"Same." Alvin nodded, "Let's go back then. I think they've almost finished chatting there."
"Why don't you buy something to eat? I'm going to vomit after eating solid food these days." Kui Qing complained to Alvin.
Alvin thought about how this girl had traveled all the way from Sidor City to Salyuhi and then to Tewaddan. It seemed that she really hadn't had a good meal.
"This is really all up to me. When you came to Salyuhi, I didn't even have time to entertain you properly, so... oh..." he said with a smile and a sigh.
On the way from Xi Tuo City to Saluhi, Kui Qing naturally asked about the details of the battle on Kaiba Plains, and she knew about Alvin's situation. So the little girl was worried about his safety and hurried all the way to Saluhi. Unexpectedly, she actually saved his life. After escaping from Saliuxi yesterday, Kui Qing was thinking that her elder brother would have to live a homeless life in the future, and she couldn't help but feel sympathy. Now that she saw his mocking expression, she didn't know how to comfort him for a moment.
Therefore, the little girl felt quite guilty at this time, thinking that her complaints had really hurt her elder brother's heart.
"Why are you looking like this?" Alvin scolded her with a smile, "Let's go buy something to eat."
This man just walked casually towards a street full of food stalls.
Kui Qing looked at his back, hesitated for a moment, and followed him.
Perhaps it was Irvine's pretentious and free spirit that particularly fascinated Kui Qing.
Langyun saw everything in his eyes, and he couldn't help but think, whether it was a bitter smile or a sad smile, His Highness Alvin could always laugh anyway. Even sometimes others can't help but ask: "Can you laugh at this?"
But the answer is so certain.
Complaining about the impermanence of life is meaningless, and living with self-deprecation is the response to the suffering in life.
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Langyun enthusiastically introduced the local specialties of Tewadedan to Alvin and Kui Qing. Kui Qing has actually eaten a lot. After all, this is not her first time here. Alvin was used to eating good food, but now that he saw these rough-processed roasted beef and mutton, he didn't resist. After all, the smell was still very tempting.
"A hundred miles north of Tewardedan is the Zamu Plateau. Our beef and mutton are shipped directly from the plateau, so the taste is naturally much better than those from ordinary pastures." Langyun introduced.
"Paired with fresh cumin and black pepper, it's really good." Alvin had already ordered a glass of rough beer from the outdoor bar, and now he was already eating the roasted beef.
Kui Qing and Lang Yun also sat down next to him. The advantage of this open-air seat is that they can watch the barbecue master grill the beef and mutton in front of them.
Alvin finished a plate of roasted beef with just a few forks, but the two people next to him hadn't eaten yet. He smiled and gestured to the busy and sweaty barbecue chef, asking for three more plates.
It was obvious that these three people had really not had a good meal in a long time, and their plates were so tired that they dropped. Even the shopkeeper at the bar glanced at this. He thought to himself that these three people didn't look like they came out of the mine. What kind of physical work were they doing? So hungry?
After a delicious meal, Alvin still wanted to bring some back to Onian to try, so he asked the chef to make a few more dishes to take away.
The master thought that he would spend half the night busy with these three people.
After Alvin and the three others had had enough wine and food, they returned happily. When they returned to the Governor's Mansion, the emergency meeting on Juan Yun's side was also over.
Alvin searched around the main hall and side halls, but couldn't see Onian's figure. He had no choice but to return to the airship, only to find her alone on the railing at the stern of the ship, staring at the night in trance.
"You're not the kind of person who can be pulled around by others." Alvin walked up to her, glanced at her, and then put the wooden drawer with food on the fence, "I guess you want to hear it too." What they said, I also want to see what the officials in Fuzi Province think.”
Onian did not deny it.
"How's it going? Is it pretty much what you expected?" Alvin asked after seeing her unkind expression.
"What else can they do? How can their calculations be so unexpected?" O'Nian came back to her senses, looked at him and said with a smile, "If you really want to stay, then you have to listen to them in everything." .”
"Eat some, it tastes good." Alvin took out the roast beef from the wooden drawer.
"Beef from Zamu Plateau?" O'Nian glanced at him.
Alvin nodded.
"No wonder it tastes so good." O'Nian picked up the fork from the wooden drawer and started eating by herself.
"Have you ever heard of this thing called 'falling crystal'?" Alvin suddenly asked.
"Huh?" Onian frowned and looked at him before she could swallow the beef in her mouth.
"Have not heard?"
After Onian swallowed the food, she said, "What? You went out to buy something to eat, where did you find out about that thing?"
"It seems you know?" He glanced at her.
"Well," she nodded and looked at him seriously, "Father has repeatedly told me not to touch the Luo Jing thing lightly."
"Did he say why?"
"He only said that that thing is the source of trouble. As a king, you should stay away from these sideways." Onian said.
Alvin thought to himself: "Your Majesty, isn't he still superstitious about those divination words? It seems that the so-called heresy is just what he said."
"Is that all he said? He didn't mention the reason why it is forbidden to mine crystallized veins?" Alvin asked.
"I only know that Archbishop Herod once hinted, intentionally or unintentionally, to my father to mine those crystal deposits. Unexpectedly, my father was furious. Since then, no one has dared to take advantage of those crystal deposits. ." Onian recalled and said, "By the way, you haven't told me yet, where did you know about falling crystals?"
"Then do you know about the organization 'Lodai'?" Alvin did not directly return to her question.
"I heard my teacher mentioned it, an underground organization, right?" O'Nian was so disturbed by him that he lost interest in tasting the food, so he put down the fork in his hand, "What? Are they looking for you? Or... you Did you find them?"
"That little girl Kui Qing took me there." Alvin looked at her and said.
"That little girl, I guess her background is not simple." Onian's golden eyes narrowed and she looked back at him.
"How do you say this?"
"Is it possible that you don't think so?"
"It's a bit strange. Looking at her family background, you can tell that she definitely doesn't come from an ordinary noble family." Alvin said, "But why would a girl of this status be traveling around at such a young age?"
"What's the purpose of taking you to see Luo Dai's organization?"
"Originally we just wanted to buy some rare ores and dump them to the north."
"So it seems that those big boxes on the airship are all your wealth?" Onian asked with a smile.
"Yes, my father is very far-sighted. He sorted out all the family property before leaving for the war." Alvin joked.
"Seeing how the little girl calls 'Brother Alvin' so affectionately, you shouldn't be fooled, right?" O'Ni'an imitated Kui Qing's tone, which was quite funny.
Alvin was amused by her, "I originally wanted to ask about the price of ores like gilt emerald ore, but I didn't expect that the elder we were talking to mentioned falling crystals."
"What do you mean, what kind of Luodai organization is trying to persuade you to buy it? Then where do they get their supply from?"
"The elder did say that Resa has always tacitly allowed the Light Orthodox Church to mine the crystallized veins in Maine." Alvin said and glanced at her, "Besides, isn't Resa about to hit Fuzi? Won’t the fallen crystals of Fuzi Province also fall into his hands?”
"You mean, there are many private transactions between the Luodai organization and the Guangzhengjiao?" Onian stared at him and said.
"That person didn't dare to say it openly, I guess that's the case."
Onian frowned and muttered, "No one has ever known what Resa and the Guangzheng Sect are doing in that big mountain range. It turns out that they not only created the two-legged flying dragon, but they have also been secretly mining those fallen crystals."
"Then tell me, does Herod want to live a few more years, or Reza wants to live a few more years?" Alvin sneered.
"Hindering the passage of time is just a use of falling crystals."
"You also know?" Alvin was a little surprised.
"Although my father didn't mention much, I can ask my teacher."
"Did Master Piro tell you what the uses of falling crystals are?"
"Then I have to ask you, the time and space mage." Onian turned her head and looked at him with a smile.
"What do you mean?" Alvin looked confused.
"You really don't understand?" Onian asked suspiciously.
"I really don't understand."
"I heard the teacher mention that when it comes to shaping the fallen crystal, the craftsmen's methods are too craftsmanship, and their intention to please is too obvious. Not only does it consume materials, it will also lead to war. Only those who have truly understood the mystery of time and space Only people who know how to shape those fallen crystal ores."
"The falling crystal will play differently in the hands of a time and space mage?" Alvin said amusedly.
"I don't understand this." Onian said, "What happened after that? How was your discussion?"
"Oh, you mentioned this," Alvin said angrily, "That Luo Dai is really dark. The finished jewelry of Luo Jing costs 250,000 rupees at the asking price, half of the deposit is paid, and half a year is left. Get the goods later.”
"It's really a lion's mouth." Onian said, "If you don't see the things, you have to pay them more than 120,000 runis. This organization is really used to making huge profits."
"Have you ever dealt with this Luo Dai?"
"No, I haven't had this opportunity yet." Onian shook her head, "However, I advise you to avoid dealing with these underground organizations, otherwise you will die without knowing how."
"They do have a group of assassins who are specifically used to help people solve problems."
"First create some problems for you, then help you solve them, and finally ask you to help them do something?"
"Ha, you think so too?" Alvin laughed.
"Isn't it just a trick?" Onian said, "Then you haven't reached an agreement, what are you going to do next?"
"What do you think?"
"You've been asking about Luo Jing all night, so you must be very interested in this thing." Onian said clearly, "I guess Yuan Kang has a lot of Luo Jing in his house. You Do you want to discuss it with Juan Yun?"
"Oh, what evil have I done in my last life to meet such a personal spirit like you." Alvin sighed.
"Has that little girl Kui Qing guessed it too?" Onian Anqi asked.
"Yes," Alvin said, "It seems that after arriving in the north, we need to investigate the origin of this little girl."
