Lord of Rot

Chapter 488 The Second Prom (The previous chapter has been unlocked)

The sky is bright.

There was a knock on the door, and Li Qi looked at the sleeping woman lying on the bed.

He said to himself in a voice that only two people could hear: "This is the most gentlemanly time I have ever been."

His extraordinary hearing made him aware that the heartbeat of the other party was accelerating again. He tried to pull out his hand, but this time he was able to pull it out easily.

The knock on the door sounded again, and the red rose on the bed slowly opened her eyes.

"Don't come to this kind of party again in the future," Li Qi urged. As for whether the other party is obedient, that's out of his control.

Hong Qiangwei nodded, indicating that she had heard the order.

Both were clothed, so it didn't take long to just put on the cloak and put on the bunny mask.

Opening the door, the rabbit attendant who was guarding the door said, "Sir, please follow me."

Li Qi nodded, and followed him through another long corridor, but it was different from the way he came. When he came out from the door, he saw the carriage driver again.

The other party was yawning, and when he saw Li Qi approaching, he immediately opened the door of the carriage.

After entering the carriage and taking off the rabbit mask and cloak, Li Qi didn't bother to find out where he was in Bear Castle, and he couldn't get permission to enter the big library. He had no plans to come to this kind of gathering at all.

Nutritious and pointless.

When the carriage stopped, there was a light knock on the door. Li Qi pushed open the door of the carriage and found that he was back in front of the stone sculpture.

"My lord, how was last night?" The carriage driver winked at Li Qi.

"Hands are a little sore." Li Qi casually threw a silver moon to the other party, and the coachman smiled happily.

Can I tell you that I share a room with the future king's fiancée and have to be a gentleman once?

sore hands?

The coachman looked at Li Qi's hands suspiciously, then nodded suddenly, with envy on his face.

Li Qi was also confused. You are so envious. I also envy you for being able to sleep comfortably in bed instead of sitting on the floor with a blanket and squinting all night. Especially Hong Qiangwei is not very honest when sleeping. Let him meditate. It also became very difficult, always being pulled out of the special state.

He hurried back to the castle, and after finding the servant to inquire, he finally determined the location of Sirt, and wanted to ask if there was any other way.

However, Li Qi hadn't set off to find Sylt, but the other party came over first.

"My lord~" As soon as we met, Syert had an expression of pouring bitterness, Li Qi stepped forward and said: "Sorry, Syert, something unexpected happened yesterday, so I have to break the previous The plan we agreed on, I think you must still have a way to help me, right?"

A set of apologies and inquiries made Sylt stunned.

"Uh, uh" Sylt was stunned for a while before recovering.

He also wanted to express his dissatisfaction in a subtle way, but he did not expect that the noble Baron would take the initiative to apologize. If he expressed his dissatisfaction again, wouldn't he disrespect the Baron?

Li Qi added: "It doesn't matter if you can't help me, think about it carefully, in fact, I am not in a hurry to go to the big library, or I can apply to the king."

This was Li Qi's second thought. If he wanted to find the king, as long as he paid for the wine and wine, I believe the king would not refuse. It was just that his words were difficult to master. Meeting the king was not an easy task, and he was very good at flattering him. It's also very common, usually others come to flatter you.

"No, my lord! There will be a masked ball tonight." Silt whispered, seeing Li Qi cast a confused look, he explained: "Because of the celebration and hunting, many nobles rushed to the king's capital, many of them Everyone deserves to go to the ball."

Li Qi just wanted to point his nose and ask those nobles, did you come all this way to participate in the celebration hunting?Disgusting, bah, disgusting!
"My lord, are you still going to see the king, or are you going to the ball...?"

Li Qi didn't hesitate at all: "Of course it's great to be able to participate in the ball, or the original position?"

"Yes, my lord."

Seeing Li Qi's leaving figure, Sylt couldn't help but sigh: "I hope you will really choose the right one today, my lord."

Judging from Li Qi's attitude just now, he may not make the right choice tonight.

A "masked ball", how to be "masked", also has its own way, some people are really blind like red roses, while others, like Li Qi, already know who they are going to meet Who is it, and others know more.

……

With Sirt's guarantee, Li Qi finally didn't have to worry about how to enter the big library.

He sneaked into a certain room, changed into the black robe he had prepared in advance, and when he came out, he was already walking on a street strictly controlled by the Golden Bear Soldier.

Those who came in a hurry, covered their faces with black robes.

The black market, it is said that the origin of the black market is the Keyin family in the capital, and it is opened from time to time in the cities and towns of the major territories. The noble lords who get the news will also arrange people to organize in advance to ensure that this special "noble game" can run smoothly. go on.

"They are really interested in doing things with their faces covered. They probably like to play sneaky games."

Li Qi was walking on the street alone. Perhaps because of the celebration and hunting, there were too many nobles who came, resulting in countless people in black robes crowding the long street.

He has traveled far and wide in the past few years, but he still dare not say that he knows the folk customs of the entire continent. Apart from the East Gorge, what Li Qi knows best is the desert. The understanding of the northern border is all limited to short stories and legends, as well as descriptions from other populations.

Therefore, when Li Qi saw a woman with a pig's head and a bloated body, she was shocked.

He stretched out his hand and gestured, blocking his sight with the palm of his hand: "Above the neck, a ferocious pig's head."

Then his palm changed again: "Cover the pig's head and only look at the bottom. Pibai's long legs are still very fierce. If you were on the earth, being a headless welfare lady, or a leather man's anchor, you can get just the right amount of money and your legs are weak." .”

If it wasn't for the fact that the creature in front of him was really alive, and there were no traces of strange spells on its neck, Li Qi must have suspected that someone used special means to create such a strange creature that forcibly kneaded beauty and ugliness.

The stall owner saw that Li Qi had been sizing him up, and said: "This is a pig-headed monster that appeared in the dead land of the northern border. The man is tall and the woman is hot, but there is a pig's head on his head, and his habits are similar to those of a pig. It can be regarded as a monster. Nice gadget, 20 gold days if you're interested."

Li Qi shook his head quickly, he hadn't planned to spend a huge sum of money to buy a sow.

It looks weird, so take another look!
Then he turned around and left, he didn't have a habit of collecting Asian girls.

There are a lot fewer transactions for subhuman girls, probably because those creatures have been collected by some special XP lords, and it is also possible that the king's capital needs to maintain the superficial order, so some transactions that cannot be put on the table are restricted.

"I have a snake girl, I have a horse girl, and I have an elf." Li Qi was horrified to find out that he was the biggest collector of demi-human girls. Fortunately, no one knew about it.

I almost collected them all.

On the black market, Li Qi only saw a few demi-humans called "dwarf mothers", with big heads, short legs and short hands, and long bodies.

It's not a dwarf in the record at all, it's dwarfism!

Further inside, I saw some stalls selling potions and strange items. The strange items were fake, but the potions seemed real.

In the trading market of nobles, potions and rare items are never precious. For some nobles, those that can be bought with money are not considered rare items, and those that are difficult to buy with money are good things.

"This is Mithril?" Li Qi squatted in front of a corner stall, looking at the impurity ore half the size of a fist.

Mithril is an extremely precious and strange magical metal. It is said that its hardness is comparable to steel, but its weight is only half that of steel. If ordinary weapons are forged with Mithril, the quality will be greatly improved.

Be it magic, alchemy, or even rune inscriptions, mithril has been mentioned. Scholars speculate that with mithril, these things will be greatly improved.

It’s just that Li Qi has never been able to find a purchase channel. No one will take the initiative to sell Mithril, just like no one on the earth will take the initiative to sell their country’s most advanced weapons. The old frigates that were dealt with were all offered as treasures.

So when he suddenly saw someone selling Mithril mines, Li Qi's interest was instantly aroused. He reached out to pick up the Mithril mines, but the other party did not stop them, but said, "15 gold days."

Li Qi put down the mithril mine. Although it is said that mithril is a treasure that is more precious than gold, such a small piece of ore full of impurities can be refined to obtain mithril as big as a little thumbnail.

And that alone is of no use.

He asked: "Can it be cheaper?"

"Leave if you don't buy." The other party's mood is obviously not very good.

"10 Golden Days" Li Qi raised his index finger and said, "According to this amount, how much Mithril mine do you have, and how much I want!"

The other party obviously took Li Qi's words as bragging, and covered their faces. No one knew whether what Li Qi said was true or not.

"This is a piece I got by chance. It's only 15 gold days. Do you want it or not?"

This time the other party said a long and difficult sentence, because it was mixed with some accents, which made Li Qi sound a bit awkward.

Endor!
He confirmed the identity of the other party almost instantly. He knew Lin Yu in the northern region, and he had two accents. He had also been to Giant's Foot, and he was from Dongxia, and the central region spoke more of the official lingua franca, so it was only It may be that an Endor has never seen such a strange dialect.

Probably because of the price given by Li Qi, he couldn't control his emotions for a while, revealing his accent.

However, Li Qi keenly used this point and combined with the information obtained before, to have more speculations.

According to his understanding, the Duke of Endor was slaughtered by the men on horseback, and those tribesmen did not swear an oath to the king, so the identity of the comer is very interesting.

He should be following someone who is close to the royal family and is about to be promoted to become the top nobleman of Endor.

And it just so happened that this person did not know where he got the mithril ore, so if he wanted to sell it for some money, his status must not be high.

Cherish the minerals. The big nobles will not exchange them for money. The small nobles only think about the immediate profits because they cannot convert them into strength.

Li Qi said: "You should still have a lot of ore scraps of this size in your hand. I can buy them all, and I will guarantee that the goods will be cleared without disturbing each other."

He also wasn't sure whether the other party had only this piece of mithril mine and just wanted to change it for 15 gold days to be cool, or whether he really had a bunch of mithril mines, so he wouldn't lose a piece of meat if he cheated.

Just imagine, a piece of impurity ore the size of half a fist can be exchanged for a large handful of gold coins, which is even easier than bending over to pick them up in the rain of gold coins.

Li Qi asked himself, if he had a similar channel when he first crossed, he would definitely not be able to help but make a lot of money, don't waste the money delivered to his door.

"12 gold days!" The other party whispered: "The minimum is 12 gold days, you have to give me 12 gold days for such a big piece, I don't guarantee the quality, you can see mithril on it, but how much you can extract depends on you Luck yourself."

"Yes, how many do you have?" Li Qi asked.

"I can get at least a few hundred dollars."

A few thousand gold days is not a small sum.

A bright smile appeared on Li Qi's face behind the mask: "I think we can leave a contact information."

After chatting about the sale of the Mithril Mine, Li Qi was in a good mood. The other party did not plan to talk about more details here, but asked Li Qi to send someone to the Golden Grassland of Endor, to the hunter leader of the Golden Grassland, to find a A knight named "Lenand De".

"I only accept money for goods," said the other party.

"Of course." Li Qi nodded, "I will prepare enough money, Sir Lennan."

"I'm not Lenan De!" The voice of the other party was lowered.

Although you wear a mask, your movements almost betray you.

However, Li Qi has no intention of molesting his partner, so as not to scare them: "I just think there should be a name, and you only told me Lenin De, so I will use it to call you for the time being."

"Then what should I call you?"

"Huh, porcupine?" With that, he turned and left.

The other person was left stunned: "Porcupine?! It sounds familiar."

After leaving the booth, Li Qi continued to wander around, but did not see anything interesting, but Li Qi met an acquaintance.

"Bod?"

The black-robed man who was suddenly called by Li Qi's name in a low voice froze and turned around quickly.

"It's me, Li Qi," Li Qi said. The black market is a place of entertainment for nobles. Everyone enjoys the feeling of being sneaky. In fact, people who are really familiar with you can recognize who you are at a glance.

"Is there anything to buy?" he asked.

Bode shook his head: "Go for a drink?"

"Just what I want."

The two left the black market, quickly changed their clothes, and under the leadership of Bode, they entered a small manor.

Only then did Li Qi know that nobles generally don't go to taverns, they will go to higher-end and more romantic places, bards play lute in the distance, singers sing under the shade of trees, it seems beautiful, but everyone Singing in the open air in winter is not a comfortable job.

The aristocrats in twos and threes were far away from each other, warming up by the fire, so they didn’t have to worry about being overheard.

In the winter, the maid from the northern hemisphere still insisted on showing a smile, leaving a pot of hot wine for the two of them, but when she found out that the handsome nobleman in the sun and the gloomy nobleman didn’t look at her, the maid forced her smile to leave, feeling unavoidable. disappointment.

The simplest and most stable way to cross class is to draw a distance from the object of high class.

There are many ways to make money. There is no need for them to make a character here. This is very similar to the earth. Creating a character is a prominent selling point, but in the end there are very few people who can use this to cross classes, because the rich and the nobles are not fools.

Fools only appear in the poor class, such as the big brother Bang who loves instant noodles.

Bode didn't touch the wine on the table, he looked very bad, probably it had something to do with the disappearance of the woman named Stella in Endor.

The seemingly sinister Bode is very loyal in terms of feelings, but both of them deliberately avoided the topic of Endor.

The past is like sand, no matter you clenched or loosen your hands, everything will disappear with the passage of time, and your hands will definitely be empty, and then you can grab new things.

Time is so magical, just like some enemies that Li Qi hated and hated in the past, now he can't even remember their appearance.

"I came with that bastard Kumber Akers. He made a lot of money from you before." Bode mentioned Kumber of the Crutches family. Players, Li Qi had always thought that if the two parties didn't belong to each other and had normal orientations, it might be very good for the two of them to live together.

"Only you?"

"Stacy is in Greenwood Castle. She doesn't know that you will come to the capital, otherwise I believe she will definitely come." Bode said, "I came here by myself this time. There are still many things in Lintawan. Father can't smoke." Get out."

Li Qi nodded, and just wanted to ask Bode what his family thought. After all, they used to have the opportunity to choose one of the two, and would hesitate to choose which prince to be loyal to. Now there is only one prince left, and the future king must be the young prince. george.

But after thinking about it, he suppressed the question. He believed that the grandfather's family would know how to do it, and now he jumped out to swear allegiance, and he would only become a clown.

Bode asked: "How about you, escorting Miss Evangeline? How long have you been here?"

"I've only been here for two days." Li Qi nodded, and then said, "Payne swears allegiance to the king."

The duke should swear allegiance to the king, but not in a tail-wagging gesture like Pine.

Bode became quiet, and after a long pause, he said, "You shouldn't swear to Pine, father and the others have already guessed this kind of scene..."

"My father swore allegiance to the Duke of Dongxia, and I must also swear allegiance to the new Duke of Dongxia." Li Qi shook his head slightly: "Just like Lin Tawan always wants to return to his hometown, knights need loyalty."

Unless one's own lord has done a big thing that angers people, or the church judges, the only thing that can make a knight betray his loyalty is "justice".

If Li Qi chooses to renege on his oath rashly, his only ending will be betrayal.

If you want to bind others with an oath of loyalty, you must bind yourself with an oath, and Li Qi thinks there is nothing wrong with this. His territory is equivalent to the Guanjiangkou of the East Gorge. Attitude, no matter what you do, you can give the green light.

As for the future, Li Qi is confident that after he solves the problem in the desert, Pine will pay more attention to himself instead of stumbling him.

The weapons and soldiers in his hands gave Li Qi confidence so firmly.

"I know."

The two looked at the singer singing in the cold wind and chatted casually.

From Linta Bay to Dongxia, the sky is south and sea is north.

Bode said: "Father, they asked me to listen to your opinions more."

"My opinion is, try to be less prominent. Lin Tawan, who has just left the East Gorge, has a very sensitive identity. If you enter a dance party, it is likely to arouse suspicion."

Those who break their oaths will be rejected, even if Lin Tawan is "returning". After all, the node is a bit too coincidental. The Duke of Dongxia just died and only one prince is left. He suddenly returns, like an opportunist.

"Yeah." Bode nodded, obviously he had been warned long ago.

He looked at Li Qi who stood up: "What about you?"

Li Qi shrugged: "I'm going to a dance...well, the second time."

Bird: ...

……

In front of the familiar stone sculpture, Li Qi saw the carriage driver again.

When the other party saw Li Qi, his expression was very pleasantly surprised, and he said with a smile: "My lord, I think it must be the clingy lady at the ball that made you linger."

"Nobody wants to waste tickets to the dance." Li Qi opened the car door and looked at the coachman at the same time: "You are right, it is a place that makes people linger and forget to return."

A nasty place where if it was written in a novel, it would be banned.

After closing the door and sitting firmly, the carriage started to move.

Li Qi looked at the masks prepared in the carriage. The theme of today's masked ball is the terrifying skull mask.

"Death theme?" After putting on the mask and black robe, he felt that he was still short of a watermelon knife.

The car door was knocked lightly.

to the place.

Li Qi got out of the carriage, and the people who came to greet him also wore skull masks, so it would be a bit troublesome to sneak in here.

"No. 5" the other party didn't say anything about the rules this time.

Li Qi nodded, he always felt that if he didn't make the right choice this time, something bad would happen.

He thought to himself: "Could it be that the lady has already decided to choose me last time? It shouldn't be."

If so, why not just tryst?
Li Qi is relatively open-minded when it comes to non-emotional communication.

It was still a dance party for 24 people. Li Qi first looked around to make sure that there were no familiar people. The ladies and men who came to participate last time basically did not come for the second time.

Li Qi looked at Ms. 5, who, like him, was the only one who could participate in the masked ball again.

The choice was quick, Li Qi walked towards lady No. 5, bent down and invited her with a gentleman's etiquette, and the other party also raised her hand and put it on his palm.

Invitation successful.

The big library was getting closer to him. Li Qi was smiling. No matter who the person behind the mask was, he was not afraid.

Must get permission to enter!

(End of this chapter)