enchanting blacksmith

"Four distinguished guests, I don't know what you are doing when you come to old Cora's house in such a season. Could it be that the reputation of old Cora's hospitality has spread to the ears of the four of you, and you came to visit me this time?" A lonely old man?"

A faint gray vindictiveness appeared on the sheriff's hand, and he pinched the mud seal on the wine jar with his fingers, and a mellow smell of high-quality aged ale came out through the oil paper, permeating the entire restaurant, some gnawing The wine guest sniffed his nose greedily and his eyes lit up, obviously knowing that this kind of vintage wine is rare, but because the atmosphere here seems abnormal, he could only suppress the wine bug in his stomach and pour it down hard. A big gulp of low-quality alcohol mixed with water in the glass in front of him felt dull and tasteless.

"Hehe, I didn't see it, the old guy has a lot of tricks, he actually cultivated fighting spirit in the low-level position of the magistrate, this old guy is definitely not as simple as it seems on the surface!" Feng Tie exchanged with Avril. With a look, he looked at Elida who was familiar with the situation here, meaning to let him speak first.

"It's like this." Elida picked up the glass that the magistrate had just poured into a glass of fine wine, brought it to the tip of her nose and took a deep breath, with an intoxicated look on her face, "What a fucking good wine, I, Ai, oh, I have followed Master Xiao Ai for so long, and I have never seen such a fine wine, those years before are really fucking wasted!"

The good wine Eleda couldn't help but drank the fine wine in the glass, and then the sheriff poured another glass for him with a smile. This time, Eleda didn't swallow the drink, but took a sip lightly. , let the strong-flavored wine slowly melt on the tip of his tongue, and then said leisurely: "Your Magistrate is laughing, first of all, please allow me to introduce our group first, my name is Daolang, the little fair-faced leader It's called Tie Feng. Both of us are magician Xiaoai's personal bodyguards. Yes, the most personal bodyguard. That doll, Taosi, is the magician's younger sister. We took the liberty to come here this time. As you said, we just ran Your reputation comes from the fact that I need to trouble you for some matters going to Stone City and Beast City, and here, only you have the best hands and eyes to agree to our request..."

"Oh my God, my friends, you are going to go to such barbarian land, but these two beautiful girls, don't know what to expect in such a dirty town, please forgive me, I forgot you He is a great magician, and he doesn't care about those clowns, but I'm still curious, what are you going to do in those two places?"

"The thing is like this." Avril tried her best to sound arrogance in her tone, just like those magicians with eyes above the top, "The magic I practice has encountered a bottleneck, and I need to purchase a large amount of refined iron and iron. A special kind of material is extracted from the ore, well, it’s best to buy some finished weapons by the way, those tempered blades can test the toughness of the mask I released, that’s all.”

"That's it!" Alida blinked at Avril without any trace, obviously admiring Avril's superb acting skills, "Dear Sheriff, you know, great magicians have their own quirks, oh I'm sorry, my master, I mean, the requirements of magicians are very weird, just like this time, we had to brave the wind and snow and the chaos of war to come here, the purpose is to buy some fine iron and weapons, but It is obviously a pity that we do not have a special license to do business in the Kingdom of Hart, and we have been practicing in the depths of the forest all year round, and we do not have the parchment to prove our innocence. I heard that you are a generous person, Mr. Sheriff Kind old man, I believe you will be happy to help us helpless lambs, don’t you think so?”

Cora heard the meaning of Elida's words, and her gray eyes moved back and forth on the faces of the four of them. After pondering for a while, she slowly said: "It turns out that the things you need are very simple. , as long as there is a warrant signed by me, you can pass unimpeded in these two cities, but you must know that this is a time of war, and there are a large number of vagrants and businessmen who want to take advantage of the opportunity to flock here. Our monarch has no control over such warrants. It's very strict, and I don't have much to do..."

"Is there no way at all?" Avril raised her face slightly, with a haughty sneer in her nostrils, "If the Sheriff can show us a way, we will do whatever it takes to get these two pieces of parchment , believe me, I guarantee with the personality of a magician, we do have this kind of strength!"

"Oh, beautiful lady, you're overthinking, old Cora didn't mean that." Shining gold flashed in the sheriff's cloudy old eyes, and he smiled at Avril Lavigne, "Anyone with a little common sense will know that magic Teachers are some rich masters, as long as you move your fingers, those lovely gold coins will flow into your pockets continuously, but now these warrants are really strictly controlled, and it is not impossible to get them , since you found me and believed in my ability, old Cora had no choice but to go out with this old face and try his luck. If you manage well from top to bottom, you might get a few of them, but... "

The magistrate looked unspeakable, took out a copper coin from his waist pouch and threw it in his hand, the meaning behind his words was self-evident.

"How much?" Avril asked.

"It won't cost much, but first of all, I want to explain that old Cora will not take even a single coin from you. Although I am old now, and my children are not around, only those golden elves accompany me through the desolation so that I can feel better, but I mean, the money is used to manage my greedy superiors, and old Cora will not get a little bit in the middle, oh, you are asking for specifics The price, I think, it’s just my personal opinion, four identity certificates and one business certificate, only need, probably only a hundred gold coins, very cheap, isn’t it?”

"Oh my god, are you joking, magistrate! How can it be so cheap?" Feng Tie suddenly stood up and shouted excitedly, "You know, before I devoted myself to serving the female magician, I once did a It’s a very promising career, and I think Mr. Sheriff might as well try it when he retires. Judging from your current way of doing things, you will definitely feel like a fish in water after you go there!”

"What? What occupation?" The magistrate couldn't get used to Feng Tie's startled style for the time being, and asked blankly.

"A bandit! I used to be a bandit!" Feng Tie's face turned red because of being too angry, "It's just a few pieces of tattered parchment, and it costs a hundred gold coins, why don't you grab it!"

Seeing Feng Tie's excited appearance, the soldiers lined up at the door all nervously wanted to surround him, and the wooden handle of the tomahawk was dragged on the ground, making a chaotic crash.

"No, no, you all back down!" The sheriff shouted back the soldiers he had brought, and saw Avril Lavigne's face was livid, with a hint of anger. Exuding a menacing aura, the magistrate suddenly remembered that he was dealing with a terrifying and moody magician. His back was wet with sweat, and he quickly took out a beautiful silk handkerchief from his pocket to wipe his forehead. on the sweat.

"Beautiful lady, respected Master Mage, I think you have misunderstood me, in fact, things are not as you imagined, and I have no intention of blackmailing you, please trust the honest old Cora , If in the past, such warrants were worthless, I can issue as many as I want, but now it is wartime, His Majesty the King has strictly prohibited the outflow of iron ore and finished weapons at will, and the trading licenses in the hands of business customers The certificates are all specially issued by the imperial capital, and there are too many refugees now, because they are afraid that spies will get in, those ID certificates have been stopped for a long time, and a low-ranking magistrate like me is really helpless ah."

While wiping his sweat, the sheriff explained quickly like a cannonball, for fear that the eccentric and arrogant magician would release some terrible large-scale magic in a fit of anger, completely destroying his territory.After some explanations, Cora carefully peeked at Avril Lavigne's face, and saw that it was no longer as ugly as before, and the clenched fists on the table were slowly stretched out, the magistrate secretly breathed a sigh of relief, and couldn't help but sigh Unlucky, how could I meet such a malevolent star for no reason, I can't beat it, I can't be fooled, it's really unlucky.

"Looks like I'm going to the girl's den tonight to find a few gentle girls to soothe my trembling heart, my God, my heart is about to pop out of my throat!" Old Cora thought to herself , but forced a humble smile on his face: "Please forgive my rudeness just now, in fact, those certificates are not impossible to obtain, but only powerful ministers in the court are qualified to issue such warrants. I am very familiar with it, and I can help you pave a road, and I will ask you how much it will cost, but..."

The magistrate's face became mournful: "I'm really not lying. It really takes a lot of gold coins to get the things you need now. The one hundred gold coins I just said is indeed a bit more, but it's not too much." How many, I think, I think, at least seventy or eighty, you can see for yourself during the transaction, the omnipotent elf God, this time I really did not lie!"

"Seventy or eighty, right? Seventy or eighty!" Feng Tie grabbed the money bag at his waist, pulled the rope around the bag, and dumped the twenty elf silver horns he just got on the table with a "crash" , said angrily: "The old liar who wants money, I want to drive you crazy. To tell you the truth, the uncle only has this little money on him. What else do you want seventy or eighty gold coins? It's simply a fantasy, that's all Do you want love? If it doesn’t work, I will have to resort to violence. Have you ever heard of black people and black people? Don’t think that you are cleaner than us. It’s a big deal that everyone falls apart, and we don’t practice magic anymore. , you still want to continue to be your Happy City Lord, hmph, there is no way!"