Goddess Wanhua Mirror

The young man claims to be the number one fan of Serves. Every time their circus tour passes through the town of Cantril near the capital, Eru, who is practicing in the local temple, will make a special trip to watch it. He especially likes Miss Serves's performance. .

Hearing Eru talk about how good her performance is like Jiazhen, Serves, who originally just wanted to perfunctory him and hurriedly escaped, couldn't help but feel a little proud, after all, flattery is always a thing Very cool thing.

As a matter of fact, Servis does have a bit of bragging rights. Compared with ordinary busking groups, although the Rainbow Circus's programs are also popular with the people at the bottom, and the elements of GHS are indispensable, Servis, who is the leader of the troupe, Si also did not give up her pursuit of art.

The most proud finale of the Rainbow Circus is the acrobatic musical "Canary Humming a Love Song" in which she herself starred.And the biggest feature of this show is that Serves sings with her sweet voice while performing difficult wire acrobatic moves.

So Serves is very proud, because she is the best singer among acrobats, and no one in the singing family is better at acrobatics than her!

Under Elu's flattery, the smile on Servis's face became more and more intense, and it wasn't until her companion coughed to remind her for the third time that she realized that she still had business to do.

So Serves, who was in a good mood, told Eru that her circus is currently in Pine Tree Village, and is planning to perform several performances there, hoping that Eru can come to support them.

The two were chatting happily, when there was a sudden knock on the door of the assembly hall, Sevis looked back towards the door, only to see an unexpected person standing there.

"Good morning, Miss Service."

"Lord Luther?"

Serves, who was thinking of taking the initiative to pay a visit, never expected that she would meet the priest of the God of Medicine Sect in the assembly hall of the God of War Sect.And she hasn't noticed keenly yet that the nun next to Lude has changed, but she is still very young and beautiful, with a good figure that can't even be concealed by the nun's clothes.

Serves traveled all over the world, and heard a lot of strange rumors such as "the untold secret between the archbishop and the young nun". In addition, the God of Medicine used "mysterious oil" in the Duke of Ganmaling. Bian became famous, which made Servis have to think of some strange pictures.

Maybe Lude himself is using the magic medicine of the God of Medicine Sect?

It was not clear what was going on in Servis's mind, and Lu De couldn't help being taken aback when he saw her talking and laughing with Eru in the assembly hall.

For this woman, Lu De's evaluation in his heart is slippery, a sophisticated person!After all, it is impossible for this kind of people who travel all over the world to make a living by performing arts to live so well.

But Lude is also very curious, why does this guy appear here?

Lude came here mainly to talk to Eru about something.Taking advantage of the current harmonious relationship between him and the God of War Cult, Lu De hopes to directly use the other party's ready-made relationship network to purchase some things that cannot be bought locally from the outside world.

The clever Serves could vaguely see that Luther and Eru should have a serious matter to talk about, and no matter what they wanted to talk about, as a person like herself, it was better not to know about it.

So Servis politely said that she had something to leave, and before leaving, she did not forget to remind Eru that she remembered to come to see their circus performance tomorrow evening.

After Serves left, Lude noticed that Eru was still staring at the other's leaving back with a bewildered face, so he stretched out his hand and shook it in front of his eyes. Only then did Eru come back to his senses, feeling a little embarrassed Said.

"I'm sorry, Lord Lude, I, I was thinking about something just now."

"No need to explain, the old man is also someone who has experienced it, so he understands everything."

Lude said with a smile on his face, and then took out a letter from his arms and handed it to Eru, asking him to use the letter crows raised by the God of War Cult to send it to the bishop of Ural, who is currently going to the capital to compete for the position of archbishop.

Luther had already learned about Eru's identity and background from his second brother Erwin. He is the youngest son of the Masdak family. It was discovered that he had the qualifications to become a priest, so he was sent to practice in the God of War Sect.

This kid was Narad's disciple before, but now he is the correspondent between Lud and Ural, responsible for delivering messages to both ends.

Logically speaking, for such a sensitive position, Ural should appoint a trustworthy confidant, but in the end he chose Elu, a member of the former hostile faction. Obviously, he wanted to use this move to send a message to Masdak behind Elu. The home sends a "friendly" signal.

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After returning from the meeting place of the God of War Cult, Lu De had a stack of circus tickets in his pocket.Tickets are not made of paper, but small wooden signs carefully carved.This is a small gift that Servis offered to Lude and Elu before leaving, allowing them to watch their circus performances for free.

Lu De was not very interested at the beginning. As a traveler who has seen the advanced culture of the earth, the traditional entertainment items on the other side of the world seemed to him boring and boring, which could not satisfy his spiritual needs at all. At that time, it is better to start writing by yourself and write some self-produced and self-selling small books!

But Lu De immediately thought that he was not interested, but maybe his girls would like it, and maybe relaxing occasionally would help balance work and rest.

So Lude, who returned to the temple, announced at dinner that he would take everyone to watch the circus performance tomorrow night.

Hearing this news, everyone present had different expressions. Shanisi, who went out with Lude during the day, knew about it a long time ago, so she was very calm at the moment, while Hume was not very interested, but if everyone They all go, and she doesn't mind following along to join in the fun.

Only Aina, because she is still having trouble with Lude, so she obviously wants to go, but she can't hold back her face, and her expression can be said to be very understandable.

At the critical moment, Romean once again assumed the important role of a considerate "caring little angel", and took the initiative to go to Aina's side to hold her hand, begging Aina to accompany her to watch circus show.

There is one thing to say, after calming down for nearly two days, Aina is actually not as angry as she was at the beginning, so when she heard that there was a circus show, she actually wanted to go. It's just to express happiness honestly on the face.

Fortunately, Romean came out at this time and helped her find a step down, and Aina then went down the donkey, "reluctantly" agreeing to go together.

In this way, Lu De took "the whole family" and arrived at the grain drying field in the village on time the next evening. The Rainbow Circus had already set up a big tent for performances here, and there was a sign holding a sign at the door. Clowns are buying tickets.

The notice board considers that most of the low-level civilians are illiterate, so three large copper plates are drawn on the sign to inform the villagers who come here how much the ticket price is.

certainly!The ticket price fluctuates with the wealth of the performance area, and the price is not completely fixed.

Relying on the free tickets given by Servis, the clown directly let Lude and his party through the door.

Before entering the door, Lu De thought that the environment structure inside was similar to the circus he had seen in movies in his previous life, but when he entered, he realized that he was overthinking again. There were no circular stepped seats at all. It is simply surrounded by a wooden fence, the performance space is inside the circle, and the audience stands outside the fence to watch.

In fact, if you think about it carefully, there is nothing difficult to understand. The [-] or so people in the circus usually go on tours all over the country. The performance props are already laborious enough, and it is obviously unrealistic to prepare a bunch of extra seats.

And there is another unexplainable advantage of not placing seats, that is, more audiences can be accommodated in the venue, and standing can save a lot of space than sitting.

In fact, most villagers don't care whether they sit or stand.

The only thing worthy of praise in the whole venue is a magic lamp hanging high in the center of the tent. Because it provides a light source, there is no need to place lighting torches in the venue, which saves a lot of space.

When Lu De and his party entered the arena, there were already many people in the tent.Although Songshu Village is not very rich at the moment, at least life is going well. The villagers generally have hope and feel that life has something to look forward to. Therefore, even if it is the busy farming season, they are willing to spend a little money to make themselves and their families happy.

Without waiting for a while, the tent, which was not too big, was already full of eagerly awaited spectators. Lude estimated that there were about 200 people, and he also saw Eru not far away.

At this time, accompanied by a copper sound, a clown came to the venue and announced the official start of the performance to the audience with a rather funny voice.Then, accompanied by a burst of brisk drum music, a group of men and women in colorful costumes ran out from the actor's aisle, performing various acrobatics around the venue.

There is one thing to say, the actors performed very hard, and most of the villagers were very happy watching. The children shouted excitedly, while the adults applauded. Several scantily clad actresses blew their whistles, creating a lively atmosphere.

Actuated by this atmosphere, Aina, who was originally sullen on purpose, soon lost her composure, jumping up and down like a child, and once again a bright smile like an angel bloomed on her cute little face.

Seeing this, Lu De, who was standing behind, couldn't help showing a relieved smile on his face, and at the same time couldn't help feeling that his current mentality was really becoming more and more like an old father.

The performances of the circus came one after another, and soon came to the final show "The Canary Humming a Love Song", which was performed by Servis, who is the leader of the circus.

As the announcer read the name of the program, the light of the magic lamp above his head quickly dimmed, temporarily plunging the scene into darkness. When the light came on again, Serves, who was wearing a long apricot dress, was already hanging on the In the middle of the arena, a melodious ballad was hummed softly, with a dignified and elegant posture.

The stage effect is good, but this impression is limited to ordinary people who cannot see through the darkness. Because Lude is also the God of the Three Gods, he has the night vision ability shared by the God of Thieves Hume, so he can clearly see. Weiss seemed to be running up in the dark holding the hem of her skirt.

They ran up together, and there were two big men in black who looked like ninjas. These two buddies were responsible for lifting Servis to the boom, and then had to run back before the eyes of the surrounding audience began to adapt to the darkness. One of them For this reason, he fell in a very embarrassing situation and crawled back with his hands and feet.

In view of the fact that he witnessed this scene in the dark with his own eyes, when Lude saw Serves again, he no longer felt astonished at all, and even almost laughed unkindly.

Sure enough, it's not easy to do anything, and actors work hard enough.

But to be honest, Serves sang well, and listening to the lyrics is not just a pile of rhetoric, but a story of bitter love.The plot seems a bit old-fashioned to Rudd, but it still seems to be the case.

Serves sang while doing various acrobatic movements with a high degree of difficulty on the boom. At the same time, her singing was steady and quiet, without any change in tone due to the violent movements. Lude estimated It means that the other party should have practiced martial arts.

At this time, some other actors came on stage, surrounded Servis, and started performing like backup dancers.Although the action is still in the style of acrobatics, Lu De can clearly see that they are playing the characters in the lyrics, which gives the whole performance a bit of a stage play.

"Hmm! It's interesting."

After watching the whole performance, Lu De felt that the last acrobatic stage play was interesting, and the most commendable thing was their acting spirit.

Before coming to see the performance, Lu De once heard Hume say that in this world, whether it is a self-proclaimed singing and dancing troupe or an acrobatic troupe, the vast majority of entertainers are actually following the vulgar route, relying on the most naked meat to attract the audience's attention. Some are simply "mobile kilns", and actors have clearly marked prices.

In contrast, Servis's Rainbow Circus also sells meat, but at least it sells with a bottom line, and they have not given up on the pursuit of art. In terms of realm alone, they are higher than those who are not enterprising. Make a difference.

Soon, Service's performance was over, and Lu De took the lead in applauding their hard work, and now there was warm applause.

Sevis jumped down from the boom, calmed down a little, and then led her team members to bow to the audience.

Their first performance in Pine Tree Village was very successful. Although they deliberately lowered the ticket price to the lowest level, they did not expect that the first performance would be sold out.Thinking that there was another place suitable for a tour, Servis couldn't stop smiling.

The whole performance lasted about an hour, and the audience left with some unfinished business, while the actors retreated to the backstage for a short rest, so as to recover some energy for the second performance.

Under normal circumstances, they start the show after five o'clock, and generally can perform two to three shows in a loop, and one show can be watched by 200 people.

According to Serves' past experience, if the local people are very rich and there is no competition from other peers, at most two-thirds of the population may come to watch, which means that the entire Pine Tree Village can provide them with about With 2000 viewers, there were ten performances.

A total of sixty silver coins is considered a very good income.

But Serves knew that this amount of money was indeed quite a "huge sum" for them, but it was nothing compared to those well-known song and dance troupes that were resident in first-tier big cities and praised by nobles. People may have more than this number for just one ticket.

Ten years ago, Serves, who had just become famous for her beautiful singing voice, also uttered bold words, determined to make a name for herself in the singing and dancing industry, and one day make her own Rainbow Circus famous all over the world.

But it is a pity that ten years have passed, and Servis, who has changed from a young lady to a big sister, is still as tepid as her Rainbow Circus, and their audience is limited to commoners and a few low-level nobles, but for the real high-level Said, the name of the Rainbow Circus, they may not have even heard of it.

When she thought that in a few years, she might change from the current big sister to the big mother in the eyes of others, Servis felt sad, because there was not much time left for her to continue to work hard.

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The first day of the circus' performance in Pine Tree Village was very successful, and the spending power of the local people was affirmed by Servis, who officially joined her tour line.

Next, they plan to stay in the local area for about three days. Two days are used for performances, three performances are performed every day, and the third day is a short rest for the members to relax before setting off for the next town.

Since the performance starts in the evening, during the daytime, Serves will usually let the troupe members rest well, so as to recharge their batteries for the evening performance.And she will walk around the village to see if she can find a few "good seedlings" that are worth cultivating from the local area and absorb some fresh blood.

In most cases, small circuses with a relatively small number of people are purely family groups. Everyone in the group is related to each other. family business.

On a larger scale, like the Rainbow Circus, although the core members are still blood-related relatives, they will also absorb some outsiders, and these outsiders can be divided into two types.

One is those who are talented. This type of people is generally more complicated. Some are self-taught, and some are from other circuses.If the former club couldn’t continue to operate, it would be better if it was disbanded. I’m afraid it’s the kind of scum who was kicked out by the old club because of misconduct. Into a ticking time bomb.

So in comparison, Servis prefers another, more secure method of recruiting new students, which is to recruit underage apprentices, and buy children between the ages of five and ten to train them by themselves.

This so-called "apprenticeship contract" is actually a disguised form of human trafficking in essence, but it's not so ugly to say it.

As for buying a child, Servis didn't have any psychological burden, and even felt that she was doing a good deed.Because any low-level civilians who are poor enough to sell their children must sell them because they cannot afford to support them. She bought these children, fed them, clothed them, and taught them real skills. There is more hope in a poor home.

Serves had trained three apprentices before, and they were really raised as if they were her own daughters.As a result, it seemed that they were about to start performing on stage, but accidents happened one after another.One fell ill and died, one was snatched away by wild animals in the wilderness, and the last one, whom Serves had the most high hopes for, eloped with a wild man who didn't know where he came from. Serves was so angry that she couldn't do it for many days. It's time to eat.

Servis could tell that Pine Tree Village was very rich, but no matter how rich the place was, there would definitely be poor people.You might find the right one for yourself.

However, after walking around for a long time, Servis soon discovered that there was not even a single child in the village in broad daylight.Neither played in the village nor went to the fields to help with work.

Serves remembered very clearly that during the performance last night, there were a total of three performances, and a lot of children came in one after another, but they couldn't see any of them in the village at this moment during the day, which seemed very abnormal .

"Strange, why are the children gone?"

With this kind of doubt, Servis came to the east end of the village, and saw a very "strange" house here.

Different from most of the wooden buildings in the village, this large house is extravagantly made of bricks, tiles and even marble, and there are two militiamen from the self-police regiment standing guard at the door.At first glance, it looks like a rich man's mansion, but upon closer inspection, it doesn't quite look like it.

Just when Serves was wondering, a crisp bell rang inside the courtyard wall, and after a while, she saw the doors of the long houses inside the wall open, and a large group of children poured out from inside.Sevis suddenly realized that all the children she hadn't seen before were here.

"What's the situation? Is this a workshop for child labor?"

Driven by the tendency of curiosity, Servis took the initiative to inquire with the militiamen at the gate, and the answer she got surprised her a little, it turned out to be the school in the village.

"School? A border village has its own school!?"

The militiaman's answer stunned Servis, because in her traditional cognition, the concept of "basic education for all" did not exist at all.

When the Rainbow Circus first arrived in Pine Tree Village, Serves had indeed heard that Lude, the priest of the God of Medicine Sect, had established a school there, but she thought at the time that this school, like private schools in many towns, only catered to Children of the rich who can afford tuition.

But the situation in Pine Tree Village is completely different. The school run by Lu De actually recruits almost all children under the age of 12 in the village.

So Serves asked the militia another key question, can the families of those students really afford the tuition fees?As a result, the militiaman looked at her strangely, like a foreigner, and pointed to the stone tablet on the school gate.

"This is Brewster College, which was established by the God of Medicine Sect. As long as you are a child from this village, you can come to school here for free!"

The militiamen who said this looked proud, and they did not forget to brag about how good the treatment in the school is. Not only does it not charge tuition fees, but there is also a cafeteria in the school, and the children who come to school can have a rather hearty lunch.

And Serves was completely stunned when she heard this, because just looking at the materials and scale of the house, she deduced that the cost of the school should be more than one thousand gold coins, and the students who came to school here not only did not accept Tuition fees, and even food, it seems that this priest is purely free of money!

Serves, who has traveled all over the world, knows very well that although the priests of most sects always advertise themselves as "the representatives of the gods in the mortal world" and like to brag about how fair and benevolent they are, in fact they are not much different from those noble lords. All I think about is how to extract oil and water from civilians in the name of God, which is just a little more hypocritical.

After so many years, she has never met any priest who is willing to use their noble magic skills on poor people who cannot afford high fees.

As for Lude, Serves didn't think he was any different from other priests at first, with a look of compassion on his face, but he sells potions like "mysterious oil" that can cure men's unspeakable secrets, so he doesn't care about him. No matter how sanctimonious he looks on the outside, he must be a dishonest old woman in his heart.

However, it is such a guy who sells magic oil, but spends a lot of gold coins to build a school that does not charge tuition fees, and teaches a group of farmers' children for free. This is completely beyond Servis's common sense, and she finds it difficult to understand.

At this moment, Servis suddenly saw not far away, Lude himself was surrounded by a group of children, coming out of one of the classrooms, the old priest with a snow-white beard looked kindly smiling.

As if sensing that someone was standing by the school gate, Lude looked up and walked towards Servis.

"Good morning, Miss Service, what's the matter?"

"Uh... nothing, just passing by here, so... a little curious."

Serves didn't have the nerve to say directly that she was wandering around the village in order to buy a few children to go back to be apprentices, and only explained that she was interested in the school.

After hearing this, Lu De smiled and did not suspect him, because the school he built was indeed very eye-catching, and after knowing the usefulness of it, he would feel incredible.This world does not yet have the concept of "basic education", so as early as when Lude was still teaching children in the temple, some people were already puzzled by his strenuous but not necessarily pleasing behavior.

So out of a complex psychology of pride and wanting to prove himself, Lude generously extended an invitation to Serves. If she is really interested in the school, she is allowed to be free in the school without disturbing the children in class. Visit, there is nothing shady here after all.

So driven by curiosity, Servis entered the campus.

Thanks to last night's performance, Servis is now considered a celebrity in Pine Tree Village. Many people present have watched last night's performance, and some are planning to go tonight, or are still begging for their own parents.