The city of Serokhia is divided into the South City and the North City by the rivers passing through the city. The vast and neat bluestone avenues and luxurious pavilions and towers of the North City surrounded the eternal Yongchen Palace under the gaze of Emperor Knous, telling the glory and glory of the Holy Auckland Empire.

But the South City is another world. Walking along several straight avenues connected to the North City through stone bridges, I saw low and compact buildings on both sides, and the narrow and winding alleys were hidden in the buildings, which seemed a bit deep. The simple-dressed citizens either walked in a hurry, chatted loudly, or shouted rudely; the civilian children ran around while playing, spreading their innocent noise and joy.

Compared with the solemnity of the North City, the South City has more vanity and vitality of the city.

"Well, relatively speaking, I really prefer Nancheng. The environment in Beicheng is all for the sake of the tall, rich and handsome man. For me, who is not convinced by discipline, it is really too serious." Lu Xi said to the people next to me while walking on the not-so-spacious road in Nancheng.

"Haha, indeed. Walking on the streets of North City, I feel that everyone around me is an extraordinary figure. Any house looks so spectacular, even the streets are as clean as indoors. The place where we live is already considered a wealthy area in Elichar, but it is far worse than the place now. This, for me, the pressure is too great." The person who answered was a young man in his early twenties. He was not handsome and burly, but his figure was quite tall and his temperament was very calm. He was wearing a simple shirt and trousers, boots suitable for running, and a black cloak that covered the long sword hanging around his waist.

These two people are the masters and servants of Lu Xi and Grant.

The apartment found by the Embassy for Lu Xi is located in the Sapphire District of the Consulate, and it is a very high-end community even in the North City. Compared with Chador Street in Elichar, it has a bit of aristocratic and pretentious depression. For Grant, who was born and raised in the countryside, the luxurious tone that was incompatible with his living environment will definitely make him feel very uncomfortable.

""Nonono, Grant children's shoes, as a slim silk, you must be an ambition slim silk. Even if you meet a tall, rich and handsome man, you must not be in a stage fright! Otherwise, you will not be able to push down the white, rich and beautiful woman." Lu Xi shook his finger and said.

A group of seven or eight-year-old children ran past the two of them in a row, and Lu Xi couldn't help but smile: "Well, but I can understand you. I hate the high-quality style of the tall, rich and handsome guys. In fact, the embassy can arrange for us to live here, and save a lot of money... Why not go back and talk to them again."

"Young Master, this is impossible. After all, you are an assistant military officer of the embassy and a central commissioner. If you live in the South District, what should the general officials of the embassy who live in high-end apartments and villas in the North District?"

"What should I do? Move all over here. Anyway, I spend all the money from taxpayers, so shouldn't it be enough to save it?" Lu Xi replied in a low voice. However, he also knew that he was talking nonsense. If all members of a country's embassy lived in a slum, then where is the so-called national system? The diplomatic stage is a competition for national interests, a breeding ground for conspiracy and tricks and open guns and hidden arrows, a battlefield with no blood but more cruel than swords, guns, swords and halberds. However, the participants in such a battlefield must always be a gentleman who is gentle, knowledgeable, and elegant. No matter which world, even a country is so poor that even a king has to beg for food, diplomats must dress up brightly and appropriately. This is the unspoken rule of the diplomatic stage.

However, at present, the theoretical senior diplomat of the Natia Federation Embassy in the Empire, Luxi Berenkast, the "gilded young man sent by the central government", was just wearing simple clothes and a gray cloak. His staff and magic book were hidden in the long cloak, and the Knight's Sword and Misilian Breastplate were not brought at all. After all, his purpose was to explore the venue, not to come and play.

Lu Xi dressed up like this just a pretty young man. At most, he looked like a child of a little nobleman. He would not think of magicians, diplomats, "Embroidered Uniform Guards" or so on.

"Okay, we're here, let's get lunch here." Lu Xi stood by the roadside, pointed to an inconspicuous little restaurant, and said to Grant. The dilapidated door could not cover up the buzzing noises from the restaurant, and even mixed with a lot of unpleasant swear words. The gamblers and the quarrels of the gamblers and the quarrels of the people, forming a unique scene at the bottom of the city.

"Here?" Grant hesitated, "Young Master, there are mixed places like this. If something happens..."

"What can happen? Can it be comparable to the crypt lord, lich and bone dragon?" Lu Xi laughed a few times, pushed open the door without saying a word and walked in. Grant could only sigh and quickly followed. On the wooden door that was swaying, as if a gust of wind could be blown down, there was a brass sign hanging with a line of words engraved on it - Mark Donaldson Bar.

The moment Lu Xi and Grant walked into the bar, the noise inside stopped for a moment, and then they fell into a boiling environment that had been before.

In some malicious attention, Lu Xi walked to the bar carelessly, looking like an old man who had been living for many years. The sturdy boss behind the bar looked at the two guests with a raw face and showed a eager smile: "It's the first time that the guest has visited the small shop, please sit down."

"Boss, two glasses of ale, thank you."

The boss and bartender took the gold coins handed over by Lu Xi and quickly brought two large wooden cups filled with yellow and orange liquid floating with foam.

"The guests are from other places, and they also came to Serokshia to attend the festival?"

"Oh, it's not surprising that you can see that it's my first time here in this store. Why do you know that I'm from another place?"

The strong boss couldn't help but smile and said happily: "Of course it's an accent."

"Accent? Is my Aucklandish language bad?" For a magician, difficult runes are a necessary basic course. With the experience of learning runes, other common languages ​​seem too simple. Every magician in the Academic Alliance is a language expert who knows at least three foreign languages.

Just like Lu Xi himself, in addition to understanding Natia and runes, he is also proficient in Norda Elf, modern Auckland and Vigya. Although he can also use the system to push language skills to the point where all writers look up to, valuable experience values ​​are not used like this.

Modern Auckland is the most influential language in the world and can almost be regarded as an official common language. Lu Xi even believes that his attainments in Auckland should be comparable to those of Aucklanders.

"Haha, it's because it's too standard that it doesn't look like a local." The boss replied happily, "The so-called standard Auckland language is actually quite different from our Serocchia native language."

It seems that the same is true. Lu Xi tilted his head and thought for a while, and couldn't help but laugh.

"You guessed it right, I came from Natia Federation."

"Natya, that legendary sky country?" The boss pointed to the sky and showed a look of astonishment.

"Yes, is there any problem?"

"Haha, I'm just thinking, how many customers have been in Natia recently?"

"Oh, are there any people from the Federation here?" Lu Xi deliberately showed an interesting expression and looked at the guests around him.

"Yes, it is said that they are still from your embassy. But it's noon now, so he is naturally not here. Generally speaking, that guest will come to us for a few drinks almost at night. Well, he is a very generous person."

"What a generous person is just a fool!" A voice full of sneer and sarcasm suddenly interrupted the conversation between the two.

Lu Xi turned around and looked at the person who was talking, a strong man with alcohol and a dim and blurred eyes. Lu Xi never had any good feelings for this uncle Madao who made him drunk in broad daylight. He squinted his eyes and looked at the drunk man, but a smile appeared on his face: "What do you mean?"

"What else can it mean? That idiot Bals has to lose more than a dozen gold coins here every day. Oh, everyone clearly treats him as a fat sheep, but he still comes every day, and he doesn't treat money as money. Are you, the so-called "heavenly people" so rich? Or, are the so-called "heavenly people" all a group of fools?"

"Oh, even the heavenly beings have different differences. Isn't Serokshia, known as the city of glory, the same thing?"

The drunk man curled his lips, as if he wanted to pester something, but Lu Xi raised his head and stared into his eyes.

"Okay, I want to have a meal now. Is there anything else you have?"

"Jon, don't think I don't know what you want to do? Get out, don't bother my guests!" The boss couldn't help but warn. The person named Teduo in front of him was a famous gangster in this district. He had many gangsters under him, often killing stealing, blackmailing, and robbing. In addition, he set up a plan in the tavern with several professional gamblers to cheat money. The powerful and wealthy people would not come to such places. Of course, their main targets were outsiders.

During this period, the money that Bals lost was mainly taken away by these guys. The guest in front of him was weak and elegant, as cute as a doll, and he could not let these guys get hurt.

The boss issued a warning out of morality, but he never thought that Tedo would leave like this, and even prepared to call the police. However, to his surprise, the big and thick drunk man, after a few seconds of stunned silence, nodded obediently: "You said the same thing." Then he turned around and left honestly.

When did I, Donald, have such great face?

The boss was stunned and even started to feel a little complacent. Lu Xi clapped his hands in front of the bar and finally got his attention back.

"What do you want?" The boss narrowed his eyes and squeezed out a smile, looking very happy. He didn't know that the reason why Teduo left obediently was because of the doll-like guest in front of him. When looking straight into the other party's eyes, Lu Xi had already used a simple mind control technique. Sure enough, how could such a street gangster know about magical methods? He easily tricked, which made Lu Xi lose his sense of accomplishment.

After silently chanting the drunkard, the boss had already put the plate of food in front of the two of them.

"Try our famous dishes in Serokshia, black pig barbecue and red sand caviar."

Only the very inconspicuous street shops have real deliciousness. This simple but hearty lunch made Lu Xi completely agree with this view. Half an hour later, he took Grant out of the bar, and at this moment, both the appetite and the intelligence were greatly satisfied.

"Grant, what do you think?" Grant can't speak Oakranian fluently, but at least there is no problem listening. He heard the conversation between Lu Xi and the boss and the drunkard just now.

"At least it is certain that Balls is very suspicious. He lost more than a dozen gold coins every day... an ordinary military officer and counselor in the embassy would not have such income for him to spend anyway."

"What you mean is that he should have already received an income from the buyer, such as a deposit...what do you mean?"

Granite nodded.

"This is strange. Anyone who gets a large amount of black gold and hides it tremblingly can't wait. Why do you suddenly become a big shot? Do you think you are not dying fast enough? How can you be a spy in this world like this?"

"Well, what you said makes sense..."

"Forget it, let's leave Sexiliu and the others here to continue monitoring. Let's go and see Balls."

"Hey? But young master, just come to the door like this, won't you be alerting the snake?"

"It's not like chatting with him, I just take a look from a distance."

"Hey, but..." Grant was still preparing to ask some questions, and suddenly there was a rapid sound of horse hooves behind them, from far to near, and it became clearer and clearer. Amid the unpleasant sounds of kicking and hitting the ground, there were also many screams and scoldings and various injusticable noises, which sounded like a mess.

Lu Xi turned around and on the not-so-wide path behind him, two riders rushed towards him in this direction.

The riders all looked very young, with tender faces of only about twenty years old at most, dressed in exquisite hunting suits, and were wearing exquisite cloaks behind them. They were wearing sturdy horse boots, swords hung around their waists, and the horses under their crotch were elegant and well-proportioned. They also had a strong and vibrant aura when they ran, and they were obviously rare horses.

Such a scene appears in the wild hunting grounds, and someone may praise "A good picture of a galloping horse traveling", but the key is that this is the city.

Could it be that the horse was shocked? However, the rider on the horse was in a panic on his face, and he was clearly full of satisfaction. The pedestrians on the road shouted in panic and avoided them. There were countless stalls on the streets knocked over. Behind the galloping horses, there were messy street scenes and pedestrians cursing.

These two guys are racing horses on the street, right?

When Lu Xi thought of this, he had already secretly pinched a handprint of the ground-sinking technique. If this was the case, he would not mind letting the other party bring a horse and a dog to eat mud.

At this moment, a tall and toned figure appeared in front of Lu Xi, blocking between him and the two horses. The man did not look back, only had a back, but from his waist-length blonde hair and slender figure, he should be a young woman.

"Hey, please avoid it!" Lu Xi shouted at her.

The woman was still indifferent. She waved her arm and held a two-handed sword that appeared in her hand at some point. The hilt of the sword light was nearly half a meter long, and the huge sword body was almost as long as the woman's height. The widest part of the sword ridge was more than twenty centimeters, and the entire blade contained a dangerous cold light.

"Hey, don't be impulsive!" Seeing this giant sword with great visual impact, Lu Xi's sympathy suddenly turned to the two riders, "No matter how you say it, you won't be able to die..."

"Huh!" The woman ignored Lu Xi and waved the giant sword twice in a row. The horse's moaning sound came immediately. They could only feel a chill under their feet, and the hooves on their front body had been neatly cut off. The horse, which had lost its balance, made a painful cry and fell head-on. The rider on his back probably could not have expected such an accident and was thrown out. One fell into the window of the store on Lu Xi's left, and the other flew directly to a manure truck, humming and unable to get up for a long time.

At that moment, almost everyone was petrified. The neat choice and unpretentious sword skills made many people seem to have seen a female war god, oh, no, the female hero appeared. At this moment, the woman turned around and clapped her hands, and the sword disappeared again. Only then did Lu Xi realize that this was actually a very beautiful girl.

Before Lu Xi could carefully taste the appearance of the beautiful girl, the "female hero" quickly ran past Lu Xi and left a sentence by the way: "Run quickly."

"ah?"

"Those two guys are nobles and cannot be caught by his entourage."

"But... it's all nothing to do with me."

"Oh, aristocrats have to deal with civilians, so they don't care whether it is related or not. Otherwise, why are there so many people rushing to be nobles? Moreover, now that I talk to you, everyone present will think that I am in the same group as you."

"Ha? In other words, I was framed by you?"

"Don't be so whining, run away quickly." The woman left this sentence and the man had already run away.

"Ah, Young Master! Are you okay? Yes, it's what they did!" A long distance away, a group of typical dog-legged people rushed over, some rushing to save the two dying riders, while some rushed towards Lu Xi in a fierce manner.

Lu Xi and Grant took a look and joined the escape ranks immediately.

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Chapter completed!