If the ring hadn't jumped a few times in the gray cloth bag this morning, Zheng Qing would have almost forgotten that he had also joined a secret student underground organization.
On the one hand, although he has experienced a little more things recently, whether he hunts crows thousands of miles, fights with black wizards in the silent forest, or the small residence in Qingqiu Mansion and the establishment of the Fringe Academy, each of them makes him scratch his head very much, so that he often thinks of Du Shaoling's words, "White hair scratches shorter, and he can't stand the hair."
On the other hand, it is also because the seven deadly sins are too ‘Buddhist’.
Due to the original intention of the establishment, the organizational structure of this society was extremely loose, and each member had great freedom, just like the last one who could be guilty once described to him - rather than saying that this is a club, it is better to say that it is a tea break club, where everyone is a casual guest sitting in a strange cafe, with absolute freedom under strict constraints.
In short, as the current "crime envoy", Zheng Qing, although he assumed the role of "referee" in this secret society, he did not have much coercive force. His most common job was instead acting as a "broker" between the seven deadly sins and other organizations.
Just like today.
When an organization outside the school with seven deadly sins contact information tries to entrust tasks, the only thing he can find is his "sinful envoy". The first thing he has to do is communicate with the other seven members and coordinate the meeting time.
"Can you refuse this task?"
This is Xiao Xiao’s first reaction after hearing Zheng Qing’s brief description of the task: “Didn’t you just said two days ago that you have a monthly salary of 700 to 800 jade coins? You shouldn’t need a bounty of just a hundred jade coins.”
Zheng Qing coughed dryly, and from the corner of his eyes he glanced at Tuantuan with his ears pricked up and Fatty Xin who seemed to be waking up soon. He quickly pulled Xiao Xiao and walked out of the dormitory.
"Walk while walking, talk while walking." When going out, the young assistant taught a skillfully slapped two invisible talismans on his body, and habitually lowered his voice: "...Don't delay your morning class."
Xiao laughed and shook his sleeves, and walked forward.
The clouds of last night have not completely disappeared, and the sky is gray, as if it will rain and snow at any time. The breeze in the early morning has rustled, changing the gentleness of the previous few days, and regaining the coldness of winter, making people feel that it is not early spring but early winter.
Zheng Qing walked invisible and couldn't help but tighten his robe.
On the third day of school, he was not sure what happened to other colleges, but Jiuyou Academy has quickly returned to the normal learning rhythm. Students who were rushing in the morning can be seen everywhere, some of whom went to do morning classes, but more people rushed to get a good seat when Shushan Pavilion opened.
"Rejection is naturally something that can be rejected."
After walking halfway to Feiyuan, Zheng Qing thought about it and expressed his thoughts: "But I think, even if I refuse this kind of commission, he will find other organizations to do it... Instead of avoiding the scoundrels that were knocked from somewhere, it is better to hold the stick in his own hands. Even if he accidentally bumped into it in the future, at least he would be mentally prepared."
Xiao Xiao nodded slightly, obviously accepting Zheng Qing's point of view.
"Can you confirm the identity of the contactor?" He changed to another angle: "Can you identify which organization or wizard was entrusted to you?"
"impossible."
Zheng Qing's tone immediately became a little more frustrated: "The Seven Deadly Sins have been established for more than 400 years. I probably don't have 300 rings and there are 200 rings... I dare not say that they have been connected with wizard organizations of all sizes in the alliance, but it should be a big problem to set up a line with most organizations. This is why, after I took over this position last year, I wanted to learn about the information of other organizations but later gradually gave up. I can't figure it out, and I can't figure it out at all."
"Then follow the procedure and take it slowly."
After entering Feiyuan, Xiao Xiao began to slowly stretch his muscles and his voice became more gritty: "... In short, the initiative in this matter is in your hands... As long as you don't jump back on your own, there is a high probability that there will be no danger... I read the old calendar in the morning. Today is not allowed to travel, pray, and hold meetings; it is appropriate to clean and pave the way. So, don't set your meeting time today, so there is no big problem."
Finally, this comment and suggestions from a few professional perspectives gave the young teaching assistant great psychological comfort.
Because they do not know their true identities, the contact between members of the Seven Deadly Sins cannot be achieved through paper cranes or blue birds, but by their respective identity rings.
At the end of the morning class, Zheng Qing had consulted all seven members about their free time.
Then, while Sima Yangyun, the teacher of the first magic history, had not yet arrived in the classroom, he listed the replies given by the other seven people on a blank parchment paper - Lucifer, Leviathan, and Belfinger were just right, saying that any time is possible on Saturday and Sunday; Samar and Mamen deducted Sunday night time on these two days; Bezeb and Asmod said that there was no time limit.
A group of cunning guys.
This is the only evaluation given by Zheng Qing.
He did feel a little thoughtful, and wanted to take this contact opportunity to guess the real identities of several devils based on the time the devils responded - at least to narrow the range of suspiciousness - but the time they gave was too vague. The two slightly less vague, such as Samar and Mamen, seemed to leave Sunday night time, as if they needed to attend class meetings (this is a unique arrangement for Jiuyou Academy), but Zheng Qing clearly remembered that Samar's irritable natural aggression was the most suspected of Starry Sky Academy among all members.
Thinking of this, he shook his head, kneaded the parchment paper into a ball, and stuffed it into a gray cloth bag.
"…Brother Zha finally stopped on the front page today."
The sound of Fatty Xin folding the newspaper came from his ears, which made Zheng Qing feel excited: "As long as you are well-behaved these two days and no longer cause trouble, then I think you can take off the invisibility talisman next week."
A stack of folded newspapers were quietly plugged towards Zheng Qing along the gap between the table and chairs, and then disappeared silently into the air.
"I have always been very regular..." The young assistant teacher muttered with no confidence, quickly flipping through several pages of the newspaper on his knees, with a satisfied smile on his face.
There is indeed a lot less news about him.
In contrast, editors of Beta Town Post seemed more interested in the weekend celebration of the parade initiated by the 'Please Give Me a Frog' on the shore of Linzhong Lake, and also gave a picture of the huge frog.
However, under the water in the corner of the picture, a pair of fishman's dark yellow eyes were revealed, which added a few nervous colors to the whole picture.