novelsite Chapter 961 Pollution is coming!
Chapter 961 Pollution is coming!
Chapter 961 Pollution is coming!
The maid doll pressed the button for the 12th floor.
Xia Hongyao watched the elevator buttons flashing as it moved. She asked curiously, "Miss Maid, does this building really have 18 floors?"
"Yes, ma'am!"
The maid was very polite.
Xia Hongyao took a step closer to Lin Baici, covered her mouth with her hand, and whispered: "This building might be a taboo object!"
"what?"
Hua Yueyu was surprised: "But if that's the case, aren't they in the midst of pollution?"
Even if you are a God Hunter, something bad will happen if you stay in the pollution of rules.
"That Uncle Nine was one of the first batch of god hunters. Up to now, he has fought in many battles and explored countless god ruins. Even if you use your toes to guess, you can tell how many top-grade forbidden items he has obtained!"
"With so many good things, you can't carry them all with you, right?"
"definitely!"
Gu Qingqiu looked at the elevator: "What if he takes all his belongings with him and falls into trouble? He might lose everything, but if he keeps them in one place, he still has the capital to make a comeback!"
"Heroes think alike!"
Xia Hongyao gave a thumbs up: "Uncle Jiu chose this Kowloon Hall as his lair. After so many years, I have never heard of any thefts happening here!"
"Do you think those money-hungry guys would let go of this opportunity?"
Hua Yueyu and Jin Yingzhen shook their heads.
Now, Uncle Jiu is extremely famous, and no one dares to touch the beard of this tiger. However, in the early years, someone definitely had the idea of taking over this guild hall, but no relevant news has been circulated.
This means that those who come here either return empty-handed or die immediately.
"So, the defense level of this hall must be very high!"
Xia Hongyao looked at the maid doll and said, "Maybe this is a super powerful divine object!"
Lin Baici smiled, moved a step unnoticeably, stood in front of Jin Yingzhen and Hua Yueyu, and gave Gu Qingqiu a look at the same time.
Gu Qingqiu saw it.
The elevator quickly reached the 12th floor, and with a ding, the door opened.
"Everyone, please!"
The maid doll pressed the elevator shutter button and made a gesture of invitation.
Xia Hongyao was about to go out, but the next second, she stopped.
"Eh?"
Gao Mawei frowned, stretched her neck, and looked to the left outside: "Why do I feel something is wrong?"
Outside the elevator is a small corridor. Turn left to reach the office area on the 12th floor.
"Follow me!"
Lin Baici gave some instructions and walked out.
"Your sixth sense is really strong!"
Gu Qingqiu was convinced.
Xia Hongyao has an average IQ and poor reasoning ability, but her perception is extremely sharp.
"What do you mean?"
Xia Hongyao looked confused and didn't understand yet.
"dangerous?"
Hua Yueyu reacted.
"Stay away from that puppet maid!"
Gu Qingqiu reminded as he walked out of the elevator.
Her words made Jin Yingzhen and Hua Yueyu run out of the elevator like rabbits whose tails were stepped on, and they immediately looked back at the maid doll.
The maid doll was very well behaved. Although she was suspected, she was not angry. Instead, she continued to lead the way diligently. However, when she turned around and saw the corridor, she was dumbfounded.
Because on both sides of the corridor, the doors of the rooms were gone, leaving only bare walls with some ancient scrolls hanging on them.
At the end of the corridor, there is a Chinese-style red-painted door. The animal-head door knocker on the door looks ferocious and terrifying, and its two eyes are staring straight at us.
"what?"
Hua Yueyu was shocked: "What's going on? Is this a rule pollution?"
"Is this the welcome ceremony arranged by Yudan Lao?"
Xia Hongyao asked in a low voice.
"You are such an optimist!"
Lin Baici teased.
"Is the Kowloon Pavilion going to attack us?"
Jin Yingzhen frowned deeply. Lin Baici is currently the hottest supernova in Jiuzhou. Not to mention certain foreign organizations, even inside the Jiuzhou Security Bureau, there are people who are unhappy with him and hope that he will be finished soon.
"It should just be an accident!"
Lin Baici's analysis.
"You've already seen the problem?"
Xia Hongyao looked at Lin Baici's expression and didn't seem surprised at all. She then looked at Gu Qingqiu and said, "You noticed it too?"
"Yudan Lao respects his alumni very much. Even if Yudan Lao doesn't come, there's still Li Yintong, who is an avid fan of his alumni. But when we came to visit them, they didn't even come out to greet us!"
Gu Qingqiu looked at the scrolls: "Do you think it's appropriate?"
"Yes!"
Xia Hongyao suddenly realized that in a country like Jiuzhou where etiquette is valued, Yudan Lao's behavior is considered neglectful. The customer might not even come to visit and just turn around and leave.
To put it bluntly, Yudan Lao wanted to be friends with Lin Baici, but he didn't show up?
So something must have gone wrong!
"Damn it, why didn't I think of that?"
Xia Hongyao knocked her head in annoyance.
Jin Yingzhen and Hua Yueyu looked at each other. They wanted to say, since you have already discovered the problem, why did you come in?
"I only thought of this when I saw that the maid did not inform Yudan Lao, but brought us up directly."
Lin Baici spread his hands: "I guess we have been polluted, so I am too lazy to withdraw!"
"Besides, we are friends with Yudan Lao and Yintong after all. If they are in danger, we should lend a hand!"
Lin Baici looked at Gu Qingqiu: "You should have discovered it earlier than me, right?"
This alumnus' IQ and reasoning ability should be higher than mine.
"The maid doll's reaction to seeing us was too dull. For a guest like you, Yudan Lao would have given it a solemn instruction not to neglect the guest. If he didn't, there would only be one reason why Yudan Lao would come down to greet you personally, but he didn't show up!"
Gu Qingqiu did not remind Lin Baici because he was worried that Lin Baici would withdraw directly for the safety of Hua Yueyu and Jin Yingzhen. In this way, there is a high probability that he will not be able to enjoy the benefits of this pollution of rules.
In addition, there is also the possibility of alerting the enemy.
"What should we do now?"
Hua Yueyu turned around and glanced at the elevator: "Is it possible to get out?"
"there is always a solution to a problem!"
Lin Baici walked forward at a slow pace, observing the scrolls on the wall.
There are landscape paintings, paintings of ladies, and paintings of flowers and birds...
They are all very freehand!
“These Chinese paintings are obviously from the hands of masters!”
Jin Yingzhen exclaimed.
The corridor was more than fifty meters long, with more than a hundred scrolls hanging on both sides. Lin Baici looked through them but found no common points.
Everyone came to the big door.
The maid doll grabbed the door knocker and knocked twice.
Boom!
"Uncle Yu?"
"Brother Qiao?"
The maid doll called out.
No one responded, but the door opened with a rusty creaking sound on its hinges.
Directly opposite is a screen wall.
On the screen wall is a traditional Chinese painting, with common people, bailiffs, and hooligans...
They are all moving, as if "Along the River During the Qingming Festival" has come alive on this screen wall.
The maid doll raised her foot and stepped over the threshold. The moment her right foot landed on the ground, her entire body turned into a puff of green smoke and disappeared.
"what?"
Hua Yueyu was startled.
"Are we still going in?"
Jin Yingzhen turned around and glanced at the corridor.
"Of course come in!"
Xia Hongyao rolled up her sleeves and said, "I'll go first!"
Gao Ponytail raised her foot, but was grabbed by Lin Baici.
"Why are you so anxious?"
Lin Baici looked at the screen wall: "Let's take a look at this thing first. Maybe the key to purifying this rule pollution lies on it!"
What appears on the screen wall is the daily life of those ancient people.
Lin Baici and the others felt like they were watching a costume movie, a silent movie without sound.
Suddenly, the crowd on the street became panicked. A group of constables in black clothes rushed across the street and pasted some papers on the wall.
When the constables dispersed, people gathered around.
"What's written on it?"
Hua Yueyu rubbed her eyes.
"Can't see clearly!"
Xia Hongyao widened her eyes.
[It's time to go in. If you don't, new cases will appear! ]
Ghoul God spoke.
When Lin Baici heard this, he stopped observing the screen wall and said, "Xiaoyu, Yingzhen, grab my clothes!"
"gone!"
After Lin Baici and the other two girls grabbed his sleeves, he stepped over the threshold, and then his entire body turned into a puff of green smoke.
Jin Yingzhen and Hua Yueyu got rid of it.
"noob!"
Hua Yueyu was nervous.
"Hurry up!"
Xia Hongyao urged, pushing the two of them and rushing into the gate.
……
Lin Baici's eyes suddenly went dark. When his vision returned, he saw himself on a long street.
The ground was compacted dirt and was very dirty, with mule and horse dung. A foul smell drifted over with the breeze. On both sides of the street were some low houses.
The pedestrians on the street were all wearing tattered clothes, and the whole world was filled with a gray hue.
"Where did this come from?"
Lin Baici knew that this was a small town in ancient times, but he couldn't tell which dynasty it belonged to: Tang, Song, Yuan, or Ming!
"Red medicine! Little fish!"
Lin Baici knew that shouting like that was quite dangerous, but he wanted to find them as soon as possible.
No one responded.
Lin Baici frowned.
Most of the pedestrians on the street were in a hurry, but there were also a few who stared at Lin Baici.
Lin Baici looked around and immediately ran into an alley.
When arriving in a strange place, the first thing to do is to try to blend in and not be treated as an alien, so after Lin Baici entered the alley, he jumped onto a wall.
He crouched down, observed carefully for a few minutes, found an empty house, and jumped in.
When Lin Baici came out again, he was already wearing cloth clothes.
But Lin Baici was too tall and the clothes didn't fit him. He was also too fair and healthy. There was no other way, so Lin Baici found a bamboo hat from a farmyard and covered his head with it.
Lin Baici came to the street again and listened to the natives talking.
Fortunately, although it has an accent from some unknown place, at least I can hear a little bit.
Lin Baici walked forward a little further and saw a group of people surrounding a high wall, talking.
He stepped forward immediately.
There were some papers pasted on the wall, but they were not about arresting bandits, but notices issued by the prefect.
The Lantern Festival was approaching, and the emperor wanted to celebrate with the people, so he asked beautiful women from all over the country to be presented as tribute.
The prefect had just gathered a group of beauties and was preparing to send them to the capital, but the mansion where the beauties lived suddenly caught fire.
The next day, after the fire was put out, the prefect did not see any dead bodies, so he thought that the beauties either ran away or were kidnapped.
Whatever the possibility, these women must be captured, hence the reward notice.
Capture a woman and you’ll be rewarded with one thousand taels of silver!
This is definitely a huge sum of money, which shows how anxious the prefect is.
Also!
If someone reported the loss of a woman who was presented to the emperor, the prefect would probably lose his job and be exiled, which would be the lightest punishment. He might even be executed for deceiving the emperor.
"Is this pollution going to find a beauty for the emperor?"
Lin Baici muttered to himself, looking at the row of notices below.
There are twelve pictures in total, each with a portrait of a person.
As expected, it was the missing concubines, but the problem was...
Is this painting too abstract?
Anyone who can find a person based on these portraits is definitely not a human being, but a fortune teller, because it is all calculated.
and many more……
Lin Baici was originally complaining, but when he thought of this, an idea suddenly occurred to him.
Could it be that the painter is one of the suspects?
Did he deliberately paint it like this just to prevent people from finding those beauties?
Lin Baici looked around and deliberately laughed loudly: "You call them beauties? Cuihua from the Wang family in my village is prettier than them!"
"Young man, you are from out of town, right?"
An uncle spoke up.
What I can't stand most is these outsiders looking down on others.
"The one on the far left is the daughter of Shen Caishen's family, known as the most beautiful woman in Shuntian Prefecture!"
The uncle sneered: "This portrait is a little ugly. If you saw the real person, you would definitely lose your soul!"
"What about the second one?"
Lin Baici asked.
"The second one is the prostitute of Xiaoxiang Tower. Her flute skills are unparalleled in the world and can express all the emotions in the world!"
The uncle was shaking his head, looking drunk.
"Have you heard of it?"
Lin Baici thought to himself, this prefect is so bold that he even dares to offer a prostitute from a brothel to the emperor?
What does this woman look like?
"no!"
The uncle sighed, "It costs 120 taels of silver to drink a cup of tea and listen to a flute. I am really short of money..."
"I invite you!"
Lin Baici laughed.
"Really?"
The old man's eyes lit up, and then he shook his head: "Unfortunately, Miss Xiaoxiao has died in the sea of fire!"
"What if she doesn't want to accompany the emperor and uses his corpse to escape..."
Before Lin Baici finished speaking, the people around him dispersed as if they had heard a ghost story.
"What do you mean? Is there something hidden?"
Lin Baici frowned and immediately followed the old man.
The old man's legs were quite fast, but no matter how fast he was, he was not as fast as Lin Baici. When he walked into the second alley, he was blocked by Lin Baici.
"You...what do you want to do?"
The old man thought he was being robbed and was shaking with fear.
"Why are you running?"
Lin Baici felt regretful. If he had gotten a knife in advance, the deterrent effect would have been stronger. Now he could only pinch his finger bones and said, "But what did I say wrong?"
"What you said offends the Holy Mountain. If you are caught, you will be beheaded!"
The old man avoided her gaze, he didn't want to be implicated.
"Please introduce to me the selected beauties!"
Lin Baici stared at the old man and said, "If you dare to tell a lie, I'll punch you!"
(End of this chapter)