The mountains are very green, the water is very green, and the sky is still what Lin Qi has been familiar with since he was a child. It is white with a little blue inside, and the white blue is followed by a touch of red. ("") But the white clouds are still white clouds.
, blown by the mountain breeze, the clouds lightly crossed the sky and floated leisurely into the distance.
Along the muddy ground that can barely be called a road, the convoy moved forward slowly. Lin Qi and his group walked slowly forward with the convoy, and from time to time helped Aris deal with some emergencies - such as the sudden wheel accident.
If he got stuck in a pit and couldn't move, Lin Qi would ask Bilibili to help the peasants push the cart out of the pit.
As for Alda, this guy is hanging at the back of the team, proudly showing off his majestic muscles to a delicate girl. This delicate girl with long pale golden hair is the one Alda teased in the village.
One person.
Two hundred gold coins, plus ten soybean-sized rubies that made Aris's eyes almost pop out, this girl with an extremely beautiful name, called 'Alita', was handed over by her parents.
Alda. The so-called transfer is actually that Alita was sold to Alda. As for working as a maid or something else, following an earl would have a better future than staying in a small village, right?
For this matter, there was a small episode. Alda bought Alita with a "heavy sum of money". A proud and brave young man in the village resolutely applied to Alda for a duel for his sweetheart. Needless to say the ending,
The evil count knocked out the heroic young man with one punch, and the beautiful girl fell into the clutches of the evil count.
Lin Qi looked back at Alda from time to time. This bastard who is in estrus all year round is seducing Alita here. What should he do with her afterwards? This ordinary girl with no power at all, if she follows Lin Qi
For a group of people, that would be the biggest burden.
Sighing softly, Lin Qi could only rack his brains to plan a way out for Alita. ("") Although he has become hard-hearted in the Black Abyss Prison, he has to divide his partners. If Yunjun suddenly suddenly
If he comes to kill her, Lin Qi will not hesitate to abandon Alita and run away, just like he abandoned Xiong Wanjin's loyal subordinates.
But now that Jun Yun is still venting his anger thousands of miles away, and Alita is such a pretty and lovable girl, Lin Qi can only make more plans for her. Maybe, it seems, probably, this should work?
What Lin Qi lacks now is subordinates who can meet people. Alete is such a pretty girl, a pure human being, and her family background is also very innocent. Of course, she is very good at meeting people.
As we walked all the way from noon to evening, we saw a small village in front of us at the foot of the hillside.
A small river flows quietly around the village. There are probably more than 500 households in the village, which means that the village should have more than 2,000 permanent residents. Directly north of the village, just where the river turns, there is a
A small mansion.
It was a mansion covering an area of about one acre. It was obvious that the builder of the mansion wanted to imitate the specifications of a battle fortress, but this was obviously due to lack of financial resources and manpower. This mansion was also smaller than
Ordinary houses just have a little more defense.
A three-meter-high gable wall, with a two-meter-wide water channel dug out of the wall, diverting running water from the river, is all the defenses of the mansion. And the mansion is obviously quite old. With Lin Qi
Judging by my sharp eyesight, this mansion has a history of at least a hundred years. The mottled walls and the green moss on the walls all indicate the wind and rain this mansion has experienced.
The only thing that Lin Qi could barely notice was the four guards standing outside the main entrance of the house. They were wearing leather armor. Although the craftsmanship was poor, at least it was a brand new set of leather armor. The spears in their hands were also newly forged.
It had a smooth wooden handle and a gleaming spear head. Compared with the spears in the hands of the four soldiers around Lin Qi, whose wooden poles had been bitten by moths and had countless holes, the equipment of the four guards was even more sophisticated.
Gaya laughed softly: "This is a very backward little place, Master. ("")"
Lin Qi smiled and glanced at Jiawu. Jiawu nodded slightly and said excitedly: "Remote, backward, conservative, and closed. Such a place is easy to control, and it is easy to follow one's own wishes.
Change it at will. My master, when I was developing my own sect, I specifically chose this kind of place as my headquarters."
Lin Qi nodded and narrowed his eyes. Gaya's words were exactly what he wanted. Since he came here, he had to do something before leaving. The Abynnes Mountains, together with the canyon passages of the two empires, are a complicated place.
A small power, remote, backward, closed, conservative environment. If Lin Qi didn't do something here, he really wouldn't forgive himself.
Although he has temporarily lost contact with the abyss world, with the power Lin Qi now has on hand, Gaya is a mage in the holy realm, Alda, and Bilibili are the heavens of magic and martial arts, and Gaya's three disciples
He is a heavenly mage, and this power is enough to lay a solid foundation here.
Lin Qi even has Xiong Wanjin by his side. This guy’s personal strength is a bit lacking, but he’s rich!
Lin Qi can't take out a single copper coin from the World Ring now, but Xiong Wanjin has not been sealed. He has sold so many oriental goods in Vias Port City, and the big Vias families all trade with him in cash.
, Lin Qi can borrow a start-up capital from him!
Aris yelled a few times in excitement, and a soldier immediately shouldered a spear and rushed toward the village with long strides.
Lin Qi looked at the soldier from a distance, watching him run across the only avenue in the village and arrived in front of the mansion directly north of the village. Not long after, he saw a man wearing a black dress.
A young man riding a war horse and leading thirty soldiers marched out of the mansion.
By the time Lin Qi and others arrived at the entrance of the village, young men were already greeting them at the entrance with soldiers lined up in two teams.
Seeing Lin Qi and Alda's group, the young man strode forward to greet them. First, he bowed deeply and said, "Welcome to you all, distinguished lords. I am Viscount Qiuri, the owner of this land."
Lin Qi smiled and nodded to Qiu Li. With an implicit smile, he gracefully followed the ancient aristocratic etiquette and greeted each other with Viscount Qiu Li. Lin Qi randomly selected a set of ancient etiquette taught by young people, which was complicated and elegant.
The graceful body movements and elegant prayers made Qiu Li's face turn red, and the cold sweat on his forehead flowed down his cheeks.
Obviously, Lin Qi's ancient, noble and gorgeous aristocratic etiquette shocked Qiu Li. Poor Viscount Qiu Li, who was not yet thirty years old, had only seen the largest nobles from the Lanyue Principality.
He is just an earl, not to mention the earl of the Lanyue Principality, even the Grand Duke of Lanyue. He has no chance to experience this complicated etiquette that is only popular among some extremely ancient noble families.
When Lin Qi greeted him like a dance, and greeted and blessed him elegantly like singing, Viscount Qiuri had the urge to faint on the spot. It was embarrassing, so embarrassing. Viscount Qiuri just learned from his father who died long ago.
He learned some basic aristocratic etiquette there, but he had no money to hire a special etiquette officer - to be honest, Duke Lanyue, the ruler of Lanyue Principality, didn't have any decent etiquette officers around him.
So Viscount Qiu Li felt ashamed. He lowered his head and resisted the urge to hide his face and run away. He awkwardly accompanied Lin Qi to go through this complicated set of etiquette one by one. When Lin Qi completed his greetings, he affectionately hugged Qiu Li.
When he was a Viscount, Viscount Qiuri had already regarded Lin Qi as his best friend - as long as Lin Qi did not repeat this terrible etiquette again, he was willing to pay any price.
Lin Qi held Viscount Qiuri's hand and said affectionately: "This time, please, Your Excellency, Viscount. It's really unfortunate that I just secretly left the family to travel, and the number of guards I brought with me was a little less, and I ended up encountering such a terrible person.
Bandits."
Jiagu suddenly spoke from the side: "Master, please allow your humble servant to interrupt. Maybe what we encountered is not a bandit. You must know that there is no magician among the bandits who can completely suppress me. I am a heavenly magician.
How can there be such a powerful being among bandits?"
Lin Qi frowned and said calmly: "I understand, but this is not important. What is important is that we need to borrow Mr. Qiu Li's mansion to recuperate. As for the rest, let's talk about it after we return to the family!"
Viscount Qiuri looked at Gaya in horror. It was really shocking. Is this a celestial mage?
Hell, heavenly mages. Of course, Lanyue Principality has no shortage of heavenly mages, but such 'high-end' existences have always been recruited by Grand Duke Lanyue. They are all worshipers of the principality. The direct manager of Viscount Qiuri
, that high and mighty Earl, he only has three mages of the highest status as his family's enshrinement.
As for Lin Qi, there is a heavenly mage beside him! This must be a wealthy man!
Viscount Qiuli became more and more embarrassed. He stammered and said to Lin Qi: "Your Excellency Lin Qi, I am very honored to have you here. If there is anything wrong with the reception..."
Lin Qi patted Viscount Qiu Li on the shoulder tolerantly: "Oh, Mr. Qiu Li, please don't say that, it's us who are disturbing you. It doesn't matter, really, I am not a very particular person. Your territory is beautiful, really
With beautiful mountains and clear waters and fresh air, this will be a good place for vacation.”
After a slight cough, Gaya interrupted again: "Master, we must pay attention to one thing. You must not let anyone know about your coming here. If those 'bandits'... I mean,
If they are really bandits, we cannot let them know our whereabouts."
Lin Qi pouted and looked at Viscount Qiuri with wide eyes.
The Viscount gave the order very consciously: "Uncle Jefferson, I don't want the news that Mr. Lin Qi came here to be spread by those mud-legged people."
Standing behind Viscount Qiu Li, an old man in a butler's uniform nodded hastily: "As you wish, Master Qiu Li, as long as the only passage to the outside world is blocked, no one will spread the news about Mr. Lin Qi.
"
Lin Qi nodded with satisfaction, and under the leadership of Viscount Qiuri, they walked slowly into the Viscount's mansion.
