The joy exuded by the tree king is in the mood of the entire forest, like a small wooden boat in the deep sea. It is difficult to detect and find, but it does exist.
The rusty ax lay under the tree, leaving a deep gap in its original position. Farther away, an umbrella was spinning and swept away by the wind, while the oil lamp was still under the tree.
"Remove the ability." Lu Li and Anna said, putting on the hoods of their raincoats.
Anna waved her hand, and the invisible barrier disappeared above her head.
The cold rain fell again, quickly taking away the warmth from his body. Lu Li followed the rough route in his memory.
After walking some distance, a figure suddenly loomed in the rain.
Anna shrewdly concealed herself, while Lu Li walked towards the figure and came to his side: "I thought you ran away."
"How could it be? I, Barton, am not one of those bosses who only care about money. But if you really want to die at the Tree King's place, I won't be able to rescue you."
Barton snorted coldly, a little dissatisfied with Lu Li for looking down on him, but soon, his attention was attracted by more important things: "Have you already..."
"I was almost defeated by the outburst of emotions." Lu Li said, with a deep look in his black eyes.
Barton didn't see it with his own eyes, but he had seen many times that ignorant people were killed in the forest, or hung themselves with belts and slings, or smashed their foreheads with an axe, or kneeled in front of a sharp rock and kept talking.
Kowtow until your face is no longer a face...
He could completely imagine the horrific scene.
"How did you do it?" Barton couldn't help but ask.
Lu Li calmly replied: "Unconventional means."
Barton almost understood that this was related to his mysterious identity.
"It seems I don't need to remind you anything in particular." Barton said in a complicated tone.
Lu Li followed Barton, who was in a complicated mood. About half an hour later, the ground not far away was replaced by a bluestone road.
They returned to Elm Street.
However, there were no rental carriages here. They walked two more blocks before they saw an unmanned carriage driving on the road.
Lu Li wanted to go to Shelov Street first to send Barton home.
Snake Love Street sounds dirty, chaotic and poor, and it is. It is on the edge of the slums in the lower south of Belfast.
It is not a slum, but it is much different than a slum - for example, there will be police patrolling here, and there will also be young people who are looking for excitement to take risks.
The slums of Belfast are composed of more than a dozen blocks. The shacks simply made of wood, stone and iron sheets are messy, unattractive and not strong. The last hurricane hit, it was here that the death rate and death rate of the entire city increased.
House collapse rate.
Slums are also where most of Belfast's slum poor live.
Yes, the residents of Sailor Street are not considered poor. In any case, the people there have their own specialties and jobs, unlike the people in the slums, who have no specialties, no abilities, and even no physical strength.
Gangs, illegal trade, crime, and all kinds of ugly scenes happen in this land.
But there are very few violent incidents here - which may be why the Council of Elders and Belfast City Council tacitly agree that it exists.
Or one of the reasons.
Sewage flows across the uneven and dilapidated roads. Most of the houses on the streets are simple longhouses. There are almost no stone buildings and relatively exquisite houses.
This is Snake Love Street, the "paradise" where most slum dwellers want to move, and the limit of how close a rental carriage can get.
The carriage stopped outside a long house. Barton collected the 60 shillings and a poncho given to him by Lu Li, and was helped out of the carriage by the coachman.
"I need an accurate map of the Elm Forest. If you can draw it, I will give you another 300 shillings." Before leaving, Lu Li said to Barton.
Barton showed interest: "When do you want it?"
"The sooner the better."
"I'll have someone take it to you tomorrow."
Lu Li nodded and returned to the carriage. The wheels were rolling and heading towards Sailor Street.
Just after driving more than ten meters, the carriage suddenly stopped suddenly, and then there was a noise from outside.
Lu Li opened the car curtain and looked out: "What's wrong?"
Three teenagers aged fourteen or fifteen were standing in front of the carriage without a poncho to protect them. They were almost soaked in the water. The coachman said to Lu Li in embarrassment: "Sir, they seem to be trying to... rob..."
Lu Li's calm gaze fell on the three teenagers in front of the car.
One of the girls actually took a step back in fear. Beside her, the tallest boy stumbled and shouted: "Hello... hello, we want some money."
Lu Li's eyes swept over their thin bodies: "What do you need money for?"
The tallest boy was about to say something when a little boy next to him who was shorter than the girl suddenly shouted: "We are bad guys! Bad guys don't need a reason to rob!"
If his eyes could be opened in the rain, it might be more intimidating.
Suddenly at this moment, an angry voice came from the side of the carriage: "You guys, you guys actually came to Snake Love Street to rob!?"
The three teenagers were startled. After seeing the person approaching, they quickly shouted: "Uncle Barton (the lame old man)!"
"Do you know them?" Lu Li looked at Barton who came over after hearing the noise.
"Well, their mother used to live here, but then she moved to the inner area when she ran out of money." Barton answered, and the inner area refers to the slums.
Lu Li asked: "Do you know what's going on?"
Barton sighed: "I heard that Maria was sick... I'm afraid they just wanted to raise money for their mother's medical treatment..."
Despite his harsh words, Barton couldn't help but protect them, hoping that Lu Li would see that they were doing this for their families and would not embarrass them.
"How much does it cost to treat a disease?"
Lu Li's question made Barton guess something, and his slightly cloudy brown pupils lit up slightly: "30 shillings."
The three teenagers also realized something and kept their mouths shut, daring not to make a sound.
"Is that enough?"
Barton was stunned and suddenly laughed: "Of course that's enough... You have to know that an adult man can go to a factory and do manual labor for ten hours in a row to earn a salary of 10 shillings. When Maria was not sick, she
It takes a week to sew clothes for someone to earn money for medical treatment.”
Lu Li was slightly silent. When he first arrived, he was indeed running around for tens of shillings, but that situation did not last long.
Reaching into his arms, Lu Li took out a 50 shilling note and gave it to Barton: "Give it to them for me."
Barton didn't ask why there was an extra 20 shillings. He understood what Lu Li meant, took the money, limped towards the three teenagers, and whispered something to them.
"Let's go around it."
Lu Li said to the groom and lowered the curtain.
Anna's figure appeared in the carriage, the corners of her mouth curved, and she seemed to be in a happy mood.
The carriage passed around Barton and the children and was about to leave when a shout was mixed with the sound of rain outside the window.
"Sir! What's your name!"
The children didn't get an answer and stared blankly as the carriage gradually went away in the rain.
