Chapter 24 The rainstorm changes (make up for the debt
Night, lakeside restaurant.
These young people, who are around 18-20 years old, are at their most energetic in life, and they also coincide with the election victory. In the future, most of them will join large factions that are envied by others. As core training, they will naturally be very excited and express their opinions.
The high spirits and lofty ideals in his heart were endless, making everyone present, whether male or female, feel so excited that they almost sworn sworn brothers on the spot.
However, after calming down, everyone still agreed with each other that today's ambitions will never be forgotten, and from now on we will support and take care of each other and help each other in times of difficulty.
As cups of wine were consumed and plates of delicacies were served, time slowly passed and the banquet gradually entered the second half.
Another plate of delicacies was brought to the table, and it looked like a plate of oranges.
"Sister Jia Lan, have you ever eaten this?" Tang Nanlian reached out and took down an orange, then opened the lid on the orange to reveal the delicious food inside.
"Crabs?" Lorraine Hill looked at the yellow cooked crab legs inside the orange and asked speculatively.
"Yes, this dish is called "Crab Stuffed Oranges". Cut off the tops of large ripe oranges, cut out the flesh, leaving a little juice, fill it with crab meat, then cover the tops and put
Put it into a basin and steam it with wine, vinegar and water, then add vinegar and salt and mix it with food. It will have the flavor of wine, chrysanthemum, orange and crab."
"My hometown is by the water, and a restaurant nearby is good at this. I didn't expect to see the same dish in Lei Xiaze." Tang Nanlian said this, picked up a small spoon and started eating.
"It tastes better. Sister Jialan, do you want to try it?" She closed her eyes slightly and tasted it carefully.
"Then let me try it too." Lorraine Hill also took out a red orange, carefully opened the lid and tasted it in small sips.
The crab meat has a faint aroma of wine, which is very fresh and mellow, and the sweet and sour taste of the oranges also washes away the greasy taste of the meat and oil, making it very refreshing to eat.
In the later stage of the banquet, as more and more drunk people became more and more drunk, the sounds in the lobby became slightly calmer and thinner, and finally it was the end of the banquet.
After saying goodbye to each other, young people helped each other down the stairs, and the sound of horse-drawn carriages was heard outside the window from time to time.
"It's getting late, we have to go back." Lorraine Hill stood up.
"How about I... find someone to give the two ladies a ride..." Although Lan Yuanqing was a little drunk at this time, he still tried his best to stand firm.
"No need, you still have a lot of drunk people to send away. The two of us didn't drink, so there's no need to bother." Lorraine Hill shook his head.
"Well, I wish you both a safe trip, and I'll see you all tomorrow." Lan Yuanqing cupped his hands, and then sat down drunkenly. It seemed that he was at the end of his game.
Drinking is a waste of time, the girl sighed in her heart after looking at it, and then walked downstairs with Tang Nanlian.
After walking out of the restaurant, the cool water vapor from the lake blew in with the night wind, making people feel a little cold and sober.
"Let's go." Lorraine Hill and Tang Nanlian walked towards the street with lanterns. At this time, there were still some pedestrians on the road. After all, it was a big city. Several tall candle towers in the city were also lit with bright flames, vaguely
Illuminating the street below to prevent complete darkness.
After sending Tang Nanlian back to her residence, Lorraine Hill turned back alone and walked towards the inn where he was temporarily staying.
When she reached the general area, she suddenly noticed something and looked up at the sky.
It's going to rain heavily.
Before she could finish her emotion, huge raindrops fell from the sky and hit the stone slabs, making a snapping sound.
Water splashed on the bluestone, and the smell of rain mixed with earth filled the air. The heavy rain fell so densely that if you catch it with your hands, you will feel a slight pain from being hit.
In order to avoid the rain, Lorraine Hill had to temporarily hide in a small alley beside the street. The eaves of the houses on both sides of the place stretched out from each other, which provided a relatively clean place.
Everything in his field of vision became blurred, and the sound of raindrops could be heard everywhere in his ears. Lorraine Hill put down the half-wet and extinguished lantern, rolled up his sleeves, wrung them out slightly, squeezed out the water, and then put them back on.
release.
The slightly wet clothes stuck to her arms, making people feel a chill. She moved her shoes slightly and found a slightly higher stone slab to stand on. The girl leaned her back slightly against the wall nearby and looked at the line of rain that was so close.
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Wow, we haven't reached sequence three yet. If we rush out now, I'm afraid I'll get soaked all over. That would be bad, little Luolan thought.
It's better to wait a little longer and go out a little smaller, the girl thought to herself, standing quietly under the rain curtain eaves.
The heavy rain was accompanied by strong winds, sometimes tilting the rain line, and the sound of rain was sometimes louder and sometimes softer. Amidst the swaying wind and rain, sometimes some raindrops drifted into the open space under the eaves and hit the girl's skin.
Just when Lorraine Hill was thinking about whether to take advantage of this opportunity to practice and pass the time without waiting, a burst of noise came from the street outside the alley.
It seemed like a group of people were walking quickly in the rain, their footsteps stepping into puddles, making a wet splashing sound.
"Who!" One of the voices suddenly shouted, seeming to detect a hidden figure.
This sudden sound startled Lorraine Hill. Is this calling me? Do you want to go out and clarify? Before she could make up her mind, a slight sound of drawing a knife sounded on the street.
The blade may be made of fine iron, but it is probably not of the highest quality, because there is a loud friction and chattering sound when it is pulled out, which makes people feel that the blade is not shiny, but a light gray color full of oxidation.
As the sound of drawing swords sounded, the group of people speeding in the rain also became nervous. They put down something heavy, which seemed to be a sedan. Then they reached to their waists and pulled out the swords they were wearing.
A thunder suddenly sounded in the sky, and the incandescent light illuminated the entire street. The figure blocking the road in front also appeared in the sight of this group of people.
Lorraine Hill closed his eyes slightly, sinking his consciousness into perception, receiving the messy information brought by the breeze and strong wind.
A woman wearing a bamboo hat stood quietly in the middle of the street. Her upper body was wrapped in a dull and slightly old bra, and the skin on her arms and abdomen was exposed. Her skin color was slightly dark, which seemed to be caused by long-term labor.
The lower body of this woman is wearing a torn dark green long skirt. The style is rare in the mountains. The wooden clogs on her feet are very worn, as if she has been wearing them for a long time, but the overall body is still clean, but it has become cold and dark after being soaked in the rain.
stand up.
A slender knife was held in the woman's hand. The blade was shaped like a seedling and pointed diagonally at the ground. The rainwater slid down the blade and dripped from the tip, forming a small water line, which was then wiped by the ground.
The raging rain swept away the water and disappeared without a trace.
"Who are you? Do you know which gentleman is sitting in this sedan? How dare you be so presumptuous!" Several guards surrounding the sedan gradually stepped forward, and the sound of drawing swords rang out in the street one after another.
The woman raised her head, and her face was illuminated by a brief flash of lightning.
Her face was ordinary, no different from that of a woman working outside, but the only thing that stood out was her eyes, which were extraordinarily calm, seemingly composed of perseverance and indifference to the extreme.
The simple long knife of the seedlings suddenly turned around, shaking off the water droplets on it. Its figure was like a ghost, galloping in the heavy rain, and the knife flash was so fast that one could not blink.
The guards beside the sedan are elite. About 12 of them are Sequence 2 beings, and 6 are Sequence 3 beings. Their condensed aura and energy are like an iron prison, firmly covering the sedan in the center. But in Under this sharp knife, nothing was seen, and each of the big heads flew up in the wind and rolled down into the rain on the street.
Blood overflowed and washed away quickly in the heavy rain. Even the sound of fierce fighting was so inconspicuous under the cover of the heavy rain.
After the dozen or so guards in front fell down, before the guards in the rear had time to step forward, the sedan door suddenly opened, and an eight-edged sword thrust out, going straight into the woman's face.
With a crisp chirping sound, the sword light surged, shattering the thrusting sword, but its body also flew backwards as if struck by lightning.
"This sword is made from the dragon veins of Qi Lei Qizhou. You must not be able to bear this blow."
A tall man slowly walked out of the sedan. His face was cold and stern, and he had an intimidating aura, as if he had been in a high position for a long time.
"Who are you here, and why are you attacking me?" He waved his hand down, and the guards beside him stepped forward one after another, holding iron ropes in their hands, ready to take the woman down for interrogation.
snort.
A mouthful of blood spat out from her mouth. The woman in the rainstorm still did not open her mouth to explain. Instead, she raised the knife again, her eyes gradually condensing.
"kill!"
The same crimson gold pattern flashed across the wild goose feather knives in the hands of these guards, and then they were as hot and red as blazing iron. They swung them towards the woman and slashed at the woman, sweeping the rain along its path and emitting bursts of white air.
The sound of metal clanging sounded one after another on the street. Compared to just now, the woman's strength seemed to be much weaker. She was in a stalemate for a while, unable to quickly take down these guards.
And in this short period of time, the guards protecting the high-ranking official from the back took out powerful crossbows from the bottom of the sedan, and pointed them at the figure who was killing. The head of the crossbow was like a whistling moon. A wolf spits out sharp crossbow bolts from its mouth.
[Greed Wolf Thorn Crossbow] (Silver level, rare): It is a subordinate organization of Dongguan in the Plantagenet Dynasty. It is made by Jice Workshop and is used in the army.
Seeing that the six greedy wolf crossbows were fully charged, their brilliance gradually became restrained, exuding a dangerous aura. The figure of the woman killed in the heavy rain moved faster and faster, as if she was looking for an opportunity to escape.
Ah - there's a snake!
The crossbow bolt on the Greedy Wolf Crossbow turned into a hidden silver light and pierced the night sky, flying to an unknown destination. The soldiers holding the crossbows struggled and shouted in horror, and the crossbows in their hands also fell to the ground.
I don't know when, there were some small black shadows in the rain on the ground. These black shadows were like long black and red snakes that were shrunk countless times, climbing up along the ankles. The tiny fangs in their mouths were like needles, embedded in the flesh and blood, injecting poison. , making the winner seem crazy.
It's not that these guards are weak in will, it's just that these tiny snakes are really weird and make people feel chilly in their hearts.
In the alley next to the street, Lorraine Hill stood on tiptoe, looking at the little snake swimming in the water under his feet, thinking silently in his heart.
Snakes, don't come here. I'm most afraid of snakes, especially the little snakes that tend to appear unexpectedly.
At this time, she did not dare to use any extraordinary power to drive him away, for fear of attracting the attention of both parties, so she could only hold her breath, pray secretly in her heart, and look nervously at the tiny snake shadows swimming in the rain below her feet.
Fortunately, the snake shadows in the alley are not as dense as in the street. In addition, these snakes seem to be attracted by blood, and they are relatively safe in places without blood.
The situation on the street was instantly reversed after those snake shadows appeared. The guards who had the upper hand fell poisoned one after another, curled up in the rain, their bodies twitching, and their mouths kept roaring.
Without the obstruction of these guards, the woman once again picked up the seedling knife and pounced on the official standing in front of the sedan. There were also many small snakes surrounding the official, but under his stamping feet, a small snake
The ring expanded, separating these little snakes like an invisible air wall. But from the looks of it, this move seemed to have some restrictions, preventing him from moving at will.
I saw the long knife slashing down along the rainwater, and the rainwater on the blade formed a dangerous thin line and cut towards the man.
His eyes darkened, he took out a gold and stone token from his arms, and directly blocked the sudden long knife.
The long sword, which was originally a mortal object, was somewhat damaged in the previous exchange. Under such a heavy blow, it immediately disintegrated. The incomplete fragments scratched the man's cheek, leaving a bloody trace on his face.
The woman who lost the long sword was not surprised. She seemed to have been prepared for it. She stretched out her left hand that had been at her side, changing its trajectory in an instant, avoiding the blocking token, and going straight for the opponent's neck.
Unfortunately, at the last moment, the hand that had always been like an iron pincer was still blocking its path, holding it in place.
The tall man felt that although the hand was rough on the outside, the bones on the inside were very soft. It was not like an ordinary mountain village girl, but more like those girls from good families who played the piano.
Just when he was about to kick the woman away and question her again, the hand in his palm suddenly changed, like a spider pecking, piercing into his palm, and a green shadow of a spider that looked like a human face flashed across the back of his hand.
An extremely cold energy spread along the palm of his hand and spread all over his body. His body felt as if he had suddenly been transported to the extremely cold land in the north, freezing to the bone. The man looked at the woman in front of him in disbelief. He wanted to say something else, but his body could no longer stand.
Unsteady, as if he had lost all his strength and slowly fell down.
His field of vision crossed the dripping night sky. Everything in front of him began to darken, and his vision gradually slid down until he saw a scar on the side of the woman's abdomen. There seemed to be a huge cross wound there, and the remaining traces after stitching
Still clear.
"Ahem...it turns out it's you, haha." His voice was extremely hoarse, and then he was no longer angry. Instead, he closed his eyes in resignation and fell into a pool of blood flowing from the rain.
Looking at the fallen man, the woman stood quietly in the rain for a moment, then turned around and left, disappearing into the heavy rain.
And Lorraine Hill, who was hiding aside, finally breathed a sigh of relief, but now he was entangled again. Should he go out to report to the official at this time, and whether he would be mistaken for an accomplice at that time. After all, his origins are indeed uncertain.
clear.
Fortunately, her dilemma didn't bother her for too long. A loud shout came out on the street.
"Someone attacked an official and killed someone!"