Cavie Hill's residence is in the northwest of the city of Osgilia, which is far from the palace.
Osgilia is a huge city with majestic buildings. People can be seen everywhere in fresh clothes. The streets are wide and clean. Even though it has just snowed in winter, the streets are very clean and no stains can be seen. Pedestrians who come and go have rich and relaxed smiles on their faces, showing that the city is full of vitality.
Occasionally, a group of patrolling soldiers on horseback can be seen passing through the streets, the bright armor emits a fine metal sound, the axe and spear are also polished, and the cavalry has a majestic and reserved expression on the face, riding on the horse with their heads held high.
The buildings on both sides of the street are typical Byzantine style, with domed pillars, tall and majestic, often ordinary shops, and at least two or three-story small buildings.
However, Xia Ya has something on her mind, and the shock to these scenery is much smaller. Along the way, she is not in the mood to watch the grandeur of this continent's heroic city, but her face is solemn. Although Ruer next to him has a heart to comfort him, he doesn't know how to say it. , can only explain some of the customs of Osgiliari at will.
"The east of the city is the forbidden area of the imperial palace, and the headquarters of the church is also there. The north of the city is the area of the nobles and wealthy families. In recent years, some rich and noble families have also liked to go there, but the price of land is getting more and more expensive. Alas, with Laozi's military pay , I am afraid that after working hard for a year, I can't afford the current house. Cavie Hill lives in the northwest corner of the city, where some wealthy families with some background and assets live. The commoners who live in the south of the city are much better. Well, by the way, when you come to Osgilia for the first time, you must visit the arena. In a few days, the competition will start, and these days the city There are a lot of samurai groups from other places, but the guys in the garrison are busy..."
Osgilia was indeed huge. The two of them rode in front, followed by a line of entourages and guards. Two squires, Dodoro and Soit, naturally joined Ruhl's squires. Walking on the street, I don’t know how many streets, how many intersections, how many prosperous places, and finally after two hours, the street in front of me finally became a little quieter, and I passed through a street intersection. After that, the streets are still wide, but there are no crowded pedestrians on both sides. Tall holly trees are planted on both sides of the road. Even in winter, it still adds a touch of green vitality to this simple and majestic city. The streets are lined on both sides. They are all large-scale courtyard houses. Obviously, the people living here are wealthy families, and there are no merchants walking on the road, only two or three carriages passing by occasionally.
Everything seemed quiet and peaceful.
"It's here." The fat man restrained his horse and pointed to the intersection ahead: "I'll take you here, turn left at the intersection ahead, and you'll see Cavie Hill's residence... Uh, I don't want to go to that guy. At home, I'll bring someone here to wait for you."
Xia Ya squeezed his fists and gave Fatty a dissatisfied look.
Fatty smiled bitterly and said, "Cavihill has a very weird temper. He only said to see you, but not to me."
"Okay." Xia sighed: "Turn left in front? What does the door of his residence look like? I can't go wrong."
"Don't worry, after turning left at this intersection, there is only one family and only one gate in the street behind. His Majesty the Emperor gave him the whole street many years ago."
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Xia Ya urged the horse to walk through the intersection alone, and after turning left, as Fatty said, there is a street in the back, with tall courtyard walls on both sides. There were some small shrubs, and they were all built flat and the roads were flat. Obviously, they were carefully repaired on weekdays. At the end of the long street, there was a gate that was not too tall, but it was full of solemn and peaceful atmosphere.
Coming to the door, Xiaya looked at the portal of the famous residence of the wise in the imperial capital. The door is black, covered with a layer of black iron, and decorated with several rows of rivets. Other than that, there is nothing extravagant about it. Appearance, but unexpectedly neat and clean, as if there is no trace of dust.
Xia Ya just got off the horse and was about to go up to knock on the door when the door was opened halfway, and a young attendant in sackcloth came out, stood at the door, and knocked on Xia Ya with indifferent eyes.
Xia Ya opened the door and was about to announce himself: "I'm..."
The young attendant had already spoken, and said lightly: "Come in, come with me, don't walk around, don't talk nonsense."
After that, he ignored Xia Ya at all, turned around and entered the door.
Xia Ya stared at him, feeling a little angry in his heart, and strode up with anger, and walked to the door. The attendant was already standing in the door. He turned his head and glanced at him, and saw the dirt on Xia Ya's boots, wrinkled. Frowning, he pointed to the ground next to it, where there was a cushion: "Clean up the boots... The master likes clean."
Xia Ya held back his anger, stood on the mat and rubbed his boots, the attendant seemed to be a little satisfied, he didn't speak, turned around and walked in, Xia Ya snorted and followed with strides.
The yard inside is very large, but it seems very quiet. There are no tall trees planted in the huge yard, only some potted flowers and trees are placed in the corners, which looks empty, but the ground is indeed clean, not only there is no dust, even Not a single leaf petal.
The waiter led Xi Ya through a small door on the side of the yard. Inside was a garden. In that garden, there was a circle of flower beds. The flowers were blooming. What I have to understand is that I am just amazed. In this winter when everything is withering, where do so many blooming flowers come from
There is a bluestone path in the flowerbed. Walking along the road, the fragrance of flowers is overflowing on both sides, which makes the turtles feel relaxed and happy. In the innermost part of the yard is a small lake dug out by people. The lake is only a hundred or ten steps wide. It can be seen that there are some fish swimming inside, and occasionally some fish jump out of the water gently, but they reveal strange red tails.
Xia Ya, a commoner, naturally doesn't know how to appreciate these things. When he saw these fish, he couldn't help but think: This thing, I don't know what it tastes like when you eat it...
The courtyards and buildings I have passed are full of tranquility and cleanliness. Occasionally, one or two young and handsome male and female attendants will be seen. Some are holding water bottles, some are wiping the walls with silk scarves, but Xiaya walked by, These people seem to be unaware, and they will never take a glance at it. The buildings here are not high, and all the places they pass are square and tidy houses. It is a round two-story building. The building covers a very large area. The walls are covered with green vines, but the yard is clean. Only one corner of the building is left with a straight big tree. It is covered with a faint yellow weeping branch, and from a distance, it looks like a huge yellow umbrella.
The waiter who led the way stopped and looked at the bottom of the round two-story building, where there was a small door, and said nothing: "Wait a minute."
After a while, several linen-clothed waiters came, each of them holding a silver round basin with a snow-white silk scarf on it. Xia was stunned for a moment, then read the waiter's eyes, and walked up to the basin. The water in it washed his hands and wiped his face.
After wiping it clean, the waiter below came up with the basin again... Char Ya didn't talk nonsense, and continued to wash her face.
It wasn't until he washed three times and watched the fourth waiter come up with the basin, Xia gave up, pointed to his face and said, "Is there any ashes on my face? Damn... Even if there is poop on my face, it's not enough. Clean it up!"
The attendant didn't speak, but picked up the silk scarf, and quickly wiped the soft armor on Xi Ya's body. After a while, the soft armor was rubbed brightly, and even the boots were wiped again, and someone came up to hold the soft armor. After brushing every tiny part of the armor with a brush, Xiaya looked completely refreshed.
"Go in." The waiter said coldly, "Don't walk around and don't touch things."
(damn it!)
Xia Ya murmured a few words in his heart, and walked into the small door with his head held high. After entering, looking at the room inside, the turtle was stunned!
From the outside, I thought this small building was two floors, but when I walked in, I knew I was wrong. There is only one floor here, but the ceiling is surprisingly high, with a height of seven or eight meters. The dome-shaped roof is a layer of concave and convex reliefs, with various patterns on it, like floating clouds, which are dotted with more than ten strange pieces. The gem exudes a faint light, and the ground under her feet is a smooth mirror-like silver-white marble, without a trace of flaws. Every time Xi Ya tramples on it, she will clearly see a strange appearance on the stone surface, just like the water surface. ripples!
In his mind, Xiaya suddenly heard Dora's voice.
"This is a magic circle... Hmph, such a luxurious family, actually set up a permanent lighting magic here!"
Although Xia Ya is a native, but because he has a learned Dora by his side, he has made great progress in his knowledge these days. He knows that the magic circle is an extremely rare thing, and it is necessary to create a permanent one. The magic circle, not only the various expensive magic crystals and jade required to set up the magic circle are almost sky-high prices, but also the source of magic power to drive the magic circle is extremely rare, requiring a lot of magic crystals and some deep magic lines... A tier magician can never afford the cost of a permanent magic circle!
And here, a permanent magic circle is actually used, just for... lighting? !
What surprised Xia even more was that there were no luxurious furnishings in this huge house, and all that he could see were... books! !
The circle seems to be surrounded by bookshelves, row after row, floor by floor, these bookshelves are five or six meters high, arranged along the circular wall, spread out layer by layer, each bookshelf is full of bookshelves. It is full of various books, and there are push stairs with pulleys at the bottom.
At first glance, there are probably tens of thousands of books in such a room, right? !
Even Dora seemed surprised and let out a sigh.
Xia Ya stood in the middle of the room and waited for a while, but there was no one. He was a little impatient and coughed heavily: "Is there anyone? I am Xia! I'm here, who wants to see me?!"
Called three times in a row, but no response. It was as if he was the only one in this huge study.
Xiaya turned around, walked a few steps around, and walked beside the bookshelf for a while. The vast sea of books made Tu Bie a little in awe. Although he didn't read much, he was very interested in the master here, the mysterious Kawish. But Er has already been respected a lot - anyway, if that Cavie Hill really read so many books, then his knowledge must be very powerful.
Every bookshelf is very clean, and there is not a trace of dust on the bookshelves and books. Obviously, someone here is meticulously cleaned on weekdays.
Xia Ya walked around the room several times, but no one came out to see him. The turtle finally couldn't hold it in any longer, so he walked to the middle and sat on the ground.
Anyway, they have come here, I just wait!
But after waiting for another meal, there was still no one to take care of the turtle. The turtle turned over and jumped up, and was about to shout loudly, when suddenly, a strange and subtle vigilance emerged from his heart!
This feeling is as if he used to hunt in the forest and was spied on by wild beasts!
Xia Ya immediately became smart and searched around for a while, but found nothing. It's just that the feeling of being spied on is getting stronger!
Faintly, he seemed to be able to catch a ray of eyes cast from an unknown place, and was looking at himself carefully, and what made Xia Ya more sensitive was that he seemed to be able to feel a strange spiritual fluctuation in him. Swipe back and forth!
Turtle's mental power is already quite good, especially after learning one or two simple dragon spells with Dora, he has initially mastered the most basic mental power detection skills, and it is even more for others to spy. Feeling a lot sharper, he felt uneasy at this moment, and immediately spread out his mental power to search around, but he was not a magician after all, and his mental power was still weak, and he didn't notice it.
"Hey!! I know you're looking at me! Come out! Don't you want to see me?! I'm here, why didn't you show up? Are you kidding me?!"
After Xia Ya finished shouting this sentence, the feeling of being spied on suddenly disappeared, as if the person who was secretly spied withdrew his eyes and left.
And Xia Ya waited impatiently, and finally couldn't help standing. He looked at a bookshelf next to him, and wanted to pick up a book. A voice came from the direction.
"Don't touch."
A crisp and delicate voice came.
Xia Ya turned her head to look, but did not know when a young girl had entered the room.
This girl was wearing a white robe, with long brown hair, a plain face, and a few light freckles on her cheeks. She was only about the same age as Xiaya, but her face was full of freckles. Plain - Xia Ya is a little upset, why are the people here so lifeless!
"Please don't touch anything here." The freckled girl walked in, holding a wooden box in her hand, came to Xiaya, frowned, "You will leave fingerprints on the book, it will be very easy to wipe like that. trouble."
"Fingerprints? Trouble?" Xia Ya looked at his hands - to be honest, his hands are extremely clean at the moment, and the turtle has lived for 18 years, I'm afraid that his hands are the cleanest in his 18 years.
"Yes, many of these books are precious ancient books, and some are missing important documents. They are already very fragile, and they may be damaged by a slight touch."
The girl handed the wooden box in her hand to Xia: "Take it."
"Uh?" Xia took it with both hands, the wooden box was heavy: "What?"
"The teacher asked me to give it to you. Well, my teacher is Lord Caviehir." The girl said lightly.
"For me?" Turtle touched his nose, grabbed the wooden box casually with one hand, and weighed it lightly. It seemed heavy, and he didn't know what was in it. With Xiaya's strength, it felt a little heavy. Imagine how heavy this box is.
"I don't know. No one asked about what the teacher didn't say." The girl gave Xia Ya a cold look: "The teacher said... You can go."
Xia was finally angry.
There was a feeling of being tricked into his heart.
"Let's go? What a joke! Didn't Caviehir say he wanted to see me? Now I'm coming to the door, but he told me to leave? Are you kidding me?!" The turtle was very upset, if If it wasn't for a girl standing in front of him, he would definitely hit him with his fist.
A trace of anger flashed in the girl's eyes immediately, and she said coldly: "Please think about your words! I don't know who you are, but please pay attention. When you mention the teacher's name, please call yourself an adult!"
Xia Ya: "..." Tu Turtle stared at the girl in a daze, and then he said impatiently: "I won't talk nonsense with you, didn't he say he wants to see me? Where is the person? Call me here, and tell me to go, what is it? What's the meaning?"
The girl shook her head and pointed in the direction of the door: "The teacher did say he wanted to see you, he has already seen you just now."
"Have you seen it?" Xia Ya was at a loss.
"Yes, the teacher wants to see you, but he didn't tell you to see him." Xia Ya finally understood the girl's words.
See me... but didn't say let me see him
It means... let me come over and let him take a peek at me in the dark - that's it? !
Xia was about to get angry instinctively, but finally remembered the terribleness of Cavie Hill that Ruhl said, and held back his anger for a while.
He angrily walked to the door, ignoring the girl. After walking out the door, I saw in the courtyard outside the door, the young attendant who led him in was standing there: "Please come with me."
Xia Ya didn't say a word, and followed the guy's original path with a straight face.
Turtle is very hot, he is hot!
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In the huge study, in a quiet secret room upstairs, Cavie Hill stood at the window.
It was a strange window, from the inside of the room it was a windowsill, and outside, there was a round wall of translucent cyan marble.
Caviehir was wearing a plain and simple robe, and lightly pressed his hand on the window sill. Looking out, Xi Ya was striding away angrily towards the far side of the yard.
Caviehir seemed to smile.
"Is it this kid? Hmph... Is this the successor you chose... My old friend, you really gave me a problem."
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Xiaya walked out of Cavie Hill's house, got on the horse after coming to the door, shouted loudly, and galloped out of the long street. Nervous, seeing Xi Ya come out: "Yi? Come out? How is it? What is Caviehir looking for from you?"
"Bah! How does I know what the hell that bastard is crazy about!" Xia Ya jumped off the horse, cursed, and spat fiercely.
The fat man was shocked, and quickly went up to cover the mouth of the turtle and looked left and right: "Shut up! Are you crazy? He is also someone you can insult at will! In the imperial capital, even those guys who hate him to the bone, Don't dare to slander him behind his back, you, a little character like a small fish, dare to say that, and if it reaches his ears, you will be dead!"
"I..." Although Xia Ya is a local turtle, he has brains after all, and after forbearance, he suppressed the fire and said, "Okay! I'll tell you, I didn't see him at all. I was brought in, in a study room. After standing there for a while, he was sent out! The guy said he wanted to see me, but he didn't say let me see him. So…”
Fatty was stunned for a moment, but then smiled: "Sure enough, this approach is quite in line with Kavisher's usual style. He always does some weird things... Well, you don't have to be angry, at least, there is no trouble with the upper body. That's fine."
Xia Ya snorted twice, suddenly remembered the wooden box, opened it and took a look, but was immediately stunned!
"This, what is this?"
Inside the box is a mold made of soft iron, and in the mold is inlaid a gray stone. After a while, it was about the size of two eggs, Xiaya took it out and held it in his hand, and immediately felt the heavy weight. The weight of this thing is obviously completely asymmetrical to its size...
This thing looks dull, almost like...
No, it's not like, it's just a rotten rock! It's just that ordinary stones are not so heavy.
Xia Ya weighed it a few times in his hand, and suddenly his heart moved!
This thing... seems to be similar in texture to the pendant on his chest! ! And after watching it for a while, my heart moved again! This size has an irregular shape... Is it vaguely familiar
Tu Turtle thought several times in his mind, and suddenly remembered something, he took a breath, An tolerated the curiosity in his heart, put away the stone, and looked at Luer: "Let's go! Find a place to stay first. !"
Although Ruhl was also curious in his heart, he was more afraid of Caviehir, and he didn't dare to ask any questions. Near the south of the city, I have a house there, and I will lend you a place to live. Although the place is not big, it is enough to accommodate you. You live first, and I will send someone to lead you to report to the military headquarters in the morning. Remember to dress up. You have to be neater, and your Majesty may send someone to take you to the palace tomorrow."
Seeing Xiaya getting on the horse with a careless face, the group took a few steps, and Ruhl hesitated for a while, but finally said it.
"That... boy, there's one more thing that might be troublesome, let me tell you first, be prepared in your heart... "
"Trouble? What trouble?"
The fat man scratched his head and smiled bitterly: "That... the matter of you hurting Hastings has already spread in the imperial capital. I don't know who sent your information out, your appearance, military rank, And all kinds of other information... You know, that... people are afraid of being famous and pigs are afraid of being strong... "
Xia's eyes widened.
"I mean... You wounded Hastings and made you famous, and now I'm afraid you have become the target of many people. Many martial arts masters in the imperial capital are quite fond of you, the new guy who came out. The difference is not even! Although you injured Hastings, in the eyes of others, I am afraid that you are just a guy who has lost his luck. In the imperial capital, the competitive competition is about to start recently, and many people from all over the country There are many warriors gathered here, and many of them are very ambitious, and they are all paying attention, looking for an opportunity to challenge you... Once they can beat you, wouldn't it be a good opportunity to make themselves famous?"
"..." Xia Ya was stunned for a moment, and then smiled: "What are you afraid of! Come on! When I see one, I fight one, and I see one pair and one pair!"
Fatty sighed: "You're young, I don't know that people's hearts are sinister! If it's an upright challenge, that's fine. But people's hearts are vicious... There are always people who have bad intentions, but they're not afraid of blatant challenges, but they're just afraid of some kind of poisonous frame, conspiracy, etc. Trick..."
Saying that, Fatty looked at Xia Ya with sympathy: "Boy, ask yourself for more blessings!"
As soon as Xia Ya was stunned, he was still not afraid in his heart, and smiled proudly: "Ha! I am not afraid of the yin!"
Ruhr shook his head: "I reminded you, be careful yourself."
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Fatty is indeed loyal enough, and the accommodation he lent to Xi Ya is very good. Although the south of the city is a civilian area, Xi Ya lives in a small yard with a large area. There is a horse shed behind the yard. The kitchen and bedrooms are all available. Gotta be clean.
After Xia settled down, he asked Soit to prepare dinner. He was just about to lie down on the bed for a while, when he saw Dodoro running in nervously.
"Sir, it's not good... There are a lot of people on the street outside the door, all of them wearing armor and holding weapons, and they all seem to be a little unkind..."
"Huh?" Xia stayed for a while.
At this moment, with a bang, the door of the courtyard was kicked open, and a loud shout came from outside the courtyard.
"Does the guy who beat Hastings live here! Come out! I'm going to challenge you!"