For Xu Jun, small villages naturally have the cuteness of small villages. For a poor village like Jinguoyuan Village, the place to enter the village is a narrow path, which is more difficult to walk than in the wild. The village is surrounded by a half-person-high fence, made of sharpened wooden sticks, buried deep in the ground, which can be used to resist attacks by some wild boars and jackals.
The sticks were also mutilated, some with rounded tips, and naughty children crawled on them to play.
The people in the village looked at Xu Jun and his party with defensive and hopeful eyes. In their opinion, Xu Jun was completely different from those who came to the village in the past. The people who will come to Golden Orchard Village are either businessmen who come to buy golden fruit, or adventurers. Occasionally, some noble knights will pass by here, accompanied by a few beautiful noble girls who want to see the golden fruit tree. These people are either shrewd and calculated, and they can spend a whole day at the price of a pound of golden fruit, or they are arrogant and proud—of course, the villagers here do not know the word feisty, they just feel this way.
"Is that an adventurer?"
"—Maybe it's a businessman?"
"No, no, maybe it's Lord Knight?"
Several rural girls were chatting in low voices, one of them stared at Lance, and when Lance felt his gaze, he looked back, and the girl blushed.
Lance's black brother's question mark face: "???"
Xu Jun grabbed the shoulders of the juvenile Frost Dragon: "It's okay, it's okay, ladies and sisters, just look at you when you are cute, don't take it to heart."
- Tired, it would be great if this Lance was really as old as him, but this kid looks fourteen years old, but he is only four years old! Ladies and gentlemen, be humble!
Tsk, I am obviously still a single dog, but I have to care about the puppy love of the bear child, which is really enough.
"Next, go to the village chief and see if you can take up a task to do it," Xu Jun said to the steamed bun: "By the way, I'll buy you some golden fruit to eat. I remember you like eating those, right?"
The steamed buns recalled the taste of the golden fruit that I had eaten a long time ago - at that time Xu Jun was already a strong warrior who ran (3) (light) in many places, at least he could afford it in the southern part of the Jinqi Empire. I ate a lot of expensive golden fruit and steamed buns, but I got tired of it later. The last batch of golden fruits seemed to be made into fruit salad by Xu Jun
At that time, I didn't think it tasted good after eating too much. Now, when I think of the sweet and sour fruit salad, my steamed buns are drooling.
Mantou uttered the "Herod" Ma Ming, he directly rubbed against Xu Jun, and used his head to grind Xu Jun's shoulder to express his love for the golden fruit salad, knocking Xu Jun into a stagger: "Mantou, Mantou, Why are you a foodie?"
The unicorn man Jess who was pushed directly behind: "..."
Watching the dragon boy Lance, who was pettingly stroking other guys' heads by his father, said, "..."
Fortunately, although Lance was a bear, he didn't have the consciousness of competing for favor. The little boy, who was only a head shorter than Xu Jun, jumped forward, hugged Xu Jun's waist, and dawdled like a spoiled child: "Dad, I want to eat too. ."
Xu Jun directly ignored the other party's "Dad". Now he is bringing Lance like a big brother and a younger brother, but he doesn't think the child is so annoying. After all, he has seen some more than Lance in modern times. A real bear boy who is much more willful and squeamish.
Lance is cute in comparison.
"It's good, you eat it too." Xu Jun perfunctory, thinking about what kind of fruit a frost dragon eats, aren't you carnivorous monsters
This made it seem that Jace was left behind alone, looking very desolate.
But he has lived for thousands of years, and has been very good at resolving his loneliness, so Jace took it easy on the back... He began to appreciate the figure of Mantou, mainly the buttocks.
Mantou subconsciously flicked his tail.
In small villages and towns like this, there will also be town government halls and village government halls, which are generally used to regulate the shortfall of parents in one village and one town. Will pull to the village government hall to say. As far as Jinguoyuan Village is concerned, the so-called "village hall" is just a spacious and bright earthen house with a sheep pen attached to the back. It seems that this place has become the village chief's home, and the small vegetable garden in front of the village hall has also become the village chief's home. 's private plot.
A team of cavalrymen came from the city of Mundama in the north. All of them rode tall horses and wore shiny armor. The leader was even more beautiful and handsome. They were "lords of noble knights" from the north.
The rider who knew at a glance that it was the head of the horse was riding in the front of the village, and looked at the rough dirt road in the village in embarrassment. He took off his helmet and jumped off his horse. After asking two villagers for directions, he went directly to the village hall.
The remaining knights were divided into two groups to guard the entrance of the village hall. Although they were young, they all had solemn faces, as if they were carrying out some serious task.
It's a pity that with his back to the sheep pen and the small vegetable garden of the village chief's house, he has no sense of majesty at all.
It was still hot, and flies were dancing over the heads of the knights.
The village hall was silent for a long time, not knowing what they were talking about, the villagers who came and went were patronizing and watching these knight masters secretly. When Xu Jun and the others walked here, they heard a very angry voice from the village hall: "How can you do this?!"
"Is it the mission that your Golden Orchard Village released at the Antlers Bar in Mondama City? Kill the surrounding gnolls, and each gnoll counts as two gold coins. Are you the one who issued it? Why don't you accept the account?"
- Gnolls? The villagers of Jinguoyuan Village looked at each other. That was two or three years ago. During that time, a group of gnolls came to the small forest near the village to snatch the prey of the hunters in Jinguoyuan Village. They also came to the village to rob them. They also had militiamen in the village, but they couldn’t beat these rough-skinned guys, so they had to go to the city to ask for help. The city owner approved it, but the people below were slow. Today, they said they would send someone to tomorrow. Said to send people, but in the end only a few teams of soldiers were sent, and they left without even going to the mountains.
After that, the helpless village chief brought ten gold coins to the Antlers Bar to release the task, but there was no follow-up.
But later, these gnolls are said to have taken a fancy to the more prosperous Kana Village in the east, and slowly moved there, rarely harassing the Golden Orchard Village again.
The villagers murmured about this in a low voice, and they did not dare to let the group of knights hear it, and they did not even dare to go to the militia to check the situation. The hierarchy of this world is far more strict than the modern age where Xu Jun lives, and the villagers of Golden Orchard are the bottom of human civilization.
Xu Jun looked left and right, keenly smelling the incident.
Oh, maybe it will lead to a bigger mission!
He patted the steamed buns, and the steamed buns understood immediately: I am going to work again!
Yes, for Mantou, it is his job to carry Xu Jun to the task location.
Mantou loves to work! He is a very adventurous and work-minded young moonlight colt!
The young knight guarding the gate looked at Xu Jun's knight badge and let him in neatly, but Mantou, Lansjies and others were left outside. It seems that the little knight who is the leader of the remaining knights is a little cramped: "Xianzai, idlers, etc. are not allowed to enter."
Mantou ignored them at all. He ran to watch the flock of long-haired sheep grazing in the sheepfold, and couldn't help grabbing a few grasses to eat.
The woolly sheep glared angrily: You, a free horse, came to snatch food with us! People clerk!
After chewing two bites of the steamed buns, Herod spit it out.
Lance and Jess were as familiar as Mantou. The two sat down directly on a bench in the small yard. Mosquitoes and flies seemed to have swelled their eyes and would not approach them. A vacuum was formed around the two of them. The little knight standing on guard looked at him, not to mention his hot eyes.
It's a pity that they still have to stand guard stupidly, wondering if their boss has failed? Could it be that the village chief of Golden Orchard Village is unwilling to pay? Why? Isn't it right and proper for the knight to ask the person who posted the task for money after completing the task
Xu Jun looked at the faces of these little knights and knew what they were thinking, thinking that you kids are naives, naives, and you still want money after doing a mission released by this small village, what are you thinking - these little ones Can the village pay for it? Are you helping the villagers kill monsters just to get some money
- Certainly not! It must be because of the rising reputation and experience points and the treasure chests under the river in the village tunnel!
It must be for the qualification of the three lights!
There is only a little money in the eyes, how can I do it without realizing it? !
He couldn't help but complain in his heart: "Ah, young people today."
Then after waiting for two seconds, the guy who would answer the conversation didn't show up either.
… it was utterly boring.
The village hall is actually divided into two rooms. It can be seen that the outside has become the warehouse of the village chief's house. There are several flour bags piled up, and one bag is filled with potatoes. Two of the exposed ones have sprouted. Black is not slippery. There is also a small cabinet in the corner, which looks a few years old, with a book on it.
"The Brave Fights the Demon King... Three Days and Three Nights"←There is such a line of title on the book, the middle words are not clear, and there is a smaller line below... "The Brave Story Porn Edition".
Xu Jun glanced at it so closely, and saw that the cover was a naked woman with long hair and fair skin. This woman only wore leather boots on her feet and held a long sword weakly in one hand to show her identity as a "hero". Lying on the body of a black devil wearing a skull crown.
"..." I was speechless, do people in the world of Mad understand the relationship between the hero and the demon king like this? !
And it's obviously still a fandom on the Holy Light Elf's side, so why did it become a small book when it came to you? !
If Prince Ryan's soul is still there, he might be very angry when he sees this scene - thinking of this, he suddenly thinks that Prince Ryan is not Prince Ryan, he is the Demon King himself!
What should I do, Xu Jun wanted to sneak this book away, and had a chance to show it to the devil _(:зゝ∠)_
After all, he can't hurt his eyes alone.
When I was thinking about whether to tear off the cover of this book, there was another angry roar from the room: "Why should I go to Kana Village to ask for a bounty? The task was released by you!!!"
He hurriedly pushed open the door and went in to check the situation, and he saw that in the inner room, the old man who was honestly probably the village chief was being pushed into the corner by an angry knight.
The knight had red hair as beautiful and flamboyant as a fire lion, which matched his personality, and he turned his head and said angrily, "Didn't you say you don't have to come in?!—Eh? Who are you?"
Xu Jun looked at the knight with the eyes of a professional hero - he is an intermediate knight at a young age, and he is quite talented. The armor he wears should be the work of the silver rose armor shop, and the style is still the latest. The long sword has a hollow pattern, and there are enchantments on the armor and the long sword. This is probably a son of a nobleman.
If you can clean this guy, you can sell it for thousands of gold.
After a third party intervened, the matter became easier to talk about. The village chief is obviously more willing to face Xu Jun. In his opinion, Xu Jun is much more amiable; and the young noble knights are also more willing to talk to Xu Jun. He sees that Xu Jun is an adventurer and has some similarities with knights. , at least they lived by doing tasks to make money, and both parties took Xu Jun to ask for comment.
This is a very oolong story.
Two or three years ago, the village chief did go to the Antlers Bar in Mondama City to issue a bounty task, but the reward of ten gold coins was hunted and killed the bloody gnoll. Who would want to do this? The quest was put on hold, and the bartender at the Antlers Bar put the quest announcement in the most inconspicuous corner of the quest board. Afterwards, the gnoll moved to Kana Village, and the village chief of Golden Orchard also forgot about it.
After all, it's been two years.
But who would have thought that two years later, there would be such a group of knights composed of nobles and children of knights, who would actually turn up this old task, return it to completion, and take over the Golden Orchard Village to ask for a bounty
"At that time... no one took the task for a year, so I simply distributed the money to the villagers... The harvest was not good in the past two years, ten gold coins... um... um..." The village chief of Golden Orchard Village murmured, the knight was speechless. The head of the regiment shook his red hair and was very angry: "What is your attitude? How did we become robbers to steal money?"
- When they took this task, they said it was a good deed! Otherwise, who would do such a thing as ten gold coins to kill a gnoll? !