Silent Crown

Chapter 38: Town legend

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"It was Shaman just now, what about this one?"

Ye Qingxuan turned over the second card. On the card, a man wearing a top hat with waist-length blond hair stands on top of gold, silver and treasures, with gems falling from his fingertips like sand.

"Trader, it is said that you can buy everything from him, as long as you have money. Impossible things will happen."

Bai Xi lowered his voice and said, "Some people also say that King Arthur bought Angelou's throne from him with his own sword."

"how could it be possible."

Ye Qingxuan was amused: "Even if it is true, no one can survive until now, right?"

"Maybe, if he has everything, it wouldn't be surprising if he has the elixir of life, right?"

"...What you said makes sense."

Ye Qingxuan opened another one: "This one?"

The background on this card is blood red, and among the broken limbs, there is a faint shadow standing, which looks full of darkness and blood.

"Well, this is a killer who has disappeared. It is said that he takes money to do things, and dares to take any order, including assassinating the Minister of Defense. Once dispatched, no one will be left alive. If anyone sees him, he will be screwed Head. Some people nicknamed him 'The Flesh Butcher' because the scene he left behind looked like a slaughterhouse workshop."

“…”

The white evil spirit entrenched in the church - the soul-eating shadow; the crazy murderer who disembowels prostitutes in the dark - the Ripper; the woman who abducts children and raises demons - the ghost mother; the resurrected dead who wander around the cemetery area and like to smoke The blood monster—the vampire; the debt collector whose arm can capture souls—the ghost hand; the black shadow that gallops in the sky at midnight—the ghost carriage...

These are the top ten legends of Avalon City.

"Wait, there are only nine?" Ye Qingxuan counted on his fingers and found that it was indeed nine.

"Oh, there's one more."

When this was mentioned, Bai Xi, who was so excited, lost interest and revealed the last card.

On the card is the dark shadow of the clock tower at midnight. In the darkness, something seemed to be squirming and running past.

"This is the last legend, the naked man running wildly through the streets of Avalon late at night."

“…”

In an instant, Ye Qingxuan was frightened and woke up.

"You look so strange, are you okay?"

"I was scared."

Ye Qingxuan was really embarrassed to say that he had seen this lunatic before.

The top ten legends of Avalon, what virtues and abilities he has! The previous nine legends are all majestic, but only this one is full of deep obscenity. Running around naked and singing at midnight, you’re a crazy chicken cootou! Can the aesthetics of the people of Avalon be lost

"What's the last trick?"

He looked at the two ghost cards, but the ghost cards were not clowns, but weird and hideous buildings.

The pattern on the black ghost card is a high tower, but when the tower is reflected in the water, it turns into layers of corpses, extending downwards like a path to hell.

"Reflection of blood road."

Bai Xi said: "It is said that this road is hidden in Avalon and can lead to the back of Avalon. If you walk into it, you can see the true appearance of Avalon City."

"What about the red ghost card?"

In the young man's hand, what was painted on the red ghost card was the huge ruins of a city, which seemed to be covered with cobwebs and scorch marks. The huge city was submerged in the dust, as if it had died.

"This is the legendary Avalon."

Bai Xi paused and added: "—The real Avalon."

It has been a total of three hundred years since the end of the Dark Ages.

Two hundred and seventy years ago, King Arthur came here and established the first city of Holy Angel after rejecting the holy name issued by the Holy City. This is the earliest legend of Avalon City.

No one knows where this place was before.

Some scholars conducted research on stratigraphic sections in the remaining ancient books and came to a strange conclusion: three hundred years ago, the altitude of Avalon was more than 600 meters lower than the normal altitude.

In other words... this island should have been sleeping in the sea.

But according to recent ether decay measurements on ancient buildings in Avalon, they have generally existed for more than a thousand years... Scholars were unable to explain this ridiculous contradiction, and in the end this argument could only be drowned in various testimonials. But this legend has been passed down, and it has become more and more detailed until now.

Some people say that Avalon was originally a city occupied by evil gods, eternally silent at the bottom of the sea. If it surfaces during the Battle of Glory, the world will be destroyed. Later, the Hundred-Eyed One was severely injured and left its lair, but its secrets still slept in the city.

Others say this is a Burgundian conspiracy, while others support the recent theory of continental drift, believing that Avalon is an island drifting from other places.

"No matter how I hear it, it sounds unreliable. The people in Avalon must be too boring."

"That's right, let's play cards. Let's play cards." Bai Xiye shuffled the cards and said with excitement: "How about I let you play the first game? Let's play a small one first. It's twenty yuan a game."

Ye Qingxuan stretched out his hand expressionlessly and took out the poker she had hidden in her sleeve.

"I've already said that it's forbidden to travel..."

Half an hour later, Ye Qingxuan felt increasingly groggy and had difficulty concentrating. This feeling is like a hangover, something similar to alcohol is causing trouble, giving people excessive excitement and making it difficult to control themselves.

Fortunately, I can still think, fortunately...

"Okay, give me the money."

He showed the card and stretched out his palm with a smile: "Otherwise, stick a note."

There was silence.

Among the ticking sounds, only Bai Xi gasped angrily.

The white strips of paper plastered all over her face trembled with her breathing, like the legendary snow monster. In half an hour, she had exported almost all of her salary for the next three years—if she had that kind of thing.

"You told me... this is your third straight flush?"

Bai Xi gritted his teeth and asked, "Is this the third time?"

"It's the third time, right."

Ye Qingxuan yawned and replied drowsily: "The first time I didn't understand the rules and lost a month's salary. The second time I also won the pants of those guys... From that time on, no one wanted to Played cards with me. They, well, they all said I was cheating."

"You promised not to cheat!"

Bai Xi hammered the table and came over to glare at him: "Where did you hide the poker? Tell me honestly! Otherwise I will take advantage of you when you can't fight back and beat you until you can't take care of yourself..."

"I didn't lie to you, I won't cheat you."

Ye Qingxuan spread his hands and let her explore his body. In his hand, the shuffled playing cards fell like snowflakes, falling all over the floor like snowflakes.

Fifty-four playing cards, one not too much and one not too little.

There is no trace of cheating anywhere in the rolled up sleeves, between the short nails, between the open fingers, under the table. Bai Xi searched Ye Qingxuan's pocket over and over again, but found nothing.

"I told you I won't cheat."

Feeling groggy, Ye Qingxuan finally couldn't bear the erosion of the Sandman and fell on the table in a daze. Before falling asleep, he seemed to remember something and laughed softly:

"—but I can remember cards."

"This time, please accompany me to deliver the goods."

"I don't know the way anyway."

The next day, Ye Qingxuan, who was still using crutches, could walk.

He was limping down the street. Bai Xi, who was next to him, was holding the box in his arms, walking carelessly and looking around.

As if she hated that her white hair would attract attention, she stuffed her hair into her fedora hat. She was still wearing Ye Qingxuan's old clothes, like a wild child that could be seen everywhere.

"However, it's not easy for Uncle Seton to be able to do a business."

"You are thinking too much. This seems to be a craft clock sent from the Kingdom of Burgundy by the boss. We are only responsible for the delivery." Bai Xi curled his lips: "If someone hadn't sent a letter to ask, I guess Seton It would have been thrown into the trash a long time ago.”

"Okay, I think this store will be closed down by uncle sooner or later." Ye Qingxuan was worried.

"Why are you sighing? It's none of your business." Bai Xi rolled his eyes at him, his pupils suddenly turned twice, and he had a bad idea again: "Hey, cousin, look How much is the clock in this box worth?"

"Although this is not an antique, but judging from the signature, it should be the work of a well-known craftsman from the Kingdom of Burgundy. The market price is difficult to estimate, but the latest watch movement and the amount of gold and silver inside are not cheap. If you follow the black market, The rule is to discount it to one-third... It can probably be sold for about 60,000 yuan."

Ye Qingxuan calculated on his fingers and finally nodded: "If you meet someone knowledgeable, you can sell it for around 100,000 yuan."

Bai Xi was stunned, not only because of the price, but also because of Ye Qingxuan's words.

"How do you know so clearly?"

"The bookshelves in the store are all full of books, don't you know how to read them?" Ye Qingxuan turned to look at her and hit her on the head casually: "Don't use your imagination. Seton said that if you get into trouble, you will be sent away." Going to the hospital is no empty talk.”

"Hey, I didn't say anything yet!"

"When you called me cousin, nothing happened. And you definitely wanted to run away with this thing just now, right?"

"… snort."

Bai Xi snorted coldly and said nothing, but it was obvious that he was still evil.

"On the third day I came here, someone stole something from the store. Seton didn't say anything. In the afternoon of that day, someone broke the thief's hand and sent the stolen goods back to the store. Seton's muscles are amazing It’s not for nothing, you don’t think that he is really harmless just because he studies every day, do you?”

Ye Qingxuan poured cold water on the side and continued talking until the hair on the little girl's neck grew, and then he stopped with satisfaction - it was the fourth time today that Bai Xi was prevented from stepping into the abyss of crime. It was really gratifying... what the hell!

If she wants to commit a crime for the fourth time in one day, this girl is completely hopeless! Except for Lao Fei's dog food, which she didn't dare to steal, Ye Qingxuan didn't see anything she didn't dare to steal.

Just like now, Bai Xi squeezed into the crowd with a curious expression, as if listening to the performance of a street performer.

The dark-skinned artist sat cross-legged on his shabby stall, playing the Qiang flute in his hand vigorously. This rare instrument is quite rare. The beautiful tone made passers-by nod from time to time, and then throw coins into the box in front of him...

Bai Xi looked down at the copper coins that were almost piled up in the box, and his mouth watered.

Fortunately, just before Ye Qingxuan went to stop her, another incident drew everyone's attention away.

In the distance, a high-pitched brass horn suddenly sounded.

The din of human voices came from afar.