After a whole morning, the market after noon finally became a little quiet.
Of course, this kind of quiet means that compared with the morning and noon, the market is actually still full of people.
Those merchants who entered the city that day and couldn't catch up with the best sales time of the day, appeared in the market at this time, inquiring about the market and looking for a suitable place to set up their stalls.
Qin Ran and Mimosa, who had changed into different attires, mingled among these people.
With a smile on his face, Qin Ran would stop in front of a certain booth to ask a question or two from time to time, while Mimosa followed behind Qin Ran without missing a step, as if he was a qualified little follower.
The two stopped and walked, and after more than half an hour, they came to a booth selling jewelry.
A few pieces of rings, bracelets, earrings, and necklaces were scattered on a piece of off-white 1-meter-square cloth, most of which were made of copper and iron.
You don't expect to see gold and silver jewelry at a stall like this.
To find these, you need to go inside the store, not the roadside stand.
Of course, Kieran's main purpose is not these.
It's the hotel behind the booth.
On the corner window on the second floor of the hotel, a strip of red cloth was fluttering in the wind, which was very conspicuous.
After glancing at the red cloth, Qin Ran casually picked up a ring.
"how much is this?"
Qin Ran asked.
"Eight coins."
The stall owner glanced at it and made an offer.
Not expensive, but not cheap either.
Just now, he stopped and walked in the market, although most of them were just for show, but it was enough for Qin Ran to understand the corresponding pricelessness.
In other similar stalls, a copper ring like the one in his hand cost at most six or seven copper coins.
"too expensive!"
"Five coins!"
"impossible!"
"At least nine coppers!"
"I can buy two of these brass rings for nine coppers!"
Qin Ran shook his head, and started haggling with the stall owner like a real businessman.
Mimosa stood behind, looking at Qin Ran who looked like this, with disbelief in his eyes.
The scene in front of her was completely beyond Mimosa's imagination.
As Qin Ran's team member, Mimosa naturally knew why they were here.
In fact, after signing a contract to keep the secret, Mimosa already roughly knew about Qin Ran's guess.
For this guess, Mimosa did not refute.
Because, he could also see that the four people, Melzer and Pilk, were the 'smoke bombs' of the two people who really stole the 'Holy Grail of Thorns'.
When it fails, the four are the best candidates for the break.
When successful, the four are reasonable evidence to clear the suspicion.
According to his guess, the two people who actually stole the 'Holy Grail of Thorns' would put the 'Holy Grail of Thorns' in the marked hotel, and then notify the city guards and Temple of Thorns to complete the expected framing.
Naturally, Qin Ran would never give up the 'Holy Grail of Thorns' that could complete the 'baptism', and would definitely make a move.
In this way, fighting the city guards and the temple of thorns is inevitable.
Therefore, when coming to the market, Mimosa is quite nervous.
However, Mimosa couldn't help but wonder if her guess was correct, seeing Qin Ran's appearance of haggling with an ordinary stall owner, or was she hallucinating from the previous conversation with Qin Ran
However, soon, a black shadow attracted the eyes of Mimosa.
The black shadow loomed in the shadows, approaching the inn with the red cloth strips at an extremely fast speed.
Subconsciously, Mimosa wanted to remind Qin Ran.
But before Mimosa could speak, Kieran threw another ten coppers to the stall owner, and stood up holding two copper rings.
"Let's take a look at that house!"
Qin Ran said, and walked to another booth.
Mimosa wanted to say something, but she didn't dare to say it. She could only weakly follow Qin Ran to a fur stall.
This is a stall set up by hunters near Navia City.
It is covered with tanned and sun-dried rabbit skins, most of which are bright gray and white.
"Ten coppers for a piece of leather, no price!"
The hunter obviously noticed Qin Ran before, and spoke before Qin Ran opened his mouth.
Qin Ran touched the tip of his nose resentfully, and walked directly to the next house, Mimosa quickly followed.
However, Mimosa couldn't help but turned her head and glanced in the direction of the hotel.
When she saw the situation in the hidden alley, Mimosa was stunned.
Because, the black shadow he saw before was blocked in the alley in front of the hotel by three people who appeared at some unknown time.
Due to the angle, Mimosa did not see the appearance of the three people, but he could clearly see that the three were holding weapons.
Moreover, the black shadow that appeared first has been injured!
"Anyone else?!"
Something unexpected happened, which made Mimosa stop, but the strength from the arm made Mimosa continue to move forward.
"Don't look back, follow me."
The voice that belonged to Qin Ran came from his ear, and Mimosa immediately responded.
And just after the two left about 100 meters
boom!
There was a huge explosion.
The flames shot up into the sky.
Within a radius of seven or eight meters, it was razed to the ground.
Even the hotel was half collapsed.
The market, which was noisy one moment, becomes crying for father and mother the next moment.
The chaotic crowd ran left and right.
Even if the city guards, who had already received the news, came quickly, it would be of no use.
The numbers are too far apart.
There are thousands of people in the entire market, and the two teams of city guards are only about fifty people, even if the city guards stationed in the market are added, there are no more than a hundred people.
Facing the impact of ten times more people, the queue of city guards was dispersed in an instant.
"Assemble! Assemble!"
The captain of the city guards shouted loudly.
But such voices were immediately drowned out by the chaotic crowd.
Then, the embittered captain drew out the long sword at his waist and began to intimidate the panicked crowd, but instead of doing anything, it made the crowd even more chaotic.
Pulling the mimosa, Qin Ran stood in a corner, avoiding the chaotic crowd, and shook his head involuntarily.
If you do this from the beginning, you can still intimidate the crowd with the sharpness of the sword, but now
It's just adding to the chaos!
The confusion continued for a few more minutes, and then, a middle-aged man in a robe with thorn patterns embroidered on the cuffs appeared singing hymns loudly.
"The road full of thorns is your test."
"A painful body brings a noble soul."
"When you show up, everything..."
The chant seemed to have the power to calm people's hearts, and the chaotic crowd quickly quieted down. If it continued, the chaos would definitely subside quickly.
But…
Whoosh!
A crossbow arrow shot out from the crowd suddenly, and sank into the chest of the clergy who sang hymns.
Immediately, the crowd who had calmed down a while ago panicked again.
People are more fearful and overwhelmed than before.
Also underwhelming were the mimosas.
"What the hell happened here?"
Mimosa looked at the clergy who fell in a pool of blood, and she was dumbfounded.
And when he came back to his senses, he realized that at some point, Qin Ran by his side had disappeared.