Chapter 708 Golden Hand
In the middle of the night, most of the passengers in the hotel were already asleep, and Bing Zhixie was also asleep, but his expression was very scary. Suddenly, he woke up from his sleep, stared into the darkness, and gasped for air.
"It's a dream, it's a nightmare." Bing Zhixie slowly calmed down, wiped his forehead, and found that he was covered in sweat. He looked at the clock on the wall. The hands in the wall clock were still glowing with fluorescent light. The time pointed at 3:07: "I only slept for four hours." He lit up the spar lamp in the room and shed tears. I was sweating so much that I couldn't sleep for the time being, so I had to take a shower and change clothes, getting ready to go out for a walk.
This is a big city. There are rich nightlife clubs in big cities. At this time, there are still drunk mercenaries on the street hugging women and asking where to go. Bing Zhixie walked around for a while and felt a little hungry. When she looked up, she saw a bar nearby and walked towards it.
Like most mercenaries, taverns have become an indispensable activity for mercenaries. Many mercenaries who have just returned from a difficult and dangerous mission, or are idle and bored, will run away. Going to a bar to sit for two hours, chatting and laughing has almost become a part of their daily life.
Bing Zhixie walked to the door of the bar and stopped when he heard the chaotic sounds inside. At this time, he wanted to be quiet and did not want to go to a place that was too noisy.
"Hey, are you going in or not? Don't block the door." A drunk man behind him said in a not very nice tone. If anyone contradicted him at this time, he would I will definitely find a fight with that person.
"I'm sorry." Bing Zhixie walked away quickly and continued walking along the street. There might be a snack bar open, he thought in his heart.
After walking for a while, I saw a small store that was still under construction. The fat master in the store was cooking noodles. The aroma of the soup could be smelled from across the street. Bing Zhixie smiled slightly: "Good luck."
The store is not big, but the business seems to be pretty good. It's so late, and there are still two customers in the small store.
"Hey little boss, what do you want to eat?" The fat master fished out the noodles, poured them into a bowl, and added a lot of vegetables. Then he poured the soup in, took a whiff, and showed a satisfied smile. It looked like he was eating this bowl himself.
Bing Zhixie said: "What is the most delicious here?"
The fat master smiled and said: "Of course it is the most famous Fat Fish Noodles here. Well, this is the bowl. How is it? It's delicious, isn't it?"
Bing Zhixie nodded: "Okay, have a bowl."
"Okay, please wait inside, the noodles will be ready soon. .”
Because the store is not big, there are not many tables in the store. There are only six small tables, all placed against the wall. There are a few stools in the front and back, and there is an aisle in the middle. Bing Zhixie chose a table and sat down. In fact, there was nothing to choose from. Four of the six tables were already occupied, and only two tables were still empty.
Although there are four tables, there are only two customers. One is a middle-aged man and a little girl. From their appearance, it can be seen that they are a father and daughter. The other three tables were all kinds of people, but they all carried weapons and chatted with each other. They should be members of a certain mercenary group.
It is rare to see a group of people from the same mercenary group not going to the tavern to eat and drink, but gathering in a small noodle shop to eat noodles together, unless they are in a hurry or are traveling at night.
The Fat Fish Lo Noodles arrived soon after. Bing Zhixie took a bite and it was really delicious. The noodles were also cooked very chewy.
The fat master put down the tools below and held his own noodles. He could finally take a bite with peace of mind. But before he could take the bite, he heard someone from the group of mercenaries shouting: "Boss" , two more pounds of beef and five bowls of noodles.”
The fat master sighed and said, "Can you wait a moment and let me finish this mouthful of noodles first?"
"Why wait, you, the boss, are you worried that you haven't eaten the noodles in your own noodle shop?" We are all still hungry, so hurry up and get down." The person who spoke was not only tall, but also had a loud voice, and his skin was as dark as iron. He looked like a person who was not easy to mess with.
The fat master didn’t dare to provoke this group of people, so he had to go down there honestly.
Bing Zhixie suddenly said: "Boss, give me some cold beef, too. I want a small portion."
"Hey, that's good."
The big dark man glanced at Bing Zhixie and went back to eating noodles.
At this time, the little girl at the other table pointed at the big black man and said: "Dad, look at that black uncle, he is so stupid. He even ate the noodles up to his beard and didn't even know it, hahaha..." The little girl The girl is young, only four or five years old.
The girl’s father was so frightened that he quickly grabbed the girl’s hand back.
Bing Zhixie looked at the big black man and suddenly felt that he looked familiar, as if he had seen him somewhere.
The big black man's table was next to the little girl. He turned around and glared at the little girl and said: "Little sister, who are you calling stupid?"
"You." The little girl obviously didn't feel her father's fear. She was still giggling and saying, "Uncle Hei, you are so shy and your noodles are hanging on your beard. It turns out you are an old black man with a white beard."
The fat master was afraid of causing trouble, so he ran over and patted the girl on the shoulder and said: "Don't curse, apologize to uncle."
The girl's father was very nervous and kept saying for his daughter sorry.
The big black man stared at the fat master and said, "Boss, what are you doing down there?" Then he turned to the little girl and said, "Hey, what a girl, you even made up a song. "He completely ignored the girl's father's apology and suddenly stretched out his hand to grab the girl's head.
The girl’s father was frightened and stretched out his hand to block the big man’s hand. The girl's father was seen grabbing the big black guy's arm with strength in his hands, but the big black guy didn't pay attention at all and didn't even change his movements.
With a hiss, the sleeves of the big black man were torn apart, but his hand also touched the girl's head. While stroking her hair, he smiled and said: "You are so interesting, little girl. Let's make up another ballad to listen to it." "Listen."
It turns out that he didn't mean any harm. The girl's father was a little apologetic, but he was a little surprised when he saw the arm under his torn sleeve. It turned out to be a metal mechanical arm, which he just kept wearing. Wearing leather gloves, nothing exposed.
The little girl also saw his prosthetic arm, stretched out her little hand to touch it and said, "Wow, Uncle Hei, your hands are so scary."
Big Hei laughed loudly: " I'm scaring you. This hand of mine is specially designed to scare naughty little girls like you."
"I don't believe it." The little girl giggled, not feeling scared at all.
Bing Zhixie looked at the mechanical arm. It should have been built by a professional puppet master and was very well made. There are many mercenaries on the mainland, and countless people are disabled every year, so the puppet master's prostheses have become a hot business. After processing, these prostheses are engraved with the psychic master's unique point-consciousness formation to match the disability. When the consciousness of the user is connected together, it can be used flexibly. The arms made by masters with good craftsmanship are very expensive. Not only can they operate like real arms, but some are even better than real arms.
A female mercenary said: "Stop teasing her and eat quickly."
The fat master brought a piece of cold beef to Bing Zhixie and also gave it to the little girl's table Served one portion. However, the father and daughter didn't ask for beef just now. It seemed that they were regular customers here. After a while, another customer came to the store. This customer was with the mercenary. As soon as he came in, he was greeted by the mercenary in the store to sit down.
Bing Zhixie looked familiar to this person, but for a while he couldn't remember where he had seen him before.
After the new people sat down, someone immediately asked: "Have you found the guide?"
The man nodded: "He was willing to pay three times the price."
" Why?" The big black guy handed him a bowl of noodles and said, "Damn, he still has it. You dare to steal our money!"
"No." The man said: "Something happened in that place. No one wants to go there recently."
The big man said: "What? What a frightening thing.”
The man said: "It is said that people have often disappeared there in the past few months. The city government sent two groups of people to find out the situation, but none of them came back."
"Grandma, this is so evil."
The female mercenary asked: "Where's the guide, why didn't he come with you?"
The man ate a piece of cow Meat said: "He is preparing things at home and has made an appointment to meet under the statue of the goddess at four o'clock."
The big black man looked at the clock and said: "There is still some time before four o'clock, let's eat noodles quickly. Let’s set off after that. Don’t forget, we have a bet with them this time. If we lose, we won’t be able to stay in the group anymore.”
"I know, you're the only one who talks a lot."
After a few minutes, the group of mercenaries in the store finished eating the noodles and left. The fat master said while clearing the plates: "It seems that they are heading towards Beiwangpo."
The girl's father shook his head and sighed: "Since two boxes of gold coins were dug out of Beiwangpo last year, these The mercenaries went crazy and all ran there. This was all the fault of Liuyue Kingdom."
The fat master asked: "What does this have to do with Liuyue Kingdom?"
The girl's father said: "Two years ago, Liuyue Kingdom The earthquake caused the mountain to collapse and shook out an ancient ruin in the mountain. Along with the ancient ruins came dozens of tons of gold and many treasures. Many mercenaries who went there made a fortune since Beiwangpo left. After getting two boxes of gold, the government people did find a lot there. When these mercenaries heard the news, they naturally became aware of it and thought that ancient treasures were hidden here like Xinhe City in Liyue Kingdom. "
Bing Zhixie also knew about this. He still remembered the information he saw in the thieves' guild of the Green Song Ke, Bamboli.
The fat master smiled: "The mercenaries are all crazy about getting rich, but it's no wonder. Digging for treasures is better than mercenary tasks with your head tied to your belt. Oh, by the way, you Didn’t you also go to Beiwangpo two months ago? Did you gain anything? ?”
The girl’s father smiled: “I didn’t have that kind of luck. I just picked up this one, look at it.” As he said that, he pulled his daughter’s collar a little further. The ribbon tied around her neck pulled out a golden pendant.
This is a golden pendant that looks like an upside-down palm. The palm is not big, about five or six centimeters long. The four fingers are close together and the thumbs are slightly apart, just like a person stretching his palm straight. There is a raised eyeball carved in the middle of the palm. The eyeball is carved very vividly and vividly. Although it has only a single golden color, it looks like it is alive. Not only that, every line on the palm is clearly carved in proportion to the lines on a normal person's palm. Even the small lines of each palm line are carved in place, and the size and depth are extremely natural. Regardless of the material, from an artistic point of view, this is definitely a top-notch work of art.
Bing Zhixie walked over, squatted in front of the little girl and picked up this little palm. This small palm is slightly heavy and made of metal, but I don't know if it is gold.
The fat master and the girl's father were both surprised, but did not stop him.
Bing Zhixie looked carefully at the eyeball in the middle of his palm. He had seen this eyeball before, and it was very similar to his prophet's eye on the obelisk in Shuiyun Stream.
The girl's father asked: "Little brother, do you recognize this thing?"
Bing Zhixie took the little palm in his hand and touched it. The front of the palm was relatively smooth, and the back was smooth. Slightly rougher. He put down his little palm, stood up and said, "I'll buy it for how much."
The girl's father was stunned for a while, shook his head and said, "I won't sell this."
Bing Zhixie said: "I will give you 5,000 gold coins."
The fat master's mouth became O-shaped. 5,000 gold coins is not a small amount for an ordinary family, not to mention whether this little palm is gold. It is hard to say. , even if it is, it's not worth 5,000 gold coins.
The girl's father hesitated, but the little girl seemed to disagree. She said angrily: "No, this little hand belongs to me, and I won't sell it to you."
Bingzhi Xie bent down and asked the little girl: "Why don't you sell it to me? Do you like it very much?"
The girl pouted and said: "This is a small gift from my father. Gifts cannot be given to me." Someone else’s.”
Bing Zhixie sighed and straightened up. He knew that sometimes it was much easier to deal with an adult than a little girl, because children are always unreasonable and adults are more snobbish. Seeing that the little girl's father was hesitating, he was obviously tempted, so he said: "Well, I'll add 2,000 gold coins. Even if this thing is gold and a document, it may not be worth 7,000 gold coins. If you sell it , I will give you the money now, and forget it if you don’t sell it." Seeing his silence, Bing Zhixie turned and left.
The girl's father was stunned and quickly caught up: "Sell, sell." He took off the pendant from his daughter's neck.
The girl was unhappy: "Dad, why do you want to sell it to him? Why don't you sell it? It's my thing."
The father advised his daughter: "Don't make trouble, dad tomorrow I will take you to buy more fun things and buy you many small gifts."
"But..." The little girl was still reluctant to part with this small pendant, but seeing her father's stern face, she had no choice but to pout. The mouth stopped talking.
The pendant was handed over to Bing Zhixie, who also ordered a gold scroll to him. He looked at the gold scroll and said, "I can't find it... I can't find it."
Bing Zhixie smiled and said : "In such a big city, there should be a place where you can camp all night. That kind of place is very expensive, so go there and find one."
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(End of this chapter)