Chapter 657 Changdi City and the Witch Solan
Changdi City was built on the edge of an ancient long embankment, but due to the diversion of the river, the embankment became a city wall.
Lulesi and hundreds of senior members of the Ruoan Party were waiting at the city gate early.
Arriving at the city gate from the pier, Horn got off the boat smoothly under the escort of hundreds of black-clad soldiers, and the people around him immediately scattered flower petals.
The honor guard on the ship followed suit and played the trumpet and lute. A line of tall honor guards stood in two rows of people. The citizens of Black Snake Bay wearing robes and blouses around them looked at them frequently.
After getting off the boat and following Lulesi to her residence, Horn looked left and right all the way.
He came here almost without getting off the boat. He still didn't have a detailed understanding of what Black Snake Bay was like. He just had the opportunity to take a look today.
The layout of the Causeway City is different from that of Fort Joan of Arc. Its ground is paved with hand-fired colorful bricks, and colorful curtains and flags are hung on both sides of the road.
Similar to the colorful bricks, the houses in Changdi City are also colorful.
They are dominated by red, orange, yellow and white, and have terraced or domed roofs with spiers or flags on the top. Some roofs also have wind chimes hung on them, which make a pleasant tinkling sound as the wind blows.
Seeing this, Horn couldn't help but sigh, are the paints and dyes here free of charge? Is that how you make it?
On the side, Jean Nafu covered her nose as soon as she stepped onto the street. The smell of horse dung, sheep dung and incense mixed in the air, which was really uncomfortable.
But when she glanced at the fruits and vegetables sold in the street market, she couldn't help but be curious. She took the plant manual given by the Dragon Language Alchemy Society, compared it, and murmured: "Purple eggs, brown eggs, etc." Orange, pearl rice, sweet beans..."
Seeing the novel fruits and vegetables on the shelves, Horn was moved and said to the entourage on the side: "I will buy some of these fruits, vegetables and their seeds later, and send them directly to the Holy Artifact Hall for Catherine to take a closer look. .”
"Are those grass cages filled with toads?" Looking at the citizens carrying toad cages in the smoky market, Jeanne couldn't help turning her head and asked Lulesi, "What do they want the toads for?"
Lulesi glanced at the toad sellers squatting on the roadside and shook her head: "This kind of toad is for licking."
"For licking? Why?" Jeanne frowned with disgust.
Lulesi glanced at it: "The skin of these toads can secrete a kind of psychedelic mucus. The witch relatives need to use it to relieve neurological pain. This is a business in Black Snake Bay, and many people know it. Take the initiative to breed this poisonous frog ”
"This is really..." After holding it in for a long time and looking at the citizens of Black Snake Bay who stretched out their light blue tongues to lick the toad's back, Horn said the second half of the sentence, "It's different."
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Compared with Qianhe River Valley, Black Snake Bay is completely like another country.
There is lingering incense everywhere, and people wear open-chested shirts and straw sandals and flip-flops even in winter, and leave various tattoos on their bodies.
The most peculiar thing is the decoration. Perhaps the long-term secret party career and the chaotic life of having to keep it secret have left the people of Black Snake Bay with a culture of masks and hoods engraved in their bones.
Walking on the bluestone streets, five out of ten people were wearing various masks and hoods. Many of the hoods even covered the entire head, regardless of whether the neck could support such a weight.
In the short distance from the pier to the Moonlight Palace of Ruo'an Party, Horn saw spiral horn hoods, red-faced devil hoods, and green-haired rat hoods...
Of course, the most common ones are the black cloth hood and white wooden mask.
"But, in this case, if someone commits a crime and can't even see his face, how can he arrest him?" Looking around, Du Valon, who was accompanying him on the trip, couldn't help but ask, "For example, if I wore a hood and robbed someone from a stall, Apple.”
With a wry smile, Robert explained: "Either catch him before he is out of sight, or consider yourself unlucky, or you can pick something off him and find a fortune teller to help you divine."
Du Valon quickly said to the people accompanying him: "Then we have to take care of our luggage."
"No need." Lulesi laughed and said, "They are not stupid. They don't dare to mess with you. Our Changdi City is no better than other places." "You mean, Changdi City is considered to be a safe place in Black Snake Bay. Is it good?" Horn looked around and asked with a hint of hesitation.
"Unfortunately, you are absolutely right." Looking at the thief running and eating breadfruit on the roadside, Lulesi felt both compassion and helplessness.
Horn, however, fell into deep thought. If Black Snake Bay has a custom of advocating openness and freedom, then the national model he built in Qianhe River Valley may not be suitable for Black Snake Bay.
After learning about the history of Black Snake Bay along the way, Horn gradually understood why the people of Black Snake Bay always have gods and beings, and they have a rich culture that defies heaven.
Since 1,000 years ago in the Imperial Calendar, the Empire has been expelling fugitives, devil-possessed people (mentally ill), wizards, cultists, etc. to Black Snake Bay.
With the emergence of the first witch who made this place a base, a large number of witch relatives gathered.
This has led to a big problem, which is various deformities and mental illnesses caused by mana's compression of nerves.
It would be weird if it could feed idle people just by fermenting and nourishing poison like this.
"Okay, we're here. This is the Moonlight Palace, the headquarters of the Ruo'an Party."
The Moonlight Palace is actually an altar to the ancient evil god, but the Ruo'an Party spent twenty years rebuilding and repairing it, and this is the building in front of them.
It has snow-white exterior walls and a knotty golden roof. The marble dome forms a spherical dome covering the vertical palace. The only drawback is that it is covered with moss and climbing plants. You can also see an overgrown ruin in the palace.
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Walking in from the main entrance, stepping on the steps, and walking dozens of steps, Horn walked up to the pedestal of the Moonlight Palace.
When he walked into the Moonlight Palace, he was met by a woman with wheat-colored skin and exposed navel who bowed to him and saluted: "Greetings to you, Mr. Horn, I am the master assassin of the Shadow Society, 'Shadow' Sol Ran Hoftarn ”
According to previous information, this should be the first witch to side with Horn in the Witch Council.
She looked to be only in her twenties, but her actual age was unfathomable. She wore a white bra on her upper body and wide trousers on her lower body that exposed her slender ankles.
"Nice to meet you." Horn stepped forward and shook hands with him. After chatting for a while, they each sat down. "I thought that the student of Bishop Killer Toluya would not support me as the 'Pope.'"
"On the contrary." Sitting cross-legged on the fragrant rattan cushion, Solan picked up the clay pot and poured Horn a glass of orange juice. "Master Toluya killed the bishops not because they were bishops, but because they were sinners... This fruit wine is homemade and has no alcohol content.”
"Aren't you disgusted with the Myrcella religion?" Horn smiled and took a sip of the sweet and sour fruit wine. It really tasted good and had no alcohol content.
"The predecessor of the Shadow Society was actually a group of Green Foresters who specialized in robbing the rich and giving to the poor." Solan put the wine glass under his veil and took a sip. "As for us, we now make a living by assassinating and smuggling, just to survive."
"You don't need to smuggle now." Horn said with a smile. "There are many things in Black Snake Bay that we need, such as the pearl rice, sweet beans, purple eggs, brown oranges and other fruits and vegetables."
"I can also exchange these for cheap fabrics and daily necessities from you." Solan raised his glass and said, "Here's a toast to you."
Horn drank the glass of fruit wine in one gulp: "Are you from Black Snake Bay?"
"I am a Norn. I was born in Cod Castle in the Kingdom of Norn. I am the daughter of a fisherman." Solan rubbed his wine glass, "The damn witcher burned my fishing boat, and I fled to Black Snake Bay. ”
Although Solan said this lightly, Horn still felt a deep hatred.
"Let's get back to the topic." Horn quickly brought the topic back, "What do you think of my plan for the Black Snake Bay Consortium?"
(End of chapter)