honor me as god

Chapter 58 Underground Snake Head
The next day, Paladin did not covet injury leave and returned to the team with an injury.

The knife in his lower back was originally stabbed by himself, avoiding the key point, only hurting the flesh, and it is basically no problem to cultivate for a day.

In the administrator's office, Lugo was holding a children's language book and was learning phonetic symbols awkwardly, with a hard look on his face.

"Lugo," Chino mused, "if I'm going to find a bunch of good stalkers in Dusk, who should I go to?"

Lugo finally raised his head from the sea of ​​suffering in the book and scratched the back of his head: "Eh, go to Varta, he is a Fago, who specializes in underground business in Dusk City, and he is extremely well-informed. Those beggars sitting on the street begging, most Most of it was his eyeliner."

The "Fagao" are a very interesting people. They are shrewd by nature and extremely sensitive to numbers. They are very good at investigating market conditions and obtaining intelligence. Many nobles like to find a Fagao as a financial advisor.

But it is also precisely because they are too shrewd that Fa Gao people are good at judging the situation and taking advantage of both sides. They will usually serve you very comfortably, but when something happens, don't expect them to work for you.

A very typical example, 26 years ago, during the Laurel War in the year 486 of the Huo Yao calendar, the 30 Fagau people living in the northern highlands should have been the first barrier of the Kingdom of Doguland.

But who knows, as soon as the war burns to the northern highlands, the French army surrenders and surrenders the homeland that they have lived in for generations.

The Far Eastern Dynasty occupied such a strategic key point without any blood, directly threatening the hinterland of Doguland. The military front even spread to the most central "Cardinal Province". The young king in the royal city looked up and could see the smoke of the wolf at the end of the sky.

If it weren't for the royal family and the extraordinary people of the Wangling family fighting to the death and fighting back the Imperial Army at any cost, the laurel flower would probably have withered on this continent.

After the Laurel War ended, King Dogrand 24 carried out a comprehensive liquidation, beheading nearly 20 Fago people and depriving them of the right to govern in the northern highlands.

This is the first time that the shrewd people of Fago have bet on the wrong fate of their nationality.

Because of this, the Fagao was also ridiculed as a "surrender nation".

Of course, no matter how you ridicule it, one thing can't be changed - Falgos are as cunning as venomous snakes, and if you want to get information, these people are the best choice.

Kino asked, "Where is Varta?"

Lugo said without hesitation, "Slum."

"It's a slum again." Chino looked helpless, "Take me for a walk."

The slum is in the North City of Dusk City, far away from the richest South City, a dirty and chaotic place.

Strange to say, with the financial resources of the Dusk City nobles, as long as you donate a little moon coin in your hand, you can make the buildings in the slums look brand new, and give hope to those poor people who are like mice.

But the nobles seem to have formed some kind of tacit understanding, always letting go of the existence of this barren land.

Led by Lugo, Chino and Palatine walk all the way into the ghetto.

Although Kino was well-dressed and looked very oily at first glance, he had the brightly embroidered logo of the administrator on his front tattoo, and with Lugo and Palatine beside him, no idiot dared to approach.

Lugo took the lead into an alley, came to a young man, reported a secret message, and took out a small bag of copper moon and put it in his hand: "The administrator is here, take us to see Varta."

The guy quickly tucked the money bag into his crotch, so he didn't have to turn it over and he could eat alone.

"Good morning, Your Excellency Administrator." He grinned elegantly from the upper class, and bowed to Kino, but that thief temperament was deeply ingrained and could not be concealed by actions and words.

"Good morning." Chino responded politely.

"Three adults, please come with me." The young man smiled flatteringly and took the lead in walking in the front.

The three followed him into the gate, passed through the dilapidated and withered house at the front, and came to a wide underground passage. They first descended and then turned several times, then ascended back to the ground, and finally came to a hidden building. in front of the house.

The young man opened the door of the house, invited the three of them to enter, and left with a nod of his own.

After the three entered the door, what jumped into their eyes was a long dining table, and a rickety old man was sitting there eating.

For 0.12 seconds, Chino's pupils shifted sideways and looked at the side wall.

After a few seconds, Lugo and Paladin also sensed something.

"Bang!" Lu Ge slammed his fists against the wall, broke open the secret door, grabbed something, and pulled back heavily, dragging out a saber guard with a shocked face.

Lugo stunned the guard with one kick, and looked at the crooked old man coldly: "Valta, you are really kind, the administrator is here to visit, and you set up an ambush here?"

"I surrender! I surrender!! I surrender!!!" Valta hurriedly shouted three times, pulling out the white handkerchief in his pocket and dancing in the air, making people feel distressed, "He is not an ambush, just my secret whistle! Not against you!"

Kino was just about to say something when a roar suddenly came from the corner: "Hold on!"

Two tall men with swords came out of the shadows, their faces were stern, their facial features were as deep as a knife and an axe, their bodies were as firm as a rock, very shocking and full of fighting spirit.

Lugo and Paladin stood silently in front of Chino, holding the hilt of the knife, ready to fight at any time.

All of a sudden, the two big men of Fago threw their sabres with familiarity, knelt on the ground with their heads in their hands, and said viciously, "We also have to surrender!"

Chino, Lugo, Palatine: "."

Chino raised his chin and signaled to clear the field.

Lugo picked up the unconscious guard with one hand, while Paladin kicked the butts of the two surrendering men and went out with them, leaving only Chino and Varta inside.

Seeing this, Varta kept rubbing his hands and put on a warm and friendly face: "Oh~ my dear administrator, please sit down, I have prepared tea and strawberry toffee for you."

This sentence made Chino very interested. This guy Valta stayed at home, but knew that he was going to come today, prepared tea in advance, and even knew that he liked strawberry toffee the most.

It seems that as Lugo said, Varta's news is extremely well-informed.

"Thank you for your kindness, but you don't need to entertain, the business is important." Chino handed over Alice's sketched portrait, "I heard that your intelligence officers are very professional?"

Varta took the portrait with both hands, glanced at it, and smiled: "Ah~ isn't this the little beauty who entered the city yesterday? If I remember correctly, her name is Alice."

"You know her?"

"I know her, she doesn't know me."

"Where did she come from?"

"It's said to be from Pu Luo, but judging from the skin type, it is obviously not. I heard that she is as white as freshly squeezed milk."

Chino took out a bag full of silver moons and put them on the table, there were 50 of them, and said, "Make a deal, help me keep an eye on this woman, I want to know the details of her actions - where she went and what she did. , who spoke to, who spoke to who she spoke to, who spoke to those who spoke to. All the people involved, and what they did, report back to me.”

Varta shook his head: "It stretches out like this, like a spider web that's getting bigger and bigger. There are too many people and it's hard to keep an eye on it."

Chino: "Think of a way?"

Varta coughed lightly, and said with difficulty: "Hey, the request of the administrator, I have to find a way even if I try my best. In this way, add 50 silver moons, and I will help you get it all done."

Chino: "Are you raising the price with me?"

Valta bowed humbly: "No no no, Lord Administrator, please believe me, this is a reasonable price. In order to meet your requirements, I need to mobilize a large number of people and let them concentrate on this matter. If they are paid Not enough, and their concentration suffers. You don't want Alice to realize you're being followed, do you?"

Chino was silent for a while, then threw a bag of Silver Moon: "They're right, the Fago are as cunning as poisonous snakes."

"I take this as a compliment~" Valta greedily accepted the two bags of silver moon, and gave Kino a noble salute, "Let me follow the matter, I will do my best to go."

"You better be." Chino turned to leave.

"Let Yang send you off." Varta clapped his hands three times regularly.

A boy walked in from outside the door. He was petite and had a soft face. At first glance, he knew that Varta had a special hobby.

Kino didn't intend to point fingers at other people's privacy, he just said lightly: "No need to send it, just do your business well."

Chino went out and glanced at Yang unintentionally when passing by Yang.

Wudi, Chino stopped in place.

Seeing this, Varta was a little nervous and thought: Could it be that the administrator is also good at this?

Chino walked up to Yang and looked at him carefully: "You have a hunchback, show me your back straight."

Yang looked at Valta subconsciously, and after getting permission, he straightened his back and showed it to Chino.

The corners of Kino's lips rose slowly, revealing a mysterious smile.

(End of this chapter)