Laughing at Chang'an

Datang calendar March 23, [-], Zhongtu, Chang'an.

The news of the four major mercenary regiments' war against the Eagles caused countless disturbances, but for the people living at the bottom of the city, the disturbances above had nothing to do with them.Instead of wasting time thinking about those so-called big things, it's better to think about where their food expenses come from today. For them, how to live in this city is a problem that must be considered.

As the saying goes, living in Chang'an is not easy.

Early in the morning, Luo Jianjian got up from the kennel full of empty wine bottles and garbage, yawned and walked out in the face of the not-so-bright morning sun, and started the day's rush.First go to the wonton stand at the entrance of Jiutong Street to eat a bowl of wonton worth nine yuan, and then walk slowly for 10 minutes to digest the contents of the stomach. Wash your face at the public water table above, let off your sweat, and then enter Weiyang Palace to see if there are any suitable tasks. The team takes on some more difficult tasks... This is basically the case every day. It's definitely not good, but it's still passable. In short, let's endure it.

He is 27 this year and has been in Chang'an for five years.

"Yo, Lao Luo, early wow."

There were no good tasks this day, so Luo Jian took a look around and went out to smoke outside.He has been on a tight budget recently, so he feels a little impatient. He has to pay next month's rent at the end of the month.He was smoking a cigarette here when an acquaintance came over from the bridge and greeted him.When Luo Jianjian saw the person coming, his eyes lit up, he immediately put on a smiling face, threw away the cigarette, and walked in with the person.

"Lei Zi, you came early enough today. I heard that you have been promoted. Congratulations."

The one called Leizi is a young man with thick eyebrows and big eyes. He is 24 years old this year. He is three years younger than Luo Jianjian. He was selected into the blue flag peripheral team last year. much.

Lei Zi laughed loudly and said, "What promotion? It's just being given the title of captain and ordered to bring in newcomers. Hey Lao Luo, do you have any work today? How about we form a team, and I have three more on my side." The newcomer has to be taken care of by one person, so it would be best if you are willing to help."

Luo Jianjian frowned. Although helping to lead newcomers is more free combat power, and there is no need to pay, but it is quite troublesome to take care of.And in this way, he can't take on too dangerous tasks, which contradicts his urgent need to make money.

"Uh." Luo organized his words firmly and wanted to refuse, but at this moment, his shoulder was suddenly patted heavily.

"Lao Luo! Lei Zi! What are you two doing standing here?"

A bearded man dressed as a hunter appeared behind the two, put one hand on the other, and squeezed his head between the two very affectionately to ask.Luo Jianjian didn't expect to meet so many acquaintances today. Normally, everyone goes on a mission for a day or two, and it's often you who come back and I go out. It's really rare to meet together like this.

"Jack! Hahaha! How long has it been since the three of us got together?" Lei Zi's joy was beyond words, he put his arms around the hunter Jack who suddenly appeared, and suggested excitedly: "It's such a coincidence, let's form a team to swipe together!" Let's go to the task, and go have a drink together after the end!"

Luo Jianjian also laughed, and said inappropriately, "You don't bring your newcomer?"

"No more." Lei Zi waved his hands freely, "What's the use of bringing three burdens, let's go to the big game today!"

It is said that it is a big job, but in fact it is to find the bandit suppression task in the public security category. The licenses of the three of them are still at the national level, and the scope of execution can only be within the territory of Datang.Due to the autonomous system of the Tang Dynasty, banditry was very serious in the territory. Many ostensibly caravans turned into bandits in a blink of an eye.The remuneration for the bandit suppression mission itself is not high, and it is troublesome and dangerous to do, but it is still quite popular with the mercenaries... Their target is the property of the bandits, and if they get it, there is no such thing as returning it to the owner.

The three of them occupied a reading platform, and they were all veterans as they sifted through the screening, and they could tell at a glance what tasks were lucrative.Luo Jianjian is the most short of money, and he is the most serious. He is an assassin, Lei Zi is a melee fighter, and Jack is an archer. It is not a problem for the three of them to cooperate to take down a gang of hundreds of people.But correspondingly, if the number of targets is small, you will lose money, and if you have too many people, you will be at risk. It is not easy to choose the right one.

"Old Luo." Jack said suddenly, "I heard that your brother died, are you okay?"

Luo Jianjian, who was concentrating on choosing a task, suddenly heard this sentence, was slightly taken aback, then shook his head and said, "It's okay, I don't have much contact with him."

Jack snorted and didn't ask any more questions.When Luo Jianjian came to Chang'an, he originally came to join his brother, but in order to support a woman, his brother turned him away and asked him to sleep outside on the street.After that, Luo Jianjian broke off contact with the other party, that is, Jack knew him early before he knew that he still had such a brother.

Of course it would be a lie to say that there is nothing wrong with him, even if the other party treats him badly, they are still brothers who grew up together.After hearing the news of the other party's death, Luo Jianjian went to the tavern and got drunk for a few days, which was also the direct cause of his tight financial situation.

"That's it." Luo firmly pulled himself together, quickly found the target he wanted, and pointed to the task with details displayed on the screen.The other two also leaned over to take a closer look, and did not raise any objections to his judgment.

So the three of them went to the counter to pick up the mission, packed their equipment, brought dry food, and set off on the guild's special line train for Datang missions.

There is nothing to mention during the mission. The only accident is that a pair of knee pads were found in the inheritance of the bandit group. They are parts of the giant bear cover of Baibing Pavilion. It would be a pity to sell them. Buy it, and the other two will share the money.

It took less than half a day to carry out the task, but it took nearly [-] hours to go back and forth by car. By the time the three of them returned to Chang'an to hand in the task, it was already the afternoon of the next day.This time the harvest was quite good, and the three of them were in a good mood. On the way back to the guild, Lei Zi proposed to have a meal after receiving the reward. Jack raised his hand in agreement. Seeing this, Luo Jian could only agree. .

When we arrived at the guild, the atmosphere was a bit weird.

The daily task counter, where there are usually no people there, was uncharacteristically, and there was a long line in front of the three counters, and the line made a bend all the way to the gate.The three of Luo Jianjian went to hand in their own tasks first, and then walked over to find out what happened.

The matter was not complicated at all. The three of them stood in front of the task viewing platform, looking at the task called [Funeral], with different expressions.

Yang's Ascension to Immortal Method... The most sensational thing in the past few days is the news of Yang Huxing's death.Although he is not a great person, who in this city doesn't know about Yang Martian because of the Yang family's method of opening the sky?Luo Jianjian, Lei Zi, and Jack practiced Yang's method of opening heaven.

"I'm going." Lei Zi said first, his temperament is the sharpest and most direct among the three, as he can tell from his weapons, they are a pair of muddy gold sledgehammers.

"Don't be impulsive." Jack advised, "I don't think this is right."

Luo Jianjian also felt that something was wrong, but the reason might be different from Jack's. He instinctively repelled it when he saw the task issuer.To say that he has practiced the Yang family's method of opening the sky, even if he is not paid, it is only natural to go to the funeral of Yang Huxing, but suddenly Li Shen is mixed in here, it feels wrong...

Luo Jianjian saw the news of his own brother's death in the newspaper, Chang'an Evening News, the headline of the entertainment section, with the headline - Li Shen Returns! ?Attached below is an eight-inch color photo, in which his brother's rotten watermelon-like head is shown, which is very eye-catching.

"Yang Martian shouldn't have died." Lei Zi looked a little indifferent, looked at Jack and Luo and said firmly, "I don't know what he did before, and it doesn't matter whether he is a good person or a bad person, I know he is kind to me , I couldn't help him when he died, at least after he died, I was going to send him off."

Jack let out a sigh of relief, and what he said was a bit cruel. If there is a kindness, the three of them are all the same, but it is sick to jump into the fire pit knowing that it is.The abnormality of this task is that there is no precise definition of the completion standard. It looks simple, it is a funeral, but how to send it, when and how it starts and how it ends is not explained.If it's a general situation, it's fine, but one is that it involves Yang's ascension to immortality, and the other is Li Shen, the publisher, both of which are quite sensitive keywords in this city. When these factors are combined, they basically represent two words. --trouble.

"Anyway, I don't really want to pick it up." Jack said, turned to look at Luo Jianjian, and asked, "Old Luo, what do you think?"

Luo Jianjian frowned, and asked back: "You don't want Yang's ascension to immortality?"

"So many people have picked it up, it will definitely spread." Jack explained, "Why take the risk?"

Lei Zi let out a sneer from his nostrils.

"If everyone thinks like you, that would be ridiculous." He said disdainfully, "No one will force you if you don't want to pick up, anyway, don't expect me to tell you when the time comes, well, I'm going to line up, see you later .”

After saying that, he left the two of them and went to the end of the shortest line.Jack and Luo Jian, who were left behind, looked at each other. The latter hesitated and said, "Then I'll go to line up too. See you later."

He walked a few steps, his shoulders were grabbed from behind, and Jack stood there helplessly, shrugging at him.

"Hurry to die." He complained angrily, "Count me in."

Luo smiled firmly.

"Don't worry, there are so many people, it's not your turn to die."

A prophecy.