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Although it was a visit, each of them knew in their hearts what they were going to do.Lu Qing turned his gaze to Yu Mianxian, and the saint nodded indifferently, as a sign of agreement.Lu Qing took a look at the jewelry and gold in her storage space, and she thought... It's a big deal, just leave a small piece of gold when she leaves.

I just don't know how the lucky citizen who knows nothing after being hypnotized will feel when he wakes up and finds that he has an extra piece of gold in his home.

Taking advantage of the darkness, they moved quickly.Under the double cover of Yu Mianxian, a fourth-order spiritual power user, and this hole-punching expert, they quickly arrived at the house with lights on.Mr. Ying Bandit first opened a hole outside the house, and he went in to have a look, but he didn't see anyone, so he went in with confidence.

Lu Qing and the others followed closely behind.

"This seems to be the dining room?" Shen Yi looked at the furnishings of the room, and whispered, "The owner of this house should be over the living room, I can see the light."

Mr. Ying Bandit is at the forefront, after all, he has the lowest sense of presence.He glanced in the living room, and found a middle-aged man sitting on the sofa, holding two spherical stones in his hands and playing with them. On his table, there were three identical stones.

"Save time and ask questions directly." Lu Qing said to Yu Mianxian.

Her opening immediately aroused the vigilance of the people in the living room: "Who is over there!"

The man just roared, and the next second his expression relaxed, and he sat quietly on the sofa.Lu Qing and the others immediately came over, "Is there anyone else in your family?"

"No, I'm the only one at home." This is a middle-aged man with beards all over his face. He looks very haggard, and the black and blue under his eyes are extremely obvious, as if he has been punched twice.The hair is also messy, and it seems that it has not been taken care of for a long time.The man showed a somewhat painful expression, saying so.

"What is this?" Shen Yi picked up a stone on the table and looked at it, but didn't feel anything special.

"Do you know the stone betting before the end of the world? This is similar to that, except that we bet on ice and snow gems." The middle-aged man whispered what happened to him.He was originally a rich man, and the property passed down by his father was enough for him to enjoy the rest of his life.He also had a wife and a lovely daughter originally, but... when Ling Han Capital opened the "Stone Gambling", he was moved, and he wanted to obtain the ability of "Ice Envoy".Wouldn't it be great if he could bet a jewel?He will become an Ice Envoy, and the money he spent gambling on stones can be earned back quickly, and this ice and snow gem can still be passed down forever...

"But this stone betting is a scam." He was obviously a hypnotized person, but he burst into tears when he said this, "1% probability! I already have nothing!"

"These are all waste rocks?" Lu Qing picked up a stone casually, and with a little force, he crushed the stone apart.Lu Qing put down the stone in embarrassment, took out a piece of gold from the space and put it back. "City of Ling Han... Do you know how strong the lord of the City of Cold is? How many Ice Envoys are there in the four cities?"

"The city lord... is very powerful, but I have never seen him make a move..." The middle-aged man answered the question dully: "The four cities... I don't know. There are about 100 Ice Envoys in the City of Cold. Most of the people who hold the low-level ice gems. Those who hold the high-level ice gems, counting the city masters, there should only be four or five people."

Lu Qing automatically equated the owner of the second-tier gemstone with the second-tier ice and snow power user, so the first-tier is almost the third-tier?This amount...isn't too bad.Even if the other three cities have more ice envoys, it doesn't seem to be a cause for concern?

But also, the power of the fourth level is really too heaven-defying, it is impossible to be like the Chinese cabbage in the field, so worthless.

In the capital of Ling Han, those who have mastered the ability of ice and snow are called "Ice Envoys". Most of the high-quality ice and snow gems are monopolized by the nobles, while some gems with lower grades used to be used as "rewards" dispatched.According to the middle-aged man, the practice of "gambling on stones" was also a new activity about ten years ago.Those nobles mixed low-quality gemstones into ordinary stones for "gambling" by the rich who aspired to be called Ice Envoys, which can be regarded as a way for people to change their class.

But after Lu Qing thought about it for a while, he understood that even if it was a low-quality gemstone, how much to invest and how many ice angels to create were all under the control of those nobles.Even if someone becomes an Ice Envoy because of this, not to mention how long it takes for low-quality gemstones to adapt to activate the ability, even if the ability is activated... the strength is far inferior to those nobles who controlled everything early.In the end, those who paid for gems were no different from those who were originally rewarded with inferior gems.In the eyes of those nobles, they are probably slaves who can be driven.

The money needed for this stone betting is not sky-high. The average family can buy two stones and try their luck by saving a few years.Like this middle-aged man, he was blinded by gambling for a while, until his wife and children were separated and left alone, with nothing left.

Lu Qing never expected that they just came to a random family and took a "gambling quit" class by such a coincidence.

To say that the implementation of this stone gambling activity is obviously done by those high-level people in order to better search for money from the lower-level people.Regarding this, Lu Qing was somewhat puzzled.There are only four cities in the Linghan Capital, and this city... They have seen it outside before, and it is only about the size of three or four safe zones.These four cities add up to an area of ​​twenty safe zones.But it's not that big!People in such a small place are still trying to find ways to oppress one class after another, so that the polarization continues...

yes.The absolute power is controlled by the Ice Angels, and the people at the bottom can't make any waves.But what if only a handful of people are left in this cold city?

Thinking of this, Lu Qing almost understood why there was no news about the Linghan Capital from the Shuguang Empire.It is estimated that the people here rarely go out, the lower class people are unable to go out, and the nobles are unwilling to go out.Over time, it has been closed like this and does not communicate with the outside world... They don't know what changes have taken place in the outside world. In their view, the Ice Envoy is the god of this ice and snow world.

"Your side...how about the food?"

"Ordinary people will farm and graze. Every city has a huge granary, and half of the harvest is put in every year. If any natural disaster strikes, the adults will open the granary to release the grain."

"Oh, that's nice. Is it free?"

"No, it needs to be exchanged for labor or money." The middle-aged man answered honestly, his eyes still blurred, and he took the initiative to explain: "Ordinary people who carry out agricultural work or grazing work in Linghan Capital can receive a daily Food and a small amount of money. If there is a famine, people who are engaged in these two types of work can receive half a month's food for free when the city lord opens a warehouse to release food."

Therefore, coolie work like this is considered a relatively sought-after job in Linghan Capital.

Lu Qing and the others asked some common sense questions, and after they had almost figured out the situation in Linghan Capital, the mission of this trip was considered complete.But... Judging from the current information, it seems that the business with Linghan Capital...may not be smooth?If the Linghan City continues to develop like this, there will be no breakthroughs, and it may even go to extremes.But if you want to say "Let's develop in another way", you will affect the interests of those in power in Linghan Capital, those nobles.It is impossible for the ice ambassador to agree.

"This cooperation is not easy." Shen Yi said with emotion.

"Not really, but it's actually quite easy to handle." Lu Qing scratched her head, but she had another opinion, "These people just don't know much, they don't know how big the outside world is, and they don't know how ordinary people are. What a terrifying potential!"

"Look, this middle-aged man, although his physical fitness has also been strengthened, is obviously not as good as the villagers of Tianheng Village. Obviously, the physical strengthening of the people in Linghan City is a natural evolution for survival. In order to If they survive, they will endlessly stimulate their own potential and achieve all-round strengthening—such ordinary people, can they really be considered ordinary people?"

"If the living space of ordinary people is squeezed again and again, someone will always be awakened. Maybe there are such ordinary people in the cold city today?" Lu Qing rubbed her hands, and smiled a little embarrassedly: "Although I have good intentions towards Linghan Capital, but cooperation... to deter them with force will also help better cooperation."

"Let's go now? I'm so curious about that castle!" Mr. Ying Bandit's eyes lit up, and he subconsciously felt that Lu Qing was going to "return to his old career".

This five-person team may not be good at frontal assault, but secretly assassinating, causing trouble, and emptying other people's warehouses... This is a first-class proficiency!

"...Maybe we can talk about it first." Yu Mianxian didn't know why, the task suddenly jumped from listening to information to "sneak into the city lord's mansion". "Is that castle the City Lord's Mansion?"

Middle-aged man: "Yes."

"I knew it would be a long time to bring Su Die, so I made a mistake." Lu Qing was a little annoyed. She has first-rate skills in anger, but her eloquence in persuasion, cooperation and communication is not as good as Su Die's.She stuffed the piece of gold on the table into the middle-aged man's hand, and looked at Yu Mianxian again, "Then let's get ready to go? When you hypnotize him to forget what happened tonight, can you add another sentence of 'never bet on stones again? ' hint?"

"No problem." This middle-aged man is an ordinary person with very low protection against mental power.Adding a suggestion on the basis of hypnosis is easy for Yu Mianxian.

In just a few minutes, she completed the task.The middle-aged man tilted his body and fell asleep on the sofa.At this moment, Lu Qing made a gesture, Ying Bandit Lord made a hole in the wall, and they left the house and went straight to the castle.

……

The orange light in the living room was always on, and the middle-aged man seemed to have had a long dream.He woke up suddenly with a shiver, only to find that he had fallen asleep on the sofa?

Obviously, he has been unable to close his eyes for several nights, and night after night, he can only watch the waste rock on the coffee table sitting alone under the light until dawn.But today, he actually fell asleep?For some reason, a voice in his mind told him to live a good life, work hard, work hard, and stop gambling with stones!There is no free lunch in the world, and all the gifts of fate have already secretly marked the price...

This idea came too suddenly, obviously before today, he was thinking of just dying.He couldn't help but clenched his fist, but was hit by a hard lump in his palm...it was actually a piece of gold?How could he have a piece of gold?Could it be... the God of Ice and Snow can't stand it anymore?

He stared fixedly at the piece of gold in his hand, his vision blurred, he covered his mouth with the other hand, and wept bitterly—this must be the chance given to him by the gods!He has to change, he has to, he has to work hard to make money, and get forgiveness from his wife and children.right!He has to work hard, even if they don't forgive him, it's okay. When the child grows up, he has to save money to support the child.

The gold was held tightly by him, and his hands were clasped together.He lowered his head, put his forehead against his fingers, made a prayer-like posture, and remained still for a long time.

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感谢在2021-01-1923:58:11~2021-01-2023:50:05期间为我投出霸王票或灌溉营养液的小天使哦~

Thanks to the little angel who cast the landmine: 1 whitening memory, Luo Dapao;

Thank you very much for your support, I will continue to work hard!