Take Taobao with you to another world

Atoria was frightened, and the heart palpitations caused by the momentary staring at each other was unprecedented, even better than facing a beast directly, standing on the edge of a blade, and she really didn't do enough training in spiritual spells.But after sitting in the room for a while, she gradually calmed down again, clutching the amulet left by her mother, she recited scriptures silently until a soft knock on the door interrupted her.

She stood up and opened the door, and a young man stood on the ground one step away from the door, with a familiar smile, asked, "Are you free now, Artoria?"

"I have time anytime, sir."

Her teacher said happily, "There are some very important companions on board today, and I hope you will meet them too. Haven't you been looking forward to this?"

Atolia immediately thought of those people just now, and she smiled a little reluctantly, "Is...isn't this a bit inappropriate? I'm still worried about whether I can really become your student, and your companion must be too A very noble person, isn't it too dignified for a little girl with an embarrassing status like me to appear rashly?"

"Nobility is always about character rather than status. You don't have to feel inferior about it, Artoria." The teacher said, "Actually, there's nothing serious about it. It's not just you, as long as you have taken classes with us Yes, all the people we can gather must meet them, this is also one of the rituals."

"Then I should change my clothes..." Atolia whispered.

"Well, if that's your wish," said the teacher, "there is a very special person among the visitors this time, though again in a less important form, but his words," he told her. Smiled, "It's still worth changing your clothes for you girls."

Atoria absently changed into a suit of dresses that could still be seen by guests, and carefully checked the lock of the box in the room before stepping out of the door, followed the teacher through the corridor, and down the stairs, the hall on the first floor The noise echoed in the corridors as usual, but when they reached the corner of the second floor, the noisy humming gradually subsided, and after a moment that could almost be called silence, there was a low, one after another throbbing gasped and murmured admiration.

She followed the teacher's back in some doubts, and stepped down the stairs in a few steps. The teacher gave a soft "ah", and she naturally looked forward over his shoulder, and then her eyes froze.

When her eyes fell on a person, the brilliant lights in the hall lost their color, and the moving heads became a still, dim mural.Even though she thought she was definitely not an ordinary woman, she forgot to breathe for a moment——

In the world, there are such...so...so-indescribable, handsome... no, it is a life that is so beautiful!

When he walked from behind the crowd to the front of the crowd, putting his hands on his chest and greeting the crowd according to customary etiquette, people bowed their heads involuntarily to him like the wind blowing through the wheat field.

Although he only briefly introduced his name, and then retreated to a corner behind his companions, people's eyes still followed him closely until a person jumped onto the stage in the center of the hall.

"Hey! Hey! Look here, everyone!" He clapped his hands and turned his freckled wheat-colored face around, "I know this is a rare handsome guy, but I can't let you all stare at his face all night Oh, come and see me here, look at your old acquaintance, I am only a little worse than him, look at my equally beautiful little face, do you just ignore my beauty like this Sigh~ I knew that no matter men or women, you always like the new and dislike the old, after all, you have endured me for at least three hundred days, a full ten months, ah, what a long time!"

People turned to look at him and laughed kindly.

"Of course, of course, according to our practice, all the new brothers have to show their faces on this stage and tell us who they are, what they will do, and why they are here." From one side to the other, "Of course there will be no exceptions today, but today is really a bit unusual. First, you can't let you just stare at that so-and-so's handsome face and forget what he said—— I have to ask now, my brothers and sisters, tell me, what was the name of that young man just now?"

There was an awkward laugh from the crowd.But there are indeed fewer people still looking at that corner.

Fan Tianlan looked at the stage and listened quietly.

"Secondly, the skills of our new partners, I have to say, are really extraordinary, just like the big guys they brought this time, they are also really extraordinary big guys-those big guys can't fit in our small place , Their stage is in another place, between the sky and the earth outside, so why don't we wait a little longer? I, Lise, dare to swear to you with my most important place, the day when I really see them, You must be screaming, thinking that you have never seen such a big and good thing—" Lise blinked.

Some people said "Oh", Artoria's teacher shook his head lightly, and after a while, the girl beside him realized what kind of joke Li Se had just made.

She gave a low cut.

"Thirdly, it's nothing important. We all know that as long as we stay a little longer, it's time to eat! I stand here, my nose can smell the fragrance earlier than the people standing below, and I can touch my belly. I'm very happy to tell you one thing—" Lise said, wagging his fingers triumphantly, "after dinner, our president, team leader, and group leader all have to go to the conference room for a meeting, and the rest of us As for the servants, the banquet can continue until they come out, and the kitchen has been prepared since the morning—”

Although it is not surprising, because this is one of the welcome ceremonies that new companions must go through, everyone still gave a very enthusiastic response.

"Finally—finally, before our touching, delicious, and filling dinner, the talkative Lise had to say a few last words," Lise said, "I know that a good laugh can make everyone eat We have more things to do, we have new companions and new aids, which are all happy things. Before these happy things, although we also have our own joys, we also have our deep sorrows, The misery is from the god damn it--it's been raining like hell for a whole month! Our house's been soaked, and our feet are soaked, and it's been raining I can't do it! Alas, there seems to be nothing more to do than hide under the eaves and curse the endless rain, what a miserable day! But—"

He paused in the middle of the stage, "Are we the most miserable people in this natural disaster?"

All eyes were on him.

"Even if we hide under the roof, even if we stand among our brothers and sisters, don't we see, hear, and know what's going on outside, elsewhere in this city, outside of this city a lot of misery?"

Li Se faced their eyes calmly and opened his hands slightly.

"We are not deaf, we are not blind, we are not lords, we are not decent people, not only do we know that many people are in cold, hunger and disease, but we also try to help those we don't know, because we Know, because we have felt the same, or even deeper, cold, famine, and sickness." He still had the same voice, but the emotion in his voice became deeper, "The ones who can come here today are either our brothers or Our sisters, in the past, in the present day, our brothers helped each other, our sisters helped each other, as a family, we supported each other in difficult times, through many difficulties. Let me be generous Face said, our life is indeed better now than in the past, at least in this rainy season, we can live under the leak-proof eaves we built with our own hands, not to be attacked by terrible diseases, and not to worry about food every day, There is still such a place where we can get together and learn. Although our heads are still covered with dark clouds, we can also light our lamps and let the light shine on our hearts. But—"

His voice spread to every part of the hall, clearly overpowering the sound of the rain outside the window, "It's not easy for us to get all this. God is moody, it's natural, when there is wind, there will be rain, and when there is day, there will be night. There is spring in winter, even if this spring is not easy. No matter the poor or the rich, God is never partial. But in this world, weeds, bugs, crops and livestock, wild trees and wild animals can be naturally nurtured, according to their own There is no way to live, why are we the only ones, we poor people, but we have to endure day by day? What a big city Mahi City, but before we support ourselves like today, our brothers and sisters , how do you live? Men should treat themselves as livestock, women should also treat themselves as livestock, enslave themselves to others, run around like insects and ants, and get a little money, not to feed the never-satisfying stomach of the family , is to trade them for a night of absurdity. And then we have to confess our sins to those who don't work, and be laughed at by respectable people, saying, 'Look, those stupid, godless people! They were born They are guilty, because their mothers cannot afford the priest's baptism money, they live like rats, they only care about today and don't know about tomorrow, they don't accumulate blessings, not only will they not be happy after death, but even their descendants will continue to be lowly." But if some people are born lowly, why does the plague treat the nobles equally, and when we resist with our own hands and feet, the blood that the gentlemen bleed is also the same color?"

The people below made a buzzing sound.Atolia pursed her lips, and her teacher frowned.

Lise's voice still echoed in the hall.

"We are stupid, but our crude hands can pick up the same pen and write the same words; we do not accumulate blessings, but we neither use other people's flesh and blood for pleasure, nor are we proud of cruel exploitation! We can unite I am lucky enough to earn our own existence with our own hands, but we are only a little bit human, and some people say that we should not have all this, just because we have lived like this, the lord of the city They clamored that they would not be able to live! But if they could not live, did they have to drown their newborn children, were they sick and had to strip off all their clothes and throw them into the Buber River, or stole a piece of bread? , Is it necessary to cut off the hands and feet, or is it because—because the whole family was saved by using the witch medicine prescription of the foreigners, is it necessary to be hanged on the gallows, and the corpse is paraded around the city?"

The voices of people's anger and sadness grew louder.

"—Aren't they still living in the stone house, roasting the fire, drinking broth, how do you want to drive and destroy us?" Lise leaned forward, staring at his audience, But his arm pointed out the window, to the east, to the castle on the top of the hill, "They hate us so much that they want to kill us in a hundred cruel ways, or make us slaves; They are so greedy that even their hearts and livers are in the shape of money, leaving no room for their consciences; but they are so incompetent that a rain disaster makes them shrink in their holes like voles, daring not to compete with us. However, of course Natural disasters can keep them quiet for a while, but as long as the weather clears up, the poisonous snakes will come out!"

There was a burst of anger and disdain from the audience.

Lise raised his voice, "Of course we are not afraid of them, because whoever wants to let us go back to the past, we will fight him desperately! Let's think about it, when the masters wrote letters to those lords, when the masters When they promised how much gold, how much goods, and how many slaves they were willing to pay the lord as long as they could kill or drive us away, did they ever think that we, the enemies in their eyes, were equally angry? Just in this city, how many people are trembling in the rain, suffering from hunger, sick like fire, but can't hope for a little mercy from the gods, how many people are outside this city, in the village, beside the mud Farmers, tenants, and serfs waiting to die with their families over sprouting seeds, dead livestock, and rotting implements?"

He asked loudly: "When will the master see the suffering people?"

"No!" the people shouted back, "They never look!"

"Desperate people, when have they ever had mercy?"

"No!" answered the people, "they have a heart of stone!"

Atolia opened her mouth, and couldn't help but look at her teacher again, and then she saw the deep, deep worry between his brows.

"Our fraternity, our sorority, that brought together so many suffering people, by our own labor, so that we could get food, clothing and medicine so that we and our families could survive the disaster, But our fraternities, our sororities, are not yet a majority in this city; we have suffered, and still suffer some, but we have great hope, but those who do not join us, do not even What about the people who know us? Most of them are still suffering the pain we have endured in the past. They have no hope and no support for survival. Do you want to be like the gentlemen who don't see, don't listen to, and don't feel pity for their suffering?"

"Do not--"

Li Se raised his fist high and waved it vigorously.

"We are so weak when there is only one person and only our small family; but when we are united, we think and work together, we become stronger!" Liser said, "We have our own power, should we also use this power to enslave others? Shouldn't we save the weak, resist exploitation, lift slavery, fight our enemies, and win our victories? Don't we want to become stronger until no one steps on our heads and says, this is a slave—”

A loud echo broke out suddenly, and the sound wave even spread to the Dongdong Hotel, making some people couldn't bear to stick their heads out of the window to look around.But there are only a few people who make a fuss, and the real regular customers don't pay much attention to it. Many business travelers who live here have already known this mansion. And their servants, storehouses, storerooms and a lot of crowded shops, and so on.There are two kinds of life separated by a wall, and only some passages connect the two places, allowing residents to spend this period of sojourn life in a clean and convenient way, safe and comfortable.It’s just that those Gentiles who always have unusual ideas seem to think that their hired workers should also get some enjoyment, or this is just another way for them to recover their wages. In short, they also arranged a stage there, so occasionally some From time to time, one hears the joyful voice of some dull, stupid low-class man uttering his own.

Although this is not unbearable, it is completely avoidable, but for foreigners, no one knows what they are thinking, and if anyone is kind enough to give them some advice, maybe something bad will happen—— This kind of thing never seems to happen, and it doesn't stop people from thinking about it.Just like their goods are of course good, even too good, but their words and deeds are always a little weird, not exactly like businessmen. Naturally, every city and every race is always different, But even the businessman who had traded with them for two years and used this hostel as the base of Mahi City failed to become true friends with the foreigners.It's not even that these Gentiles are not cheerful, unwelcoming, or hospitable, but it seems that the status of "Gentiles", their special language and special writing have doomed something.

Who would really open their hearts to people who don't know their origins and details?

Admittedly, it is very worthwhile to explore where the goods with various names, uniform specifications, and superior quality come from and who manufactures them. The tragedy that happened to a port, and the fake elven ship that spread after that, many people—not just the many people who traded with them were very curious about what kind of talented people supported these foreigners behind their backs, Let them invade a city so boldly and quickly, by means other than warfare?

Their movements are so frighteningly fast, and the methods they use are so...unusual, so that other cities are aware of the danger before they compete with Marsh City for supply.When the Chamber of Commerce and the nobles of Marci City were confronting the "foreigners", the cities and lords in other places were watching and waiting like hyenas, and they were secretly adding fuel and fanning the flames, hoping for a best-of-the-best win-lose situation. the result of--

Artoria has no taste for food.

Beside her, her teacher is also preoccupied.

A soup was poured on her first, and then on the teacher's plate. Atoria raised her head, and a cook in a turban looked at them and asked with concern: "I only ate half of it. You were blown by the wind today." Got a headache?"

She shook her head quickly, and her teacher shook her head slowly, and their tablemate smiled at the cook: "Don't worry about these two delicate girls, I will help you feed them."

The woman holding the soup pot walked to the next table, and the tablemate turned her face, "Atolia, would you like some hot sugar water?" He looked at her teacher again, "You are tonight It doesn't look too good, what are you thinking?"

Atolia just hesitated for a moment, another person at the same table had already taken her cup, got up and walked to the big pots lined up under the stage, not because she was a girl and pretty, but because "a foreigner" "They all take special care of their children. Atolia is 13 years old, and in their eyes, she is just a child.

"I..." her teacher hesitated, "I'm thinking about what happened just now."

He stopped, and his companion on the opposite side waited quietly.

"...is it too much?" said the teacher, "I mean... such, such hatred."

"This kind of hatred?" Another deskmate asked.

The teacher supported the table with one hand, and looked at the food on the plate in embarrassment, "Lise, he encouraged their hatred in this way, is there no room for easing up? Do both sides have to be so endless, many people have already died And then, to keep pushing people against each other even more, wouldn't the consequences be more... bloody?"

Others did not speak.

The person who came back put the cup in front of Atoria, and she held the warm water cup with both hands and held her breath.The teacher raised his head and looked at the people around him, and said with determination: "One side must be eliminated to achieve peace. Could it be that our magician...was also conquering his allies in the same way?"

If the atmosphere just now was just a little stagnant, after this sentence fell, the air around this table became extremely unbearable.

It wasn't until she returned to her room that Atolia relaxed her body and took a few deep breaths. Her heart was still beating non-stop, and she even forgot how she finished the rest of the food.After that sentence, the adults at the table quarreled, making her caught in it like a boat in the wind and waves, and then the person who brought her sugar water took her to another table, and the depression came again. The heated argument was interrupted by the ringing of the calling bell before more controversy arose.

Atoria held the amulet and prayed for a while, then knelt down on the ground, took out a two-layer cowhide bag pasted behind the bed board, checked the latch again, sat down at the table, and took out the Take out the striped paper she secretly hid. Although it is a creation of the Gentiles, the mages have already verified that it is absolutely impossible to attach spells to it, not to mention that it is given to children by the Gentiles.She spread the paper on the table, picked up a dip pen, and used water to dissolve the light ink. After waiting for a while, she finally wrote the first line:

"Extremely serious. They also want to do it. But they still haven't seen weapons like bows and arrows, spears. They don't see mounts. They are very confident. A very special person came. It is said that this person and his companions have Huge creations..."

While she was racking her brains to convey the message, in a room on the lowest floor of the building, dozens of men and women were sitting on benches, holding pens and pressing notebooks, listening attentively to the extremely calm black-haired young man behind the desk in front of her. and that counts as a short statement:

"...The short-term goal is to completely seize the city's dominance."