Otherworldly Gem Merchant

After standing in the shop for a while, Yan Xiu walked towards the back of the shop.Walking through the back door of the shop that has not seen the light for a long time, what impresses the eyes is not the familiar room, but a mess.Dilapidated wooden doors, rotten smell, and even dull black and red splashes on the surrounding walls.

Yan Xiu took a breath, and continued to walk in with steady steps.

Dewey was sent by him to call for Ruby, and the other guards were also guarding outside the shop. At this moment, Yan Xiu was the only one here.

The quiet and messy scene always makes people feel uneasy, but Yan Xiu didn't stop, walking straight towards the room where he lived.

Stepping on the messy ground covered with an unknown layer of dirt, Yan Xiu slowly walked to the room where he lived.The door of the room was wide open, and everything inside was turned into a mess.The quilt on the bed was dragged on the ground, and the white quilt cover turned black and even moldy.Huge spider webs crawled around the room, blocking the view.

The degree of mess in the room was beyond Yan Xiu's imagination, obviously it had been artificially turned over, but I don't know what those people wanted to find in this room.

Quiet shop, quiet room.

Now, Yan Xiu has confirmed that Old John did not die a natural death, no one would have such a chaotic house after a natural death.Old John has no children and grandchildren, and has lived in Aiyo Village for so many years, the only accident that can happen is him.

"Click, click..."

Standing in the corridor, Yan Xiu heard steady but irregular footsteps behind him—two people.

"Master." The familiar voice, the familiar tone, was Dewey.

Yan Xiu turned to look at Dewey, and then saw an acquaintance standing behind Dewey - Ruby.

"You, you are..." Ruby looked at the person standing in front of him in surprise and joy. "Hughes!"

When Dewey first came to him, he was very vigilant, and he didn't even want to go with Dewey at all.But the aura of a high-level warrior coming from the other party made him hesitate for a while, and he followed.After all, he knew Dewey back then, and if he remembered correctly, Dewey was with Hughes back then.Thinking of Hughes, Ruby felt a little sad again.But he was really happy to see Hughes.

"Hey Seuss, why are you back?"

Hearing Lu Bi's happy voice, Yan Xiu raised his eyebrows slightly, "Long time no see, Lu Bi."

"Yes, long time no see..." Hughes' voice was clear and cold, just like when they first met.Unable to restrain his excitement, Ruby took a step forward uncontrollably, "It's great that you're back. I've been very worried about you."

"Thank you for your concern." Yan Xiu lowered his eyes, speaking neither fast nor slow, "I also want to talk to you, but there are some things I have to ask you first."

Ruby was taken aback for a moment, looked around, and suddenly fell silent.

In the quiet corridor, only Yan Xiu's voice was very clear, "Old John, when did he die?"

Ruby knew what Hughes wanted to ask, but he didn't know what to say about it either.Although he couldn't guess the reason why Old John was killed, he roughly knew that it was because of Hughes that he was killed. "... Hughes, don't ask about this matter. It's not good for you. I'm also sorry about Old John, but even if you pursue it, there will be no results."

Ruby's voice was dry but concerned.

"You can also see that Old John's death has something to do with me." For those who care about him, Yan Xiu will not want to chill the other party's heart, "So I must find out what's going on."

"Hughes, this matter is not as simple as you think." Ruby opened his mouth and said nothing, "I know you want to avenge Old John, but this matter is not something you can handle! You don't know those How vicious people look! And they are not simple robbers!"

"You know, don't you?" After Ruby said so much, Yan Xiu was only sure that Ruby must know what was going on.

"Hughes..." Faced with Hughes' attitude, Ruby felt a little sluggish, "Don't get involved, this is not something you can solve...it's too dangerous...I can't tell you..."

"Aristocrats are involved?" The only ones who can make Ruby so careful and fearful are the nobles on the Fance Continent.The nobles have a great deal of power over the common people, even life and death are just a word of the nobles, but the common people can't do anything to the nobles at all. This is an era of distinct classes.

"..." Ruby didn't speak, but his silence already explained the problem to a certain extent.

Seeing the young man standing in front of him become silent, Yan Xiu sighed, "Lu Bi, if you are my friend, please tell me what happened."

Ruby smiled bitterly, and he knew that Hughes would not change his mind so easily.

He knew before that what Hughes decided was not so easy to change, and he knew even more that Hughes was actually just a friend to him.But even so, he didn't want Hughes to just confront the man who killed Old John.He didn't think Hughes had the ability to deal with nobles, and killing nobles was a felony.

But if you don't tell Hughes...

Ruby raised his eyes to look at the long-lost man standing in front of him, and finally he couldn't resist him. Maybe he was always so easy to compromise with Hughes.

"It's Harris." Ruby clenched his fists. "A lot of noble soldiers came to the village that day. They controlled the people in the village and found Old John. I don't know why. It's just that when I got here At that time, Old John had already been taken away by them, and this place has become like this..."

He still remembered that the whole village was surrounded by soldiers, and those noble gentlemen stepped down from the carriage, looking at them as if they were looking at a pile of garbage.They were powerless to resist and did not dare to resist these nobles.

Harris.

Yan Xiu twitched the corner of his mouth, Lancelot Harris.

If it was the Harris family, then he could probably think of why he found Old John.Probably the reason is what Lilia said to Lancelot, right?Victor's whereabouts are unknown, and Barra, who was with Lilia, also followed Victor. If Lilia said something to Lancelot, they really have nothing to do.

As for Harris going directly to Old John, this was also unexpected to him.I'm afraid the earliest news they can investigate is that he appeared at Old John's house, right?Since they couldn't find out more information, in their eyes, catching a civilian and asking them was the fastest way.The lives of civilians are worthless anyway.

"How do you know that Old John is dead?" Since he was captured by Harris, Old John may not be dead.Harris wanted to know about him from Old John. How could he kill Old John so early?

Hearing Hughes ask this question, Ruby was very sad.His voice was hoarse and even filled with resentment, "...they hung Old John's body on a dead tree outside the village and fed it to the crows."

"..."

The answer to Ruby was silence in the room.

Yan Xiu clenched his fists, "Oh, I see, you go back first Ruby."

"Hughes!"

"go back."

Faced with Hughes' firm attitude, Ruby knew that he had nothing to do here, but he was not reconciled. Old John was killed like this, but he couldn't do anything.

"You go back, this matter is not so easy." Yan Xiu looked at Lu Bi who was stubbornly standing still, and finally spoke again.It's just that the coldness in his words made Ruby startled.

"What do you want to do..." Ruby also knew that dealing with nobles was a big deal, it should be said that it was a big deal.If they failed to deal with the nobles or were discovered, the whole village would be implicated by them.Nobles don't care who murdered them, as long as they kill all those who are related.

Once in the Chaves Empire, commoners designed nobles. In the village where the commoners were born, hundreds of people in the entire Meera village were all executed. Emperor Chavers was extremely angry that the commoners dared to design nobles.Until now, the village of Mela has long been reduced to ashes.

"Hughes, this is not a small matter..."

"You go back." Yan Xiu didn't have a plan now, but he would never let the Harris family go just like that.So what if they are nobles?Wouldn't it be nothing after death?

"Hughes!"

"Master wants you to go back." Dewey's patience with this man named Ruby was exhausted.Hughes told him to go back so many times, but he was still entangled here.

If he still refuses to leave, he doesn't mind using some special means to get him out.

Ruby's originally anxious mood calmed down instantly as if a basin of cold water had been poured on it.Looking at Dewey, who looked unhappy and even a little dark, Ruby felt that standing here seemed a bit redundant?

"Then... I'll... go back..."

After saying this, Ruby turned his head three times and left. Dewey stood on the ground and watched Ruby leave expressionlessly.

Yan Xiu lowered his head, naturally he didn't notice that Lu Bi even walked a little faster after seeing Dewey's black face.

Harris.

He remembered.

"Buy a house, let the guards live in it, and I will stay in a hotel." Yan Xiu was talking alone, if others would not know what he was talking about, but Yan Xiu knew that Dewey could understand. "Go buy a shop, even in the continent of Aifen, Rand can make a way out."

"Yes." Hearing Hughes' order, Dewey responded and followed Hughes out of Old John's shop silently.

At the beginning, he also lived here, and even turned into Hughes' room here.This long-winded old man has never disliked him or Hughes' unknown origin, but now he has not even left a complete body.

Nobles, it's time to pay the price.

Walking out of Old John's shop, Yan Xiu took one last look here and got into the carriage.Of course he would not let old John die in vain, let alone let those so-called nobles continue to live so freely.

Especially the Harris family.

Even if Lancelot listened to what Lilia said, isn't it Lancelot who has the right to make a decision?He didn't know what was going on in the Harris family, but he knew that someone had to be responsible for what was done, and if it wasn't Lancelot, it would be someone from the Harris family.

"It's time to change."

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