Kingdom’s Bloodline Chapter 173: Rules on the Road

Among the petals floating all over the sky, Thales looked at Xi Lai, who was skillfully posing on the street, with a stiff expression.

Wait.

Wyah and... Wyana?

What is this?

How could someone have such a pseudonym!

"Magic master?"

"Wyah and Wyana? Why haven't I heard of it?"

"It can't be those scammers from the last time, right? That trick is so bad, I was caught out on the spot!"

"These two hairs don't grow evenly? Hey, maybe it's a gang of thieves on the street who have diverted attention..."

"Mom, there is magic! I want to see, I want to see!"

There are more and more passers-by, some just pass by and take a casual glance, and some take their families along for a special trip, men, women and children are all present, they stretch out their hands to pick up the petals, and at the same time look at Xi Lai and Tyre There was a lot of discussion.

"Hey, what kind of magic is it? It's all fake. It's either a prop mechanism or a trick or an ability..."

"Either it is a babysitter with support!"

"Okay, okay, I like watching magic tricks and tearing them apart!"

"That's not good, magic is to be admired, not to make you play tricks..."

"If you don't tear down the stage, then what kind of magic is there..."

"Hey, master magician, don't just stand still, keep changing!"

"I want to watch the escape magic trick! The kind where the rope is tied and the head is beheaded!"

During the Emerald Festival, all kinds of performances and celebrations can be seen on the streets of the city every day, not to mention in the Iris District where there are many theater troupes, this kind of scene is simply too normal for the citizens, but after a while, this street corner The stage was naturally surrounded, and some audience members even began to urge Hilley and Thales.

"Great," Thales rubbed his hair to make it a little more messy, so as not to be recognized (although this possibility is very rare), "what should we do now, Master Magic? "

Heilei didn't speak, but turned around and gave him a sideways glance.

The girl turned around, first raised her left hand with a smile, then quickly retracted it, and miraculously pulled out a whole red flower from the pinched hat.

There was a commotion among the onlookers, some exclaimed a little, and some hissed in dissatisfaction ("I can do it myself!").

But Xi Lai was not affected in the slightest, she kept smiling, first waved her right hand, and then crossed her hands, the little red flower disappeared from her left hand in an instant.

The audience's exclamation grows louder and the booing dies down ("One more!").

"They want magic," said the eldest lady of the Calvin Dill family, smiling like a flower, Thales's broken hat kept flying between her wrists and arms, red flowers, blue flowers, yellow flowers, purple flowers, several kinds Flower branches of different colors appeared or disappeared from her hands one after another, which was amazing, "Then I will give them."

Alright, with more and more cheers and applause, Thales raised his eyebrows helplessly.

From the angle behind Xi Lai, he can clearly see how the eldest lady performs "magic": different flower branches are sandwiched between her elbows, underarms, behind her palms, even behind her neck and skirt, cleverly hidden In a blind spot that the audience can't see, she magically appears or disappears in her hands through the cover of the hat and the sound of the sound, and every time it can attract the audience's exclamation.

It is worth mentioning that Xi Lai's techniques are skillful and flexible, and her movements are natural and smooth. Unhappy Thales), coupled with the flashing flower branches back and forth, is enough to dazzle the audience.

Well...

The way of the harsh Thales squinting his eyes to perform magic seems to be not much different from the old tricksters playing cards in the black gold casino in Wangdu and the "three hands" on the streets of the lower city.

But he did not forget the purpose of their trip: in the barbershop across the street, Slimani and the barber were talking in a low voice while paying attention to the crowds of spectators. The former was ignorant, the latter Doubt, obviously began to shake the suspicion just now.

Well, it's a bad idea, but at least it's working.

Thales pouted.

To be precise, it was "Wyana the Magician" who repeated three times in different postures, and finally threw five different colored flower branches into the hands of the audience. The hat bowed, and there were many cheers and applause.

Amidst the excitement, Thales did not forget to pay attention to the situation across the street:

I saw Slimani sat back on the shaving chair again, as if he was relieved, and the guy behind him scratched his head embarrassingly, gradually dispelling his doubts.

"This trick is too old!"

"Let's change the pattern!"

"Yes!"

"Big change?"

"It's okay to saw a living person!"

"Fire eaters? I saw one like that at Humble last year!"

There are more and more calls from the crowd, and the requirements are getting higher and higher, but the experienced "Master Wyana" is unafraid, and immediately performed other magic tricks:

She took out a few thin metal rings, first handed them to the audience in the first row, and then took them back, playing the trick of removing the rings with great speed.

Thales on the side unknowingly became a supporting role. He held up the hem of his clothes disheveledly and kept bowing to the audience to receive the rewards, thinking sourly:

Cut, there are a few rings with tiny gaps mixed in the intact ring, who wouldn't know it? It seems that a long time ago, there were craftsmen from other places on the streets of Hongfang Street who performed this trick until the news spread to the blood bottle Help there, was smashed clean by the clown Max and his "circus den" who came over after hearing the news.

But now, the group of people in the barber shop won't be suspicious anymore, right?

The next moment, Xi Lai, who felt that the audience was tired of watching her, changed her technique. She saw several rings on her forearms, and the girl happily raised her hands, stepped on the dance steps, spun around, and hummed Nan'an Leading the popular ditty "Flowers Under the Sea".

Amid the cheers and chorus of the audience, every time she danced a circle, one of the rings on her arms would fall off and fit into another ring, until the ring was surrounded by a ring, forming a long chain. The long chain was waved by Xi Lai in big circles one after another.

Alright, the harsh magic judge, Thales raised his eyebrows: the combination of performance and dance is not bad.

Midway through the minor key, the long chain loses a ring with each turn, until the rings separate again and slip neatly back onto Hilley's arm.

After Xi Lai danced the last lap, he shook his arm, grasped the rings in his hand again, and then bowed.

There was another round of cheers and applause from the crowd.

"The trick is quite old, but the dance is not bad, come on, let's go!"

Thales' nerves tightened, and he subconsciously reached out to catch a copper coin thrown from the crowd.

Wait, what is this?

In the next second, a lot of coins and even a few coupons from the store, and even an apple flew towards Thales from the audience, and many people held the coins in their hands and waved to him.

"Huiya", the heir of the Thales family of magic, hurriedly continued to reward money, and in a short while, he got a full hand, and even leaked a lot on the ground, so he had to pull out the hem of his clothes to pocket it, and put it on Putting on a grateful smiling face, he surrounded the audience to collect money to match Master Wyana's performance.

"No, so many rings, how did you put them on? This must be fake, right! What props did you use? Can you sell me some?" Someone in the crowd couldn't help being curious.

"I'm sorry," Seeing so many spectators, Ms. Xilai Magic Master Wyana smiled even more happily, "The secret of magic, first, don't get into it, second, don't reveal it, third, don't spread it, fourth, Please appreciate it with all your heart!"

After saying that, Xi Lai conjured a flower from the hat again, which drew cheers from the crowd.

"Girl, come one more!"

"Sister, sister, choose me! I want to do magic too!"

"When will you saw a living person? For example, saw your brother?"

The audience's reaction made Xi Lai more excited, and the performance became more and more enjoyable. I saw her exuberantly changing several street magic tricks, from rings to guessing, from petals to whole flowers to pulling out a piece of black cloth to transform into magic tricks out of thin air. The apple (given to her by Thales)... She even invited an aunt in the audience to tie her wrists with hers, so that the knot-like rope magically changed back and forth between the two wrists, Threading the rope to untie the knot (although the aunt was suspected by everyone as a pre-arranged babysitter after she left the stage, and she was so angry that she yelled at the crowd on the spot).

Thales, who was in charge of collecting rewards and bowing, his clothes became a little heavier, and he had to use a few coppers to find a peddler in exchange for a bag, and put the coins in it all at once.

No, are the citizens of Emerald City so supportive? Is the reward so easy?

When he was on the streets, why weren't the citizens of the capital so generous?

Thales was watching Slimani, who was sitting back on the chair in the barbershop, waiting, and Xilai, who was happily waving his hands amidst the applause, and couldn't help but fell into deep thought.

It can be seen that this girl is not only good at technique, she is also very talented in acting. She knows how to guide the audience's attention and gradually manipulate their emotions in order to achieve the best performance effect.

If, if she wasn't Kevin Dill, if she wasn't born in the Duke's family, if she wasn't Jann's sister...

She'd be a great street performer.

Just then, a man pushed through the crowd and came to the front row, interrupting Hilley's magic show.

"You, girl, how did you do the magic?"

The man was wearing a work apron, and his body smelled of hair oil. He squinted his eyes: "I'll give you money, can you tell me the secret? I want to do this magic trick too."

Oops.

Thales saw the man's appearance clearly, and his heart skipped a beat!

He is, he is the clerk in the barber shop, the one who took Slimani a silver coin.

It's a member of the Blood Bottle Gang!

Thales glanced at him out of the corner of his eye. Slimani was still sitting in the opposite shop with a shaved scarf on his body, and he didn't look this way.

But he must be paying attention here!

Did you become suspicious and come to test the two of them?

Hey Lai obviously recognized this guy too, but she reacted very quickly and put on a formulaic smile:

"I'm sorry, this gentleman: the secret of magic, one should not get to the bottom of it, two should not expose it, and three should not spread it outside"

"Tell me, where did you practice it?" The shaving guy raised his voice and interrupted her impatiently.

His ferocious appearance made the audience who were dissatisfied with him take a few steps back.

Hile frowned.

"This gentleman!"

Seeing that Thales is in a bad mood, he approached him with a flattering face:

"It is like this, as audiences of magic tricks, we should have such qualities: Appreciate with confidence and enjoy the magical performance wholeheartedly..."

Flipping his palms, the young man cleverly grabbed a handful of coins from his pocket, and put them into the clerk's hands calmly.

The guy who shaved his head looked at Thales' movements, and his eyebrows twitched.

He subconsciously put away the money and glanced in the direction of the shop.

But after only a few seconds, the guy figured out something and turned cold again:

"Tell me, which path are you on?"

Thales's smile froze:

"Excuse me?"

Amidst the booing of the crowd, the barber sneered.

"Don't pretend, I can tell from your tactics that you are also in the street business," the man said, "Why, you think there is not enough police force here on your lord's parade day, so you want to make a fortune?"

The line on the street?

Thales smiled and said: "Misunderstood, I am not"

"Master of magic? Bah! I've seen a lot of people like you," said the shaved man, "say, how many things have you stolen along the way? Where are you hiding them? Is she performing and you touching sheep?" Is there your gang in the crowd?"

Thales and Hilley's expressions changed.

The sudden accident caused the crowd to whisper and mutter, but everyone looked at Thales and Xilai differently.

"What, they are thieves?"

"So it's a thief!"

"Can thieves do magic tricks too?"

"Don't be dazed, just check if you lost your wallet!"

"Fuck! My money bag is gone, they really are, it's here, I remember wrong."

"They don't look like thieves, do they?"

"Hey, there are no relatives and no reason, how can you speak for them! You can't be their gang, right?"

"Ah? I'm not, I didn't... Well, uh, looking at it this way, they are indeed a bit suspicious..."

"That's right! Return to rational thinking!"

"But we have no evidence..."

"Flies don't bite seamless eggs, if nothing wrong, this guy can find them?"

Among the louder and louder noises, Xi Lai scowled, put away the props and walked forward:

"We are not thieves, but upright magicians. We came to the city to witness the Emerald Festival on Queen's Day, and we are ready to make a living."

Maybe the magic show just now was very successful. After Xi Lai spoke, there were also many voices of aggrievedness from the crowd.

"Yes! Stay away from them!"

"The Emerald Celebration, why are you fighting and killing!"

"Stop making trouble!"

"That's enough, Ragueno, it's just a trick for others to show off, how can you be so overbearing!"

But Ragueno's shaving guy didn't care about it at all, he let out a sound.

"Looking for a living? Hey, I tell you, you broke the rules!"

Buddy Ragueno's finger almost poked Thales' face:

"Who is your boss? Sangalei who keeps dogs? Or North Gate Bridge? Foreigners? Hikers? Don't you know that this is a no-stealing zone? Have you greeted the boss? You're on the bandwagon. If you don’t, how dare you come here to ask for a living? Emerald City has rules!”

As soon as they heard the words "boss", "Sangarei" and "North Gate Bridge", the support for Xilai in the crowd suddenly became weaker. Many people seemed to know something and left in twos and threes.

Seeing this, Ragnol sneered even more, and pointed to the shop behind him:

"Also, you are blocking us from doing business."

In the barber shop, the target of their trip, Slimani was sitting on a chair, as if he was observing this side through the reflection of the mirror.

Thales and Hilley looked at each other.

Damn it.

It does not seem to be out of suspicion to test.

It's purely the **** "rules on the road".

Thales smiled and rubbed his hands together:

"My dear, Mr. Raguenot? First, we are not thieves. Second, if you don't like us performing here, let's just go! Or, we can also make up for some in your store. Loss..."

"Not a thief? That's good."

Ragnor let out a smirk, and he suddenly reached out and grabbed Hilley's wrist!

Heilee's complexion changed:

"Let me go!"

Thales was also surprised. He stood up in front of Hilley and held down Raguenor's arm:

"Let go!"

But Raguenot had obviously practiced it before, and he tightly clasped Hilley's wrist:

"Come on, I'll pinch your hand, and you can try another trick? Magician? Or, come with me to the police officer?"

Sheila screamed, she grabbed her glove and pulled her hand back desperately.

"Fuck! Let go!" Thales gritted his teeth and pressed against the buddy, trying to pull the hands of Hilley and Ragnol away.

"Ah, it's your glove, right?"

The conflict broke out, and the crowd was in chaos. Ragnor grabbed Xilai's hand and laughed proudly: "It must be your glove, there must be a mechanism in it? Say, how many 'magic' have you done with this? Lied How much money and how much was stolen?"

There was a voice of agreement from the crowd:

"Exactly! What kind of gloves does the flower girl wear? She looks like a noble lady. What are you pretending to be? Are they so delicate?"

The sharp-eyed Thales recognized that it was another guy in the barber shop.

"There must be a mechanism in the glove!"

"Maybe there is still stolen money!"

"It must be a thief!"

"I know! They stole me last week!"

In the crowd, there were some passers-by who were not used to this scene and felt aggrieved on behalf of Xi Lai, but under the continuous echoes of the shaving guys, even the most righteous people had to hesitate: Are they really thieves?

"Come, come, pull to see the police officer!"

"They can't escape this time!"

Several "enthusiasts" responded, coincidentally emerged from the surrounding crowd, rolled up their sleeves, and wanted to help Ragueno drag people along, one of them had even grabbed Thales' hand and He dragged back!

In the chaos, Xi Lai accidentally fell to the ground and screamed.

Too bad Thales reacted and opened the long-sealed memory: finding fault, framing, gangs, robbery, scattered... This is the usual method used by human trafficking gangs when they abducted women and children on the street a long time ago.

In the abandoned house, many beggars came here.

For example, in the past, Kolia, the youngest girl in their sixth house, remembered that she had parents, a nanny, and toys, and that she was snatched away by several people during a celebration.

She even remembers hearing "the nanny chasing after her, crying while chasing her" that day.

Until the cry grows farther and farther away.

In this life, I will never hear it again.

"Enough!"

Thales returned to reality and roared:

"Get out!"

The crime of Hell River burned instantly, and the memory of the Northern Army's swordsmanship came back to his mind.

Bang!

Thales elbowed back first, knocking the guy behind him to the ground, grunting in pain.

In the next second, he pinned Ragueno's feet forward again, unleashed a sudden increase in force, and knocked Ragnou two meters away.

Thales turned his head and pointed at the third guy. The latter was about to throw a punch, but when he saw Thales' angry eyes, he couldn't help but startled, and stopped his forward steps.

"You guys, that's enough!"

Thales stopped the remaining shaved guys.

"If Boss Balta knows what you guys are doing here," Thales gritted his teeth, and coldly glanced at Ragueno who was rubbing his chest on the ground, "Trust me, he will melt your Before that, he hadn’t been melted down by Boss Fogg, and Fogg hadn’t been melted down by someone more terrifying than him.”

Ragnor's complexion changed when he heard the words: "You, why are you..."

Thales snorted coldly, turned around and grabbed Xi Lai's arm, and helped her up from the ground.

But at that second, someone seemed to have discovered something and shouted first.

"Did you see it?"

"Yeah..."

"My God..."

Thales looked up suspiciously, and found that everyone was looking behind him, and the people around were in an uproar!

Oops, is your identity exposed?

Ragueno was helped up by a buddy, but he was stunned when he saw something.

Following everyone's gazes, Thales slowly lowered his head, and was immediately stunned.

"What the **** is that?"

"It's disgusting..."

"This thing really exists..."

Seeing everyone's reactions, Xi Lai suddenly realized something.

She hung her head in horror, only to realize that her left glove had been ripped off.

Where everyone's eyes gathered, Xilai's left hand was covered with red and black burns from the forearm to the entire palm, with pits and bumps.

Ugly.

But that's not the most shocking thing.

"Ah!"

A girl who was closer saw something clearly and exclaimed, her mother hurriedly covered her eyes.

It is Hilley's left palm.

On it... on the outside of the ugly little finger with crimson skin, an extra finger suddenly grew.

It is slender and crooked, and at the moment it is awkwardly and irregularly connected to the little finger, hanging out of the palm, twitching and twitching.

The crowd was in an uproar.

"What the **** is that..."

"Does that hand ~IndoMTL.com~ have six fingers, or seven?"

"There seem to be more than a dozen of them, crooked, disgusting!"

"I saw it when I was a kid! Lobster Hand!"

"No! The lobster finger is missing, this one has a lot more fingers, it's... well, spider hand!"

"It's so pitiful, she is a girl who was born with a disability..."

"It must have been cursed by a witch..."

"No wonder it can do magic!"

Even in the distance, Slimani in the barber shop turned his head back from his chair and looked here curiously.

Six, six fingers?

At that moment, Thales thought of many things.

(End of this chapter)