Silent Crown Chapter 37: Legend of the city

　　 "It was a shaman just now, what about this one?"

　　 Ye Qingxuan turned the second card. On the card, the blond man wearing a bowler hat was waist-length, standing on top of gold, silver and treasure, and gems fell from his fingertips like sand.

　　 "Trader, it is said that you can buy everything from him, as long as you have money. Impossible things will appear."

　　 Bai Xi said in a low voice: "Some people also said that Anglo's throne was bought by King Arthur with his sword."

　　 "How is it possible."

　　 Ye Qingxuan was amused: "Even if it is true, no one can live until now, right?"

　　"That may be true. If he has everything, it would not be weird to have an elixir?"

　　 "...what you said makes sense."

　　 Ye Qingxuan opened another one: "This?"

　　 The background on this card is blood-red, and a shadow standing indistinctly in the stump of the broken arm, looks full of darkness and blood.

　　"Well, this is a killer who has disappeared. It is said that he collects money to do things and dares to accept any orders, including assassination of the Minister of Defense. Once he is dispatched, he will never leave any life. If anyone sees him, he will His head was unscrewed. Someone nicknamed him "Flood Butcher" because the scene he left behind was like a workshop in a slaughterhouse."

　　"……"

　　The white wraith entrenched in the church-Soul Eater; the crazy murderer who broke his stomach in the dark-the ripper; the woman who abducted children and raised demons-the ghost mother; wandered in the tomb The resurrected dead in the region, the monsters that like to **** blood—vampires; there are debt collectors with enchanting arms—the ghost hands; the dark shadows galloping in the sky at midnight—the ghost carriage...

　　 These are the ten legends of Avalon City.

　　 "Wait, there are only nine?" Ye Qingxuan counted with his fingers, and found that yes, it was indeed nine.

　　 "Oh, there is one more."

　　 At the mention of this, Bai Xi happily lost interest, and opened the last card.

　　 is on the card, is the shadow of the midnight clock tower. In the dimness, it seemed that something was creeping and rushing past.

　　"This is the last legend, a naked man running wild on the streets of Avalon late at night."

　　"……"

　　 For an instant, Ye Qingxuan was shocked to wake up.

　　 "Your expression is so strange, are you okay?"

　　 "I was scared."

　　 Ye Qingxuan is really embarrassed to say that he has seen this neurosis.

　　 Ten legends of Avalon, how can he be! The first nine legends are all powerful, but this one is full of deep insignificance. Streaking and singing at midnight, crazy chicken coot! Can the aesthetics of the people of Avalon be worth it?

　　"What is the last ghost card?"

　　 He looked at the two ghost cards, but the ghost cards were not the clown, but the weird and hideous building.

　　The pattern on the black ghost card is a high tower, but the reflection of the tower in the water becomes a pile of bones, extending downwards, like a road to hell.

　　 "Blood road reflection."

　　 Bai Xi said: "It is said that this road is hidden in Avalon, leading to the back of Avalon, and you can see the true appearance of Avalon City when you walk into it."

　　"What about the red ghost card?"

　　 In the hands of the young man, the red ghost card painted on the huge ruins of a city, like cobwebs and scorch marks, the huge city was drowned in the dust, as if it had already died.

　　"This is the legendary Avalon."

　　 Bai Xi paused, and added: "——The real Avalon."

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　　 It has been three hundred years since the end of the dark ages.

　　 Two hundred and seventy years ago, after King Arthur rejected the holy name awarded by the Holy City, he came here and established the first city of Holy Angel. This is the earliest legend of Avalon City.

　　No one knows what this place was earlier.

　　 Some scholars conducted research on the stratigraphic sections in the remaining ancient books and came to a strange conclusion: Three hundred years ago, the altitude of Avalon was more than 600 meters lower than the normal altitude.

　　In other words...this island should have been sleeping in the sea.

　　 But according to recent measurements of the etheric decay of ancient Avalon buildings, they have generally existed for more than a thousand years... Scholars cannot explain this ridiculous contradiction, and in the end this argument can only be submerged in various textual research. But this legend has been handed down, and it has become more and more detailed.

　　 Some people say that Avalon was originally a city occupied by evil gods, and was silent forever on the bottom of the sea. It comes up in the battle of glory, and the world is about to be destroyed. Later, the Hundred Eyes was hit hard and left his lair, but its secret is still sleeping in this city.

　　 Some people say that this is a conspiracy of the Burgundians, and some support the recent theory of continental drift, thinking that Avalon is an island floating from other places.

　　 "I don't think it's reliable to hear it. Avalon's people are too boring."

　　"Yes, let's play the cards." Bai Xiye shuffled the cards and excitedly said, "How about I let you play the first game? Let's play the small ones first, 20 yuan a game."

　　 Ye Qingxuan stretched out his hand expressionlessly, and pulled out the poker that she had hidden from her cuff.

　　 "I have said it, it is forbidden to send a thousand..."

　　……

　　 After half an hour, Ye Qingxuan already felt more drowsy and hard to concentrate. This feeling is like a hangover, something similar to alcohol is at work, and after giving too much excitement, it becomes difficult for people to control themselves.

　　 Fortunately, I can still think, fortunately...

　　"Okay, give me the money."

　　He shined his card face, smiled and stretched out his palm: "Otherwise, the sticker."

　　 There was silence.

　　In the ticking sound, only Bai Xi gasped angrily.

　　 The white strips of paper plastered on her face also quivered with breathing, like a legendary snow monster. In half an hour, she had almost exported all her salary for the next three years-if she had that thing.

　　"You told me...this is your third straight flush?"

　　 Bai Xi gritted his teeth and asked: "Is this the third level?"

　　"This is the third time, yes."

　　 Ye Qingxuan yawned and replied faintly: "The first time I didn't figure out the rules, I lost one month's salary, and the second time I won the pants of those guys... Since then, No one wants to play cards with me.

　　They, uh, they all said that I was out of thousands. "

　　 "You are not allowed to pay a thousand!"

　　Bai Xi hammered the table and glared at him: "Where did you hide the poker? Tell me honestly! Otherwise I will beat you until you can't take care of yourself when you can't fight back..."

　　 "I didn't lie to you, I won't pay a thousand."

　　 Ye Qingxuan stretched out her hand and let her fumble on her body. In his hand, the shuffled playing cards fell like snow flakes, falling all over the ground like snow flakes.

　　 Fifty-four playing cards, one is not many, one is not many.

　　 There are no signs of cheating anywhere in the sleeves, between the short nails, between the open fingers, and under the table. Bai Xi searched Ye Qingxuan's pocket over and over again, but found nothing.

　　 "After all I said, I won't pay a thousand."

　　 Feeling drowsy, Ye Qingxuan finally couldn't bear the erosion of the Sandman, and slumped on the table in a drowsy state. Before a big sleep, he seemed to think of something, so he laughed softly:

　　"—but I will record the cards."

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　　 "I will trouble you to accompany me to deliver the goods this time."

　　 "I don't know the way anyway."

　　 The next day, Ye Qingxuan, who was still on crutches, was already able to walk.

　　 He limped down the street, and Bai Xi, who was next to him, held the box in his arms, walked carelessly, looking around.

　　 seems to hate that her white hair is eye-catching. She stuffed her hair into her tweed hat. She was still wearing Ye Qingxuan's previous clothes, like a wild child everywhere.

　　 "However, it is not easy for Uncle Seton to be able to make a business."

　　 "You think too much. It seems to be a craft clock sent by the boss from the Kingdom of Burgundy. We are only responsible for the delivery." Bai Xi curled his lips: "If it wasn't for someone to send a letter to ask, It is estimated that Seton has already thrown it into the garbage."

　　 "Well, I think this store will be closed to Zhang Daji sooner or later." Ye Qingxuan was worried.

　　 "What are you sighing? It's none of your business." Bai Xi gave him a white look, and suddenly his pupils rolled around twice, and he came up with a bad idea: "Hey, cousin. , How much do you think the clock in this box is worth?"

　　"Although this is not an antique, but the signature should be a well-known craftsman's work in the Kingdom of Burgundy. The market price is difficult to estimate, but the latest watch movement and the amount of gold and silver in it are not cheap. According to the rule of discounting to one-third in the black market...probably it can sell for about 60,000 yuan."

　　 Ye Qingxuan pointed his finger to the fortune, and finally nodded: "If you meet someone who is knowledgeable, you can sell for about 100,000."

　　 Bai Xi looked wrong, not only because of the price, but also because of Ye Qingxuan's words.

　　 "How do you know so clearly?"

　　 "The bookshelves in the store are full of books, wouldn't you read it?" Ye Qingxuan turned his head and glanced at her, then tapped her head: "Don't use your brain, Seton said that if you get into trouble, Sending people to the hospital is not empty talk."

　　 "Hey, I haven't said anything yet!"

　　 "It was okay when you called my cousin~IndoMTL.com~ And you absolutely wanted to run away with this stuff, right?"

　　 "...huh."

　　Bai Xi coldly snorted and said nothing, but he was obviously not dead.

　　" On the third day I came here, someone stole something from the store, Seton said nothing. In the afternoon, someone interrupted the thief's hand and sent the stolen goods back to the store. Seton His muscles are not for nothing. You don’t think he is really harmless just because he is reading every day?"

　　 Ye Qingxuan poured cold water on the side, talking about it until the girl’s neck was all hairy, and then stopped satisfactorily—it’s really gratifying to stop Bai Xi from stepping into the abyss of crime for the fourth time today... a fart. !

　　I want to commit a crime for the fourth time a day, this girl is completely hopeless! Except for Lao Fei's dog food, she didn't dare to start, Ye Qingxuan didn't see anything she didn't dare to steal.

　　 Just like now, Bai Xi squeezed into the crowd curiously, as if listening to the performance of a street performer.

　　The dark-skinned entertainer sits cross-legged on his broken stall, playing the Qiang flute in his hand hard. This rare instrument is quite rare. The beautiful tone makes the passing pedestrians nod from time to time, and then toss the coin into the box in front of him...

　　 Bai Xi looked down at the copper that was about to pile up in the box, his saliva was almost left behind.

　　 Fortunately, just before Ye Qingxuan stopped her, there was another thing that drew everyone's attention away.

　　 In the distance, a high-pitched brass horn suddenly sounded.

　　 The hustle and bustle of human voices came from a distance.