My Endless Life.

Chapter 164 The Criminal

A group of four people were walking on the road.

There were no troubles or accidents during the period.

We arrived at the royal capital smoothly, which took twenty-eight days.

Only after arriving in the royal capital did Ronnie feel the prosperity of this city.

Not to mention the former Rubino City, even the later Green Shade City is far inferior to the kingdom's capital in terms of prosperity.

The most intuitive point is that there are a lot of people in the royal capital.

Even during the quietest times of the day, there aren't many people on the streets of Rubino.

But the capital was different. As soon as Ronnie walked into the city gate, he saw streets full of people.

On the streets, roadsides, and bridges between buildings.

There are people coming and going, and traffic is busy.

Ronnie really was like a bumpkin from the country, and for a moment he was dazzled by the scenery of the royal capital.

Compared to him, Li Qi was much calmer.

Li Qi, who has experienced several lifetimes and visited countless places, believes that the capital of the kingdom only has some alien characteristics.

In terms of prosperity, it is probably not as good as Lankana, the capital of England in the previous life.

Instead of taking time to marvel at the scenery of the city, he should think carefully about how to enter the palace to find Carol.

As Li Qi was thinking, Ronnie also came back to his senses.

He looked at the eyes of passers-by who were looking at him, and noticed the curiosity or mocking looks in their eyes, and couldn't help blushing.

He came close to Li Qi and asked in a low voice:

"Teacher, where are we going next?"

"What's next... huh?"

Li Qi was about to answer Ronnie's question.

But before he could finish, he suddenly let out a cry of surprise and stretched his hand to the side.

"oops!"

A cry of pain was heard, and Ronnie looked in the direction of the sound, and saw that Li Qi's gloved left hand was tightly grasping a child's arm.

The child was dressed in rags and had a gray face, looking like a poor person. He had messy brown hair and a pair of eyes the same color as his hair, which were rolling around.

The child's arm was close to Li Qi's waist bag.

There's a thief!?

Ronnie was startled, but the child had already started shouting:

"What are you doing! Let me go! Or I'll call the guards!!"

Hearing this, Ronnie laughed angrily. He said bluntly, "Call the guards? You are a thief and you call the guards? Aren't you afraid that the guards will arrest you and put you in jail?"

"Humph! Country bumpkin, what do you know! I'm only twelve years old. Even if I'm arrested, I'll just be locked up for a few days before I'm released. But you guys..."

The little guy's eyes swept over Li Qi and others, and he raised his head and said:
"You are obviously from outside the area. Be careful or the guards will take you away as criminals!"

Ronnie was shocked when he heard what the little guy said.

Li Qi noticed something and asked the little boy:
"You mean to say that the guards here would arrest outsiders for no reason and treat them as criminals?"

He said as he looked towards the city gate guard not far away.

There were many people here, so the guards didn't notice this place for a while, but Li Qi still felt it. From the moment he entered the city, there was indeed a pair of eyes on them.

This means someone is watching them.

Maybe this is what the kid meant by guard?
Li Qi's question seemed normal, but the child suddenly shut his mouth after hearing it, and he hesitated for a long time before saying:
“…I didn’t say that. Anyway…anyway, you have to let me go! Otherwise…otherwise I…”

"If we were from the Tanwu family, would they also capture us?"

Li Qi continued to ask questions, and while speaking he hung the badge of the Tanwu family on his body.

Ronnie just thought of this when he saw this, and quickly took out his Tanwu family badge and put it in the open.

When the two took out the badge of the Tanwu family, the feeling of being watched that Li Qi felt disappeared.

The child's expression also instantly became very interesting:
"You...you are actually from the Tanwu family?! Damn it...I should have found someone else to steal..."

The child muttered to himself unwillingly.

Li Qi narrowed his eyes when he heard this:

"You don't seem afraid at all?"

This child was stealing openly in the city. If he had done this to an ordinary person, it would have been fine. But when he knew that the person he was stealing from was from the Tanwu family, the child did not feel any fear.

Obviously, the Tanwu family is a privileged class in this world, but when they offended a child from such a privileged class, their reaction was very calm.

"Why should I be afraid? The Tanwu family cannot attack ordinary people. Isn't this common sense? But don't be complacent. Sooner or later, I will become a member of the Tanwu family!"

The child raised his head.

Li Qi stared at him for a while, temporarily suppressed his doubts, let go of the child's hand, and said to him:

"A petty thief can't become a fog explorer, but..."

As he spoke, he took out the kingdom's common currency from his pocket and waved it in front of the child:
"If you are willing to be my tour guide and use your abilities to make money for yourself, then maybe you can become a fog explorer."

"!"

When the child saw Li Qi take money out of his pocket, his eyes immediately lit up.

He jumped up and tried to take the money that Li Qi had placed on his palm, but Li Qi was faster and had already closed his palm before the child touched his palm.

The child looked eagerly at Li Qi's hand holding the money, and finally met Li Qi's eyes and asked:
"Are you sure you'll pay me if I act as your tour guide?"

Li Qi didn't answer. He flicked his finger and a coin flew into the air and fell towards the child.

The child hurriedly caught the silver coin, and then heard Li Qi say, "This is a deposit."

The child blew on the silver coin, and after listening to the sound, he soon showed a flattering smile. He bowed to Li Qi and said respectfully:

"No problem. I, the city's know-it-all and golden tour guide Diya, will lead the way for you!"

"Know-it-all? Golden tour guide? You??"

Ronnie stared at the little kid who looked like he was barely as tall as his chest, his face full of suspicion.

Dia was choked and glared at Ronnie:
"I said yes, what are you dissatisfied with?"

The one who gave the money was Li Qi. Ronnie was obviously Li Qi's follower, so that's why the little brat would treat him like this.

Li Qi didn't care about the child's attitude. He took out another silver coin like a magician. The silver coin turned between his fingers, suddenly disappearing and then disappearing again.

Then he said to Dea:
"Less talk, more action, take us away."

"Okay! Boss, where are you going? Just tell me. As long as I know the place, I promise I can take you there!"

"Really? Then take us to the palace."

Li Qi's request froze the smile on Dia's face. His eyes became vague, and even the silver coins in his hand felt a little hot.

"Going to the palace... that's a bit..."

Seeing that Diya was retreating and seemed to be trying to "abscond with the money", Li Qi found it funny and changed his tone:
"Just kidding, let's go to the poorest place here first. I want to take a look."

Finally, Li Qi chose to go to the slums of Wangcheng first.

……

A prosperous city, especially a prosperous city under a feudal system, is bound to have poor areas.

Even in Rubino City or Green Shade City, there are similar places.

As the largest city in the world, the same is true for the kingdom's capital.

Li Qi chose the slums as his first stop in the royal capital.

Diya didn't quite understand Li Qi's choice, but since Li Qi gave him the money, he was the boss.

He will definitely try his best to complete the master's request.

"If you ask me, the poorest place in the city is definitely Baishui Street."

Dia led the way and introduced Li Qi and Ronnie:
"I was born and raised there, and I'm very familiar with it. But let me make it clear that it's not a good place. Even though you are from the Tanwu family, it's easy to be cheated if you go there."

After he finished speaking, he puffed out his chest proudly and said:

"But with me here, I can definitely keep you safe."

Dia was there bragging, and neither Li Qi nor Ronnie said anything.

They were observing the scenery along the way.

The closer you get to the Baishui Street that Dia mentioned, the older the buildings on both sides of the street become.

Gradually, the air began to be filled with some unpleasant smells, and garbage and excrement thrown on the roadside were seen.

The progress of civilization was gradually regressing, until it reached Baishui Street and completely turned into the medieval city that Li Qi had in mind.

Dirty, messy and poor, this is Li Qi's impression of Baishui Street.

Li Qi also understood why Baishui Street was called Baishui Street.

Next to this street, there is a river flowing downwards, and upstream of this river is a special building built on a high place.

The building is blocked by a wall and you can't see what's inside, but white water is always flowing from the drain below.

The white water flows into the river next to Baishui Street from above, turning the entire river white.

White is not pure, it is mixed with many strange and disgusting colors.

But only white is the most conspicuous.

This may be the origin of the name Baishui Street.

"What's that over there?"

Looking along the water flow towards the unique building built high up, Li Qi asked Dia.

Dia looked back and said casually:

"Oh, that's the relic factory in the royal city. Most of the relics used by you country folk are produced here."

The high building turned out to be a factory for producing relics.

Ronnie was a little surprised after hearing this.

Li Qi did not have any special reaction. After hearing what Diya said, he retracted his gaze and looked towards the front of Baishui Street, and said to Diya:

"Keep leading the way."

"No problem! Boss, please come this way!"

Dia made a gesture of invitation and led Li Qi inside.

He didn't know why Li Qi came to Baishui Street, and it didn't matter to him. All Dia wanted was the silver coins in Li Qi's hand. Apart from that, he didn't care about anything else.

Li Qi continued to follow Dia, looking at the people in the surrounding slums.

He was looking for old faces, but so far, Li Qi had never seen anyone over forty years old.

Those looking over here from the roadside were either young adults or children who looked about the same age as Dia.

Li Qi was still observing, but suddenly they heard a noise coming from a distance.

Following the noise and looking into the distance, Li Qi and his friends saw a group of people gathered together, quarreling among them.

"Let me go!! I didn't commit a crime! I didn't commit a crime!! Let me go!!"

A young man yelled and a group of guards in black uniforms pulled him outside.

(End of this chapter)