pet cultivator

Chapter 127
Everyone wandered around and casually watched the battle in the stands.

However, apart from the battles of a few Tier [-] imperial pet masters, the other matches were really nothing new in the eyes of everyone in the Li family.

During this period, the two Li family children who played in the morning also easily defeated their opponents with the strength of the third level, and advanced to the next round.

Li Jin turned around and felt a little bored, so he turned to look at Li Qinqin and Zhou Yixuan: "Why don't we go to the city? The streets are also arranged differently."

Zhou Yixuan understood what Li Jin meant, and Li Yu also nodded: "Well, Xiaoqin, Xiaojin and Brother Zhou, the three of you can go for a stroll in the street. But before that, you have to draw lots first. Determine the schedule for the second knockout round tomorrow."

Qiuqiu also quickly interjected, "Brother Jin, remember to buy some donkey meat pies for me, they belong to the one I marked on the map."

Li Jin couldn't help giving him a blank look, but finally agreed.

Li Jin, Li Qinqin and Zhou Yixuan came to the lottery office. After verifying their identities and competition results, they began to draw lots for tomorrow's knockout match.

Zhou Yixuan directly got No. 20, while Li Jin got No. [-].

"Sure enough, it's impossible for good luck to come twice in a row!" Li Jin smiled and shook his head, which meant that he would also play tomorrow.

"Hehe, with Xiaojin's strength, anyone who gets B[-] will have a headache, right?" Zhou Yixuan laughed, "Just like what Qiuqiu said, it's someone else's misfortune that you didn't get a bye."

Li Jin rubbed his nose, looking forward to his first battle.

"Sister Xiaoqin, haven't you smoked yet?" Zhou Yixuan looked at Li Qinqin who was beside him.

"Ah? Oh, I think it should be all right?" Li Qinqin turned around slowly, with a strange expression on her face.

Seeing her appearance, Li Jin's heart skipped a beat: "Sister Xiaoqin, you won't be able to draw B[-] or B[-], right?"

"On the contrary, I feel that we... are cheating." Li Qinqin showed her lottery with a strange expression, and saw a number written on the ball: 54.

Everyone around was silent.

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The three of Li Jin who left the central square walked directly to the donkey meat pie stand.

"It seems that even with the start of the preliminaries, the city defense of the imperial capital does not seem to have changed." Li Jin walked all the way, but he was always comparing the layout of the city defense in front of him with the map he had drawn before.

Zhou Yixuan nodded: "It can be said that this kind of city defense arrangement is already the most stringent. The No.11 Legion of the Empire also put a lot of thought into it."

Li Qinqin, on the other hand, was still immersed in the joy of tomorrow's bye, bouncing around the shops on both sides of the street.

Soon, they also came to the Zhangji donkey meat pie shop that Qiuqiu was thinking about.

"Boss." Li Qinqin ran into the pie shop and let out a light sigh, "Why is the boss alone? You don't even have any customers."

Li Jin was also a little curious when he saw this. According to what Qiuqiu said before, there has been a long queue outside this pie shop for a long time. Why is there so few people today?

"Hehe, I asked the guys to push a cart of pies and sell them in the central square." The boss stood up and said with a smile.

Only then did the three of Li Jin suddenly realize.Isn't that right, as long as the people of the imperial capital go to the streets today, almost all of them go to the central square to watch the qualifiers.

"Is that so? We came from the central square, but we didn't notice that there were pies for sale." Li Qinqin said a little discouraged after hearing this.

"Don't worry, little girl. Here, I still have a pot of pies here, which will be cooked soon." The boss pointed to the flat iron pot beside him, "Later, I'll get you a freshly baked one!"

"Thank you boss!" Li Qinqin smiled sweetly.

"The boss has been selling pies here for a long time, right?" Li Jin stepped forward and said with a smile, "I can smell the fragrance even when I'm standing here."

"Aren't you locals? Haha, when it comes to this donkey meat pie, I'm not talking about Lao Zhang." The boss smiled proudly, "This is the handicraft of our old Zhang family. I have been selling here since I was a child." pie."

When Li Jin heard this, a bright light flashed in his eyes: "It turns out that it is a time-honored brand, and it is really extraordinary. Boss Zhang, then you must know this imperial city like the back of your hand?"

Boss Zhang nodded: "That's right, after all, I've lived here for so many years."

"It's good to live in the imperial capital." Li Jin said enviously, "I think the law and order here is pretty good, there are patrolling soldiers everywhere, and you don't have to worry about thieves and ruffians when you do business..."

"Young man, you're wrong. It's not that there are no local ruffians in this imperial city, but that these ruffians are all wearing the skin of an official." Boss Zhang shook his head with a wry smile.

Li Jin's heart moved, but on the surface he looked surprised: "How do you say that?"

"Since the dog official came to the imperial capital, our taxes have become heavier and heavier." Boss Zhang said angrily, "If you want me to say, isn't the dog official the biggest hooligan in the imperial capital?"

"The boss is talking about Chen Dan?" Zhou Yixuan asked.

"Hush——" Boss Zhang hurriedly signaled everyone to silence, "It's better not to say this name, if someone hears it, it will be troublesome. We called the dog officer directly behind his back, and he was the one we were talking about, and in front of the official On the surface, I have to honorably call Mr. Chen Wannian, Mr. Chen. Pooh! In fact, he is a dog official."

Li Jin was a little curious: "The whole Hanyun Empire knows that he is not a good guy, but he is still living a good life. Is there really no one who can cure him?"

"There is no way. The Holy One has been ill for a long time, and the prince who supervises the country has no talent for governing the country, so he has a good skin, which can seduce little girls. Today's government affairs are all controlled by those sisters and brothers!"

"Aren't there any ministers who opposed that dog official?" Li Jin asked calmly.

"It seems to have existed in the past, but it seems to have disappeared in recent years." Boss Zhang was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and then tried to recall for a while, "It is said that those officials who opposed that dog official were demoted from the imperial capital."

Li Jin glanced at Boss Zhang, and he didn't say much at the moment. He bought some pies, and then called Li Qinqin and Zhou Yixuan to leave.

"Xiao Jin, it seems that what the Chen family did was clean enough." Zhou Yixuan sighed, "Until now, the people in the imperial capital still don't know the truth!"

"Maybe, maybe not." Li Jin replied in a low voice, "I don't think that this boss really knows anything. People who have lived in the imperial capital for generations, not to mention knowing everything about those officials back then, should at least know everything." I know him. I think he doesn’t even believe that those officials were kicked out of the imperial capital.”

"How do you say that?" Zhou Yixuan asked in surprise.

"Didn't he ask about the whereabouts of those officials after they left the imperial capital?" Li Jin looked at Zhou Yixuan meaningfully.

Zhou Yixuan took a deep breath: "Those officials have long been secretly killed by Chen Dan, so what will happen to them! The boss Zhang will know after a little inquiring. These officials have long since disappeared, but they still can only tell others. , These officials were just demoted from the imperial capital?"

"So, the owner of this pie shop didn't tell the truth, maybe because he was under some surveillance or control, and he didn't dare to tell the truth."

Li Jin thought for a while and analyzed: "But there is another possibility. He is the Chen family, or the person who is used by Mieshi Palace to monitor and control the people of the imperial capital. He hides among the people and monitors what the people say at any time. To understand the thoughts of the people in the imperial capital, you can also spread some rumors, such as making the people really think that those officials back then were demoted from the imperial capital."

"It's not impossible." Zhou Yixuan nodded slowly, "But this is just your guess, and to be honest, it's too far-fetched. I think the owner of the pie shop was simply put under a gag order and dare not Talk nonsense. Otherwise, why would he complain so much to Chen Dan?"

"Don't you think that because of this, his words are more trustworthy to the common people?" Li Jin smiled, "Lies are the easiest to believe if they are half-truths and half-false."

Zhou Yixuan shook his head and smiled, "These are just your guesses, maybe your thinking is too complicated."

"I'm not sure if there's anything wrong with the owner of the pie shop." Li Jin shook his head, "But I'm sure that Mieshi Palace must have placed such roles among the common people, and there are quite a few of them. Otherwise No matter how powerful they are, it is impossible to hide these things for six years. And for such a role, it is most suitable to control some people from the old imperial capital."

"That's why you didn't dare to continue asking that boss?" Zhou Yixuan thought for a while, and finally nodded, "Indeed, the other party knows our identities. If we keep asking the people of the imperial capital about these things, it will be very important. It might scare the snake away."

Li Jin thought for a moment, then suddenly laughed: "Actually, if I want to know if there is something wrong with this boss, or if I want to know which people in the imperial capital have problems, I have a stupid way."

Zhou Yixuan's eyes lit up: "What way?"

Li Jin smiled mysteriously, and casually walked into a grocery store.

"What does this little brother want to buy? Please choose whatever you want!" The owner of the grocery store quickly greeted him with a smile.

"Dare to ask, but Boss Zhao?" Li Jin looked at the grocery store owner carefully for a while, and then asked with a salute.

The owner of the grocery store was taken aback for a moment, then shook his head and smiled, "Brother must have found the wrong person. My surname is Lin, not Zhao."

Li Jin looked apologetic: "I'm sorry, I found the wrong person. Dare I ask Boss Lin, is there a boss surnamed Zhao around here?"

"When you go out, turn left and there is a tailor shop. The owner's surname is Zhao." Boss Lin replied.

"Thank you very much, I'll take my leave first." After speaking, Li Jin withdrew and went into another noodle shop.

"What do the three guest officers want to eat?" a young guy greeted.

"Dare to ask, is my surname Wang?" Li Jin glanced at him and asked aloud.

"That's right, my surname is Wang, what's wrong?" the man asked suspiciously.

Li Jin quickly took out a silver coin and handed it to him: "A distant relative of yours asked me to pay you back the money he owed you."

"A relative? Owe me money?" The guy was taken aback for a moment, but he hesitated for a moment when he saw the silver coin, and then quickly took it over, "Thank you, thank you, I thought he forgot about it..."

Afterwards, Li Jin ran into the tailor shop to buy a piece of clothing for Li Qinqin, and went to the butcher's stall to weigh two catties of lean meat... After he had visited all the nearby shops, he came out to talk to Li Qinqin and Zhou Yixuan meet.

Before Zhou Yixuan could ask, Li Jin touched his nose: "Let's go back first." After speaking, he led Li Qinqin and walked towards the inn with Zhou Yixuan.

(End of this chapter)