Chapter 70: More Secret News Channels (Third Update~Complete~)
Grey Street is a remnant of the undemolished cheap tavern near the workers' residence after Lugoyne's last expansion.
Later, due to the complex composition of the outer city, the street became a small dark corner near the city walls.
With the frequent haunting of all kinds of mysterious figures, the composition of the population here has gradually become countless times more complex than the outer city itself.
This little corner is filled with cheap taverns, rogue prostitutes, gamblers, crooks and intelligence peddlers.
Everyone here lives by playing Lu Gaoin's side ball in the law, which is almost a rare gray area under Lu Gaoin's blazing sun.
Over time, the name of Gray Street spread, and this name also led to many people coming here every day, with all kinds of shady purposes, looking for guys who could help them.
All in all, it's just a gray fringe of civilization, but it's not a place of outlaw filled with murderers and villains and gang killers.
There's nothing wrong with getting some simple information in a place like this, but if it's about the level of information about the Tomb of Tarasya, you'd better not leave anything to chance of getting from this damn place......
This is also the reason why Xue Hua bluntly rejected Variv's proposal.
If there was real information about the ancient tomb of Talasha in Gray Street, this place would have been torn apart by the three forces of Lu Gaoin, especially the actual controller of the entire Gray Street, the Lu Gao Yin People's Protection Association.
Therefore, what Xue Hua needs now is a deeper level of secret channels, which must be the kind of organization that is extremely unobtrusive, but has a lot of real ability.
A city like Lu Gaoyin, like some so-called "international metropolises" in Xue Hua's previous life, cannot be without a dark side under the glamorous exterior.
And Variif has just admitted that he does have some secret channels, and judging from his performance, the water of these secret channels seems to be quite deep.
"Xue, what kind of information do you want? Can't even the Grey Street satisfy you? Hearing Xue Hua's answer, Variif frowned again.
It's not that he doesn't want to help Xue Hua, it's just that he really doesn't want to go to that ghost place again.
"Well, I'll tell you the truth, the information I want is about the ancient tomb of Tarasya, and it must be true, and preferably very important......"
Xue Hua pursed his lips and decided to tell Varif the truth, with this guy's personality, he shouldn't go and talk about this matter everywhere.
Besides, what if he says it?
This is just a backup plan, and it is better to say whether it is necessary or not.
And he doesn't have more than that......
"Talasya's tomb?! I'll go! You're not going to get involved in that, are you? Varif was stunned for a moment, then blurted out with a look of surprise.
"Huh?! What's involved? How do you know what's going on? Xue Hua opened his eyes wide and looked at the Arab drunkard in front of him, this guy seemed to know more things than he imagined?
Because of the matter of the ancient tomb of Talasha, except for the display of the King's Staff found by the royal family, everything else was done in private.
Except for the high-ranking personnel of the three major forces, no one else should know the details of this.
After all, everything is still in a state of progress, and no one can make up their minds what will happen until the last minute, so I don't know how to say it.
But although all this is not deliberately concealed, it is not something that can be accessed by any person, right?
How did a businessman in Warif know about this?
"No, it's nothing, you just didn't say anything just now......" Variif quickly coughed and said with a hint of pleading in his tone.
“... Ahem, well, the intel on the Tomb of Talasia is important to me, so I need a source that can ensure authenticity, so I can't trust the crooks and informants in the Grey Street, so I want to use your connections......"
Xue Hua was silent for a moment, he knew that Varif might be hiding something, but since he begged him not to ask, he was not prepared to meddle with other people's affairs.
After all, he had enough trouble to face.
Hearing Xue Hua's words, Variif also fell silent, he picked up the golden wine jug next to him and poured himself half a glass of wine, leaned back on the soft chair and slowly sipped it.
It took more than ten minutes before he turned his glass and asked in a somewhat gloomy voice, "Do you want it now?" If you want it now, it might be a bit of a hassle......"
"No, not now, when I come back from this trip, if necessary, I'll come back to you, okay?" Xue Hua shook his head and replied.
"Well, I see, then there's no problem." Varif nodded, his expression slightly relaxed.
"Okay, that's it, I have to go back, after all, I still have to prepare some travel matters......" Xue Hua nodded, stood up and said to Varref.
"Okay, then I won't keep you, I'll prepare your affairs for you before you come back... It's just that you have to be mentally prepared yourself......" Varif also stood up and nodded towards Xue Hua, but finally sighed.
"Huh?" Xue Hua was stunned for a moment, and was about to ask something, but Variif waved his hand and walked outside the reception room by himself.
"Okay, I won't ask......" Xue Hua rolled his eyes, followed him, and walked out of the mansion.
......
With the help of the endless flow of people on the commercial street, Xue Hua successfully sneaked back to the back door of his residence.
The reason why he had to be so careful was because Farah had warned him that there was always a group of people sneaking around on the street where he lived.
The content seems to have some news about him.
However, Xue Hua's residence was sent by Farah, and it had a special protective force field set up by Master Lu Gaoin, so these people have not been able to find his true residence.
But Farah also told Xue Hua that this protective force field is not omnipotent, if he doesn't want to be followed, he must be careful every time he goes out, unless there is a carriage from the Mage Club to pick him up, otherwise under normal circumstances, try to travel through the back door, even if the two little girls go to the street to buy goods, it is best not to go through the front door.
Xue Hua didn't know what these people wanted, but all in all, this kind of secret investigation did not represent a good thing, so he also followed Farah's advice to take a detour through the back door to meet Varref, and then went back through the back door.
It was indeed a bit of a trouble, but when it came to the safety of him and the two girls he regarded as his family, he didn't dare to be careless.
Xue Hua gently pushed open the back door and walked into the house, but saw Anne holding a parchment book and a quill to count all kinds of items piled up on the ground, because Xue Hua told her that this trip would have to stay in the wild for at least ten days, so the girl also prepared all the necessities.
Funia was busy preparing dry food in the kitchen, since Xue Hua tasted this girl's craftsmanship, she had abandoned the folded ear meatloaf in the dry food bag that she loved very much, and now every time they went out on an adventure, the dry food was prepared by the little girl Funia.
Seeing Annie's serious appearance, Xue Hua couldn't help but quietly lean over from behind and hugged the girl's waist.
But the girl only stiffened for a moment, and then relaxed again with a blushing face.
"Hmm... Master~ I use this method every time to take advantage of others......" The little girl said in pieces, and continued to count the materials on the ground without looking back.
"Uh... Haha~~" Xue Hua smiled awkwardly, but put his head next to the girl's soft little earlobe and blew softly.
"We're going to start adventuring together again, how about it, don't you look forward to it?"
"Hee-hee~ It's so itchy~ Master, don't make trouble~ Go and play with Funia, I have a lot of things to do here~~" Anne itched to shrink her neck, then turned around with a red face, glanced at the cheeky guy, and pushed him aside in disgust.
Xue Hua looked at the girl with a bulging face, so he had to raise his hands to signal his surrender, and then he was about to sneak into the kitchen to tease the little chef Funia.
At this moment, the main nest suddenly heard an urgent communication request from Abbather.