December 1, just after noon.

Joe, who was full of wine and food, and whose skin was a little red because of alcohol, burped, hugged Mrs. Mary warmly, and gave a very generous tip to the maids and bartenders of the tavern, and then shook his huge body, like a lazy bear, and walked out of the old grandmother's tavern step by step.

Old Lady Mary leaned against the door frame of the tavern with her hands on her chest, squinting and smiling, looking at Joe's back.

A young bartender, standing behind the counter, playfully took a gold mark that Joe had rewarded in his mouth, rolled the gold coin with his tongue, and cried out softly from the bottom of his heart: "Ah, nasty military university, I wish Mr. Joe could visit our tavern every day." ”

Sherlock raised his cane to Joe and slipped into the carriage.

The coachman shouted, and the carriage turned around the corner and ran away without a trace.

Vilenya frowned, and greeted Jo, and after she wrapped her headscarf tightly, like a sharp golden chipmok, she slipped across the road and into the alley opposite, and ran away without a trace between breaths.

Joe stroked his plump and fleshy chin and muttered, "Who can tell?" She's on the side of the Portuses, has such an identity? Hear what Sherlock said? She is actually comparable to the real Princess Portusse? At the sound of an order, countless Potusses were driven by her? ”

Qiao Ji shivered.

Vilenya's identity is really beyond his imagination.

Come to think of it, to offend Vilenya is to offend almost all the Portuses...... All Portusse people will go to your court to get you in trouble - they will carry the corpse to your door twice a day to touch porcelain......

Or, they will get a few wagons of manure and sewage at the door of your house the next day.

Or, at the gate of your house, there will be dozens of dead cats, dead dogs, dead chickens, and dead ducks every once in a while...... Or something like that can't be described as 'wonderful'.

Such a scene is really a nightmare!

"Uncle Grimace is right, walking the rivers and lakes, old men, women and children, can't be underestimated." Qiao pursed his lips and pressed the big-brimmed military hat on his head: "However, Jianghu ...... What exactly is the concept of rivers and lakes? ”

Muttering vaguely, Joe shouted loudly: "Ah, go get down to business, before the New Year's holiday and winter vacation, I only have these two days of vacation, and we can't waste any time...... We've wasted a morning. ”

Jo looked up at the sky, he turned back and said hello to Old Lady Mary, jumped on Xiaobai, who was brought by the guard, and shook the reins, Xiaobai let out a cheerful snort, and rushed out with a smoke.

Old Lady Mary watched Joe lead the way around the corner, then shook her head.

She turned and went into the tavern, into the back kitchen, and through the back door into the alley behind the tavern. She walked a hundred feet down the alley and kicked a homeless man huddled under the eaves of the alley.

"Send a few shrewd and capable guys to follow Joe...... This little ghost, I feel, is going to get into trouble. Old Lady Mary snorted and gave orders: "Keep an eye on the young man's affairs, let the young man solve it himself, and if there is an old fellow who does not care about decency, come and tell me at once, or let Mata clean it up." ”

The homeless man jumped to his feet, answered with a low 'yes', and then his body turned into a writhing black shadow, and disappeared without a trace in a flash.

Old Lady Mary took a small piece of candied fruit from her pocket and put it in her mouth, chewing it tastefully as she walked slowly back to the back kitchen of the tavern. She muttered in a low voice, "This kid, is he really enlightened?" The monthly examination for freshmen at the military university is not very difficult, but you can get full marks in the nine major courses in the first semester......"

Shaking her head, Old Lady Mary giggled: "Over there, what do you mean by that sentence?" Do you pretend to be a pig and eat a tiger? Hehe, his body shape is really a bit like ...... However, it's not like acting, when this kid first came to the imperial capital, he was indeed a pig! ”

"After opening up the spiritual sea, IQ has improved...... Or rather, recovery so fast? If it weren't for the fact that he was seriously ill and burned out his brain when he was a child, how high would his IQ be? Will it be the same as his sister Tifa? ”

The old lady whistled softly and walked into the back kitchen with a smile on her face: "Ah, little ones, it's almost the New Year, and this month's salary will be doubled for each person...... Do a good job, and the old grandmother will not treat you badly! ”

Cheerful laughter and cheers erupted in the back kitchen, and pots and pans suddenly rang out again.

Joe rode Xiaobai through the city on the food street and went all the way.

He didn't notice that in a bacon shop on the side of the road, a man had just come out.

The hair color and eyes are dark gray, the half-length hair is a little messy, the sunken eye sockets, the straight nose bridge, and the three-dimensional face are very handsome.

Coupled with his height of nearly seven feet and his burly and straight figure, this is a very attractive man who can make more than ninety percent of girls in college districts scream and be willing to dedicate himself.

It's just that it's freezing cold, he doesn't wear a hat, and he only wears a set of a somewhat old plaid tweed jacket, and the cuffs obviously have a few small holes due to wear, and a small patch is made with the same color material.

The boots on his feet, which are also single-leather boots, are more suitable for autumn wear, and in this sub-zero winter, such boots can only be said to be slightly better than barefoot.

Clothes, and boots, all tell that this man's financial situation is not very good.

He came out of the bacon shop with an oiled paper bag containing a steaming bread with meat. He was holding a paper bag and was about to go to the café across the street to ask for a hot cup of coffee.

In general, if it is not necessary, this is his lunch.

Very simple, even humble lunch...... Many students in college towns will eat a hot meal in groups of three or five during this cold season, accompanied by a few glasses of wine.

Not to mention the other identities of the man...... As far as his status as an assistant professor of mechanical processing at the Second University of the Imperial Capital is concerned, such a lunch is too simple.

Jo rode past him on horseback.

The man stood on the side of the road, squinting at Joe's back...... The carriages of Marcos and Big Ivan ran by, and the mounts of Lan Mu Hibiscus, Lan Kikyo and others also whizzed past.

The man narrowed his eyes and laughed: "Fresh clothes and angry horses, the spring breeze is proud...... Fate is so elevating you at this moment, allowing you to rise to the top of the sky, exuding a brilliance that ordinary people dare not look at directly. ”

"But who knows what's next for fate?"

"Perhaps, you will be planted from a high altitude, like a roll of discarded garbage, trampled into the mud...... The higher you climb, the harder you fall, the more you fall to the ground, the pain you have to lose, and you lose everything you have. ”

"Who knows?" The man pursed his lips and smiled, he opened the oiled paper bag and took a heavy bite of the bread with meat.

Munching on the greasy bread, the man trotted across the street, still to the café he was about to go to, ordered a large cup of the cheapest, unsweetened and milky hot coffee, found a seat, and enjoyed it comfortably.

After eating the meat and bread cleanly, and the hot coffee was drunk to the fullest, the man took out a small animal skin money bag from his pocket and took out a small handful of change from it.

He carefully counted the change in his money bag, and then snapped out two fountain suedes of the smallest denomination and placed them next to his coffee cup.

He looked at the two slender and petite copper coins lying pitifully on the table, muttered for a while, and then took out a fountain and placed it next to the two copper coins, and the three copper coins were neatly arranged in a straight line, and even the patterns on the copper coins were facing exactly the same.

"It's not cost-effective, and according to the rules, the tip is only 10 to 15 percent of the cost." The man muttered in a low voice, "The price of this cup of coffee is two fountain sues, and I shouldn't have tipped up to fifty percent." ”

"However, a fountain su in denomination su is already the smallest denomination of the empire's auxiliary coin." The man sighed lightly: "In fact, you shouldn't tip for this level of consumption." ”

"But, here's ...... Decent! The man smiled and muttered, "Grandfather said that no matter how embarrassed you are, you must not forget your identity and you must maintain your dignity." ”

Standing up, the man walked out of the café.

Standing at the door of the café, the man looked into the cloudy northern sky: "I hope you can maintain your dignity on the desert island where you fish...... I heard that over there, it is now minus forty or fifty degrees, which is much colder than the imperial capital...... You are really powerless, can you still maintain the dignity of the year? ”

The man chuckled softly.

A young student wrapped in a tweed coat and wearing a thick felt hat ran all the way over.

He rushed to the man's side, glanced around vigilantly, and then bowed lightly to the man: "Mr. Marge, your guest has arrived. ”

Marge raised her eyebrows, looked north again, in the direction of the Blood Kapok Castle, and then smiled and nodded to the young students, "Oh, yes, that's great news...... Ah, it's the New Year, it's the New Year's celebration, it's the final exam, are you ready? ”

Marg smiled and patted the young student on the shoulder, "McKen, you are the hardest working student I have ever taught. Strive for a good score in this year's exam, I have a place in my hand, and I will give you the recommendation qualification for senior graduate students. ”

"Do a good job, you, you have a great future." Margo smiled and patted McConn on the shoulder.

McCan's face was flushed, and he didn't know if it was because of the run just now, or because of Marg's words, he hurriedly saluted Marg: "Yes, Mr. Marge, I will work hard......"