49 Silk Road 09
Liu Qiaoer shook her head. "Everyone has their own destiny. I never interfere."
A gleam of light flashed in Liu Qiaoer's eyes.
Helan Dao's words obviously did not completely dispel Liu Qiao'er's suspicion, but she looked as if everything was normal. She even lent them two sets of hooded robes that were common in the local area, so that they could blend in here without attracting too much attention.
The robe was made of a fine, dark brocade, woven with beautiful dark patterns. This kind of material is readily available in Quanzhou, but once it's out at sea, it becomes a rare treasure.
After the two men changed their robes, they looked a bit like foreign merchants.
As he walked out of here, Zhu Heng raised his eyes casually, and his gaze lingered briefly on the scene outside the window. He raised his eyebrows in surprise.
Before I knew it, dusk had already climbed up the sky and it had gotten dark.
After nightfall, the dock outside is still bustling with activity. Lanterns of all sizes are lit up on the streets, and the twinkling lights illuminate the entire city of Quanzhou. The streets are as bright as day, like a steaming city that never sleeps.
Liu Qiao'er watched them leave, then leaned forward, leaning against the table as if she had no bones. She grabbed a handful of sunflower seeds and said meaningfully, "You two really can't wait even a minute. It's already dark, where are you going?"
Zhu Heng retracted his gaze and glanced at Liu Qiao'er sideways: "Go find a letter... something."
He Landao just walked to the door, put his right shoulder against the door frame, turned around and urged Zhu Heng with his eyes.
Zhu Heng glanced at Helan Dao indifferently, and without caring whether Liu Qiaoer understood what he said, he lifted his robe, stepped over the threshold and left first.
Helan Dao looked at his back and suddenly chuckled with unknown meaning.
Only Helan Dao and Liu Qiao'er were left in the room. Liu Qiao'er spat out the melon seed shells and, with her tender white fingers like green onions, picked up the teapot and poured herself some water. "What are you looking for? Aren't you here to repair the boat?"
Helan Dao then turned his gaze to Liu Qiao'er, a perverse smile on his face. "I've heard that the leaders of the Song Group act cautiously, and today I see that it's true. But the leader is worrying too much. These two are the same thing."
Liu Qiaoer glanced at him sideways.
Liu Qiaoer was not surprised that Helan Dao knew her.
The Central City archaeological team had a large number of members, and even the number of team leaders from various dynasties was not insignificant. Few people could recognize all the team leaders, and even among the team leaders, only a few knew each other.
As everyone knows, the most low-key person in the entire Central City is the leader of the Qin and Han team. However, due to her outstanding achievements, she is known to almost everyone in the Central City. For example, the leader of the Wei and Jin team always acts alone with one of her male team members and rarely interacts with outsiders, so people in the Central City often only hear of her name but do not know her.
Liu Qiaoer is also well-known in the central city, but her situation is different from the previous two.
Firstly, she had a face that looked like she was bringing disaster upon herself, yet her every smile and frown was filled with exquisite elegance. Secondly, Liu Qiao'er was born with a special ability that no other team leader in Central City possessed. It was said that she was parachuted into the Two Songs Group and chosen by the archaeological team leader to lead it because of this mysterious ability.
But it's just said.
In fact, until now, no one knows what her special ability is.
Liu Qiaoer smiled: "Which group are you from? I've never seen you before."
"Me? My last name is He."
Liu Qiao'er paused while pouring the water and suddenly looked up: "Helan Dao?"
In addition to the above situations, there is another most special existence in the Central City, and that is Helan Dao - a rookie who does not belong to any group and has no outstanding achievements.
For some unknown reason, he was included in the central city by the system, so privately, the entire archaeological team simply called him "the one who got in through the backdoor."
He Landao watched from the corner of his eye as Liu Qiao'er shifted the kettle from her right hand to her left, remembering that she had also used her left hand when she first opened the door that day. Thinking of this, he gave Liu Qiao'er a subtle smile and a standard gentleman's greeting. "See you later. I hope you'll be able to improve your ability to feign ignorance the next time we meet."
After saying that, he took a step back, turned around, put on his hood, and followed Zhu Heng who had already walked away.
Liu Qiaoer's expression froze, and there was a hint of shock in her eyes.
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"What does he mean? Could it be related to Liu Qiaoer's special ability?" Wang Kunshu asked Xu Wenjun while staring at the screen.
Xu Wenjun rested his hands on the table, remaining silent.
"At this time, are you still going to hide it from us? Hmm, Captain?"
When questioned by Wang Kunshu, Xu Wenjun closed his eyes, frowned, and looked as if he was having a struggle between his conscience and his conscience in his heart.
After a long while, Xu Wenjun seemed to have made up her mind. She lifted her eyelids and glanced at Wang Kunshu, then finally spoke, saying something that shocked everyone: "Liu Qiaoer can foresee the future."
Wang Kunshu said, "If that's the case, why didn't she foresee that she would be trapped in the Silk Road instance?"
"Foreseeing the future requires certain conditions," Xu Wenjun said. "Liu Qiao'er's ability to predict the future is in both her hands. If you see her switch to her left hand, it means she's using this special ability."
Wang Kunshu understood. "She seemed to have opened the door with her left hand, too? So, she knew there were two more men in the house even before she opened the door the first time. So cunning... Well, if that's the case, wouldn't it be a win-win situation if Liu Qiao'er knew all the steps to clear this dungeon?"
Xu Wenjun shook his head: "If only things were that simple."
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Liu Qiao'er seemed to have left her body and sat there motionless.
It was not until the servant came into the room to change the tea that she slowly blinked twice.
As the servant was cleaning up, he said, "My mother said that Miss Liu's tea has no tea flavor. Why is she still drinking it? Besides, the water has gone cold."
Liu Qiao'er suddenly came back to her senses, smiled brightly at the servant, and then pressed the teapot to prevent the servant from moving.
"Don't touch this. They'll both come after me for it shortly."
"The two guests who just left? That's strange. What do they need a teapot for?"
It’s not a teapot, Liu Qiaoer thought.
She muttered to herself, "Those two are in big trouble."
The servant was stunned: "Miss, are you planning to help them?"
Going out late at night and getting into some kind of lawsuit was almost a necessary condition for trouble. They were afraid that their recent meeting with Miss Liu would implicate her.
Liu Qiaoer shook her head: "Everyone has their own destiny, I never interfere."
"What do these two guests mean by 'big trouble'?"
"I don't know. No one knows." Liu Qiao'er said, "I just smell trouble."
The servant packed up everything and left. Just as he closed the door, he met the two guests who had returned.
I've only been away for a short while, so it's not enough to cause any trouble. It shouldn't have any bad impact on the girl.
"Dear guests, are you here to see Miss Liu?" the servant asked with a smile.
One of them frowned when he heard this, but the other kept smiling and didn't seem surprised.
The servant said, "Please come in. The young lady has been waiting for you for a long time."
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Zhu Heng and Helan Dao entered the room one after another. As soon as they entered, they heard Liu Qiao'er calling them at the table: "Sit down. I haven't changed the tea yet, so I won't entertain you. Do you mind?"
Zhu Heng took off his hood: "I heard you were waiting for us? How did you know we would come back?"
"I saw it." Liu Qiaoer said slowly.
Zhu Heng frowned, looked at Liu Qiaoer, and then looked at Helan Dao.
"Don't be surprised." Liu Qiaoer explained, "I can see the future within ten minutes."
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Only ten minutes?
In the monitoring hall, Wang Kunshu raised his eyebrows as he listened to Liu Qiaoer's words.
Doesn't that mean it's impossible to predict the future direction of the entire Silk Road instance?
Wang Kunshu looked at Xu Wenjun: "No wonder you said that."
Xu Wenjun glanced at her, pointed at the screen, then put his index finger between his lips, signaling Wang Kunshu not to speak yet.
On the surveillance screen, Liu Qiaoer continued to speak: "Compared to this, I would like to know how Mr. He knew my ability?"
He Landao was prepared for this: "The captain told me."
"Captain?" Liu Qiao'er was a little surprised. "I thought there was no such person in Central City. Who is the captain? Have I ever seen him?"
"I think I've seen him before." He Landao nodded. "Qin Han Group, Xu Wenjun."
"It turned out to be her. I didn't expect you to be so familiar with her." Liu Qiaoer said.
Of course she couldn't have imagined that. In Central City, He Landao and Xu Wenjun were like one ranked first in the school and the other ranked last. No one had ever thought that they would have any intersection.
"Let's get back to business." He Landao didn't want to continue this topic. He asked Liu Qiao'er, "What did you see after we left?"
While Helan Dao and Liu Qiao'er were reminiscing about the past, Zhu Heng walked to the table alone, opened the lid of the teapot and took a look.
Liu Qiao'er replied to Helan Dao, but her eyes were fixed on Zhu Heng. "Why don't you tell me why you came back first?"
Zhu Heng noticed Liu Qiao'er's gaze and looked up at her: "We are looking for something, something that is rarely seen here."
If there is a token on each level that can lead them to the next level, then according to the rules of the three levels above, silk, porcelain, bronze mirrors... these are all goods exchanged on the Silk Road, so on this level, there should be similar goods.
And the real Silk Road lies here.
It was not opened by heading westward from the top layer of the ruined city, but by going from top to bottom, using goods and commodities to open the road to the Western Regions layer by layer.
Until the bottom, the starting point of the Silk Road - the Western Han Dynasty.
Therefore, those sub-universe humans will set up obstacles at every level to prevent them from digging through the Silk Road.
For example, the two robes guarding the checkpoint in the ruined city; the oasis rumors in the dungeon; and the dry bones and sandstorms on the third floor...
So when they reached the fourth floor, when Liu Qiaoer accidentally mentioned that the tea she had just brewed in the morning had no tea flavor, Zhu Heng became suspicious.
"You are looking for tea leaves." Liu Qiaoer listened to Zhu Heng's words and told him the future she saw.
"But do you think that such a big city like Quanzhou doesn't have this?"
"There should have been one." Zhu Heng put down the lid, lifted the teapot with one hand, and poured the cool water onto the ground. The water was clear, without a single tea leaf in it.
"But now, it's hard to say." Zhu Heng put down the teapot, "Someone has interfered with the world you live in."
"You don't have to explain to me." Liu Qiao'er interrupted Zhu Heng, "I've never been curious about the future, and I don't want to get involved in your troubles. Just leave the way you came. I'll pretend you never showed up."
Helan Dao chuckled and looked at Liu Qiaoer with some appreciation.
Smart person.
Zhu Heng tilted his head to look at her: "Have you seen our future?"
Liu Qiaoer stood up and looked like she was about to leave. "You appeared in this room out of thin air, and you will disappear from this room when you leave. As for how you leave, that's your own business."
She walked straight out of the room and closed the door behind her.
Zhu Heng looked at her back, nodded, and said softly, "Thank you."
【Author’s words】
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