Chapter 42 - Strange Things
Chapter 42 - Strange Things
Ning Fei and his colleague Chong Lin made an appointment for a meeting in a second-floor room of a tavern.
This wing of the house was also on the street, and although there were bamboo curtains on the windows, the hawking sounds, the sound of horse-drawn carriages, and conversations from the street below could all be heard coming in. Ning Fei approached the window, lifted the bamboo curtain slightly to glance down, and then put it down: "Although this is a private room, it is too easy for people to discover our whereabouts."
"Don't use your tricks to teach me a lesson. The current situation is completely different from what you know." Chong Lin was dressed in gorgeous clothes and exuded an aura of wealth, which was completely different from Ning Fei's simple appearance. He took a sip of wine, sneered, and continued: "Don't you understand the current situation when you arrive at a new mission world?"
This was clearly a mockery, but Ning Fei's expression did not change at all, and he replied calmly: "What new situation? The new situation where Dong Lingyan married all his enemies?"
Chong Lin obviously didn't expect Ning Fei to say this. He was stunned and asked subconsciously: "...How did you know?"
Ning Fei picked up the ceramic wine bottle and filled the small wine glass. After taking a sip, he said slowly, "'Don't you know the current situation when you arrive at a new mission world?'"
He even deliberately imitated Chonglin's tone, doubling his sarcasm.
Chong Lin's face suddenly changed, and after several seconds he managed to utter two words: "Ha, you are worthy of being Ning Fei. You have only been here for a short while, but you have been able to get so much information. It took a lot, right?"
Ning Fei glanced at her own clothes, then at Xiang Chonglin's, and took another sip of wine: "Spending this money in vain? Do you think it's necessary?"
"..." Chong Lin was choked by him and couldn't speak. Although I was dressed much better than him, I seemed to be the more embarrassing one at this moment.
Chonglin couldn't sit still anymore.
There was clearly a table full of fine wine and delicacies, but at the moment he just wanted to get away from this colleague as quickly as possible, so he said: "In that case, the task is handed over to you. Although I can cooperate with you, I don't think you should need it. Anyway, you will only think that I am in the way."
"That's not what I said." Ning Fei blurted out this sentence subconsciously, and then realized that this seemed to be Duan Yunhong's catchphrase. Hmm, I feel a little greedy when I think of that big guy. The local residents in the last mission were not very good, and I didn’t get to vent properly. I should earn enough points for a vacation as soon as possible and go out for another trip.
These divergent thoughts flashed through his mind, and Ning Fei quickly came back to his senses and continued: "But no matter what, since you asked me to assist you, you have the obligation to cooperate with me. So, don't think that you can be a hands-off boss now. You don't have to do anything yourself, and you can just wait for others to clean up the mess and leave. So are you here to work or to travel?"
Chong Lin was holding back his anger: "I don't know how I can help a great man like you."
Ning Fei shook his wine glass: "Well, tell me about it."
Chong Lin: "What are you talking about? Aren't you supernaturally powerful? Don't you know everything as soon as you get here?"
Ning Fei's words were very clever: "That's what others said. I want to know how you see all this. The point is, how did you mess it all up?"
"You...!" Chong Lin was so provoked by him that he didn't get the point at all, and he was completely unaware that Ning Fei was actually trying to get him to reveal the current development status around the time travelers.
The angrier Chong Lin got, the calmer Ning Fei became. As Ning Fei expected, not everyone who chooses to be an insider can develop the corresponding IQ.
"Come on, there's wine and food." Ning Fei took the initiative to fill Chong Lin's glass with wine and smiled, "Tell me your story."
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From Chonglin's narration, Ning Fei understood the whole story - but not clearly.
Because Chonglin said this very suddenly and inexplicably. He has been in this world for three years, and as of a year ago, the mission was progressing well. Chonglin acted as an insider for the prime minister, helping the time traveler who had become Dong Lingyan to carry out several attacks on the prime minister. He not only helped Dong Lingyan raise his status in the second prince's lineage, but also helped him retaliate against his political enemies. Because the death of the original owner, Dong Lingyan, was caused by the instructions of the Prime Minister.
As for the foreign races, Dong Lingyan was also trying to encourage the Second Prince to take a tough stance against the foreign races. To the Second Prince, he was told that this was to allow him to perform in front of the Emperor, but in fact, it was to encourage the Second Prince to become a pro-war faction. In this way, on the one hand, he can use the second prince to urge the emperor to launch a strong attack on foreign races; on the other hand, if the second prince comes to power in the future, it will be easier for Dong Lingyan to kill foreign enemies.
The entire plan was carried out very cautiously and at a slow pace, which was completely different from Ning Fei's "fast, fierce and accurate" style. But the overall logic makes sense, it just takes a lot of time to implement. Chonglin would choose to do this naturally because he is good at this style. However, about a year ago, everything suddenly began to change.
The prime minister's daughter - that is, Chonglin's sister - accidentally fell into the water while out praying and outing, and it was Dong Lingyan who rescued her. That's how the two of them got to know each other, and the prime minister's daughter actually fell in love with Dong Lingyan at first sight. They began to pass messages secretly through their servants, and as time went by, their relationship became closer and closer. Although they almost never talked face to face anymore, the frequent written exchanges and the deliberate glances when carriages passed each other on the street were quite ambiguous for people in the feudal era.
However, Chonglin, as the prime minister's son, was unaware of all this.
He himself did not pay attention to his sister's movements, and felt that unmarried women in this feudal era had almost no sense of existence. The time traveler Dong Lingyan also deliberately concealed the truth from him because he realized that he would be dissatisfied with this kind of relationship. After all, Chonglin and Dong Lingyan belong to different camps on the surface, and the power that Chonglin runs is relatively weak. If Dong Lingyan wants to hide it from him, he really can't get the information.
By the time Chonglin found out, Dong Lingyan had already "inadvertently" helped other people in the Prime Minister's family twice, and his friendship with the Prime Minister's daughter had become public. The Prime Minister also began to change his opinion of Dong Lingyan, the "hostile faction". The relationship between the two sides eased and talks of marriage began to circulate between the two factions.
Chong Lin was shocked and went to ask Dong Lingyan, but not only did he not get an answer, he also had a big quarrel with him. Just when Chonglin was trying hard to investigate and find a way to turn the tide, something even more fatal happened.
Dong Lingyan brought back a girl after being away for several days. From her appearance, it was obvious that she was not a local!
After asking around, Chonglin found out that the girl was from a foreign tribe, and was even the daughter of a foreign tribe's chief elder. Chong Lin was shocked by this development. He risked being exposed and went to meet Dong Lingyan. Then he was completely stunned by the facts that Dong Lingyan revealed.
Dong Lingyan said that he had slept with the daughter of the great elder of the foreign tribe.
The plot is very cliché. Dong Lingyan was accidentally drugged when he went out to have fun. In a daze, a girl was thrown next to him, and the two of them had sex without knowing it. Then, Dong Lingyan said he wanted to marry that girl.
"Wait, what's 'and then he's going to marry her'?"
Ning Fei finished the wine in the glass and asked, "Where are the beginning, development, turn and ending? Suddenly sleeping with an enemy, suddenly wanting to marry him?"
Chong Lin hesitated for a moment: "...I don't know."
Ning Fei repeated: "Don't know?"
"He won't tell me, what can I do!" Chong Lin's tone was aggrieved and helpless, and he was holding his breath, "I asked him why it happened and why it came to this, but he wouldn't tell me!"
"Don't say it, don't say it, don't say it. You've said several things and he won't say anything." Ning Fei was not helpless or angry when he heard it. He was amused. "What are you doing here? You are not familiar with the debt collector? He doesn't even communicate with you about such a matter. What debt are you still collecting?"
"What's the use of me? Then go ask him and see if he will tell you." Chong Lin was not convinced. "Anyway, I've told you that Dong Lingyan is going to marry his two enemies. The Prime Minister admires him very much, and the foreign tribe is also preparing to send people to negotiate peace because of the marriage. Dong Lingyan doesn't want to deal with these two sides anymore. He just wants to make peace with both sides for the sake of two women. You say I can't do it, so if you can, then go ahead."
"Don't just complain. Listening to your story, 2/3 of it is complaints." Ning Fei said, "You said he changed suddenly, but he has been changing for almost a year. Haven't you found out the reason? Since it is a sudden change, there must be an external cause. You can't even find this?"
Chong Lin hesitated for two seconds and replied: "...No."
--lie.
Ning Fei saw through his lie and pressed him, "Really? I'll give you a chance to tell the truth."
"Really." Chong Lin stood up and turned his gaze away. "I've said everything I can say. There's no point in staying with you. I'm leaving now."
He walked out as he spoke, as if he was afraid that Ning Fei would jump up and grab him. But before he finally left, he paused, turned around and said, "If you still want to eat, go ahead and eat. I've paid for it anyway."
After saying that, he really went out.
Ning Fei: “…Pfft.”
Obviously, the last unintimidating sarcasm made Ning Fei laugh again. He felt that Chonglin was a very humorous person. He was not good at talking but also cared a lot about his reputation, so everything he showed was a joke.
Ning Fei didn't feel at all that it would be embarrassing to continue eating and drinking, and besides, the wine was quite interesting. He leisurely drank another half cup of wine, and only left the tavern when he felt a little tipsy.
He has decided not to help Chonglin clean up this mess. He planned to play here for a few days and leave when he had rested enough. Anyway, he would not lose points if he failed the assistance mission.
——I just don’t know what fun there is to have in this place…
Ning Fei was thinking freely while walking back to the Second Prince's residence to get rid of the smell of alcohol. He gradually moved away from the bustling city, and the surroundings gradually became quiet. Although Ning Fei's steps were a little weak, he was actually quite excited mentally and his concentration was pretty good.
He suddenly turned around.
There was no one behind him, but he always felt that he was being coveted.
——Is it an illusion?
Ning Fei turned back and took a few steps forward when a hand suddenly appeared in front of him and covered his mouth and nose with a handkerchief!
Ning Fei:! ! !
He tried to struggle, but his body was clamped tightly. With his rapid breathing, his mind quickly became dizzy and his eyelids drooped uncontrollably. Before completely losing consciousness, Ning Fei had only one thought.
——Why would anyone want to deal with a nobody like me who just arrived?
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