Qiu Qi had booked a standard room for two, Qin Changqing and his guards would share one, and Ji Sai, disguised as the servant Cong, would have to share a room with the others. Qin Changqing was a little worried. Those mercenaries were seasoned veterans, eating whatever they wanted. The Dragon Fish Queen's face was as beautiful as a fairy tale mermaid, and he was really worried someone would take advantage of the situation and bully him.
Along the way, Qin Changqing occasionally paid attention to the servant beside him. Qiu Qi didn't know if he noticed something, but when assigning rooms, he said lazily, "I'll room with him."
Qin Changqing looked at him in surprise, nodded and said, "Thank you."
Church didn't respond. He asked his men to quickly assign rooms and turned and left.
The hotel's hygiene is pretty good, but the room is simply furnished. There is only a table and two beds, nothing else.
Qin Changqing walked into the room, and the door was closed behind him. He asked, "Do you have any connection with Qiu Qi?"
He was answered by a low laugh right next to his ear. "Master, are you jealous?"
Qin Changqing rolled his eyes. He thought he was just like that jerk, jealous of everything. Not only was Church a big, strong man, but he also had a tough personality. If Lan Sinian could hold his own, he'd admire him.
"I just helped him once before. Church is from the Flower Vine Tribe." Lan Sinian put his arms around his body and put him directly on the bed.
The Flower Vine Clan? Qin Changqing was utterly surprised. He suddenly recalled Church's comments about the Flower Vine Clan on the starship, and was speechless for a moment. Perhaps he had said that because he understood his own clan.
"What's the story with the Flower Vine Clan?" Qin Changqing asked curiously.
Lan Sinian lay on his side, his chin propped up by his hand. He thought for a moment before saying, "I don't know either. I've had people investigate over the years, but I've found nothing. I only know that the Flower Vine Tribe originally belonged to the White Faction. They're peace-loving and kind-hearted, and within the Blood Faction there's their natural enemy, the Locust Clan. It was only natural for them to be on the White Faction's side, but then so many things happened, especially... my third brother's sudden rebellion and massacre of the Flower Vine Tribe, committing a heinous crime. This directly led to the Flower Vine Tribe's determination to break away from the White Faction and become the only neutral faction. This choice wasn't a wise one for the weak Flower Vine Tribe, but after experiencing all this, the grief they felt inside needed some way to vent."
After he finished speaking, he was silent for a long time. The royal family owed too much to the Huateng tribe, so some of the decrees he issued after he ascended the throne were always biased towards the Huateng tribe, hoping to compensate for the blood debt owed by his third brother.
What happened back then was too complicated and happened so long ago that Qin Changqing didn't know how to comfort him, so he patted his hand.
"I'm fine." Lan Sinian smiled at him, grabbed his hand and kissed it.
Qin Changqing thought that a lot of things must have happened to the Huateng tribe back then, but he didn't know if it was related to mania?
"And the person we met just now at the hotel entrance." Lan Sinian saw that although he was looking at him, his eyes were empty and he was obviously in a trance, like a kitten thinking about how to make dried fish more delicious. He found it very interesting and poked his finger on the face, and then the personal guard was slapped away by his master in disgust.
Lan Sinian chuckled and continued, "They should be the special guards of the Prince's Palace of the Dragon Fish Clan."
Qin Changqing was startled and immediately asked, "Did they follow us? Did they recognize Ji Sai?"
"I don't know, but El should know something about the treasure map. Maybe he arranged for someone to wait here in advance."
Qin Changqing thought so too, and then thought of the people he met along the way. It seemed that Lan Sinian's plan was successful, and many fish had already taken the bait.
"Okay, don't think about it. You've been on the starship for so long, you must not be used to it. Have a good night's rest. What is meant to happen will eventually happen." Lan Sinian squeezed into the single bed with him, and his long arm reached over him to pull the quilt over and cover them both.
"Two last questions." Qin Changqing let him help cover the quilt and stretched out two fingers from the gap in the quilt on the side of his neck.
Lan Sinian was so adorable by his actions that he really wanted to pounce on him and eat him up! But he remembered that they were on a journey, and if his "master" didn't rest well, he would definitely suffer. So he had to endure it, with a reluctant expression on his face, swallowed his saliva, and asked, "What's the problem?"
"How do you know they are special guards?" Qin Changqing was very curious. This person seemed to know everything. For a man, this skill was too pretentious.
"Because I have participated in the training of the Royal Special Guards and have also trained the Royal Special Guards myself." Lan Sinian said with a smile.
Qin Changqing nodded, then turned his head and scanned him up and down, then said slowly, "One last question."
"What's the problem?" Guard Lan was so adorable by his "master" that he almost lost his temper. This was a matter of life and death!
"When are you going to get back to your own bed and sleep?" The single bed was already very narrow, and with two tall men squeezed on it, wasn't he afraid of falling off in the middle of the night?!
"No." Guard Lan shook his head decisively and said righteously, "Ah Si must protect the master 'closely'. This is Ah Si's duty."
Qin Changqing really wanted to slap him in the face! To slap his face that was always acting weird!
The 'personal' guard Ah Si kept his word and stayed true to his word! The next morning, when Qin Changqing opened his eyes, he saw that he was still lying on the outside of the bed in the same position as yesterday, facing him sideways, as if he hadn't moved at all all night.
Ah Si seemed to have woken up long ago. He was looking at him with the attitude of welcoming Sleeping Beauty to wake up, and said affectionately: "Master, you are finally awake. I have protected you for five hundred and twenty years..."
"Shut up!" Qin Changqing slapped him in the face, not wanting to listen to his affectionate confession anymore.
The personal guard was a little sad when his confession was ruthlessly interrupted. He held his hand and said nothing.
"Get up, you'll be late." Qin Changqing reached out and pushed him.
The heartbroken guard remained motionless, his face showing a passive resistance.
Qin Changqing: "..."
"Hey, if you don't want to get up, let me out first." Qin Changqing was speechless. He sat up and tried to roll over him.
"The master doesn't care about his subordinates at all." Ah Si said with a look of grievance.
Qin Changqing: "..."
"You didn't even allow me to finish what I was saying." Ah Si continued to accuse.
Qin Changqing: "..."
He looked at the bastard who was making trouble again with a headache, and said unbearably: "Go ahead and talk, I'm listening."
Ah Si finally perked up after hearing that. He grabbed his hand and pushed him back onto the bed with dissatisfaction. Then he looked at him with a loving expression and continued his previous confession, "I have protected you for five hundred and twenty years, and I pray to the gods every day to wake you up... It must be that the gods have discovered my sincere affection for you and are grateful for my piety and sincerity... Honey, why don't you concentrate?!" The guard looked at the master under him with great dissatisfaction.
Qin Changqing looked like he had lost all hope in life. He really wanted to kill someone!
…
Because someone had dragged them to bed for a long time, the two of them got up quite late. However, it was not yet time to set off. The group of mercenaries were also very carefree. They probably found some girls and fooled around for a long time last night. They got up even later than them in the morning and did not notice that they were lying in bed.
The only thing that made Ji Sai uneasy was that the group of people they met at the hotel entrance yesterday also stayed in this hotel, and it seemed that they would leave with them today on a civilian starship to the Locust Clan.
Qin Changqing and Lan Sinian looked at each other and thought that these people must have been arranged by Prince El.
In fact, before Prince El attacked Qin Changqing in front of the Huaxia Building, Lan Sinian had already issued a warrant for his arrest and subsequently issued a formal document stripping him of his princely title. So now Prince El was no longer a prince of the Dragon Fish Clan, but a wanted fugitive. These special guards were trained by him personally, so they would naturally follow him to the death... This meant that Prince El was nearby, and very likely even among the special guards.
"I don't know what role El played in this, and what the purpose of the people stirring up trouble behind the scenes is. Maybe we can figure it out all at once this time." Lan Sinian whispered to Qin Changqing privately.
"Yeah." Qin Changqing nodded. He was also very curious.
After having dinner at the hotel, they returned to the starport to board the starship.
The starships that reach the Locust Clan are of much lower grade than those from the Imperial Star Domain, and they only have low-class cabins and high-class cabins, but the high-class cabins are equivalent to the medium-class cabins of the Imperial Star Domain starships.
"The Locust Clan is very poor. The resources in the star field where they live are not rich enough. Moreover, this clan has one common characteristic - they can eat a lot." In the end, several people chose the so-called high-class cabin. Lan Sinian explained to Qin Changqing in a low voice.
"Can you eat? How much can you eat?" Qin Changqing asked curiously. It turns out that being able to eat can also be the reason for economic backwardness?
——To be honest, Chinese people can eat a lot too...
"They eat everything except stones. Their favorite food is the products of the Flower Vine Tribe. Occasionally, they will eat humans, especially members of the Flower Vine Tribe. They are the natural enemies of the Flower Vine Tribe."
Qin Changqing was a little surprised. Such a race was really weird. Even the Chinese, who were known as a country of foodies who could eat all over the universe, probably couldn't compare to them. After all, there were still many things that the Chinese didn't eat.
Then he had to sigh again. The Flower Vine Clan had such a miserable fate. Was it really like what Church said, that it was just because they were weak?
He suddenly thought of the Earth again. Compared with the huge empire, the Earth was as weak as a newborn baby. The imperialists only needed to stretch out a finger to crush them to death. So when the Snake Clan invaded the Earth, it was like a cat playing with a mouse. They played with them for three whole years without giving them a good fight. Could it be that the Flower Vine Clan had the same fate as the people on Earth?
As they were talking, a few more people came into the upper-class cabin. Qin Changqing was stunned when he saw them, and then frowned.
"It's him!" Qin Changqing's face suddenly darkened. It was really a case of enemies running into each other on a narrow road. He just thought of the Snake Clan, but he didn't expect them to appear before him!
"Do you know him?" Church, who was following them, asked puzzledly.
Qin Changqing nodded gravely, but offered no explanation. How could he not recognize this person? He had just arrived in the empire, and this person had verbally humiliated him in front of everyone in the palace! He would never forget this person's name: Sosito of the Snake Clan!
Sosito's group was quite large, but they were all arrogant and looked down on the so-called high-class cabins of the Locust Clan, with disdain on their faces.
Qin Changqing had no good feelings towards the Snake clan members and was even full of hatred for them, but they had a mission to complete and did not take the initiative to cause trouble.
Sosito and his group acted very high-profile. After a while, Qin Changqing and his group heard the people around Sosito loudly demanding that the starship waiters clear the area and kick out all the passengers except them.
They had a tough and arrogant attitude, and their words were particularly foul, saying all kinds of nasty things. The weak waitress naturally couldn't handle it, and was almost scolded to tears on the spot.
However, the other people in the cabin were ordinary people. When they saw the identities of Sosito and his group, they all lowered their heads and dared not provoke them.
The identity of the Blood Party has always been very sensitive in the empire. They act cruelly and ruthlessly. The four Blood Party clans still have many feudal legacy traditions and ideas. They advocate the cruel natural law of "survival of the fittest" more than other clans. Especially since they are Blood Party nobles, ordinary people are very likely to be retaliated against if they offend them. Naturally, they will not anger them for such things. Some people even take the initiative to change their tickets to the lower-class cabin.
Afterwards, many people could not bear the pressure from the Snake Clan and took the initiative to change their tickets or directly refund their tickets and left the high-class cabin, so only Sosito and Qin Changqing were left in the cabin.
At the instigation of the cabin manager who arrived, the waiter had no choice but to come over and discuss with Qin Changqing and others. Church folded his arms and half-closed his eyes, seeming to be half asleep, and pretended not to hear the waiter's voice. The other mercenaries were all veterans, just like their boss, and it was obvious that they intended to push the matter to Qin Changqing to solve it.
Qin Changqing didn't care. He smiled and said to the beautiful waitress, "Don't be afraid, beautiful lady. I, a single guard, can handle all of them. Do you believe it?"
Waiter: “…” She obviously didn’t believe it.
"Sir, look, our management has already adjusted your seats in other high-class cabins. It's the same if you change seats." The waiter had a stiff smile on his face, and his sweet voice was trembling.
Qin Changqing leaned back in the chair, his long legs crossed, his slender and beautiful fingers tapping lightly on them. He asked her gently, "Then are the twelve of us supposed to be sitting together?"
The waiter's face froze. The seats that were barely vacated were of course not together, but were scattered across several cabins.
"That's not good, so I refuse." Qin Changqing had no intention of giving face to the Snake Clan this time. He was now facing a strange face, and the Fourth Master was backing him up. He couldn't afford to lose the Fourth Master's face, right?
As soon as he finished speaking, he heard a sneer from not far away, "Since you don't want to walk out, then just crawl out obediently!" Before he finished speaking, snake shadows shot out from the mostly empty cabin. The snake shadows looked like real snakes, with long fangs bared and bloody mouths opened, rushing towards them!
Qin Changqing sat firmly in his seat, completely unmoved, and even asked Ji Sai who was standing next to him to pour him a cup of tea she brought with her.
The man who spoke showed a contemptuous smile on his face. Qiu Qi frowned suddenly, and saw that the guard Ah Si standing on the other side of him suddenly raised his hand, and a transparent ice wall rose in front of them!
The ice wall rose high, and wisps of white smoke floated in the surrounding air. The snake shadows crashed into it with a loud bang, but the wall did not move at all. The overwhelming snake shadows turned into nothing in an instant.
The ice wall still stood in front of Qin Changqing and others. Under the bright lights in the cabin, it seemed as if expensive diamonds were inlaid on it, reflecting a magnificent halo.
Church, who was closest to them, even saw many patterns carved on the wall facing them. He curiously leaned over to take a closer look and found that there was a person carved on it, a handsome man sitting in front of him, Mr. Qing.
Church: “…”
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