The Mysterious King

Chapter 4 Divination

Sitting back in his chair, Zhou Mingrui waited until the distant church bell rang again. After seven consecutive strokes, Zhou Mingrui slowly stood up and went to the cabinet to take out his clothes.

Black vest, formal attire of the same color, slightly ankle tight pants, a half high top hat, coupled with a faint book atmosphere, made Zhou Mingrui look at himself in the mirror as if he was watching an English drama about the Victorian era.

I'm not going for an interview, I'm just buying groceries and preparing materials for the transfer ceremony, "he suddenly muttered in a low voice, shaking his head and laughing.

Klein is so concerned about the upcoming interview that it has become an instinct of his body to habitually wear this only decent outfit when his attention is not focused enough.

Breathing out, Zhou Mingrui took off his formal attire and vest and put on an old brown and yellow coat. His head was also changed to a round brimmed felt hat of the same color.

After tidying up himself, he paced to the high and low bed, lifted the top cushion, and reached his hand through the inconspicuous hole at the bottom. After a while of exploration, he found the interlayer.

When his right hand retracted, there was already an extra roll of banknotes in his palm, about seven or eight, with a dark green to white color.

This is all Benson's current savings, including even the cost of living for the past three days, with only two five dollar bills and the rest being one dollar bills.

In the monetary system of the Kingdom of Lun, the Sul is located in the second layer and originates from ancient silver coins. One Sul is equivalent to twelve copper pence, with two denominations of one and five.

At the top of the currency is the gold pound, which is also a paper currency, but is guaranteed by gold and directly linked. One gold pound is equal to twenty sules, with three denominations: one, five, and ten.

Zhou Mingrui unfolded the banknotes and smelled a very light and special ink fragrance.

This is the taste of money.

Perhaps it was due to Klein's fragmented memory, or perhaps it was due to his unchanging desire for money. At that moment, Zhou Mingrui felt like he was in love with these little guys.

Look, their patterns are so exquisite that George III, who has a two curled mustache and is serious and old-fashioned, looks so cute

Look, the watermark seen through the sunlight is so tempting, and the carefully designed anti-counterfeiting label makes it completely different from the fake seductive cheap goods!

After admiring for dozens of seconds, Zhou Mingrui pulled out two one dollar bills, rewound the remaining ones, and stuffed them back into the interlayer inside the cushion.

Smooth out the cloth strip near the hole, and Zhou Mingrui neatly folded the two bills he took out and placed them in the left pocket of his brown coat, separated from the few pennies in his pants pocket.

Doing all this well, he put the key into his right pocket, grabbed a large dark brown paper bag, and quickly walked towards the door

Da Da, Da, the footsteps went from fast to slow and finally stopped.

Zhou Mingrui stood by the door, his eyebrows furrowed at some point.

There are many doubts about Klein's suicide incident. If we go out like this, will we encounter any "accidents"?

After a moment of contemplation, Zhou Mingrui returned to his desk, opened the drawer, and took out the shiny brass revolver.

This is the only self-defense weapon he can think of, and it is also a powerful weapon!

Although he has never practiced shooting, just pulling out this pistol can definitely scare people!

Rubbing the cold metal wheel, Zhou Mingrui stuffed the pistol into the pocket where the banknote was located, clenched the banknote in his palm, and pressed the handlebar tightly with his fingers, perfectly hiding it.

A sense of security arose spontaneously, and he, who knew a little about everything, suddenly expressed a concern:

Can it be shot by mistake

Ideas flooded in, and Zhou Mingrui quickly pulled out his pistol, swung the bullet wheel to the left, and turned the bullet nest that had been emptied due to suicide to the firing position, then snapped it together.

In this way, even if it goes off, it's just an empty shell!

Repositioning the pistol, Zhou Mingrui's left hand was inserted into his pocket like that and he no longer took it out.

He pressed his hat with his right hand, opened the door, and rushed out.

During the day, the corridor was still dim, and the sunlight that could penetrate through the windows at the end was quite limited. Zhou Mingrui quickly stepped down the stairs and left the apartment before feeling the brilliance and warmth.

Although July is approaching and it is midsummer, Tingen is located in the northern part of the Kingdom of Roon and has unique climate characteristics. The highest temperature of the year is less than 30 degrees Celsius on Earth, and the morning is even cooler. Some places on the streets are filled with dirty water and littered with debris. In Klein's memory, places where low-income people live, even if they have sewers, similar scenes are not uncommon because of the large number of people and life.

Come on, come on, delicious fragrant fried meat and fish

Hot and fresh oyster soup, drink a bowl in the morning and stay refreshed all day

Fresh fish from the port costs only 5p per piece

Little muffins, eel soup with ginger beer

Conch, conch, conch

The vegetables just collected from the farm outside the city are cheap and fresh

The mobile street vendors selling vegetables, fruits, and cooked food shouted loudly, greeting the hurried passersby. Some would stop and carefully compare their purchases, while others would wave impatiently because today's work was not yet settled.

Zhou Mingrui smelled the stench and aroma of the air, tightly gripping the handlebar with his left hand and the banknote with his right hand, while holding onto the round felt hat with his right hand, he bent slightly and lowered his head through this bustling street.

Where there are many people, there are thieves, especially in this neighborhood where there are many semi unemployed poor people doing temporary jobs and hungry children driven by people.

Along the way, when the density of the surrounding crowd returned to normal, Zhou Mingrui straightened his back, raised his head, and looked into the street.

There is a wandering accordion musician playing, with melodies sometimes melodious and sometimes passionate.

Next to him, there were many children dressed in rags and with sallow faces due to malnutrition.

They listen to music, follow the beat, twist their bodies according to their instincts, dance with their own creations, and their faces are filled with joy, as if they were a little prince or an angel.

A woman with a numb expression passed by, her skirt dirty and her skin dull.

Her eyes were dull and dull, and only when she looked at the group of children did a faint light flicker, as if she had seen herself thirty years ago.

Zhou Mingrui overtook her, turned to another street, and stopped in front of the "Slim Bakery".

The owner of the bakery is a seventy year old grandmother named Wendy Slim, with all her hair gray and a gentle smile on her face. She has been selling bread and pastries here since Klein had memories.

Hmm, the tin root cake and lemon cake she baked herself were very delicious. Zhou Mingrui swallowed her saliva and smiled, saying:

Mrs. Slim, pound of rye bread

Oh, little Klein, where's Benson? He hasn't come back yet? "Wendy asked with a smile.

A few more days, "Zhou Mingrui replied vaguely.

Wendy exclaimed as she picked up rye bread:

He is really a diligent and good guy, he will have a good wife

Speaking of this, she raised the corner of her mouth and smiled mischievously, saying:

Now it's okay, you've graduated. Our Hoy University history graduate, you'll soon make money. You shouldn't live in an apartment like this, at least you need to have your own bathroom

Mrs. Slim, you really look like a young and lively lady today, "Zhou Mingrui could only respond with a dry smile.

If Klein can successfully pass the interview and become a lecturer at the University of Tyngen, then the entire family will indeed be heading towards prosperity!

In his memory fragments, he even fantasized about renting a suburban single family house, with five or six rooms upstairs, two bathrooms, a large balcony, two rooms downstairs, a restaurant, a living room, a kitchen, a bathroom, and an underground storage room.

This is not an extravagant expectation. Even as an intern lecturer at Tingan University, the weekly salary can be 2 gold pounds, and after becoming a regular, it will be 3 gold pounds and 0 sules. You should know, Klein's brother, Benson, has been working for several years, and the weekly salary is only 0 sules,

This is the difference between a monthly income of three or four thousand and a monthly income of fourteen or five thousand, "Zhou Mingrui muttered to himself.

However, the prerequisite for all of this is to be able to pass interviews at the University of Tyngen or Beckland University.

As for other ways, people without backgrounds cannot be recommended to become public officials, while those studying history have a narrow range of employment, and the demand for private advisors from nobles, bankers, and industrial tycoons is not high.

Considering that Klein's knowledge has also become fragmented, incomplete, and often incomplete, Zhou Mingrui's expectations for Mrs. Slim are full of embarrassment and guilt.

No, I've always been so young, "Wendy replied humorously.

As she spoke, she packed the sixteen weighed rye noodles into Zhou Mingrui's own dark brown paper bag and spread them with her right hand, saying:

Ten pence

The weight of each rye bread is around 0.5 pounds, and deviations are inevitable.

10p, didn't you want 8p the other day? "Zhou Mingrui asked subconsciously.

Last month, it was even 5 pence.

You want to thank the repeal of the Grain Act, thank the marchers, "Wendy smiled with her hands spread out.

Zhou Mingrui nodded vaguely, and Klein's memory of this was somewhat incomplete. He only remembered that the core of the Grain Act was to protect the prices of domestic agricultural products. Before the prices rose to a certain extent, he did not import grain from southern countries such as Feneport, Matthew, and Lunburg.

Why do people march against it?

Without further ado, Zhou Mingrui was afraid of bringing out a revolver and could only carefully pull out the paper currency, take out one of them, and hand it to Mrs. Sling.

After retrieving three copper pence and stuffing them into his pants pocket, he carried a paper bag containing bread and headed to the "Lettuce and Meat" market across the street, in order to stew lamb with tender peas.

At the intersection of Iron Cross Street and Narcissus Street, there is a municipal square where many tents have been set up and strange and funny clowns are distributing flyers everywhere.

Tomorrow evening, will the circus perform? "Zhou Mingrui glanced at the leaflet in someone else's hand and whispered out the general content.

Melissa must really like it. I don't know how to charge for the tickets? In a flash of thought, Zhou Mingrui approached.

He was about to inquire about one of the red and yellow clowns when a hoarse female voice suddenly came from his side:

Do you want to do divination

Subconsciously turning his head, Zhou Mingrui saw a woman standing in front of a low tent wearing a pointed hat and a long black dress.

Her face was painted with red and yellow oil, and her eyes were deep and gray blue.

No, "Zhou Mingrui shook his head and replied," he doesn't have any spare money to do divination.

The woman smiled and said:

My Tarot divination is very accurate

Tarot "Zhou Mingrui suddenly froze.

This pronunciation is very similar to Tarot cards on Earth!

The tarot cards on Earth belong to a type of fortune telling poker, with the addition of "graphic cards" each with symbolic symbols.

Wait, he suddenly remembered the origin of Tarot divination in this world.

It did not originate from the seven legitimate deities or ancient legacies, but was invented more than 170 years ago by Russell Gustav, then the consul of the Republic of Indis.

Russell invented the steam engine, improved the sailboat, overthrew the rule of the Kingdom of Indis, and was recognized by the "God of Craftsmen" church, becoming the first consul of the New Republic.

Later, he marched southward and northward, incorporating countries such as Lunburg into protection, causing the powers of the Northern Continent such as the Kingdom of Wayne, Feneport, and the Empire of Isaac to bow one after another, and then transforming the Republic into an empire again, claiming to be "Caesar the Great".

It was during the reign of Russell that the Church of the God of Craftsmen received its first public oracle since the Fifth Age, changing the title of the God of Craftsmen to the God of Steam and Machinery.

Russell also invented Tarot divination and laid the foundation for the composition and gameplay of current cards, which includes several types familiar to Zhou Mingrui, such as upgrades, Landlord Fighting, Texas, and Quint

In addition, he sent his fleet to find a passage to the southern continent through storms and turbulence, ushering in the colonial era.

Unfortunately, as he grew old, he suffered betrayal and was assassinated by the Eternal Sun Church, the Sauron family of the Eternal Titis royal family, and other nobles in the Fifth Age, before falling to the White Maple Palace.

Remembering these common sense, Zhou Mingrui suddenly had a toothache.

Isn't this the senior traveler?

Thinking of this, Zhou Mingrui had a heart to see what the tarot cards looked like here, so he nodded to the woman wearing a pointed hat and a painted face, saying:

If not, er, the price is reasonable, I'll give it a try

The woman immediately smiled and said:

Sir, you are the first person to come for divination today, free of charge