Chapter 621: What is your ex-husband's name? (Updated today.)
Hearing the middle-aged man's question, the old man leaned back on his chair and looked at the roof of the shed, his eyes cloudy.
As if recalling the past.
He said softly: "She rarely went out. She planted some favorite flowers in the courtyard and basement, or she was in the study room, reading the books she bought. We were very happy at that time."
"Once she went out and was attacked by wild beasts in the mountains and forests. Fortunately, she was saved by the mercenaries who passed by. However, since then, her whole person has become more and more strange."
The middle-aged man frowned as he told the story, and the guards behind him also remained quiet.
Waiting for his next story.
The old man continued: "I didn't notice it at first. I just felt that she was frightened and in a trance. But as time went by, the situation became more and more weird. She lost her hobbies of growing flowers and reading books. Sometimes she talked to herself in the air, and sometimes she danced. ”
"One night, Gran... she went completely crazy. She ran and screamed like crazy. She rushed into the basement and knocked over the oil lamp. She stood in the fire and looked at me and smiled, as if she had finally succeeded. The devil.”
"The fire is getting bigger and bigger. I want to go down and save people, but there is no other way."
“I can only watch it being engulfed by the fire and disappearing.”
"My level was too low at the time. If I could have been higher, maybe the outcome wouldn't be like this."
The old man's tone was full of regret and unwillingness.
It sounds like the story is not being told for the first time.
The causes and processes are explained very clearly.
Seeing that the story did not continue, the middle-aged man's eyes showed some sympathy, "It's not your fault."
There are many monsters that confuse the mind, and similar stories can be heard in past stories and rumors.
Low-level humans are most likely to have this kind of thing happen in the wilderness.
The old man nodded, "Everything is over. I just hope she doesn't blame me."
"How could she blame you for such a dedicated gentleman?" the middle-aged man comforted, seeing that the atmosphere in the room was too depressing.
I found a new topic, "In the afternoon, I will visit the island owner. Do you want to come with me?"
The old man pondered and shook his head, "I want to visit my friends on the island first, and then I will visit the island owner."
“That's fine too.”
While the two were talking, the place below fell into chaos again.
Look down through the open window.
The bard, who had rested, walked up again, applied two states to himself, and said loudly: "The following is a great detective story,..."
“Finally the great detective story.”
“Miss Penny's story is so depressing, I'm still willing to listen to it.”
“No matter how many times I listen to it, the plot of finding the murderer through details is still as exciting as ever.”
“No one can deceive the island owner, no matter how good he is at lying.”
Amidst the discussion among the drinkers, the bard also began his own story.
In the private room upstairs, a middle-aged man listened carefully to the story.
The old man's eyes flickered.
The island lord's mansion.
The three caravan representatives sat down respectfully.
The maid brought tea and cakes.
The first person said: "My lord, I am the vice president of the Bucks Chamber of Commerce. This is a gift for you. I hope you don't dislike it."
As he spoke, three exquisite wooden boxes were taken out from the space ring.
Open them one by one.
The top one is a pair of silver cups with exquisite patterns.
In the wooden box in the middle is a porcelain plate with a similar enamel technique in the center.
At the bottom is a jade-white hollow ivory sculpture that resembles ivory.
Everything is exquisite.
Belongs to the rich and powerful and is a favorite collection.
“Island owner, I am the regional representative of Erlevi Chamber of Commerce. This is our gift. They are all items produced by the Chamber of Commerce. I hope you don't dislike it.”
The second chamber of commerce representative spoke.
He also took out a gift from the space ring.
There are two in total, one is exquisite jade, and the other is also porcelain.
“Sir,..., this is the gift I brought.”
Following this, the third person also brought out a gift, which was a fine rolled-up carpet and several bolts of brightly colored cloth.
These should be products of their chamber of commerce.
The shape and style are very exquisite.
They are also luxury accessories that are preferred by the rich and powerful in this world.
But for Wu Heng, he actually doesn't like it that much. He feels that it has no use other than to look good.
It's better to get yourself some copper and melt it down to make bullets.
“Thank you, I like the things very much.” Wu Heng thanked him with a smile, turned around and said, “Minnie, take these down first, then go to the study and bring over three copies of the exhibits I prepared.”
“Yes, Master.” Minnie put away the gifts and put them on the cabinet shelf at the back.
Then he walked towards the study room upstairs.
Wait for Minnie to leave.
One of them, the vice president of the Bucks Chamber of Commerce, spoke respectfully and said directly: "Island owner, in addition to being invited to participate in the exhibition this time, I also want to open a store on the island."
“Treasure Island is expanding, and you are welcome to open a store on the island.” Wu Heng said directly.
The other party continued: "I just want to ask you in advance, will the street lights on Dengta Street and the central area be used in the newly developed streets? You also know that the shops on the main road have been sold. If we want to open a store, we can also Can't choose a spot over there.”
One person said, and the other two nodded.
It sounds like I want to choose a location with street lights to open a store.
Wu Heng said with certainty: "You can rest assured that the street lights will cover all the commercial streets developed later. Just don't choose too remote places."
“Then we'll be relieved.” The three of them smiled and nodded.
While talking, Minnie came down from upstairs.
Hold three thin gift boxes in his hand.
“Master.” Minnie called out obediently and put the gift box on the table.
Wu Heng waved his hand and said: "This is for you three. It is also our latest gift."
The three of them said a few polite words and still took it in their hands.
Open the gift box to reveal a round object.
The surface is smooth and shiny, and it looks very finely crafted.
Wu Heng said: "This is a fountain pen. The product we improved from the quill pen can be more convenient to carry and write. It will replace the quill pen in the future."
The three of them looked at the pens in their hands with some doubts in their eyes.
After careful observation, I opened the cap of the pen with a slight force, revealing the pen tip inside.
Seeing the lines on the pen tip, his eyes froze.
So delicate!
It also has patterns on it.
“Let me demonstrate it to you.”
Seeing that several people couldn't use it, Wu Heng took out a pen from the space ring.
In the eyes of the three people, the demonstration began.
“This is the pen cap. You can write after opening it.”
Then he unscrewed the back end of the pen holder to reveal the position of the ink sac. “Here is the ink sac. Just **** up the ink and you can write normally. You don't need to prepare it with you every time like a quill.”
Just a little demonstration.
Three people have already understood the purpose and characteristics of the pen.
They looked at each other with surprise and disbelief in their eyes.
It doesn't look difficult, but it is definitely a very clever design to improve from a quill pen to the current pen.
Not everyone has a space ring to hold quills and ink.
This fountain pen solves all the shortcomings of the quill pen very well.
Looks like it's just an improvement.
The practicality has improved linearly.
It goes without saying that this product will definitely become popular and become the best-selling writing instrument.
And the workmanship is very fine, especially the soft ink sac. If you want to imitate it, you don't know what materials to use.
“Did you design this?”
“My Lord, have pens been sold in the market?”
“I think we can talk about agency sales.”
The three of them were slightly excited and spoke.
Wu Heng smiled, "It has not been sold to the market yet, but it will be displayed at this exhibition. When we determine the price later, it will not be too late to discuss cooperation. There are many styles, and they are quite good-looking."
The three of them were stunned and immediately nodded in agreement.
It seems that this exhibition will really have some new items that will subvert the past. While several people were chatting, footsteps sounded from the courtyard.
Robert walked in with 'Shanela' in a luxurious dress and the accompanying housekeeper.
He glanced at the people in the room and saluted slightly, "My lord, the island owner."
Wu Heng nodded and introduced: "This is 'Shanara', the president of the Star Flower Chamber of Commerce. She is also the consultant of this Treasure Island exhibition. She is responsible for the layout of the venue and the selection of items."
Three people came from outside.
But apparently I have also heard of Shannara's name.
Immediately stood up, "Mrs. Shannara."
“Sit down!” Shannara said lightly.
The three of them sat down, and Shanara asked with great aura: "Does your chamber of commerce all want to participate in exhibitions?"
One person replied, “Yes, it has been registered at the city hall.”
Shannara then asked, "What kind of goods were included?"
“We are some beautifully crafted silverware, very popular among the powerful and the royal family.”
“We have prepared some cloths and tapestries here, and they are of good quality.”
“We are jade jewelry.”
Shanara nodded, "The daily necessities exhibition area is on the first floor. You can bring your goods in tomorrow afternoon. Don't go too early. Give the upstairs exhibition area time to enter."
“Yes, yes!” The three of them nodded immediately.
Shanella's joining officially turned chatting into work.
They are all talking about the exhibition.
Sitting in the room and chatting for a while.
The three of them stood up and said goodbye.
Wu Heng and Shanara sent them outside the door together and waved goodbye.
Returning to the room, Shanara said: "It's nothing big. Why did you come to me?"
"With you here, I feel confident." Wu Heng stepped forward and put his arms around the other party's shoulders.
"Just be lazy and leave everything to us." Shannella complained a little.
I just said two sentences.
Minnie went to open the door again, then came back and said, "Master, two more caravans are coming."
Wu Heng glanced at Shannara.
He kissed her **** the face, then pulled away and said, "Bring them in!"
Dusk.
After having dinner, Wu Heng went directly upstairs and entered the study.
Today I originally wanted to go to the zombie world to upgrade Penny, but many of the people who came to the island one after another came to visit me at the island owner's mansion.
It is not easy for him to just stay behind closed doors and receive guests.
One day has passed.
Having so many people come to the island is not a bad thing.
The arrival of these powerful businessmen on the island is a publicity for the island and is also expanding their reputation.
In the future, it would also be good to create a place for vacation and travel.
As for the exhibition, tomorrow is the time for all products to enter the exhibition, and it will be open to the public the day after tomorrow.
Wu Heng walked back to the study.
Sitting aside, Glenda put down the pen in her hand at the desk and said, "Tomorrow is the time to distribute newspapers, and it coincides with the exhibition. Do you want to postpone it a little longer?"
It's time to publish newspapers again.
Wu Heng shook his head, "No, just sell it normally. It just happens to be when the caravans arrive on the island, and it can also show the popularity of the newspaper."
“Yeah, that's okay, I'm much more thoughtful than before.” Glenda praised with a smile.
Xiao Xiao also pinched his waist, "Yeah, uncle, he's made great progress."
Penny snickered.
Wu Heng looked at Xiaoxiao, "Xiaoxiao, when this time is over, let's go back to your mother's place and see how you are doing with your skills?"
“Okay, I miss my mother too, but when it comes to skills, uncle, don't have high hopes.” Xiaoxiao looked like I knew the outcome.
“Have faith in your mother.”
“Well, I hope she can succeed.” Xiaoxiao said.
Wu Heng glanced at her and asked, "When your mother has learned the skills, how else do you want to help her?"
"Me?" Xiaoxiao fell into deep thought and circled two or three times in mid-air before saying, "Let her level up, or find her a boyfriend, I don't know... we'll talk about it then."
Good guy, quite avant-garde.
I also want to find a boyfriend for my mother.
“Then we'll talk about it then.”
"Then I'm going to watch a movie." Xiao Xiao said and left directly.
Benny also left and went to watch a movie together.
Wu Heng stood aside and poured himself a cup of tea.
His eyes fell on Glenda, who continued to read books.
asked curiously: "Glenda, I haven't asked you yet, what is your ex-husband's name?"
"Ex-husband? What a strange title. It sounds like I have had several ex-husbands." Glenda looked over angrily.
“Call him whatever you want, I don't know how to call him.” Wu Heng took a sip of tea.
“Magnoro, a bard.”
"How are you sure it was him who set the house on fire, or whether you turned into a ghost and saw him." Wu Heng continued to ask.
Glenda instantly became a little cold and panicked.
Even in a translucent state, a kind of panic can be seen.
No one would want to recall a bad experience, especially death.
Granda said: "I was still conscious at the time, and he tied me to a chair in the basement, broke the oil lamp, and watched me being engulfed in fire."
"I became a ghost. I don't know how long it took. My house has been in ruins. It must have been a long time."
Wu Heng nodded, it seemed that the other party really wanted to kill her.
Took him to the basement and broke the oil lamp.
In that kind of environment, there is no way to escape.
"I understand. Think about where he might go. After the exhibition, we will go find him. We will see people dead or corpses." Wu Heng said directly.
This kind of hatred is also good.
There is little room for relief.
"Okay." Glenda forced a smile, "If you had taken over Wrentam City earlier, these things might not have happened."
"Don't think too much, I will help you get revenge." Wu Heng said seriously.
“Yeah.” Glenda nodded.
“I'm going to rest.”
"Okay, take care of yourself and tell your little maids to keep their voices down." Glenda teased.
“It's you who is eavesdropping!”
The night passed.
The streets in the early morning are filled with heavy humidity.
Gradually, the number of people on the street gradually increased.
At this time, the newspaper sellers appeared in everyone's sight.
Hurry and stand at various intersections.
Hold the newspaper in your hand high.
Shouted: "Take a look, take a look, a new issue of the newspaper, the West Street Exhibition will officially start tomorrow, all caravans will display their products, a new story of the great detective is out, a new case, a new story, the same excitement, 65 coppers, First come first served…”
Almost at the same time, almost the same number of shouts rang out from every section of Treasure Island.
Hurrah.
The dense crowd instantly overwhelmed the newspaper seller.
There are several layers inside and outside.
“There are new stories, and the great detective is not finished yet.”
“Great, I have a new story to listen to.”
“I don't know what the case is this time.”
“Don't squeeze, there's nothing to squeeze for.”
(End of this chapter)
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