Chapter 1958 The Lost Pigeon

Liu Xing stretched out his hand to catch the carrier pigeon, but it turned out that the carrier pigeon seemed to have eyes in its back. It turned its back to him and made an iron rock support, just in time to avoid his "claw attack".

This pigeon is quite awesome.

However, Liu Xing felt that he was more powerful, so he immediately caught the pigeon in his hand with a change of moves.

Then, I found that the pigeon was a little wet, but the weather was still hot today, so its feathers should be dry, unless it swam in the river when it flew over. . . However, Liu Xing discovered that the pigeon in his hand only had problems near the wings.

Did he get injured on the way? But there was nothing wrong with its flying attitude just now?

Liu Xing took the pigeon and took a closer look, only to find that the pigeon was not injured, but there were some small purple water drops near its wings.

What's happening here?

Liu Xing subconsciously let go, because in today's original martial arts module, purple water drops rarely appear in nature, or the color purple is very rare, at least "Liu Peng" has never seen it. Pure natural purple.

As for the real world, Liu Xing also remembers that there are several plants that are purple, and one of them is an edible vegetable. There will be a kind of lavender juice after being taken out of the pot. Liu Xing used to use it when eating. Clothes are stained.

As for the specific names of these plants, Liu Xing really forgot all about them.

But I don’t know why. Many literary and film and television works associate purple with poisoning. In addition, there are also many games that put poison-related icons in purple, and occasionally change them to green.

So Liu Xing now subconsciously thought that there was something wrong with the purple water droplets on the pigeon's body, but kp did not give any hints, and Liu Xing did not see any extra debuffs in the status bar of his character card.

So the question is, what are these purple water drops?

At this time, other people in the Juyi Hall also noticed the pigeon and the purple water droplets, so no one dared to come forward to catch the pigeon and could only watch it walking on the table. Go and look normal.

"What is going on? Leader, are you okay?" Meng Fugui asked.

Liu Xing shook his head and said with a puzzled look on his face: "I'm fine, but I don't know what's going on with the purple water droplets, but I should be able to confirm that it's not toxic at all, otherwise this pigeon wouldn't be able to make it here, and My current character card doesn’t respond at all.”

At this time, a player said: "This does not seem to be our homing pigeon, because I remember that our homing pigeons all have the nails of the back toes trimmed, and this one has the nails on the left and right sides of the front toes trimmed, and there is also a small one on the top of the head. Red dot; you may not know that in order to identify the owner of the carrier pigeon, the carrier pigeon cages in Boyang City will mark the carrier pigeons belonging to different owners. The most common one is to cut the nails, so when we buy the carrier pigeon, we choose Cut off the nails on the back toes, but of course don’t cut too much, so as not to affect the pigeon’s gripping ability.”

Only then did Liu Xing notice that there was a small red dot on the top of the pigeon's head, as if someone had tapped it lightly with a brush. It was already a little faded, so Liu Xing didn't notice it just now. .

"In addition to cutting nails and adding a little color on the top of the pigeon's head, there are several ways to identify the pigeon owner, such as hanging a ring on the foot and wrapping a piece of cloth. In short, I remember the pigeon cage in Boyang City There are dozens of identification methods registered there, but complex identification methods like this are difficult to remember, so I can't remember who the owner of this pigeon is; besides, it may come from other cities, because Pigeon cages in various places will inevitably have the same identification methods, so the pigeon cages can only be centered around a city, and the same identification methods will not appear within a radius of a hundred miles. After all, the delivery range of most carrier pigeons is Within a hundred miles, if the distance exceeds this, special training for homing pigeons is required.”

After the player determined that there was no problem with the purple water droplets, he directly observed the homing pigeon.

The player next to him should be his teammate, so he stood up and introduced: "Miao Yi is a fan of raising pigeons in the real world, and his pigeons have won several championships. After all, Cthulhu Running Team The money given by the game hall is too much, and there are also some props that can directly strengthen the pigeons; originally he wanted to manage the alliance's homing pigeons, but I ended up recruiting him as an accountant because he studied mathematics in college. , rounding is also considered accounting.”

Mathematic major?

Liu Xing looked at Miao Yi with admiration. She didn't expect that he would dare to choose mathematics! Because in Liu Xing's opinion, people who choose mathematics majors are either forced to do so, or they are really interested in mathematics.

If it's the latter, Liu Xing can only say one word of admiration.

Therefore, compared to raising pigeons, Liu Xing felt that Miao Yi came to be the accountant of the alliance to make the best use of people.

At this time, Miao Yi put down the pigeon and said with a frown: "This pigeon is not in good condition in all aspects. Cai Long, hurry up and get some food from the pigeon loft! By the way, grab a carrier pigeon and bring it over." .”

Cai Long nodded and went out immediately.

"If nothing else, the pigeon must have gotten lost and had no food, drink or rest along the way. It could no longer hold on when it flew to our place. Of course, it is also possible that it saw people around us and got together with its family. The situation was similar... This is obviously abnormal. After all, this is a homing pigeon and not a robot pigeon. How can it keep flying without eating, drinking or sleeping?"

Miao Yi analyzed: "If there is any mental problem with this pigeon, then its owner will not be able to let it deliver the message, so now I have a bold guess, that is, the purple water droplets may identify the pigeon." It affects the ability to navigate! By the way, the reason why pigeons can recognize the road may not be because of the magnetic field, but some other factors, so this purple water droplet contains certain ingredients that will make the pigeons lose their way, and at the same time they will not Fly forward without stopping."

"Oh? It seems that the owner of this pigeon has offended someone, so his pigeons were tampered with."

Liu Xing thought for a while and continued: "Miao Yi, take off the note from the pigeon's foot. Let's see what is written on it. If there is a name or place on it, we will find a way to remove the pigeon." Send it back."

Miao Yi nodded, and while feeding the pigeon water, he took off the note it brought.

"There is actually fire paint?"

Miao Yi said with some surprise: "And it is a special paint used for flying pigeons to send messages. It seems that the owner of this pigeon is very particular, and the person who communicates with him is also very aware of confidentiality."

"Just open it. I think there is a high probability that we will not return this letter to its original owner, because if the content of this letter is not important, then there is no need for us to send the pigeon and the letter back, and this letter If the letter is very important, we may have to trigger a side mission, and there is no need for us to send the letter back then." Meng Fugui said.

"Yes, those who can use fire paint are very particular people, and they also attach great importance to the content of the letter. Theoretically, if the letter is opened by an outsider, then the letter will be directly invalidated, and it may be shelved or abandoned. A plan, if necessary, to find out who opened the letter and shut him up forever." Liu Xing said seriously.

Miao Yi smiled and opened the letter from Fei Ge, "It's interesting. The recipient of this letter is a codename - Oil Pot, and the content above is also very simple, that is, Third Grandpa has already The delivery will arrive at Luo Lin City in these two days, and the person responsible for the delivery is called a shovel, and he will also stay at Oil Pot for a while and obey Oil Pot's orders."

"interesting."

Liu Xing shook his head and said: "It seems that another mysterious organization is doing something small. However, this mysterious organization may not be on the stage, otherwise our carrier pigeons will not be tampered with, so I guess this is a low-level mystery." organize."

"That's right, I haven't received any side missions now, so if this mysterious organization has some ability, then I will definitely get a mission to investigate them now." Miao Yi nodded.

Meng Fugui on the side frowned and said: "That's not necessarily true. Maybe we can't trigger this mission until we arrive at Luolin City, because Luolin City is a city with a very special location. To put it simply, Luolin City It is located on an island in the middle of a river, with a total of eight ports. These ports surround the entire city, and these eight ports also correspond to eight major rivers! Yes, there are a total of eight rivers around Luolin City. It is a big river, so there is an endless stream of ships coming and going. However, occasionally ships accidentally run aground on the islands in the middle of the river when it is dark or in bad weather. Therefore, some people began to build lighthouses on the islands in the middle of the river and opened inns to make money. "

"Over time, Luo Lin City appeared on this island in the middle of the river, specializing in providing supplies, food and accommodation for ships coming and going. Of course, it also provided various cargo information to facilitate certain merchant ships to sell their goods in advance to recoup their costs. For example, a ship is sending iron ore to Boyang City. As a result, the price of iron ore in Boyang City during this period is very low. If it is sent there, it will either be sold at a low price or left there to wait for the price to rise. In short, it will The merchant ship will lose a lot; at this time, the merchant ship can choose to sell the goods to Luolin City, and the price offered by Luolin City will still be higher, and it can even allow the merchant ship to directly recover the money, so most merchant ships are still willing to sell the goods to Luolin City. The city can stop its losses in time, and Luo Lin City can also make money by selling these goods at the right time."

"Well, why don't those merchant ships sell their goods to other cities? I think there is always a city where the price of goods will be higher?" Miao Yi asked in confusion.

Meng Fugui said with a smile: "The speed of information transmission these days is very slow, so even the price information provided by Luolin City is provided by merchant ships passing by, so sometimes it is updated several times a day, and sometimes it is just It is updated once a week, and there is no guarantee that it is completely correct. However, if the price of some goods is accurate, it should be accompanied by the reasons for the price jump, and the credibility will be higher; secondly, although the cost of water transportation is relatively low, if it continues to be delayed, every day There will be a considerable expenditure, especially when the merchant ship is not owned by you personally, and you have to take care of where the goods of other merchants will be sent."

"The most important thing is that the goods transported by water are usually bulk goods, so it is not easy for you to sell directly. Therefore, it is usually done by regular customers. In this way, everyone knows each other well, and doing business will be simpler and more direct, and you can Allow yourself to quickly recover your capital and reduce a lot of trouble; for example, the reason why I can open a teahouse with this character card is that I made a lot of money when I worked for a businessman before, and my boss only does business in a few fixed cities. , because these cities are enough to digest the goods in his hands, and at the same time, if you want to do business in other cities, you will encounter a lot of trouble, after all, you are robbing other people's business."

At this point, Meng Fugui sighed, "As a boss, I just wanted to open up new markets. As a result, I had a conflict with my local colleagues. As a result, the merchant ship he just bought suddenly caught fire, and the ship's The goods sank to the bottom of the water; so he was unable to recover, and finally returned to his hometown to retire, and I took the money to come to Boyang City to do business. Occasionally, I would send a letter to my boss to ask for safety, because he was also a good person. not bad."

"Oh, then Shopkeeper Meng, you should have been to Luolin City, right?" Liu Xing asked.

"Yes, I have followed my boss to Luo Lin City several times before, so I still know a little about Luo Lin City, but you can actually infer what Luo Lin City is like from what I just said. The place."

Meng Fugui took a sip of water and continued: "Yes, it's just four words - a mixture of dragons and snakes! Because Luolin City, like Boyang City, only has a city lord and no prefect, and Luolin City is also one of the few in the New Dragon Empire. This is a city without a sect in charge. After all, Luo Lin City is an island in the middle of a river, and the useful positions on it have long been occupied; of course, the security level of Luo Lin City is still very high, and there is at least one first-class master all year round. He is in charge, but they are basically the ones at the bottom of the rankings, but he is still one of the most powerful people in the martial arts world, not to mention that he has more than a dozen second-rate masters to assist him."

"But, there are so many ships coming and going in Luolin City every day, and most of them are merchant ships filled with goods, and there are dozens of people on each ship, so it is inevitable that some people with ulterior motives will do something secretly. Small actions, such as the owner of this homing pigeon; so in my opinion, this matter is big or small, and the specific situation can only be found out in Falling Scale City!"