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Chapter 30 Another Performance by Arno

We never expected that our first task after joining 279 would be to attend a banquet that came unexpectedly.

Xia Shangzhou took Lou Shiqi and me to a hotel on the east bank of the Nile River, just across the road from the Luxor Temple.

This hotel was built by British explorers at the end of the [-]th century. It has a colonial style, and it is considered luxurious even now.Howard Carter, who discovered Tutankhamen, is said to have lived here.Although it has been hundreds of years, the old is a bit old, but the shelf can still hold up.In addition to the restaurant, there is only a banquet hall here, and you cannot enter unless you are wearing formal clothes.

Lou Shiqi and I lived on the third floor like everyone else in 279.Open the window and you can see the Nile River and the cruise ships docked on the bank.This season, most of these cruise ships go to and from Aswan, and the decoration still maintains the tone of the tragedy on the Nile.

I thought to myself, isn’t 279 rooted in the ranks of the people? How can it indulge in pleasure like capitalism?

Simply a surprise.

I happily rolled around on the big comfortable bed, and went upstairs to find Ah Tian and Lao Zhang.It just so happens that my friends live here too.

Ah Tian has found Sir Black's information.Leaving aside the unverifiable, Sir Black did not lie on key issues.His uncle, Old Sir Black, did disappear in Egypt 60 years ago, and the title and inheritance of the Black family fell on the Sir Black we saw.Moreover, he has really spent huge sums of money to support various archaeological and expedition teams, and he has also gone deep into the desert and the hinterland of various civilizations several times, just to find the whereabouts of his uncle.

If someone really spends decades just to make up a lie, then he must be respected as a talent.And Sir Black did more than that.He never had a family at all, and no heir was named.And his leg is the root of the disease that fell when he marched to the desert to the west in 12.

It is really excellent for a person to achieve this level for a certain purpose without getting mad.

Although I still don't know what Sir Black's purpose is, and why he chose us instead of Americans, but I am not too worried.In any case, 279 will not fight unprepared.As long as I follow them to the Valley of the Kings, find the temple in the records, and watch the sky at night, it will be a happy ending.

So I calmly chatted with Ah Tian for a long time, and then I slept in her room.

279's schedule is not as orderly as the archaeological team.The next day when the three of us got up to eat breakfast, it was already past eight o'clock, but there were still teachers Xia Shang Zhou Bai and others sitting leisurely in the dining room.

Meng Weiqing was not there again.Did the co-author live by drinking dew?

I introduced Lao Zhang and the others to 279.However, the reason why Ah Tian and Lao Zhang are here is that I just came here for fun.

Xia Shangzhou invited the two to sit together.They saw that they had something to say to me, so they declined and sat at another table by themselves.

After I sat down, I found a small card on the table that read:

[We sincerely invite you to attend the farewell ceremony for Director Renault of the French Academic Research Center in Egypt held in the banquet hall at 18.00 tonight]

Signed with Chris Yano handwritten in a flamboyant round script.

As one of the three major academic institutions in Luxor, [Fae Center] changes its director every eight years.The new director will take office in February and March, and the old director has stepped down before Christmas.I don't know why Yano brought the old director out at this time.

If only that's the case.

The theme of this banquet is: [When Europeans first came to Egypt], and on the invitation letter, Arnold specifically marked that he hoped that everyone could dress up close to that era.I think he almost wrote: [Revisiting Egyptian Civilization Encountered Colonial Plunder].It really doesn't take political correctness seriously.

This is probably another moth made by the poor and boring Yanuo who was unwilling to be lonely.This person comes here every day without doing any serious business, and cleans up his stupidity.

I was a little surprised, and looked at the next few tables.The invitation letter was placed on the table casually, as if the meeting had a share.

Teacher Bai took out a more delicate invitation letter and put it on the table. "I saw this at the door as soon as the door opened in the morning. Everyone in our team has put it on the door. I also asked a few other guests just now, but there is no door to their room. It seems that they just sent invitations to us alone."

I said, no wonder the three of us didn't see it when we came out.

279 In fact, they had almost eaten, and they got up and left after talking about this matter.Before you leave, tell me not to go far today, there may be task notifications.

Lao Zhang and Ah Tian saw that 279 had already left, so they sat down.The three of us ate and talked about Arno's banquet that was made out of nothing. In the "Entry into Egypt" group chat, Meng Weiqing spoke.

Yanuo also got in touch with him and invited everyone to attend the farewell ceremony of Director Renault of Fae Center in the evening.

That being the case, Lao Zhang and Ah Tian immediately said that they had received the invitation anyway, so they simply went to join in the fun.

I remembered that Director Renault had some friendship with our archaeological team, so I sent a WeChat message to ask Mr. Wang if the team would come today.But the team leader did not receive the invitation.

How can a person who is an archaeologist leave his job, but the capitalists who come here are all capitalists?

In order to maintain the image of the team, Xia Shangzhou proposed to go collectively to buy clothes for the banquet at night.

In fact, we are so innocent that we have nothing to do with this theme, but this does not hinder Xia Shangzhou's idea of ​​shopping.Jiang Can responded positively but falsely, and Teacher Bai also worked hard to show interest.Meng Weiqing had nothing to do, he could only excuse that he wanted to arrange a trip to the Valley of the Kings at night, so he didn't join.In the end, except for him, Han Wu, who had never shown up, and Li Yuan, who was always disorganized and undisciplined, all members of 279 went to the shopping street in Luxor.

It is said to be a shopping street, but what you can buy is actually very limited.After everyone arrived, they went shopping in their own places.

I saw a cool dress and wanted to try it on.Lou Shiqi followed me all the way to the door of the fitting room, which surprised the shopping guide lady.He turned a blind eye and insisted on talking to me across the fitting room.

"If it weren't for the fear that someone would kidnap you from the fitting room, I wouldn't wait for you."

I was so cute because of his decades-long jet lag, but I lost my temper and said, "Mr. Xiao Lou'er is right. This organization has grown through hard work, and it has all gone offline in the Egyptian Development Department. "

Lou Shiqi took a good face, and kindly exchanged my teasing, and turned his head to leave.I immediately leaned over and said, "Okay, okay, I know Teacher Xiaolou is kind. Thank you very much."

In the end, we both had nothing and simply dressed up as archaeologists.Borrowed Meng Weiqing's pipe as a prop, and went to the banquet wearing the uniform of the archaeological team.

As expected, Yano gave his team an opening ceremony by taking advantage of Fae Center's retirement.

The entire venue was dressed up like a luxurious colony, and there was a circle of hookah stands in the corner.All kinds of people walked through it, and it really turned the farewell party into a masquerade ball.

As soon as the banquet started, Yanuo, as the initiator, took the stage to speak.

He neatly combed his hair back, wearing a vest and a small bow tie.It is quite like the Europeans who came here in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries to snatch it.

Arnold is still Arnold, it's just that his big scenes are played in a different place.

279 These people were obviously here to run errands, and no one bothered to blend into the occasion.Even Xia Shangzhou, who was in high spirits, was only wearing ordinary clothes, and when he was exhausted, he wore a unique wooden hairpin on his coiled hair perfunctorily.

The hairpin looks like a distorted nine-link chain, made up of irregular geometric patterns.This is obviously a heavy decoration on the head, but Xia Shangzhou can still maintain elegance.

So it seems that only Lou Shiqi and I took it seriously and acted as archaeologists in our true colors.

I went back to my room to change before the dance, and there was a gown on the bed, and a pair of high-heeled shoes next to the bed.Guess it's my name.

I looked at it carefully and felt that no matter who sent it, the aesthetics were good.Then he took his valuables, put on the uniform of the archaeological team and went downstairs to join 279.

Compared with our group of people, others are much more serious.

There are many familiar faces in the venue.

The group of foreigners we saw before we left the Chicago house that day hovered ostentatiously around the venue, as if afraid that people would not know what they were doing in Egypt.

Among them was a young man with green eyes who seemed out of place.He looked like he was only sixteen or seventeen years old, and everyone else was busy wandering around, and he was the only one who drank a lot of alcohol in a short while.He is a sincere child, and I don't know who brought him to join in the fun.

It seemed that they were invited because they lived in the hotel, and it wasn't just Lao Zhang and Ah Tian who were actually present.Under the banner of watching the "people in the data", these two people wandered around to eat and drink after they came.

Looking around the room, except for Director Renault, there seemed to be no personnel related to archaeology.

Except for two people.

Mr. Boothwell, an independent Mexican archaeologist with tattoos on his face, is dressed as an old pedant today.He wore a pair of spectacles and a hat on his head.The whole face was basically not buried, only the tattooed nose managed to break out from the beard.This Boothwell, eccentric as he may seem, is remarkably sociable.He had been chatting with an Egyptian in a traditional robe next to him, laughing now and then.

The other Asian was very low-key by comparison.This is a middle-aged man who is quiet and timid. I saw him with the Japanese archaeological team in the house in Chicago that day.But the Japanese archaeological team didn't come today, so he had a long talk with Morgan, the leader of Arno's expedition.

Surprisingly, Sir Black also attended the party, I don't know whose face it is.After all, the British aristocrat had basically never participated in such activities in the past.

Sir Blake is not in a wheelchair today.He was tall, with a straight back, and wore a tuxedo.Putting on airs is really like the British who came to Egypt in the nineteenth century with a tune.

When no one came over, Sir Black basically either supported or leaned on something, but he refused to lose his manners when talking to others, and had to stand up straight by himself.The three-piece butler I saw at his house yesterday also came, standing not far or near.

There were many people who came to talk to Sir Black.

I pretended to be with Lou Shiqi and wandered around, glancing at Sir Black from time to time.Just then, at least three groups of different people surrounded him.

Now it was two young men who were speaking to Sir Black.

One of them was dressed in an English aristocratic style, his blonde hair was combed meticulously, and standing next to Black, he didn't lose his temperament at all.The man wore a pair of white gloves on his hands, and was playing with a cane in his hand, waving it twice from time to time, as if pointing the situation; the other looked like he was dressed as a reporter, Also holding an old box camera.It's just that his hairline and figure reveal some over-fitness. He is probably a member of the mercenaries or marines in the United States.

It may be that the outfits of these two people are deeply loved by the old jazz, and the three of them can be regarded as having a very happy conversation.

After a while, Arno walked over with a woman.

Since their backs are facing me, I can't see where this is sacred.But this woman took advantage of the showy Arno like a little thing, so it probably wouldn't be easy.Moreover, Sir Black seemed to be more familiar with this woman than the politeness and distance he treated Arno.He was willing to let her help him, and sat down on the sofa beside him.

When the woman turned around I saw Rhea's face.

No wonder.

It seems that Rhea is likely to have united with Arno, and Sir Black is the thread she helped the Americans connect with.If there was such a relationship, it would be understandable why Meng Weiqing insisted on going to the scene to watch today.

Rhea talked with Sir Black for a while, and got up and left after Morgan, the leader of the American team, passed by.Lao Zhang happened to be standing nearby, and when he saw this, he went to greet Rhea.I saw them say a few words, and then I looked into the venue.

Knowing that they were looking for me, I grinned and raised my dimpled pipe at them.Lao Zhang didn't have a pipe, so he could only wave his hand.

After Rhea and I met our eyes, we nodded reservedly.

Her skirt was blue and black, and the looming patterns on the hem of the skirt looked like ignited stars when standing in a dark place.

Last time at the auction, I didn't pay attention to Rhea's appearance, I just felt that she had a strong aura.It's really beautiful now.Especially those eyes, even if there is no smile, there is a twinkle.

Don't say that we are so disheveled all day long, even the glamorous people who came out of nowhere can't compare to her.

But Rhea didn't like me when I was in London, and I'm not going to make trouble this time.So I admired it for a while and then blended into the crowd again.

Shiqi, who had been going up the stairs next to me just now, disappeared at some point.I took the opportunity to look for him and was observing the participants, etc., when Jarno came running to me.

"Yu, what are you looking at?"

"Watching your banquet."

He is interested in this topic.

Yanuo first looked up and down my archaeological team uniform, even boasting that it was very suitable for the occasion.He added another sentence: "I thought Yu would come in a formal dress." The words were quite regrettable.

I knew that putting clothes in other people's rooms for my own banquet was only done by Yano.

Before I opened my mouth to sarcasm, he couldn't wait to be concerned: "How do you feel about this banquet?"

I complimented him perfunctorily: "Not bad."

Arnold was not affected by my attitude, on the contrary he was quite complacent and boasted a lot.Said that he knew everyone here, and it was a big face.

Now that Arno had spoken, I took the opportunity to ask him about Rhea and Sir Black.

But Arno is really not pretending to be an idiot, he is especially good at Tai Chi.

Seeing that he had turned the topic to the theme of the next dance, I suggested: "Look at you making such a big scene, it's a pity not to dance."

Yanuo patted his head and said, "Yu, you are thoughtful, I will arrange it right away."

This person said that the wind is the rain, and I will leave if it is pulled.

I quickly stopped him: "Hey, why are you dragging me to arrange a dance?"

He said as a matter of course: "Yu came to choose the song you like, I am looking forward to dancing with you."

Who said we were going to dance together.I don't know if Arno really doesn't think I'm trying to dismiss him, or if I'm playing tricks on me.

Fortunately, Li Yuan and Alex arrived late at this time.

Li Yuan seemed to be very happy to fit into this kind of occasion, and he dressed up in a greasy face.The starched shirt was wrapped snugly over him, and a neat little vest was put on, and a blue handkerchief was stuffed in the breast pocket in a mock manner.The soft short hair was bent over by the pomade, and it was about to droop over the eyes.But his hands refused to help, and he just put them lazily in his trouser pockets.

Every time I see Li Yuan, the appearance of my childhood friend fades away.It is estimated that within a few days, I may really have to admit that I have never known this Yin Yuechen.

Alex was wearing a blue skirt, which seemed to be ripped from the same cloth as Li Yuan's handkerchief.The dress had no sleeves, and Alex's white reflective arms were exposed, but he wore a pair of lace gloves on his hands.Her blond hair was scrupulously gathered back with a hair accessory, but a wisp of it hung playfully beside her delicate cheek.A pair of bright green eyes skipped over the crowd, and she felt like a reserved and arrogant noble lady visiting Egypt.

These two are obviously more interested in Arno than I am, but he has not forgotten me: "Yu, Yuechen and Alex are over there. Let's go there together!"

I actually don't want to deal with Yano any longer, nor do I want to deal with Yin Yuechen.But before I could say anything, a voice rejected him for me.

"I have something to tell this girl, please wait."

　The last member of 279 is about to appear~
　　
　
(End of this chapter)