Evening Bell Church

The wind of the night~~ blew gently

With the faint fragrance of orchids~~~

I saw my baby shivering~~ and asked him what was wrong.

The lovely Jerry said with a pale face~~~

I saw ghosts and ghosts in the night~~

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In a tavern on the southwest border of the Kingdom of Guinness, a bard was singing softly.

The melody was very soothing, but the content was full of darkness and weird stories.

Suger sat at a table near the door of the tavern, holding the rum in his hand, just took a small sip, and didn't drink much.

He was not good at drinking, and ordered this cheapest rum just to make himself not so out of place.

Two days ago, Suger left Bain City and came to the border under the escort of church personnel. He successfully joined a caravan in the outbound supply station and entered Guinness.

Although there are constant infighting in Guinness now, the border patrol seems to be very strict.

Suger couldn't tell whether the people who checked them were Vanas's people or the anti-royal people.

Anyway, during the inspection, Su Ge used some mysterious means to easily deceive the guards and enter the territory.

After that, he followed the caravan for about half a day and arrived at this border town.

To Su Ge's surprise, this town was very peaceful, people lived as usual, in an orderly manner, and did not look like a country in civil war at all.

He rented a very clean room at the price of 6 lang per night. After staying overnight, Su Ge came to the only tavern in the town to find out the news from the capital.

No matter how detailed Vanas said, she was a commander in the deep palace after all, and these lower-level residents knew the real situation much better than her.

The area of ​​the tavern was not small, it looked about 150 square meters, with a total of more than 20 tables.

Because it was located in the border area, the tavern business was very good. Su Ge saw merchants, mercenaries, soldiers who were replaced and local residents here.

"You should be a merchant from the Bellant Empire!" At this time, a rough voice sounded.

Su Ge looked over and saw a middle-aged man with a big yellow beard and grey casual clothes staring at him drunkenly.

Su Ge raised his eyebrows and asked with a hint of curiosity: "How did you know?"

"Because only merchants in your Bellant drink rum as a cocktail! Like a woman! Hahaha!"

The strong man grabbed his big wine glass and poured half a cup of rum into his stomach. He patted his big belly full of yellow fluff and said: "Rum, you should drink it like this!"

Hahaha!

Some locals, mercenaries and soldiers laughed happily.

Su Ge also laughed. He did not think it was a kind of derogation or contempt. He raised the glass slightly, drank it in one gulp, and grinned: "I learned it!"

Adapting to local customs is always the best way to obtain intelligence.

"Hahaha! Young man! Jem is optimistic about you!" The strong man laughed and turned back to his seat to continue drinking.

Su Ge ordered another glass of wine and stood up. He was more relaxed now. He walked to the next table and said to the three soldiers who were changing shifts: "Come on! Cheers to you for protecting our safety!"

After that, he drank it down in big gulps.

The three soldiers were not very old and looked like they had only been in the army for one or two years.

"Hahaha! Not bad! This businessman from Bellant is pretty good!" The other locals followed suit and said loudly.

Seeing Su Ge so happy, the three soldiers also raised their glasses and drank in big gulps.

Su Ge sat down and grinned: "Would you like to play a game of Gwent?"

The three soldiers shook their heads, and the older black-haired soldier said: "We don't have time to play this thing."

Su Ge's eyes flashed with a gleam of light after hearing this, and his follower took out his Gwent cards from his arms and said: "That's a pity. You don't even have time to play cards. You must be very busy, right?"

The three soldiers seemed to have received some instructions, and a trace of vigilance flashed across their faces.

The black-haired young man continued, "If you want to play cards, go over there. We are not interested."

Su Ge smiled and said, "I'm really sorry, Brother Bing."

He stood up and walked to the inside of the tavern.

"Although it looks peaceful, these soldiers seem to have been ordered to keep silent and are on guard against something. They smell of heavy weeds, which should be not long after they came back from the mountains."

While Su Ge was thinking, he suddenly heard a burst of crying.

Looking in the direction of the sound, Su Ge saw a man lying on the table, drinking and crying, as if he was sad about something.

Looking carefully, the man was wearing a decent shirt. Although he didn't wear a coat, his pants and leather shoes showed that he was not an ordinary farmer.

And Su Ge keenly noticed that there was a block-shaped protrusion in his left trouser pocket.

Immediately, he found his target.

So Su Ge found a place to sit down and asked, "What happened to that guy?"

The blond mercenary who was eating meat said gloatingly, "The son is missing, and the wife ran away with someone else. He has been here for two days. It's really a tragedy."

Su Ge's heart moved, and he walked over with a glass of wine and sat down.

"Get out! I'm in a bad mood today!" The young man who looked to be in his thirties yelled rudely as Su Ge sat down.

Su Ge put down his cards and cup at the same time: "If you keep crying like this, your wife won't come back, and your son won't come back either."

The young man sat up suddenly, staring at Su Ge's red eyes and pinching Su Ge's collar, spitting out a strong smell of alcohol: "Stranger! Do you want to fight?"

Su Ge raised his hand and said: "I'm not interested in fighting, why not play a game of Gwent?"

The young man looked down at the exquisite Gwent cards in Su Ge's hand, and his attention was gradually attracted: "Do you know how to play Gwent?"

"Of course, I'm an old hand!" Su Ge looked confident.

The young man sat down slowly, took out a relatively old set of cards from his trouser pocket, and asked: "What are you betting?"

"1 franc?" Su Ge took out a golden banknote.

The young man began to shuffle the cards skillfully and said: "No regrets are allowed."

Su Ge smiled and said: "Don't worry, what businessmen pay most attention to is integrity."

As he said, he also began to shuffle the cards.

The young man stared at the banknotes, and the sadness on his face gradually dissipated, replaced by a serious and excited look: "I will beat you today!"

Su Ge looked at the young man and sighed in his heart: "Sure enough, the magical Gwent card can make people forget the pain."

So in the next half an hour, a total of three games, the young man was energetic and eloquent. While playing cards, he also used misleading, psychological and other techniques to interfere with Su Ge's playing cards. It seemed that he had completely forgotten his missing son and his wife who ran away with someone else.