Latest URL: When the poet finished singing this passage and jumped off the high stool and took off his hat to greet the surroundings, Xia De, who was eating, touched his pocket, took out two one-shilling coins and threw them over. It was considered superb power control, and good luck, so that two coins fell directly into the red soft hat held by the poet.

Two shillings was a very generous deal, and the poet immediately bowed to Shad.

Xia De asked:

"I've heard too many legends and stories, do you have any fresh arias?"

"What do you want to hear?"

asked the poet politely.

"Is there anything related to the Rhodes card?"

"Yes! Last week, Tobesk's big city players ended. The much-talked-about final and the controversial identities of the two sides in the final are the best topics."

After finishing speaking, he didn't ask Xia De's opinion, picked up his lute again and sat on the high stool, and started the prelude directly.

The people in Xikar Hotel were attracted by this fresh aria, and the atmosphere in the hotel was even more lively than before. Only Xia De was a little uncomfortable. After all, although what the other party sang was true, the way of describing it was too exaggerated.

Until Xia De finished his meal, the poet's song about "Big City Player 1853" hadn't finished. Xia De turned to look at the restaurant, and saw two men in the uniform of the Royal Army lieutenant playing Rhodes cards at the table in the crowd, so he stood up and walked over.

When ordinary soldiers are on vacation, they are not allowed to walk around in military uniforms, only officers of lieutenant and above are allowed. At this time, the two players playing Rhodes cards at the table, the one with rougher appearance is the captain, and the one who is a bit shorter but looks younger is the lieutenant.

Shadela opened the chair and sat at the table, and the two who were playing cards immediately stopped and looked at him.

"Mind if I play a game with you?"

Xia De took out his deck of cards, wiped it on the table, and wiped it into an unfolded arc.

Because of his conversation with the bard just now, this request is not particularly abrupt. The two officers glanced at each other, and the older captain asked:

"How to bet?"

He meant to gamble.

"We play ten rounds, each with a minimum of two cards and a maximum of four, and a draw is not counted. A game and a half shilling, even if it is all lost, is only the price of a pair of ladies' stockings, but it can be used for us. Have some fun."

His comparison made the two officers laugh, and the rough-looking captain stretched out his hand to Xia De:

"Joel Joseph, Captain of the Royal Army of the Windy Pass."

"John Watson, a local writer who occasionally does errand detective work."

Xia De reached out and shook his hand.

With the lieutenant as judge, the two checked their decks and began to play. The captain's deck consists of only two cards with special faces, while Shad uses the basic deck. Although ten innings sounds like a lot, it was over in less than half an hour.

Not counting as a tie, Shadd won eight of them, while the captain won two. This was a fair game, and the stakes were not too high, so Captain Joseph didn't want to cheat.

He was about to pay the bet, Xia De waved his hand to let him not be so anxious:

"Excuse me, do you know Captain Lades? I have heard about his deeds in Tobesk and want to talk to him."

Xia De first asked about his friend.

"I know, this captain can be regarded as a local celebrity. He is in the Red Water Camp, and he will probably have a vacation next week. You can go into the mountains and look for him in the traveler's camp next to the military camp. You can always find him."

The Wind Riser Trail is the only way to walk through Mount Xical, so the travelers spontaneously formed a relatively simple camp next to the military camp, as a transit point for entering the mountain, and at the same time did some commodity transactions with the garrison on the Wind Riser Trail.

Shad nodded, of course he would not go to Captain Lades, he just wanted to know that the captain had arrived here safely:

"Speaking of Camp Redwater, do you know Captain Ronald?"

Captain Joseph raised his eyebrows, and stopped taking money, knowing that the man in front of him who claimed to be a writer came to him, but it was not just for playing cards:

"It is true that there is a captain surnamed Ronald, but this man has never done anything that ordinary citizens can know... He played cards here and owed gold pounds?"

"No, I met a strange person a few days ago. He asked me to deliver this gun to Captain Ronald, and he paid me a pound for it."

Shad put the dead corporal's pistol on the table:

"I took other people's money, so naturally I have to do something."

"I don't know when Captain Ronald will be on vacation. Why don't I go to him and ask him to tell me the vacation time, and then I'll tell you."

Captain Joseph asked, Shad shook his head:

"I'm just giving something away. There's no need to meet the captain. Please give him this gun for me. I don't want the 3 shillings I won just now. I can also give you some money."

He took out some coins and pushed them to the other party, about 5 shillings more. This was found from the body of the corporal who died in "The Narrows of Life and Death". Xia De only kept two shillings as his reward, and took out the rest. As for the corpse of the corporal, Shade restored it from its toy state and buried it on Mount Xikal, where the scenery is beautiful:

"In this way, my work is done."

Captain Joseph checked the gun and saw that Shade didn't intend to inquire about the secrets of the camp, so he became less vigilant:

"That's easy enough, I suppose. So, after the gun is delivered, do we need to have Captain Ronald write a receipt to prove the job was done?"

He seemed like a more responsible person.

"No, I trust the man in Royal Army uniform."

Xia De praised the other party a little, and the captain couldn't help but smile:

"Of course, the Royal Army can be trusted."

The atmosphere suddenly became harmonious. Captain Joseph and his companion, Lieutenant Hoyle, happened to have nothing to do in the afternoon, so they invited Shad to continue playing cards.

Xia De has nothing to do in the afternoon. He and Priest Augustus agreed to meet at four o'clock this afternoon, and it's only one o'clock now, so it seems good to have some fun here.

So the three planned to start a three-player game. When Xia De checked Lieutenant Hoyle's deck, they listened to the sound of the bard's piano and talked about the players in the big city far away in Tobesk. Nearly a week has passed since last Wednesday's Ayutthaya Players 1853, but the story of that legendary game can still excite Rhodes players all over the world.

"How do you gamble this time?"

Lieutenant Hoyle took the card set in Shad's hand and asked, seeing that none of them had special rules cards~lightnovelpub.net~ Shad shook his head:

"Actually, I don't usually gamble. How about we play wine table games? The losers spend their own money to buy wine and drink it themselves. They drink half a glass in a game. We can get some low-alcohol and cheap fruit wine."

Shad suggested, but Captain Joseph shook his head in embarrassment:

"Although we are on vacation now, it's best not to drink too much alcohol. It's not that I don't have the confidence to win you, but judging from the ten rounds just now, I'm afraid I'm not lucky this afternoon. If I really want to play, I will definitely drink most......"

Just then—

Boom~

The originally bustling hotel suddenly fell silent. Captain Joseph and Lieutenant Hoyle subconsciously touched the guns on their waists, while Xia De, like most people on the first floor, looked up.

It was gunshots, and the gunshots came from directly above the hotel.

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