Chapter 182
At night, in a tavern called Xingsha in Twin Harbor. The owner sat behind the bar and looked at the empty audience depressedly. Because the local lord's wife disappeared, the wind in the city is now tight, and the business in the store is greatly reduced. The drunkards were either caught or chose to hide in the bed for the night. However, the waitress in the store was quite happy and is now repairing her nails leisurely.
Tang Ke was mixed with the only dozen guests. He came here alone to find out the news, but no one brought it to avoid the crowd. He ordered a glass of common cheap rum and sat in front of the bar to drink it himself. He looked like a frustrated and down-and-out person, but his ears were actually standing high, capturing the conversations of everyone in the house.
After half an hour, he heard some news of need. The shop owner complained about the bad business. A rough man said that his innocent friend was arrested. A sailor said that there are many ships patrolling the coast at sea. There is also a woman who is very eccentric and describes to another female companion how handsome Colonel Michael he saw during the day.
Tang Ke learned that Alisa's disappearance had caused a lot of controversy, and his actions should be more low-key and cautious. He was glad that he had the backer of Golden Beard, so he had an extra self-protection ace.
Someone was approaching. Tang Ke felt it, but he did not move. The shop owner looked up and glanced at the person coming, showing a hostile look, and his eyes seemed to be annoyed.
"Hey, brother, why are you sitting here alone?" A big hand slapped Tangke's back friendly, and then sat aside happily. The man smiled, revealing a shining gold tooth in his mouth. "Don't you feel bored? If you need it, I can help you get two women to ensure you are satisfied. You should be a sailor, and sailors need women on the shore, I understand."
"Thank you. But no need for the time being, I'm going to part with a woman I like. I'm sad now." Tang Ke waved his hand. He was just in need of some news, but he was happy that someone would chat with him. He looked at the golden-toothed man with a vague feeling that he looked familiar, as if he had seen it at some port.
"Oh, so that's what happened." The golden-toothed man patted Tangke's shoulder again, "I sympathize with you very much. When I was younger than you, I was once hurt by a woman, but I never experienced this again. Time will make people's hearts slowly become hard. When you look back on the past, you will feel that the things that made you sad in the past turned out to be so ordinary."
Tang Ke vaguely agreed, he confirmed that he had seen this gold-toothed man. He tried to pull out the truth in his memory. After thinking for a moment, he finally remembered it.
This man was Eimund. Robert Tangk was the first port to arrive in this world shortly after he first arrived. He met Eimund in a tavern and hired Eimund to help him recruit sailors.
Although Tang Ke recognized this person's identity, he did not point it out. He has changed now and needs to hide his identity. It is better to pretend not to know Eymond.
Seeing that Donk didn't speak, Emond had to continue to respond: "Young man, I feel that your current situation needs more comfort from a woman. People should indulge themselves when they are in pain. Come on. Come with me, and I will take you some fun to pass the time."
Tang Ke lowered his head and chuckled. When he met Emmond, this guy was also a typical "middleman". Such people had no specific jobs and liked to look for loopholes to make money. He liked such people very much because they were often very ghostly.
"Oh, my good brother." Tang Ke pretended to be drunk and shook his head and said, "I really don't need a woman now, but I feel that chatting with you is very smooth. Can you chat with me again?" He snapped his fingers at the shop owner who looked bitter, "Give him a glass of wine."
"Uh, of course it's no problem." Eimond tilted his head and a disappointed look flashed. The benefits of a glass of wine were obviously not as good as winning a customer.
"Are you a local?"
"No, I turned out to be from Greenland."
Emmond opened up the conversation. He was very talkative and good at adding fuel to his life experiences, which would make the listeners who were unaware of it respect him and think he was a very amazing person. He told about living in Greenland. He claimed to be the illegitimate son of a certain nobleman. When he grew up, he blackmailed a lot of money from his biological father. But the surname he claimed in this story was different from what Tangke had heard last time, but he didn't know which version was the truth.
Tangke ordered one glass after another, and in order to let Emund drink it obediently, he ordered expensive and good wine.
Under alcohol anesthesia, Eimond became a unilateral teller. He talked about the things he squandered when he was young. He was like an authentic young man, spending money like soil every day. He would spend 3,000 gold coins to buy a horse to compete with others. He was very proud when talking about this experience. Then, he skipped the fallen part of the family and talked about business directly. From then on, he never mentioned his experience of enjoyment again.
Donke listened patiently. It was not convenient for him to directly inquire about the information needed. It was too obvious. He could only wait for Eimund to reveal something in a lot of conversations.
Emmond gradually talked about his experience in recent years. He heard others say that Gateway Port is profitable, so he arrived here and claimed that he could make peace anywhere and was proud of it. Then he talked about the recent disappearance of the lord's wife.
"Damn it, I've said nothing about the topic." Eimond took a sip of wine and made his tongue roll even harder. "Brother, let's talk about you and your woman. I hope this story sounds like an opera."
"No, you haven't finished speaking. You just said that the Lord's wife was missing, and the port became very nervous, and then you came to an abrupt end. Why? Tell me, I just came here and wanted to hear these important things." Tangke's voice became very low, like a dream, and he hoped Emmond would answer in such a low voice.
"Listen to brother, these things can't be said anymore." Eimond stared at Donk with drunken eyes. "There are several topics that are prohibited from being discussed at Twin Port now, such as the Lord's Lady, the Sea Monster, the Missing Passenger Ship and - Pirates."
"Why?"
"Because all nonsense people were caught by the lord, and the unlucky ones were tortured and beaten every day. Judging from your appearance, you must not know the feeling of being whipped. The whip of the jailer will tear your flesh and blood apart. You can see what it looks like through the wound, which is so terrible."
Tang Ke made a scared expression and said, "But if you don't tell me in detail what happened, how can I know which topics cannot be discussed?"
Eimond became drunk at this moment, and a greedy look flashed in his eyes. He looked around and lowered his voice and said, "For the sake of your wine, I will tell you."
Donk finally got what he wanted to know. He learned what Lord Kelwin did after Alisa disappeared. He then found out that the number of ships Kelwin owned was about 100, but most of them were merchant ships and passenger ships. In addition, Eymond also had a high opinion of Michael, and told several stories about Michael's suppression of pirates. Michael looked like a hero.
After three rounds of drinking, Eimund claimed to go out for a small answer and asked Tangke to stay for a while. When Eimund walked out, he looked back at Tangke who was still drinking with his head, and his eyes were not good. After Eimund went out, the shop owner also looked at Tangke strangely, and wanted to speak but stopped. After holding it in a few times, he gave up and continued to wipe the dusty wine bottles.
After Emmond arrived outside the store, he did not go to Xiaojie, but quickly left the tavern. He seemed very anxious and looked around. After turning two streets, he saw a patrol guards, showing a winning smile. He walked forward quickly and attracted the attention of the guards.
"Long story, there is an outsider who is suspicious. He has been asking others about the disappearance of the lord's wife in the tavern. He dresses like a sailor, maybe a pirate. Why don't you catch him and ask?" Eimond said quickly, looking at a team of six patrol guards.
The guards were alert and immediately said, "Go, take us to find that person."
"Of course, I'm here to find you for this, but..." Eimond stretched out his hand and the notice was clearly marked. Anyone who provided clues could get rewards. He was very short of money now, so he was preparing to frame Tang Ke, a stranger.
The guards took a few strokes from their pockets and stuffed a pile of silver coins into Emund's insatiable palms. Emund smiled very brightly.
At the same time, Tangke was unaware of this and was still tasting the wine there, and the rum left a long charm in his throat. He found that Emmond had been walking out a little too long, so he guessed that the guy had escaped to avoid paying the bill, and couldn't help but smile.
Tang Ke's thoughts were suddenly interrupted and his smile was restrained. A group of heavy footsteps came from outside the door, and several people's footsteps were full of power. Judging by the sound of footsteps, the group of people seemed to be heading towards the door of the store. He turned around and looked out the window and saw a figure walking quickly, his hat looked like a guard.
"Can't you come to catch me?" Tang Ke's face did not change and drank the last sip of wine. Pirates should not waste wine.
The guards had already reached the door, and the leader pressed his hands on the door handle and made a gesture to push them away.
Tang Ke took out a silver coin from his pocket, aimed it at the shelf where the wine was placed behind the shop owner, and blasted the silver coin out. The silver coin smashed a series of bottles into pieces, and the crisp sound attracted the attention of the people in the audience. Tang Ke stopped looking at him and stood up calmly.
The door was opened and the guards rushed in, first attracted by the broken bottles and the screams of the shop owner, who shouted, "No one is allowed to move" and then turned around to question Eymond, "Where is that suspicious person?"
"He's there... Huh?" Eimond suddenly pointed to the direction where Donk was sitting, but his fingers immediately softened, because Donk was gone, "Damn it." He cursed and searched for Donk's figure everywhere. He ignored the owner's scream, grabbed other customers and asked Donk where he was, but no one knew. Eimond looked dead.
"Okay. I think you are playing with us after drinking too much," said the guard angrily.
"It's not that there was really a suspicious person just now."
"I think you are quite suspicious. Come with me to spend the night in prison."
"No"
The guards took away Eymond, who could not lose his mile.
Chapter completed!