Master Overlord - Chapter 410
Most of the inns in Fengxi city are concentrated on both sides of the Avenue near the city gate.
Compared with the houses of ordinary civilians and merchants, these Inns often have an open space for carriages and stables for horses to rest.
Businessmen often like to choose Hotels with comfortable conditions and delicious food: compared with money, they care more about having a comfortable soft bed after a long journey.
And mercenaries, mercenaries don’t pay so much attention.
In addition to the brothels with the largest number of girls, they prefer hotels that are located in the alley, cheap and can drink, gamble and shout happily.
As for the comfortable feather soft bed, hey, no matter how good the soft bed is, can it be compared with the beauty in your arms? Girls don’t care whether they serve on the ground or in bed. They only care who pays the higher price!
Among the many hotels loved by mercenaries in Fengxi City, there is a mercenary hotel called “Gongyang Hotel” located in the alley not far from dongchengmen Avenue, which is especially loved by mercenaries.
The reason for this is that in addition to the low price and rich drinks of this hotel, what is more important is that this hotel is not only a hotel, but also a good brothel. Here, the mercenaries like outlaws can relax everywhere.
However, because of the arrival of the wild people, there are no businessmen in Fengxi City, and the mercenary hotel is not as lively as in the past.
At night, the wet dark alley outside the Gongyang hotel was full of fleeing victims.
Except for a few poor people who only have a blanket and curl up under the eaves to sleep, most of these victims have a wooden cart with all their belongings: clothes, food, pottery pots and all kinds of tableware and groceries.
Children are basically wrapped in blankets and sleep next to these valuables on the wooden cart. As for adults, they can only sleep under the cart with hay and blankets – there are too many refugees. Even in such an alley, everyone can only occupy a small eaves.
As for the animals pulling carts, after the forage was eaten up, they became the food of the Knights.
Of course, among the refugees, there are some rich people or those who feel that the end is coming and should have fun in time.
As hardworking farmers, they have never spent money like running water and enjoyed the charm of money as if they were rich.
Not only did they stay in hotels priced in silver coins, get drunk like mercenaries and go whoring. The victor was even more indulgent than the mercenary. Before the war began, he spent all his savings and became a poor man with only one blanket under the eaves.
As for the merchants and mercenaries, the arrival of the wild people almost brought the commerce and trade in the whole north to a standstill, and the mercenaries fled after hearing the wind.
Even if Duke kewilt offered a high price and even promised to kill the enemy 30, he would be honored as an honorary knight; After killing the enemy for 50, they granted the Knights of the Food City, but they couldn’t leave a few people – although the mercenaries only worked for gold coins, they would never choose to die!
Therefore, at the moment, in the mercenary Hotel, the people holding wine cups, eating food and teasing girls are not mercenaries at all, but a group of rich peasants and people who live and dream of death.
Late at night, in the dark alley outside the Gongyang Hotel, everyone was asleep except the guy who was occasionally awakened by urine. In the hotel, the noise that had been shouting for a long time gradually weakened.
Just then, a figure wrapped in a blanket and curled up in the corner of the wall opened his eyes from the loud snoring. After waiting for a moment, he got up slowly, dropped the blanket and walked straight to the gate of the ram hotel.
Pushing open the door of the hotel engraved with sheep’s head, through the dim light of several oil lamps, the first thing to come into view is a wide hall full of tables and chairs, and the back of a man in coarse linen and black who is wiping the table.
Hearing the squeak of the gate, the man immediately turned his head. Before seeing the figure, he said impatiently, “it’s full. Come back tomorrow.”
When he saw the people standing in front of the door, with messy hair and refugees like beggars, he curled his mouth and added with an ugly face in disgust: “there is no food left for you here. If you want to sleep, go to the corner outside the door, and there is no place for you in the stables.”
With that, he moved his body, faced the visitor and continued to wipe the table.
“I have gold coins.” the man standing in front of the door tightened his right fist, stared at each other and took a step forward.
“Ah, I just remembered!” the ugly man immediately showed his yellow teeth and said with a smile, “I have also reserved a room for myself, as well as some wine and horse meat! Of course, if you need a girl, you also have some! But I suggest you come first and moisten your throat with wheat wine.”
Then he put down his steps and walked to the wine cabinet.
“I’m not here to buy wine!” the man stepped forward and stressed, “I have a gold coin, a gold coin given by the God of death!”
The man who was going to pour the wine paused, immediately turned around and said with a smile, “as long as it’s gold coins, we don’t care how you get it. If you don’t want to drink wheat wine, you’d better have some fruit wine or something else. The wine in our hotel is absolutely satisfactory.”
Staring at each other, the man swallowed his saliva and said emphatically again, “I don’t buy wine -”
“– then you must want to sleep first!” the bartender interrupted and immediately picked up an oil lamp. “Well, well, please follow me. Although my room is not worth a gold coin, I will find two more girls for you and promise you –”
“I don’t want these!” the man was a little flustered and anxious. “Do you understand what I’m talking about? I have a gold coin given by the God of death. I’m not here for recreation! If you don’t understand, call the boss out and he will understand!”
Smelling the speech, the bartender who led the way slowly turned sideways and stared at him. The oil lamp was held in the air. The orange flame reflected on his ugly face as if it had applied a layer of yellow wax.
Suddenly, the man’s eyes trembled and suddenly gave birth to a strong fear.
“Guest, where are your gold coins?” the bartender suddenly smiled. “Can I see your gold coins?”
The man tightened his right hand again, stared at the other party, slowly raised his arm and spread out the right palm that had been clenching his fist. Under the faint light, I saw a gold coin, slightly larger than ordinary gold coins, with a skeleton sheep’s head lying in the palm.
“Guest,” said the bartender man in a solemn and mysterious tone, “the God of death never gives, the God of death never deprives, and the God of death is never absent. The God of death is just punctual. Are you sure you want to use this gold coin?”
Hearing the speech, the man’s heart trembled wildly, with fear and excitement intertwined.
“I, I’m sure… Sure!” looking into each other’s eyes, the man affirmed.
“In that case, please follow me. I’ve been waiting for you.”
With that, the bartender man held the oil lamp and turned to lead the way again.
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