Chapter 70: The HSBC Tavern
After walking on the street for a while, Zhao Yu followed closely behind the middle-aged man, Chen Zhijie.
There wasn't much communication, Zhao Yu just followed behind. He occasionally looked across the street. At this time, Akita Town is really lively, and the townspeople are busy with their own things. There are stalls to do business, and there are also those who go shopping to buy vegetables. Of course, it's just as essential to be on the move.
Perhaps, this is a bigger and more prosperous whirlpool town!
Zhao Yu's gaze gradually blurred. In the future, if the Sauron Empire really invades, it is estimated that this town will also suffer an unprecedented nightmare. It would definitely be destroyed by the Saurons, and Zhao Yuzhi felt his breathing quicken.
It just so happened that a family of five happened to pass by Zhao Yu. The family of five was dressed very modestly, with one child riding on the father's head and the other two children being led by the mother. The family seemed to be peaceful. Can it be done later?
Zhao Yu's heart seemed to be clenched by a big hand, and his eyes turned with the family passing by.
Shouldn't we remind them? no, I should say remind the whole town to prepare them for the Saurons.
However, as soon as this idea came out, Zhao Yu shook his head helplessly. Shen Mengting would definitely not agree, this woman had warned her not to tell anyone about it. Otherwise, if the town mayor officials found out, it was hard to guarantee that they would not be compromisers and betray Zhao Yu and Shen Mengting.
Therefore, Zhao Yu must not be able to speak his inner words.
"What's wrong?" Chen Zhijie, a middle-aged man in front of him, quickly asked.
Zhao Yu came back to his senses and was overdoing it. "Hungry! ”
He quickly picked up his steps again. It's just that the image of the family just now has long been engraved in his heart.
"Little brother, do you have something on your mind?" Chen Zhijie shook his body slightly with a slight smile.
"Hungry...... That ......"
"If you have something on your mind, you should tell it. ”
Zhao Yu lowered his head, and he looked at the ground in Akita Town. If you don't tell others, just remind this kind middle-aged man in front of you? After all, this person is so kind, and there are very few good people in this world now.
Zhao Yu looked up at Chen Zhijie. Remind this middle-aged man, just say that the Sauron Empire will invade soon, and tell him to flee with his family quickly. This can be regarded as repaying him for his kindness to mention Zhao Yu.
Zhao Yu is fists clenched. However, just as he was about to say something, he swallowed it back. Because he knew very well that if he told the news to this person, that person would definitely tell his neighbors. Once this person tells others, the news will definitely be spread, and Shen Mengting and Zhao Yu will also be in danger of being exposed.
So......
Zhao Yu still held back and didn't say anything about the imminent invasion of the Sauron Empire. However, his heart had begun to become a little urgent, and he hoped to go to Qingse City to complete the task as soon as Shen Mengting said. Let the government announce to the people of the whole country the fact of aggression.
That's it! Zhao Yu's hands that had been clenched into fists were released, but his head moved firmly.
"What's wrong?" Maybe it was because of Zhao Yu's strange appearance, Chen Zhijie kindly asked.
Zhao Yu waved his head and said that it was okay, so he quickened his pace. He chose not to look at each other as much as possible, and walked forward vigorously. But after walking a few steps, he was stopped by Chen Zhijie behind him.
"Hey, little brother, you've walked by!"
Zhao Yu turned his head in wonder, only to realize that he had indeed gone too far. Chen Zhijie was rushing at him at an intersection. Helpless, Zhao Yu had to bow his head and turn back.
"Little brother, if you have something on your mind, you might as well speak up and don't hold it in your heart. ”
When Zhao Yu came to Chen Zhijie again, Chen Zhijie showed a weird smile.
Zhao Yu scratched the tip of his nose, his eyes fluttering uncontrollably: "Hungry! ”
"Okay then!" Chen Zhijie started again.
I'm sorry! Zhao Yu apologized to this person's back. If the Sauron Empire did come, what would they do to the civilians of Akita Town?
Zhao Yu imagined the devastated land after the war, and his heart seemed to be dripping blood. Not only Akita Town, but also Uzumaki Town, where he once lived, as well as many towns in the Saran Kingdom, how will they be ravaged?
Zhao Yu suddenly wanted to get his friends in Vortex Town, and I believe they didn't know anything at the moment.
Alas! Zhao Yu lowered his head and walked around.
"That's right. Little brother, I want to ask you something. ”
Knowing that Chen Zhijie's voice sounded, Zhao Yu raised his head to a normal height.
At this moment, Chen Zhijie's eyes were looking at the staff held in Zhao Yu's hand, "You just said that you are not a magician, then why are you holding a magic staff?"
Zhao Yu also cast his gaze at the staff, and he habitually raised the staff slightly. "Hungry! I've recently been introduced to the profession of a magician, and I'm learning the skills to do so. ”
"So you're a novice and haven't reached the beginner's level of mage?"
Zhao Yu nodded quickly.
"Really?" Chen Zhijie's brows could be clearly seen, "But your staff...... It doesn't look like an ordinary product!, would a novice hold such a staff?"
Zhao Yu's heart seemed to have suffered a knowing blow, and his eyes shook hurriedly, "Ahh......h This staff...... I bought it. ”
"How much did you buy it?"
Zhao Yu didn't know how to answer again.
Fortunately, Chen Zhijie quickly added: "I'm not looking at you for anything." I just thought it was a little strange that a boy so small was holding so many coins and holding a staff that seemed so valuable. Who the hell are you?"
Zhao Yu's thinking began to be a little disordered, he was not good at dealing with other people's interrogations, so he had to bow his head and not answer.
"It's really weird. You also said that you didn't study magician, but judging from that staff...... "Chen Zhijie nodded at the staff in Zhao Yu's hand, "It looks like it has been held by a magician for several years." But now it's unbelievable to be held by a child of that size. ”
Zhao Yu's forehead seemed to be in a cold sweat, and his hand also held the staff tightly.
"Well, I'm not going to say anything more. I just think it's too unsafe for a kid to have so many coins in his hand and a valuable staff to make a swagger. So I suggest that you go to the grocery store later and buy a wand cover, so that no one else can see the staff. ”
After Zhao Yu heard this, his mood seemed to have turned one hundred and eighty degrees. Chen Zhijie said very reasonably, Zhao Yu's own strength is not strong, and it is indeed extremely conspicuous to hold a precious staff. He relaxed his left arm, and his staff tapped slowly to the ground.
Continuing to follow Chen Zhijie, Zhao Yu felt more and more uncomfortable. The uncle came to remind him again and again, but he withheld some important information from him.
'No, how can a man do that, when people are so kind to help me, and yet I turn a blind eye to his life and his family?'
Zhao Yu gritted his teeth, and when his eyes became extremely determined, he was about to open his mouth to tell Chen Zhijie everything.
After confessing to this uncle the information that 'there is about to be invaded by foreign countries', he begged him bitterly not to tell others, believing that he would understand Zhao Yu in a while. Zhao Yu nodded, and copied the word 'En' in his heart.
However, just as Zhao Yu was about to speak, Chen Zhijie moved his mouth first.
"By the way, do you like to drink fruit juice?"
Zhao Yu's eyes blinked blankly. He knew the word 'fruit' very well, but adding a 'juice' made him a bit of a diaphragm.
Chen Zhijie seemed to see this, and he smiled, and the folds spread all over the sides of his cheeks. "It's just muddy the fruit and get the water out of it to drink!"
"Huh, what?" Zhao Yu made up the scene of breaking the apple and then making out the juice inside. To be honest, he felt a little disgusting. "This ...... What is this operation?"
"You don't know, then you'll come to my shop later, and I'll show you for myself." ”
"Ahh
"yes! I opened a tavern. In fact, it is a tavern, and in addition to selling alcohol, it also sells all kinds of delicious drinks. It's over there. Chen Zhijie took advantage of the situation to raise an arm, and the direction he pointed in was at an intersection in front of him, "Just turn another corner and you'll be there." ”
Zhao Yu sighed deeply. As they walked, they also reached the intersection ahead.
"Look!" Chen Zhijie then pointed to a house on the road on the right.
'HSBC Tavern', Zhao Yu looked at the sign on the house.
"This is the place where I've been running this tavern for decades. Let's go in and sit down, and you must be very thirsty for what you've eaten!"
"But ......," Zhao Yu put his finger to his lower lip.
"You should also repay the reminder I just gave me and go in and have a show!" Chen Zhijie smiled so that his eyebrows were crooked.
Zhao Yu was still worried about how to thank the other party! Isn't there a good opportunity now? He happily agreed to the request.
"Let's go!" Chen Zhijie put his hand on Zhao Yu's back.
With a gentle push, Zhao Yu was also pushed forward. At this time, Zhao Yu suddenly felt a little weird, it is said that Chen Zhijie did not have much strength at all, so why was he pushed so shaky!
Just when he couldn't help but think about it, Chen Zhijie's push hit again. Zhao Yu only felt like he was being driven to the shelves and acted in a hurry.
Arriving at the door of the 'HSBC Tavern', Zhao Yu heard the noise inside. It seemed that many people had gathered inside, and he looked at Chen Zhijie next to him.
"Let's go in! Uncle will get you some delicious juice!" Chen Zhijie grinned.
Zhao Yu nodded cowardly. But he completely faced Chen Zhijie again: "That's right, uncle." I'm going to tell you something. ”
"I'll talk about it later! When you're in and sitting down, tell me what you're going to say!"
"But ......"
"Alright, let's go in!"
Under Chen Zhijie's pushing, pulling and dragging, Zhao Yu entered the 'HSBC Tavern'.
As soon as he stepped through the door, he felt the turbidity of the air inside. Coupled with the overall dim pattern, Zhao Yu was a little shy away from inside.
"Have you never been to a tavern?"
Asked by Chen Zhijie like this, Zhao Yu was embarrassed to press his staff against his head.
"Let's go in! Chen Zhijie said and stepped into the depths of the tavern.
The tavern was almost full, and in this area, which was about seventy or eighty square meters, the outer circle was a round table with chairs around it, and in the far right corner, there was a row of long tables almost as high as the belly.
The long table reached a certain length and then turned a corner, which extended to the side wall. In other words, this corner table just encloses the corner into a rectangle. In front of the table, there are several stools fixed on the ground.
Chen Zhijie brought Zhao Yu to the long table, and politely invited Zhao Yu to sit down.
The interior of the table is lined with cabinets on the walls, which seem to be filled with glass bottles of different colors of wine. Of course, in front of the counter, there are also busy clerks.
Zhao Yudong hoped for a while, and sat down obediently.
"Sit down for a moment! I'll help you get the juice." Chen Zhijie patted Zhao Yu on the shoulder.
Zhao Yu nodded at it. He was about to put down his staff, but there seemed to be a reminder from Shen Mengting in his cochlea.
'Don't lay down your weapons when you're out there, so you can face threats at any time.' ’
Zhao Yu's eyes suddenly increased, and he re-grasped the staff.
Chen Zhijie began to walk towards a large gate in the left corner, which was always open, but the upper part of the door was covered by a canvas. After Chen Zhijie walked to the door, he lifted the canvas with his backhand, and walked in with his head shrunk.
Zhao Yu muttered his mouth and filled his mouth with breath again. He looked around again. The tavern was indeed full, he guessed that business here must be very good.
Idly continuing to wait, Zhao Yu looked carefully towards the perimeter of the tavern. He found that the round tables behind him on the right were indeed full, but the long table he was sitting at was relatively loose, and there seemed to be only a few seven or eight.
Just like the position on both sides of Zhao Yu, there were only a few customers who were drinking with their heads covered at a distance. The customers all seemed to be alone and had no company.
But at the round table over there, it's a lively gathering place for many people.
Zhao Yu looked over there and suddenly found that it was really full of all kinds of characters. For example, the gangsters with bizarre hairstyles and tattoos seem to be playing a game of boxing. Judging from their teeth and claws, and the loud shouts, they are almost bored like this.
There is also a business, Zhao Yu noticed that on a round table behind him, several young and middle-aged people were mixed together. They seemed to be talking about something, sometimes laughing excitedly, sometimes slamming the table.
Of course, in addition to men, there are also some women here. To the left of Zhao Yu, a group of grease-smeared women sat around a table talking and laughing. Their clothes seemed to be very exposed, and Zhao Yu was a little hot-headed. He quickly turned his line of sight away and stopped looking in that direction.
Time has passed, and Chen Zhijie has not arrived. Zhao Yu had no choice but to continue waiting.
His gaze was still exploring the tavern. At the door of the tavern, Zhao Yu also saw a group of relatively quiet groups. In fact, it is quiet, but it is also relative. The men seemed to be playing cards, and the four people at the round table sat opposite each other without interfering with each other.
The rest stood on the side with their arms crossed. The direction they look in is naturally the cards on the round table.
Zhao Yu couldn't help but look over there carefully, but because of the distance, it was absolutely impossible for him to see the cards on the round table.
The four people playing cards also looked more restrained, holding the cards in their hands, and their expressions were a little nervous. This is also normal, I heard that solitaire involves money. If you lose, you need to compensate the opponent with a corresponding amount of coins.
Her mother had always warned Zhao Yu that she should never play cards, and Zhao Yu also listened to it and never had contact with this kind of game. But today, he decided to look around at a distance.
But after looking at it for a while, Zhao Yu found that one of the four people playing cards seemed to be acting a little strangely. Unlike the three of them, who played cards with a restrained expression, the man crossed Erlang's legs with great ease.
Zhao Yu was attracted by this unique temperament. The man seemed to be very tall, and even from the chair, his long legs could be seen. And in the corner of the table beside his lap lay a bow and arrow.
Is this person an archer Zhao Yu blinked his eyes a few times, and his mouth opened slightly because of his thoughts.
Zhao Yu's gaze looked upwards to observe the man's appearance, and found that he had a Zhang Guozi face, and his eyebrows were also curved and slightly slender. For some reason, the man obviously didn't smile, he belonged to the kind with a straight face. However, judging from his overall temperament, he seems to be covered with a mask full of smiles.
Zhao Yu's gaze was frozen. It may be because of the long-term gaze, the man seemed to have noticed something, and moved his gaze towards Zhao Yu.
Zhao Yu was so frightened that he quickly turned his head, he knew that it was very disrespectful to stare at a stranger like this. So, he stopped looking at the card table.
At different round tables, even if the characters sitting have different temperaments, most of them are very noisy. People came to this tavern as if to vent their usual stress.
Zhao Yu had heard from his companions in Vortex Town before, saying that he must be careful when he goes to the tavern. Because there are people of three religions and nine streams in it, sometimes they will even draw their swords and cut each other because of a disagreement. Zhao Yu thought about it, and felt that it was too much? Come in and have a drink, and still need to rise to the point of fighting?
However, it wasn't until he entered the tavern this time that Zhao Yu felt that this was exactly what happened. Because almost everyone who sets foot in the tavern is wearing a weapon. Whether it's a sword or a bow and arrow, it's definitely not empty-handed.
"What did you say?"
Just when Zhao Yu was thinking wildly, something happened. It's the table playing a game of boxing, and it comes from tattoos on its body.
The commotion at the table made the atmosphere in the tavern quiet, as if it was deliberately planning something big to happen. The people in the tavern, including Zhao Yu, also turned their heads to stare at the characters with tattoos.
"What did I say? You're kind of fucking going out into a fight. ”
The two men stood up one after another, their eyes wide open, as if neither of them would give a step.
"Okay, that's what you said. A man slapped the table with all his might, "Let's go, go out and have a fight." Damn it. ”
"Let's go!" the other kicked off his chair as well.
The two of them exchanged ugly words and walked out of the tavern quickly. Those who were at the table with them also walked out laughing. It's chilling to look at them.
When everyone at the table left the tavern, the tavern returned to its usual hustle and bustle.
It seems that the people at this table have never existed.