Chapter 280: Intelligence
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Walking on a bantam horse in the snow-covered mountains, towering green pines and cypresses stand intricately in every place of sight, like a natural labyrinth, it is easy to lose a sense of direction; Stepping on the thick snowy woodland, every step involved the strength of the whole body, and over time, a strong sense of soreness and numbness and fatigue quietly surged into the body.
Fortunately, Xia Lan and Pandelia have a hunter guide Arsie who is familiar with this deep mountain and snow forest, and the other party's familiar guidance undoubtedly saves them a lot of body and time, and the village chief Mofri is not lying, if there is no guide, it is really difficult for them to leave this complex and mysterious forest.
It was about the same time as expected to leave the snow forest and arrive at the nearest town of Querofi, the afterglow of the setting sun soaking the entire sky, crimson colors dotting the outline of the town on the horizon, and after a brief examination by the city guards, Xia Lan and his party were quite lightly passed.
It's a small town, but it's full of business adventurers, as it's the closest town to Querofe, and most people who don't have time to make it to Querofi choose to take a short break here, so the town's hotels are often full, and some people pay the townspeople to spend a night when they don't have a place to stay.
When Xia Lan and the others looked for hotels in the town, they were basically told that the rooms were full, but this situation did not cause them any trouble, because Xia Lan directly smashed three spare rooms from others with several times more money.
Arsa had been silent as he followed Sharan and Pandelia. He was like a dull stone. Occasionally, when Pandelia accosted him, she simply nodded and shook her head. In this way, Pandelia also lost the interest in communicating with him.
After setting up the hotel room, Xia Lan asked Arsie to pay attention to the safety of Pandelia and left the hotel alone, he knew Arsie's strength, the strength of the opponent's ** alone was already Cheng DΓΉ, a middle-level top warrior, not to mention the agility he had cultivated as a hunter.
As for trust, he believes in his own eye for people.
Taverns have always been a mixed bag, where you can enjoy the pleasures of a wine woman. It can also relieve the depression accumulated in the heart on weekdays, and the mental state of people under the influence of the unscrupulous noisy atmosphere will change.
When Xia Lan came to the tavern, she ordered a glass of expensive Aisalan whiskey at the bar, took a sip of the strong liquor with brown and red color in the glass, and pursed her mouth, Xia Lan shook her head slightly, because the wine was fake.
Only those who have drunk real wine will know whether the wine is real or fake, and the difference between the two also requires a keen sense of taste to distinguish between the two.
However, Xia Lan's purpose in coming to the tavern was not to make trouble with wine.
He took a gold coin from his bosom and pressed his finger on the edge of the coin and rolled it on the top of the bar, which immediately attracted the eyes of many rogue prostitutes and ruffians in the tavern. Unfortunately, before they could make a move, Xia Lan had already popped the gold coins on the table directly into a graceful arc. Landed precisely in the pocket of the bartender's jacket where he was wiping his glasses at the bar.
"Is there anything I can do to help you, sir?"
The bartender was a very knowledgeable and well-behaved person, and when he stopped what he was doing, he came to Xia Lan and smiled across the bar.
"Who are the intelligence mongers here?" Xia Lan didn't beat around the bush, and said softly straight to the point.
"Intelligence-mongers? I don't know what kind of information do you want to know, sir? The bartender said.
"Intelligence on all the secrets of Querofi and Viscount Moron." Xia Lan tapped her finger on the bar table.
The bartender shook his eyebrows, looking a little surprised, and after a moment, his expression returned to normal, and after glancing at the drinkers who were immersed in the noisy atmosphere around him, he probably felt that no one had noticed the conversation between them, and the bartender nodded slightly: "I do know that there is an information dealer who knows this well, but the reward that this information dealer asks for is very strange. β
Xia Lan nodded, took out a gold coin from her arms again and threw it to the bartender, "Who is he?" β
The bartender quietly took the gold in his arms and said, "Her name is Castile." β
"Woman?!" Xia Lan was slightly stunned, and the fingers tapping on the table stopped moving.
"Yes, a very mysterious lady." The bartender smiled faintly.
As if thinking about something, Charan said, "I have stayed in Querofe for a while, why don't I remember the name of this woman. β
"That's because Lady Castilee has only appeared in Quirofi in recent years, and it's normal that you don't know her name, and Lady Castilee is also very strange when she receives information requests from guests, and she won't receive them at all if it weren't for particularly interesting information requests." The bartender said.
Xia Lan threw another gold coin to the bartender and said, "Can you tell me more about her?" β
"We're here to help." The bartender nodded and said, "No one knows the identity of Lady Castile, but suddenly one day she appeared in the Nightingale Tavern, and no one has ever seen her face clearly, because every time she appears in front of people, she covers her face with a black veil, but some guests judge that her age should be about thirty years old based on Lady Castile's voice, and she should be a mature lady." β
The bartender paused, his eyes habitually observing the movements of the drinkers around him, and then continued: "No one knows the source of Ms. Castyly's information, but all those who asked her for information revealed a startling fact, that is, Ms. Castilie's information has never been false, but what is even more interesting is that everyone is unanimously silent about the payment that Madam Castyli demands. β
"That's why she's asking for a very strange payment?" Charland Road.
"Yes, because I've heard rumors that Lady Castilee once offered a reward to a guest to have him taste human feces, because Lady Castilee wanted to know from the guest's mouth what human feces tasted like." The bartender smiled strangely.
"Quite disgusting condition." Xia Lan said indifferently.
"Because of this, many people will subconsciously exclude Ms. Castilee when inquiring about information, and even have some avoidance of it, but when it comes to very secret and important intelligence issues, they will always ask for Ms. Castile's door." The bartender said. "For example, your Excellency, what information do you want to know?"
"When does she usually show up at the Nightingale Tavern?" Xia Lan took a sip of the Ishalan whiskey on the bar and said.
"Dusk." The bartender said succinctly.
"Dusk?"
"Yes, as long as it's dusk, Lady Castilee will no longer be seen at the Nightingale Tavern." The bartender shrugged and said, "That's why people in the intelligence circles around Querofe like to call her the Wicked Woman of Dusk." β
"Dusk is usually when the tavern is just starting to live." Xia Lan seemed to point.
"The gentleman is right, I heard that Lady Castilee doesn't like the environment of the tavern at night, like this time." The bartender's gaze casually glanced at the noisy environment in the tavern.
After drinking the Assalan whiskey in the glass, Xia Lan nodded in her ears as she heard the loud noise, "I don't like this environment either. β
"It's just a matter of personal interests, sir, do you need another drink?" The bartender looked at the empty glasses on the bar and asked professionally and habitually.
"I don't need to, because I don't like fake wine."
Leaving these words, Xia Lan turned around and left the bar and slowly disappeared in the direction of the door of the tavern, the bartender looked at the back of the person who was far away and just smiled indifferently, as if he didn't care about the mockery in the other party's words, he put away the empty wine glass at the bar, and after washing it in the sink at will, the bartender began to wipe the wine glass with a clean white cloth.
When Xia Lan returned to the hotel, Arche was still guarding the door of Pandelia's room like a loyal stone statue, and after waving his hand to signal that he could go back to the room to rest, Xia Lan pushed open the other party's door and walked in without knocking.
At this time, Pandelia was wearing white pajamas, wet golden silk casually on her shoulders, and a faint fragrance was faintly smelled in the air, only to see her lying on the soft sand, holding a book with a gray cover between her hands and reading intently, not caring at all how attractive her bare slender white legs were.
"You're back?"
She didn't even look at the person who pushed the door in the room to know who the other party was, except for Xia Lan, no one else would be so presumptuous and rude at all.
"We're arriving in Quirofe tomorrow, what are your plans then?"
Xia Lan sat across from her and asked directly.
Pandelia put down the book in her hand, stretched her arms lazily, ** the soft and wonderful arc was suddenly visible, and after covering her small mouth and yawning, she said: "When I arrive at Querofe, I will look for a channel to inform Viscount Morroen of my news and location." β
"Is this the only option?" Charland Road.
"What other options do you think I have?" Pandelia said with a slightly bitter expression.
Xia Lan was silent for a while, and said, "Before that, I need you to hide for a while. β
"Why?" Pandelia asked.
"Find out something and avoid some unexpected surprises." Charland Road.
"Where's Winnie?" Pandelia asked.
"She? I'll make my own arrangements when the time comes. Xia Lan said lightly.
"She's a good girl." Pandelia suddenly said inexplicably.
"What did you say?" Xia Lan frowned slightly.
"I just wanted to say, please take care of her life, I have an ominous premonition, it seems that something is always going to happen...... Pandelia said, hanging her head.
"I have the same hunch."
Half-squinting, Xia Lan's mind suddenly turned to the strange Querofe in the distance. (To be continued......)