"Who are you?" Milt was stunned for a moment, then happily got up and said, "Oh, of course. But why so suddenly? ”

"I'm just looking for someone to talk to." Xia Di shrugged, "Who told my companion that he was already asleep." ”

"In this way, the journey must be very tiring." Thinking of Kayilu, who had just rushed to ask for housing, Milt nodded understandingly, "Well, please wait a minute, I'll ask the chef to prepare a few side dishes." ”

……

"I don't know, what do you call it?"

At the expensive mahogany dining table, Milt sat across from the summer residence.

There were three bottles of unsparkled champagne and two plates of appetizers on the table, and Milt first poured a glass for Xia Di and asked with a smile.

"My name is Xia Di. Immigrants from the Far East, currently engaged in the adventure industry. ”

"Adventurers in the Far East, this is really rare." Milt nodded, his eyes lit up, "So, you've been to a lot of places, right?" ”

"Of course." Xia Di smiled slightly.

"So ......"

"Speaking of which, how is your business here? Doesn't seem good, right? Xia Di interrupted the boss.

During the game, Xia Di was a regular customer here, and he didn't know anything about this boss.

He knew that this boss had all kinds of information, and because he was extremely fond of listening to people's small talk, he deliberately put the topic aside.

After all, it is not good to give the other party information in vain.

Yes, it's not that you don't give it, but you don't give it for nothing.

"This ...... So-so. Milt smiled awkwardly and poured himself a glass of wine.

Xia Di didn't miss this reaction, what he said just now was actually to test what kind of state this shopkeeper was in now, he didn't deny that the business in the store was not good, that is to say, his personal task [Industry Dilemma] had not been completed, more precisely, no one had picked it up at all.

However, Xia Di was in a hurry at the moment and had no intention of receiving this task, so he immediately bypassed this topic.

"Oh, let's not talk about it then. By the way, I don't know how much you know about the affairs of the court, owner? ”

"Well, as long as it's not deliberately covered up above, most of them know a little bit about it." Milt thought for a moment and said, "Guest, are you interested in the court?" ”

"A little." Xia Di drank a glass of wine and lied without changing his face, "Don't hide it, my hometown is a builder, so when I see beautiful buildings, I am somewhat sensitive." ”

"Oh." Milt was stunned for a moment, not knowing how to answer.

"Personally, I like old buildings, especially the magnificent ones, such as Camelot City in the royal capital, which I particularly like. It's just that when I went to see it today, I found that both the walls and the gate were completely new, and there was no charm of the old building at all, which made me very strange. So I'm thinking that I might have seen a fake Camelot City......" Xia Di said with his hands on his knees, looking puzzled.

"Fake...... Burst. Milt couldn't help but laugh when he heard Xia Di's words, "Ahem, it's rude, guest." As far as I know, the city of Carmellot has been around for almost 50 years. When I was a child, it was there, and no one has dared to imitate it. ”

"Yes." Xia Di pretended to be surprised.

"But listening to you say that, I was reminded of one thing." Milt touched the back of his head, "About a month ago, the court suddenly ordered to urgently recruit a group of craftsmen. It was said that it was going to renovate the royal palace. The palace looks new, perhaps for this reason. ”

"Renovation?" Xia Di's eyes became sharp.

"Yes, renovate." Milt drank all the wine in the glass and sighed, "After all, Camelot City has been standing in the wind and rain for fifty years, although there is no foreign invasion, but it can't stand the destruction of time, for example, the gate, listen to the door guard, the paint of the door leaf is basically gone, even the door shaft is rusty, plus I don't know which good thing, obviously no skills, but without authorization on the gate to make up the red dye, not beautiful, which makes the big people in the palace see it, feel that it is defaced, so they propose to renovate the palace as a whole." ”

"Oh......" Xia Di nodded, "No wonder I look at the color of the gate a little strangely." Didn't they think about changing it? ”

"I thought about it, but the original gate was made of materials that allowed enchantments, and it took time to start customizing again, so the court vetoed the proposal. Alas, the good deed didn't know what he was dyed with, and he couldn't cover it up after applying several layers of paint, and the people of the court didn't order him to be arrested, if it was me, he would definitely order him to be arrested, and then hummed...... "Milt sneered.

Xia Di rolled his eyes and thought disdainfully: Hmph, what? Obviously someone smashed your store, but you didn't obediently coax it to open a store here.

"By the way, guest, you've asked so much, shouldn't you?" Suddenly as if he remembered something, Milt rubbed his index and middle fingers as if he were an intelligence dealer.

Are you still here......

Xia Di sighed.

The shopkeeper said that the most unsatisfactory point was to ask for information to charge.

He seems to be based on the creed of equal exchange, and feels that it is very risk-taking, as long as he takes the initiative to ask, whether it is a big or small matter, he will always charge an intelligence fee, and as for how much to charge, it depends on his mood, so the price is very unstable. Sometimes, the most important piece of information is the price of a glass of mead.

But the problem is that Xia Di doesn't have a penny on him, and all the money is in Kayilu, so he can only use a little trick for this extra charge...... Deceived past.

"Don't worry, don't worry, I'm not done yet." Xia Di smiled and said, "Speaking of which, shopkeeper, do you know the Three Realms Temple in the east of the continent?" ”

"The Three Realms Temple?" Milt was stunned and shook his head in confusion, "I don't know, what is that?" ”

"It was a pretty grand building, towering between the sea and the sky, and I had the privilege of stepping on that land, I remember ......"

Xia Di coughed lightly and began to talk.

He was still somewhat confident in his ability to make things up, and he knew that as long as he could make the shopkeeper happy, he wouldn't have to pay the money. As for how to make up and tell stories, he has also gone through a certain amount of practice, even if there are not so thrilling scenes, he can use some skills to speak wildly and excitingly.

Mistre was a little confused at first, but it didn't take long for him to be completely immersed in the story, his eyes lit up, he had never heard such a beautiful story, and before he knew it, he was fully focused on listening.

Intelligence fees?

That's all right.

That's the power of the masses.

Xia Di thought proudly.

In fact, this trick is not his own original, but the player of the game post bar came up with a trick for the character of the store owner, after all, the shopkeeper charges no standard, too metaphysical, and they are all asked before bidding, so that the player is very difficult to judge whether to ask, so some players who don't want to pay began to find loopholes to drill, and studied - such a trick for the deception of the boss of Milt.

The content is divided into three stages, the first stage is to use words to change the topic. The second stage is to tell the story to make the other party addicted, and in the third stage, if you feel that you are about the same, you can leave. Or when it comes to climax, he deliberately doesn't say it, but asks for money before continuing.

Of course, this trick is not a panacea, and the boss in the back is gradually learning to be smarter, he will constantly ask according to the content of the story told by the player, to see if the player can answer, so as to speculate on the truth of the story told by the player, if it is judged to be false...... Two or three times the cost of intelligence is a matter on the chopping block.

What the? You say you don't pay? Little brother, do you want to see the shopkeeper who plays double knife flow? Although the system stipulates that players can't fight in the city, it doesn't say that NPCs can't.

In this case, the sticker players who have been killed many times by the shopkeeper once again exerted the power of the public, and worked together to write the 2.0 and 3.0 versions of the Deception Encyclopedia, which were constantly updated, and later even formed a strategy group, but this is off topic.