Underneath Rift City, in the endless rat paths, the smell of decay permeates it, and damp winds waft through the holes that connect it to the outside world.

The sound of ticking water and the subtle cries of rats rang out from time to time.

In such an underground world, there are fugitives who hide from pursuit, beggars who have nowhere to live, and unlucky ghosts who are buried in the belly of evil rats.

and the growing Thieves' Guild.

In the center of the Rat Path, the underground cistern known as the Great Wine Pot is the headquarters of the Skyrim Thieves' Guild, where members of the Thieves' Guild exchange ideas with each other, collect and sell stolen dirt through the underground black market, and accept commissions from outsiders.

Most of the members are professionals in a particular field, gathering intelligence, stealing, lockpicking, smuggling, and even business-minded operators.

Since the traitor who nearly bankrupted the guild has been eliminated, the Thieves' Guild has slowly revived under the leadership of its new president.

"Yo, it looks like the guild is doing pretty well." Zhang Lin walked along the edge of the cistern towards the interior of the Thieves' Guild.

As far as the eye can see, there are many more people in the previously empty hall, and on both sides of the cistern, the thieves and customers arguing about the value of a dirty object, both believing that they can maximize their profits by their eloquence. Standing in the corner of the wall, the wooden figure is covered with all kinds of throwing knives.

In the crowd, Zhang Lin saw a few faces with familiar faces, but he basically couldn't remember the names clearly.

And before he could say hello, those people turned around and walked away as if they were hell, which made him feel a little strange.

When he came to the secret door leading to the guild, a thief who had just come out of it happened to meet Zhang Lin.

The bare head made Zhang Lin remember this person at once, and when he saw that the other party was about to pretend not to see him, he bowed his head and left, so Zhang Lin directly stopped the other party, "Dai ...... Devon? ”

"It's Delvin, Lord Zhang Lin." Although his name was staggered, Delvin couldn't continue to pretend he didn't hear it.

Facing Zhang Lin, who had disappeared for more than half a year, but was also the same as the new president, as the new master of the Thieves Guild and one of the nightingales, Delvin still showed a certain amount of respect, if he ignored his demeanor of letting me go.

"Oh, so you remember me?" Zhang Lin looked at it with a smile, "Why do you all pretend not to know me, there is no one to say hello all the way over, I thought that all the people here have changed." ”

"This ...... Well, you'd better ask the elders. Delvin craned his neck and said hesitantly.

"Okay, you lead the way, I almost couldn't find the way after I didn't come back for so long." Zhang Lin shrugged, "The guild should be quite rich now, right?" ”

"It's okay, it's okay." The corners of Delvin's mouth twitched and nodded, thinking to himself that you have come here, and you can walk a few steps inside to the location of the president's office, and you still need to lead the way?

As someone who had peeked at the new president's bathing history before he took office, Delvin adhered to the attitude of seeing the president as little as he could, and although he occasionally got a few small pits on some tasks, he didn't dare to complain at all.

"Since you have money, this place should be renovated, it is the headquarters of the guild, representing the image of the guild," Zhang Lin pointed to the dim and damp scene in the hall and talked eloquently, "Also, get a few signposts on the road, after all, not everyone can walk in the right direction like me......"

"Hehe, this is not my business," Delvin laughed dryly and wanted to perfunctory, and then quickly added after seeing Zhang Lin's eyes, "I'll talk to Brinchov." ”

Inside the guild, a blonde woman was standing at her desk, looking through the papers on the table with an unhappy expression, and from time to time she raised the open bottle of honey wine in the corner of the table and took a sip with her head up.

"Grown, can you please not drink alcohol during work, it will not have a good effect."

"Nonsense, who can care about me? These things hurt my brain, and I feel bad if I don't drink some wine. The woman glared at the middle-aged man in a gray leather coat in front of her, and waved her fist, "Believe it or not, I threw you into the pool and swam twice?" ”

"It's not a good idea." Blinkhov took a step back a little helplessly, he had no doubts about the chairman's execution.

"Good idea." Zhang Lin's voice of approval came from behind.

The two who heard the voice immediately looked at each other.

Seeing Zhang Lin, the expressions of the two were different, Brinchev was a little surprised, and the new president Wicks was about to pop out his eyes.

"You, you're human and you're ...... Oh no, you still know to come back!? ”

"Huh?"

After a reunion conversation, Zhang Lin clasped his hands to his chest, leaned against the table, looked at Wicks and asked, "Just because I haven't shown up, you say I'm dead in the guild?" ”

"yes, we've gathered information that you went to Songgard with the Dragonborn to destroy Alduin, but then the Dragonborn was still active in Skyrim, but you were completely nowhere to be seen, so I think you may have been taken by Shure and left behind in Songard." Wicks spread his hands and said, "Who knew you'd come out again." ”

"Then why are they avoiding me?" Zhang Lin pointed to Delvin and asked.

"After I got the news out, I don't know which guy made up a new version, saying that after Mercer was settled, the two of us ran away in anger because of the uneven distribution of the spoils," Wicks pinched his waist with one hand, picked up the bottle and took another sip, and burped softly, "There are even those who say that I killed people, and if I let me know who sent it, I will definitely let him taste what it tastes like in the cistern." ”

It's just that none of them noticed that when Wicks finished saying this, Delvin on the side subconsciously swallowed.

"So you think I'm coming back for revenge?" Zhang Lin turned his head sideways to look at Delvin and asked.

Delvin nodded hurriedly, "After all, this matter is just a rumor, whether it is true or not, it is about the two guild masters, and it is difficult for us to mix." ”

I felt that there was something wrong with this answer, but after thinking about it, I accepted it.

"Moreover, you can't blame me, after all, you also cheated me," Wicks shook ruddy and knocked the chair behind him to the ground, "If you hadn't cheated Marwen in the first place, she wouldn't have been making trouble for us, just because of her obstacles, our guild's business that had been so hard to get up was cut off, and it was all money!" ”

Zhang Lin picked up the chair that was knocked down by Wicks, looked at her as if she was a little drunk, and snatched the wine bottle from the other party's hand, "Okay, I'll give you a chance to earn it back." ”