Chapter 101: The Tavern
The bustling streets of Novigre, the shouts of merchants, the recitation of doctrines by missionaries of the Order of Eternal Flame in the square, and the daily scolding and greeting of the inhabitants make this city of freedom full of life and vitality.
Most of the taverns in the city are prosperous, for the wealthy, relying on high-quality wine and food and beautiful singers, melodious singing and the aroma of food attract passing guests, spacious halls, adventurers or merchants push glasses and change lamps, talk about the daily harvest, nobles sit in high-rise private rooms, taste expensive wine, while whispering the graceful figure of the singer on the stage, the effect of alcohol and topics make them unconsciously hot, Perhaps in the evening, one of the maids in the house will be blessed.
Most of the taverns near the port are noisy, busy with the work on the ship, with a stinky sweat of the sailors after receiving the day's salary, hook shoulders in these taverns and drink cheap ale, from time to time in the low-level ** who come forward to rub a few handfuls of oil, through the influence of alcohol, may be seen as a beautiful woman who is already a little old in front of him, and the smell of inferior perfume on the other party is also covered by the mixed smell in the tavern, a deal is easily reached, in the corner of the tavern, From time to time, there was a burst of cheers or joking laughter and scolding, and in the small circle formed by the crowd, some men who had accumulated a lot of pressure on weekdays, or because there were some quarrels at the wine table, were so bare-handed in the small circle of boxing and fighting, and the drunken two would not be long before the winner was separated, and the victorious person stepped on the loser with a blue nose and swollen face to take the wine handed by others, as if he had won a big victory, or he would fall drunk in the corner of the wall not long after.
But there is such an outlier in all the taverns of Novigre, the vanilla tavern is not seen in front of the door at all, even during the day, the tavern is still locked with the door, and the sign that has become crooked because of a loose nail can be imagined.
When Ciri led Zhang Lin and the others to the door of the tavern, they were almost confused by the appearance of the vanilla tavern, because except for the crooked signboard, it was completely impossible to see that this was a tavern, if it weren't for Ciri's understanding of the friend she was looking for, she stopped a rich woman to ask, otherwise she might not have been able to find this place.
Although the door to the tavern was locked, as soon as I got closer, I heard chaotic sounds coming from inside, punching and kicking, and the sound of turning over boxes and cabinets could be heard even from a few meters away.
"I am Dandrien, a famous poet on the continent...... Oops! "As soon as a man dressed in a purple suit called out his name and identity, he was punched in the nose by a bald man, and sat on the ground in a daze, and the feathered soft hat on his head, which was also purple, fell to the ground and was stained with a lot of dust.
The bald head gently spat two mouthfuls into the palm of his hand, rubbed it a few times, looked at Dandrien's embarrassed appearance with a nosebleed, and smiled disdainfully, if it weren't for the long-term closure of the vanilla tavern, they might not be easy to start, "I don't care who you are!" ”
Covering his nose with one hand, trying to plug the nosebleed, but unfortunately some blood still dripped from his fingers, Dandrien shook his still somewhat dizzy head, raised his head, and continued: "I know the Duchess of Touscent......"
"Haha, I still know the King, brothers, keep beating him!" The bald head laughed a few times, kicked the purple guy down, and then several younger brothers came forward to punch and kick Dandrion again.
"Big brother, there are still a few cases of wine and food here!" The other few younger brothers who did not participate in the fight took short knives to split the wooden boxes stacked in the corner, and found the contents full, although the vanilla tavern was empty and shabby, but because there was no business, there were still some stocks that Dandrion had just bought at the beginning, but unfortunately this goods were not good at experience, and the tavern was not opened at all.
"Move away, move all away!" At the bald head's order, the younger brothers picked up their things and quickly ran towards the back door of the tavern, which had been pried open, and it seemed that they had done similar work.
"Huh!" Dandrion suddenly held out a hand, trying to stop the robbers.
"What else do you want to say?" The bald head turned his head, and his fierce eyes stared at Dandrien.
Carefully moving back, Dandrien whispered, "Don't...... Don't slap your face. ”
"Bang!"
Ciri kicked the door, and the metal lock that had been hanging from the door twisted and deformed, falling to the wooden floor with a thud.
The movement of the gate made the bald head and the little brothers startled, and thought that the guards in the city heard the news and rushed to come, but they saw a silver-haired woman standing at the door, and immediately relaxed, and after Zhang Lin walked in from the door one after another, the bald head and his little brothers looked straight, eager to peel off their clothes immediately, completely unaware of what kind of evil stars they attracted with such eyes.
"Yo, they're all beautiful women, I suspect you're all witches, hurry up and be caught, or you'll wait to be on the torture rack!" Bald head regardless of the origin of these women, in short, first put the other party with the name of a witch, there are witch hunters and knights of the Eternal Fire Church everywhere in the city, whether it is to capture these beauties for himself and sell them to a brothel, or send them to the church, he can get a good reward.
The bald head was convinced that even if these few were really witches, they would not dare to do it easily in the city, if it was just an ordinary person, then he would not have to worry about anything, just when he continued to crooked, about to let the little brother step forward to take the other party down, a fist suddenly appeared in front of him, accompanied by his screams, the whole person flew out upside down, hit the wall of the tavern, and struggled after a while.
The bald head, who still didn't recognize the situation, covered his eyes and shouted loudly for the little brothers to come forward, but he didn't forget to remind the little brother not to make the face of the beautiful woman flower, because then the price would not be good.
The younger brothers were a little cowering when they saw the embarrassed appearance of the boss being knocked over by a punch, but when the bald heads stood up, they seemed to have the backbone again, and the short knife in their hands gave them more courage, and they rushed forward one by one.
Before Heri could draw his sword, he saw Feng Yan behind her kick her legs and catapult into the middle of the robbers, and her fists struck as quickly as phantoms, knocking several robbers who rushed forward into the air, some smashed the table, and some broke the window and half-hung on the windowsill, and then Feng Yan shouted, and the two robbers who were a few steps slower suddenly froze in place, and even the short knife in their hands fell on their toes.
Then Feng Yan lowered her body, her hands staggered on the ground, and with the strength of her arms, the whole person turned upside down, her legs spun violently, and a fighting skill she learned from Mia was easily used by her, and a powerful sweep crashed into the two unlucky guys, and the two were hung on the wall the next moment, and it took a while to slide down.
A little clever robber carefully touched the side along the dead corner of the wall, and the little Lori in the team and Mia, who didn't look like a combatant, were taken hostage by him as objects that could be used as hostages, and pounced from the wall, but saw that three rotating mechanical discs suddenly appeared next to Mia, and a burst of lightning flashed, and the robber's hair stood on end, and he fell to the ground with a charred face, and while twitching, a puff of black smoke came out of his mouth.
In the blink of an eye, all his little brothers were put down, and the bald robber was dumbfounded, and tried to escape through the back door, but saw two arrows fly out, pass through the bald man's clothes, and nail him to the wall.