Chapter 45: The Tavern de Broglie
In order to repay Emily for saving him, in addition to promoting Dai Lan to the most popular Guardian Knights of the Robertson family, he also gave him a very expensive table clock.
Around 1500 AD, timepieces were greatly improved due to the needs of navigational technology. Precision clocks driven by mechanical gears gradually replaced rough timepieces such as hourglasses and water leaks.
Mechanical clocks, in a short period of time, can reach an error of 7 minutes a day. At the time, this was a remarkable achievement.
Now, the fine table clock sits on a large wooden table like Dai Lan, ticking and ticking, and the time is displayed as 10 p.m. in Edinburgh (the capital of the Kingdom of Scotland).
It's funny to say, the tragic war between England and Scotland was fought back then. More than 300 High Knights and no less than 50 Mages died. That is, the entire British Empire lost most of its combat effectiveness. The Kingdom of England, which had the upper hand, offered an armistice and offered a very favorable package. The strong and brave people of Scotland must add a clause to the armistice: all of Scotland, resolutely use the original Edinburgh time!
Although Edinburgh time is exactly the same as London time......
However, the national integrity cannot be lost!
With two hours to go before Emily's mysterious meeting, Dai Lan suddenly became a little nervous. His heart couldn't help but wonder: why did this mysterious meeting involve Emily?
Perhaps, it was the other forces of Dundee City who lured Emily astray in order to deal with the Robertson family; Maybe Emily was secretly dating the young and beautiful knight; Or maybe this meeting really has something to do with the Sain Alliance?
Dai Lan's head was about to explode when he thought about it, rubbing his chin with his hands, and he couldn't breathe.
Murray, the butler, felt the increase in the activity of the few moorish inspiration cells in the subject's mind, and immediately understood, and said in a slightly mocking tone: "My dear Mr. Dai Lan, do you wonder why Emily was involved in this mysterious meeting? Don't know what this conference is about? ”
Dai Lan acquiesced, waiting for the butler's next step.
"Actually, I don......'t know," Murray gasped, "but why don't we just go there?" ”
Dai Lan smiled bitterly, rolled his eyes, and despised the old man infinitely in his heart.
"If I go to the de Broglie tavern, there will inevitably be familiar people, and I should dress up." Dai Lan thought to himself.
Fortunately, I bought a wide black shiny cloak at the market the day before yesterday, you know, this damn weather in Britain, maybe it will be a heavy rain at any time.
In order to better highlight the effect, Dai Lan specially asked Rachel to borrow a little needle and thread to transform the cloak.
Rachel had just finished taking a shower, her face was flushed and she was exuding heat, and a few small brown freckles were scattered on the bridge of her nose, but she looked particularly mischievous and pretty.
She asked Dai Lan where she needed to sew up, and she was more than willing to do it for her, which was not what a boy or a punishment knight needed to do.
Dai Lan's face turned red, smiled wryly, and fled.
Well, Rachel was right, needlework was indeed not something Dai Lan could do, although the young man's slender fingers were very flexible.
It took a lot of effort, Dai Lan finally threaded the orange thread close to the eye of the needle, and it took another half an hour to barely sew three crooked stars.
That's the Elemental Mage's logo!
In the territory of Britain, there is no forgiveness for those who forge the signs.
"Look" at this, Murray was terrified and was about to stop Dai Lan.
But I saw this young man pick up the scissors and carefully scratch the stars, and after a while, several stars were scraped beyond recognition. But the appearance of the three stars is still faintly visible.
What a beautiful hand "wants to cover up".
Murray looked at Dai Lan's method and was shocked: how could a young man come up with such a genius idea! In this way, neither the rules are violated while making others think that this is big. The mage was never so particular about his clothes, he was detached from the world.
Dai Lan sneered in his heart, how can the power and scheming skills of our Huaxia Kingdom be comparable to your pedantic Scots.
Thinking of this, Dai Lan squinted his eyes and smacked his mouth twice, no matter how he listened, this sentence didn't seem like a good word.
There was no other extra clothing, so Dai Lan had to cut another piece from the corner of the robe and sew it under the hat as a mask. He took a picture of the bronze mirror that entered the door, and he was very satisfied with his outfit.
Dai Lan pulled another strip of fine cloth from the sheet and wrapped it around his neck with moderate force. deliberately lowered his voice, and even he was a little surprised, completely like the voice of a middle-aged man in his thirties or forties.
It was already 11 p.m. when I got dressed, but luckily the Tavern de Broglie was just around the corner from the street, five minutes away.
Dai Lan planned to go to the tavern first to observe the situation.
The Tavern de Broglie is by no means a luxurious place, on the contrary, it is a gathering place for dock porters and down-and-out bards. The decoration is not luxurious, but the seats and round tables are also elegant. There are many broad-leaved flowers and plants on the windowsill, which are combined with the aroma of beer, which is particularly chic.
For two copper tors, you can drink a pint of the purest Drygate-IPA. If you're lucky enough to get a discount, you'll have saved up enough for five copper tors and a steak burger. If there were 10 copper tors, you would be so drunk tonight that you forgot your name.
When Dai Lan arrived at the tavern, there were still more than a dozen people gathered inside. In front of the bar in the center, there happened to be a bard reading Robert. Pence's hymns, at every crucial point, drew enthusiastic cheers from the other red-faced drunks.
Dai Lan found a quiet corner and sat down, his eyes like eagles, quietly observing everyone in the tavern.
It just so happened that a waiter in a white tunic and pony boots passed by, and he ordered a half-pint of Dragot IPA, a fish and chips, and a tip for two copper tors.
As the minutes ticked by, people came and went without any suspicious circumstances. Dai Lan began to wonder if his reasoning was wrong.
The tavern's wall clock jingled 12 times, and there was still no situation.
"Murray. Butler, immediately sense if there are any powerful inspiration cells in the vicinity. ”
Murray nodded, immediately closed his eyes, and concentrated on mobilizing every nerve in his body to search.
The young man felt his head heat up and the blood flow quickened.
"I'm sorry sir, but I didn't feel any strong inspiration cells present."
Dai Lan frowned, a little puzzled, but heard the old butler say: "It's just that at two o'clock in your direction, it seems that some people with a relatively high content of inspiration cells have gathered together. ”
Dai Lan looked in front of the right, and it was a dark red brick wall, which seemed to have no secret door. Even if he had, he hadn't seen anyone go in during that time.
On the side of this wall, there is the bathroom.
Could it be that the entrance to the conclave is inside the bathroom?
Dai Lan left the rest of the beer on the small table and quietly walked into the bathroom, without attracting anyone's attention.
In the innermost partition, Dai Lan noticed something different. On the same dark red wall, there are 26 villains painted crookedly!
To others, it must have been the whim of some drunken drunk. But in Dai Lan's eyes, it is simply a textbook: the 26-letter code to open the door!
Now the task is to find the password between them.
Dai Lan took out the sharp Thor Blade from his waist and gently hung it on the wall, and suddenly some brick foam fell into his hand. Aiming at the dancing little figures, a few of them highlight the difference.
According to the corresponding ciphers that have been deciphered, the letters are: two Cs, two Es, and one each C, I, and N.
"Science!" Dai Lan and Murray said in unison.
Dai Lan pricked up his ears and listened to the movement outside the tavern, and at this moment people's attention was focused on the bard's chant:
Who says it's winter? When you are beside me, I feel a hundred flowers blooming, birds singing and cicadas chirping.
The slender fingers carefully clicked in order, and in the seconds that followed, the walls changed dramatically.
A neat and thick brick wall actually made waves like the surface of the water waves, and it couldn't stop shaking inside and out. Even the brick walls began to be somewhat transparent, revealing a dark stone passage behind them. Although there are a few torches embedded in the wall, I still can't see the end.
The names of Joyna, Bruno, and Emily recur in mind.
Dai Lan gritted his teeth, protected his chest with his hands, and stepped in at once, and at this moment suddenly felt like he had jumped into a worm hole.
As soon as the young man entered the chamber, the wall immediately returned to its original state, as if nothing had happened.
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(Brothers and sisters, Bonn is on a business trip, so today's update has been brought forward to the early hours of this morning.) Bonn got up at 5 a.m. to renew! Ask for collections, ask for comments! )