Chapter 283: Drunkenness

Carrick came downstairs when Lorist and Tugger were almost finished eating. Pen Fun Pavilion www.biquge.info Targar ordered Carrick some food again, and then told him that he and Lorist were going to go out for a walk, and that Carrick would be on his account if he needed anything......

It would be late afternoon, and Tagger took Lorist to the Colosseum. The Flame and Blood Tavern was really close to the arena, and through an alley there was a boulevard surrounding the royal court, and on the other side of the avenue was the camp where the Praetorian Legion had been stationed. Although the Praetorian Guards are now on the march, the camp is not idle, and there is a row of flags of all kinds fluttering at the entrance of the camp, and people wearing various leather armor and dancing knives and guns enter and exit the camp......

Before they could cross the avenue, several people had already pounced in front of the camp opposite, surrounding Tagger and Lorist in the center.

"Hey, you must have come to camp at the call of His Majesty the King, right? I'm Jason, the deputy head of the Sunbuck Mercenary Regiment, and I would like to welcome two warriors to join our mercenary group......" A thin man in shabby leather armor said to Targar and Lorist very warmly.

"Your broken mercenary group is out of the way, there are less than fifty people, and most of them are remnants of the defeated army, old and weak, join your mercenary group to send them to death?Two brothers, we are the tiger shark slave hunting group under Duke Gufman, we have more than 300 people, joining us is the best choice......" A tall man next to him stepped on the thin man's mercenary group with a disdainful face, and then turned his head to recruit the two.

Another red-faced man shouted, "Join our Garil slave catcher, we'll equip us with weapons, man, it's all free, don't miss this great opportunity." ”

"We are Grand Duke Hawk's mercenary group, although we have just been formed, we can be treated well, and we will also be provided with a bottle of mulled wine every day......" The fourth middle-aged man in a chain mail was not willing to be weak.

I understand, these people are all here to recruit troops and expand their troops.

"Salute to all the brave soldiers. Tugger replied with a smile: "It's just that the two of us are members of the Peterson Chamber of Commerce, a business alliance, and we came to your kingdom to open up trade routes and set up offices, and secondly, to increase our knowledge and travel. I just came to see how lively this place is, and I'm sorry to disappoint you. ”

Alas, seeing that Tagger had declared his identity, the men lamented and turned around and went back, but there was still one person who stayed.

"I know you. The man looked at Targer and said.

"Are you?" Tagger scratched his head, he didn't know the man in front of him.

"You're a friend of Bailop, and I've seen you drinking with them. The man said.

"Oh......" Targar breathed a sigh of relief, he just thought that something had gone wrong: "Hello, my name is Targer." Do you know where they are, we were separated from the inner city of Port Nubit, and I didn't find them......"

"Gallop is dead, and as we stormed the enemy's line at two mountain passes in the hills, I saw Gallop lying to the ground with several feathered arrows stuck in his body. The man said.

"Do you know Filind, Crinendo, Cerva, do you know where they are?" asked Targer, who had made fox friends in Nubit Harbor.

The man shook his head: "I don't know them, but I seem to have heard the name Cerva, and he should be in this camp." Why don't I take you to find it?"

"You are?"

"My name is Drey, and I used to be a steward in the material transportation department of Port Nubit, and now I am forced by His Majesty the King to become a member of the Shameful Army. The man said.

"What's going on?" Targar was curious.

"It's nothing, after we broke through to the royal city, our King was furious when he heard that we had lost the port of Nubit, and even the Duke of Gufmann and the Duke of Hawk were ordered to stay in their Grand Duke's mansion and repent of it. As for us, we were all stuffed into this camp by His Majesty the King, saying that he was going to establish the Legion of Shame, and when he had recruited 24,000 men, he would go to the front to assist the Praetorian Legion in recovering the port of Nubit. So these people are recruiting replacements for their teams......"

"For the dead?"

"Yes. Dre replied: "Many mercenary groups and slave catchers have suffered great losses when breaking through, so they need to recruit new people, and when they reach the front line, let these new recruits go up and kill, so that no matter how much they lose, they will not hurt the old foundation of the original team, but will show their bravery because of heavy casualties, so as to be rewarded." ”

"Is this all right?"

"Absolutely. Anyway, His Majesty the King has issued a conscription order, and those who want to enlist in the army will come over, and then they will be divided among those teams. In a few days, when the number of people is full, we will go to Harbor Nubit, and whether or not I will survive by that time depends on the blessing of Sigwa. A bitter smile appeared on Drey's face.

"I think you will live to be a hundred years old, and perhaps you will be able to make great merit for your King to promote you to a nobleman. Tugger complimented, then pointed at Lorist and said, "My brother hasn't been here yet, I'm going to take him to see the famous Colosseum of the Intracity first, so that he can open his eyes." I'll come back to you when we're done, and how about we go to the Flame and Blood Tavern for a few drinks?"

Drey nodded: "Okay, then I'll help you find Chelva and them, and when you come to find me, go to the sentry at the gate of the camp to mention Dre of the Thunder Fire Mercenary Regiment, they all know it." ”

After saying goodbye to Drey, Targar and Lorist soon arrived at the Colosseum. This is the most majestic building in the royal city of Hamidas outside of the royal palace, and from the outside, it looks like two orange petals spread on the ground and then put together, much like the stadiums of Lorist's previous life.

"There is a wild mulberry tree in front of the alley to the left of the main entrance...... "Yes, there it is." ”

This alley is very secluded, and the smell is very bad, I don't know how many spectators who went to watch the gladiators' life and death performances used this small alley as a convenient public toilet after the end of the show, and even the base of the stone wall of the alley was stained blue and yellow by the urine stains of the day, exuding a bad smell that made people vomit.

However, on this blue-gray stone wall, there are more than 30 children's graffiti-like paintings.

Tugger covered his nose and said, "My lord, El will draw two horizontal lines on the wall every time he goes in, and when he comes out, he will draw one vertical on the second horizontal line, and others will only pee when he comes in, even if he notices these marks on the wall, he will be scribbled by children......

"Thirty-one, thirty-two, thirty-three, thirty-four......" Tagger was stunned when he counted here, and there were only two horizontal walls on the wall and no one vertical, indicating that El had not come out after entering the gladiatorial arena of the royal city.

"Let's go to the Colosseum and ask. Lorist said.

The soldiers at the gate of the Colosseum did not know that Tagel finally asked the soldiers to call their squadron leader after each stuffing a large silver coin, but the squadron leader denied the fact that El was still in the arena, insisting that El had left after practicing his sword two days ago, and he felt strange that he had not come for the past two days......

Lorist tugged at Tagger's clothes and motioned for him to leave first.

On the way back, Lorist told Targer with certainty that something had happened to El. Because the squadron leader of the gladiatorial arena had a twinkle in his eyes when he answered, he didn't dare to look at Tagger and speak. Lorist plans to secretly go to the gladiatorial arena at night to find out the facts.

Targer decided that Lorist was too risky. It is better to wait until tomorrow to visit Viscount Timba, and ask Viscount Timba to come forward to the gladiatorial arena to find out the whereabouts of El.

Lorist shook his head. Targar was about to persuade him again, when he suddenly heard someone shouting his name, and when he looked up, it was Dre of the Thunder Fire Mercenary Regiment, and there were several people standing beside him, one of whom was Cherva, a friend he had made in the port of Nubit.

Chelvahaha laughed and came over to hug Tagger and congratulated him on his triumphant escape to the royal city of Hamidas. Then he was asked to entertain him, and Cerva said that since he had run to the royal city, he had been penniless, and he had not even eaten a single meat or bone except for a full stomach in the camp, and every day he was a cabbage soup and black bread, and a bird faded out of his mouth. This time, I caught the rich man Tagger, but I had to knock him up, and by the way, I also introduced him to a few friends, etc......

Well, it's Carrick again, and Targar is very bold enough to invite everyone to the Flame and Blood Tavern for a good meal and drink. On the way, Tagger briefly introduced his group's escape experience, and then sighed deeply.

"Why, Brother Targer, sigh for not blaming the brothers for eating you for nothing?" said Cerva, dissatisfied.

"No, just now the two of us went to the gladiatorial arena, but found that a brother who had stayed in Wangcheng to go to the gladiatorial arena every day to practice swords was missing, I was very worried about his whereabouts, and I didn't know how to go back to explain to my uncle. Tugger frowned and sighed.

"What's going on?" asked Drey.

"Brother Cerva knows, wasn't there a man named El who was with me when I first came to Port Nubit, and that was my uncle's son, who came out with me to get acquainted. He is a martial arts idiot, so he knows how to practice swords. Later, Cerva, didn't you take the two of us to the Colosseum to watch the gladiatorial fights, and my brother insisted on staying here when he heard that he could practice swords with gladiators. As a result, when I went to the tavern today, the boss said that he had not seen anyone for two days, so I went to the gladiatorial arena again and asked, and they said that my brother had not come since he went back the day before yesterday......

As you know, our brother is a member of the Petersen Chamber of Commerce, and this time he has come to your kingdom to open up trade routes and set up offices. Naturally, there is also a set of codes and contact marks between us. We had just found out that the mark left by my brother Nael was a sign that he had entered the arena but had not come out, so we went to ask the soldiers guarding the arena, but the soldiers shook their heads and called their squadron commander, who gave us the answer......"

"Are you saying Brother El is missing?" Cerva jumped up and said, "No more, let's go back, I'll go and gather people to search the Colosseum......"

"No need......" Tagger hurriedly hugged Cerva: "I understand that my brother is affectionate, but you can't do this, if there is a mess, His Majesty the King will blame him, and no one can afford it......"

"I'm afraid of a bird, anyway, labor and management will go to the battlefield in a few days, and it's not bad to die early or die late. Now there are only 200 guards in the gladiatorial arena, and now is a good opportunity to make trouble, and if it gets bigger, maybe you won't have to go to the battlefield. Cerva shouted.

"Huh?" said Tagelci, "didn't you say that there were a thousand soldiers of the Praetorian Legion guarding the Colosseum last time you brought us? Why are there only two hundred now? What if those slave gladiators riot?"

"Hehe, in the morning the Praetorian Guard went out with twenty-five thousand men. Now there are less than 3,000 people left in the royal city, and they are still responsible for the garrison of the storage area in Xicheng, how can there be so many troops to guard the gladiatorial arena! Anyway, there has been no performance in the gladiatorial arena these days, and all the slave gladiators are locked in iron cages and are not allowed to go out, and the gladiatorial arena is not stocked with weapons and equipment, and they can't find weapons if they want to riot......

Besides, aren't we still in the camp ahead? If something really happens in the gladiatorial arena, we will go out to suppress it, and it's hard to say anything else, and we are all good at dealing with those slave brothers. Targer, don't worry, the royal city can't be in chaos.

By the way, it is said that on the day when we are ready to go on the expedition, His Majesty will hold a grand gladiatorial show, and now the more than 1,600 slave gladiators in the gladiatorial arena will divide into two sides and engage in a large-scale gladiatorial battle as a sacrifice to the god of war, so as to gain the favor of the god of war and protect us to victory......" Dre showed himself well informed beside him.

"Oh, I believe the gladiatorial show that day must have been spectacular, and I enjoyed watching the gladiatorial show. By the way, Brother Cerva, don't be impulsive, I am going to visit Viscount Timba tomorrow, and I believe that Viscount Timba will definitely help me go to the gladiatorial arena to inquire about the whereabouts of Brother El for the sake of the face of our companions all the way. We're going to have a drink tonight, and we're not going home...... "Targer said to Cerva.

"Okay, it's a deal, if you don't get drunk, you won't return!" Cerva became excited.

The Flame and Blood Tavern soon arrived, and as soon as they entered, Cerva and Dre and the others shouted at the boss to hurry up and serve good wine and food. Targar asked the owner, Carrick, if he was upstairs, and the boss said that Carrick had gone out after drinking three bottles of cider and had not returned.

Cerva patted Tagger on the shoulder and said, "Don't worry about Carrick, I think he seems to have a cousin who lives in the royal city, maybe he is going to visit the house." By the way, Brother Tagger, open me a room, I've been suffocating for a while. ”

When Targar looked back, he saw that Cerva was flirting with a tavern maid in her arms. He smiled and said to the tavern owner: "Boss, I have all the empty rooms upstairs at night, and any brother who wants to relax can just take someone up, and then come down to drink when he is done, and all the expenses will be credited to me." ”

After speaking, he slapped a gold dollar coupon on the counter, attracting a burst of cheers and bold and generous praise.

Dre didn't take the maid upstairs, he liked to drink, and after drinking three or four bottles, he became interested in the silent Lorlist, and had to drink with Lorlist.

Lorist refuses this request, telling Dre that he is Master Targer's guard and cannot drink. But Dere was unrelenting and insisted on playing with Lorist for a drink. In the end, Targar ordered Lorist to drink, and he couldn't help but give his friend a face.

Lorist said with a sad face: "Young master, I don't know how to drink. ”

Then, under the persuasion of Dre is a man who can drink, he poured three bottles of fruit wine, sprayed it on the spot, and fell asleep on the ground, which amused everyone present.

Targar complained: "You guys are really, others don't drink and you have to get people drunk, now who will help me and carry Locke upstairs to my guest room to get a good night's sleep." Otherwise, I'm afraid it will be bad if he goes back and gives me a bad review. ”

Downstairs, there was a lot of buzz, and Tagger and his friends were just getting started with their nightlife. There was a crackling sound in the next room, mixed with the groans of the tavern maids, real or fake. In the dark room, Lorlist, who had been drunk and unconscious, opened his bright eyes and climbed up gently......

...... (To be continued.) )