Chapter 179: A Worse and Worse Reputation

In the evening, Kevin arrives at the tavern as promised. Since the www.biquge.info said that he was talking about business, Kevin also came over in a military uniform. It is one of the largest taverns in the city, and in addition to the ground floor for ordinary people, there is also a private seat on the second floor. The environment is elegant, the price is expensive, and the drinks may not be very good, but at least the labels of the drinks are relatively famous.

In the middle, there is a bard playing the lute, which is a common lute on the mainland, a plucked stringed instrument with a curved neck. Not all bards can only tell jokes and squirts, and some skilled poets can play a few ditties. But I have to say that telling jokes and spraying is the best way to liven up the atmosphere, and it is also the easiest way to get started.

Kevin walked upstairs and looked around to see the woman in the sunhat sitting in a window with a glass of red wine at the table, as if waiting for a while. The woman in the visor did not wear a uniform, but still wore a visor and did not take it off even when she was in the house.

Kevin hurried over: "Long waiting. ”

"It's all right," the woman in the visor looked up, "it's me who came early." ”

Kevin immediately sat down, and the bartender quickly walked over: "What do you two want?"

Kevin ordered the same red wine as her, and the two began to talk about it officially. "First of all, let me introduce myself," the woman in the visor hat took off her hat and put it aside, "I'm the leader of the third detachment under the sheriff, you can call me Fett." ”

"Hello. Kevin nodded politely, "I don't need to introduce it, you should know me well." ”

"We only scratch the surface," Fett smiled, "at least we didn't know that you were one of the mages too." ”

Kevin was just modest: "I learned some theories of magic arrays, can't I be regarded as a mage mage?"

"Actually, I came to you today, and it was also a temporary assignment for me," Fitt spread his hands, "probably after you talked to the captain in the morning, he was very interested in you, so ...... Let me come over and continue to talk to you. ”

Kevin: "......"

"Although the army and the sheriff don't belong to the same department, there are occasional transfers between them," Fitt seemed to be looking for a topic, "and our chief captain is actually your former deputy commander, so...... In fact, we can also say that it is a unit. ”

Kevin took a sip of his wine, still silent.

"You...... Don't you say a few words?" Fit looked a little embarrassed, obviously she was not good at this kind of thing, and it was estimated that she had thought about the lines just now for a long time.

"Yes," Kevin nodded, "Okay." Then there was silence.

Fett was helpless: "Won't your two sentences be too concise?" ”

"Then just ask a question," Kevin didn't want to embarrass himself, gesturing to the hat on the table, "Why do you wear a sunhat in the house and don't take it off until I come." ”

"Oh, that's what it means," replied Fett, "I've got a hat with me, and you know I'm here at a glance, so you don't have to look for it." Then when you come, I can take my hat off. ”

"And the day before yesterday, you were wearing a sunhat in the vault," Kevin asked, "is it so that plainclothes can see you there at a glance?"

"yes, you're so smart. Fett smiled and complimented Kevin.

Kevin: "......" always felt that there was nothing to be happy about being praised.

"Yesterday's incident about the protection of the water spirits," Kevin still wanted to know some of the details of yesterday, "You knew it was a fake necklace from the beginning, right?"

"Yes," replied Fitt in a whisper, "Actually, I used to be the personal bodyguard of the Lord's wife, and I was transferred here later. In fact, it is normal to bring fakes, especially things like the shelter of the water spirits, which are too expensive and too rare, and they are also fake for safety reasons, and the real necklaces are stored. Anyway, you can't tell if you don't hold the fake and the real in your hand. ”

The captain was also worried that the city lord would blackmail him with a necklace, so he hurried to return it. Haha, I still wanted to stop it at the time, but I didn't say anything hesitantly, the city lord had already run away," Fett remembered yesterday's situation, and thought it was funny, but then the conversation changed, "But after yesterday's military exercise, I really feel that the knowledge of the magic array is kept secret, which is really right." You see, you have mastered the magic array alone, and we can't do anything about it in the whole city. In the end, we can still be alone in a stalemate. ”

Kevin shook his head: "I think that the magic array should only be gradually popularized, and danger will inevitably exist." To be honest, even if I don't know the magic array, it's just that I can prepare some more oil. It's not impossible to get some timed ignition devices, but the pre-work will be longer. ”

Fett pouted, clearly not quite agreeing.

"Of course, it is obviously not possible to popularize all of them at once, and it is not possible. The magic array is the key to the development of the membrane method, and it is also the key to social progress. As for security, it should be much better if the corresponding laws are sound, parrot patrols are in place, and a large array of infrastructure construction in the city is completed. But it does make the sheriff's burden heavier," Kevin smiled, "I'll just say it, don't mind if it's wrong." ”

"It's okay," Fett smiled, "Actually, there are a lot of things I don't understand. ”

While talking, the bard downstairs finally finished playing, took the money and left. Then another bard entered, and for a moment everyone fell silent, their eyes converging in unison. Obviously, the most common show in taverns is about to begin.

The bard smiled and nodded, and then began his performance today: "Everyone should know that yesterday a big event happened in our city. A 'ferocious' robber robbed the vault for 15 hours, killing 16 vault clerks. ”

"Ah!" exclaimed in the tavern.

"Of course, it's an exercise, a kind of military exercise. The bard finished the second half of the sentence.

"Oh!" was another sigh of relief in the tavern, and then everyone laughed, expressing their displeasure at the bard's act of giving such a spurt of titles.

But dissatisfaction aside, the bard had managed to attract everyone's attention, and as he spoke again, everyone soon fell silent.

"This military exercise is different from ordinary military exercises, in order to show authenticity, the person who played the robber actually became a robber for a day, and this robber is called Kevin Indon Si Hall," the bard began to spit and began to introduce the background story of the military exercise.

Kevin, upstairs, was stunned, and it didn't feel good.

Then the bard gets into the groove: "Who is Kevin? He used to be a real bandit, he was the one who was ordered by the army." He has killed people, he has robbed, he used to occupy the mountain as the king, and he was once a very famous bandit leader. ”

Kevin: "......"

"Yesterday, he stepped on it first. Then he went to his former accomplices, and of course now the accomplices have also been edicted. First of all, the accomplices set fires everywhere and made trouble everywhere. In this way, the sheriff must be fully mobilized and exhausted. Then Kevin, the robber, saw the opportunity and rushed into the vault, and immediately caught the counter lady of the vault. The counter lady was scared, and she struggled desperately. Kevin also laughed evilly, "It's useless for you to cut your throat, you ...... it'"

Kevin: "......"

"Of course, we also know it's a drill," replied the bard, "and of course Kevin knows, so he can't do anything too out of the ordinary." But he also has a reason, the military exercise is not real, how can the military exercise?"

Everyone in the tavern nodded, after all, this truth was correct.

The bard continued: "So he broke the chandelier of the vault, took the money from the vault, and scribbled on the ground." What I said is true, you can go to the vault and see, there is no chandelier on the roof yet. It's just broken, this chandelier is not an ordinary chandelier......"

Kevin listened to the gibberish below, if he had been before, he had at least begun to think about how to fight back. Only this time, he just quietly observed Fitt on the other side: "Is this why you invited me to drink?"

Fit's expression was very embarrassed: "No, I didn't expect it to be like this. ”

Downstairs, the bard continued, "It's noon, Kevin is thirsty, he wants to eat, he wants a set meal." After eating the set meal, I had afternoon tea, afternoon tea, and dinner. It's really cool for this robber. And our sheriff, on the other hand, is simply useless. ”

"The robber asked for food, so he sent him in, and he asked for drink, so he sent in what he drank. A large group of people stood stupidly outside the door to bask in the sun for a day, not knowing what they were doing. I've been a bard for so long, and I've had a lot of experience traveling from north to south, and I've never seen such an incompetent sheriff. ”

Now, it was Fett's turn to have a black face, pinching the cup and looking like he was about to have a seizure. Kevin just looked at her with a blank face.

"What did the sheriffs come up with at last? They took a necklace and threw it in, it was one of those precious necklaces, and they had borrowed it from the lord's wife. What is the matter? The meaning is this, the robber loves money like life, and when he sees the necklace, he is naturally excited, and he will run to see it. Looking at the past, the flaws are revealed, and the sheriffs can save people. ”

Two people upstairs: "......"

The necklace was thrown out, but the robbers could tell at a glance that it was a fake necklace. As a result, the robbers were unmoved, hehe. What to do in the end? The sheriffs had no choice, they thought that it was a military exercise anyway, and the robbers couldn't really kill people, so they rushed straight in and saved people. Tsk," concluded the bard, shaking his head, "you see, our army is made of robbers, and our sheriffs are wine bags and rice bags. Why is this so? ”

Upstairs, Fett finally couldn't help but slap the case: "What do you say?"

The bard was not surprised, all the bards were ready to be sprayed at any time, he just smiled faintly: "This beauty doesn't seem to agree with me, maybe someone in your family is a soldier or a sheriff." But it is an indisputable fact that I have been with a person for so long yesterday. There may be a few sheriffs who are very competent, but sadly, most are wine bags and rice bags. ”

Fett's face turned purple with anger, and everyone downstairs followed suit, shaking their heads and sighing, and persuading her to sit down, feeling that she was also a wine bag rice bag, so it is normal for most people to be a wine bag rice bag.

Looking at this situation, Fett looked a little overwhelmed and turned his head to look at Kevin, who was still looking at her expressionlessly.

"Haven't you ever been in a situation like this?" asked Kevin.

"I rarely come to the tavern. Fett was a little embarrassed.

"Just do what you do, just take him away. Kevin replied.

"But......" Fett looked at the people downstairs with some embarrassment, "I feel that it will cause public outrage and cause a lot of trouble." ”

"Oh, what are you going to do?" Kevin asked.

"Or ...... Forget it. Fett sighed, "Actually, there are many people who usually scold our sheriff, and he is not one of them. Arrested him, and said that we control speech, alas. ”

"Actually, you're just lazy," Kevin hit the nail on the head, "Freedom of speech doesn't mean that you can spread rumors, you can be arrested." It's just that the crime is too shallow, it's troublesome, and it's scolded, so I'm too lazy to catch it. ”

"Alas!" Fitt sighed, finally making up his mind, "Forget it, I'll do it for your sake today." ”

After that, she immediately strode downstairs and took out her papers: "I am the sheriff! Now in the name of smearing the national army and the sheriff in public, please come with me." ”

The bard's face changed for a moment, and the tavern fell silent in an instant. Fett took him by the hand and walked out, and the bard smiled dryly: "Sir, sir, don't do this. That's what I heard......"

After the two men left, there was another round of discussion in the tavern. Surprisingly, most people were laughing at the bard. Think he's really stupid, laughing at the sheriff in the main city, isn't this looking for death?

Kevin just sat upstairs in silence, calmly finishing the rest of his drink. Even if the rumor-mongers are caught, it is too difficult to refute the rumors. This is the second time he has bumped into someone who has blackened himself, and it has already been the second time that he has been bumped into by himself, and I am afraid that there are not many people who have not been bumped into.

I don't know who spends so much effort to discredit themselves, or most famous people will go through some time to be smeared. When a newcomer becomes famous, he will inevitably move the interests of some people, and it is normal to send people to smear him. But Kevin is only a mere lieutenant, a red-fighting ordinary soldier, can he say that his threat has reached such a great level? If so, should he be happy or sad?

But in any case, I am afraid that Kevin's reputation will get worse and worse in a short period of time.