The boss led Russell to the corner of the tavern and said to the man, "The guest who is willing to answer your boring questions is here, you can do it yourself!" With that, he took off his hat to Russell and turned back to the bar.

The blonde man put down his glass, raised his head, narrowed his long, slightly feminine eyes, examined Russell for a moment, and drank again.

Russell was a little embarrassed, but he still opened his mouth first and asked, "This gentleman, my name is Russell Paul." I need someone competent to help me investigate some tricky things. ”

"Oh, there are so many warriors here, why did you come to me?" the man took another sip of wine, and showed a playful expression. "I saw Your Excellency sitting alone, as if unwilling to join the rough men, and though he was a little drunk, he was not drunk, as if he were thinking about something. Russell replied cheekily.

"Hahaha, that's right, I still like to listen to other people's flattery. The man looked up and laughed, and continued: "Being able to say these words means that you still have some knowledge, and you also know that there is a prerequisite for recruiting me, which is to answer a question that satisfies me. ”

"Well, I know. ”

The man straightened up, sat upright, and asked, "What do you think of the current situation in the Empire?"

After Russell heard this, he was sure in his heart, it was really the same as he guessed, this kind of person is the kind of person who wants to dream about it nine times out of ten, and those who have never met talents are like this, who are ignored by the country but care about the country, they are all dead arrogant.

He replied calmly: "Although the empire has been losing wars in recent years, it is still relatively stable on the whole, and if the empire can select virtuous people to hold important positions regardless of origin, it will definitely be able to restore the glory of the empire." ”

After saying that, Russell couldn't help blushing, after all, he was still a member of the aristocracy not long ago.

The man rubbed his neck, drank the rest of the wine in one gulp, and said, "The answer is decent, it's okay." My name is Carter, I'm in good head, I'm in good health, are you going to hire me? My service is very expensive. ”

"I'd love to!" Russell nodded.

"By the way, I have one more thing I want you to help with. ”

"What's the matter?"

Carter smiled embarrassedly: "Can you pay the food and wine money I owe these days?" Russell twitched the corners of his mouth and said, "No, no problem." ”

Late at night, Bauer complained in the dilapidated and dimly lit room: "Russell, how stupid it is for you to hire him for three months with a hundred dinars and give him the most expensive room to sleep in." Don't you know that a hundred dinars can buy five cows, and you can find ten thugs?"

Russell stretched out on the bed, listened to the rattling of the bones in his body, looked at the cobwebs on the ceiling, and replied, "Believe me, Carter alone can be worth a thousand people you say." ”

"How can you be so sure? Isn't he just an alcoholic?" Bauer questioned, looking incredulous.

"I look at him, he's this kind of person!"

"What a waste of money for the devil to believe you. Bauer grunted, turned his back to Russell, and snored in a few moments.

Carl was lying on the goose feather quilt, and he was also thinking in his heart, thinking that he heard the good words of that kid today, and he was a little drunk, so he really agreed, and he didn't know what happened to this employer, it was really worrying.

In this way, the three of them were restless and fell asleep deeply.

Early the next morning, Russell and Bauer finished washing up and walked out of the room, just in time to see Carl walking out, Russell couldn't help but be a little shocked. Karl shaved off his glaring beard, washed off the wine stains on his face, tied his shoulder-length blonde hair into a strand of ribbon, dressed in an old but well-fitting robe, and a one-and-a-half-meter-long knight's sword hanging from his waist. Accompanied by his resolute face, he is like a dignified knight.

Carter looked at the surprised Russell and smiled, "What's the matter, are you hooked on me?"