Chapter Eighty-Nine: The Tavern
Kaichi shouted to the tavern owner, "Give this one a big glass of ale, no, give everyone a big glass of ale, I'm in for a treat." ”
There are not many people in the tavern, only four or five people, although Jia Yi said that he is arrogant, but there is not much money.
Everyone present heard it, cheered in unison, and raised their glasses to Jiayi to express their gratitude, but because the number of people was too small, the empty one didn't look imposing at all.
Kaichi stood still in front of Old Mighty and said, "Can you tell me anything you know about the ruins? ”
As he spoke, a huge burst of flame rose from Jiayi's hand and rushed straight to the top of the tavern, almost setting the top of the tavern on fire.
Old Weili was startled, the stool under his buttocks was crooked and almost fell to the ground, swallowed his saliva and said, "Don't dare, absolutely don't dare." ”
Seeing this hand, the customers of the several taverns who were still looking at this side with interest immediately turned their heads, not daring to look at this side blatantly, but their ears were pricked up, listening to the movement here.
Kaichi pulled out a stool and sat down, asking, "Have you really been to the ruins?"
"I..."Old Weili habitually wanted to boast, but under Jiayi's gaze, he finally whispered dejectedly: "I haven't been." ”
Jia Yi's mental power and observation are very good, and Lao Weili seems to be stripped naked under his gaze, feeling that any lie he tells can't escape the other party's eyes.
He added, "But I did hear about the ruin, and I actually wanted to go there, but my parents wouldn't let me go on the adventure, and the other adventurers wouldn't let me join it." But I heard it very clearly that the ruins were deep in the forest to the east, and that they were going through a canyon at the end of which they were turning over a hillside, halfway up a hill. ”
Lao Weili didn't say anything about this, and started drinking, Jia Yi frowned: "What else?"
Old Weili showed a blank expression: "No, that's all I know, I dare to say, no one knows more than me, I haven't been there after all, I remember so much about the location of the ruins." ”
Jia Yi felt that he was not satisfied, is there a difference between saying this and not saying it? The forest in the east is so big, and if you don't know where the canyon is, how to find it, you can't search the forest over and over again.
The only direction information turned out to be east, and the east is bigger.
"Just now the boss said that there was an accident at that time, what was the change, and even the whole town was down. ”
Lao Weili shook his head: "No one can say what it is, maybe the people present at the time know, but there is never a word of it, only that after the discovery of the ruins, a lot of adventurers gathered, many of them rushed from the nearby cities after hearing the news, and even the army also participated, and the people who gathered at that time seemed to be more than the population in our small city, and all kinds of conflicts happened every day, even the wandering warblers came to set up tents." ”
Speaking of this, Lao Weili looked ****, and his saliva was about to flow out.
After the fall of the small town, even the entertainment venues have shrunk greatly, and the quality is far from being comparable to the wandering warblers.
"But I don't know when it began, fewer and fewer adventurers came back, and the beasts in the forest became more and more dangerous, becoming very irritable and aggressive, even if several adventure teams were combined, fewer and fewer people came back. Slowly, those adventurers either disappeared into the jungle or left here, but the danger in the forest did not decrease, the collection of medicine and hunting became very dangerous, the output decreased, and even the merchants who came over became less, and the city slowly fell. ”
This place was originally remote, although it was a border city, but because there had been no war for many years, there were not many troops stationed in it, there were no soldiers to stimulate domestic demand, and after losing the pillar industry, it was inevitably dilapidated, and even the gap in the city wall did not have enough funds to repair it.
After a few more questions, he asked if anyone else knew about the ruins, and received a negative answer.
Jia Yi stood up and said, "Okay, you have too little news, but I can't give you any big money, I'll help you settle the wine money you owe." ”
"Oh, no! no!" Old Weili hurriedly stood up to stop him, and said with a shy face, "You give me the wine money, and I can settle it myself, so I don't need to trouble you anymore." ”
Looking at him like this, even if Jia Yi thought about it with his toes, he knew that the other party would definitely not settle the wine money after taking the money.
Ignoring the other party's pleading, Jia Yi came to the counter and said to the boss, "How much money he owes for the drink, add it up." ”
"Your meal is 80 coppers, and the wine money is a total of 240 coppers, a total of 320 coppers, counting you 300, Lao Weili owes a total of ... I'll look for it... I owe a total of 2 silver coins and 423 coppers, and then I will erase the odds for you, a total of 2 silver coins and 7 silver horns. ”
Jia Yi threw the three silver coins he had just taken out to the boss and said, "No need to look for it." ”
Lao Weili was envious on the side, stepped forward and leaned on the counter with his hands, and said flatteringly: "Let's discuss, I only pay half of the wine money, you give me more money, okay, or, or a silver coin, five silver horns are fine." ”
The boss ignored the other party at all, put all the money in the cash cabinet, and said, "If it weren't for the adults to help you return the money, you see that I will let you in and drink in the future." ”
"You're so stingy, your father wasn't as stingy as you were when he was still around. Old Weili said dissatisfiedly, but he didn't dare to say anything about half of the wine money.
The tavern owner scoffed at Old Weili's words: "Then do you owe money to my father? He doesn't like to keep accounts, it's all in his heart, and I don't know who owes money for wine after his death." ”
"How... How could it be. Old Weili said loudly, but his voice didn't sound confident.
Jia Yi took out three silver coins, clasped them on the counter in front of Lao Weili with his backhand, and said, "This is your reward, you go back and look to see if anyone else knows the information about the ruins, if I am satisfied, I will also make you satisfied." ”
Seeing these silver cuties, Lao Weili immediately covered them in his hands, as if he was worried that Jia Yi would regret it or the boss would come to rob him, and after waiting for a moment to react, the money he owed the tavern owner had just been paid off.
He smiled wryly, picked up the silver coins one by one and held them for sale, bowed to Jiayi, and said respectfully, "Thank you, sir, for your generosity." ”
When Kaichi came back from the tavern, he found the owner of the hotel where he was staying and asked again, and the result was similar.
It is said that the matter of the ruins was decades ago, and the younger generation now is not very clear, especially those who have been to the ruins, if they have not made money, they would have moved away long ago, or they would have died long ago after so many years.
The average age of this era is only in their 30s, although it is because many children die young, the average line is lowered, but the general age is not too high, and the longevity is almost all worry-free, at least the living standard is small and wealthy, and this kind of person can move away long ago.
Although Akureyri has not been fighting for a long time, it is a border city after all, and it is not a good place to live and work in peace.
Jia Yi carefully recalled what Yao Lao told him about the ruins at that time, he only said that he had passed through the jungle, and there seemed to be a saying from the east, and the story would not be written too much in the direction, so more content actually started from finding the ruins.
There seems to be only one thing that can be confirmed, and the ruins are indeed east of Akureyri.
To the east is the junction of the Lesser Sakhalin Mountains and the Hengduan Mountains, and the terrain inside is very complex, which can be regarded as a natural separation between the two countries. The Little Sakhalin Ridge is the border, and if you go in to search, you may meet the people of Karta.
I don't know if anyone knows about the ruins on the Karta side of the east.