Lord God Investigator

"Midsummer's Day" morning, Daqiao District.

Crowds gradually gathered at the entrance of Wujiuhu Hotel, so much so that the bridges connecting both sides of the Qianhe River that passed through the city were somewhat congested, causing great inconvenience to traffic.

The bridge area of ​​Askatla City is geographically located in the center of a city that connects the upper and lower parts. A large river named "Jiang River" divides the city into the upper city and the lower city. The upper city on the north bank of the river is the administrative district and the temple. District, Xiacheng District on the south bank of the Qianhe River is a dock area and a slum area, which just separates the areas where the rich and the poor live.

But whether you are poor or rich, you can quickly rush from the residential area to the Bridge District without taking a detour. This is why the real estate in the Bridge District is expensive. The Wujiuhu Theater is worth 200,000 gold coins but has no market value. The reason why ordinary wealthy businessmen can't buy it even if they want to.

The festival celebrations of "Midsummer Festival" have not yet begun. Only in the evening, on a clear midsummer night, the songs of the celebration will be sung in the small squares near major hotels and taverns in the city.

During the Midsummer Festival in previous years, there was not much festive atmosphere during the day, and there would not be so many people gathering together.

Today, the crowd gathered to watch the performance of the Bredero Theater Company. These people all held ticket stubs with numbers in their hands, hoping that they would be lucky enough to be drawn and watch a wonderful stage for free that only the nobles could afford. drama.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, a messenger with a loud voice came up to the small platform that was built yesterday. He took out a piece of paper and was responsible for reading the winning number out loud, so that citizens holding the winning ticket could enter as soon as possible after hearing it. field.

Citizens gathered in large numbers, and the scene was mixed. There were even many shadow thieves mixed in with the crowd, intending to cause trouble and steal in troubled waters.

The organizers of this performance had long been prepared. All the Amn guards in the Bridge District had gathered, and even some of the guards from other districts had been deployed to maintain order.

This was Luo Feng's request to Mayor Bailana. He proposed that for safety reasons, the city hall must send enough guards to control the venue on the day of the performance. Otherwise, if chaos and stampedes occur, citizens will suffer unnecessary consequences. casualties.

There are also a lot of nobles coming to watch the performance. The ten newly renovated luxury private rooms in the theater were booked by nobles and wealthy businessmen ten days ago. One luxury private room is enough for a noble family to sit.

In other words, there were at least ten wealthy families and nearly a hundred nobles and their relatives in the theater, not counting the nobles who bought winning tickets at high prices and went to watch in the general audience.

Mayor Bailana can ignore the lives of ordinary citizens, but she cannot ignore the safety of nobles and wealthy businessmen. In addition to gathering all the guards in the Bridge District at the entrance of the Wujiuhu Theater, she also mobilized hundreds of guards from other districts. , to ensure that the performance proceeds safely and smoothly.

Luo Feng had another reason for making such a request. He knew that his behavior of driving away scalpers and giving away tickets yesterday had angered the Shadow Thieves Guild, which planned to make a fortune from it. With the urinary behavior of the Shadow Thieves, they would definitely not give up. Today If more guards are not arranged, the shadow thieves will definitely jump out and cause trouble, so that the performance of the Bradero Theater Company will be disrupted.

As expected, there were shadow thieves mingling among the crowd and causing trouble, but before they could cause much chaos, they were caught by the Amn guards who were waiting for them and sent to prison to be whipped.

After calming down the small commotion in the crowd, the Amn guards organized the thousands of people gathered to wait quietly for the call. They also spent a lot of effort, and finally achieved good results. The crowd was in order, and everyone listened attentively and silently. Pray and hope that you will be the lucky winner.

"No. 666!" the messenger shouted.

A young man in the audience was stunned for a moment, took out his ticket stub and looked at it carefully, and suddenly became happy.

This young man’s name is Jack, a dockworker. He is not a fan of stage plays. He has only seen two stage plays in his life. After all, the tickets are very expensive and his income is meager. It is difficult to maintain such entertainment expenses. .

He just joined in the fun yesterday and received a ticket, but he didn't expect to be lucky enough to win the prize.

"Lucky young man, if you are willing to transfer this ticket, my master is willing to pay 200 gold coins to buy it!"

A middle-aged man dressed as a butler squeezed beside him, took out a bag of gold coins from his arms, and spoke hurriedly.

The young man hesitated. That was 200 gold coins, which was more than his year's salary!

But he still shook his head, rejected the middle-aged man's proposal, and walked towards the door of Wujiuhu Hotel with the ticket stub.

During this period, the city of Ascaltra was full of rumors about "the most exciting stage play in history is about to be staged". Jack's ears were ringing with noise. His curiosity had long been aroused, and he wanted to see the legendary performance. A wonderful drama that made noble women roll on the floor in tears.

What's more, although he is engaged in heavy physical labor every day, when he returns home, he always has to drag his tired body to carry out cultural studies.

He is very talented in art. In terms of painting, he has mastered many skills in self-study. In addition to painting, he also taught himself how to read, write, and even know some music knowledge.

Jack's dream is to become an artist in the future, instead of being a manual worker at the bottom forever. He is an ambitious young man.

It's just a year's salary. If you miss that wonderful stage play, it might be a lifelong regret.

"No. 736!"

A young girl jumped up happily. She was dressed luxuriously and was accompanied by two bodyguards. She was a young lady from a wealthy family.

The girl's name is Liz, and she is the daughter of Sir Camden's family.

Her parents were not fans of stage plays, so her expectation that her parents would pay a large amount of money to book a luxury private room to take her to watch the play with her failed. She had to ask the housekeeper to help her buy ordinary tickets without telling her parents. However, the housekeeper came back and told her All she bought was a lottery ticket, and she might not win, but she was very angry.

That stupid housekeeper didn't know if he bought more lottery tickets, at least the winning rate would be higher!

But the housekeeper told her that the lottery tickets on the black market had risen to 30 gold coins each, and buying more tickets might not necessarily win the prize.

Liz could only pray for Tymora's blessing, and came here early in the morning with the only lottery ticket to wait for the news. Unexpectedly, her prayers worked, and the goddess of luck favored her today.

"Number 147!"

"Moradin's hammer is actually me!"

"Number sixty-five!"

"Aha, Sheela-Periroll (the halfling goddess of love) has favored her loyal followers!"

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In this way, citizens of different identities and races followed the call of the herald and walked into the Five Wine Pot Theater with their ticket stubs in hand. Some of the winners transferred their tickets on the spot to the noble housekeepers and servants who paid high prices for them. .

After checking the tickets, Liz walked down the stairs of Wujiuhu Hotel and came to the entrance of the theater. She was very surprised to find that the theater had undergone tremendous changes.

She is a little theater fan and often comes to the theater to watch plays. She is very familiar with this place, but today she feels completely unfamiliar.

There were flower baskets on both sides of the corridor leading to the theater door, a red carpet on the ground, a lot of magic lights added to the tops of the surrounding walls, and an oil painting hanging under each lamp.

When walking on the red carpet and passing by the corridor, she glanced at one of the pictures and stopped immediately, so surprised that she couldn't speak.

"Oh my God! The painting skills are so superb, it is simply a masterpiece!" The noble girl couldn't help but exclaimed.

"Yes, Master Bradero's painting skills are indeed amazing."

Suddenly a young male voice next to him interjected: "The techniques he used are very different from the traditional techniques of Phelan painters, and the composition is also novel and bold, which is pleasing to the eye."

The noble girl quickly turned her head and saw a handsome and strong young man standing beside her, his eyes shining with strange light, looking intently at the oil painting poster on the wall.

The young man was dressed simply and did not look like he came from a wealthy family.

The girl couldn't help but blush.