Pirate System

At night, in a tavern named Xingsha in Twin Harbor. The owner of the shop sat behind the bar, gloomyly scanning the empty audience. Due to the disappearance of the wife of the local lord, the rumors in the city are now tense, and the business in the shop has been greatly reduced. Those drunkards were either caught or chose to hide under the covers overnight. However, the waitress in the store is quite happy, and she is doing her nails leisurely now.

Tang Ke was among the dozen or so guests. He came here alone to inquire about the news, and he didn't bring anyone with him, so as not to cause confusion among the crowd. He ordered a glass of common cheap rum and sat at the bar counter to drink it himself. He looked like a frustrated person, but in fact his ears were erected high, capturing the conversation of everyone in the room.

After half an hour, he heard some necessary news. The shop owner was complaining that the business was not good. A rough man said that his innocent friend had been arrested. A sailor said that there were many ships patrolling along the coast. There was also a woman Very nympho, and described to another female companion how handsome Colonel Michael was during the day.

Tang Ke learned that the disappearance of Alyssa had caused a lot of trouble, so his actions should be more low-key and cautious. He was fortunate to have the backing of Golden Beard, so he had an extra trump card for self-defense.

Someone is approaching. Tang Ke felt it, but he didn't move. The store owner glanced up at the person who came, and showed a hostile look, as if he was looking at a troublemaker.

"Hey, brother, why are you sitting here alone?" A big hand patted Tang Ke's back friendlyly, and then he sat aside familiarly. Tooth, "Don't you feel bored? If necessary, I can help you find two women to ensure your satisfaction. You should be a sailor, and sailors need women on shore, I understand."

"Thanks. But I don't need it for now. I'm about to say goodbye to a woman I like, and I'm sad now." Tang Ke waved his hand. He just needed some news, but he was happy to have someone strike up a conversation with him. He took a closer look at the golden-toothed man, and felt vaguely familiar, as if he had seen it at some port.

"Oh, so that's what happened." The golden-toothed man patted Tang Ke's shoulder again, "I sympathize with you very much. When I was younger than you, I was hurt by a woman, but after that I have never had such an experience again. Years will slowly harden people's hearts, and when you look back on the past in the future, you will feel that the things that made you sad before were so ordinary."

Tang Ke vaguely agreed. He confirmed that he had seen the man with the golden teeth. He tried to pull out the truth he needed in his memory, thought for a while, and finally remembered.

This man is Edmund Robert Tonk. When he first came to this world, the first port he arrived was Carlin Port. At that time, he met Edmund in the tavern and hired Edmund to help him. He recruits sailors.

Although Tang Ke recognized this person's identity, he didn't point it out. He has changed now,

And if you need to hide your identity, it's better to pretend that you don't know Edmund.

Seeing that Tang Ke didn't speak, Edmund could only continue to argue: "Young man, I feel that you need a woman's comfort even more in your current situation. When people are in pain, they should indulge themselves. Come on. Come with me, I Take you to have some fun to pass the time."

Tang Ke lowered his head and chuckled. When he first met Edmond, this guy was also a typical "middleman". This kind of person doesn't have any specific job, and he likes to look around for opportunities to make money. He likes this kind of person. Because such people are often quite ghostly.

"Oh, my good brother." Tang Ke pretended to be drunk, shook his head and said, "I really don't need a woman now, but I feel very comfortable chatting with you, can you chat with me again?" He rushed The store owner with a bitter face snapped his fingers, "Give him a glass of wine too."

"Uh, of course it's okay." Almond tilted his head, his disappointed expression flashed across the face, the benefit of a glass of wine was obviously not as much as that of attracting a customer.

"Are you a local?"

"No, I used to be from Greenland."

Edmund opened up the chatter box. He was very talkative and good at adding oil and vinegar to his own life experience, which would make the audience who didn't know the details respect him and think he was a very great person. He told about his life in Greenland. He claimed to be the illegitimate son of a certain nobleman, and after he grew up, he went to extort a large sum of money from his biological father. But the surname he claimed in this story is different from the one Tang Ke heard last time, but he doesn't know which version is the truth.

Tang Ke ordered glass after glass of wine. In order to make Edmund drink it obediently, he specially ordered expensive wine.

Under the anesthesia of alcohol, Almond became a one-sided narrator. He talked about his squandering when he was young. He was like a real son, spending money like water every day. Contest. He was very proud when he talked about this experience, and then he directly skipped the part about his family’s downfall, and directly talked about doing business. From then on, he never mentioned the experience of enjoyment again.

Tang Ke listened patiently. It was inconvenient for him to directly ask for the information he needed. It would be too obvious. He could only wait for Emmond to reveal something in a lot of conversations.

Edmond gradually talked about his experience in recent years. He heard that Twin Harbors was profitable, so he rushed here. He claimed that he could get away with it no matter where he was, and he was very proud of it. Then, he got to the point, he talked about the recent disappearance of the lord's wife.

"Damn it, I'm done talking about it." Edmond took a sip of his wine and made his tongue curl up even more. "Brother, tell me. Tell me about you and your woman. I hope this story It sounds like an opera with twists and turns."

"No, you still haven't finished talking. You just said that the lady of the lord disappeared, and the port became very tense, and then you stopped abruptly. Why? Tell me, I just came here and wanted to hear these important things Things." Tang Ke's voice became very low, like a dream, and he hoped that Edmond would answer with such a low voice.

"Listen, brother, you can't talk about these things now." Emmond stared at Tang Ke with drunken eyes, "Now there are several topics in Twin Harbor that are forbidden to discuss, such as the lord's wife, sea monsters, missing passenger ships and—— pirate."

"why?"

"Because everyone who talks nonsense is arrested by the lord, and the unlucky ones are tortured and whipped every day. Looking at you, you must not know what it feels like to be whipped. The jailer's whip will tear your flesh apart. You can see through the wound and see what's inside the body, it's that scary."

Tang Ke made a frightened expression and said, "But if you don't tell me what happened in detail, how can I know which topics can't be discussed?"

Edmund became completely drunk at this moment, and a greedy look flashed in his eyes. He looked around, lowered his voice and said, "For the sake of your drink. I'll tell you about it."

Tang Ke finally got what he wanted to know. He learned what Lord Kerwin did after Alyssa disappeared. He further inquired about the number of ships owned by Kerwin, probably more than a hundred ships, but most of them were merchant ships and passenger ships. In addition, Edmund spoke very highly of Michael, and told several stories about Michael exterminating pirates. Michael looked like a hero.

After drinking for three rounds, Emmond claimed to go out to have a urinate and let Tang Ke stay by himself for a while. When Edmund walked out the door, he purposely glanced back at Tang Ke, who was still drinking, with a bad look. After Emmond went out, the store owner also gave Tang Ke a weird look, hesitated to speak, and after holding back a few times, he gave up and continued to wipe the dusty wine bottles.

After Emmond came outside the store, he didn't go to take a urinate, but left the tavern quickly. He looked anxious and looked around. After turning two streets, he saw a group of patrolling guards, showing their faces. A triumphant smile. He stepped forward quickly, drawing the attention of the guards.

"To make a long story short, there is an outsider who looks suspicious. I have been asking others about the disappearance of the lord's wife in the tavern just now. He is dressed like a sailor. He may be a pirate. Why don't you arrest him and ask him?" Edmond quickly As he spoke, he looked eagerly at a group of six patrolling guards.

The guards raised their vigilance and immediately said, "Go, take us to find that person."

"Of course, that's why I came to you, but..." Emmond stretched out his hand, and there was a price clearly marked on the notice, and anyone who provided clues would be rewarded. He is very short of money now, so he is planning to frame Tang Ke, a stranger.

The guard took a few times out of his pocket and stuffed a stack of silver coins into the greedy hands of Almond. Almond smiled brightly.

At the same time, Tang Ke didn't know about it, and was still tasting the wine, the rum left a long flavor in his throat. He found that it took too long for Almond to go out, so he guessed that this guy escaped first to avoid paying the bill, and he couldn't help smiling.

Tang Ke's thoughts were suddenly interrupted, and he restrained his smile. There was a group of heavy footsteps outside the door, and several people's footsteps were full of strength. Judging by the sound of footsteps, this group of people seemed to be rushing towards the door of this store. He glanced back out the window and saw a figure walking by, wearing a hat that looked like a guard.

"Could it be that they came to catch me?" Tang Ke didn't change his face, and drank the last sip of wine. Pirates are not allowed to waste wine.

The guards had already arrived at the door, and the leader put his hand on the doorknob, making a gesture to push it away.

Tang Ke took out a silver coin from his pocket, pointed it at the shelf of drinks behind the shop owner, and ejected the silver coin violently. The silver coins smashed a series of wine bottles, and the crisp sound attracted the attention of the audience. Tang Ke didn't look any further, and calmly got up and left.

The door was opened, and the guards rushed in. They were first attracted by the broken wine bottle and the screams of the store owner. They shouted: "No one moves," and then turned to ask Emmond, "Where is that suspicious person?" ?”

"He's there...huh?" Emmond suddenly pointed to the direction where Tang Ke was sitting just now, but his fingers immediately softened because Tang Ke had disappeared. "Damn it!" He cursed and looked around for Tang Ke , he ignored the screaming of the store owner, grabbed other customers, and asked about Tang Ke's whereabouts, but no one knew. Edmund's face was ashamed.

"Okay. I think you're playing tricks on us when you're drunk," the guard said angrily.

"No, there was really a suspicious person just now."

"I think you are quite suspicious yourself, follow me to the prison for the night"

"Do not"

The guards took away Edmond, who was stealing a lot of money.

In fact, the place where Tang Ke was sitting still had residual heat. Just to the left of the chair, a window was open and swayed with the wind. .