Whispering Poems

Whispering Poems Chapter 31

2021-07-06

Chapter 31 "Captain Eight Guns" Laddes
The hallway floor was covered with a red carpet, The swaying entire group entered the second room on the left, led by the waiter who was waiting at the entrance of the stairs on the second floor.

The interior of the room is quite large, and the gas lamps are turned on to the maximum power, illuminating everything in the room into gold and jade in glorious splendor. But in the same way, just leaving the chaotic environment downstairs, the normal scene at this moment, instead, shows a distorted feeling.

The interior of the room looks like an ordinary reception room, but the huge gaming table is placed in the center.

Wide table top and more seats. There was a wine cabinet standing against the wall, as well as two women with heavy makeup and inappropriate clothes. Neither the drunken man nor the waiter in charge of acting as the dealer found Shade, the guy who shouldn't be there, and the entire group changed to a new room to continue the enjoyment just now.

Shade stood by the couch as unobtrusive as possible, looking for a chance to slip into the hallway.

I was thinking about whether I should use the ability to "ignite" to create some small troubles to attract attention. At this time, I heard that the drunken man he was supporting just now had a scar on the corner of his mouth and sat with his head down. The man on the sofa said:
"Captain Radees, tell us again, when you were captured by those Southerners, in order to be loyal to the kingdom, you shot yourself eight times in the head and tried to commit suicide!"

The drunkard said heartily, and the mocked Captain Radees lowered his head and didn't speak, just stared at his boots dully.

"Lades has just been redeemed, so let's not talk about that. Let's get a pistol and let him show us, hahahaha~"

At the poker table The man holding the three cards turned his head and said, and the room was filled with a happy atmosphere. Shade took advantage of everyone's laughter and took turns to make fun of the "Captain Eight Guns" who had just returned home after being captured, and successfully left the noisy room and returned to the corridor.

The walls and doors are soundproofed so well that Shade barely hears have a big laughter in the room after a few steps. He walked forward against the wall, there was no one in the corridor, but it was a move that favored him.

Although I don't know where the little Franklin is, according to the records of the former detective, there is an escape ladder on the second floor of the Lucky Southern Cross Club that leads directly to the outside world, so Shade is not worried about being caught. .

But thinking this way, I turned the corner and saw a man in a uniform that was obviously different from that of the casino guard downstairs.

Shade walked forward with his chest held high, not allowing himself to show any timidity. But Rao was like this, and he was stopped by the man:

"Sorry, sir, just a moment please. I don't seem to have seen you."

He reached out his hand to go Grab Shade's shoulder. Although Shade has no experience in close combat, his instinctive dodge was unexpectedly successful. This made him realize again that the enhancement of the ring warlock is all-inclusive:
"Yes, I was invited up, and just went to the bathroom."

He explained.

"But isn't the bathroom over there?"

The man pointed in the direction the detective had just come from, and gave him a puzzled look:
"You are really good at it. Not bad."

".The bathroom over there is broken, and the group of drunks vomited up and blocked the toilet, oh, I really don't want to describe that scene to you."

Shade admired his tact, but the man who stopped him still frowned:

"Sir, are you not a guest on the second floor?"

Although it is an interrogative sentence, the tone is already affirmative.

Shade smiled awkwardly, and there was absolutely no need to continue quibbling. Fortunately, there is no dangerous item on him, and he did not do any bad things in this club:

"Well, I was just curious about the second floor. Just now, when there were guests upstairs, I followed them up to me. Leave the club now, I understand."

The unexpected happened, and Shade didn't have to fight the casino gangsters for half a pound. As he spoke, he wanted to step back, but was stopped again by the next sentence of the man blocking the road:

"Don't run around in the future, the second floor and above are all VIP guests, you have to play by the rules here. You don't have to leave, you can continue on the first floor. Wait, you're not here to find 'Poor' Franklin, are you?"

He frowned.

"Well, okay."

After thinking about the current situation, Shade thinks there is no need to lie, and the other party is still a reasonable person for the time being:

"If You're talking about a youngster with a grey hat, a kilt, and freckled little eyes, yes, his father let me take him."

"His father sent him again. Someone's coming? Come with me, pay back the money he owes, and you can take him away."

The man directed Shade beckons with the hand and led him down the corridor Go:
"You should have said it on the first floor, like this guy who owes gambling debts, we are worried about how to find someone to pay them back."

The guy who runs the casino is unexpectedly very reasonable.

"I don't think...how much does he owe?"

Shade asks the crucial question, the accountant promises that if his son owes money at the casino , the detective can advance in advance, the money can be reimbursed, but Shade itself does not have much cash.

"£1 £6 shillings, plus interest and his room and board these days, two pounds, you can take him away."

The bet on the first floor was actually not the same. Not much, little Franklin could lose so much in two days, probably not winning or losing once. But none of this was Shade's business, Mr. Franklin was able to pay less than £10, and Shade had exactly £2.

The man said again:
"Of course, since you are here for his father. Then just like last time, if you are willing to give us three pounds and six shillings, the casino can open it for you. A five-pound receipt for you to bring to 'Poor' Franklin's father"

It took several seconds for Shade to realize what the man meant. He had seen this kind of thing in the original world, but he was still shocked by the business acumen of the guy who opened the casino in the foreign world. After thinking about it, he shook his head: "Thank you for your kindness, but this time even if It's time to run."

He just sympathized with Mr. Franklin, who was about to move his family, and thought he didn't need to make money like this. The man who led the way didn't care, but agreed with Shade:
"That's right, the water runs long. Anyway, 'Poor' Franklin will come again."

Shade admits to the club The so-called "debt repayment" has a very evil idea, but in reality, little Franklin is just forced to help wash the dishes in the kitchen, and he can let him go after brushing enough.

When the man led Shade into the kitchen, he happened to see the fat man in chef's clothes knocking the youngster with small eyes to the ground with one punch. Little Franklin, who seemed to be thin and thin, fell on the Rhodes cards all over the floor, and the blood splattered on the surface of the cards when his teeth fell off.

There is a bloody pig's head at the end of the kitchen, and the steam pipe is spraying hot steam at the pig's head, which the fat chef seems to be dealing with just now.

"Stop fighting, someone is coming to redeem him."

The man who led the way said lazily, first waving to dispel the smell of the kitchen in front of his nose, and then reaching out for Shade to give money. Shade also shoved the prepared two-pound note into the man's hand, and then pulled up little Franklin on the ground:

"It's your father who made me"

"Mr. He can't go now, this damn kid tried to escape and bit me."

The chef flustered and exasperated said, showing his chubby hand to show the bloody teeth marks on it:

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"Give me half a pound, or he won't be able to leave."

PS: Currently 1K favorites, I will try the water push on Monday, and the web version is not a particularly good position. The starting point seems to be the PK mechanism, I hope it will not end in one round.

Also, readers familiar with salted fish should know that authors rarely write useless plots. All the current stories are paving the way for the first big climax in the early stage.