Whispering Poems

Whispering Poems Chapter 8

2021-06-23

Chapter 8 Lords

"If this business goes well, maybe I can really try , stay here as a detective. Wait until life is stable and then contact the supernatural, and try to find the hope of returning home."

Monitoring the leisure at the door of the club, the foreigner thinks of the distant hometown, Shade Can't help sighing.

I estimated the time again. Since Mr. Lawrence has also entered the club, it is impossible for the two of them to come out within an hour.

"They have something to do, should I find a place to rest?"

He thought to himself, his eyes looked towards the surroundings, and then he saw a family on the corner of the street. A tavern called "Screaming Hound".

This kind of pub, which is open on the main road and opens during the day, is usually not very chaotic, especially now that it is only two o'clock in the afternoon. Shade squeezed the tenpence note in his pocket, licked his chapped lips, checked the time, hesitated, and walked over.

Pushing open the door of the tavern, I saw a row of gas lamps on the wall at first sight, illuminating the somewhat dim interior. There was a smell of alcohol mixed with fermented food in the air, which made him a little uncomfortable when he was still hungry.

Shade now knows that the lamps used in this era are all gas lamps. In addition to gas pipes, there are generally steam pipes that climb on the wall. The gas pipes are slightly thinner, and the steam pipes will be covered with heat insulation.

The round wooden tables in the tavern are all empty, there is no who, there are only three customers, sitting around a wooden table far from the bar against the wall to play cards, the wall beside the table There is also a landscape oil painting by Zhang Xueshan.

Those were three men who didn't look wealthy. Although there were no patches on their clothes, the dark clothes were washed white, and the hats on the table had obviously been used for a long time. Wrinkled piled together.

Maybe they just wanted to take a break on this leisurely summer afternoon, and Shade didn't bother and walked to the bar where the bartender was standing, thinking about just buying a glass of ice water. But he heard cheers from one of the poker players:
"This time I won again!"

The middle age person with a messy beard stood up and put the The cards were thrown on the table:

"Look, it's exactly 21 o'clock."

Said proudly looking towards the surroundings, but unfortunately there are only him and his friends here. Seeing Shade who just walked in the door, the eyes shined:
"Please have this gentleman a glass of rye!"

The man who won the card but was not rich said to the bartender, Shade turned a little surprised. He turned around and looked towards him. After a moment of stunned, he nodded slightly to express his gratitude:

"Thank you very much, but I think a glass of ice water is enough."

He is not good at drinking, And I don't know what the so-called "rye wine" is, and now I'm still carrying out detective activities, so there's no need to be contaminated with alcohol.

And apparently, the price of a glass of water is much lower than the price of a glass of wine, and the three men think Shade is saving them money, and they immediately have a crush on him. Seeing that Shade has no company, he invites him to play cards together.

But Shade can't, he can only watch them play, and the men are also very enthusiastic to teach Shade the "Lord's card" skills.

The cards in this world are very similar to the cards in the previous life. They are also four suits, a total of 54 cards, but the four suits are the sun, the moon, the stars and the flowers.

The mainstream way of playing cards is similar to the "Blackjack" rule, which is called "Lord's card". The game is popular in the world. It is said that the inventor of this game is called Rhodes.

Cards are generally made with pictures on the front, with suits and numbers marked in the upper left and upper right corners. Therefore, some series of cards with special patterns issued in special times are extraordinarily valuable.

Only 1,000 sets of the most recent special series of Rhodes were released, called "Fairy Tale Series".

The three men playing cards are not wealthy, and they don't know much about the so-called special series of Rhodes cards, so they can only give a rough idea.

They only know that some nobles are madly pursuing those rare cards. In particular, some cards not only have special card patterns, but even contain special rules of the game.

That part of the cards is worth a fortune. It is rumored that Ford Auction House sold a special card for 12,000 pounds last year.

Shade quietly converted the price and thought about the "Sun 3" in the diary. He didn't want to laugh, but deeply doubted whether the card he inherited was genuine.

But if the card with the woman sitting sideways holding the silver moon card face is genuine, his last worry about his future life will disappear.

After an hour of chatting with three poker men in the tavern, Shade got up to say goodbye. When he returned to the door of the newspaper office, the seat next to the original mailbox was occupied by a youngster wearing a brown vest and glasses.

This was probably the real reporter, so the young detective moved to stand beside the black iron light pole.

The street lights are generally cylindrical, and also use gas as an energy source. Shade was standing by the side leisurely, but his eyes accidentally saw the nameplate. The nameplate clearly states that do not smoke under the street light pole, otherwise take responsibility for the consequences.

Shade imagined what might have happened, subconsciously staying away from the dangerous place.

Shade has been patiently waiting as the sun gradually sets in the west. After the feeling of hunger reached the limit and disappeared in the afternoon, the body obviously felt much better. He planned to wait until about five o'clock, and if Mrs. La Soya didn't show up, then set off to the church of the [War and Peace Church] to receive relief food.

By the way, you can also take a look at what is going on in the church in this world, and confirm whether there is extraordinary power in the church.

"However, I have that voice in my head, won't I be taken away as soon as I enter? And the outsider's secret"

He is also a little worried about this, but he doesn't. There aren't many choices Shade can make, knowing any situation.

Perhaps after noticing that Shade thought of her again, the female voice in his mind sounded again:

[Observe his ring. ]

This sentence appeared at noon, but at that time the personal pronoun was female, and this time it was male.

Shade immediately raised his head and looked towards the door of the club. Sure enough, he saw a young man with a suitcase walking out. On his right hand finger, it was the white pebble ring he saw on Mrs. La Soya's finger at noon. .

Because the shape is too unique, Shade believes that he will not admit it wrong.

Both put the ring on the middle finger of the right hand, without further prompting from the voice in their head.

"It's funny, why did the owner of the ring change?"

Shade thought to himself, seeing the man with the ring leaving the club, not looking for an empty carriage, but Mixed into the evening crowd, behind a fat man with a briefcase in a hurry, he walked eastward along the street.

The fog of the steam city obscures his silhouette, and if he doesn't chase, Shade will soon lose the man's whereabouts.

"Should I catch up? The voice in my head is definitely not a random talk."

He thought to himself, turned to avoid the direction of the club's door, Expand the map in the notebook by one-eighth and look for the direction of the Church of War and Peace. The church that distributed the relief food is east of the current location, and it is now very close to five o'clock.

(end of this chapter)