Whispering Poems.

Chapter 31 "Captain Eight Guns" Rades
There was a red carpet on the floor of the corridor, and the swaying group entered the second room on the left, led by the waiter 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 brilliantly.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 looked like an ordinary reception room, but the huge gaming table was placed in the center.

Wider table tops 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 drunk man nor the waiter in charge of acting as a dealer found Xia De, who should not be there, and the group changed to a new room to continue their enjoyment just now.

Shade stood by the sofa as unobtrusive as possible, trying to find a chance to slip into the hallway.

I was thinking about whether I should use the ability of "ignition" to create some small troubles to attract attention. At this time, I heard the drunk man he was supporting just now saying to a man with a scar on the corner of his mouth and sitting on the sofa with his head lowered:
"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 laughed, and the ridiculed Captain Radees lowered his head and didn't speak, just stared at his boots dully.

"Lades has just been redeemed, let's not talk about this. Why don't you find a pistol and let him show us, hahahaha~"

The man who was holding three cards at the card table turned around and said, and the room was filled with a happy atmosphere.Xia De took advantage of everyone's laughter and took turns making 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 sound insulation of the walls and door is very good, and after Shard walked a few steps, he could hardly hear the loud laughter in the room.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, he turned the corner and saw a man in a uniform that was obviously different from that of the casino guard downstairs.

Xia De raised his head and walked forward, not allowing himself to show any timidity.But Rao was like this, and he was stopped by the man:

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

As he said, he reached out to grab Xia De's shoulder. Although Xia De had no experience in close combat, his instinctive dodge was unexpectedly successful.This made him realize again that the enhancement of the ring warlock is the meaning of all aspects:
"Yes, I was invited up and went to the bathroom just now."

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're really good at it."

".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 agility, 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 it was totally unnecessary to continue quibbling.Fortunately, there are no dangerous objects on him, and he did not do bad things in this club:

"Well, I'm just curious about the second floor. I took advantage of the guests to go upstairs and followed them up. I immediately left the club, I understand."

Unexpected things happened, and Shade didn't have to compete with the gangsters who opened the casino 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 distinguished guests. You have to obey the rules when you play here. You don't have to leave. You can continue on the first floor. Wait, you're not here to find 'Poor Ghost' Franklin, right?"

He frowned.

"okay."

After thinking about the current situation, Xia De 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 little-eyed young man with a grey hat and a kilt with freckles on his face, yes, his father asked me to take him away."

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

The man waved at Shade and led him along the corridor:
"You should have said it on the first floor, like this guy who owes gambling debts, we are still worried about how to find someone to pay them back."

The guy who runs the casino is surprisingly reasonable.

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

Shade asked this crucial question. The accountant promised that if his son owes a debt at the casino, the detective can advance it in advance, and the money can be reimbursed, but Shade himself does not have much cash.

"One pound six shillings, plus interest and his room and board here these days, two pounds, you can take him with you."

The bet on the first floor was actually not that big. Little Franklin could lose so much in two days, and he probably didn't win or lose once.But these things had nothing to do with Shard, Mr. Franklin was able to pay less than 10 pounds, and Shard had exactly 2 pounds.

The man added:
"Of course, since you're here for his father. Then as last time, if you're willing to give us three pounds and six shillings, the casino can give you a five-pound receipt for you to bring to the 'poor man' 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 another world. After thinking about it, he shook his head:

"Thank you for your kindness, but forget about it this time. The water will flow."

He just had some sympathy for Mr. Franklin, who was about to move his family, and didn't think he needed to make money like this.The man leading the way didn't care, but agreed with Xia De:
"That's right, the water runs long. Anyway, 'Poor' Franklin will come again."

Shade admits he has very evil thoughts about the club's so-called "debt repayment", but in reality, Franklin Jr. is just forced to help wash the dishes in the kitchen and let him go when he has done enough.

When the man led Shade into the kitchen, he happened to see the fat man in chef's clothes knocking the young man 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 was a bloody pig's head at the end of the kitchen, and the steam pipe was spraying hot steam towards the pig's head, which the fat chef seemed to be dealing with just now.

"Don't fight, someone has come to redeem him."

The man who led the way said lazily, first waved his hand to dispel the smell of the kitchen in front of his nose, and then stretched out his hand to ask Xia De to give him the money.Shard also stuffed the prepared two-pound note into the man's hand, and then pulled up Little Franklin on the ground:

"It was your father who made me"

"Mr. Nate, he can't go now, this damn kid tried to run away and bit me."

The chef said angrily, stretched out his chubby hand and showed the bloody tooth marks on it:

"Give me half a pound or he can't go."

　PS: At present, 1K has collected it, and I will test the water push on Monday. The web version is not a particularly good location.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.

　　
　
(End of this chapter)