Whispering Poems.

Chapter 8 Rhodes Cards

"If this business goes well, maybe I can really try and stay here as a detective. I will wait until my life is stable and then I will contact Transcendence, and try to see if I can find hope of returning home."

Watching the leisure at the door of the club, Xia De couldn't help sighing when he thought of his hometown far away.

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, looked around, and smoothly saw a pub called "Screaming Hound" on the corner of the street.

This kind of pub, which is open on the main road and opens during the day, is usually not particularly chaotic, especially now that it is only two o'clock in the afternoon.Shade squeezed the tenpence bill in his pocket, licked his chapped lips, confirmed the current time, hesitated for a moment, 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 are no people now. There are only three customers. They are sitting around a wooden table far away from the bar and against the wall to play cards. On the wall next to the table is a snow mountain. Landscape oil painting.

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, and they were piled up wrinkled.

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

The middle-aged man with a messy beard stood up and threw the cards in his hand on the table in a very high spirit:

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

Saying that, he looked around proudly, but unfortunately there are only him and his friends here.Seeing Xia De who had just walked in the door, his eyes lit up:
"Give this gentleman a glass of rye!"

The man who won the card but was not rich said to the bartender, Xia De turned around and looked at him in surprise, and nodded slightly to express his gratitude:

"Thanks for the kindness, but I think a glass of ice water is enough."

He's not good at drinking, and he doesn't know what the so-called "rye wine" is, and he's still doing detective work, so there's no need for alcohol.

And obviously, the price of a glass of water was much lower than the price of a glass of wine, and the three men thought that Shade was saving money for them, and they immediately became fond of him.Seeing that Shade had no company, he invited him to play cards together.

But Shade couldn't, he could only watch them play, and the men also enthusiastically taught Shade the skills of "Rhode cards".

The playing cards in this world are very similar to the playing cards in the previous life. They also have 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 a rule similar to "Blackjack", which is called "Lord's card". There are other rules such as solitaire, ghost cards, and size, but the Rhodes card game is popular in the world. It is said that this kind of The inventor of the 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 1000 sets of the most recent special series of Rhodes cards were released, titled "Fairy Tale Series".

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

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

Those cards were priceless. It was rumored that a special card was sold at Ford's Auction House last year for 1 pounds.

Xia De 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 on which the woman sat sideways holding the silver moon card was genuine, his last worry about his future life would disappear.

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

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

The street lamp is generally regarded as a cylinder, and the same gas is used as an energy source.Shade was standing by the side leisurely, but his eyes accidentally saw the nameplate.The nameplate clearly states that you must never smoke under the street light pole, otherwise you will be at your own risk.

Shade imagined what might happen, and subconsciously stayed away from this dangerous place.

The sun was gradually leaning west, and Shade had been patiently waiting.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, we 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? There are also secrets of outsiders."

He was also a little worried about this, but without knowing anything about the situation, there weren't many choices that Xia De could make.

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 then the personal pronoun was female, and this time it was male.

Shade immediately looked up at the door of the club. Sure enough, he saw a young man with a suitcase walking out. On the finger of his right hand was the white pebble ring he saw on Mrs. Lasoa's finger at noon.

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

Both put the ring on the middle finger of their right hand, and the voice in their head made no further prompt.

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

Xia De thought to himself, after seeing the man with the ring leaving the club, he did not look for the empty carriage, but mixed into the evening crowd, walking along the street to the east behind a fat man with a briefcase in a hurry. go.

The fog of the steam city obscured his figure, if he didn't chase, Xia De would soon lose the man's whereabouts.

"Should I catch up? The voice in my head is definitely not talking nonsense."

Thinking in his heart, he turned to avoid the direction of the club's door, unfolded the map in the notebook by one-eighth, and looked for the direction of the [Church of War and Peace] church.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)