"Gerhart is really a powerful admiral! He really intercepted all the merchant ships in Shupaiya in two hours." Fernand said to himself. "But the person who came up with such a plan is even more terrifying. The Swede, President Bergström, even I can't figure out what he is thinking. Fortunately, we are allies now."
Fernand still didn't feel any discomfort under the gaze of dozens of pairs of angry eyes. He said in his unique voice: "Don't be so angry, you have to bet on this." In just one sentence, the hostility around him broke through the red warning line. The moment they were about to break out, Fernand's words came to his ears again: "I'll give you a piece of news for free. Shupaiya is bankrupt, all his merchant ships were hijacked just now, and the army anywhere No one will help him. If you want to vent your anger, hurry up!" As if struck by lightning, everyone stood motionless with their hands raised. The tavern suddenly became quiet, and the only sound was the sound of someone chewing food in the corner.
John sat down opposite Fernand. At this time, Emilio had already been squeezed into the corner by everyone, but he quickly took away all the food, so he was not dissatisfied at all.
Then someone opened the door and rushed in, shouting: "Big news..." What he said was exactly the same as what Fernand said, and the people in the tavern couldn't help but believe it. The excitement outside gradually came in, and many people could be seen running on the street. Unable to stay any longer, they rushed out onto the street one after another, moving with the crowd. The energetic teenagers knocked on every door and spread the news that shocked Hamburg to every corner of the city. So Fernand started eating and drinking in the tavern.
Gradually, all the money from the tavern guests turned into John's gambling money, and then slowly transferred to Fernand's side. Fernand played with the little mouse in front of him nonchalantly while glancing at the watch on his chest. It seemed that time was almost up, and Fernand smiled that smile again.
In fact, every little move of John was clearly seen by Fernand. In the first few games, Fernand deliberately lost to John, just to find out his details and create an atmosphere. Sure enough, when Fernand took action, the opponent was completely helpless.
Fernand said calmly: "Miss Magritte is not yours alone. She likes me, so why do you interfere with her?"
Fernand counted the silver coins and put them into his belt. He took out five more coins and put them on the table as drink money. He stared at the silver coins in his hand for a long time, and said in a voice that only he could hear: "My gambling skills are unmatched in the world! Why did I lose to that girl Lilu last time? She obviously doesn't know anything. It makes me want to call her captain now. Otherwise, she is very lucky. Think about it, if you mess with an enemy like Shupaiya, someone will come to help you. Where can you find such good luck!"
A few hours ago, he and Emilio came out of the mayor's house, and Emilio complained that he was hungry. Fernand immediately took him to a tavern in the city. As soon as the beautiful barmaid Magritte saw him coming in, she left the other guests aside and came up to greet him. Fernand gave Magritte a passionate kiss and found an empty seat to sit down. He asked the barmaid to bring as much food as possible and two glasses of dark beer. As soon as Emilio saw the delicious food, he forgot everything and started eating it. Fernand completely conquered the barmaid in less than two minutes.
Fernand pointed to the street with his chin and said, "If you don't believe it, you can ask the people at the dock. Usually this kind of thing spreads very quickly."
Of course Magritte didn't want his sweetheart to be fooled, so he immediately spoke to block him: "John! I won't let you fail him. If you do this, don't come here to drink again." But Feinan De didn't seem to care at all, but was happy to have someone to accompany him to kill the boredom.
These people were half right. This bet was indeed a cat and mouse game, except that the cat was Fernand and the mouse was John. Poor John, although he finally understands his situation, has to continue to be his rat.
When the people around him heard what John said, they all smiled maliciously. Everyone is familiar with this man named John. Anyone who bets with him will lose everything in ten minutes.
There were two guests sitting in the empty tavern. Others, including the tavern owner, rushed to Shupaiya's house. Fernand was counting the silver coins in his hand and throwing a few peanuts into his mouth. Next to him, Emilio was patting his full belly and dreaming sweetly. "It's delicious, it's delicious." Emilio would talk in his sleep from time to time, and Fernand would inevitably complain, "This idiot only thinks about eating all the time. If I had known I wouldn't have taken him with me." Of course. This was just a complaint. Fernand had never wanted to leave him behind. "Forget it, after all the hard work he has been running around with me for so many days, let's take a good rest." Fernand was still eating peanuts leisurely, and the earth-shattering shouts outside did not affect him at all. In fact, He was the main culprit who caused the riot.
A strong man with muscles all over his body was the first to attack. He stretched out his hand and patted the table, and the cups and plates on the table started bouncing. The strong man said in a loud voice: "This little brother, Miss Magritte is not yours alone. If you want to get close to her, you must first ask if my fist agrees."
The onlookers believed that John was after this ignorant guy, so after winning several times, they deliberately lost a game to appeal to him. Anyway, in the end, the young man would definitely lose with only his underwear, and he would never dare to play again in the future. Some good people even gave John their own money to gamble, hoping to make some extra money.
The man who had already reached out to Fernand's head touched his dry lips, still unable to believe his ears. John suddenly sneered and said: "You want to use Shupaya as a shield to deceive us and then you can just take the money and walk away, right?" Several smart people also thought of it, and just now they were like Like a frozen puppet, now it seems that the spell has been lifted, and it pounces on menacingly.
John finally lost all his money on this bet, and he was finally able to get out of trouble. And the onlookers also realized what was going on. This brat who wanted to pursue Margaret had defrauded them of all their money. The sober guests used their numerical advantage to surround Fernand. Unless he turned himself into a fly, he would never be able to escape.
The two gambled with cards, and John won all of them, and everyone laughed at Fernand. Fernand took out the last silver coin from his pocket and put it to Magritte's lips. The girl was looking at him worriedly. "My beautiful angel!" Fernand's voice sounded as beautiful as a harp to his lover's ears. "Kiss this silver coin. This is my last property. Share some of your good luck with this." Poor infatuated lover." He said so affectionately that not only did the silver coin get a kiss from the girl, but the owner of the silver coin also got a kiss from the girl. As a result, this time, Fernand really won. Margaret was so excited that she thought it was her kiss that empowered her lover. John obviously didn't think so. He felt that his technique when changing the cards just now was not neat enough and he missed it. The onlookers thought that John must have deliberately let Margaret win in order to give her face. Everyone agreed to decide the outcome again. This time John was 100% sure, but he still lost.
John desperately recalled the situation just now, and after confirming that it was not his mistake, he finally thought of the possibility that his opponent was a more experienced con man than himself. But he didn't give up. He wanted to catch his opponent on the spot so that he could laugh at him, so he continued to gamble. However, what he didn't expect was that he actually won this time. John was confused. Was there something wrong with his technique or was the other party playing a trick
"You are no match for him, don't make a fool of yourself again." The person who stopped him was a young man who was very fashionably dressed, but he was slovenly from head to toe, with messy hair, wrinkled clothes, and the wrong button on his shirt. The trousers were too long, and they were stepped on by leather shoes that hadn't been brushed for half a month, but they looked kind-hearted. "My name is John, and I don't agree with fighting to solve problems. How about we gamble?"
The strong man fell to the ground and was stunned. It took him a while to come back to his senses. When he saw everyone around him looking at his ugly appearance, his face suddenly turned red. He became angry and wanted to rush up and punch Fernand, but someone stopped him.
Fernand still smiled and said: "Then let me ask about your fist." As soon as he finished speaking, Fernand grabbed the strong man's right hand and threw him to the ground. Before the people around him could figure out what was going on, Fernand had already arranged his clothes and continued to sit down and drink.
When Magritte flirted with Fernand in an extremely gentle and sweet voice, some people around could not stand it. The business of this tavern is so good, half of it is because of Magritte, and now that she is fascinated by a guy of unknown origin, she is naturally angry. Some people put down their glasses, while others joined Fernand's table.
Then he forcefully woke up Emilio, who was having a sweet dream, and pulled him towards the dock, ignoring Emilio's mutterings, which were all complaints about insufficient food anyway. He said to Emilio: "There are few people on the road now, and everyone is joining in the fun. We have to escape quickly. But there must be no one on the pier now. It's not easy for just the two of us to drive the boat away." It's an easy thing. Emilio, you have work to do. You need to exercise after eating, otherwise you will become fatter... Ah, I saw the boat."
The strong man grabbed Fernand's collar, grabbed him from where he was sitting, put his face in front of Fernand's eyes, and said, "That's all I have!" Margaret screamed, and the tavern All the people inside suddenly gathered around.