Richard sat down, and after a while, the food was served.
Richard took a quick glance and found that it was pretty good.
The green salad was just cabbage, lettuce, lima beans and the like mixed together, which was nothing to say.
In comparison, the mushroom soup is much better. The thick milky milk-like soup is served in a blue-gray ceramic bowl, with small pieces of diced mushrooms floating on it, giving off a vaguely sweet and refreshing smell.
Of course, the most outstanding thing is the special sausage, a red sausage more than ten centimeters long and one centimeter thick, placed in a shallow plate, covered with buckwheat batter and coated with maple syrup, with a strong sweet smell.
The previous waiter was right, it goes perfectly with pancakes.
However, Richard just sniffed and did not move. Instead, he picked up the mushroom soup, poured the milky white soup into the shallow plate with sausages, and filled the shallow plate.
After that, he pushed the shallow plate to the corner of the table and sat on his seat to wait patiently.
After a while, a sneaky young man with triangular eyes appeared. He glanced at the sausage platter that Richard had filled with mushroom soup, looked around quickly, and came forward.
"Sir, you look a little bored. Do you want to have some fun?"
After hearing this, Richard raised his eyebrows and looked at the other party, unable to help but smile in his heart. Although he knew that what the other party said was a secret code for contact, he always felt that the other party was similar to the people on earth selling certain illegal goods, and he just said "do you want an offer?"
Keeping a calm face, he looked at the other person and asked calmly: "What fun do you have?"
"Whatever you want, we can satisfy you."
"I want aristocratic fun from the north, do you have it too?"
"This is a bit difficult, but it's not impossible. You and I need to change places to discuss it in detail."
"Okay, please lead the way." Richard said, put a silver coin on the table as meal payment, and stood up.
"Follow me." The young man with triangular eyes whispered, lowering his head and walking quickly towards the door.
Richard followed the other party out of the tavern and kept walking on the street. The other party remained silent and didn't speak. He walked straight through three streets, turned suddenly, and entered a remote alley.
There was a gray-white wooden door in the alley. The other party walked forward and knocked rhythmically, three long and one short.
"Bang bang bang, bang! Bang bang bang, bang!"
A few seconds later, there was a "squeak" and the door opened, revealing a skinny old man in his sixties.
The young man with triangular eyes turned aside and nimbly slipped past the old man into the door, leaving Richard alone with the skinny old man.
The skinny old man's eyes were very bright. He looked at Richard up and down a few times and asked, "I don't know. How should I call you?"
"Gray Crow." Richard reported the code name. It was not until this step that the connection was truly completed. If something goes wrong in the previous process, he will never meet the real intelligence personnel, but will be led to a third-rate gold sales cave.
After listening to Richard's words, the old man straightened his expression and showed a respectful gaze: "So it's Mr. Gray Crow? I've heard the news of your arrival from the north. Please come in."
As he spoke, the skinny old man stepped back into the door and gave way to Richard.
Richard walked in without being polite.
…
Tens of minutes later.
Inside the door, in a room filled with books and scrolls, Richard and the skinny old man sat on opposite sides of a table, roughly figuring out the latest information about St. Louis City and the Pangbo family.
In fact, it is not much different from what was obtained from the star pattern paper before. The only thing that has changed is the number of wizards and magic-equipped knights controlled by the Pangbo family.
For example, the number of wizards, previously obtained from the star pattern paper, is that the Pangbo family has three third-level wizards, nine second-level wizards, twenty-three first-level wizards, and forty-seven wizard apprentices.
Now there are three third-level wizards, ten second-level wizards, twenty-five first-level wizards, and forty-five wizard apprentices.
In addition, what the magic knights had previously obtained from the star pattern paper was that the Pangbo family had one hundred and seventy three-pattern magic knights, forty five-pattern elite magic knights, and five seven-pattern great magic knights.
Now there are one hundred and eighty-five three-stripe magic suit knights, 42 five elite magic suit knights, and five seven-stripe great magic suit knights.
I wonder if the number has been updated based on the battle outside the city this evening, otherwise the real number will change, but it will have little impact... Richard thought.
"That's about it for the information about St. Louis City, Lord Gray Crow." The skinny old man looked at Richard and said, pondering for a moment before speaking out, "As for the opportunity you are seeking to sneak into the Pangbo family, in addition to taking risks and secretly exploring Besides, now there happens to be an honest opportunity."
"A fair chance?" Richard asked, "What?"
"According to the information we have just received, the Pangbo family will hold a small selection test at noon tomorrow to select more capable wizard apprentices to serve their family. The news just came out not long ago, and it has not yet fully spread. We We only found out through relatively special channels." The skinny old man explained.
After hearing this, Richard blinked, feeling a little strange, and questioned: "Why are the Pangbo family so anxious to recruit people? If they really recruit people, they can't only give half a day to prepare, right? If no one goes, how can it be done? Isn't it embarrassing? Even if someone goes, if too few go, the purpose of the selection will not be achieved, right?"
Although he didn't think the Pangbo family deliberately set a trap for him to escape, he still thought it would be better to find out.
After hearing this, the skinny old man said: "Sir, you don't have to worry about this. There is no problem in recruiting people. Although it only takes half a day to prepare, the ability of the Pangbo family is enough to let many people know that it can completely attract someone. A large number of wizard apprentices participated.
Of course, no matter what, half a day is indeed a bit urgent. From the channels we obtained this news from, it seems that this is because the recruitment is a temporary decision. Originally, the Pangbo family wanted to recruit a group of wizard apprentices after three months, but tonight, a core member of their family suddenly dismissed two wizard apprentices for unknown reasons. For a while, I couldn't find a qualified replacement, so I had to recruit temporary replacements. "
After listening to the words of the skinny old man, Richard suddenly thought of the two wizard apprentices outside the city who were following Anne, the eldest daughter of the Pangbo family.
Could it be that those two people were fired
Judging from Anne Pangbo's dissatisfaction before, it is very possible, then everything makes sense. It may be a coincidence, but it is logical-it was precisely because of the attack outside the city that he had the opportunity to sneak into Pangbo openly. Bo family.
Thinking of this, Richard nodded, looked at the skinny old man and said, "In that case, I will try it tomorrow and see how it goes."