On the way back to Baiguoyuan Village, Xie Yuan suddenly discovered that there was an extra stall at the entrance of the village, a vendor in white with a watermelon head cut. Xie Yuan casually handed over the horse to the patrolling Nilfgaardian soldiers, then came to the stall and asked with interest: "I haven't seen you here recently, where did you come from?"
"Dear Your Excellency," the merchant in white clothes saw that the Nilfgaardian soldier was very polite to this man and was a little nervous, but as a businessman, his eloquence must be excellent, "I am a traveling merchant who travels around the streets, but here The owner of the tavern is my relative, but I can’t leave now, so I can only finish the goods here before making any plans.”
"Oh?" Xie Yuan's eyes lit up when he heard this, "Were you attacked by a gryphon?"
After receiving a positive answer, Xie Yuan looked left and right and praised: "Then your luck is really good, and your skills are also good! Many people have been swallowed up by the gryphon beast, including you. We only lost one horse, but at least our lives and goods were saved.”
"Oh, how can I protect myself when my horse is killed by a griffin beast?" the vendor mockingly denied. "This is because two master demon hunters rescued me on the way, and I was lucky enough to pick it up." To the point of losing one’s life.”
"Two demon hunters passed by here?!" Xie Yuan blinked when he heard this, "Where are they now?"
"They should be in the tavern. They haven't been here long," the vendor pointed in the direction of the tavern, and then added, "They are all very polite people. Even if they saved me, they didn't ask for extra payment from me—— It’s completely different from the rumors.”
"Seeing is believing." Xie Yuan responded calmly, and then said goodbye to the vendor for the time being. "I still have something to do to find the legendary demon hunter. I haven't seen your products yet. I'll come back to you later. have a look."
"Of course, no problem, sir!" The vendor was very respectful, "I welcome you whenever you come."
Xie Yuan walked into the tavern immediately. This place is a place that Xie Yuan doesn’t really want to come to. As soon as he enters, he will get a lot of stares and prying eyes, not to mention that most of the people who come here to drink and drink are frustrated people - they have lost some important things because of Nilfgaard’s invasion. Something sad.
"Pfft!" Pushing open the door, Xie Yuan came in and immediately felt dozens of piercing stares - and then only a few fewer after discovering the identity of the incoming person.
There were only a handful of people who didn't look at me. Except for the boss's wife, who was a respectable person playing cards, the table didn't pay attention to me anymore.
But Xie Yuan's eyes just glanced around aimlessly, but the perception in his heart was firmly locked on the right side, where a bald man wearing yellow travel clothes and carrying a travel bag on his shoulder was drinking alone.
Why should you follow this person?
Because in Xie Yuan's perception, life is life and people are people in other places, but only in this place with yellow travel clothes, except for a person on the outside, it is actually "nothing".
This means that even though this person in yellow traveling clothes is enjoying drinking alone, there should actually be nothing here at all.
But based on the principle of existence and non-existence, the "nothing" here just proves that there is something here - just because the energy level of the "thing" here is too huge, Xie Yuan's ability to distract at this stage is basically If it cannot be observed, it cannot be defined.
This is not something I can handle now!
Xie Yuan immediately made a judgment in his heart, and then naturally turned around and walked towards the proprietress.
"Bring me a bottle of strong wine." Xie Yuan casually slapped ten crowns on the table - crowns are the official currency of the Nilfgaard Empire.
"Okay, respectable sir," the landlady immediately carefully collected the ten gold coins on the table - to be able to give money so generously, he must be the most respected guest, and of course she couldn't offend him.
Just like that, Xie Yuan felt a few disgusted looks coming from behind - both for Xie Yuan being so generous, and also for Xie Yuan's use of krona.
After Nilfgaard occupied the local area, they did not abolish the local Temerian currency Oren, but they also vigorously promoted the crown. In addition, Temeria is now leaderless and fragmented, and the value of Oren has dropped. To the point where no one cares.
Many people have a large amount of orons that they cannot spend, which is equivalent to a huge loss. Naturally, they are extremely angry with people like Xie Yuan who have been using krona.
But Xie Yuan didn't care about this. All the bloody men in the village were lying on the bloody battlefield not far from here. Now the remaining smelly fish and rotten shrimps want to provoke, Xie Yuan is eager to kill a lot of them and let them accompany him. Where are the warriors!
Soon a bottle of Temerian Champion Wine was delivered to Xie Yuan, along with a carefully wiped wooden mug, which Xie Yuan also took.
Then he turned around and came to the corner, and sure enough, there were two white-haired armored warriors sitting on this table - one did have gray hair due to old age, and the other seemed to have lost his melanin like albinism, but had a... A younger mentality.
But they do carry two swords unique to witchers; one should be a steel sword, and the other should be a silver-plated sword - used to deal with various monsters and weirdos.
Of course, judging from the poetry legends that Xie Yuan has been exposed to recently, some people seem to have dramatically beautified this style: silver swords kill monsters, and steel swords kill evil people.
All right! Although art comes from life, sometimes it has to
Higher than life, but from the clues left by the sorceress Yennefer, and Xi
According to the description given to him in the book, this white-haired, younger witcher should be Geralt of Rivia.
But Xie Yuan did not intend to join in so quickly, but chose to sit at the table next to the two demon hunters and enjoy the wine.
The plan has changed. Now an obviously extraordinary extradimensional creature is located here. Xie Yuan hopes to find out the true purpose of this guy, so he might as well be a random passerby and wait and see what happens.
Xie Yuan began to concentrate on drinking, and at the same time, he cleared his mind of distracting thoughts and listened carefully to the anecdotes of the conversation in the tavern.
This is also the charm of pubs. In an era without the Internet and newspapers, if people wanted to convey and disseminate information, they could only go through large distribution centers like teahouses or pubs - and they also had the same disadvantage as the Internet and newspapers: the information was real. False, you need to analyze it through the details yourself.
The older demon hunter is a very cautious guy. In his speech, there is a kind of cautiousness unique to the elderly and a nostalgia for the "beautiful" past. Although this is just a filter of the times.
However, Xie Yuan also smelled a slight smell of blood. At the same time, when he glanced at the table of demon hunters, he found that the old demon hunter had three deep marks on his shoulders. He probably suffered a little from the griffin beast he had just encountered. hurt.
But judging from the old demon hunter's attitude and his actions of drinking peacefully, it seems that these three scratches did not have much impact on him... Not bad recovery ability.
Geralt began to ask each table about Yennefer's general appearance, but one of the locals with no background looked down on mutants like Geralt, and the other really didn't know much, so his attitude was particularly arrogant.
As a result, Geralt used a spell that seemed to mobilize magical energy to make him speak obediently, but it was obvious that they only knew the legendary story of the "Female Ghost Cavalry" and nothing else.
Going to the well-dressed middle-aged man at the other table didn't yield much. Not only did he gain nothing, he was dragged into a game of cards... It seemed like it was called "Gwent"?
However, the identity of this decent middle-aged man is not simple. He is actually a professor from Oxburg College in Novilia, an important city in the north of Temeria. He teaches contemporary history.
As for why this college professor came to this war-torn countryside... According to his original words, "I am seeking knowledge. I think this is more important than life. Old books covered with dust cannot satisfy my thirst for knowledge." I want to witness the Nilfgaardian invasion, witness the entire battle, and record it all in my chronicle. This will become my masterpiece.”
But unlike Geralt's imagination of using documentary techniques to describe the trauma in war and the cruelty of the perpetrators, this professor turned out to be a war whistleblower - "Female robbery is just a trivial matter in war. You just It is imagined as an ornament to embellish a coat called "Strife." "
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I don’t know what Geralt, who has been devastated by the consequences of the war, but insists on expressing neutrality in all disputes, thinks about. But in Xie Yuan's view, this is simply a petty bourgeoisie moaning in self-fantasy!
This person. Humph, Xie Yuan thought for a while, and decided to recommend it to Captain Guan Li later based on the position of seeking his own government. With just a little bit of dialing, this guy is simply a potential respectful person. Wisdom! And Xie Yuan also wanted to know what Gwent was.
In the end, Geralt, who had not received any valid information, cast his eyes on the bald man in yellow robe and sat down in front of him.
But this time, Xie Yuan rarely heard anything - except that the bald head suddenly reached out for two glasses of wine in the middle of the conversation, as if they were having a secret conversation.
This yellow robe and bald head is indeed not simple... Xie Yuan was so shocked just now that his hand holding the cup paused slightly, but he quickly returned to normal - I don't know if the old demon hunter at the next table noticed it. This special situation. But just when Xie Yuan heard Geralt getting up, he suddenly stopped - no, not only Geralt, but even everyone's movements stopped in an instant... Alas, they came to the door. .
So Xie Yuan showed a frightened smile and looked at the yellow-robed bald man in front of him who was looking at him with a smile: "I wonder who you are?"
"Oh, Yuan, when we first meet, don't talk about such a topic that could kill you -" But to Xie Yuan's surprise, the bald man in yellow robe seemed to be very taboo about his own nature, "You just need to call me A mirror master, a mirror seller, or even a bald man."
"Ah, Master Mirror, I have offended you suddenly this time. I hope you will forgive me for what I have offended."
After Xie Yuan finished speaking, he poured himself a glass of wine, held it in both hands to apologize, "I will punish myself with a glass of wine."
But as soon as Xie Yuanjiu was picked up, Master Mirror held him down with one hand: "Hey! It doesn't have to be like this. You are a foreigner and a traveler, and I am also a traveler - a fellow traveler... We can be together today, It's fate that we can meet each other now, so we should help each other, right?"
Before Xie Yuan could say anything, Master Mirror had already stood up and patted his shoulder: "Witchers are also very good herbal experts. You can actually ask them for advice - Geralt will see you later. . But don’t share what you observed with anyone. It will not be good for you or the insiders, and your trip will not end so soon. We will meet again..."
The next moment, the surrounding movement was heard again, and after Geralt stood up, the movement was indeed coming towards him.
Mudd! Xie Yuan used his other hand to secretly wipe the sweat on his forehead... Today was really exciting. He hadn't had such a heavy white hair sweat in twenty years - it was the last time it made him so panicked. When encountering the system.
This mirror master is not as good as the system, but his ability is not small, and he can control time!
Fortunately, this guy didn't harm him immediately, but Xie Yuan didn't know under what circumstances he would meet this person again?
What would he want me to do?
But now it was no longer Xie Yuan's turn to continue thinking, because Geralt had come to the opposite side of Xie Yuan's table, sitting where the Mirror Master was just now, and asked Xie Yuan what he was already familiar with: "I'm looking for A woman."
