Early morning.

"Squeak, squeak......"

Stepping on the stairs, Richard and Pandora walked down the stairs, Richard walked in front and Pandora walked behind, constantly muttering words like "five-five-twenty-five". After working hard in the middle of the night, the five-character list successfully passed the acceptance, but in order to prevent forgetting, she could only keep remembering.

With a mutter, Richard walked down the stairs and swept towards the hall of the tavern, and saw the soothsayer woman he had seen last night sitting at a table, constantly turning her head to look around, as if looking for something.

Richard stepped closer and said, "Did you lose anything?"

Hearing Richard's voice, the divination woman turned her head sharply, looked directly into Richard's eyes, looked at it for a while, gritted her teeth, and said, "I lost my beloved pet." ”

"Pet?" said Richard, raising his eyebrows, gesturing, "Is it a pet in the shape of a mouse, about this length, and a black-gray appearance." The tail is slender, with a white section at the end, and the claws are very sharp, like black iron?"

"Yes!"

"Oh, that's right. Richard nodded and replied, "I'm sorry I didn't see it, you keep looking." ”

"You!" the divination woman couldn't help but stand up, her eyes wide, as if she was going to devour Richard alive. Probably realizing that she was a little out of shape, after a while, the divination woman took a deep breath, sat down slowly, and said with a gloomy face, "Boy, you'd better pay attention to your words and deeds, and respect me, the messenger of God." ”

"Are you a messenger of God?" Richard blinked, "You didn't say that yesterday. ”

"Hmph, I can help people see through the fog of fate and help people find the direction of salvation, if it is not a messenger of God, what else will it be?" said the soothsayer woman, "Boy, the pet matter will be put aside for the time being, and I will advise you for the last time out of kindness, it is best not to leave the port in the next few days, at least until two days later." Well, two days later. ”

"Two days later?" Richard's eyes narrowed slightly, "Yesterday was three days later, today is two days later, and you seem to have a clear rule about the day I will leave." Could it be that in two days, something special will happen?"

"Of course! Two days later, you will leave and it will be smooth sailing! If you leave now, you will be accompanied by bad luck! This is a special thing!"

"Well, then I'll think about it......" said Richard, turning and walking to the side, for he saw the fat owner of the tavern running over with a flattering face.

"Guest, you're up!" Richard had just greeted him when he heard the fat boss coming.

Glancing at the other party's expression, Richard had a little guess in his heart, and asked out loud: "What, there is good news?"

"Good news, great news!" The fat boss's face was like a slowly blooming chrysanthemum smiling deblutfully, "You said it was a coincidence, today I followed what you said, as soon as I sent people to the port, I saw a big ship docked for replenishment." As soon as I inquired, it happened to be north.

Let me tell you, the big ship is exactly what you want, the name is 'Naru Glorious Fisherman', it is extremely luxurious, the crew is adequate, and the captain is very experienced. On top of that, although the ship is called 'Fisherman', that was the name it used to be used as a fishing boat, and now it has been converted into a real merchant ship. Therefore, in addition to carrying goods for sale, it also takes the initiative to accept passengers.

Although the price is expensive, you don't have to worry, I have arranged it for you. For you, and this little girl next to you, a particularly good cabin has been arranged, and you don't have to spend a penny more. ”

In the end, the fat owner of the tavern looked at Richard with a blank eye: "How about the guest, do you feel satisfied?"

"Good. Richard nodded.

"That's good, that's good. The "chrysanthemum" on the fat man's face of the tavern owner completely bloomed, and then rubbed his hands a little stiffly, "In that case, then you see, the gold coin you said before is ...... keep."

"Don't rush just yet. Richard interrupted the fat owner of the tavern and asked, "How long will that 'Naru Glory Fisherman' ship dock for supplies?"

"It's only going to stop for half a day, and they're in a hurry. I heard that the Black Sacred Mountain Kingdom and another kingdom facing the sea in the north have not dealt with each other recently, and a war will break out at any time, and they may use warships to blockade the sea. So they were ready to cross the vast expanse of sea to the north as fast as possible to reach their destination. Otherwise, if it is late and is blocked by warships, it will be delayed for several months. "The fat owner of the tavern was obviously very detailed.

The next moment, he said: "Therefore, I will take it upon myself to help you buy a ferry ticket, as long as you give me what you keep, I will give you the ferry ticket, there will be no delay at all." ”

"No delay, indeed. Richard said, dispelling the last doubts. With a flip of his hand, a gold coin appeared in the palm of his hand and was handed to the fat man of the tavern.

When the fat man of the tavern saw the gold coin, his eyes lit up, and he wiped a pair of oily fat hands on his body vigorously. Carefully took the gold coin, brought it to his mouth, and bit it with his teeth, trying to judge the authenticity.

Richard looked at it and shook his head inwardly.

Although it is very popular to use teeth to judge the authenticity of gold, it is actually not very reliable.

The basis for this method is nothing more than hardness. Because the Mohs hardness of human teeth is almost 7, while the hardness of gold is more than 2 points on the Mohs scale, which is lower than other yellow metals (the lower the softer). Therefore, the metal that can easily leave a clear tooth mark with a human tooth bite can be judged to be gold.

But then again, yellow metals like brass have a hardness of only 3 on the Mohs scale, which is not much different from gold, and people with no experience can completely fool the past. More advanced, with lead or tin to gild, it is difficult to distinguish the real from the fake. Because the density and hardness of these two metals are very close to gold, if you bite into it, it will be more like gold than gold.

But considering that the Middle Ages could not get high-tech means such as densitometry, spectral analysis, and electronic probes, biting with teeth was the only simple and feasible way. Even if you can't guard against clever counterfeits, you can at least identify some of the shoddy ones.

Richard thought so in his heart, and the fat owner of the tavern recognized it and determined that it was a real gold coin. The "chrysanthemum" on the face is in full bloom. He quickly put away the gold coins, then took out a ticket from his bosom and handed it to Richard.

"Guest, you take it, this is your ticket. The ship is in port right now and won't be waiting long before leaving. You see, do you go by yourself, or do I ...... Send someone to take you?"

"Don't bother, I'll just go by myself. ”

"Well, see you again when you have a chance!" After the fat owner of the tavern confirmed that he had received the benefits, he stopped rambling about anything, and walked to the side while blooming "chrysanthemums", completely ignoring the resentful gaze of the soothsayer woman sitting on the side.

Richard gave a funny look at the soothsayer woman, shook his head slightly, and pulled Pandora out of the door, walking towards the door.

Pandora's mouth kept repeating the ninety-nine table: "Five-five, five-five, hmm...... Whining...... Uh, twenty-five!"

Seeing Richard leaving, the divination woman stood up, thought for a moment, first glared at the fat tavern owner with her eyes, and then followed out the door.

The fat boss of the tavern who stood behind the counter looked puzzled, watched the divination woman leave, scratched his head and said to himself: "What is this woman looking at me, is it interesting to me......?

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