Richard sat still, and after a while, food was served.

Richard glanced at it and saw that it was not bad.

Vegetable salad, just cabbage, lettuce, lima beans and the like mixed together, there's not much to say.

In contrast, the mushroom soup is much better, with a milky white milk soup served in a blue-gray clay bowl with small cubes of diced mushrooms floating on top, giving off a sweet and fresh smell.

Of course, the most outstanding is the special sausage, which is more than ten centimeters long and more than one centimeter thick, placed in a shallow dish, wrapped in buckwheat batter and coated with maple syrup, with a strong sweet smell.

The previous waiter was right, it is indeed a perfect match with pancakes.

However, Richard only sniffed, did not move, but took the mushroom soup, poured the milky white soup into the shallow plate of sausages, and filled the shallow plate.

After that, the shallow plate was pushed to the corner of the table, and Richard sat in his seat and waited patiently.

After a while, a sneaky, triangular-eyed young man appeared, glanced at Richard's shallow plate of sausages filled with mushroom soup, looked around quickly, and stepped forward.

"You look a little bored, sir, do you want to have some fun?"

Richard raised his eyebrows when he heard this, looked at the other party, and couldn't help but laugh in his heart. Although he knew that the other party was talking about the joint code, he always felt that the other party looked similar to the people on the earth who peddled some illegal goods, so he almost said "Do you want a plate?"

His face remained calm, and he looked at each other and asked in a deep voice, "What are you all having fun with?"

"Whatever you want, we've got you covered. ”

"I want aristocratic fun from the north, do you have that too?"

"Well, it's a little difficult, but it's not impossible, you and I need to change places and talk about it in detail. ”

"Alright, please lead the way. Richard said, placing a silver coin on the table as a meal fee, and stood up.

"Follow me. The young man with triangular eyes whispered, bowing his head and walking quickly towards the door.

Richard followed the other out of the tavern door and walked down the street. The other party remained silent and did not speak, walked straight through the three streets, and jerked into a remote alley.

There was a gray-white wooden door in the alley, and the other party stepped forward and knocked rhythmically, three long and one short.

"Bang bang bang, bang bang! bang!"

A few seconds later, with a "creak", the door opened, revealing a thin old man in his sixties.

The young man with triangular eyes leaned over and nimbly slipped through the door from the old man's side, leaving Richard alone with the thin old man.

The thin old man's eyes were very bright, he looked Richard up and down a few times, and asked, "I don't know, what do you call you?"

"Grey Raven. Richard reported the codename, and it wasn't until this point that the joint was truly complete. If anything goes wrong in the previous process, he will definitely not see the real intelligence officer, but will be led to a third-rate gold cave.

Listening to Richard's words, the old man's expression was straight, revealing a respectful gaze: "It turned out to be Lord Gray Crow, I have heard the news of your arrival from the north, please come in." ”

As he spoke, the thin old man retreated back to the door and gave Richard the way in.

Richard was not polite and stepped in.

......

Dozens of minutes later.

Inside, in a room full of books and scrolls, Richard and the thin old man sat opposite each other at a table, roughly figuring out the latest information about St. Louis and the Pombo family.

In fact, there is not much difference from what I got from the star-patterned paper before, the only thing that has changed is the number of wizards and knights in magic costumes that the Pombo family has mastered.

For example, the number of wizards, which was previously obtained from the star-striped paper, is that the Pombo 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 got from the Star Stripe Paper before was that the Pombo family had one hundred and seventy Three-Pattern Magic Costume Knights, forty Five-Pattern Elite Magic Knights, and five Seven-Pattern Great Magic Knights.

Now there are one hundred and eighty-five three-pattern magic knights, forty-two elite magic knights, and five seven-pattern grand magic knights.

I don't know if the number has been updated according to the battle outside the city this evening, otherwise the real number will have to change, but it will not have much impact...... Richard thought.

"That's pretty much it for the city of St. Louis, Lord Greyraven. The thin old man looked at Richard, muttered for a moment and then spoke up, "As for the opportunity you are seeking to infiltrate the Pombo family, in addition to taking risks and secretly exploring, there is a chance to be above board now. ”

"Chance?" asked Richard, "what?"

"According to the information we have just received, the Pombo family will hold a small selection test tomorrow at noon, selecting more capable wizard apprentices to serve their family. The news has just come out, and it has not yet fully spread, and we only learned about it through a relatively special channel. The thin old man explained.

When Richard heard this, he blinked, felt a little strange, and questioned: "Why is the Pombo family so anxious to recruit people? If you really recruit people, you can't only give half a day to prepare, right? If no one goes, wouldn't it be embarrassing? Even if someone goes, too few people go, the purpose of the selection will not be achieved, right?"

Although he didn't think that the Pombo family had deliberately set a trap for him to drill, he still thought it would be better to figure it out.

The thin old man listened: "My lord, you don't have to worry about this, there is no problem in recruiting people." Although only half a day was given to prepare, with the ability of the Pombo family, it was enough to let many people know that it could attract a large number of wizard apprentices to participate.

Of course, in any case, half a day is indeed a bit urgent, and from the channel where we got the news, it seems that this is because the recruitment is a temporary decision. Originally, the Pombo family wanted to recruit a group of wizard apprentices in 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 person to replace me, so I had to temporarily recruit people to supplement. ”

Listening to the thin old man's words, Richard suddenly thought of the two wizard apprentices outside the city, who were following Anne, the eldest lady of the Pombo family.

It can't be those two people who were fired, right?

Looking at Anne Pompo's dissatisfaction before, it is very possible, then everything has been said to have passed, maybe there are some coincidences, but it is logical - it is precisely because of the attack outside the city that he has the opportunity to infiltrate the Pombo family in the open.

Thinking of this, Richard nodded, looked at the thin old man and said, "In this case, I'll try it tomorrow and see how it goes." ”