"Midsummer" morning, Ohashi District.

The flow of people gradually gathered in front of the Wujiu Kettle Hotel, so that the bridge connecting the banks of the Qi River passing through the city was a little congested, causing great inconvenience to the traffic.

The bridge area of Ascatla is geographically located in the very center of a city, and a large river called the "Qi River" divides the city into the upper and lower districts, the upper city on the north bank of the Qi River is the administrative district and the temple area, and the lower city on the south bank of the Qi River is the dock area and the slum area, just separating the rich and the poor settlements.

But whether it is a poor person or a rich person, they can quickly rush from the settlement area to the bridge area without detouring, which is why the real estate value in the bridge area is expensive, and the Wujiuju Theater is worth 200,000 gold coins but has no price, and the average rich businessman can't buy it if he wants to.

The "Midsummer" festival has not yet begun, and it is only in the evening, on a sunny midsummer night, that the songs of the festival are sung in the small squares near the city's major inns and taverns.

In previous years, Midsummer Festival does not have much festive atmosphere during the day, and there are not so many people gathered.

Today, however, crowds gather to see the Bredero Theatre Company's stage play, all with numbered ticket stubs in hand, hoping that they will be lucky enough to be drawn to see a wonderful stage play that only the aristocracy can afford to enjoy.

At 8 o'clock in the morning, a loud herald stood on the Xiaoping Station, which had been set up yesterday, and he took out a piece of paper, and he was responsible for reading the winning number aloud, so that the citizens with the winning tickets could enter as soon as possible after hearing it.

The citizens gathered, there were a lot of them, and the scene was mixed, and there were even many shadow thieves mixed in the crowd with the intention of making trouble and stealing in troubled waters.

The organizers of this performance had been prepared for a long time, and all the Amber guards in the bridge area were assembled, and even some of the guards in other districts were transferred to maintain order.

This is Luo Feng's request to Mayor Bailana, who proposed that on the day of the performance, the city hall must send enough guards to the town on the day of the performance, otherwise the citizens will suffer unnecessary casualties in the event of chaos and stampedes.

The number of aristocrats who came to watch the performance was also quite large, and the ten luxurious private rooms newly renovated in the theater had been booked by nobles and wealthy businessmen ten days before, and one luxurious private room was enough for the aristocratic family to sit.

In other words, even if you don't count the nobles who paid high prices to buy winning tickets and watch them in the ordinary audience, there were at least ten wealthy families, nearly a hundred nobles and their relatives.

Mayor Bailana could not care about the lives of ordinary citizens, but she could not ignore the safety of nobles and wealthy merchants, in addition to gathering all the guards in the bridge district at the entrance of the Five Wine Pot Theater, she also mobilized hundreds of guards from other districts to ensure that the performance was carried out safely and smoothly.

Luo Feng made such a request for another reason, he knew that yesterday's behavior of driving out scalpers and giving away tickets had angered the Shadow Thieves Guild who planned to make a fortune from it, and with the urine nature of the shadow thieves, they would definitely not give up, and if there were not more guards today, the shadow thieves would definitely jump out and make trouble, so that the Bredero Troupe's public performance would not be able to continue.

Sure enough, there were shadow thieves who mixed in with the crowd to make trouble, but before they could create much chaos, they were caught by the waiting Am's guards and sent to prison to be whipped.

After quelling the small commotion in the crowd, the Amber guards organized thousands of people to wait quietly for the call to be called, and it took a lot of effort to finally achieve good results, the crowd was in order, and people listened intently and prayed silently, hoping that they would be the lucky ones to win the lottery.

"Number 666!" The herald yelled.

The young man in the audience was stunned, took out the ticket stub and looked at it carefully, and immediately became overjoyed.

The young man's name was Jack, he was a dock worker, he was not a lover of stage plays, he had only seen two stage plays in his life, after all, the ticket prices were very expensive, and his income was very small, so it was difficult to maintain this entertainment expenses.

He just joined in the fun yesterday and got a ticket, but he didn't expect to be lucky enough to win the prize.

"Lucky young man, if you are willing to transfer this ticket, my master is willing to pay 200 gold coins to buy it!"

A middle-aged man dressed as a butler squeezed beside him, took out a bag of gold coins from his arms, and said with a roar.

The young man hesitated, it was 200 gold coins, which was more than his salary for a year!

But he still shook his head, rejected the middle-aged man's proposal, and walked to the door of the Five Wine Pot Hotel with the ticket stub.

During this time, the city of Ascatra was full of rumors that "the greatest stage play in history was about to be staged", and Jack's ears were calloused, and his curiosity was already aroused, and he was eager to see the wonderful play that made the aristocratic women roll on the ground in tears.

What's more, although he was engaged in heavy physical labor every day, when he returned home, he always had to drag his tired body to study culture.

He was very talented in art, and in painting, he had already mastered a lot of skills in self-study, in addition to painting, he also taught himself to read, write, and even know some music.

Jack's dream is to become an artist in the future, instead of being at the bottom forever, as a manual worker, but an aspiring young man.

It's just a year's salary, and if you miss that wonderful stage play, it may be a lifelong regret.

"Number 736!"

A young girl jumped up for joy, richly dressed and surrounded by two bodyguards, young ladies from wealthy families.

The girl's name was Lis, and she was the daughter of Sir Kemton's family.

Her parents are not stage drama lovers, so her expected parents to spend a lot of money to set a luxury private room to take her to watch the play together was disappointed, so she could only ask the housekeeper to help her buy ordinary tickets without telling her parents, but the housekeeper came back and told her that what she bought was only a lottery ticket, and she might not be able to win the lottery, which made her angry.

That stupid butler doesn't know how to buy more lottery tickets, at least the winning rate will be higher!

But the housekeeper told her that the lottery ticket in the black market had also risen to 30 gold coins per piece, and she might not win the lottery if she bought more.

Liz could only pray for Temorrah's favor, and came here early in the morning with the only lottery ticket to wait for the news, but she didn't expect the prayer to work, and Lady Luck doted on her today.

"Number 147!"

"Moradin's hammer, it's me!"

"Sixty-five!"

"Aha, Sheila Perilore (halfling goddess of love) has favored her faithful devotees!"

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In this way, citizens of different identities and races followed the shouts of the heralds and walked into the Five Wine Pot Theater with ticket stubs in turn, and some of the winners transferred the tickets on the spot to the noble butlers and servants who bought them at a high price.

After checking the tickets, Liz walked down the stairs of the Five Wine Kettle Inn to the entrance of the theater, where she was surprised to find that the theater had changed dramatically.

She is a small theater fan, she often comes to the theater to see plays, and she is very familiar with this place, but today she feels completely unfamiliar.

Flower baskets line the hallway leading to the theater's entrance, a red carpet is laid on the floor, and magic lights are added to the top of the surrounding walls, each with an oil painting hanging under each lamp.

As she walked down the red carpet through the hallway, she glanced casually at one of them and stopped in surprise, speechless.

"Oh my God! The painting skills are so superb, it is simply a masterpiece! The aristocratic girl couldn't help but exclaim.

"Yes, Master Bredero's painting skills are truly impressive."

Suddenly, a young male voice next to him interjected: "The techniques he uses are very different from the traditional techniques of the Faeron painters, and the compositions are also novel and bold, which is pleasing to the eye. ”

The aristocratic girl hurriedly turned her head and saw a handsome and strong young man standing beside her, his eyes shining strangely, looking intently at the oil painting poster on the wall.

The young man was dressed modestly and did not look like he was born into a wealthy family.

The girl couldn't help but blush.