Chapter 30 Theme Brothel
Viserys's dragon dream is not strong enough to be directly located.
In addition, this time his Dragon Dream was passively triggered, so the information he obtained was not accurate.
But if you can't use plug-ins, you can still use your brain.
Although Braavos is large, there are only a few transportation hubs and places where people gather, which can be guessed through reasoning.
First of all, Purple Harbor, the largest seaport in Braavos, is a port that only allows local ships to dock, and the taverns and inns there are only open to locals.
Of course, if the person who comes is particularly rich or powerful, they will not refuse.
However, it is obvious that the assassin who has been drifting on the sea for more than ten days will not appear there, so Zigang will be ruled out.
Then the most likely place is the port next to Zigang, known as the 'Second Hand Clothes Dealer's Wharf'.
It is a place that caters to outsiders and is called the 'Eel Inn'.
Sam in the original book, also known as Jon's good friend Fatty, once visited there.
And Arya has been there too.
There are outsiders there who speak various languages, and the assassin who came to assassinate Long Erge and his siblings is most likely in the Eel Inn.
But Viserys didn't know what he looked like, so it would take some effort to find him.
Throwing out a Silver Moon Coin, Brother Long Er chartered an inconspicuous small boat and asked the boat operator to take him to the second-hand clothing dealer's dock, preparing to go directly to the Eel Inn.
As a commercial city, Braavos does not have the concept of "curfew".
The docks and ports here seem to be always running, with the traffic never stopping.
Similarly, the trackers in Braavos have the concept of "night shift", working at night to earn more.
As soon as he arrived at the dock, Viserys saw a group of trackers towing a cargo ship.
They shouted in unison and struggled forward in the dark sea.
But from another angle, they seemed to be swallowed by the black sea.
Viserys followed the sound of waves lapping at the shore and made his way to the shore.
There is a place called "Cat House" near the second-hand clothing dealer's wharf.
However, this is not a real cattery, and the people open to the public are not cats but people.
But there are indeed a lot of cats in it, so it can be called a "theme brothel".
When Viserys passed by, he found that the "employees" inside were wearing fake cat ears and imitating the sounds of female cats calling for invitations to the guests.
The best of them are enough to make a person's bones break just by the sound.
Brother Long Er rubbed his face and left quickly.
'Normal reaction, normal reaction.'
Viserys took a few deep breaths of the sea air to calm his restlessness, then entered the inn.
The Eel Inn is the largest inn in the area.
Therefore, the space inside is also very spacious.
There were two or three candlesticks on each pillar. The inn seemed to be doing good business, so the candles used were whale oil candles.
The entire inn is also very bright, and most places can be seen clearly.
In addition, there were five or six female waiters serving wine.
Some thugs like to take the opportunity to pinch their buttocks, but they don't resist.
Because such guests will give higher tips.
Viserys looked around and saw that the place housed hundreds of people.
As for the personnel composition, it was also quite complicated. There were locals, Westeros people, and he even saw two Dothraki with scimitars on their waists!
According to Dothraki customs, the martial arts skills of these two men seemed a bit sparse.
Their braids were just above their shoulders, and it looked like they were losing more than they were winning.
But it is not an easy task to find the assassin among so many people.
Viserys observed and found that apart from the people sitting scattered around, there were mainly three groups of people chatting.
One wave spoke the Common Tongue, and two waves spoke Valyrian.
Before coming, Viserys had dressed himself up as a sailor and wrapped a brown turban on his head.
So I don't worry about attracting too much attention.
He approached the group speaking the Common Tongue first, who seemed to be discussing the rebellion in the Iron Islands a few years ago.
It is unlikely that an assassin coming to Westeros would be interested in this matter.
So Viserys came to another group of people speaking Valyrian.
As a result, after listening to the conversations of the two groups, I found that they were both talking about the Ten-Day Celebration two months later.
This means that it is unlikely that the assassin would be among the people listening to the fun.
In order not to attract attention, Brother Long ordered a glass of wine and found a place where he could be observed easily.
In addition to the three groups of people just now, there were about thirty people sitting in other places in the tavern.
Viserys could only make judgments based on his own experience.
There were two people wearing fancy clothes, like roosters in a chicken coop. They were obviously local water dancers, so we ruled out...
There were also a few vendors carrying huge packages, and from their demeanor and habits it was obvious that they were not compatible with assassins.
Brother Long Er realized that this method of identification was too inefficient.
Mature assassins all have superb camouflage techniques.
It is better for me to take the initiative and lure the snake out of its hole.
Anyone who is interested in the 'Beggar King' is a major suspect!
So he waved to a waitress, a girl about seventeen years old.
Her figure seemed to be fuller than that of the average girl, and she had a familiar smile on her face.
When Brother Long Er pulled her hand, the waitress teased and pretended to pull back, but was stuffed with a handful of gold dragon coins.
"Give everyone a good drink, and say it's Sailor Sinbad's treat, and he wants to hear about the Beggar King, and the rest is yours."
Brother Long Er said this in a frivolous tone.
In fact, he did this for disguise. If someone asked about the so-called 'Sinbad', no one would associate it with himself.
When the waitress saw the cute little yellow thing in her hand, her heart beat faster.
He took another look at 'Sailor Sinbad' and found that his facial features behind his beard seemed quite delicate, and immediately his resistance was reduced a little.
She agreed bluntly and let a gold dragon coin slide into her sleeve without making a sound, then came to the bar.
The owner of the inn was a bald man in his forties who lingered in the inn from morning till night.
The heavy drinking provided extra calories and made his double chin particularly prominent.
He is naturally very happy to see someone treating him, as this means higher turnover.
He took out a yellow copper cup and tapped it with a spoon.
Ding ding ding ding——
The spoon hit the wall of the cup, making a crisp sound.
The entire inn immediately fell silent, and everyone looked towards the bar.
The double-chinned boss pointed in the direction of Brother Long Er and said:
"Everyone, our sailor, His Excellency Sinbad, please give everyone a glass of good wine. Let's toast to him! To Sinbad!"
"To Sinbad!"
It was certainly a good thing to be able to have a glass of wine for free, and everyone raised their glasses in the direction indicated by the innkeeper, and Viserys nodded to everyone.
"Our Lord Sinbad wants to know something about the Beggar King. I wonder who can tell us about it."