The Original Vampire

At the end of October, with the end of the autumn harvest, the people of Bingyan City ushered in the annual harvest festival.

Although in the first half of this year, due to the impact of the war in the northern region, spring ploughing was delayed again, but fortunately, the slave riot in Ice Rock City was quelled by Count Angele early, and spring ploughing was not greatly affected.

Moreover, in the battle against the troll empire, Count Angele won a great victory, and forced the trolls to send a large number of young and strong slaves. The fortifications, city defense construction, etc. are all proceeding smoothly.

Coupled with the tax incentives for foreign trade, a large number of businessmen choose Ice Rock City as a transit point for trade with the Troll Empire, keeping the city bustling with traffic.

Therefore, unlike the difficulties of other territories in the north, this year's Angelel Territory has shown signs of prosperity.

Taking the opportunity of this harvest festival, the lords poured into Bingyan City one after another, expressing their gratitude to the lord who brought them a better life.

Although Earl Angelie is not in the territory, this still cannot dampen the enthusiasm of the people.

The taverns in the city have already prepared a wealth of cheap food and wine, and the butler Aemon has specially invited more than a dozen musical troupes and circuses to perform a free public tour in Ice Rock City.

Men linger in taverns drinking fine wine, women flocking to the market to buy, children chasing the circus, watching all kinds of novel and interesting performances, screaming and laughing, the little hands clap red without feeling pain.

However, the most talked about topics by the people of Ice Rock City this year are not the better and better life today, or how wonderful the troupe's performance is, or the Count of Angele who is far away in the half-elf kingdom. Something called a "welfare lottery".

"Have you heard? A lucky one broke out today!"

"Is it a welfare lottery?"

"Of course, what else is there besides this?"

"Who's the lucky guy? How much did he get?"

"It's a guy named Tom who won five thousand copper coins!"

"Five thousand! Really or not?"

"Of course it's true! I saw this kid take the stage to accept the award with my own eyes."

"Are you talking about Tom? I know the boy,

He is my distant cousin, and I told the Welfare Lottery at the beginning... When he accepted the prize, I was still calling him from the audience, but he didn't hear it. It was probably because there were too many people at the scene, which was worse than the theater troupe. noisy……"

"Hahaha, even if he heard it, he would pretend not to hear it."

"Why?"

"Because I'm afraid you'll ask him to borrow money!"

"I will borrow money from him? He can win the jackpot, why can't I! Today I bought five welfare lottery tickets and specially picked lucky numbers. I will definitely win the next lottery!"

...

Earl Evan led his fiancee Salia into the tavern, and found that the content of the discussions of the drinkers here was related to the welfare lottery.

During the Harvest Festival, the business of the tavern was very hot. The small space was divided into two floors, and the lower floor was filled with more than 30 tables. Each table was full of people, and there were still people standing around and couldn't find a place. guests.

The crowded and noisy atmosphere made Salia frown, but fortunately, Earl Evan quickly took her to the second floor.

In contrast, the space on the second floor is much more empty, but this is also because the entrance fee here is much more expensive.

The tavern attendant saw at a glance that Earl Evan was dressed unusually, knowing that the two must be nobles, and quickly and respectfully brought them to a table by the window on the second floor.

After sitting down, Earl Evan skillfully threw out a few copper coins and said, "Bring us two glasses of purple cane wine."

"Okay, please wait a moment!"

After the attendant turned around, Salia frowned and said, "Evan, why do you always like to come to this kind of place?"

Earl Evan looked at the noisy crowd downstairs with interest, and said with a smile: "Because you can drink good wine in these places!"

Salia's brows furrowed even tighter, and she pouted, "Nonsense, what kind of wine can we have here?"

"Haha, you don't understand. In terms of brewing technology, the wine here is of course not comparable to the noble winery, but the wine here has a special taste that the noble winery does not have."

"What is the taste?"

"The taste of the world."

"secular?"

Earl Evan turned around, looked at Salia's big bright eyes seriously, and explained: "The noble winery is full of hypocrisy that has been deliberately carved, and only here can you taste the real taste of the secular world. "

Salia looked at Earl Evan's face, and suddenly felt that she couldn't understand this fiance more and more.

Earl Evan laughed and said with a smile: "Just kidding you, in fact, it is more likely to find the trace of His Royal Highness in such a place."

Salia shook her head in disbelief and said, "Even if my father came to Bingyan City, he would not enter such a place. Moreover, if a foreigner enters Bingyan City, the first person to know it must be the Lord's Mansion."

"No no no. If this outsider wants to hide his identity, he will guard the lord's mansion, but he will not guard against these civilians."

Salia tilted her head and thought for a while, and when she found some truth, she stopped talking.

At this time, the attendant had already brought two glasses of purple cane wine.

Earl Evan took the opportunity to ask: "Have you ever seen a middle-aged man? He is about seven feet tall, with blond hair and blue eyes, a stern face, and a knight's sword with a purple scabbard around his waist..."

After listening to Earl Evan's description, the attendant thought about it carefully, shook his head and said, "Sorry, my lord, I have never seen the person you mentioned."

Earl Evan nodded, not too disappointed. After all, the trace of Prince Lehi is not so easy to find.

This time, they came to Bingyan City with the attitude of giving it a try.

He then asked: "What is the welfare lottery that the people below are talking about? Can you tell us about it?"

"Of course!" The attendant's face suddenly glowed red, and he seemed to be very interested in the welfare lottery, "That is the welfare lottery, designed by our honorable lord, the great guardian of the north, Lord Count Angele. , supposedly to raise money for the welfare of poor civilians who cannot take care of themselves.

However, Lord Earl claimed that all those who are willing to pay for lottery tickets are good people who contribute to the cause of redemption! Deservedly rewarded!

So, the lottery will be drawn every month, as long as the lottery number you purchased is selected, you will win!

A lottery only costs three coins, but if you win, you can win thousands of coins! I even heard that someone has won gold coins..."

Listening to the rambling explanation of the attendant, Earl Evan was drinking purple cane wine and suddenly asked, "Can a foreigner like me buy it?"

"Of course. The Count said that this is a benefit for all northerners, and any northerners can buy it."

"What if I'm not from the North?"

"Well..." The attendant touched the back of his head and said in a deep voice, "It shouldn't be a problem. When I went to buy a lottery ticket, I saw a bard who also bought a lottery ticket, and that guy said that He came here from the far south."

Earl Evan took out a silver coin, threw it to the attendant, and ordered, "Buy me a hundred welfare lottery tickets, and the rest is a tip for you."

"Okay, please wait a moment!" The attendant immediately took the silver coins and ran away in a hurry.

One silver coin can be exchanged for 1,000 copper coins, and it only takes 300 copper coins to buy 100 lottery tickets.

Naturally, he would not hesitate to buy such a cheap deal.

Salia wondered, "Are you interested in these lottery tickets?"

"Yeah. A very interesting thing."

Earl Evan was drinking with a strange light flashing in his eyes.