Chapter 2242

Just confirmed that the other party had no suspicion, Mr. Bernhardt actually wanted to leave, but hearing Captain Rudolf emphasize again that he knew nothing, he became interested instead.

The elegant vampire Viscount said with a smile:

"Captain, don't joke. You run ships all year round, which doesn't mean you know nothing about things on land. I don't believe that someone who knows nothing about Moon Bay can have such a huge fleet."

The robust vampire also smiled:

"Well, assuming I do have some information you probably need, but how do you want me to open my mouth?"

"How about Luo De cards?"

Xia De said suddenly, but Captain Rudolf shook his head and refused without thinking. This kind of thing is very rare:

"I wanted to suggest this just now, but since you proposed it, I definitely can't agree. People who dare to speak like this are definitely Luo De card experts, or pure gamblers. I see you are clearly not a gambler. However, we can play some other tavern games..."

"For example?"

Mr. Bernhardt raised an eyebrow, so the captain put his right elbow on the table board and held his right palm vertically toward the two:

"The game sailors like most besides Luo De cards—arm wrestling. Which of you two wants to try? But let's say it first, I won't let you."

Xia De and Mr. Bernhardt looked at each other, and the latter stood up very decisively, letting out the position with self-knowledge.

"Look, someone here actually wants to arm wrestle with the captain!"

The people watching the fun around saw the actions of the two and gathered around noisily. In fact, many of these people were sailors in Captain Rudolf's fleet; he was not drinking here alone.

Mr. Bernhardt stood behind Xia De and was very relieved about Xia De. After Xia De moved the stool to the middle of the side of the table, he stretched out his right hand and placed it on the table:

"What are the rules?"

"The elbow cannot leave the desktop, and you cannot stand up to exert force. The left hand can be placed on the side of the table, but if you damage the items, you must compensate."

While speaking, his right hand and Xia De's right hand were held together. This captain's right hand was also a circle larger than Xia De's right hand. Just from the figure, Xia De had no possibility of winning at all.

"I will be the referee."

A tall man in the crowd said, raising his left hand high:

"You can only exert force after counting down! Fair competition, prepare—three, two, one, start!"

With a bang, even the wine glasses on the table were shaken and jumped up. Xia De's hand pressed the captain's hand onto the desktop overwhelmingly, and the latter looked like he didn't even react.

This was definitely not Xia De suddenly exerting force without people noticing. When the countdown started, the two had already exerted force. Being able to have such a result was just because Xia De's strength was completely dominant.

The people watching the fun around were silent as if they had been pinched by the neck together, and it took a few seconds before they burst into loud discussions. Xia De let go of Captain Rudolf's hand, and the latter looked at his palm in surprise:

"This is really surprising... come again!"

"Do you want to go back on your word?"

Mr. Bernhardt asked immediately, and the captain shook his head:

"Of course not going back on my word. Just now I wanted to tell you information 1. Come again, if you win, I will tell you information 2."

Saying this, he stood up and neatly took off his coat. Although it is very indecent to be shirtless in a public place like a tavern, the people watching just admired the captain's muscles and strength.

He shook his arm hard. When he turned around, Xia De saw a large tattoo on his back. It was a red dragon tattoo, and the tattoo looked lifelike. If Xia De didn't see it wrong, this tattoo should be made with the blood of a dragon beast, which is also one of the methods of borrowing the power of a giant dragon.

"Come again, as long as you win, I will say whatever you want to ask."

Saying this, the captain sat down again, and Xia De also became serious. However, he just took off his coat, then rolled up the sleeves of his white shirt, and held his hand together again with the captain, who seemed to be even rising in body temperature.

"Three, two, one, start!"

After the words fell, there was no overwhelming victory this time, but Captain Rudolf's hand actually pressed Xia De's hand down slightly.

The robust vampire, gritting his teeth, had turned red, and the blue blood vessels on his bulging muscles and his entire right arm almost burst out of the skin that had been tanned black by the sun.

He lowered his head slightly to facilitate exerting force, and Xia De also held his breath to make a look of effort, but in fact, he was just pretending that he was also exerting force.

Captain Rudolf was a 6th-tier sorcerer, plus the advantage of the tattoo on his back and his own body shape, his strength was indeed very great. Just like this, it was not enough to compare with Xia De, who was one tier higher than him.

The people watching the two arm wrestling all thought this was a genuine contest, and they cheered and cheered for the two.

Even Mr. Bernhardt was nervous for this, and then he saw Xia De suddenly shout "Ha," and then his hand pressed the two's hands straight bit by bit, and then pressed the captain's hand down bit by bit.

Although Captain Rudolf had two opportunities to successfully stop Xia De's hand halfway, in the end, under the cheers of the crowd "exert force" "press over him," Captain Rudolf's right hand back still touched the desktop first.

Bang!

"Ha, what kind of monster are you?"

The game ended, he took back his right hand and kept rubbing his painful wrist. Looking up and seeing Xia De also rubbing his wrist, he didn't ask to compare again:

"The game of arm wrestling, I haven't lost for a long time. This time I admit defeat, I am willing to call you the strongest.

Really, the young people now are more amazing than the last. Oh, you have seen enough, right? Disperse, I want to talk to these two gentlemen alone."

He quickly put on his clothes, and after driving away the crowd, he changed to a corner table and greeted the two to sit down. However, this time Captain Rudolf's attitude was obviously much better, and he greeted the waiter in the tavern to treat the two to a drink for free.

"Who exactly is cooperating with those dragon-eating cultists locally, I really don't know."

He emphasized while holding the wine glass, but continued to say:

"However, I know some other things. As for whether it is useful to you, you have to judge for yourself."

"As long as there is news."

Mr. Bernhardt took out his notebook, so the captain said:

"I run ships at sea, so I have some ways. Sometimes local kin will ask me to do some things that are not convenient to expose. Of course, we definitely won't break the law, it's just that it's not very glorious... you know Mrs. Jude, right."

Xia De and the Viscount looked at each other. This is the woman who is a widow that they plan to go to the auction house to see tomorrow:

"Know, very wealthy, sponsored many charities, and she also opened an orphanage herself, and has a good reputation locally."

The captain raised an eyebrow:

"Mrs. Jude and I are also old acquaintances. She once asked me if I could bring a batch of orphans without support when I encountered them at the docks in various places, and then send them to the orphanage she opened in Moon Bay City. She not only pays the shipping fee, but even willing to pay an extra subsidy according to the number of people."

"Are you trafficking children?"

Xia De asked in surprise, and Captain Rudolf shook his head quickly:

"Don't say that. If others hear it, I will be investigated by the police and the port authority.

Those children boarded the ship voluntarily, and I also settled them in an orphanage that can take care of them. This is not illegal. Whether for Delarion or Karsenrik, this is not illegal... I specifically asked a lawyer."

Xia De was very sure that the expression of Mr. Bernhardt sitting beside him should be the same as his own:

"This matter just sounds very wrong. A widow vampire woman, a private orphanage, willing to adopt children without support from various places... hmm, it's not that we are suspicious, but this is as ridiculous as letting a monkey guard a peach garden. Is she..."

"I have also had such doubts."

Captain Rudolf said in a low voice, tapping the table lightly:

"I have been to that orphanage more than once, secretly or publicly. I am very sure that none of the children I sent are in a missing state. They are either still in the orphanage or taken away by adoptive families.

By the way, even those children taken away by adoptive families, I have also visited them, and they are all still alive, and some children are living quite well."

He raised his wine glass and toasted Xia De and Mr. Bernhardt:

"I know what you are thinking, but I won't let myself get involved in this kind of trouble. Mrs. Jude is indeed strange. You must have guessed some things in your heart. But don't say it, go find her yourself, I just rescued some children who really couldn't live on."

"We will go."

Mr. Bernhardt sighed:

"The kin in Moon Bay are really... what other news?"

"About a month or two ago, I don't remember the specific time, Earl Crown asked me if I could bring a batch of goods from the New Continent. But I rarely run the New Continent route, and I was busy with other things at that time, so I refused."

That Earl Crown is not one of the five people who need to be investigated.

"Did Earl Crown say what the goods were?"

Xia De asked.

"No, but just by his tone, I knew it must be illegal business like smuggling. Otherwise, why specifically come to test me instead of finding a regular fleet?"

"He is indeed doing smuggling business, some illegal plants and plant products, but this has nothing to do with our investigation."

Mr. Bernhardt said, so the robust vampire exhaled:

"There is one more piece of news, this is the last piece of news. The old butler of the Silver family, we all call him Old Billy, recently made a fortune for some reason. Not many people know about this, and I also heard it from others by chance... you just treat it as me hearing it from others."

This "Old Billy" is also not one of the three people to be contacted at the banquet tomorrow.

"I know this person. Although his surname is not Silver, he has served in the Silver family for nearly fifty years and belongs to a relatively important figure in the Silver family. Is this person also your relative?"

Xia De asked curiously. The Silver family mainly does fleet business in Moon Bay and is an enemy of the Aurora family, an old shipping family in Karsenrik, so Xia De also kept a little heart.

It was still Mr. Bernhardt who answered:

"Yes, I chatted with him last week, and his suspicion is not great. As for suddenly having money... I shouldn't have said it, but it's actually nothing. His illegitimate child made a lot of money doing business outside and wanted to pick up his biological father to retire. This matter involves a big figure in Willendale; let's not talk too much."