Chapter 55 The Hand of Light
The hotel where Qin Lun and others stayed in Yinyue City was the famous "Golden Oak".
The golden oak tree is located on the north bank of the Ruiwen River, in the middle of a small alley called the dance mask. There are comfortable rooms decorated as country houses. The windowsill is filled with fern bonsai with vanilla flavor. The wood is hard and the textured oak furniture is elegant and beautiful. The tables, chairs and benches painted with resin feel great to touch.
All rooms in the hotel face the central courtyard, where there is an ancient oak tree towering into the clouds. The huge canopy covers the entire courtyard under the shade. Bright lanterns are hung on every branch in the sky, which corresponds to the tea table under the lamp. Drinking a cup of morning tea or night wine here is a completely intoxicating enjoyment.
Because of the new sprout goddess, Chianglia, this place is loved by Druids, foresters, elves and people who do not like to be disturbed or peaceful and quiet. Although drinking tea in the courtyard is relatively expensive, because you can get the best service, there are still a constant stream of guests every day.
The "Golden Oak" environment makes travelers seem to sleep in a safe and comfortable corner of the forest. They have also prepared some reception rooms to accommodate guests who rent in the rooms upstairs. In addition, there is a good leisure bar on the basement floor of the hotel, which is available for travelers who want to chat and chat.
However, Qin Lun and others chose to stay in this hotel not because of its reputation or to come here to enjoy a quiet life, but to have other purposes.
Even in Silver Moon City, few people know that the Golden Oak is actually a secret stronghold of a guild organization. This organization is called "Hand of Light". Its name is very glorious, but it is actually a thief guild.
Unlike the Shadow Group, the Dark Night Guild and other thieves, the thieves in the Hand of Light seem a bit extremely alternative.
Most thieves similar to Shadow Groups have a tendency to be chaotic, neutral or chaotic and evil. In addition to stealing, reconnaissance, intelligence and other work, they are sometimes also hired assassination, while the thieves' camp of Hand of Light is rare to be chaotic and kind.
The profession of thieves is not a disciplined profession, so it is undoubtedly in a chaotic camp, but why is it chaotic and kind?
Because the thieves of the Hand of Light do not accept any kind of assassination work, although they also steal, their targets are nobles and wealthy businessmen, and they never attack the poor and the poor, and sometimes even help beggars and homeless people in the city.
Even if theft fails and cannot escape, the thieves with the hands of light will not hurt people, they will only raise their hands to surrender. Because of this, most of them will only be fined by the authorities.
If any city government really insists on being unable to get along with them, the arrested thieves will disappear from the cell one night. The skilled thieves of the union regard this kind of work of rescuing their companions as one of the most interesting challenges.
There is a saying circulating inside the Hand of Light: "Standing in the darkness and doing things of light, our hands are the Hand of Light, and we hold the sheep with our hands just to transfer the gold coins in the vampires' pockets to where it should be."
Look, there are many ideal slogans!
The most glorious thing about the thief in the Hand of Light is to become a legendary thief who robs the rich and helps the poor in the city, and is passed down from word to word.
Since the theft of these thieves cannot bring them income, what does the Hand of Light rely on to make a living? This is to say another important task of theirs - selling intelligence!
The Santalin Society is known as the Dark Intelligence Network. Although the strength of the Hand of Light is not on the same level as that of the Santalin Society, they still call themselves the Guangming Intelligence Network and are not afraid of being hostile to the Santalin Society. They can be said to be very brave.
Of course, like Santalin, it is a mother who can buy intelligence by paying money. Hand of Light is more strict with the target of selling intelligence. They do not want the intelligence that guild members have worked hard to get used to evil ways.
For this reason, they lost a lot of money, which is also the main reason why the Hand of Light has always developed slowly and can only be limited to some large cities and cannot establish strongholds in All Feren.
Because of the numerous enemies, the Hand of Light is somewhat similar to the Harpist Alliance, and acts very secretly. Those who do not know them will find the information base of the Hand of Light.
The reason why Qin Lun and others knew about this strange and alternative thieves guild was because of Lago. In the Land of Death, Qin Lun saved Lago once. Although the blood-thorn trio parted ways with Qin Lun and others after leaving the Troll's Claw, Lago always felt that he owed Qin Lun a love.
So the thief handed the token of the Hand of Light to Qin Lun so that they could get some help in Silver Moon City. The token that Lago once belonged to a member of the Hand of Light, and Lago helped him, so the thief gave the token to Lago.
The token is engraved with contact addresses from major cities so that those who own it can get paid help from the hands of light.
Although Qin Lun and others had information from the Harpist Alliance at this time, with the personalities of Qin Lun and the other two, they would not put all the eggs in the same basket.
The Harpist Alliance is consistent with Qin Lun's position in this incident, but the organization has very clear political purposes and intentions. In any way, it is obviously not a good choice to place hopes entirely on them.
The business hours of Hand of Light were late at night, and because there was only one token, Hill and Rand went out together. At this time, there was still about a week before the celebration in Silver Moon City. If Santalin had any conspiracy plans, they were afraid they had already started to take action.
Hill and Rand should take advantage of this opportunity to record the road network of Silver Moon City clearly so that it can be convenient for future activities.
As the last ray of sunlight fell on the floor line, Qin Lun tidied up his collar, quietly left his room, and came to the hotel's underground bar.
"Give me a glass of ale." Qin Lun walked around the crowd and pushed a silver coin to the bartender who was wiping the wine glass at the bar.
The silver coin given by Qin Lun is a bit unique. On the front is a fist that emits glory, and on the back are two daggers crossing together.
"Okay, please wait!" The middle-aged bartender glanced at Qin Lun, held the silver coin quietly, and when he raised his hand again, the silver coin had disappeared from the bar.
The bartender poured Qin Lun a glass of ale, then called a bartender, pointed to the bartender, and walked towards the back door of the bar, as if he wanted to take a break.
Pushing open the back door of the bar, the bartender faintly winked at Qin Lun and signaled him to follow him. Qin Lun smiled slightly, raised his head to drink all the ale, and followed the bartender out.
The back door of the bar connects the wine cellar, full of oak barrels containing wine, and rows of wooden wine racks. The bartender goes around to a dark place in the wine cellar and pushes open a secret door.
"How is An Ke? Is he still at the Baldur Gate?" After Qin Lun entered, the middle-aged bartender asked him softly.
An Ke in the bartender's mouth was obviously the member of the Light Hand who gave the token of Lago. Qin Lun's eyes flashed, shrugged, and did not answer. He didn't know how An Ke was. Instead of arousing doubts, it would be better not to express it.
Seeing Qin Lun's appearance, the bartender just sighed, stopped asking about the thief's news, and threw the silver coin back to Qin Lun.
"What news do you want to know?"
"I want to know if there is any abnormal news about the grand celebration held in the Supreme Palace a week later." Qin Lun asked in a pondering manner.
"News from the Silver Moon Celebration?" The bartender's eyes became sharp and he looked at Qin Lun with a vigilant face, "Why are you asking this?"
If it were another intelligence dealer, Qin Lun would never answer the other party's question. But after knowing the situation of the organization Hand of Light, he knew that he had to answer this question, otherwise the bartender would not tell him anything.
Thinking of this, Qin Lun said bluntly: "I got information from the Harpist Alliance. Santalin would want to destroy this Silver Moon Celebration. The lords of the Silver Moon Council may be in danger..."
"Santalin Club?" The bartender's pupils shrank, and he leaned on his chin and fell into deep thought.
Qin Lun was not in a hurry, and silently waited for the other party to digest the news, and the dark room suddenly became silent.
After a while, the bartender finally spoke, "If your information is accurate, then we are ashamed, because the Hand of Light did not notice anything abnormal in the city during this period."
Qin Lun frowned when he heard the bartender's words. Whether it was the Harpist Alliance or the Santalin Club, it was obviously much stronger than the Hand of Light, but Silver Moon City is the home court of the Hand of Light, and they are local snakes. If the two organizations take action here, the Hand of Light would not be unable to detect any abnormalities.
The thief is one of the three religions and his tentacles are everywhere in the city. Even if outsiders with strange faces enter their territory, they will arouse the alertness of the Hand of Light. The bartender now said that the Hand of Light did not notice any abnormalities, which was obviously a bit incredible.
"If you don't hide anything, it means there are only two possibilities!" Qin Lun stared at the bartender and said with a gloomy face.
The bartender looked at Qin Lun's cold eyes and his face began to turn blue, "I understand which two possibilities are there. If we didn't lie, then what is the point of Santalin will have given up the plan to destroy the celebration. If you want it, they have already arranged it, and now they are just waiting for the beginning of the Silver Moon Celebration!"
"Maybe there was an abnormal situation in Yinyue City earlier, but nothing happened in the end, and you ignored it." Qin Lun's mind quickly turned and said in a deep voice, "Let me think about it, a month and a half to two months ago, did anything unusual happen to Yinyue City during this period?"
Chapter completed!