A Red Dead Redemption Story

Chapter 165

In the past few days, a new tavern without a signboard has opened in Rhodes Town.

Several Gray family guards who were not on duty yesterday were drinking and chatting in the tavern with a guard who was on duty yesterday.
"You should all know, right? Kaliga Plantation was attacked last night."

"I've heard a little bit about it. Please explain it in detail. I only know that Mr. Gray temporarily sent additional patrols yesterday, but we were already drunk by that time, so we were not assigned."

"Hey, luckily you drank too much. Let me tell you, that group of people was very vicious. They pretended to be delivering a supply carriage and sneaked in. There were many accomplices hidden in the carriage. They waited until they got to the warehouse and directly We killed Liam who was leading them, and then used the strong liquor brought in the carriage to set fire to the nearest small tobacco field. Fortunately, we sent additional patrols and discovered this group in time..."

Susan, who was standing at the bar, was listening to the conversations of several people. After she heard the keywords Gray's house, plantation, and arson, Susan immediately winked at Karen, who was lazily sharing drinks with the guests. , and then motioned for her to come and talk to this group of people.

After Karen reluctantly rolled her eyes at Susan, she said goodbye to the guests on the table with a smile, and came to the bar with her own wine glass. She stood beside the Gray family guards and said:

"Hey gentlemen, why are you here drinking so early? Don't you all need to work today?"

Several people took a look at Karen. After seeing Karen wearing a tavern waiter's apron, yesterday's night shift guard at Gray's House said with a smile:

"Then you can't work hard every day, but you don't have a drink. If you make money but don't spend it, what are you doing to make money?"

As he spoke, he patted his gun bag and indicated to Karen that he relied on this guy to make money, as if this could show his tough guy temperament.

Another guard also smiled and said:

"Isn't that the truth? Having said that, your tavern is so brave. You dare to open a shop in Rhodes Town. Don't you know that this is the Gray family's business? Hey, let me tell you secretly, we are People from the Gray family."

"Okay, okay, I know you are joking, but those who don't know think you are bullying the market!" Among them, the older man with a beard stopped the man from speaking, and then apologized sheepishly. Finally, the man said to Karen:

"Those of us don't care about having another place to drink. After all, the atmosphere in Gray's Tavern is really out of place for people like us. Moreover, the quality of your wine is good and the price is cheap. To be fair, it is indeed a good place to drink. It’s a good place, but I don’t know if you saw Gray’s Tavern closing recently and wanted to make a profit, or if you really want to compete with Gray’s Tavern…”

"Hey, drink and drink, I'm just a little waiter, what's the use of telling me this, haha." Karen said with a smile, then raised the glass to signal to everyone, and drank it down.

After Karen's boldness made these people shout hello, they also raised their glasses to finish the wine, and then the older man signaled to Susan at the bar to have another round, and then gave After Karen was included, he spoke again:
"Although you are just a waiter, I think you can also convey these words of mine to your boss. If it is the former, there is no problem. After all, the only tavern in the town is closed, and this period of time is enough for you. You've made a fortune, but if it's the latter, I hope your boss can think about it carefully. After all, I don't want the next time we come to visit, it won't be for a drink..."

This person's words can be said to be a kind reminder, and it is not unreasonable. After refilling the empty wine glasses of several people, Susan said:
"Sir, we will pass on your suggestion to the boss. I don't know what to call you?"

"Stephen, Stephen Short"

"Mr. Short, please don't let our affairs disturb your original chat. This round of drinks is our treat." Susan said politely.After learning that this round of drinks was free, Short smiled. He was just an ordinary guard, but he was not the kind who served the Gray family all year round. It was just that because the Gray family had recently added guards, he asked his friend to He got this job through his introduction, so he has no loyalty to the Gray family and is simply working part-time.

Soon, with Karen joining in, and after several more rounds of drinking, the topic returned to the original one. The person who had not finished speaking just now continued:

"The patrol position I was in charge of was close to the manor. When I heard the alarm bell ringing, I rushed over immediately. Good guys, you don't know how ferocious these gangsters are. Even if they are discovered, they will not run away. Instead, they shouted something 'for the Bravest family', and then fired at us from behind the bunker like crazy. Do you think it was really speechless? They were all working, and they were risking their lives."

"Is it really that outrageous? Why are you shouting 'for the Bravest family'? What era do they think this is, and Bravest is some kind of British feudal lord? I'm laughing to death." A guard He frowned and complained.

Seeing that the topic was about to go wrong, Karen said:
"What happened next? Your job is too dangerous! I originally thought that being a guard for such a big family would be an easy task, but it's not easy for you."

"Isn't that right! I thought so at first, but it turns out it's all bullshit, except for those 'own members' of the Gray family, like us? They are basically slaves, damn it." As he said this, the man poured the cup into his cup. The wine was drained in one gulp.

Stephen Short didn't talk much. Although his companion's words also touched him, he understood that there was no point in talking more. In Rhodes Town, people like them had to go there if they didn't work for the Gray family. Working for the Bravest family, after all, Rhodes Town does not welcome bounty hunters. People like them who grew up in Rhodes Town cannot adapt to life in other places very well.

The veteran with a broken leg wandering around the town wasn't the only one he couldn't live without.

"Well, you're not working with your head up. My life was almost surrendered yesterday, otherwise I wouldn't have come to drink this early in the morning. Let me tell you, even though these people are shouting 'for the sake of mine West', but they don't look like Bravests to me."

"How do you say that, who else could it belong to?" Karen asked very naturally.

"I don't know either, but I don't think the Bravest family would dare to set fire to the Gray family's manor..."

"West grass? Isn't it just burning tobacco from the plantation? How did it turn into burning the manor?"

Upon hearing this, Short, who had been listening quietly, also asked:
"How dare they? Do they really want to start a full-scale war?"

You must know that whether it is destroying taverns, burning tobacco fields, or the Gray family's crackdown on bootlegging, these are nothing more than small actions on the economic level. Although they are equally insidious and vicious, they do not involve human life. In other words, they can be used at the legal level Open one eye and close one eye.

But setting the house on fire?This nature is different.

Just listen to the man continue to say:

"Anyway, although the fire was put out quickly, I heard that Mr. Gray was furious. I have a hunch that the war between the two families is really going to start."

(End of this chapter)