Traveling through The Elder Scrolls: Skyrim

The Dead Man's Wine Inn is a two-story wooden building. The first floor is a spacious hall and several bedrooms, and the second floor is full of guest rooms. Falkreath used to be an important hub for land transportation between Cyrodiil and Skyrim. It must have been a booming business, but now it has withered. Rigel has a lot of "contributions" to this. There were already three or two people sitting in the corner of the hall eating and drinking. Runel asked the proprietress for a bottle of wine and a piece of bread, and then went to find a seat. A short-haired girl was wiping the tables in the store one by one. I walked to the bar and took out the two gems from my arms.

"Hello, I don't have any cash on me, where can I exchange this for Septim?"

The NPCs in the game only buy certain types of goods, so the innkeeper wouldn't accept this. But the lady boss took it with a smile.

"Just give it to me. What would the guest like to drink? How about a glass of mead? This batch of goods came from the mead field. Nari? Nari? Come here! Take this and show it to Soraf, and change it into money and give it to the guest."

The girl took the gem and left. I sipped my wine, chatting with the proprietress while thinking about how to approach Danger. Danger in the game is somewhat schizophrenic. He is extremely suspicious of the people around him, but trusts the Dragonborn, whom he has never met.

"Is this the first time you come here? I've never seen you before."

"Yes, I was learning the fur trade from my uncle, and he asked me to come here to scout out the way. It was my first time traveling far away, and I didn't calculate the money well."

"Hey! Young man, just walk around more. If you want to buy furs, you can find Wade. The guy often runs in the woods and has killed bears. If he comes, I'll show you. I tell you, if you want to do business, don't go east. The road is not safe. Look at my upstairs. Twenty years ago, it was full every day."

"I came from the north, and when I came here I saw the elf uncle holding a funeral."

"Alas, as if the world is not chaotic enough, Xin Ding looks honest, but I didn't expect him to do such an inhumane thing. We have already petitioned the Nanya governor to bring this villain to justice."

"Don't you need to tell the Lord?"

"Why would the Lord care about such trivial matters?"

"I heard that the Lord personally tried murder cases."

"That was in the past... Hey, Nari is back!" The lady boss saw Nari coming back with a small bag and quickly changed the subject. The girl handed the purse to me, "Uncle Sourav said the red one was average quality, and he gave me 98 gold coins in total."

I took out five gold coins and gave them to Nari as a tip, and the girl went to work happily.

"You give too much, girl. Oh, I wish I could be like Lord Danger, push the burden to the young people, and enjoy my leisure time."

"Lord Danger is no longer the lord?"

"He stopped working not long after the war, saying he was not in good health. I think the old man is still pretty strong. He comes to my place every night for a drink or two."

"It's a chaotic time, so just don't worry about it. But I think Falkreath is pretty good and peaceful."

"What's good about it? Other places are so restless for the living, but here..." The landlady suddenly lowered her voice, "Falkreath is so restless for the dead!"

"How can the dead not rest in peace? I see that the cemetery is fine, isn't it?"

"Don't you know? We have tomb robbers here! They are robbing the lord's tomb!"

I was moved. This was not a tomb robber. It was obvious that there was a vampire among Danger's ancestors. The old man was worried that if this matter got out, it would bring shame to the family, so he hired someone to kill it. With this incident, I was not afraid that the old man would ignore me.

"Ah? Then the lord will spare him? Has he been caught?"

"He disappeared a long time ago. The chief steward has issued an official document offering a reward for any clues."

I paid two days' rent in advance, ate my meal, and waited for Danger to come. I had an idea, but I felt something was wrong, but I couldn't tell what it was.

"That's Walder, the bald one is Nils, and the girl's name is Ali. They go hunting together."

"Thank you." I walked over with the wine glass in my hand, and acted out the whole play. I also gave them a few words, saying that saving a life is better than building a seven-story pagoda. I said a few perfunctory words to them and asked about the current price of furs. The three of them were very proud of their abilities and would not listen to anyone's advice, so I left on the pretext of asking for instructions from my uncle.

It was getting late, and Runier and the others had already left, but the inn was bustling. Blacksmiths, shop owners, lumberjacks, and many other townspeople were willing to come to the inn for a drink after a busy day.

"That's Lord Danger, right?"

"It's him."

Nari, the little money-grubber, greeted him enthusiastically. Someone of Danger's status would definitely give a tip.

The former Lord of Falkreath was wearing simple fine linen clothes, of medium build, with a beautiful beard that was gray but still carefully groomed, showing the heroic spirit of a Nord man. He smiled as Nari presented the wine and food, and took out a Septim... I suddenly felt very painful, because I really gave too much.

I was not in a hurry to talk to the old man, who had just sat down, so I waited for him to drink a few more glasses before talking. I chatted with the landlady again, and this time I knew the price of the mead I was drinking, so I decided to try the malt wine.

I had finished most of the second bottle of wine that Danger ordered, and I sat down opposite him. "Greetings, Lord Danger."

Danger looked me up and down, then took out a Septim from his pocket...