The bartender named Maier was still holding the bottle of fine champagne in his right hand, and with his left hand he made a soothing gesture to the guests to sit down, and asked with a smile: "How many people, would you like to have a bottle first?"

Leonard, a layman, suddenly felt tired in this atmosphere, and sat on the chair next to a round wine table, pressed his right arm on the table, covered his mouth with his left palm, couldn't help yawning, and asked sleepily: "Oh~~~~ I don't want to drink any wine now." Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info Do you have anything to eat?"

Tina, who was not uncomfortable with this environment, sat down gracefully in a chair opposite Leonard, turned her head, looked at Maier and replied, "Indeed." We don't need anything but food right now. ”

Nemo, who was sitting next to Tina, waved his hand and beckoned to Maier, "Please bring me a bottle." ”

Hearing this, Maier pried open the cap of the champagne bottle in his hand with great skill, poured the amber high-end wine into a large transparent glass, placed it on the tray, and respectfully handed it to Nemo: "Please use it." ”

Nemo stretched out his right hand and took the glass, opened his mouth to take a sip of sweet champagne, and immediately exclaimed: "What a sweet wine." ”

Bran, who had been embarrassed all the time, saw this and asked again: "May I ask if this is..."

At this time, the old woman who had brought her son supper was walking with a cane in her right hand and a large black package in her left hand, and walked to the wine table where everyone was sitting and said: "Young man, why are you in such a hurry? Let's taste the rice balls made by the old woman and me while they are hot." Then, she placed the package on the round wine table and slowly untied it, revealing a large purple casserole wrapped in a rice mat.

Then the old woman shouted to Mel, "Wheat." Bring a bowl and a scoop. When Maier heard this, he immediately took out three sets of small wooden bowls and porcelain ladles from the wine cabinet and placed them on the table in front of Bran, Tina, and Leonard.

The old woman continued to explain: "This is what the old woman made for you...", and as she said that, she lifted the lid of the purple casserole, and scooped the steaming, white rice-like rice balls, the size of kumquats, into the small bowls in front of the three hungry mercenaries with a large wooden spoon and the soup.

As soon as Leonard saw that the rice balls were put into the bowl, he couldn't wait to scoop one up with a spoon, put it in his mouth and chewed it: "Hmm." Delicious..."The tender skin made of glutinous rice flour is incomparably smooth and refreshing, and the filling made of black sesame seeds, white sugar, and chemical lard is sweet but not greasy, and melts in the mouth, making everyone's hearts feel incomparably sweet and warm."

Bran also tasted a rice ball, and couldn't help but feel warm in his heart: "Yes." It's the taste of this hometown. ”

Tina also scooped up a rice ball with a scoop of soup, and bit off half of it, revealing a viscous and rich dark black filling, and praised it very knowingly: "It's really delicious." If it's Lars' method, you can also put osmanthus and red beans in the filling..."

The old woman heard Leonard's approval, and while continuing to scoop the rice balls into the bowls of the three, she replied with a happy expression on her face: "It seems that you are really a connoisseur, girl. If you still want to eat it in the future, I can also make rice balls with osmanthus and red bean filling. ”

Tina politely replied, "Thank you very much." ”

The old woman finished scooping the rice balls in the purple casserole, and suddenly gently slapped Leonard on the shoulder, and thanked him humorously: "Young man." And thank you for pushing my wife and me just now. ”

Leonard was holding a small wooden bowl and pouring the rest of the soup into his mouth, still not satisfied, "Well—that being the case." Old man, can you add another bowl to me?"

The old woman replied, "But there is no more." ”

As a woman with a relatively small amount of food, Tina was very satisfied at the moment, so she told Leonard, "Ray. I can't eat anymore. This bowl is all for you. ”

When Leonard heard this, his eyes lit up, and he brought the small wooden bowl in front of Tina's eyes: "Then I'm welcome." Next, he didn't care about the eyes of others, scooped up the rice balls in the bowl, handed them to his mouth and chewed them.

Seeing that Bran had finished eating the rice balls in the bowl, the old woman stood beside Meyer, took her son's arm, blessed and asked the longbowman, "Master Bran." The meaning of the rice balls is to symbolize the dim sum that the family tastes together when the family is reunited. I sincerely wish you and Andy's family a speedy reunion. This is my son wheat. You should have known each other before, right?"

Seeing this, Mel replied to his mother in Bran's place: "Mom." Of course we knew each other before. ”

Bran then stood up and poured out his doubts: "Mel." Where is this place? Why are you here? And why did you open a gambling house?"

Maier, who was originally a good mercenary, then narrated: "Because, in the past, the entire northern part of Bagram City was actually a fortress. So there's actually a huge armory underground. The armory was closed and never opened again, and gradually became forgotten.

It wasn't until the eve of the Lars Imperial Army approaching Bagram that President Andy ordered someone to start secretly digging a passage and using the armory as an underground secret stronghold for the Mercenary Society. After falling out with the Grand Duke, the president led the other mercenaries out of the city. We, along with many people, and your family, were able to escape by hiding here.

After the withdrawal of the Lars Imperial Army. Although we have lost contact with the President and Crimson Flame for a while, we do not believe that the Republic of Vosfita will bring true peace, so we continue to dig and deepen the tunnels underground, and use more space in the armory. The underground stronghold where we are now is the underground base of the Resistance in Bagram City. I served the mercenaries who rebelled against Gret's **** in this underground stronghold, so I opened a bar.

Above the bar is a gambling house run by me, which is used to earn money from the Vosfeta Army, disguise his identity and support his family, and obtain valuable information from the mouths of the enemy soldiers who participate in the gambling. ”

As a result, after Leonard and the three of them finished eating the rice balls, they were led by Nemo into three sets of rooms in the Resistance's underground stronghold. When the Great Swordsman entered the room, he fell headlong on the bed and fell asleep. Tina asked Nemo to bring a large bucket of hot water and freshen up before going to bed. When Bran entered the room, he saw his two younger brothers.

As soon as Bran's younger brother, who was an accountant, saw the longbowman, he came up with tears in his eyes and asked loudly, "Big brother." You're finally back. Where have you been for so long?..."

Seeing this, Bran's other younger brother, who was still a minor, also ran to the longbowman with tears in his eyes and cried: "Big brother. You must give your father..."

Bran replied in an unusually firm tone and asked his two younger brothers, "I will definitely save my father." May I ask you, mother and sister, how are they now?"

When the accountant's younger brother replied, "Big brother, don't worry." My mother and sister are now at my aunt's house outside the city, and they are very safe. ”

When Bran heard this, he angrily asked, "Then why don't you stay at your aunt's house!?"

Bran's underage brother replied categorically: "Because we are both men, we have to come to rescue our father... The longbowman saw that his two younger brothers were so resolute, so he did not say anything more, but had to leave them for the time being. Leonard, Tina, and Bran then took refuge in the Resistance's underground stronghold and stayed overnight waiting for the day of Andy's public execution.

In the Resistance's underground stronghold, Leonard and the others gradually get acquainted with hundreds of comrades of the Mercenary Association who vowed to rescue President Andy, and learned that Glitter would personally sit on the execution desk in Beicheng on the day of his execution. So the mercenaries made a plan, and decided that when Andy was executed, all the people would besiege the torture platform, save the president, and kidnap Governor Grett, and force this guy to order the army to open the north gate of Bagram City, and let the rebels lurking outside the city enter the city to control the overall situation.

The Crimson Flame Mercenary Group had already discussed with Leonard and the others before they set out, and had already sent a number of heralds from the Mercenary Association to inform the rebels in various places. On the day of Andy's public execution, the rebels will make a coordinated attack on the city of Bagram, planning to distract the enemy from the mercenaries in charge of rescuing the president.

Finally, it was the day when the provisional government of the Republic of Vosfitta in Bagram publicly executed Andy, the leader of the rebel organization, the mercenary association. A huge execution table was erected in the northern part of the city, on a large open field near the south gate of the inner city wall. A brigade of 500 Wosfeta soldiers was heavily armed around the torture platform, responsible for maintaining law and order at the scene.

Leonard, Tina, Bran, and hundreds of Resistance mercenaries were dressed as civilians mingled among the bustling, thousands, and crowds of citizens around the torture platform, anxious and eager to see the "spectacle".

Led by a large group of bodyguards wearing sunglasses, black suits, black leather boots, and the Five Elements Chamber of Commerce, Glitter walked out of the gate of the Governor's Mansion with his big belly, and instructed Helgo, who was standing beside him: "Go to the factory and ask the two masters to come over and assist the Governor in dealing with the rebels today." Without saying a word, the baron went and summoned the master alchemist and the man in the tuxedo.

As soon as he saw the alchemy master and the man in the tuxedo, Gerrit greeted him respectfully and asked the other party straight to the point: "Two, please help this governor to uphold justice for Lord Fengwuhou today, avenge the hatred, and behead Andy, the head of the mercenary association." ”

Hearing this, the man in the tuxedo stepped forward, raised his right hand and pointed his cane directly at Grett's nose, reminding the other party: "I was hired by White, so I will naturally help you with this matter." However, the task of the Master Alchemist is not to do this for you. ”

When Glitter heard this, he understood the other party's thoughts, so he smiled and slapped his palms twice: "This... Naturally, the Governor knew what to expect. "Bang bang... Several of the governor's retinue, carrying two large suitcases, stepped forward in response, squatted on the ground and lifted the suitcase, revealing two chests full of gold bars.

Glitter stretched out his hand and pointed to the gold bars in the suitcase, and continued to smile: "This is a little bit of care that the two of them should do. After the thing is done, there will be generous gifts. ”

The tuxedo man whispered in the alchemist's ear as he snapped his fingers at his entourage, "See? "Click. Seeing this, the entourage of the man in the tuxedo hurriedly stepped forward and put away the two large boxes of gold bars.

The alchemy master replied to Gerrit in a rough and unusually straightforward voice: "I'm just a technician, and I don't care how much money Your Excellency gives; today I'm just here to help Your Excellency, and by the way, to test the performance of my newly developed weapon." ”

When Glitter heard this, he couldn't help but curse in his heart: "Hmph." Took so much money from the Governor. And pretending to be a tall fart. ”

Although he thought so in his heart, Gerrit complimented the alchemy master on his lips: "What the master said is extremely true. The Governor will certainly try to meet any request made by the Master. ”

The man in the tuxedo couldn't help but judge the alchemist in his heart: "It's really just a technique - his head still can't turn like this." Then, the gang traveled from the southern city to near the south gate of the inner city wall.

Glitter walked to the south gate of the inner city wall, suddenly stopped his steps, and sternly shouted to Hergo: "Hergo. Suddenly he felt unwell today. It's up to you to take the place of the overseer and kill Andy, the chief evil of the Mercenary Association. Remember, Cliff's gang will be with you as well. If they dare to act rashly, you will take down and clean up all those fellows for Bento. ”

When Hergo heard this, he was so frightened that he was sweating profusely, his tongue stammered, and he trembled with fear and asked, "What!? This..."

Seeing this, Glitter immediately put on a straight face and threatened his nephew with a fierce voice: "Hmm-!? Do you want to disobey the Governor's orders!?"

Hergo's clothes were already soaked with sweat, and he hurriedly took out a handkerchief from his arms, wiped the sweat drops that kept running down his forehead, and promised extremely helplessly: "Obey... Yes, sir. As a result, the Baron led a large group of Vosfitta officers and soldiers escorting Andy, and left Gerrit's group, and walked very slowly towards the open south gate. Halfway there, Hergo suddenly thought of something, stopped his steps, stood still, and began to look back at the Doge's procession.

As soon as Glitter saw this scene, he yelled impatiently, "What's the matter!?"

When Hergo heard this, he asked in a low voice and very cautiously: "May I ask uncle, why don't the two masters come with you?"

Gerrit replied loudly in an angry voice: "Of course, the two masters have to stay with Bentu and deal with more important matters. ”

When Hergo heard this, he knew that he had no choice, so he took a deep breath, and with an extremely grim face, he led his subordinates forward: "Alas-" The baron's legs stepped into the northern city. The two large iron gates of the south gate were firmly closed. In order to prevent his nephew's troops from fleeing in a cowardly manner, Gerrit decisively ordered to cut off the retreat of Hergo and the others.

Then, in the crowd of onlookers, Leonard, dressed in a black cloak, stretched his neck as far as he could, and saw that only Hergo and a large group of officers and soldiers of the Republic of Vosfita were escorting Andy out of the city, and immediately asked in confusion, "What is going on?" At this time, Hanks, Crotty and Howl, and the Crimson Flame mercenary group were already seated in the VIP seats of the execution table.