When Jona got up, she used the income from yesterday's singing to buy breakfast and share it with the children, who couldn't be left hungry.

After Lin Xia ate breakfast, he talked to Jona, asked Jona to take care of these children, and went directly to Gomez, the commander of the guards.

The Guard Army, also known as the City Defense Army, is mainly responsible for the defense of the city, although the commander of the Guard Army is also called the commander, but it is not at the same level as the commander of the Imperial Forest Army and the division leader under the group army.

The commander of the Imperial Forest Army and the commander of the group army are generally the lowest rank of colonel, while the commander of the guard army is generally the rank of major, and the number of soldiers under his jurisdiction is not large, about 500 people, which is equivalent to the establishment of a battalion in the previous life.

Lin Xia inquired all the way and came directly to the barracks of the city defense army, and the guards in the barracks saw Lin Xia's linen clothes and decided that Lin Xia was a homeless person, and the commander who came to them was nothing more than to climb relatives and want to get some oil and water.

Lin Xia was helpless, and secretly regretted that he should have changed his clothes before coming, but now it was too late, so he had to take out his waist card as the deputy commander of the Royal Forest Army.

The guard's first reaction when he saw the waist card was that he was a liar, but thinking that no one should come to the barracks to pretend, he gave Lin Xia a military salute and asked Lin Xia to wait in the rest room of the barracks, while the guards went to ask the commander Gomez.

Soon a man of about forty years old entered the lounge, and the guards followed him just now.

Lin Xia looked up at this man, it should be Gomez, Gomez's figure is slightly fat, his face is full of beard, and he looks a little like Wright.

Thinking of Wright, the corners of Lin Xia's mouth smiled slightly. Seeing Lin Xia smile, Gomez was a little inexplicable, and said to Lin Xia: "Deputy Commander, can you please show your waist card again." "The Deputy Commander of the Imperial Guards is not a small position, and Gomez must make sure again.

Lin Xia took out the waist card and handed it to Gomez, and after Gomez carefully observed and confirmed that it was correct, he handed it back to Lin Xia and said respectfully: "Please take it, my lord." ”

Lin Xia took back the waist card and said lightly: "Can you confirm my identity now?"

Gomez looked a little embarrassed: "My subordinates have never heard of such a trusted deputy commander of the Royal Forest Army as you, so I am cautious, and I ask for your forgiveness." ”

"It doesn't matter. Lin Xia waved his hand at Gomez and said, "Sit down." ”

Gomez sat respectfully at the bottom of Lin Xia, he didn't know the purpose of Lin Xia's coming, and he couldn't figure out that the deputy commander of the dignified Royal Forest Army was not wearing a military rotation, but was wearing a linen shirt, and he didn't have an entourage to follow.

Lin Xia didn't care what Gomez thought, and directly cut to the topic: "Commander Gomez, have you provoked someone recently?"

Hearing Lin Xia's question, Gomez's heart suddenly suddenly, seeing that Lin Xia's situation was likely to be sued by someone in the imperial capital, could it be that this deputy commander came to ask for guilt, and hurriedly stood up and said respectfully: "Deputy commander, I just led the troops and didn't offend anyone, is there any misunderstanding?"

Seeing Gomez's appearance, Lin Xia hurriedly motioned for Gomez to sit and continued: "You misunderstood, when I came, I found out that the people of the Glorious Society were preparing to assassinate you?"

"Glorious Society?" Gomez asked, apparently unaware of the organization, "I don't know about this organization, let alone why they assassinated me." ”

Lin Xia saw that Gomez's expression didn't look like a lie, and said to Gomez: "Think about it, who you have a holiday with, assassination is not a trivial matter." ”

Gomez pondered for a moment, but still said, "I didn't have a holiday with anyone, and I really can't think of anyone trying to kill me." ”

Lin Xia was also a little unsure, could it be that Minar dared to lie to me, so he said, "Then you should be more careful recently." With that, he was ready to leave.

It is rare that the imperial capital has come to the executive, how could Gomez let Lin Xia go so quickly, and hurriedly got up to stop Lin Xia and said: "Deputy Commander, it is rare for you to come here, please inspect the city defense army." ”

After listening to Gomez's request, Lin Xia felt that it was okay to take a look, and he could also make some reference for his own training of soldiers, so he agreed to Gomez's request.

Gomez respectfully led Lin Xia into the barracks, and the two chatted along the way, and from Gomez's words, Lin Xia learned about Gomez's situation.

Gomez is forty-two years old this year, he joined the army at the age of seventeen, because of his outstanding performance, he was awarded the rank of major at the age of thirty, and was arranged to be the commander of the guard in the city of Palermo, but to Gomez's surprise, twelve years later, he is still the commander of the city defense army.

Lin Xia listened to what happened to Gomez and secretly cursed that he deserved it. According to the current situation in Charlemagne's continent, when the chief comes, you don't invite the chief to dinner, and you don't give the chief gold coins, but you directly let the chief go to inspect, which would be strange if you could be promoted.

Lin Xia didn't point it out either, but followed Gomez to the training ground.

The soldiers of the city defense army are training, the overall is quite neat, and the military appearance is not bad, although there is a gap with the private army of the Xilin family, but compared with other armies that Lin Xia has seen, this can also be regarded as an elite.

This Gomez is still capable, Lin Xia made an evaluation of Gomez in his heart.

"How many people are there in your city defense army? Lin Xia asked at the right time.

"Five hundred. Gomez said respectfully.

"I ask you about real numbers. Lin Xia pretended to be displeased and said, "Don't pretend to be stupid with me, there are only a hundred or so people here." ”

"Lord Vice-Chancellor. Gomez hastened to explain: "Everyone else has their own tasks, some at the city gates, some at the city walls. ”

"Didn't you eat empty salary?" Lin Xia shouted.

"Your Excellency. Gomez was not frightened, but puffed up his chest: "I, Gomez, am a soldier, and I don't care about doing this kind of empty salary, please don't frame me." ”

Lin Xia saw that Gomez didn't look like a fake, nodded, and secretly thought to himself, this Gomez is an honest man, and he has the ability, and he has to find a way to get rid of it in the future.

The barracks were not too big, and the inspection was completed quickly, and Lin Xia also affirmed Gomez's achievements. Gomez respectfully sent Lin Xia out of the barracks, and said with some hesitation: "My lord, it's almost noon at this time, see if you want to stay for a meal." ”

Although Gomez was inviting, Lin Xia could see at a glance that the invitation was really insincere. But the more Gomez was like this, the more Lin Xia wanted to eat his meal, pretending to look at the sky and said, "Okay, let's go, let's eat." ”

Seeing that Lin Xia actually agreed, Gomez's face turned green, but he had no choice but to say, "My lord, please." ”

Gomez took Lin Xia to find a place to eat, but what made Lin Xia strange was that Gomez didn't bring guards, and he took himself farther and farther, if it weren't for Lin Xia seeing that Gomez only had the strength of level four, he would have thought that Gomez was planning to find a remote place to assassinate him.

After walking for half an hour, Lin Xia was hungry, and Gomez stopped in front of a small thatched hut and said respectfully: "My lord, the noodles here can be said to be the best in the city, but they are a little far away, please forgive me." ”

Lin Xia looked around at the desolate people at all, this is all in the wild, there may be such a shop within a radius of three miles, and there are not even residents.

The shop is also very small, with only an old man greeting him, who seems to be both a cook and a waiter. It should be a small shop that only does business for pedestrians.

As soon as Gomez entered the store, he shouted, "Old Dean, two bowls of noodles without meat." After speaking, he invited Lin Xia to sit down, sat down loudly, and said to Lin Xia: "My lord, the noodles here are soft and elastic, and the taste of eating will definitely make adults nostalgic and forgetful." ”

If it weren't for the fact that he had already walked so far, Lin Xia wouldn't want to eat it, so he glanced at Gomez angrily, and said in his heart: "Aren't you just picking, and you don't add meat." ”

After a while, Dean came out with two bowls of noodles, and Lin Xia found that Dean had an obvious problem with his left foot, and he turned out to be a cripple.

Dean directly put the two bowls of noodles on the table and said to Gomez: "Don't take credit today, and pay for the noodles from the previous two days." ”

Lin Xia looked at Dean very ordinary, just an ordinary old man, and he didn't have martial arts. Gomez came out in a military uniform today, and Dean showed no respect or fear for Gomez.

Gomez said: "Don't worry, I will have a banquet today, and I will not miss your few copper coins." After speaking, he said to Lin Xia: "My lord, please." ”

Lin Xia took a bite directly, although this noodle was not as exaggerated as Gomez said, it was still delicious.

"This old Dean used to be a soldier. Gomez suddenly said, "When I first arrived in Palermo as commander, he was still a member of the Guard. ”

Lin Xia glanced at Dean again, but he didn't expect this to be a retired soldier.

Gomez continued: "In my second year as commander, he injured his leg on a mission and had to be discharged from the army. But what can an old bachelor who is a soldier do after he retires from the army, and he can't save much money with just that little military salary, so I paid for him to open such a shop and barely make ends meet. ”

"He was injured on a mission, there should be a subsidy from the military department, right?" Lin Xia asked.

"It would be nice to have two or three silver coins left in his hand when he had that little subsidy in his hand. Gomez scolded: "Those people in the military department are moths, and they don't give these soldiers a way to live at all." ”

"You're doing this to help them?" asked Gomez.

Gomez took a bite of the noodles and said with a smile: "My military salary is often deducted, how much can I subsidize? ”

Lin Xia didn't say anything, the army of the entire continent was going to rot, and it was not something he could solve. After the two finished eating, they prepared to leave. Lin Xia was waiting outside, Gomez was in the store to settle the bill for Dean, Lin Xia heard Gomez shouting from a distance: "Isn't it just two copper coins, I'll settle it for you next time, isn't it possible that I'm still playing tricks on you." ”

After settling the accounts, the two walked in the direction of returning to the city, and before they had gone far, they saw a person standing behind them in front of the road, who turned his back and said slowly: "Gomez, today is your death." ”

Lin Xia was shocked: "Minar!"