Karsus, early winter.

The wind blows through the straight metasequoia streets, the sun is thick, and the rows of red maples on both sides of the street fall in pieces of fluttering and swirling leaves, adding some color to the bleak winter scene.

Few pedestrians and horse-drawn carriages pass by occasionally.

When the cavalrymen of the City Guard in gray uniforms began to haunt the streets, there were even fewer people who dared to approach the vicinity of the street—a carriage was far away at the intersection, and the horsemen who drove the carriage clenched their whips and poked their heads out to observe.

Is something terrible happening?

The hardwood wheels crossed two shallow white ruts on the stone pavement, and the carriage suddenly stopped, and the carriage, which was as black as ink and painted with silver aristocratic ornaments, shook slightly. A small white hand stretched out from the round window on the side wall of the carriage, lifted the black curtain, and then revealed another face.

A delicate girl's face with a light makeup -

The groomed eyebrows were long and straight, the eyes were the turquoise green common to the aristocracy of the Ephamian blood, and the small lips were tightly pursed, and a layer of brilliant red was smeared with rouge, like a fiery red rose blooming in summer.

"Stone, what's wrong?"

"No, Margaret, you see, there are so many vigilantes of the city guards."

Mauffstone replied casually. It's not often that happens in the city of Karthus, but when it does, it almost means that a major incident has occurred.

"Murdered?"

"I don't know. It seems a bit troublesome, and the street seems to be preparing for martial law. ”

Stonen saw more and more gray figures gathering, shuttling through the streets and alleys in front of him, and they stood at the entrances of the nearby alleys with their swords in hand.

"Let's take a detour, is there any time?"

"It's five minutes before four o'clock in the afternoon, and it should still be in time for the banquet."

"Alright then, hurry up."

The girl lowered the curtains, she sighed, but her eyes were fixed on the stove in the middle of the carriage—

The interior of the carriage was two chairs covered with soft deerskin sitting opposite each other, her calves crossed, and the burning wood of the copper stove glowed red, and the warmth permeated her whole body in the cold weather—

The two boots swayed up and down, and she was a little stunned for a moment when she thought about what was on her mind.

……

A total of four "gray uniforms" entered Miss Vivien's grocery store, and the young girl's eyes were like water, she bit her lip and didn't say anything more, but this tacit attitude meant that she finally chose to give in—

The change from a free-spirited mercenary to a merchant in Karthas meant that certain rules had to be followed, and for now, the cavalry lords of the city guard represented the laws of the kingdom.

"Search for criminals", this reason is very good and legitimate, she can't argue or resist, so she has to watch.

Babbling.

The shop was rattling, and some haphazardly stacked wooden boxes were removed, and the group of people were like foraging wild cats, smashing in the cramped space.

"This box seems to be quite heavy."

"Do you think there might be a living person hidden inside?"

The "gray uniform" who had just recognized "Sister Vivien's head" hurriedly said, he knew very well what his companion was secretly thinking - in the name of official business, trying to knock out some oil and water from the owner of this shop, but this guy forgot the name of the young proprietress in front of him.

The tiger leader broke ground, which is not a funny move.

The discerning "gray uniform" glanced at Vivien, and he tried to squeeze some smiles out of his face, "Sister Vivian, can you take us to the warehouse in the back to check it out?" ”

He roughly understood the layout and structure of this store, paused, and said deliberately, "We will pay attention to it, and it won't cause you too much trouble." ”

Vivien didn't answer right away, she turned her head to look elsewhere.

The mountain girl led Gross and the six of them into the warehouse at the back. After a long time, just when these "gray uniforms" were a little impatient and almost ready to carry out a forcible search, she finally appeared.

The little face is very calm.

"Sister, the fur we stored has worms."

"Ahh

Vivien, who was a little distracted, was surprised and looked a little flustered, "Vera, I remember we still have a few boxes of sulfur powder, right?" ”

"Well, in the warehouse. I'm going to get some fumigation of these bugs, well, some fleas. ”

Vera replied. As if she had completely forgotten what had happened before, she smiled at a few "gray uniforms" and said, "Is there something wrong?" Ladies and gentlemen. ”

"Well, that's right. We were ordered to arrest a prisoner. ”

"So, to carry out the necessary searches? Come with me! ”

Her answer was direct and frank, and her brown eyes were calm, but the "gray uniforms" did not immediately follow her footsteps as she was about to turn away.

Several people looked at each other.

One of them, who looked like a leader, said:

"That's true, yes, but Miss Vivien has always been law-abiding, and I'm sure you'll never harbor those guys."

He suddenly became very sharp.

Nonsense!

As soon as he heard the flea, his and the three companions around him changed their faces a little-

Fleas of this era were not domesticated pets, they were usually parasitic in the fur of animals, and they were indeed very likely to be found in the large warehouses of grocery stores.

Crucially, fleas are not only painful and unpleasant to bite, but they also spread a variety of diseases, including the Black Death.

More than ten years ago, there was an outbreak of the Black Death plague in the city of Calthus, the cause was related to these little bugs, at that time, the people in the city were panicked, and all the people, including the lords and local nobles, had plans to flee with their families, until the arrival of the high-ranking priests of the Holy Radiance Church, which was the turmoil in the past-

The Black Death, which spread rapidly, claimed thousands of lives in just half a month. As the capital of Nogo and the largest city in the Northland, Karthas has a registered permanent population of just over 30,000.

It's scary.

The mission is Captain Leslie's, and the small life is his own. Under Vera's warm greeting, the "gray uniforms" only exchanged a few words of greeting, and then quickly left the grocery store.

"Sister, it seems that their mission is very perfunctory."

The mountain girl raised her head and looked at Vivien at the counter, the corners of her mouth inadvertently showing a fox-like smile.

Young Master Sidney Collins's bad reputation in Karthhas is naturally not a secret-

It was precisely because they knew this, and this arrest mission happened to be sent by the young master, so the security cavalry of these city guards had no reason to do their best.

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During the day, I was delayed because of some very important things, and from now until tomorrow night, I will desperately code words! Thank you readers for your support o(∩_∩)o