Not everyone in Mochizuki was willing to join Baron Hurd, and most of the city's middle-class and intellectuals were more interested in the business and industry than the corrupt and brutal Assanian Empire. The leader of the group, Joseph Davidovich, came from a family of local merchants, received a university education in the holy city of Yashan, worked as a mid-level official in the tax department of the pre-revolutionary Krasburg, then known as the "Fort of Atonement", and was appointed mayor and governor of the region five years ago by Archbishop Philip in his hometown of Mochizuki.

The return of clothes was the most glorious moment of Mr. Joseph's life, but unfortunately the good times were short-lived, and he was replaced by Baron Hurd, the leading wealthy man in southern Xinjiang, the cotton king and mining tycoon, after less than two years.

Joseph Davidovich knew very well that Baron Hurd was a greedy and cruel fellow, who knew nothing about administration, justice, economic construction and other businesses, and that being the governor of southern Xinjiang would only drain the marrow of the local residents, and he would only squeeze himself out of power by paving the way with gold coins.

However, the situation in the Far East changed dramatically in the following years, when the rule of Archbishop Philip was overthrown by the revolution, and the much-anticipated General Rudolf Koras renamed the Fort of Atonement "Krasburg", declaring independence from the rule of the Assanid Empire, thus opening a new page in the history of the Far East.

Joseph Davidovich was far away in southern Xinjiang, had not personally participated in the vigorous revolution of 1620, and did not know much about the government of Kolas established after the revolution, so it was inevitable that he was suspicious. He was not sure whether this new regime could be in power for a long time, and did not come forward to support the Kolas government at the first time, but he did not bother to join the interest groups of Baron Hurd to gather those big slave owners who were nostalgic for the rule of the empire to form and resist the Kolas government, and patiently observed for a whole year, confirming that what the Kolas government had done in the past year was deeply popular, and the Yashan Empire was mired in the quagmire of colonies in the New World and had no time to crusade, so he sent his henchmen to Krasburg secretly, Seek to present to His Majesty Rudolph evidence of the conspiracy of Baron Hurd against the rebellion.

This material first fell into the hands of yodel. The Minister of Agriculture remembers his senior, Joseph Davidovich, who presented the material to His Majesty the King on his behalf.

After reading this, Rudolph attached great importance to it and decided to send a capable general to southern Xinjiang to investigate whether Hurd's party really had the intention of rebellion. Normally, such a mission would always fall to Roland, but now that His Royal Highness the Prince was visiting Parnia, and had no time to go on a southern tour, Rudolph happened to remember that Lyudmila was leading a team to conduct a census in southern Xinjiang, so he discussed it with Yevgenia, and finally decided to hand over this mission to Lyudmila, which was a test for his daughter-in-law, the future crown princess of the Far East.

Lyudmila received a letter from her mother last night, feeling a great responsibility, and after discussing with Tonya, she accepted the suggestion and wrote to Roland for advice. Before the letter could be written, Eleanor spotted a group of ragged, shackled slaves running along the Crescent Crescent River from the ship's crystal ball, followed by a swords-wielding group of cavalry.

Lyudmila immediately ordered the airship to lower its flight altitude and personally led the Giant Eagle Wing to rescue the fugitive slaves, and as a result, he captured the halfling wanderer Thorin who was very good at pretending to be dead, and learned from him that Joseph Davidovich was now in a very bad situation, and his activities in the city aroused the suspicion of Baron Hurd, and he sent private soldiers to arrest him the night before yesterday and put him in the prison of Mochizuki City.

Thorin wanted to rescue his master but had nothing to do, and he was anxious for days. Ordered to hunt down the fugitives, he saw an airship flying the flag of the Kolas army, and he had an idea to get out and ask for help - he fell to the ground and pretended to be dead after being kicked, and did not get up to identify himself until the end of the battle.

Lyudmila was skeptical of the halfling's words, and first locked him up in an airship and kept him under strict guard, while sending Captain Aurora, the captain of the Giant Eagle, into the city to search for Joseph Davidovich and verify Thorrin's identity by the way.

Aurora was the first Giant Eagle to join the Korras Air Force and was also a Level 7 Druid. If he appeared in the form of a giant eagle over Mochizuki Castle, it would inevitably arouse the sentinel's alarm, so the clever Aurora used his druid's professional specialty "Wild Transformation" when he flew close to Mochizuki Castle, transforming from a huge giant eagle into a scavenging bird that can be seen everywhere in the Gobi region - a crow.

There were many crows in Mochizuki Castle, and there was no reason for the Sentinels to pay special attention to a particularly bright-eyed crow that flew from outside the city, allowing Aurora to enter Mochizuki Castle safely.

Aurora first found Joseph Davidovich's mansion at the address provided by Lyudmila, and the closed gate and the guards patrolling outside the courtyard walls verified the halfling Sorin's words that Davidovich's house had been raided and that Joseph himself had been arrested by order of Baron Hurd.

Aurora flew around the city for another hour, finally finding a heavily guarded prison. Fortunately, the sentries and jailers were only concerned with guarding against humans, and they were not concerned with the birds that could be seen everywhere in the city. Aurora turned into a sparrow and slipped into the ventilation window of the cell, and after some searching, finally found Joseph Davidovich, who was held in solitary confinement.

It was not easy to take a frail middle-aged man from a cell with three iron gates, but Aurora had brought the "Invisibility" and "Transfiguration" potions with her. After some communication with Joseph Davidovich, Aurora easily knocked out the jailer outside the door and searched for the key to open the cell door.

Joseph Davidovich took off his prison uniform and put it on the unconscious jailer, changed into the jailer's uniform, drank the "transformation potion" and turned into a jailer, and left the cell in a grand manner. Then he drank the "Invisibility Potion" and walked through the guarded gate unconsciously.

Arriving in a secluded place, Aurora reverted to the form of a giant eagle, first sent a magical text message to Lyudmila on the "Dawn" to report the successful completion of the rescue operation, and then picked up Mr. Joseph and flew to Sweetwater, two hundred miles away, to meet his companions in the airship tomorrow morning.

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"Believe me, two beautiful and honorable ladies, if I tell you half a lie, I will jump off the airship and fall to pieces without your hands!"

In one of the Dawn's cabins, Thorin the Halfling swore eagerly.

"Please don't get excited, Mr. Sorrin, we have been in contact with Mr. Joseph Davidovich and learned from him that your identity is true, and that you are now free." Lyudmila smiled to soothe the emotional halfling.