The whole city celebrates, the military and the people are harmonious, and the Portia and Marston, who were originally estranged, seem to have put aside their past grievances and live in harmony together because of the festive atmosphere, but some people are happy means that some people will be unhappy.

After Doug's death, the Crows were temporarily in charge of Doug's adjutant Jike, who was now in front of Gaugus and wanted to seek justice for his superiors, but was mercilessly scolded back by Augustus, who in the past two months saw Augustus pushing the Equality Act again, and making peace with his former rivals, the Resistance, which made him very dissatisfied.

Moreover, the arrival of the Frost Festival and the jubilant atmosphere on the street made this cold soldier even more angry.

In the past two months, their crow army seems to have been forgotten, the army that was originally sent to monitor Doug has not received a new order at this time, and even the appointment certificate of the new commander has not been delivered, although it is a festival, they are also allowed to tour the city to enjoy the celebration, but Jike does not enjoy the festival at all, he feels that the harmonious atmosphere around him is like a mockery of him.

He even saw a few of the guards, with a few Portians drinking in the tavern, talking about tonight's bonfire, and making an appointment to go to the central square together when the time came.

This was incomprehensible two months ago, and it's all because of that equality bill.

Yes, seeing this scene, Jike suddenly realized why the consul ignored Doug's death, and even issued such an edict after the rebels killed the soldiers, because they were complicit, and the sweep of the old street that day was a conspiracy to weaken the crow army that was watching him, and then he could do whatever he wanted.

"This is a blatant betrayal!" said Jik, slapping the table hatefully.

Seeing that his boss suddenly slapped the table and lost his temper, a few cronies who followed him didn't know what was going on, and looked at Jike suspiciously.

"What do you think of Augustus?" asked Jik.

When this question was asked, the surrounding Black Crow Army soldiers were all indignant.

The answer is self-explanatory.

"Think about it, why Doug's place was raided that day, and after that, they actually made peace with each other and started to implement the equality bill. And after that, we Crows were clearly marginalized, and in the past, we had a little bit of a voice, but now we are completely isolated. ”

The surrounding cronies nodded silently.

"So I think this Augustus has long wanted to rebel, his first step is to collude with the rebels, weaken us, and at the same time start to implement this kind of law, pull this group of southern barbarians to the table, let them join the army, infiltrate the consul and the army, and then wait for the opportunity to seize control of the city!"

"What are we going to do, boss?" asked one of the cronies nervously.

"Don't forget our duty. Jike whispered, "We were sent here to spy on Augustus, and what we do best is gather intelligence and assassinate. Jike emphasized his tone as he spoke of gathering intelligence and assassination.

"But shouldn't this kind of thing be reported first?" said one of the cronies in a hesitant tone.

"Report to the capital, wait until you report to the capital, it's too late, we have to do it now. Tonight Augustus will attend the bonfire, and he will appear in the square to give a speech to the people, as he has done in previous years, and this year will be no exception, and we will execute him at that time. Jike laid out his plan.

"Will you assassinate in public? There will be a riot. ”

"Only by putting evil in front of the eyes of the people can we have the effect of calming the hearts of the people, and at the same time deterring those Portians. Jike looked into the eyes of his cronies around him and said, "Now is the time to get rid of pests for the country, can you help me?" ”

Jike's words made the people around him ponder for a while, and then they all nodded and said, "Even if it's for Captain Doug, we have to come back fairly." ”

"I'll do it too, there's nothing to be afraid of. ”

"The boss has decided, I'll go now, and all the brothers in the city will be called. ”

Jike nodded, he was satisfied with the reaction of his men, this is the righteous division of the Empire.

Augustus did not know that his life was on the horizon, and now he was scratching his ears and cheeks thinking about the speech, and every year he had to think of a speech that was imposing enough, that could arouse people's hearts, and that was not lengthy and upsetting, and that could reflect his ability to govern and his literary brilliance, and at the same time not appear pompous.

The soldiers of the Crow Army who entered the city to have fun were found by Jike one by one, the three of them were soldiers, but they did not bring weapons at the moment, but this was not difficult for them, the city knew everything about them, where the weapons depot in the city was, who was guarding it, and what the patrol time was very clear to them.

As the sun set in the west, and it was nearly dusk, Jik gathered about fifty of the crows who had entered the city, and they did not hesitate to support Jik's plan when they heard of him, and agreed with the idea of preparing to do it during Augustus's speech.

This group of crows has long been dissatisfied with Augustus, in their opinion, the cities under the territory of the Marston Empire are naturally governed by the Marston people, how can they choose to support the declining nobles because the consuls will be assassinated, which is tantamount to compromising with the other party in disguise, as proud imperial soldiers, this is a shame.

Jik led ten men to the side of the arsenal, because it was the time of the festival, and the guards who had to be stationed here were quite lax, and Jike and several people easily infiltrated the armory, and they took ten crossbows, several crossbow arrows, and a portable dagger for assassination.

"The assassination is divided into three phases, the first is the assassination by the crossbowmen who are ambushed in the surrounding houses, as long as Augustus starts to speak, it is equivalent to being exposed to your field of vision, the houses around the square can overlook the square, it is not difficult to find a suitable design location. ”

"If the long-range assassination fails, the shooter immediately flees according to the planned route, and we in the crowd will cause a riot, use the crowd to disperse Augustus's guards, and find an opportunity to get close to Augustus, kill him with a dagger, and then leave in the crowd. ”

"If that fails, then I'll do the third phase myself, and I'll wait for Augustus in his escape route. Jik looked at his men and talked about his plan, and then began to distribute weapons, as well as the executors for each stage.

The central square is a huge circular square, which can accommodate nearly 10,000 people to participate in the activities, in addition to the small stalls and vendors peddling goods here, it is also a place for entertainment and communication for the people, and it is also the place where the government decree is issued.

The square was huge, but still within the reach of the crossbow, these veterans who were proficient in assassination sneaked into the room on the side of the square, staring at the movement in the square.

At this moment, a high fire has been set up, and the firewood is stacked layer by layer, almost four or five people high, and when Augustus lights the bonfire with his own hands in the evening, such a high bonfire, I believe that almost half of the city can see it.

Citizens who wanted to participate began to gather in the square, and at this moment the band and the amphitheater were ready, cheerful music sounded around the square, and large vats of ale and food were delivered to the square, and it was not long before the long tables were filled, and the open-air carnival began.

Zhou Lie, Ania and Byron followed the flow of people to the square, although it was not yet night, the sun had set, the stars and the moon could be faintly seen in the sky, the brazier had been lit next to the huge bonfire, and the whole square was full of happy atmosphere under the background of the cheerful music around it.

On the open-air stage, the troupe is performing a classic play, which is a high art that can be seen once a year for civilians who cannot afford to go to the theater.

"Let's go dance!" Ania took Zhou Lie and Byron's hands and came to the crowd, tapping and dancing to the music, Zhou Lie didn't know this kind of dance steps, he could only imitate their dance steps slightly clumsily, Ania laughed when she saw Zhou Lie's steps.

Soon, the last glimmer of the sun disappeared below the horizon, and as night fell, Augustus, escorted by the guards, came to the square, and after half a day, Augustus finally wrote a speech that satisfied him.

This speech was of great significance to him, and he would take this opportunity to further bridge the gap between Portia and Marston, and for this purpose he also wore Bashir in front of the stage, although he originally wanted to invite Fox from time to time, but felt that it was too dangerous, so he left it alone.

As Augustus stood on the stage, the audience fell silent, behind Augustus was a huge bonfire, after finishing his speech, Augustus would take the torch beside him, light the bonfire, and the carnival really began.

"Citizens, the Frost Festival is here again, let's celebrate. ”

"Oh!" the populace responded.

"At this time of year, we harvest not only a good harvest, but also progress, integration, and encounters between people, and this is our harvest, and just two months ago, I enacted the Equality Act, and I know that some of you are resisting, some of you are puzzled, but after two months of hard work, this barrier has finally been broken. ”

"Look around you, what is the difference between the Portians and the Marstons, we are all the same faces, our ancestors are of the same origin, there is no need for us to hate each other, I believe that some of you have accepted the existence of the Portians, just like in our Consulate, there is a good young man. ”

Augustus waved his hand back, and Bashir stepped forward and waved at the crowd.

"This boy is the first clerk of Portia from a civilian origin in our Executive Hall, and unlike us who were escorted in by the Prime Minister and the Pocian nobles, he is the first Portian to be accepted by the officials of our Executive Hall. ”

Bashir appeared as a sign and was cheered by all the Portians present, including several of Augustus's tosses, and the whole square was filled with cheers.

With Bashir in the audience, Augustus stepped forward again, ready to continue his speech.

At this moment, a hidden crow army in the crowd whistled, which was a sign of action.

The Crow soldiers who were ambushed in the house pulled the trigger of the crossbow arrow that had been aimed at it for a long time.

Six blackened bolts turned into a black shadow and shot at Augustus.