Chapter 8: The Clearance Begins

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When Li Mo and the bayonet rushed back to Changhu Town, it happened to be the farewell ceremony of the dwarven expedition, and almost all the townspeople of Changhu Town gathered together, swept away the previous decadence and indifference, and completely looked full of hope for the future, singing and dancing to bid farewell to the dwarven king who prophesied* would bring them endless wealth.

The dwarf Chili sat beside him with a pale face and a disorganized head with the support of his two companions, his face full of pain and unwillingness, and he could only watch his long-awaited dream disappear in front of his eyes little by little.

Seeing this, Li Mo immediately squeezed through the crowd, stopped the dwarven expedition's ships before they left the ferry, and held up a handful of fresh green grass in the air.

When he heard that it was the King's Sword Grass that had been cast by the elves, a dwarf with a white head and beard jumped out and snatched it up, half of it into Chili's mouth, and the other half directly applied to the wound of the arrow in his thigh.

But when the crushed herbs touched the wound, the dwarf Qili immediately let out a painful scream, and countless beads of sweat the size of beans instantly appeared on his handsome face, and another dwarf who was somewhat similar to him next to him saw this, and quickly pulled out the scabbard of a short sword at his waist and stuffed it into his mouth to prevent his tongue from biting off.

The sound of puff and puff continued to come from the wound, and then I saw a stream of thick, foul-smelling dirty blood gushing out, and some of the surrounding Changhu Town townspeople immediately felt angry and nauseated after smelling it. However, after a while, the filth ceased to flow out, and was replaced by fresh blood, apparently the poison in the body had been completely discharged, and the next thing to do was to recuperate and heal the wound.

At this time, the people of the conscription team also reacted, and the mustache dog took out a secret medicine that claimed to come from a mysterious wizard, but it was actually apixicillin that could quickly restore fΓΉ health, and after the dwarf Qili took it, his pale face began to regain his ruddy color with a degree visible to the naked eye, but in a dozen breaths, he could barely stand up on his own, believing that with the strong physique of the dwarf, he would soon be able to recover as before.

After this brief episode, all the members of the dwarf expedition boarded the ship, and the recruiters with mustache dogs couldn't help but glance at Li Mo and the bayonets standing on the ferry before boarding, but now they had no intention of returning to the team, at this time, the mayor of Changhu Town, surrounded by a group of entourage, walked out of the crowd, made a final farewell greeting, and then looked at the recruiter, and said loudly: "In the future, my castle will need more well-trained servants and guards, I believe that the Dwarven King Thorin and his followers will be more than capable of accomplishing this great task, so if any of you are willing to stay, I will give you a chance to pledge your allegiance to me. Several drafters glanced at each other, but none of them stepped forward, knowing that this was just a compensatory choice given by the space, so that those who were not willing to take risks could have other ways to reap some benefits, which was a typical option with less risk and less benefit.

Li Mo was waiting for this opportunity, he was the first to stand up and said loudly: "Dear Town Elder, your greatness shines as brightly as the most magnificent jewel in the world, I am willing to follow behind you, use my life to defend your interests, and become your most loyal follower." After he said this, the sound of the system's prompt sounded in his ears, and his reputation in Long Lake Town increased by 1oo points.

After Li Mo, the bayonet also stood up without hesitation, seeing the appearance of the two of them, the mayor's face smiled, and at the same time his eyes swept over the other recruiters, hoping that his "prestige" could attract more followers, but to his disappointment, no one stood up after waiting for a while, so he waved his hand in disappointment, and the ceremonial band that had been waiting for a long time finally played the music of departure.

When the two ships of the Dwarven Expedition and the Recruiter Team disappeared from sight for a long time, the townsfolk gathered at the ferry began to slowly disperse, and the whole town of Long Lake did not change in any way, except for the ethereal illusion of treasure in the hearts of each of the townspeople.

At this time, the bayonet stood behind Li Mo's back, and said in a stern tone: "Now, can you tell me your true purpose?" ”

Li Mo turned around but did not face him, but looked up at a tall tower in the town and said, "Now that the clearance is over, we can begin." ”

The bayonet also raised his head and looked at Li Mo's line of sight, and when he saw the lone dragon hunting bow on the tower, he said movingly: "Could it be that your purpose is this murder weapon?" ”

Li Mo approached the bayonet and whispered a few words in his ear, and a strange look flashed on the latter's face for a moment, then he glanced at Li Mo deeply, and turned around without saying a word and left in a certain direction of Changhu Town.

Li Mo did not continue to stay at the ferry, and walked alone in the direction of the mayor's mansion, stopping the mayor's leg on the way...... Or Alfred, the then-executive officer.

When Alfred was stopped by Li Mo, he touched the two mustaches at the corners of his mouth, looked at him with a proud look and said, "You stupid guy, do you know how busy I am as the executive officer of the town mayor?" When you stopped me, I was on my way to solve a crucial puzzle for the mayor, and before I reported your stupid mistake, I had better disappear before my eyes quickly, and carry a bucket and rag to clean up the armory that the damned dwarves had broken into last night...... Oh, the dwarves must have just crawled out of the dung pit, and even from here I could smell the stench coming from the armory. ”

Li Mo stepped forward and said cautiously: "Lord Alfred, I was about to report to you a very important matter, and I dare not tell you about this matter, only you, because I think that among the people who are effectively loyal to the town elder in Long Lake Town, the only one who can be trusted is you, Lord Alfred." ”

"Ahem......" Hearing such a blatant sycophant, Alfred couldn't help but cough lightly twice, he looked Li Mo up and down for a while, and then relented: "You call it a fool, right, it's good, you have a chance to say another word." ”

Li Mo cautiously glanced left and right before lowering his voice and saying, "Maybe you know a fisherman named Bud, I suspect that this person has different intentions for Changhu Town. ”

"Bud's dissentencing put him in prison last night, and he won't be released until the dwarven treasure enters the town lord's treasury." Alfred said.

Just when Li Mo and the bayonet left Longhu Town to intercept the half-orc troops halfway, the other recruiters really targeted the fisherman Bud and the black arrow he hid, and the result was that although the half-orcs did not enter Longhu Town to cause a riot, but because of the actions of the recruiters, the conflict between Bard and the mayor intensified again, and Bud let his son Bane escape from Longlake Town with the black arrow in order to hide the black arrow, and he was arrested by the guards and locked up in prison.

"Unfortunately, Lord Alfred, in case you didn't know, Bard's missing son, Bane, has in his hands something powerful enough to shake the mayor's position, and it is said to be a legendary weapon inherited from their ancestor Jillian."

"Ancestor Jillian, a legendary weapon!" Hearing this, a stern expression finally appeared on Alfred's face, he habitually pinched the beard at the corner of his mouth, the light in his eyes flashed and he didn't know what he was thinking, and soon he said to Li Mo: "Very good fool, this is a very important matter, I will go and report to the mayor of the town now, before I get further instructions, I need you to go to the prison to take care of that guy in the prison for me, maybe I should build the mayor of Yì to send more guards in the prison." With that, Alfred hurried towards the mayor's mansion. Li Mo looked at his hurried back, the corners of his mouth raised a slight angle, and turned around and walked in the direction of the prison.

"I have been ordered by Lord Alfred to check on the prisoners." The guards guarding the prison glanced at Li Mo and did not question his authenticity, in fact, there were no other prisoners in the prison except for Bud, who had just been imprisoned, and in the entire Changhu Town, except for the mayor and a few officials, almost all the townspeople were in a state of hunger and cold, and they couldn't even find a single criminal who stole it. This is also why in the original plot, the fisherman Bud knew that the identity of the dwarven expedition was suspicious, but he also risked his money to help them enter the town of Long Lake for a commission.

Li Mo put his hands behind his back and asked with a fox and a fake tiger look: "Is that guy named Bard handcuffed with chains?" He is a very important prisoner of the mayor and does not allow any slip-ups. ”

The guards were displeased in their hearts, but they didn't dare to show it on the surface, and hurriedly explained: "I personally handcuffed the prisoner's hands with shackles, and it is impossible for even orcs to break the steel chains." ”

Li Mo looked at the guards coldly and said: "Hmph, the last guy who dared to use a crude weapon made in a small underground workshop to deceive me that it was the exclusive weapon of the Janissaries of Gondor, has been hung by me on the tree outside the troll forest, and now I don't know which corner of the troll is pulled by those trolls who eat people and don't spit out bones, if there is even a trace of problem with your so-called steel shackles......" The latter words were not spoken, but the threat was already self-evident.

The guard guarding the prison stared at Li Mo with a pale face, and wanted to do it but was afraid, so he could only take off a series of chains hanging on the wall, rudely slam them on the table, and then said loudly: "These are the shackles of the prison, if you think what I said is false, you can verify it yourself." ”

Li Mo picked up a large string of rather heavy steel chains, looked at them carefully for a while, and then snorted twice from his throat, but did not say anything more, raised his head and said to the guards: "Open the prison door, I want to go in and have a look." ”

When the guard heard this, he immediately frowned, hesitated for a moment, and then said, "Lord Alfred's order is to take care of this guy, and if you open the door, he will probably escape." ”

Li Mo suddenly laughed and said, "Hahaha, just a fisherman? The fact that he's being locked up here by the great mayor proves that he's just as incompetent as his ancestor Gillian, and even if we unshackle him and open the door, this guy won't dare to risk disobeying the mayor and escape from his cage. ”

Li Mo did not hide this sentence at all, his voice echoed clearly in the prison, he saw that the guards were still hesitating, and continued to belittle and insult loudly and unscrupulously, and finally even said that the incompetence of Bud's ancestor Jilian was due to a trace of troll blood hidden in his body, to the effect that one of his direct ancestors and a female troll had something very yellow and violent.

In the back, even the guards couldn't listen to it, so they hurriedly walked to the innermost part of the prison and opened the lock of the cell door. Li Mo looked at the guard's back, and put the chains and shackles on the table into the backpack space without showing a trace, and then followed unhurriedly.