Chapter 44: It's hard to tell the truth from the fake
"Go and get Mayor Dia here. Jason, who had a heightened sense of urgency in his heart, didn't want to delay for a moment, and immediately ordered the guards to go to Mayor Dia.
He had to hurry up with Mayor Dia to discuss the next direction of development.
"Lancelot stay, too, and help me with advice. Jason thought about it and left Lancelot behind, and with his ability he should be able to make some good suggestions.
"Yes, sir. ”
At the same time, there was an inconsistency riot in the town of Erbia, the exact cause of which is unknown, except that it was started by a group of nearly 100 homeless people.
It's just that they didn't get a response from more people, after all, the remnants of Gareth's bloody methods were still there, so these people were suppressed by the army that arrived in just an hour.
"My lord, eighty-four mobs have been suppressed, fifty-nine have been captured alive, and our troops have not died, but fifteen soldiers have been wounded. The adjutant of the army stood in front of Gareth with his head bowed to report on the situation of the riot.
"Are the civilians involved?" said Gareth, who was dressed in armor, standing on a wooden castle tower overlooking the town, his tone flat.
"Several civilians were implicated, but only minor injuries were sustained and no deaths. ”
"Thirty copper coins per person. ”
"Yes, sir. ”
Gareth waved the lieutenant away, looking down in a daze.
"Come out. Suddenly, he glanced at a corner of the tower.
"This is worthy of a great knight-level powerhouse, but we have lived in the Northland for so long and have never heard of the name of an adult. Out of the shadows came a slender and enchanting woman with long purple hair.
"Thieves?" Gareth looked at her and stopped looking, just asking softly.
"That's right. The woman twisted her waist and walked over to Gareth, a faint fragrance emanating from her.
"This kind of incense is useless to me, and the long hair doesn't affect your fighting?" said Gareth at this point, suddenly made a move, grabbed her neck with one hand and lifted her up, the flames in his eyes jumped, and there was no emotion beyond that.
"It seems that this riot has something to do with you. ”
"Mistaken ...... Misunderstanding!" the woman said with difficulty breathing with both hands as she wrenched his hands with a painful expression.
"Misunderstanding?" Gareth tilted his head, a mocking smile on his lips.
"So what are you doing sneaking around over there?"
"......" The woman didn't speak, but pointed to the hand around her neck, and she was about to suffocate.
"Smack!" Gareth shook his head, then let go of his hand.
"Whew, whew!" the woman sat down on the ground and breathed heavily, for the first time she felt that the air was so fresh, just now she really thought she was going to die.
"Tell me where you came from. Gareth said nonchalantly that this woman of knightly strength was no threat to him.
What a man who doesn't know how to pity the fragrance and cherish the jade! The woman gritted her teeth.
"My name is Eve and I'm from Luke City. After feeling the suffocation had disappeared, Eve opened her mouth.
"This time, I came to follow the people of the Together. Seeing that the man didn't look at herself at all, she puffed out her mouth angrily and continued.
She has been held in the palm of her hand since she was a child, but she didn't expect to meet a strange one this time, and even the incense she prepared was useless to him, is this a monster?
"Joining hands?" Gareth was shocked, hadn't this organization been wiped out, or did he personally supervise the execution.
"You don't think Hands are only in that little town in Irontooth, do you?" Eve scoffed, Hands would be a behemoth in the North.
"You don't think I'm going to kill you, do you?" Gareth squinted, the woman's words making him feel uncomfortable!
"Did I say the wrong thing?" Eve's momentum softened instantly, this man could really kill her, and at the moment, it was a joke in his eyes.
"What kind of organization is this Hands Club?"
"The Hands Association is the largest underground force in the north of the Lopez Kingdom, which is said to have been established decades ago, and the upper echelons are mainly composed of some wanted criminals from other countries. She gave Gareth a cautious look to see that he didn't react before continuing.
"Didn't the local nobles catch these wanted criminals?" Gareth frowned, was the nobility here so rotten?
"Among these fugitives, there are many knight-level powerhouses, and which nobleman is willing to spend a lot of manpower and material resources to crusade against them, not only will he not be rewarded by the kingdom, but he may also fold his own people into it. ”
"The kingdom will not recruit these masters, even if they are extraordinary, they are still an unstable factor. ”
Eve pursed her lips, disdainful of these nobles.
"Letting them live here is still a source of instability. ”
"This kind of thankless work will not be done by those nobles, on the contrary, there are still the shadows of these nobles behind the Hands Association, they provide shelter for the Hands Association, and the Hands will solve some things for them that are inconvenient for them to come forward. ”
"Has the nobility of this kingdom decayed to this extent?" Gareth was worried about Jason's future path.
"That's not it, it's just a part of the nobility, it doesn't represent the whole people. Eve immediately refuted Gareth's argument like a fried kitten.
Go on. Gareth glanced at her, not annoyed, but just smiled.
"Huh, what?" Eve looked confused, I'm done.
"Their purpose, why they are here to organize this civilian uprising. ”
"I don't know. She replied with a straight answer, she really didn't know.
"Are you kidding me?" Gareth had a dangerous glint in his eyes.
"I just bumped into two knight-level powerhouses from the Heshou Club some time ago with people out of Lucca City, and then I sneaked over, I really don't know anything else!" Eve was so frightened that she quickly said why she was here.
"......" Gareth squinted her eyes, seeing that she didn't look like a lie, so according to her, could the master of the Hands Club have already infiltrated the town?
So does this revolt of the inhabitants also have something to do with the people lurking within them?
Will these hands be in the city to cover them?
Gareth couldn't figure out what these people's intentions were, revenge, possibility, otherwise they wouldn't have come to him, but unfortunately they underestimated the strength of their opponents.
"Then what is your origin?" Gareth looked at Eve beside him again, it is impossible for civilians to cultivate a supernatural powerhouse, it can only be said that her identity is not so simple.
"I am the daughter of the Viscount of Lyon, and this time I am following my father to Lucca to meet friends. Eve squeaked.
"And then you left your father behind Kalou and followed the Heshou Society and sneaked out?" Gareth was a little speechless, a noble lady who is not deeply involved in the world, this is completely a hot head and ran out, aren't you afraid of being found out and killed by the people of the Heshou Society?
"You're so bold. He didn't fully believe Eve's words, after all, there were too many people who could act.
"If you see a group of people from the Hand Society, you will follow, aren't you afraid of being killed?"
"My eldest brother is crippled by these guys' legs, and I'm going to destroy it no matter what they do!" Eve said, her eyes full of hatred.
"They dare to do something to the members of the nobility?" This is very surprising, a group of foreign wanted criminals actually dare to attack the nobles, not afraid of being surrounded and suppressed?
"They were very secretive, and if it weren't for the lack of evidence, my father would have killed them all! ”
The filth between the aristocracy and the aristocracy, the relationship between them is far from being as close as it seems on the surface, and they may be stabbed in the back at any point.
"Really, it's not because there's not enough evidence, it's because you're too weak. "Gareth is dismissive of the so-called evidence, just like Jason's previous purge, whoever tells you the evidence, if you have doubts, you will not pay attention to the so-called evidence, and directly arrest people.
The Leon family is indeed not very strong, among these lords in the north, the strength is in the middle and lower reaches, and it is in a neutral attitude in the camp of the old and new nobles of the kingdom, in the final analysis, the strength is too weak, so it can't be ambitious.
"But why are they agitating for a civil uprising?" Gareth had already believed Eve's words, but now it was clear that instead of dwelling on her, he needed to figure out what the purpose of these extraordinary masters of the Hands Guild was.
"Someone, take her down!" Gareth suddenly shouted, ordering the soldiers to detain Eve, and this was the time not to cause any trouble.
"You!" Eve's eyes widened, looking incredulous.