Chapter 11: Into the City
Two days later, Emperor Gate and Wendy finally came to Pent, looking at the twenty or thirty meters high city wall, the Imperial Gate did not feel strange but somewhat familiar, yes, he still knew something about the city. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 Info He spent half a year in the city when he was working as an intelligence agent under Daryl, and now it's been two or three years, and I'm afraid his connections in the city won't be useful.
"Emperor, is this Putt City?" Wendy's curious voice came from the ears of Emperor's door, and she sat in the back seat of the ox cart and kept looking at the procession entering the city, "Why are there so many slaves?"
"Didn't I tell you before, why don't you remember?" Emperor Gate looked at the size of the queue and estimated that it would be a while before he could enter the city, so he took out a small cloth bag and stuffed the silver coins he had prepared in advance into the cloth bag, and stuffed the cloth bag into a bulging bag before stopping.
"How long ago was that, I can't remember. Wendy said a little coquettishly.
"The geographical location of the Enka Military Region is very special, the north is the country of elves, the northeast is the area infested with demonic beasts, and the south is the Nineveh Empire, which has always had a small friction with the Kingdom of Tari, plus the recent revolutionary army, it can be said that this place has never been clean. There are big battles every day, and there are many people left behind by the war under the constant conflict between the parties, and most of them have become slaves. Putt City is the main city of the Enka Military Region, so it has naturally become a huge slave trading and distribution center, so what's so strange about the more slaves queuing up to enter the city?"
"That's right. Wendy tilted her head as if she were listening to the story.
"That aside, Wendy, what I'm going to say is important, and you have to do what I say. The Emperor suddenly became serious, which made Wendy nervous.
"This Penta City is a pool of muddy water, after entering the city, you are not allowed to go out casually without my company, especially in the East City, where there are some cannibal flesh and blood guys, if you go I am afraid that I will not be able to save you. Although the words of the emperor are a bit alarmist, they are generally correct.
"Cannibal flesh?!Are there still demonic beasts in that city?, or are they orcs?" Wendy asked with a look of incredulity, apparently not understanding the meaning of "cannibal flesh" in the Emperor's words.
"There are indeed orcs in this city of Pent, but they are not necessarily the ones who eat human flesh, but they may also be those who hold whips, wields swords, and even sell on the side of the road. Dimen sneered and explained to Wendy again.
"You mean, the people in the east of the city aren't good people?" Wendy wasn't stupid and reacted quickly.
Emperor Men just nodded and didn't say anything more, and he thought he would be in line for a while, only to find that it was about to be his turn to be examined.
As is customary, the Emperor Gate stuffed the cloth bags to the soldiers who were inspecting, but the soldiers did not eat this set and still opened their luggage for inspection. Fortunately, the emperor had already thought of this and hid some forbidden items near the outskirts of the city in advance to retrieve them later, and the rest of the things were irrelevant, and it was not a big deal to take them away. The soldier gave them a strange look, but let them go.
The Emperor Gate and his party entered through the East City Gate, and before they could enter the gate, they heard all kinds of noise coming from the city. After entering the door, Wendy began to look around curiously, and she found that the city of Putt was not only a center for the slave trade, as the emperor said, but also a comprehensive trading center, selling spices, fruits, furniture, etc., and so on, there were many different merchants selling their goods in the shops and stalls. The wide streets were bustling with people, men and women, slaves, nobles, mercenaries, soldiers, and so on.
Wendy seemed to have a kitten scratching in her heart, she was curious about these new things, but after the previous intimidation of the emperor, she was still a lot more honest, and she obediently followed the emperor along the way and there were no moths. Emperor was glad to see this, and at least he managed to buy three good horses along the way, and to teach a thief who wanted to make a move on his purse.
Through the hustle and bustle of the east of the city, Emperor Gate and Wendy came to the much cleaner west gate of the city, which is said to be the west gate of the city, but it is actually the inner city gate, which is where the nobles live. The people who entered here were either the officers and soldiers guarding the city or the children of nobles, and the emperor was not any of them, but he had already thought of a countermeasure.
Emperor Gate took out one of Count Veron's most cherished medals, handed it to Wendy, and instructed: "Later, when the soldier asked you about your identity, you said that you are the daughter of Veron, who escaped the revolutionary army and fled here, and I am your escort, understand?"
"Well, it's just Dimen, I was originally Wei Lun's daughter. Wendy said helplessly.
"Leave that alone, just don't say anything wrong when the time comes. Dimen didn't care about Wendy's complaining at all, and explained to himself.
"Hey, what's the next one, why are you standing so far away? The soldiers defending the city waved towards the imperial gate and shouted.
"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, my young lady was frightened a few days ago and hasn't recovered, please do a lot of Haihan. After the emperor finished speaking, he stuffed a cloth bag into each of the hands of the two guards, and the silver coins in the cloth bag jingled, making the guards very comfortable to listen to.
"It's okay, it's okay, since it happened for a reason, it doesn't matter. It's just that I don't know which nobleman's son this young lady is?" After accepting the bribe, the guard naturally smiled, and his attitude couldn't help but be a little respectful.
"I am the daughter of Count Veron, Wendy Veron. "Although Wendy was still in the mood to complain about the emperor before, she was still a little nervous about acting, even though she was really the daughter of Count Veron. Looking at the emperor's door, her tone was still a little trembling after forcibly calming down, the emperor's gate on the side was really convinced by this eldest lady, although he had long known that Wendy was not good at lying, but he still didn't expect to say the true part of the lie so bluntly. But fortunately, he was good at lying, and after only thinking for a while, he interjected: "Miss Wendy, don't worry, there will be no revolutionary army here." ”
"It turned out to be the daughter of Count Veron, no wonder, not long ago I received news that Count Veron's territory had been lost, and the Count himself was killed on the spot, these are all true?" the guard asked curiously.
"Also, also, I heard that more than 20,000 people in the city died tragically in one night, and when they died, they all smiled and looked terrifying, is this also true?" another guard also asked Xiang Dimen.
Hearing their words, the Emperor Gate immediately made a painful and gloomy appearance and nodded slowly, Wendy looked at the Emperor Gate in some surprise, unable to imagine what the Emperor Gate had done at that time.
"Oh my God, that's so intimidating, this Miss Wendy is really strong, if it were replaced by other noble ladies, I'm afraid they would all be scared crazy. ”
Wendy smiled stiffly in response to the guard's compliment.
"But the routine still has to be done, can this Miss Wendy come up with anything that can prove her identity, such as a family crest or something. ”
Hearing this, Wendy immediately took out the medal given by the Emperor, and the guard respectfully took the medal from Wendy, who was riding on the horse, with both hands, and turned to walk into the guard behind him. Seeing this, the other guard immediately smiled and invited Emperor Gate and Wendy to the guard's lounge to wait for a while, with its comfortable fur sofa and coffee table with delicate refreshments, Wendy, who was originally greedy, seemed a little worried at the moment, most of which came from the messages given to her by the guards.
What did Emperor Men do in those days, did he kill people, or how many people did Emperor men kill? Wendy didn't want Emperor Gate to be in danger, and she didn't want him to kill people everywhere for his own sake, and Wendy was a little overwhelmed by the heavy pressure brought by this information. She didn't want to think about the truth of these things, let alone think about it, but confusion always surrounded her, making it difficult for her to extricate herself.
Just as she was thinking nonsense, Emperor Gate gently held Wendy's left hand with his right hand, which made Wendy's original uneasiness dissipate a lot at once, and after smiling sweetly at Emperor Gate, Wendy put her head on Emperor Gate's shoulder.
"Ah, sorry to bother. The guard came in and noticed the scene and said with a smile.
Seeing this, Wendy immediately sat up and shook her head a little embarrassedly to say that it didn't matter, and the guard saluted Wendy after seeing that the other party didn't pursue anything, and then returned the medal to her and said, "Miss Wendy, we have already tested the authenticity of the medal, now please follow me to get two passes to the inner city." ”
"Okay, let's go. Wendy Ho stood up and walked out first, and the guard had no choice but to step forward and lead the way.
The time required to make the pass was short, but it required a light and shadow camera to leave a footage, which Wendy did not usually do, but she suppressed her curiosity and ended the photocopying of the image neatly. Holding the golden pass with her face printed on it, Wendy muttered in her heart: "This seal is really bad, I'm much more beautiful than this, okay." ”。 Although the pass of the Imperial Gate is not as extravagant as Wendy, it is also made of silver, and of course the cost of making it is paid by the Imperial Gate. However, this money is well worth it, you must know that with this pass, you can save a lot of trouble for the emperor.
For example, in the future, the emperor can easily borrow a quiet courtyard.
The area of the small courtyard is not too large, but there is a small pond, a green meadow, and a small two-story building in the courtyard. The facilities in the small building are very complete, and the furniture is quite high-end, but there is some dust accumulation in the home, and it is obvious that there are some days when no one lives.
The melodious tune of the music box came from the quiet small building, Wendy hummed softly along with the tune while taking care of the small building, looking at Wendy's busy figure, Dimen smiled and said, "Wendy, I'm going out for something and I'll be back soon, do you want me to bring anything?"
"Well, let's bring some dessert. ”