Chapter 15: Mayffee's Suggestion

Wales was silent for a moment, and then seemed to have made a decision: "Lord Lord, for this matter. I have a different opinion. ”

"Oh?" Mei Fei glanced at the garrison commander in surprise, "Then you can hear it." ”

"My lord, my men are probably scum and scum. But they would never have thought of such an idea, and they did not have the courage to drive the thieves to help them rob their property. They must have been calculated or instigated. ”

"Really?" Mayfed's expression suddenly turned cold: "I caught those thieves halfway, and the Welsh Governor means that I instructed them to slander your subordinates?"

"No, my lord. That's definitely not what I meant. Wales hastened to explain: "I mean, it's possible that my subordinates were behind it at the behest of someone else. ”

"My sir, aren't you the only one who can tell them?" Miffie thought it amused.

Wales shook his head thoughtfully, and after a moment he glanced at Mayfei, finally suppressing his thoughts for a moment, and explained, "But I questioned my soldiers this morning, and they didn't know anything about it. ”

Mei Fei thought for a while and said, "Actually, if you want to prove that this matter has nothing to do with you, it's not impossible. ”

Wales looked at each other suspiciously, "What does the lord mean?"

"If you can take those garrisons to sweep away the bandits around Bluewater, you can at least prove that you are not involved in colluding with the bandits. Muffy paused and continued, "If you can do this, the people's opinion of you will probably improve a lot. When the time comes, I will speak for you, so that at least the sins of your subordinates will not implicate you. ”

Wales' eyes lit up at first, but they quickly dimmed. He explained with a bitter face, "Your Excellency, it's not that you don't want to serve you. The bandits here aren't as simple as you might think, and it's almost impossible to wipe them out completely. ”

"You know, this is the border. If they escaped across the border, would I chase them or not? Let's not say that I could not catch them until I could catch them, but if the Imperial officials knew that I had crossed the border with the soldiers sent by the Empire without permission, this alone would have made me and I guilty of deserting our duties and provoking war. What's more, there are still many orcs and elves living in the upper reaches of the Bishui River, and they also have some transactions with some bandits. If they hide in those places, we may be attacked by these orcs and elves if we come closer..."

"In addition, you also took all my subordinate officers... These vacancies will also take some time to fill. ”

Mayfield frowned after listening to the bitter waters of Wales. He really hadn't thought about these issues before, and after thinking for a while, Mei Fei spoke again: "Officer's question." I can ask Matthew to bring some of his men to help you command the troops, they are veterans who have just come from the northern battlefields and will be able to help you. ”

"Then there's the issue of borders, as long as you don't cross the border as Imperial soldiers, it won't cause much trouble. Now that Blue Water City is my territory, you can cross the border under the guise of being my private soldier. ”

"As for the orcs and elves, leave him alone for the time being. I don't expect you to help me eliminate all the thieves, but at least I have to let them lose most of their strongholds and territory, and they won't be able to harass the surroundings of Emerald City for a short time. ”

"I think if you can take care of some of the thieves, it will be a commendable feat for you. When Mei Fei said this, she suddenly laughed: "With your age and qualifications, it is a little shabby that you don't even have the title of knight." ”

Wales was suddenly in turmoil, and his father and grandfather could only stop at the title of knight. For someone like him who comes from a knightly family, whether he can cross the knight hurdle is very important to the entire family, and he is at least short of a letter of recommendation from this hurdle.

And the nobleman in front of him is the lord of Bishui City and the eldest son of the Marshal of the North in terms of identity alone, and his military rank in the empire was at least once second only to the marshal, and this weight was more than enough. And although the title of knight cannot be hereditary, it is already a quasi-nobleman who is only one step away from a real noble... Sir Wales, what a desirable title.

"Collar... My lord, I see. The lord was so agitated that he stuttered a little as he spoke.

Mei Fei nodded: "You go and prepare." ”

After Wales got up to leave, Mayfield turned and said, "Captain Aman, you should go back first." ”

When the two of them were gone, Mayfield turned in the direction of the bookshelf and said, "Mr. Annelin, come out." ”

As Mayfi greeted, a slender man wearing a robe and hood walked out in the dim light behind the bookshelf. He is the professional thief Annelin who appeared in Clear Water City not long ago.

The professional thief was still a little surprised that the employer who had given him this entrusted task directly was himself a lord of honor. Until last night, when the knight gentleman came looking for him. He also told him that the lord was going to invite him to go to the lord's mansion, and he was sure that no one had recognized the wrong person.

Although, Annellin had already guessed at the time. It is possible that his employer was someone who was in the nobleman's convoy. But Annellin didn't dare to think about this lord, he could hardly imagine that such a great nobleman would run out to find him personally.

"My lord, I don't know why you arranged for me to eavesdrop on your conversation with that chief here?" Annellin looked at Mei Fei: "The tasks you entrusted me with should have been completed. ”

Mei Fei picked up the text recorded by Aman and looked at it: "Don't worry, the arrest warrant issued by the garrison against you earlier has also been canceled in the notice I sent in the morning, you don't have to worry about your own safety." As for the commission for the commissioned task, I will have someone pay you right away. ”

Annerin bowed slightly to Mei Fei's right hand and chest: "I bring those of my companions, thank you, Lord Lord." ”

"But before that, you heard what the chief said. Seeing that Annellin nodded, Mayfield handed him the testimony record in his hand: "I think you should know those garrison officers better than we do, and you are also better than me in how to interrogate you, so how to make them confess all the things they have done over the years, this matter will be left to you." ”

"That's fine, my lord. Annellin thought for a moment and agreed.