The next morning, Russell was awakened by the soft sunlight shining through the window, and after a tiring day's journey, Russell collapsed into bed and fell into a deep stupor.

Maybe it's because Russell's physical injuries have just healed, he is not in good spirits, and he didn't have some weird dreams last night, but he didn't sleep too comfortably.

Russell got up from the bed, got dressed, and stood on the balcony outside the room, looking at the road outside the house where the crowd had already appeared, and taking a deep breath of fresh air, all in all, it was a good start.

Russell, who had washed up in the room, walked out of the room, but came up to Betty and Buddy, looking at the two of them, it seemed that they had slept much better than him last night.

Russell bent down and looked at Betty and said, "Betty, did you sleep comfortably last night?"

Betty curled the corners of her mouth when she heard this, and said to Russell with a bright smile: "Brother Russell, I dreamed about my parents and younger brother last night, I have never slept in such a comfortable bed, it is like sleeping on the clouds!"

Russell reached out and stroked Betty's hair and said, "I'm very happy that you can sleep very soundly!"

Buddy yawned and whispered, "I'm already hungry, when are we going down to eat?"

At this time, Russell laughed secretly in his heart, Buddy is also a stubborn person, and his thoughts now have all been exposed on his face.

Russell didn't drag on any longer, and took Betty and Buddy to breakfast today.

"Sure enough, you still have to eat enough, so that you can have strength this day!"

Russell stood outside the door of the inn and stretched a little lazily, feeling full of strength.

Buddy walked out with a toothpick and picked his teeth, he hiccuped, and then said to Russell: "Hiccup, let's go back to the central square of the town immediately, and walk straight to the right for a few dozen meters to reach the government affairs hall, it is better to tell the archon about the orc attack on the village first, and it is best to persuade the archon to inform the lord to send soldiers to suppress these thieves." ”

So Buddy took Russell and Betty to the government hall not far away.

As soon as he arrived at the door of the government affairs hall, Russell saw a large group of people lined up in front of the government affairs hall, this group of people had different costumes and identities, there were peasants in shabby clothes and rich merchants in luxurious clothes, it seemed that they had come too early, and they had not even come to the door of the government affairs hall! Only two guards stared nervously at the people in front of them.

"There are so many people here, I thought there were only a few people who came to take care of business!" Russell said with some surprise as he looked at the crowd in front of him.

Buddy, who had followed the village chief many times to the town of Serra, knew the place well and immediately explained the situation to Russell.

"Russell, you don't know, the government hall is not open every day, the consuls in order to concentrate on the affairs of the town and the surrounding villages, so they will only work in the government hall on the day when the market is opened, so it is understandable that there are so many people crowded here. ”

Russell nodded and understood the reason for this matter, but another question came to his mind, making him a little anxious,

"Buddy, is the rule that you said that you can be at the front of the queue for payment? I see that there are a lot of well-dressed and luxurious people here, is it enough for us to pay three silver coins?"

Buddy stood on tiptoe and looked at the crowd around him, and his heart was a little flustered, I don't know why there are so many businessmen today,

"It's strange, there used to be farmers and commoners like us, why are there so many merchants here today? ”

At the same time, the crowd on the side suddenly stirred, and involuntarily gave way to a passage, and then several carriages turned from the road in the distance and ran directly towards the government affairs hall.

There were also soldiers on horseback at the front of the car, leading the way to disperse the people on the road.

"Get out of the way, get out of the way!"

The loud shouts and the hooves of the horses made everyone involuntarily retreat backwards.

The carriage arrived at the door of the government hall unimpeded, and then an attendant got down from the carriage and helped down a spirited old man from the carriage, and then the guards saluted the old man and opened the door to let the people in the carriage enter the government hall.

Buddy saw the old man, and hurriedly pointed at him and said to Russell: "That old man is the consul of the town, and he will only send his attendants to notify the people outside to come in and do business only after everything is ready." ”

Russell rubbed his chin and sighed, "This consul has such a big pomp, and a person who travels so much follows him. ”

Pike said to Russell with a mysterious look, "Do you know what the status of the Archon is in the town? He is the number two man in this town, and I have heard that the Archon is a hereditary nobleman in this town, and he is related to Baron Albert! ”

Russell almost understood the identity of the consul, no wonder he came to the government hall with such a big pose, it turned out that he was nepotistic with Baron Albert.

Suddenly, the crowd began to be noisy again, and Russell looked from afar, and it turned out that the consul had finally allowed the people waiting outside the door to enter the government hall.

"Shall we go now, then?" Russell asked, turning his head.

Buddy looked at the crowded hall and opened the money bag on his body, looking at the few silver coins left inside, and his mood was very low.

Buddy muttered nervously, "I wonder if the three silver coins will allow us to enter early." ”

Russell heard Buddy's muttering, smiled and patted him on the shoulder, and walked with Buddy towards the crowded government hall.

Russell held Betty's hand tightly and kept shuttling through the crowd, he knew that it would be very dangerous for Betty to get lost here, and he had promised the village chief and her parents before setting off to protect Betty by his side.

After a lot of effort, Russell took Betty and Buddy to open the way in front, and finally entered the door of the government affairs hall, and as soon as he entered, he saw a long line in front of him.

Russell was about to step forward to line up, but he was tapped on the shoulder by Buddy, Russell turned his head to look, only to find that Buddy was squeezing his eyebrows and pointing to another entrance, where from time to time there were well-dressed people coming in and out, and it seemed that it was what Buddy called a "special entrance".

"Go this way. ”

Buddy led Russell to the entrance, and walked in under the surprised eyes of the merchants beside him.

The road here is not long, but Russell can tell that this is probably the passage to the second floor, and below is the crowd of people queuing in the black press, and it seems that both roads end up in the same destination.

By the time Russell, Betty, and Buddy reached the stairs, the guards on both sides of the passage reached out and stopped them.

"Hey, you have to pay for passing through here, if you don't have money, you have to go to the queue below, don't you know the rules here?"

Buddy bent down and said with a sneer: "My lord, there is, there is money, we will give you the money now!"

With that, Buddy carefully pulled out three silver coins from his purse and placed them in the guard's hands.

The guard took the money, weighed it, and said impatiently: "This money is not enough, at least ten silver coins, are you sending beggars with this silver coin?"

Buddy's eyes widened in shock when he heard this, and he looked at the guards and asked in surprise, "Isn't it true that you can put a person in just by paying one silver coin?"

The guard looked at Buddy and replied impatiently: "There are too many people who came to run errands this morning, and there are many merchants in the town who want to pass here, and of course the toll is much more expensive, anyway, this is the price, you can't love it!"

Looking at the hesitant Buddy, Russell stopped Buddy behind him, took out seven silver coins from his pocket and put them in the hands of the guards, and said to them: "Here are ten silver coins, can you let a few of us pass?"

The guard carefully observed Russell's appearance in surprise, and said in surprise: "I didn't expect you farmers to be so rich, I really misjudged you, go in, go in!"

Russell hurriedly pulled Betty and Buddy up the expensive staircase.

Buddy looked up and wanted to ask Russell something, but Russell was the first to speak: "Buddy, my money is coming from the right place, please don't ask me more." ”

When Buddy heard this, he had to endure the doubts in his heart, and walked with Russell to the consul's door.

There weren't too many people standing at the door, and Russell waited for a moment before they saw an attendant come out of the room, and the attendant beckoned to Russell and said, "Come in, the consul is waiting for you in the room." ”

Russell leaned over and looked at Betty and said with a smile, "Betty, Uncle Buddy and I are going to go in and talk about something, you just sit on the chair outside and wait for us, okay?"

Betty agreed very sensibly, and sat very quietly in her chair and waited for Russell and them to return.

Russell straightened his clothes and led Buddy into the front room, the door closing, and the passage outside was calm again.

As soon as Russell entered, he saw the consul sitting in front of him, signing some information documents, and did not take the lead in asking them about their intentions.

Buddy and Russell looked at each other, and Russell nodded at Buddy, so Buddy carefully took out the report written by the village chief to the consul from his backpack and placed it on the consul's table with both hands.

At this time, the consul raised his head to look at the two plainly dressed men, and after taking a look, he lowered his head and picked up the report and looked at it carefully.

Russell and Buddy had no choice but to wait for the Archon to finish reading the report.

After a few minutes, the consul put down the report in his hand, looked at Russell and asked loudly, "Which of you two is in charge?"

Without waiting for Russell to answer, Buddy hurriedly replied, "Lord Consul, it's me!"

The archon pointed to the report and said, "Do you village chief know the number of orcs attacking the team?"

Buddy thought about it for a moment and replied honestly, "Sorry, we don't know. ”

The archon asked, "Do you know the exact location of the bandits' camp?"

"Well, I, we don't know. ”

The archon smiled for a moment, and then said seriously to Buddy in front of him, "You don't know the number of orcs and the camp, and we can't do anything about it!"

"Why?"

"To tell you the truth, I did get a report from a pair of Guardian Knights a few days ago, and they told me that they had annihilated a camp of orc thieves, probably right here in Seth Village, right?

And we don't know the specific information of the orcs, so how to determine the number of soldiers to send and the cost, so we can't send soldiers. ”

"What is going on?" Buddy panicked when he heard this.

Russell stood aside and frowned, the consul's words were evasive, bullying Buddy for being a simple farmer, obviously not wanting to spend money to send soldiers, and it seemed that he needed to convince him himself.