122 Assassination

Outside the barracks, the people of the city of Famedos gathered with slogans, and between the crowd and the barracks were hundreds of members of the vigilante team armed with sharp blades, the people with hoes and sticks in their hands were afraid of these disciplined veterans, but at the same time, at the same time, some people were encouraged to rush into the barracks to find the orcs and drive them away. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

The two sides are at a stalemate, and the atmosphere is like a barrel of explosives with a fuse, and the slightest spark can explode.

With a total population of 190,000, the city is the most densely populated of the seven northern cities and the most socially complex.

The population of the area under its governance is mainly farmers who grow grain and vegetables in and outside the city, accounting for about 100,000 people. The rest were merchants and other tradesmen, who numbered about 7,000 people, and about 35,000 people with their families and servants. The last remaining were the nobility and the more mobile people, such as bards, mercenaries, and foot merchants.

At this time, the people gathered outside the barracks were the common people at the lowest level of society, and unlike the nobles and wealthy merchants who could hire boats to cross the river for the winter, they could only choose to crowd the public houses in the city in the hope that the cold winter would pass as soon as possible.

While Famedos City has been impregnable for hundreds of years, who can guarantee that this year will be the same as it was in the past...... The long time does not prove that the city is truly invulnerable, and the people who live in the city still struggle with this sad time every year in worry.

Marlowe followed Paul outside the barracks, and before he had told Mecca and Rejay that all the Warcry tribes should return to their barracks and stay in their barracks, and not show their faces until the matter was settled, lest they provoke the marching crowd.

As for himself, how could a person who looked extremely much like an elf be considered the chief of an orc tribe, as long as the army did not leak information, he believed that he was still safe, after all, compared to orcs, humans have a much higher level of goodness towards elves.

"Hello everyone, I am Boris Williams, the son of His Majesty Barbarossa of St. George's Empire. The crowd gathered so loudly that Paul had to raise his voice and shout at the crowd. "Please go back, everyone, this is a barracks, I hope you don't stay here for a long time. ”

"Are you Prince Boris?" asked a man at the front of the crowd.

"Yes, I am Boris, and I am also the supreme commander who protects everyone's lives and property this year. ”

The man had heard a long time ago that the supreme commander of the city, General Montgomery, had been replaced, and that Montgomery's successor was a prince who had grown up outside the empire.

"Are you really Prince Boris? the prince who just returned home?"

With this man's words, the crowd quieted down, and it was not easy for these people at the bottom of society to meet someone with such a high status. Now that they have not only met the prince of the empire, but also been able to talk to him, this is enough for them to be proud of for a lifetime.

Paul smiled and replied, "Of course, do I dare to pretend to be a prince? ”

After receiving a positive reply, the atmosphere at the scene suddenly became lively.

"Your Royal Highness, is there really a group of orcs in the barracks?"

"Your Royal Highness, can you order Master Spike to reduce the tenant rent?"

"His Royal Highness the Prince......"

The tension caused by the parade just now suddenly became different, these low-level people complained a lot about the nobles and wealthy merchants, but they respected and loved the royal family of the empire very much, thanks to the care of Paul's family for the low-class people since they became royal. Although the royal family and the common people are separated by nobles and wealthy businessmen, and the policy orders issued by the royal palace are often not implemented in a timely and effective manner, the Williams family is still trying, not only to strengthen the position of the royal family, but also to make the people's lives better.

In order to let everyone in the empire know the policy orders issued by the royal family, the king will send commissioners to the cities to publicize, which is a game between the royal family and the locality, although there are policies and countermeasures, but this can bring a lot of pressure to the nobles and wealthy businessmen, and many times those nobles and wealthy businessmen have indeed made a certain degree of compromise.

However, not only that, the royal family found that the direction of public opinion was equally important when it confronted local forces, and the people were too simple and needed someone to guide them, so the royal family also cultivated a special army, which was not mentioned for the time being, in short, the Williams family did see results from their own strategies.

For so long, the royal family and the local government have struck a delicate balance between this, and both sides understand that this is the best outcome for the St. George's Empire.

The royal family needs royal status and a solid and powerful empire, while the nobles want privileges, status and wealth. The two sides seem to be full of contradictions, but this contradiction is necessary to a certain extent.

The game between the two sides seems to be a game for the nobles and wealthy merchants, but in fact they still get what they want, and the same is true for the royal family.

And the result of this in the long run is that the people not only see the royal family's good looks, but also remember them in their hearts.

The change in atmosphere did not seem to attract the attention of some people with ulterior motives, and everyone seemed to be thrilled by the sight of the prince.

Marlowe stood silently and watched the crowd rush to talk to Paul, his brother was the future king of St. George's empire, and he was also happy to see the people love the royal family so much.

Just when everyone seemed to be happy, Marlowe suddenly felt uneasy, and he almost instinctively burst out with great force and jumped to the side in an instant.

However, he was still a step too late, and an arrow suddenly shot at him from the crowd, and although he had already made a dodge, he was still shot in the arm, this arrow had no tail feathers, and it was obviously a crossbow arrow for close-range assassination.

Everyone looked at the arrow stuck in Marlowe's arm in a daze, and then they screamed in fright, and suddenly the crowd was in chaos, no one noticed where the arrow came from, but they instinctively feared that the next arrow would hit them.

Pong, the sword of the security management team was unsheathed, and Marlowe was standing beside Paul just now, although the arrow was shot at Marlowe's body, it was not ruled out that someone wanted to assassinate Prince Boris. This must not happen!

Just as the people were pushing each other for their lives, a second arrow was fired at Marlowe again!