After pacifying Vladimir, Guo Kang assured him that he would help him get justice.

Vladimir thanked him, and after that, the crowd was silent all the way and quickly approached their destination.

Guo Kang and Guo Ponu discussed a few words, thinking that since Sergei already knew about it, he simply publicized it with great fanfare. So they raised their flags all the way, and deliberately took the direction of the main road to detour a little.

Even so, the Sergei gang did not ambush or intercept it, and the outpost never found a large group of enemies. It is estimated that the round of fighting just now was indeed as expected, and the thugs who could be mobilized near them were almost wiped out.

Since there were no thugs harassing and no fighting, the bystanders around them were much more emboldened. Along the way, quite a few people were looking at them curiously.

Although most of the people just looked at it from a distance and didn't dare to ask directly, after seeing the few people who followed behind, everyone went to inquire about the situation.

So, it didn't take long for more and more people to follow behind. Obviously, what just happened has spread throughout the neighborhood.

And as the number of people following these increased, people who didn't dare to get too close before also came over.

They may have been afraid of retaliation just now, or they might have been frightened by the battle scene and did not dare to step forward, but seeing that there were many people now, they were a little bolder. The crowd quickly swelled, and soon circled around the outside, following them to a two-story wooden building.

This time, the minions guarding the door were much more timid, and Lao Yuan shouted loudly: "Who! …… What people! ”

Although he tried his best to make his tone appear fierce, even Guo Kang, who didn't have any business, could hear that these people were trembling when they spoke, obviously without confidence, and they just forcibly pretended to be vicious.

He told everyone to ignore it, and everyone remained silent, maintaining their normal pace and continuing to move forward calmly.

Seeing that the group of people didn't pay attention to the minions at all, the onlookers calmed down a little. Some people who had originally stopped also took the opportunity to move forward, preparing to observe the confrontation between the two sides up close.

Of course, in the eyes of the gatekeeper, things may not be so simple - in front of them, a small group of murderous people is approaching, holding an accomplice who seems to be familiar, and there is blood on his face. In the distance, the local residents crowded together and surrounded them in the dark, and although they did not continue to advance, it was clearly not there to support them.

The minions know exactly what they're doing on a regular basis. It's a pity that things have come to such a point that if you want to reconcile, other people will obviously not agree.

The leader of the minions was bold, picked up an iron fork and held it across his chest, trying to stop them.

This time, Guo Kang decided not to talk nonsense.

It's not that he wants to pretend to be cool, or show off his combat skills, but because he was scared last time.

In various stories, the first battle of the heroes is often full of epic feeling. Geniuses in reality, such as Alexander, Xiang Yu, and Huo Quai, often show their talent for the first time. But it's a pity that Guo Kang doesn't seem to have anything outstanding in this regard......

In fact, he also knew that most of the children of the Pillar Kingdom were arranged by their families in the first battle, and they would be given a chance to adapt and practice. But even so, what happened just now was a little different from his prediction.

He didn't quite know how high his expectations were of himself - he even felt that his trip to Egypt was a waste, and that he should go to the more important northwest frontier.

But it's a pity that even a person like Sigismund, who is not known for his talent in history, has a negative military presence, and whose "reputation" basically depends on being beaten by the Hussites, his performance when he was young is much more dazzling than he is now.

The aristocracy of this era is not the deliberately discarded vases of modern times. On the contrary, almost all of those who can get out of this violent and chaotic environment are ruthless. Sigismund himself, for example, was elected emperor at the age of 10, took charge of a territory at the age of 13, and by the age of 18 was already actively involved in the intricate civil wars between the HRE, Poland and Hungary.

As far as Guo Kang's performance is concerned, I'm afraid he can't really beat Sigismund......

Although he didn't know about it yet, Guo Kang knew the predicament of the Shi clan before. At that time, Shi Ke was very worried that his younger brother Stan had fought several battles with the Poles on the front, but had not achieved much success. However, now that he thinks about it, Stan at least fought the Polish army with real weapons, but his command skills are mediocre.

And Guo Kang thought about it and found that his current best single record was to fight with a gangster leader, and finally won by relying on his sister's rescue......

If it goes on like this, even if the others don't say anything, he himself will be embarrassed. But Guo Kang really didn't have much confidence in his fighting ability now, so he didn't think much about it, and subconsciously made the most direct choice - he took out the prepared flintlock pistol, aimed it at the minions blocking the way, and directly pulled the trigger.

The moment the trigger was pulled, the iron was released, and the hammer with the flint slammed into the fire sickle with a crisp thud.

However, then, nothing happened.

This time, Guo Kang was mentally prepared: when he failed to start, he had already stretched out his left hand, pinched the hammer, pulled it back directly, and then released it again. But after another shot, the lighter, which was obviously fine during the test firing, still did not respond.

And the minions who stand in the way, even if they don't know the model of this "advanced weapon", can realize that it is definitely not a good thing to have a person with a not very friendly attitude and hold an iron pipe at him.

And Guo Kang was in the middle of the crowd this time, and went to attack him to interrupt the ...... If these strange actions were made, the people next to them would be stopped directly. Not only will it not be useful, but it will be targeted by these guys who look even more difficult to mess with.

Therefore, after reacting for a moment, he did not hesitate, turned around and ran.

Guo Ponu next to him looked at Minions, then at Guo Kang, and hesitated for a moment. After noticing that her brother had pulled the hammer twice more and still didn't react, she glanced around again and saw that the other team members were also watching them.

She had no choice but to pick up a short spear, step forward, and throw it violently, causing the minions that had run to the door to fall two steps and nail them to the wooden wall.

Fortunately, the people behind couldn't see Guo Kang's movements, only to see that the minion was suddenly scared away, and then he was killed at once. For a while, it was quite exciting.

The other minions were so shocked that they scattered, and everyone didn't chase them, but broke into the house and arrested people.

The guards here were weaker than they had been on the other side, and they searched all the houses, but they met little resistance. In the end, except for the two remaining minions who were blocked in the house and could not escape, only a few cooks and servants who cleaned the room were arrested, and three young girls in revealing clothes.

The crowd searched for a long time, but they couldn't find where Vladimir's children were. I had to separate people to continue looking for them, and interrogating these people at the same time.

The experience just now, coupled with the frustration of throwing himself into the air again, made Guo Kang a little anxious.

"What about people?" He stepped forward and struck a minion with a pistol: "Where is your boss dead?" Tell him to get out of here and see me! ”

"He's he, he's not here......" The minion was so frightened that he trembled when he spoke: "He followed the elder in the morning, and he hasn't come back yet." ”

"Elder? Which elder? Father Mikhail seemed to know something about the situation here, and when he heard what he said, he asked: "Is the 'barrel' Ivan?" ”

"It's not him, it's not him." The minion denied, "It's not the elder in charge of our area, it's Elder Alexander from the 'Golden District'. ”

"What is he doing here?" Father Mikhail asked, frowning.

"Of course, it's a commission from a big man." After saying it without thinking, he regretted it a little, and actually calmed down: "Forget it, priest, don't ask." Oops, I shouldn't even say anything to him......"

Seeing his reaction, Guo Kang was a little surprised and looked at Father Mikhail. The priest then explained: "The gold district is the rich district, strictly speaking, from the palace district to the newly built residential areas of the generation in the west of the city. Alexander was the leader of the gang over there. ”

"It's okay in that residential area, the palace area is ......," Guo Kang said in surprise: "These gangs are mainly composed of people from the lower classes of the city." Do the palace districts and the noble districts have fixed members? ”

"Of course, the aristocratic district is not all aristocrats." Father Mikhail shrugged: "Although the nobles always have various methods, from specifying the status hierarchy to indirectly screening with the help of land prices, in short, they want to separate themselves from the lower classes in space. ”

"But it's impossible." He said: "I have traveled far and wide, going north to the land of the Swedes and south to the east of Sarai where the Celestials live. I have found that people in different places have different hobbies, and they value treasures and flaunt their wealth in different ways. However, everyone has one thing in common, that is, the highest manifestation of status is not how many things are controlled, but how many people are controlled. ”

"So, even if there is no such high demand, the nobles always need to create a set of needs, and then gather a large group of people to serve themselves and show their control over people."

"This is no longer just an ordinary necessity of life, so as long as the nobles still feel that they are superior, there will always be a large number of lower-class residents to live in their territory. Moreover, there have always been quite a few such servants, so the gang naturally followed suit. ”

"No wonder he's in an important position." Guo Kang immediately understood: "It is estimated that it is indispensable to help people do dirty work." ”

The interrogated minions didn't understand what they were saying, but seeing that the two men knew Elder Alexander, he hastened to say, "It would be better if you knew the situation. The people who deal with the elders are not comparable to those of us, and if you provoke them, not only me, but all of us here will not have a good time. For everyone's sake, forget it. ”

However, Guo Kang didn't bother to pay attention to him at all.

"If I ask you, you can say it well, what kind of tiger skin is pulled." He knocked it hard again, and screamed at the minions: "Has there been a little boy or girl sent to this place in the past few days?" ”

"Yes, yes, yes." This minion is obviously not a hard bone, and immediately lost his momentum, and hurriedly explained: "Our boss did bring some children these days, but I don't know who they are, and I don't know where they are hidden. I'm the one who works outside the gatekeeper in shifts......"

"You're still playing stupid, aren't you? I'll tell you, this is a big case that the commander is personally staring at. Seeing this, Guo Kang simply took out the Lingqi directly from his arms: "Your elder, and the corrupt officials and corrupt officials he serves, are about to be finished!" I don't want to die with them, so I'll answer the questions honestly! ”

"But ......" the minions became entangled again: "I heard that Elder Alexander's friend is the inspector of the city. They served the great men of the court who could meet Barcelus. ”

"What are you, marshal? Can it cover us? He said worriedly, "I've never heard of it?" Is he as big as an inspector? ”

“……”

Guo Kang and Father Mikhail silenced him all at once.

Since the minions are so uninformed, it is useless to scare him. Guo Kang and the others had no choice but to give up and interrogate others.

They asked around, only to find out that these minions probably didn't know. In the past few days, there are more than these two little boys and girls who have been taken away, and it should have been prepared by their boss for this elder. Yesterday, the elder also visited in person, and Boss Sergei specially hosted a banquet for him.

It's just that these minions are not qualified to participate, and they can only guard the door outside. Even the chef had only been cooking on the first floor for the whole night, only knowing that there was a lot of noise on it as usual, and he didn't know what was going on.

As for those who attended, along with those who had been plundered, they had already been taken away. The whole thing was done by Alexander and Sergey, with their henchmen, from beginning to end, without even letting the minions outside help out.

The minions thought that the maids who were caught should know the situation better, but those people were already stupid and didn't say anything no matter how they asked. Guo Kang had no choice but to come out again to promise, saying that he would send them to the convent managed by the church afterwards and protect them, and those people said something.

One of them said that when she went to deliver food last night, she saw Elder Alexander's men and threw some miscellaneous items out, and there seemed to be someone inside. Afterwards, when she went to clean up, she could still see blood on the ground.

However, Alexander and the others were quite rough with the maid, punching and kicking at every turn, so she didn't dare to inquire about the specific situation.

However, she suspects that it may be the victim of a previous abduction.

However, the placement of these "hospitality gifts" was the responsibility of Sergei's mistress herself. This woman is more vicious than those male thugs, especially for them, she is often inexplicably jealous, and almost every day she will find an unlucky person, abuse her, and even beat someone to death. Something that has something to do with her, the maid is even more afraid to approach and confirm.

"That's enough." Guo Kang hurriedly said.

He told the church examiner to go and check the room next to the ballroom she had said. Then, together with Father Mikhail and others, he hurried to the garbage dump across the road, and sure enough, he found a bag of marijuana.

The appearance of this thing was very sudden.

These days, the big bag itself means a large amount of cloth. For the poor here, this whole piece of fabric is very valuable in itself, and it can be used for a variety of purposes, and it is too wasteful to use it for throwing away garbage. The only explanation is that it was thrown out by Sergei and others and temporarily placed here. The poor people next to him didn't dare to touch it no matter how much they wanted it.

The knight captain drew his sword and opened the sack, and a strong fishy smell immediately spread.

Guo Kang retched a few times after being smoked, but no one around him was surprised, and no one paid attention to him. Everyone looked at the young body that had rolled out of the sack.

Vladimir hurried up, but as soon as he squeezed out of the crowd, his wife glanced at the corpse, stopped, and kept muttering "not her, not her" in place, and then drew a cross and prayed.

Guo Kang didn't know whether she recognized that this was not her child, or if she simply didn't dare to confirm it, so she could only hope that her heavenly father would bless her. However, Vladimir did not have time to pay attention to her, he rushed over, turned the body over, and then paused for a moment.

"No, no."

He turned around and shook his head at Father Mikhail.

When Guo Kang heard this, he also looked at it carefully.

The corpse was mutilated, with bruises on and over its face, which seemed to have been badly deformed from multiple blows, and swollen around its eyes. Several large openings were made in the chest and abdomen, and the intestines flowed out. The corpse's head was disheveled with half-length hair, and its lower body was bloody, and it seemed that several pieces of flesh had been cut off, and it was impossible to tell whether it was a little boy or a little girl.

Guo Kang frowned, subconsciously took half a step back, and happened to collide with Guo Ponu behind him. Guo Ponu patted him with his hand and let him recover from his discomfort.

"Record the incriminating evidence." He turned back to the clerk and said, "Besides, since my parents think it's not, it means that the person we are looking for is still not here." We continue to ......"

Before he could finish speaking, Vladimir's wife suddenly screamed.

She pounced directly, startling Guo Kang, and even the knight captain next to the sack was shocked by this inhuman voice and took two steps back.

Then, the middle-aged woman in ragged clothes fell on the cold and dirty ground and began to cry.

Guo Kang stretched out his head to look and saw that she was holding a severed limb in her hand. It must have fallen out of the bag when the knight captain fiddled with it just now.

Vladimir also rushed over, and after looking at it for a moment, he knelt on the ground without saying a word.

Father Mikhail strode forward and helped him.

Vladimir did not cry directly, like his wife, but as if he was confused. He looked at Father Mikhail in bewilderment, then at the mutilated calf in the garbage heap, and fell silent.

"Kid, kid!" Father Mikhail hurriedly shook him vigorously: "Be sober! Our Father is watching you from heaven! ”

Vladimir looked up and looked to his side. But Father Mikhail knew that his somewhat distracted gaze was not looking at himself, but at the higher and farther being behind him.

Vladimir clenched his hands, trembled, and let out a long sigh.

"Father—"

Then he fell silent again. After holding on for a moment, he lowered his head and collapsed on Father Mikhail's chest, silently shedding tears.

Guo Kang, who was not far away, was still staring at the amputated limb.

In his field of vision, the young limb, which had lost its vitality, seemed to gradually dry up and change color, and finally overlapped with the blurred image of the only remaining stump of his uncle that he had witnessed as a child.

"Barbarian......" Guo Kang muttered.

"What did you say?" Guo Ponu leaned over and looked at him worriedly.

"Nothing." Guo Kang shook his head. After a moment of emotion, he quickly regained his composure: "Gather the team." We'll have to keep tracking. ”

"To live to see people, to die to see corpses." He instructed the people gathered around: "Even if they eat the corpse, cut open the stomach and dig it up for me." Got it! ”

Everyone responded in unison.

(End of chapter)