Philo City is a small city in the middle of the Ron Empire, with a population of less than 50,000 in the city, because it is a trade route next to the town, all the merchants and mercenaries will rest in this small city temporarily, therefore, the inns, bars and yellow industries in the small city have brought the town into prosperity, and the small city that is originally five miles long and about three miles wide can not meet such a large flow of people, so the lord of Philo City simply used the taxes of past merchants to expand Philo City.

The length has become ten li, and the width has become five li, and the population has increased from less than 50,000 to nearly 150,000, plus the merchants who come and go, the daily flow of people is also more than 10,000, because the population has increased, so in terms of public security and urban justice, the city lord of Philo City has done a little inadequate.

Thieves and thieves can be seen everywhere here, there are people begging along the streets, and there are not a few people who want to come over and become famous in one fell swoop, so this Philo City is called a combination of heaven and hell, in order to control the population, and get enough profits, the city lord gave an order, in addition to the worthless people, there are also strong people at the level of the saint do not have to pay taxes, and the rest of the people have to pay five copper coins whether they enter or leave the city.

This is calculated according to the number of people, and the tax on the city gate alone every day has completely made the city lord sit and count the money every day until his hands cramp, but now this fat and somewhat outrageous city lord has received a message from his subordinates, there are very few people this morning, and it seems very abnormal, so the officers and soldiers on duty at the city gate sent a patrol team, after all, the flow of people is related to their income, so as soon as the abnormality is found, the city defense force will immediately dispatch.

The result of this dispatch made the officers on duty in the city defense angry, and I don't know when a group of people appeared in the position of nearly ten miles south of the city of Philo, they guarded the official road, checking the passers-by, and the caravan was the focus of their attention, especially the orcs in the team, and not far from this group of people, a strong smell of blood made the war horses can't help but neigh, and even some soldiers fell off their horses.

This group of people actually killed people in broad daylight, and the corpses all over the ground were all young and still there, and even the youngest looked like they were only about seven or eight years old, and there was no need to count, and everyone in the patrol team knew that the layers of corpses had already exceeded twenty.

But the patrol did not dare to step forward, because those people had the emblem of the Imperial Supervision Department, which meant that this was a direct act of the royal family, so in addition to retreating slowly, the patrol could only report this matter to the city lord as quickly as possible.

After hearing this, in addition to sighing, the smile on his face showed when he rolled his eyes, and in the eyes of the subordinates around him, it was as obscene as it was.

The sudden appearance of the Ron Imperial Supervision Department on the trade route, and the execution of suspects who may have problems in front of all pedestrians, made many merchants frightened, these people seemed to be just looking for one or two targets, and knew that these two targets would come to Philo City, so they guarded on this only way to Philo City, and the bloody qi spread on the trade route, forcing the dissatisfaction in the hearts of the merchants to suppress and obediently cooperate with their inspection.

It's just that everyone couldn't imagine that neither these masked men of the Imperial Supervision Department nor the merchants on the road did not expect that the target they were looking for and conjecturing had already been feasted on in Philo City.

"Twelve, this meat seems to be good, you go and see if there is anything else in that store, we can go get some more, and then we can eat enough." Lin looked at Twelve with glowing eyes, and the servant Twelve couldn't help but turn his head, the location of the five people was the slum in the city of Philo, this kind of place housed a large number of homeless people, and the environment of this kind of place was very poor, the sewage flowed at will, the piles of garbage emitted a stench no less than the sewage, and the crowded and low houses were ventilated everywhere, it was hard to imagine how people could survive in this precarious environment.

This is an unanswerable question, because nearly a third of the people in the city of Philo are gathered here, so the poor people can only huddle together in seven or eight people in the cold, otherwise, the chance of one person being frozen to death is as high as ninety percent, and listening to the old people in this slum, every winter, a large number of frozen corpses are dragged out here, and then they do not know where to go.

Some say that it was hastily buried by a random pit, some say that it was bought by the nobles as pet rations, and some say that it was bought by necromancers for research, all kinds of rumors can be seen everywhere in the slums, and they all sound so well-founded, so when Lin hears this kind of news, he will pull people to ask to the end, and Caleb can only helplessly follow, although some questions he also needs to ask.

After all, the twelve enemies couldn't meet Lin Cheng's gaze, and after looking left and right, he rushed out of a small alley, the speed was so fast that the other two servants were surprised, and Lin continued to fight with the food in his hands, listening to his eating sound, everyone felt that their appetite was great, and even Calle had to admit that he would definitely be able to eat more than he was able to eat with Lin.

"Well, you said we should give them some, and it looks quite pitiful. Caleb still has most of the steak in his hand, this is the steak that Twelve took out directly from a steakhouse without the permission of the owner, for Caleb, who has not eaten properly for many days, the steak in front of him is already comparable to delicious, although this steak is single, but it is better than the quantity, so he can eat to his heart's content.

But around him and Lin, there were already several teenagers who were about the same age as him, but the size was very different, and they were looking at him and Lin with grinning teeth.

By taking it without permission, Twelve directly obtained five people to eat at noon, and when this kind of meat steak appeared in the slums, it caused an uproar, and many teenagers the same size as Calle even saw meat steaks for the first time, and a few younger children, even smelling the smell of meat, their eyes were directly red, and the result was naturally to meet the extreme food protection forest.

In less than ten breaths, Lin knocked over all these peers who intended to snatch food to the ground, and then repelled a group of middle-aged people who came out to take revenge with the same means, in the whole process, Lin only used a pair of fists, and the dagger on his waist did not even touch, Calle and the three servants watched quietly there, and when the wailing was all over the ground, the food that Lin put down had been completely divided by four people, which is why Lin wanted to steal it again.

"There's no need, they don't lack that. After speaking, Lin took out the water bag behind his back, poured it into his mouth, and then looked at the direction of Twelve Hours, with a look of hope.

Soon, Twelve appeared in the alley just now, but looking at his panicked face, he knew that things seemed to have changed slightly, Twelve's speed was not slow, and he soon came to the front of four people, and he was still holding seven or eight meat steaks on his chest, which made his movements very unsmooth, and his speed did not reach the speed that it should be.

"Little master!"

"What are you doing in a daze, hurry up and run, don't let them recognize us as a group, gather at the north gate of the city!" After saying that, Lin directly pulled Caleb and flashed into another alley, while the servants Eleven and Twelve were a little confused and froze in place, Twelve looked at the two small figures that suddenly disappeared, first stunned, and then suddenly screamed, threw two or three meat steaks into the alley where Lin was, and then ran wildly.

There are fewer things on the body, and the speed will naturally increase, and Twelve will soon completely shake off the people behind him, and then he began to ask around where the North Gate is located, since the little master has said that the North Gate is gathered, I am afraid that he will leave tonight, and Twelve knows that he does not have much time, so he has to hurry.

But when Twelve felt the north gate, he found that it had been closed for some time, and that there were three times as many soldiers in charge of the guard, and that Lin and Calle and the two servants were nowhere to be found.

When he was about to have a bad premonition in his heart, Twelve suddenly raised his head with a pain, as if he had been hit by something small, looked down, it was actually a small pebble, and looked along the trajectory, behind a big tree hugged by five people, Lin Zheng greeted him silently, looking at his serious face, it seemed that there was a problem.

At this time, the city gate was closed for searching, and more and more soldiers began to appear on the commercial street to search door to door, this kind of search seems to be very strict, but in the case of not being sure that they are the target of the search, it is better not to act rashly.

The five of them found a place to settle in the slum, which is the northernmost part of the slum and the closest place to the north gate of the city, and the place where they settled was a two-story building, and the five people were all on the second floor, which was a place in the slum to achieve a relatively open line of sight.

The wooden building is covered with cobwebs, a light breeze can make the whole small building creak and crumble, whether it is on the ground or on the wall, the yellow-brown traces are all over the entire first floor, mice and flies can be seen everywhere, the stench is overwhelming, this kind of place is not a place where people can stay, staying for a while will make people feel suffocated, and want to escape from this place quickly.

The soldiers of Philo City had already rushed into the slum in a loud voice, and the sound of getting closer and closer made the hearts of the five people upstairs slowly lift, if these people were really looking for them, then it didn't seem like a good choice to stay where they were now.

It was Calle who was especially worried, but Lin shook his head and said that he didn't have to worry, before going upstairs, he had already made small changes to this small building without anyone noticing, as long as they came, he was sure enough to dodge.

For Lin's arrangement, Kahler didn't dare to fully trust it, because the young man's personality in front of him had changed greatly, and it was completely different from the Lin he knew before, and his unpredictable personality made Calle even more unable to see through Lin's reality, just like the measures that Lin had just done in the building, it didn't seem to have any effect, the small building was wooden, as long as it was far away and the height was equal, the figure of the five people could be seen at a glance, but how could Lin dare to guarantee that he could avoid being searched?

"It's coming!" With a low shout from Twelve, a team of five appeared at the door of the small building.

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