Inside the Governor's Palace in Bofeng City.

The current Governor, Eli, paced around the room with his hands behind his back, and though he tried his best to suppress it, it was obvious that he was not in a good mood, and seemed to be waiting for something.

There were three other people in the room, two men and one woman, the woman was dressed a bit like Lida, also dressed in a samurai suit, with fist gloves, but with a ponytail combed behind her back, unlike Lida, who had short ear-length hair, and two men, one with a languid look, trimming his nails with a delicate knife, and the other man was tall and burly, with knotted muscles, especially on a pair of arms, the upper arms were bare muscles, pieces of which were the size of a baby's head, and he had a huge sheathed saber in his hand.

The door opened, and Illy's lieutenant hurried in.

Yi Li immediately looked at him and said in a deep voice, "How is it?"

The adjutant forced a smile: "The situation is under control for the time being, and now a large number of citizens are in a confrontation with the guards we sent. Your Excellency the Governor, people are still coming, what should we do now?"

Yili's face was as gloomy as water, and he snorted heavily: "These people, trying to hide their money, even refuse to pay taxes, but they will fight against me for the statue of Noriega. I wanted to scare them with this, but since they dared to oppose me, I would simply knock down the statue. ”

The adjutant was stunned for a moment, "But, Lord Governor, you originally just wanted to scare them, but now that you really push them down, will it cause contradictions and be out of control?"

Yi Li's face sank and said, "What is out of control, what is there to be afraid of." Do you think I should bow my head to the weak citizens? To bow my head is to give up the tax, and I can't collect the tax. How can I explain to the royal family?"

"But. However, the statue of Noriega was proposed to His Majesty by Prince Deva that year. "The adjutant though he was afraid that Eli would be angry. But he also knew that the governor was not a good lord to wait, and if he did not do his duty to remind him that something had happened, he would blame himself for his dereliction of duty.

Yi Li said impatiently: "I know that it was Prince Deva's proposal back then, and His Majesty agreed to erect a statue for him after Noriega's death to commemorate the people of Bofeng City, anyway, he is dead, if it can help restore the ruling order of Bofeng City." Of course, it doesn't matter. But now the situation is different, how many years have passed, the value of this statue has long passed, and even if this statue is erected, Bofeng City has not really submitted to the empire, otherwise taxation would not be so troublesome. ”

Governor Illy was very unhappy, and he was now under a lot of pressure. As far as the Duke is concerned, the normal taxation and temporary levies of each of the previous two governors during their term of office have been completed, and they cannot be completed by his time. But. In fact, the empire's taxation is getting heavier and heavier, and the resistance of Bofeng City is also growing.

Privately. He also spent a lot of money to get the position of governor, and he had to find a way to get it back when he was in office, right?

So, in an instant, the Governor of Ili made up his mind.

"Send more men, transfer half of the guards of the Doge's Palace, and raze the statue of Noriega for me! I will let them know that my every word is true." No need to remind me, no matter how big Prince Deva is, he can't go to His Majesty, this is just a statue of a former enemy of the Empire, it's not a big deal, and Your Excellency just misses the fierceness of the war back then, do you still think that he will be embarrassed for a dead man and me. Eli roared.

The adjutant obediently closed his mouth and hung his head.

"If there is any change in the destruction of the statues, arrest them immediately in the name of suppressing the riot, and I authorize it to you. "If they don't move, let them pay taxes as soon as they destroy the statues, and arrest them for resisting taxes if they don't." ”

"Yes, sir. The adjutant turned and left, and immediately went to carry out Illy's orders.

After Yi Li finished speaking, his anger eased a little.

He looked back and saw the three people who had just turned a blind eye to what had just happened, and his eyebrows furrowed for a moment, and then they opened up, as if thinking of something.

"Three, since you are here to help me, it just so happens that I have something for you to do. ”

Yi Li said this sentence three times in a row, the first two times the three of them were indifferent, and the last time, Yi Li walked up to the man who trimmed his nails.

The other party couldn't pretend to hear it anymore this time, and the lazy man finally raised his head and smiled: "My lord, I first want to correct one of your statements, that is, we were sent to protect you for a while, but you can't assign us to do whatever we want." ”

"That's right, our Phantom Mercenary Regiment is employed by your royal family, not by you, the Governor of Illy. The woman who looked like a female boxer said coldly.

"I only listen to our leaders. The muscular man with the saber in his hand said the least.

"You guys!" Eli was furious, but although he wanted to have a seizure, he also knew that what the three of them said was the truth.

The three people in front of them are the most famous Phantom Mercenary Regiment in Nanfar Malik, the man with the manicure is Amber, the rank is the Pale Wind Knight, the woman is called Cindy, the secret fist envoy, and the last man with the saber in his hand, Monroe, don't look at the other people's tall horses, but his rank is a shadow warrior who is biased towards assassination, so don't think that he will be very bulky to move, the last person who thought like this was cut into several pieces by him with his doppelganger.

The core of the Phantom Mercenary Regiment only maintains a single digit all year round, no more than ten people, and when someone dies, the leader Brandy will choose the right person to fill in, and they usually only accept tasks similar to those of the Blood Griffin, that is, tasks that pay well and are suitable for the operation of elite squads.

However, unlike the Blood Griffin, the Phantom Mercenary Group also maintains close ties with some large mercenary groups, helping and supporting each other, if a large mercenary group is hired to participate in the war, and the large mercenary group cannot deal with the enemy, sometimes they will ask them to help, or spy and reconnoitre, or even directly assassinate the head of the enemy; Need more help. Large mercenary organizations will also be invited to help in the form of remuneration.

For example, if the Phantom Mercenary Group accepts a mission to assassinate or kidnap an important person. But if they can't find an opportunity for a while, they may ask the mercenary organizations that usually cooperate with them to launch an attack, and they will take the opportunity to attack, and in addition, in terms of intelligence, they need to exchange with other mercenary organizations.

This is a cooperative relationship, so some mercenary organizations that have a good relationship with them will naturally ask them for help when they encounter difficult problems, and over time, they will also have a relationship between the countries

Like this time, accept the employment of the Apuro Empire. It is because the Phantom Mercenary Regiment and the Apuro Empire have always cooperated frequently, after the Aurora invaded Cologne many faces, the Apuro Empire lost the first battle, which was extremely shocking, and at the same time, it was swept away and treated as an extremely strong opponent.

Now that the Apuro Empire is gathering heavy troops and preparing to carry out a major battle to defeat the aliens, it is natural to hire some mercenaries, except for some large mercenary groups that will directly participate in the war. Elite missions like the Phantom Mercenary Regiment were also hired by the Apuro Empire at a high price.

Amber, Munro, and Sinti were temporarily sent to protect the Governor of Illy for a period of time. Until the start of the campaign. Because the Apuro Empire was worried that before the start of the battle, the aliens would assassinate the governors of various important places and create chaos.

And Bofeng City is actually quite important here, because at the same time it is close to the kingdom of Yaman, Apuro and Binfu, although the Kingdom of Binfu is ostensibly deterred by the Apuro Empire and promised not to help Yaman, but it has sent troops many years ago, if the Yaman people spend a lot of money and say that they move the Binfu people, it will cause great passivity to the Apuro Empire.

But as Amber says, they were sent to protect Eli, but that didn't mean they would accept the assignment given to them by Eli.

"You're only doing things for money, so how about I hire you now and do something for me?" said Eli angrily.

"Oh, what's the matter, let's hear it, if it's not too much trouble, we can consider splitting one up to help you do it. Amber said to the other two partners: "Anyway, if you are idle, you will be idle, and it is not bad to earn some extra money." ”

"Our prices are very high. Cindy snorted.

"Don't worry, there won't be a single child missing. Yi Li said in a deep voice, "I want to ask you to go to one and guard the prison in Bofeng City for a while. Because this time, in order to deter the citizens, I have mobilized most of the soldiers now to maintain order, and in the event of a conflict, they will also suppress the riots, and now even some of the guards in my house have been sent out, but in this way, the defense force in some other important places in Bofeng City is a little weak, such as the heavy prison I just mentioned, all of them are felons, and many of them are imprisoned there. In the event that the city is disturbed by the townspeople, and the felons feel that there is an opportunity, it will be a big deal, so I would like to ask one of you to come there for a day, and only wait until I have the Noriega statue done and then come back. ”

"Doesn't sound like a big deal, well, which of us is going to take a trip?" Amber said to the other two.

"I'll go. "Monroe Dao.

"Okay, I won't rob you, but this extra money, you half, and the remaining half I will share with Sindy. Amber shrugged and said—

In the prison of Bofeng City, Munro, armed with a sword, followed the warden and patrolled the prison as the representative of the Governor of Ili.

The rows of cells were bars made of iron bars thicker than their arms, and the prisoners in the prison, when they went to the back cells, some wore heavy flails or iron shackles, which meant that they were extremely dangerous, and even if they were locked up, they had to be controlled.

"You and the Governor can rest assured that nothing will go wrong as long as I am here. The warden smiled shyly.

Monro nodded noncommittally, and the warden swallowed his saliva and continued to recount his exploits.

"Every order I have given to the Governor is to be carried out immediately, including the one sent here today, Ma Shiwen, whom I have sent to the innermost cell, and has put him in heavy flail and iron cuffs. The warden said viciously.

"Oh, both, who is this Mashwin?" said Munro curiously.

The warden hurriedly told him the origin of Ma Shiwen, and after hearing a few words, Munro also became a little interested, this person turned out to be Noriega's attendant, and betrayed Noriega's son.

At this moment, suddenly there was a faint voice outside.

The warden sensed something was wrong, and his lieutenant quickly gasped and ran to report to him that someone had infiltrated and killed several jailers.

"Someone sneaked in? damn it, why don't you hurry up and close the prison gates, and then search for him completely? You must let him in, and he can't get out!" The warden was extremely angry, because he was surrounded by a representative sent by Eli, and he was showing his favor to the other party, and he was immediately slapped in the face, and if this was reported to the governor, if Eli got angry and dismissed him, it would be a big loss.

"Somebody's sneaking in? It's kind of funny, so I haven't been active for a long time, and I'll help you catch this mouse." Munro laughed, his huge sword unsheathed, flashing with a blinding cold light, and he strode out with one hand on his shoulder. (To be continued......)