Chapter 164: The Fallen Statue
The next morning, the gloomy weather that had accumulated for a few days finally began to exert its power. kicked down the rising sun in the east, and scattered the fine "needles" of cow hair.
The rain wasn't heavy, but it was annoying. Because it lasted for several hours in a row, it was still in such a half-dead state, as if it was specifically designed to tease the patience of the ants below.
Unfortunately, people in the north have long been accustomed to this treatment. Therefore, the nobles were still busy attending various parties, and the commoners continued to work hard for life......
The accustomed Liliang is as powerful as the people of Riva City today. They always feel that something is missing after waking up in the morning, what is it...... Looking at the gray walls, they suddenly realized that there was a lack of the blank paper that would appear every day.
No matter how Bran officially advertises that the Grey Coats are mob bandits, there will always be people who are touched by the posters. Because what is said and drawn above is really vivid and realistic!
It is an indisputable fact that the aristocracy oppresses the commoners, and it is also an indisputable fact that the nobles live in extravagance and lasciviousness...... All this happens almost every day, and it is not at all covered up by the understatement, singing and dancing words of the newspapers.
So even though the circulars in Riva had explicitly forbidden people to collect propaganda paper, there were still people who quietly hid it and then dreamed back to it either after work, or over a glass of wine, or in the middle of the night...... When he took it out, he carved the most hated name on the fat-headed and big-eared nobleman, and cursed it to his heart's content!
Yes, although it didn't work, I was in a great good mood. Therefore, they bring this thing home almost every day, there is no way, there are too many nobles who hate it......
But today, that propaganda paper is gone. Someone walked a few streets for this, but still didn't find a single one. Did they give up? Or were they caught? No one knows...... Just as they didn't know that a storm was slowly taking shape in this drizzle......
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The Riva City Garrison, where the cavalry coming in and out, seems to be very busy. If you are passing through here. I must have sighed at the intensity of law and order in this city...... No one could have imagined that just a few months ago, it would have been a crowded place.
Bang - the door of the head of the security department is kicked open.
"Damn, can't you learn to knock on the door?" said Bowes, snarling as he removed his legs from the table.
"The locks are all broken, knock on the door!" Needless to say, he could make such a move and speak to Boris in this tone. Only Bernie.
Tie the bandage on his shoulder, Boris said indignantly: "You still have the face to say, isn't this what you kicked and broken." ”
"Okay, okay, when did you bring the habit of the head of the Lai Yan City Garrison. Bernie pursed his lips absently, and then raised his eyebrows when he saw the bandage, "Hurt again? Wasn't it okay last night?"
Bowis waved his arm casually: "I went out to look for food last night, and there was a mole who didn't open his eyes." ”
"Oh. Bernie nodded, not asking anything more.
The Mole is, of course, an assassin. If someone else were to do this, even if they weren't killed, they would make a fuss. But for Bowes and Bernie, this is perfectly normal.
Ever since they came to Riva City and become the head of the security department. Assassinations are commonplace, sometimes even more than three. If they hadn't been assassinated for a few days, they would have felt a little uncomfortable with their bodies, and then they would have gathered all the people. Take the initiative to go out and look for the mole......
"No, here's a list of the moles you've caught this week, and you can send them to the Inquisitor. Bernie handed over a pleated piece of paper.
"What a superfluous move! It's hard to go straight to the gallows!" Bowes rubbed his red nose and took the paper.
Bernie chuckled, "Ha, we'll have to wait until you become an inquisitor." ”
After speaking, he looked down at the huge footprints on the table, shook his head, swept away the piled letters, and sat down: "What is it, the pile is so high." ”
"What else could it be, a letter of protest from the nobility. Bowes picked his nose and wiped it with a casual sticker, looking very dismissive.
The two of them stirred up trouble in the city before, and there were many gangs that they wiped out, which naturally involved the interests of the nobility.
"Uh, are there so many?" Bernie paused, looking at the letters all over the floor. If it were all here, they would probably have to leave the city of Riva with their bunks.
Bowis shook his head: "No, most of these have been sent recently, asking us to find the gray army in the city. ”
"Hehe, it seems that the propaganda paper in the city has put a lot of pressure on them. Bernie pinched his chin and laughed twice.
"Who said it wasn't, I had the idea of beating those nobles when I saw it, what was that doing? "Boris was talking about the propaganda paper with the text on it, and it was about the gray soldiers and the people who were oppressed by the local nobles. With Bowes's ability to solve cases for so many years, he can naturally feel that those should be real.
Bernie shook his head: "We don't care about this...... Well, no matter how much pressure they have, it's useless, they missed it last night. ”
"yes!" Bowis sighed. The scene of last night was vivid, and the gray-clothed soldiers really made him sigh.
As soon as they were caught, three of them committed suicide by biting their tongues on the spot. The remaining two, before they reached the garrison hall, one of them, Colin, confessed...... Now that I think about it, it's clear that this doesn't give them a chance to interrogate more. Not to mention what happened after that, Bowis couldn't help but shake his head when he thought about it now, quite a feeling of hunting geese all day long, only to be pecked blind by geese in the end.
As for the subsequent search, although their previous location was determined, the hotel was already empty. The subsequent city-wide inspection failed to find them. This is also to be expected, the city is so big, and it is dark at night, missing the hotel basically means that you can't catch it.
"But I heard that the propaganda paper is gone this morning, and I guess they should be scared after this time, and they are dormant for the time being. Bernie guessed.
"Possibly!" Boris nodded, and then said, "But it was better for them to get out of Riva City, I only want to catch moles now, and I have no interest in them." ”
"Report!"
Just as Bernie was about to reply, there was indeed a voice at the door. Turning his head, he saw a sweaty cavalryman standing in the doorway, his eyes glancing at the footprints on the door from time to time.
"Come in, what's the matter?" Bowis glared at Bernie, who pouted and jumped off the table.
"Someone came to report that the Gray Clothes Army was conducting propaganda ...... in the city square"
"What!" Bowes exclaimed at the same time as Bernie. Then they looked at each other, just now they said that the other party would be dormant for a while, but now they actually came.
Looking at the cavalry who wanted to stop talking, Boris frowned: "And?"
"Uh, yes. I heard that some nobles sent guards to disperse the crowd, but the two sides of Zuihou started to fight......"
"Mother, what kind of idiot is this?" Bowis slapped his head and was completely speechless.
Of course he knew the habits of the aristocracy, and he should have been beaten to disperse them! In normal times, this method might have been able to suppress it. But the words of the Grey Army at the scene...... I didn't hear it, I did it, and the matter has already made a big fuss!
"Pass my order, all the cavalry in the hall gather at the door!"
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Time backwind, an hour ago. Location, City Square.
Although it was raining lightly, the number of people in the city square was not less than usual, and it was still bustling with people.
Since it is a square, of course, it is indispensable for fountains, carvings and other things. In the center, there is an image of a heroic nobleman carved in red ore, the first lord of Riva, and it was under his rule that many veins were discovered around the city.
However, the discovery of the vein did not bring any benefit to the inhabitants of the town of Riva at the time, on the contrary, it caused them untold pain.
Farmland was quickly encroached upon to make roads, and people were coaxed into burrowing into caves as miners...... Eventually, they found themselves with nothing but a pitiful amount of money. Even former houses have been demolished and turned into cramped slums.
On the other hand, there are more and more nobles here. The reason is simple, they are all here to rob the original ore veins here.
Because there is no farmland, the civilians have to work as miners in order to survive. After the city was built, the nobles also claimed that the commoners of Riva had been honorably turned into citizens. But in reality, these civilians have become paupers.
......
Just as the pedestrians in the square hurried by, ready to walk onto the opposite street, a group of people dressed in different costumes appeared.
At first, no one paid attention to them, and there were thousands of people in the square, who would pay attention to passers-by who didn't know each other. But then some people stopped, and watched in amazement as the group of people went straight to the red noble statue.
Whoosh, whoosh, whoosh......
Raindrops splashed everywhere amid the whistling sound.
But in an instant, the red statue was wrapped in a strong knot by the rope in the hands of this group of people.
Then there was a loud roar in unison, the rope tightened, and the dirt beneath the statue of the red nobleman began to loosen, then tilted, swayed, and stood......
Boom -
The gravel flies, and the red glass on the ground is like a blooming flower, which looks very gorgeous in the raindrops. (To be continued.) )