On the day I came out of the Kud Mountains, it was raining heavily in the sky, and the mountain roads became extremely muddy. Obviously, they planned to go out of the mountain in the morning, but when they actually arrived at Boomer, it was already dark, and several people could only hurry to find a hotel to stay.

But at night, Boomer did not have a single hotel open, and all the doors were closed. If it closes, it's a little too early. The crowd wandered around the city for a long time in the torrential rain, and finally found a tavern that was not closed.

The faint light of the tavern through the window was the last hope of Eisrade and his party for the night, and Pneirolo stepped forward and tapped at the door, calling out anxiously, "Hello, we are passing travelers, can we spend the night with you tonight?"

There was no one inside, and Pnirolo lost her patience, and she took two steps back, and suddenly kicked open the not-so-solid wooden door, which she nearly kicked away.

An old woman who was tidying up the table was startled by the sudden movement, and when she looked at Punirolo and her group who had rushed in, she shouted behind her, "Bennet! Benat!

An old man with unkempt hair hurriedly ran out of the back kitchen, holding a kitchen knife in his hand, and roared: "I have already given enough money this month! According to the rules, you can't do anything to us!"

Eisred walked to the front and said apologetically, "You misunderstood us, we are just passing travelers, it is raining too hard outside, can we spend the night with you?"

After the old man, who seemed to be husband and wife, looked at each other, the old woman spoke: "Then please come in quickly, and follow Benate to the back, I will quickly turn off the lights." ”

A few people walked through the door and followed the old man named Bennet to the back kitchen, and as he left, Bennet glared at his wife reproachfully, as if complaining that she shouldn't have invited strangers in.

Passing through the back kitchen, the men came to a warehouse where a small table was set up, and Bennet moved a few chairs for everyone to sit down, and soon the old woman came in.

Bennet looked at the panicked old woman and asked, "Linda, have you packed it up?"

Linda nodded, but the fear on her face didn't completely subside. Then she turned to Israel and the others and said, "I'm sorry, you can only sleep here tonight, our guest room was sold by us the day before yesterday to pay off the debt." ”

Celetia said magnificently, "It's okay, you take us in for one night, and tomorrow I'll go and buy your room for you as a thank you." ”

"No need. Bennet shook his head with a wry smile, "Even if it is redeemed, it will still be sold next month to pay the 'black tax'." ”

"Black tax, this can't be!" Punirolo seemed surprised, "Although Boomer is on the edge of the province of Gonser, it is also the jurisdiction of Midnight, and Midnight will not collect black tax from ordinary merchants like you, only those underground industries such as casinos and brothels need to pay black tax at midnight. ”

Bennet and Linda looked at Punirolo in surprise, a little puzzled why the young girl knew so much about the gangsters.

"It used to be like this. "But just a while ago, someone at midnight came to our shop and informed us that we would have to pay a black tax of 100 silver coins every month starting this month. ”

"100 silver, a tavern like yours can earn up to 20 silver a month. Punirolo frowned.

"Yes, that's what we told the man, but he said that if we don't get together the 100 silver coins by the end of the month, we will be responsible for all the consequences. At first, we didn't know what the consequences were, but towards the end of the month, we heard that all the merchants who didn't want to pay the black tax had disappeared overnight. Bennet said.

Linda took over: "So when the black tax collector came to the door the next day, we took out all our savings and barely scraped together 100 silver coins. But in the second month, we had to sell the house to make money. ”

"But just last month, we heard that even if some merchants paid their black taxes on time, their families disappeared for no apparent reason. "We're planning to move out of the city and back to our hometown, but we've heard that our hometown is so infested with wild beasts that we don't even want to send messengers, and we haven't heard from our children for a long time." ”

Speaking of this, Celetia asked excitedly, "Where is your hometown? Is it the village of Hylut?"

The couple nodded in surprise, not knowing how Celetia had guessed.

Punirolo then asked, "Are you surnamed Baith?"

Linda said excitedly, "Yes, yes, our surname is Baith, are you from the village of Hylut, and have you seen our children Sophia and Barton?"

Punirolo nodded, took out Sophia's letter, and handed it to the Bys. The two took the letter with trembling hands, and when they had finished reading it, Bennet clutched the letter to his chest and murmured, "Thank you, O goddess Aphya, that the children are all right." ”

Linda wiped the tears from the corners of her eyes and said with a smile: "Thank you so much, we will not forget your help when we return to our hometown, and we will pray to Lord Luciland for your safety day and night." ”

Puniroro said domineeringly: "You don't need to go back to your hometown, the act of collecting black taxes from ordinary citizens is not allowed at all at midnight, and I will let them spit out all the money that the scum swallowed and return it to you." ”

Mr. and Mrs. Beth hurriedly stopped Puniroro and said, "Miss, you don't know what a terrifying organization Midnight is, it's the biggest gang in Gangse Province and even in the entire Flanda Kingdom, don't provoke them!"

Celetia on the side snorted and laughed, and said, "It's okay, no one is more suitable than her to find trouble at midnight, so don't worry." ”

The Beths wanted to continue to stop Punirolo, they felt that it would be a pity for such a beautiful and kind girl to lose her beautiful life on the spur of the moment, but a word from the little man in the group made them shut up completely.

"Monsieur and Mrs. Beth, you need no more persuasion, her name is Puniro. ”

There may be people in the province of Gonther who don't know the lord Duke Oliver, but there is definitely no one who dares not to know that Punirolo, the woman who single-handedly founded the biggest gang in the kingdom at the age of 20, her name is even louder than Luciland in the province of Gonther.

"Earl!" Punirolo seemed reluctant to reveal his identity.

"Don't be angry, big sister, anyway, everyone will know when you purge the former gang tomorrow. Earl said with a smile.

"That's right. Punirolo turned to the Byses, "Boomer's Midnight branch is still under the control of Old Tacka, right?"

"You mean Master Taka?" asked Benat, "we haven't seen him in a long time, and he used to take his grandson for a walk in the streets, and he would say hello to everyone he met." ”

Linda said worriedly, "I think something might have happened to Lord Taka, otherwise he wouldn't have allowed the black tax to be levied on us at midnight." ”

Punirolo nodded and said, "I have absolutely confidence in Old Taka's character, otherwise I wouldn't have been able to give him this place." Tomorrow I'll go to the branch and see what's going on. ”

Late at night, the Byss and his wife sent soft bedding to Israel and the others, hoping that the warriors who helped their daughter deliver the letter could get a good rest, and that Punirolo could go tomorrow to reorganize the order of midnight and return the peaceful life to Boomer.

The rainstorm washed over the city all night, and a few mysterious shadows quietly opened the door of a house on the street, and tomorrow the family's neighbors would find that Boomer had added several more people to the list of missing people.

The next morning, Punirolo got up, and was about to go out when he happened to meet Israde, who was carrying breakfast in one hand and a cage of rats in the other. Israel Rad asked Puniro, "Puniroro, are you going out now?"

Punirolo nodded, "I'd love to see who these bastards are who messed around at midnight." ”

"I'll go with you, I always feel that this matter is not easy. Israel Lai gently placed breakfast and the rat cage on the table in the warehouse, and walked out the door.

Puniroro wanted to refuse, but looking at Israde's determined eyes, she agreed.

In less than half an hour, Punirolo led Israel to a nondescript building, and Israel was surprised: "How did you find it so quickly?"

"I personally selected every branch of Midnight, and I've been to this place once before. Punirolo said lightly.

"I've only been here once, do you remember? The Gangster Queen is truly famous. Israel teased.

Before Pruniro could answer, he caught a glimpse of a little boy sneakily leaning out in a small alley not far away. Although Israel didn't know why, he chose to follow in Puniroro's footsteps.

The little boy was obviously startled by the sudden rush of Punirolo, and before he could escape, he was grabbed by the back of the neck by the speeding Punirolo.

"Let go of me! you let go of me!" the little boy struggled desperately with a crying voice.

"I've seen you, you're old Taka's grandson, Tyras, aren't you?" Punirollo put the little boy down and helped him wipe the tears from his face.