Release that Witch - Chapter 340
[Chapter 339 Assassin]
When Vader took off his patched coat and put on a new uniform, he felt warm all over.
The surface of the clothes is made of thick leather, and there is a cotton lining inside, which not only has the thermal performance of leather clothes, but also has the softness of cloth clothes. These materials alone are probably worth several silver wolves.
Although its shape is similar to the uniform of the city hall, its color is very different – the background color of the trousers is pure black, and the shoulders, neckline and cuffs are trimmed with white striped lace, which looks very eye-catching.
After the fifteen people put on their new uniforms and stood in a row again, they couldn’t help but push their chests higher.
“That’s right,” Carter smiled with satisfaction, “Now you all come with me.”
At this time, there was still light snow in the sky, and this was the first time Vader saw snow falling continuously since autumn.
Jinsui City occasionally snows, but it will stop for a day or two at most. Children often pile up snow dolls on the side of the street, or make snowballs and throw them around. Therefore, there is a saying that snow days are childhood festivals. .
However, it is very inconvenient for adults. The snow will make the shoes damp and moldy, the streets will be difficult to walk, the shops will be neglected, and the roof of the house will occasionally be crushed.
At such a time the patrol would never go out, and if they did go they would find a tavern, where they would sit round the fire, drinking warm ale and flirting with the maid.
And none of this can be seen in Border Town.
Every day, someone clears the snow on the street and sweeps it to the sides—this is a long-term recruitment issued by the city hall, which can be settled daily or monthly. It is a job with low returns and quick money.
There were many townspeople coming and going in the street, some wearing straw hats and some wearing cloaks, all busy with their work.
If all the falling snow in the town is removed, it is no problem to say that it is summer.
If he hadn’t witnessed it with his own eyes, Vader would never have believed that a small town on the border of the kingdom looked busier than Golden Spike City. If it wasn’t for the towering church and bell tower in the town, he would really think he was What big city are you staying in?
Soon, a group of people came to the pier. There were more than ten sailboats parked in the Chishui River, and hundreds of people had already gathered on the shore. It was the same scene when the people arrived in the town together.
“Report! These people are…”
“Refugees from the south and the north. In order to allow them to spend the winter safely, His Highness specially sent someone to summon them to Border Town. Your task is to assist the city hall to maintain order and let these people People line up to pass through the checkpoints one by one, and then undergo quarantine and registration.” Carter ordered, “There are still few police officers, so there will be soldiers from the First Army to assist you. In the future, this work will have to be done by you independently. ”
“Yes!”
It doesn’t sound difficult, just like directing refugees to line up to get porridge.
Vader walked to the checkpoint and started to yell loudly, telling the nearby people to obey his command and move closer one by one.
“Your name? Where do you come from? Do you have anything you are good at? Can you understand text?”
Every fugitive who passed the checkpoint will be asked by the city hall staff, and then roughly recorded.
Vader knows that this is only a preliminary statistics, and after everyone settles down, there will be further review and verification, and those with expertise will be transferred to the inner city first–he has personally experienced this process once.
Suddenly, there was a commotion behind him. Vader turned his head and saw a man in a fluffy robe, protected by a group of guards, coming to the dock area.
The long flying gray hair showed his identity – the local lord, His Royal Highness Roland Wimbledon.
In addition, there are several people in Chinese costumes standing beside him, they should all be in charge of the city hall.
Unexpectedly, His Royal Highness would come to inspect these refugees in person in the wind and snow, which made Vader a little surprised. In the severe cold season, few big nobles are willing to leave the warm bed early in the morning, especially when there are servants to take care of everything. case.
“My name is Mane, from the Northland, um… I’m good at farming. I can’t read.”
“Farming?” The city hall official ticked the corresponding box on the record sheet, “Okay, you can go there.”
At this moment, Vader noticed that the other party glanced at the direction where His Royal Highness was standing when he passed the checkpoint. There was no trace of awe in his eyes, which was completely different from the eyes of ordinary civilians.
“Wait.” He subconsciously said.
“What, what’s the matter?”
“Are you a farmer? What month should the winter wheat be planted?” The
city hall official also looked at him, with a look of impatience on his face, “It’s just a preliminary registration, and I don’t have time to go one by one. Identify whether they are telling the truth. Didn’t Master Carter explain the process clearly to you? You just need to help me maintain order.”
Hearing what the other party said, the man immediately shut his mouth.
What a fool!
Vader frowned, and said indifferently, “You don’t speak like a northern resident, but a bit like the usual accent in the middle of the kingdom. That town in the North is where you come from? I’m very familiar with it.”
Mane hesitated .
Down, still no answer.
“And your attire, if you’re in the Northland, even if you don’t freeze to death, your fingers should be frozen, and it’s below freezing point all the year round.” Vader grabbed his right hand, “Where are your gloves?” ? Don’t tell me that you came to Border Town and found out that the temperature here is warmer, so you threw away your gloves.”
Now the checkpoint staff also heard that something is wrong, if you lie about being good at something, it may be because you want to get better This kind of behavior of concealing one’s own origin seems very strange.
“Where did you come from?”
Gritting his teeth, Mane suddenly took out a red ball from his bosom, slammed it into his mouth, and shouted, “Get out of here!”
Vader suddenly felt The opponent’s wrist became hot, and he wanted to push the mane to the ground like a conditioned reflex, but found that even with all his strength, the opponent still remained motionless.
Then Mane raised his arm, and Vader felt his whole body fly up.
He fell heavily to the ground, and there was a burning pain from behind UU Reading www.sonicmtl.com.
Damn it, the wound was open, he spit out, shook his dizzy head, turned over and got up, his mane was no longer in place.
Four or five refugees sprang out from the crowd, and their movements were as agile as the evil beasts outside the city wall. With a few strides, they climbed over the temporary railing set up by the city hall and ran towards His Royal Highness.
The purpose of this group of people couldn’t be more obvious, and it was aimed at the high-level officials and lords of Border Town.
Thinking of the strange force erupting from the mane, Vader could almost imagine the scene where His Royal Highness’ personal guards were torn apart by them on the spot, and even the prince himself could not escape.
However, none of this happened.
He soon heard a series of ping-pong-pong sounds—just like the situation when soldiers on the city wall fought against evil beasts.
White smoke floated in front of the prince.
Mane’s head turned into a bloody spray in the smoke.
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[End of this Chapter]
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