Chapter 458 Tubat Town
Things suddenly became tense. Alice quickly took the dagger in her hand, and Hullington also took a stance, ready to activate the ten chakra on his body at any time. Get ready to fight. Looking around at the thirty or forty soldiers and officers who looked very untouchable, as well as the dozen or twenty horned demons with red faces and fangs in their hands, they both felt a little scared. But when I thought about Bing Zhixie being around, my nervousness became much better.
Alice said: "Why did you arrest us? What crime have we committed?"
The soldier said arrogantly: "You look like outsiders, then I will let you know clearly. , What crime have you committed? We, the soldiers of the empire, represent the political power of the empire. You have just insulted us, which means you insulted the Guiniz Empire. According to the laws of the empire, insulting the imperial regime is considered treason. Even if you are outsiders, you will be jailed and sentenced to severe punishment!"
"What?" Alice felt incredible after hearing this: "Because of this, Isn’t it ridiculous that we have violated your laws and should be sentenced to a heavy sentence? You must be crazy.”
"You still dare to scold us." The soldier waved his hand: "Catch them and send them to the army together."
'Shuashuashua' unsheathed his sword and saw that the soldiers were about to rush forward one by one.
“Wait a minute.” Hughington felt something was wrong and quickly shouted, jumping off the reindeer. He walked up to the leading officer and said, "I'm sorry, I think we may have a misunderstanding."
"Misunderstanding, what misunderstanding do we have?" the officer said as if he was about to lose his temper.
Hughington smiled and said: "That's right. We are just travelers passing by. We have no intention of insulting you or your country's regime. This little girl is my friend. She just said the wrong thing. , I apologize to you on her behalf. Look at the three of us. We are all teenagers, and you are dignified imperial officers. I have always dreamed of becoming someone like you. I am very proud and have a sense of honor. I imagine that people with status and power like you will not be the same as us. ”
"Boy, do you think we will let you go by saying this? Even if I agree, the laws of our empire do not agree." The soldier said sternly.
Hughington returned to the reindeer and found a small bag from the luggage bag on the deer's back. He took his brother to the officer and said: "I know that the Guiniz Empire is rich in gold. You must have seen a lot of gold. I have some magic crystals in this bag. Although it is not a lot, it is half of our travel expenses. As imperial officers, you perform official duties and escort prisoners to serve their sentences. It must be very hard to travel long distances. You should drink some wine and eat some meat to replenish your strength on the way."
Alice frowned. I really don't like Hughington's groveling manner.
The officer opened the small cloth bag and looked at it. The quality of the magic crystals inside was very poor. Most of them were first-grade crystals. The total value of the magic crystals was only seventy or eighty gold coins. It was very expensive to hold in his hand. He threw it away with disdain: "I work for the empire at public expense, so I don't need the money." After saying that, he threw the small bag on the ground.
"Damn it, he..." Alice was about to get angry, but was stopped by Bing Zhixie next to her.
Hullington was neither unhappy nor angry. He still said with a smile on his face: "I was wrong. These gold coins are for the soldiers to drink." He walked to Bing Zhixie and took it from the pocket of his magic robe. , searched left and right, and took out a blue cat eye as big as a finger.
Bing Zhixie knew that he did not have such a blue cat eye, and it must have been prepared by Hullington himself.
Hughington said: "This gem was given to us by a rich man when we were performing in other countries. We don't understand gems, so there is no use keeping it, so I gave it to you, officer." . ”
General tour groups will perform some talents wherever they go to earn travel expenses. This is a very common thing on the mainland.
Guiniz is rich in gold and also produces some low-grade gemstones such as obsidian, but other resources are relatively poor. The officer liked the blue opal very much when he saw it, but he felt that it was a bit wrong to take it directly, so he said with a straight face: "Are you trying to bribe us with this gem?"
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"No, no, no, no, it's not a bribe, it's not a bribe." Hughington said with a smile: "How can this be a bribe? The three of us have not violated the laws of your country, and we have nothing to ask you, officer. It's just that I just want to apologize to you for the unpleasantness I caused, don’t you think?”
The officer laughed after hearing what he said: "Yeah, you don't ask us for anything. Of course it's not a bribe. In fact, we imperial soldiers certainly won't be as knowledgeable as you promising young people just because of a little quarrel, let alone arrest people indiscriminately. I was just joking with you just now. , to scare you. The soldiers returned to their ranks and continued escorting the prisoners." An adjutant picked up the money bag on the ground and dispersed with the soldiers.
The officer said to Hullington and the others: "But I have to remind you that our Guiniz Empire is very strict about the law. If you continue to insult other government officials, they will You may not be as easy to talk to as I am.”
“Thank you for reminding me.”
The officer said: "Okay, you can go your own way."
"Hey." Bing Zhixie stopped him and said, "Let me ask you, is there a village ahead?"
The officer turned around and said, "Yes, there is a small town five kilometers ahead."
"Thank you, thank you." Bing Zhixie thanked him repeatedly.
Seeing these soldiers and prisoners leaving, Alice was very unhappy: "Tch, why are you so polite to them? According to my temper, I should beat them to pieces with three punches and two legs, and then I'll fight back. With my master here, what are you afraid of?”
Hullington said: "It's not because I'm afraid, I just don't want to cause unnecessary trouble. You have also seen how domineering they are. I have never wanted you to go to the Guiniz border because their regime here is corrupt and dark, and those government soldiers Worse than bandits, mess with There will definitely be big trouble if we go to them."
Bing Zhixie agreed: "Shulington is right, we should avoid causing trouble and leave here as soon as possible. We are now in the Guiniz Kingdom. , you will be wanted if you provoke government troops.”
< br>Alice said: "But they were too arrogant just now, and they would arrest us and put us in jail at every turn. If it were someone else, and they really arrested us like this, it would be too aggrieved and unjust."
Bingzhixie said: “Then you shouldn’t go Provoke them. Forget it, there is a town five kilometers ahead. We can rest peacefully for the day."
Hughington opened the map and looked at it: "There is no sign on the map. Get out of this town.”
The five-kilometer journey is not long, and it only takes about ten minutes to ride a six-pointed reindeer.
"Tubat Town." Hullington looked at the sign at the head of the town: "It seems to be named after the Tubat Volcano not far ahead."
Alice said: " It’s not on the map. It might be a newly built town. You can see that the buildings in the town are quite new. ”
“Let’s see if there is a stable to house the six-pointed reindeer, and then find a place to stay.”
“Yes.” Alice said happily: “I can finally sleep peacefully tonight. , I really miss the big bed in Uncle Caesar’s house.”
(Note: ①. Cat’s Eye: Cat’s Eye, namely “cat’s eye”, “cat’s eye”, “cat’s essence”. Cat’s Eye, also known as Oriental cat’s eye, is a rare and valuable variety in jewelry. Strictly speaking, “cat’s eye” ” is not the name of the gem, but a pattern present on some gems. An optical phenomenon. When a gemstone ground into a hemispherical shape is illuminated by strong light, a narrow and bright reflection will appear on the surface, which is called "cat's eye flash" or "cat's eye flash")
(End of this chapter).