Chapter 30 Church
After the battle in the city gate area, Paul led Schroeder and others on horseback into Port Fulan.
He looked around at the port town. In terms of building area, Fulangang is more than twice as large as Huxin Town. The residents' houses are well-organized and generally taller and more beautiful than the houses in Huxin Town. Starting from the city gate, a winding avenue leads to the west. The dock area, and this avenue is actually paved with bricks and stones, which is infinitely better than the central avenue in Lake Center Town that gets muddy when it rains.
It seems that despite being extorted by pirates for a long time, this town has not lost its vitality. No wonder the Shark Gang has taken a fancy to this place and will not let it go.
As for why the lord’s palace is not located here, the threat of pirates is certainly a very important reason, but the more reason is that the lords in the northwest region often do not place their residences in bustling towns. Many of them The lord's residence was a lonely castle or manor, with no private houses around.
In Paul's memory of his previous life, this was also generally the case for European lords during the Middle Ages on Earth.
Now is not the time to enjoy the scenery, he put his thoughts away. At this time, Cecil, the intelligence chief who came with the army, roughly estimated the number of prisoners and casualties of the pirates, and reported: "My lord, basically all the pirates' effective strength is here. According to my guess, they have no more than Fifty people.”
After a brief discussion among the officers, two cannons and a company were left to guard the city gate, while other troops spread out in platoons to search for fish that had escaped the net. Especially the pirate leader Shark. After a brief interrogation of the prisoners, this cunning pirate leader encouraged his minions to fight for their lives but then he quietly slipped away.
Schroeder suggested: "I think the dock area must be occupied immediately, as sharks may quietly escape in boats from there."
Paul thought it made sense, so he asked Schroeder to take him with him A company of troops marched quickly to the dock area and blocked the port.
Other officers also led their soldiers to search for the remnants of the pirates, while he and intelligence chief Cecil led two platoons, including musketeers, to the church in the center of the town. Intelligence showed that it was the temporary headquarters of the pirates. Paul hoped that the pirates could hide something there, such as sparkling gold coins or sparkling gems. In various legends, pirates do not all hoard treasures. Hobby?
At this time, the residents of Fulan Port closed their homes tightly for fear of being affected by the fighting. The streets were quiet except for the sound of running troops and the sound of horse hooves.
As the church gradually approached, the soldiers at the front suddenly made a warning gesture, and a row of soldiers behind immediately surrounded the Earl and Cecil.
The door of the church was closed, and two corpses dressed as pirates were lying at the door. It's really strange. They should be the first force to arrive in this area. Could it be that the pirates are fighting among themselves?
Soon, the door of the church was knocked open, and the soldiers rushed into the lobby, carefully searching every corner.
But they found nothing except a few pirate corpses.
"It seems that there is indeed internal strife, and another group of people ran away with valuable things."
Paul judged this, and anxiously prayed secretly: "O Lord of light, although I didn't have much respect for your brothers on earth in my previous life, but this time you must ensure that Schroeder can stop them, and I will give you three golden incense sticks afterwards... Oh no, I will donate three gold... and silver coins to the church. , Forget it, let’s just have copper coins.”
He reluctantly led the two soldiers around the church, hoping that the pirates would leave something behind.
After looking at several rooms in person, he came to a room on the second floor and glanced around. There was nothing except a bed, a square table and an old wardrobe.
"Lord of Light! Show me some miracle, otherwise you won't be able to get those three copper coins."
He complained and kicked the man in a vent. Wardrobe.
“Ah——”
A small but clear exclamation sounded.
The two soldiers stared wide-eyed along with the count. "Who is it? Come out!"
One soldier kicked the closet hard while shouting loudly, while the other soldier quickly protected the count behind him. There were dense footsteps outside the room. Soldiers from other places heard the sound and ran towards the room.
A crying voice came from the cabinet: "Stop kicking, I'm coming out right now! Please spare your life, please spare your life!"
Then the door of the cabinet opened, Under everyone's gaze, a middle-aged man wearing a white robe and a Mediterranean hairstyle emerged.
He staggered a few steps, and when he arrived in front of Paul, he knelt down with a plop, hugged his thigh and said with snot and tears: "Sir, I am just a traveling priest. , I am staying here for a few days, and I am not the same group as the pirates who live here. You must not kill a good person by mistake!" After saying this, he started howling. The sound was really sad and made the listeners cry.
"Get up!" Paul kicked the opponent away.
This was too exaggerated. He really couldn't bear the scene of a middle-aged greasy man kneeling in front of him and crying. However, this Mediterranean vision is quite accurate, and he can recognize that he, a half-year-old child, is the leader of this group of people at a glance.
But the man didn't care, he just kept shouting: "Father in heaven, your servant is about to go up to serve you!"
There is no way, it seems that brother His domineering aura is really not something that can be concealed. Although he has tried hard to control it, if he accidentally leaks a little bit, it is enough to make ordinary people unable to stand up.
The earl stretched out his right hand to push back his hair, raised his chin, and made a pose that he thought was very handsome, "I am the local lord, and I came here to eliminate the harm that has been done for a long time. The purpose of pirates is to protect the country and the people, not to kill people and set fires. "Haha, let's continue to be enveloped in my aura.
"Lord?" Father Mediterranean suddenly stopped crying and raised his head to look at the person in front of him carefully. well? I just looked at him and howled. Looking carefully, this man's current movements and temperament do look a bit like the silly son of a landlord.
"Uh-huh!" He stood up, cleared his throat to hide his embarrassment, and then straightened his clothes.
The Mediterranean priest said slowly and logically: "It turns out that he is the lord of this place. I don't know what to call this young master!" There was a hint of arrogance on his face, which reminded Paul of the royal family who had been tricked by him. Commissioner. Speaking of which, that buddy disappeared after the pirates attacked, and I don’t know where he went.
"Standing in front of you is the leader of the northwest of the kingdom, the nemesis of pirates, the man who summons thunder (firearms), the spreader of the gospel of God (papermaking), the Earl of Arda - Paul Gray "Man." Should I add the title of "Ass Liberator"? But I thought about it and let it go.
The Mediterranean priest’s face immediately turned into a chrysanthemum, “It turns out to be an Earl!”
Holding his hands in front of his chest and interlocking his fingers, looking at him was like seeing an angel descending from the earth. The trace of arrogance before disappeared completely, as if it had never appeared.
Paul looked at the man who claimed to be a priest up and down, waved to the soldiers, and said: "You go out first, I want to talk to this priest alone."
Seeing the hesitation of the soldiers, he patted the musket on his waist and said, "Don't worry, it's okay!"
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