Chapter 1009 240. They are not
The king's tour...
It can be seen that the pressure brought by Liberty City to the palace is too great, so that the king has to use this method to boost morale.
Can they take the opportunity to do something? For example, assassination...
Annan shook his head. Not only cannot it be done, but the Blade of Freedom must be kept silent for a period of time.
Let’s not talk about whether the Freedom Blade has this ability. Carrying out an assassination might make the wavers turn to the kingdom, making those on Annan’s side unhappy.
Annan hasn't gotten the patrol route yet, but it should pass through the outer city - the city guards have received orders to clean the streets before the patrol.
I don’t know how long it will take to clean up the three dirty streets with a hundred city guards. Annan directly hired local people to clean streets and walls. Most other jurisdictions did the same, but they did not pay wages or food.
The three streets were visibly busy. The frozen dirty ice in the alleys and on both sides of the gutters was shoveled away and loaded onto trucks for transportation.
The invisible Annan was not spared, such as public toilets.
Besides the Kingdom of Rekaner, what else makes you sick but you have to hold your nose and bear it?
The answer is the toilet in winter.
Although the original "Montreal Mountain Incident" was extreme, it also showed to some extent how bad the toilets in the north are in winter.
Due to the severe cold, excrement often freezes before long, leaving people who pick up excrement at a loss. Then the feces in the pit will rise like a column until it sticks out of the pit.
A street with a little more diligence would use a pickaxe to knock down the excrement frozen into icicles at this time, but they only collapsed instead of disappearing. As time goes by, the manure pit will pile up higher and higher until it can no longer hold it...
It was unnecessary for Annan to do this. After all, Crowe wouldn't lift up his pants to go to the bathroom on a whim. Sooner or later the people here will go to Middle-earth due to the fall of the new royal capital, but at least the locals can live more comfortably.
The result is that, relying on the prestige established by Annan, the upper, middle and lower streets have taken on a new look.
The dirty urine and garbage in the alley were cleaned up, and the filth on the walls was wiped off, revealing the original color of bricks and wood. When the locals saw how clean Holt Street was, they almost forgot that it had been built less than a year ago.
When it’s time to get paid. One resident wanted to flatter Annan and shouted: "We clean the streets for ourselves, and we should not ask Mr. Olme to pay for it!"
The civilians queuing up were embarrassed and refused to do it. I don't know if I should continue to stand here.
Annan, who was chatting quietly with Maria next to him, came over, grabbed a handful of copper coins and gave them to the residents in front of the team. He stared at the booing guy and said, "You don't want wages? That's fine, but don't kidnap others to get what they deserve." Reward.”
The hecklers hid in the crowd in shame, Annan shook his head and asked them to continue giving out the money and return to Maria.
He felt someone was looking at him, followed his gaze and saw the woman's daughter. She was photographed in the queue and quickly turned her head away after being discovered.
Annan didn't pay attention and continued to talk to Maria about the previous topic: reminding the Blade of Liberty who followed him to Holt Street not to assassinate the king regardless of life or death.
……
"This is our chance!" shouted a member of the Free Blade.
Dirk said nothing.
He continued to say impassionedly: "Clo is the culprit of everything. He betrayed the people, betrayed the country, and colluded with the rat people. As long as he is killed, no one will dare to bully us anymore, and everyone will remember us!" ”
Dirk still didn’t speak
The others were so excited that they wished the day of the king’s tour would come soon.
"Naive, idiot, naive idiot."
The sarcastic girl suddenly turned into a basin of ice water and poured it on everyone's head.
Dirk was about to touch the weapon when he remembered that it was the woman who gave them a large sum of money and called herself the Rat Man.
Others also closed their mouths. Even if they join the Free Blade, they still have a sense of awe for rich people who spend a lot of money - and she might be a big shot in the Free Blade.
Maria, who appeared at the door of the living room, leaned against the door frame, revealing her venomous tongue that she had never shown in front of Annan: "To say that you are naive is because you actually think that Crowe is dead and everything is over... I will step on you." Is it Crow who is dominating you? Is it Crow who is lying on your body sucking blood?”
They were silent. "I say you are stupid because you, a group of commoners, actually want to assassinate the king..."
Someone was dissatisfied and said: "A legendary mage can be stabbed to death by a peasant with a manure fork!"
“You think you have better luck than that farmer?”
The man stopped talking.
Maria said bluntly: "I give you money so that you can develop members and strengthen the Blade of Freedom with peace of mind, not for you to daydream."
"They are just talking casually." De Ke finally spoke up.
"That's the best."
Dirk tried: "You have been watching us?"
"Just passing by."
Maria let them guess, stood up, and retreated into the shadows behind the door.
After a long time, a member walked to the door and poked his head around.
“She left.”
“Don’t say any more about the assassination.” Dirk said, “She can kill us twice by appearing around us twice. The guards around the king will only become more powerful."
After hearing this, Maria, who was hiding in the dark, left completely.
She thought they would be stable for a while, but she didn't expect that two days later, these guys would be delivered to her: Sheafield claimed to have captured the Blade of Freedom.
Annan came to the room where Maria was held in Shearfield, exchanged glances with the surprised Maria, and confirmed that this was the group of Free Blades who came to Holt Street.
A little silent, Annan stared at the leader Dirk and asked: "Is he the Blade of Freedom?"
"Yes, Master Olmei, I have been staring at them all day, Confirm that they are developing members." Sheafield seemed to be raising his tail proudly.
Annan looked at Dirk for a long time, shook his head and said, "He is not."
"He is!"
"I am!"
"You are not."
Dirk, who was gritting his teeth to admit, was stunned.
“The true Blades of Freedom have a firm heart and a strong will. Torture cannot pry their teeth, and humiliation cannot make them kneel. You said they admitted it and still kneel in front of us? How can this happen? Possibly.”
"No, isn't it?"
Sheafield also felt that they were not, but the Free Blades lowered their heads in shame.
"No, they are potential Freedom Blade elements at most." Annan asked his men to untie them. "But how could I, the dignified Ormei Shaocheng Guard, do such a thing of killing a good man and taking credit for it?"
"I'm worried that you might have frightened the snake and scared away the real Blade of Freedom."
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"I'm sorry, Master Olmei..." Sheafield also hurriedly asked his men to take action just to claim credit.
"It's okay, but don't act rashly again." Annan raised his head, pointed at his eyes and Deke and the others, and said, "Don't cross the line again, I'm watching you."
A thoughtful Deke Ke left with his men.
(End of this chapter)