Chapter 73 Bloody Pier
On this day, Xinshak City experienced a night that made it difficult to sleep.
The old housekeeper who received Purficott's order carried out her will to the letter, setting off a horrific killing in New Shaker City.
Arthur led his flag team and cooperated with the old butler. The roar of the Steam Rider resounded across the earth for the first time, announcing with iron and blood that its arrival was going to cause killing.
The colonial authorities in New Xia Ke City wanted to stop it. After all, the Steam Riders were hunting down independent factions in the city. This was a huge blow to New Xia Ke City.
But when the old butler wearing the steam knight armor took out Perficott's special authority and relied on it to point the chain sword at them, these colonial officials did not dare to let go.
The Queen's envoy was assassinated in New Shaker City. This is a very serious matter.
If they don’t want to be implicated later or simply now and be killed by Foster, then they have only one option: cooperation.
As a result, the police in Xinshak City were mobilized and began to cooperate with Foster in hunting down the independent factions in the city. Even the garrison entered the city after a guard knight conveyed the order. A street blockade was then enforced.
After James also learned about this incident, he immediately found his colleagues in the Intelligence Bureau in Xinshak City, obtained a large amount of information about the independent faction, and then took Foster to search according to the map, and began A massive search was carried out.
When the sun rose, a corpse was hung under every lamppost on the dock where the White Jewel was moored.
In last night's manhunt, hundreds of people were implicated, about a hundred of them were killed, and their bodies were hung on the street lights of the port pier, while most of the rest were killed. Thrown into jail.
A large number of buildings were damaged during the raid last night, and many ordinary people were also affected. Two streets even caught fire, burning a large number of houses, and many people suffered unreasonable disasters.
But the troops under martial law and the corpses hanging all over the port docks kept everyone silent. No one dared to talk nonsense at this time, for fear that he would be the next one to be hung on a lamppost.
Officials from Xinshak City also came to the White Jewel with great trepidation and asked to see Purficott, hoping to distance themselves from any involvement and to end the matter as soon as possible.
Most of these officials have been colonized and have too many interest entanglements with the colonies. Such white terror has also brought huge losses to them.
In their opinion, this matter does require a massive search and investigation, but directly sending troops to suppress it like Purficott would be too harsh.
And the most important thing is the losses caused by doing so. Last night alone, they had already caused thousands of pounds of losses, a large part of which belonged to their private interests.
However, Purficott did not see them, but only sent Samantha to convey that she had received a shocking notice of no guests yesterday, and said that the lampposts on the pier were still empty.
Hearing this, the officials of New Xia Ke City suddenly felt as if their heads were pounding. It was obvious that the Baroness had a strong opinion on the assassination and was very dissatisfied with the current result.
With Purficott's statement, Foster, who was conducting the manhunt, naturally understood what his lady meant, so he further expanded the scope of the manhunt.
Many people who had only contact with the independent faction were also arrested, and some people who had made relevant remarks or expressed support for the independent faction were also implicated. More corpses were brought back to the port docks than even the lampposts could hold.
Subsequently, they received a new order and erected an execution rack on the dock. Once the captured independents were identified, they would be hanged first. Beheaded, the head was left on the dock and put on base.
As a result, hundreds of independent factions and people related to the independent faction were executed, and the blood dyed the sea water in the port red. Several knights who were temporarily assigned by Perfectcott to beheaded even had their hands cramped.
Suddenly, intense fear swept through the entire Xinshak City, and everyone was in panic. Even the officials of Xinshak City began to worry about whether their heads could be placed safely on their necks.
They asked to see Perficott several times to no avail, and were blocked by the knights of the guard. No one was able to see the baroness who was now massacring people in New Shake City.
It wasn't until the colonial governor sent by the empire to the New World personally visited that Samantha allowed the governor to board the White Jewel with Perficott's permission.
In the reception room of the White Jewel, the Governor first expressed condolences and concern for Purfico, and then expressed dissatisfaction with the killings she caused in New Shaker City, and hinted that Purfico It was not appropriate to initiate such a large-scale massacre.
"Miss Purficott, your special and plenipotentiary appointment is for you to preside over the empire's Arctic scientific expedition plan. Although your assassination is indeed a very outrageous thing, such a large-scale Are you going too far?" The governor frowned and looked at Purficott, who had specially changed into a red and black dress today, as if he was looking at a little girl who was acting willfully because she had great power.
However, Purficott only asked the Governor: "Your Majesty, Governor, are you loyal to the Empire? Loyal to Her Majesty the Queen?"
Faced with this question, the Governor was quite helpless, but he was still patient. He replied: "Of course I am loyal to the empire and to Her Majesty the Queen, but..."
"I understand what you mean. You think I am acting arbitrarily just because I hold the special and plenary authority, right?" "Perficott had no scruples in exposing the governor's intentions, but did not show any dissatisfaction or other emotions. He just handed a letter to the governor: "Your Excellency, please read this letter first. This was given to me by Her Royal Highness the Princess before I set off.”
The governor didn’t know why, but he still accepted the letter from Purficott.
No matter what his opinion is about Purficott, this letter from the eldest princess is not something he can ignore.
However, after he read the letter, his face showed strong disbelief.
He raised his head and looked at Perfectcott in shock, and asked with a trembling body: "Is this true? The empire is really..."
"Otherwise, why do you think I am Want to kill people? Do I have a hobby of watching people lose their heads?" Purficott's face was a little pale, and the strong smell of blood wafting from the dock made her vomit three times in the morning, but she still forced herself. This must be done: "The empire needs a stable new continent. If an independent uprising breaks out at this time, it will seriously shake the empire's next plan!
I have no choice but to use their heads and blood to To intimidate the entire colony, let them understand the empire's determination to maintain its rule, and prevent them from causing trouble to the empire at this critical moment."
At this point, Purficott looked at the governor solemnly and said to him! He said solemnly: "Your Excellency, Governor, if you are still loyal to the empire, then please cooperate with me! No matter what means are used, at least for the next three years, there must be no chaos in the New World!"
"I understand." The Governor felt weak for a while, but at the same time he straightened his body and agreed with Purficott with firm eyes.
(End of this chapter)