Chapter 1186 108. The failed charm
Asking the jailer to lock him alone in a cell, Annan asked with interest: "What is your name?"
"Peterson, Annan "My lord."
"What crime have you committed?"
"I...I am not guilty..."
"Don't lie in front of me." Annan whispered.
Annan is so dazzling in the eyes of outsiders that people dare not look directly at him. Peterson lowered his head submissively: "I work as a spy for the Viper Thieves..."
At first glance, it sounds like Peterson He is an official person, but in fact he is a spy placed by the thieves group in the city guard——
What this kind of organization active in towns needs most is intelligence, so there is also a chain of contempt among the thieves groups: The bandits in the city look down on the bandits in the townships, and the bandits that support the intelligence organization look down on the bandits in the city.
As for those who despise the highest level of the chain, it is the gray gloves of the nobles.
And Peterson is almost the gray glove of the thieves.
Undercover? Infinite?
Annan added the thoughts that came up to the magic image to be shot, and focused on returning to the present.
According to the "Free City Code", peripheral members like Peterson who were not directly involved should be sentenced to about three years of imprisonment and equivalent compulsory labor - which is considered lenient.
No matter which town it is placed in, the thieves will be hanged immediately as long as they catch it.
"The loophole you found?"
"The code you promulgated is perfect, just like-"
Annan interrupted his flattery and threw him a copy of the "Free City Code": " Give you a chance. Now you have defrauded me of 100 gold and found an excuse to exonerate yourself within ten minutes."
"You think too highly of me..."
" You can’t find an excuse within ten minutes. In addition to the original crime, you also have to defraud the lord.”
Peterson shut his mouth and flipped through the "Liberty City Code" which was already thick enough and would get thicker.
Losie brought a chair to Annan. He sat there and watched the minutes pass.
Ten minutes passed in the blink of an eye. Annan stood up, and the soles of his boots on the ground were like stepping on Peterson's heart.
"Are you ready?"
"An... Mr. Annan, how can you say that I defrauded you?" As expected of a spy of the thieves group, Peterson instantly entered the state: "I I will lend you 100 gold and promise to return you 200 gold in one month. It has not even been a month yet..."
"So you didn't commit fraud?" Annan asked playfully.
"Of course not! How dare I defraud you?"
To some extent, Peterson still found a loophole - Annan asked him to use the "Free City Code" to exonerate himself. And he chose to explore the loopholes in Annan's words.
Annan smiled: "A month? How could I remember it was a week?"
"What? I must have remembered it wrong!" Peterson patted his head in a good-natured manner, " But please believe me, I will not dare to lie to you!”
"Then when will you pay back the 200 kinaar you owe me?"
"Uh... I have to pay it back for sure! But if you lock me up, won't I not be able to get the money for three years?"< br>
Annan feels that he and Tina will get along very well
They are both the kind of talents in the field who "if they do serious things, they will definitely shine if they follow evil paths."
"I can give you a chance..."
"Thank you Lord Annan!"
"Don't worry, I haven't finished yet. You only have one chance, but if you do it, not only will you be exempted from the penalty, but you can also work for me and receive a salary from Liberty City."
Is there any money left?
Peterson's breathing became rapid, and he no longer complained about being caught, so he couldn't help but ask: "How much?"
"Deduct the 200 kina first."...
Peterson may be cunning, but Annan is even more treacherous.
Annan took Peterson out of the prison, who was looking envious by his former companions. He first asked him to change his clothes, take a shower, and briefly told him what he had to do: "Your task is to convince the druid. , let them agree to bless the wheat field."
"Dad," he called to Dade, "tell something about the druid."
Spent. He gave Peterson some time to understand the situation. "How's it going?" Annan asked.
"I seem to have some ideas."
"Are you sure?"
"Yes...sure!"
Annan no longer hesitated and immediately took Peterson to the forest Find the druids here.
Sensing the arrival of Annan and others, Serana came out to greet them.
"He is my new... staff, let us try again?" Annan asked with a smile.
"My companion will not change his mind..." she said
"It won't get worse anyway."
Selana obeyed Annan and led He, Da De and Peterson walked into the forest and came to the outside of the tree house made of leaves where the druids temporarily lived.
The druids scattered in the forest mountains came back one after another. Annan took a step back and gave up the stage to Peterson.
"The druids seem to have some misunderstandings about us. Our farming is no different from your sowing..."
"What did you say?"
A druid who looks like a brown bear. Stand up straight.
Peterson's breath stagnated, but he looked back at Annan before regaining his courage: "Master Brown Bear, you see, we water the wheat, fertilize it, harvest it in the fall, and you fertilize the trees. Is there any difference in the results in autumn?”
“Hmm…”
The Bear Druid let out a dull groan.
“It’s different.”
The elf druid wrapped in vines said.
"What's different?" Peterson asked.
The Elf Druid could not say anything, but stubbornly repeated one sentence: "We will not bless you."
Peterson was very anxious. He didn't care if these druids would bless him, but he couldn't convince these stubborn bastards. He was about to be put in a cage!
"Why? Our farmland has a good harvest, so we will not encroach on forests, grasslands, and rivers!"
The druids were speechless. They felt that the time was almost up, and Annan coughed lightly. :
“I can understand the Druids’ aversion to farmland. Because where farmland exists, a large number of woods have been cut down and grasslands have been destroyed...”
“But just like Peter As Sen said, farmland is to us what trees are to you. Why exclude humans from the ranks of nature? ”
"On the way here, Serana told me that her companions would not change their minds."
Annan's words made the druids look at the surprised deer man.
"My answer is, 'It won't get worse anyway'... I think this sentence is the same for you. You have seen Liberty City, where no one will harm the forest and the small Elves."
"If you lend a helping hand, it's just another territory like other humans. So why not take a gamble and let Gemstone Bay be the first human territory to coexist with nature. ?”
Facing Annan’s sincerity, the druids looked at each other.
When Annan almost thought they had been persuaded, the elf druid stood up.
"I'm sorry, Lord Annan, we don't want to have any contact with humans."
(End of this chapter)