A Tale of Strategies For the Throne - 148. Chapter 148

Putting on the hood of the cloak, Garlan and Shuros walked into the gate of the city on foot, because their horses had been lost on the mountain, and they were not seen until they descended.

Perhaps because of the ground movement not long ago, the soldiers guarding the city gate were also a little absent-minded. Moreover, the flow of people in and out of the city is not much, and many people walk in a hurry.

Entering the city of Tweeul, Garland looked up and looked around. Near the gate of the city were the mud houses of civilians and even the poor. Most of them were cracked or collapsed, and many people were busy resting. Own house. But although they are busy, most of their faces do not have a sad look, and there is no sorrowful atmosphere in the whole city.

It seems that there were not many casualties during the ground movement this time. It may be because the ground movement was not long ago and this time it was prepared.

Garland thought.

There was no sign of turmoil in the city, and there were no gangsters taking advantage of the chaos and robbery. As soon as Garland walked into the street, he saw a group of soldiers patrolling not far away.

Although it was after the earth moved, the whole city is not chaotic, but it appears orderly.

Garlan thought of the city’s lord, Canine. He was a superior nobleman. When he was young, he followed the ancestors in the battle for a long time. Later, he was wounded and left the battlefield. In order to reward his achievements, the prince general Tverul The city gave him his territory.

It is said that he is an upright and strict person. He values the aristocracy very much. Therefore, he is not considered to be kind to the common people. However, because he is used to strict control of his subordinates, and he does not like his subordinates to violate the law and his orders, so the civilians under his rule will not be bullied and robbed by the powerful officials at will.

In his city, civilians can live steadily without breaking the law.

“What are you going to do?”

Shuros asked as he looked around the city.

He roughly estimated that the pile of mud and rocks that collapsed and piled up at the mouth of the cliff can only last for five to six days at most, and then it will be washed away and a mountain torrent will erupt.

He was a little depressed.

Not long ago, he told Gal to keep away from the city, but now he slapped him in the face.

It’s just that the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the city are at stake, and he is not so cold-blooded that he turns a blind eye to so many lives.

He asked: “Tell these people directly that there will be a flood on the mountain, so that they can run away as soon as possible?”

“No, this will cause panic and unrest in the city.”

“What do you do then?”

“Go directly to the executive government to find officials and tell them about this.”

The matter was too urgent, and Gallan couldn’t think of a better way for a while, so he could only choose the most direct way.

After all, I don’t know when the waterfall will collapse, and we must race against time.

Shuros shrugged.

“Listen to you, I’m not good at officials.”

The two walked quickly along the street. Not long after they walked, suddenly a child rushed too fast and bumped into Garlan, causing him to sway, and his hood fell off.

The child was wearing a rag and was still dirty. He was obviously a child of the poor, looking at Garlan with some fear.

Gallan didn’t care either, smiled and patted the child on the head, let him not be afraid, put on the hood again and left.

Because of his anxiety, he walked fast, so he didn’t notice a pair of eyes from the side.

His eyes were startled at first, then questioned, then turned into anger, and finally stared at Garlan’s back sullenly until he disappeared from his sight.

Moving forward, the mud houses gradually become spacious houses built of wood and rock. These hard houses are also damaged, but they are better than the mud houses.

As soon as they reached the gate of the ruling government, Garlan and the others were stopped by the soldiers guarding the gate.

“Who are you? What are you here for?”

The soldier yelled.

“I’m sorry, we are the bards on the journey, and now we have an urgent matter to ask to see the city gate chief.”

Taking off his hood, Garlan stepped forward and said.

He thought about it, and it was absolutely impossible to directly see the city lord of Twyul City, he would only be driven out by the soldiers as neurotic, so he chose to see the city gate chief first.

The chief of the city gate guard is not too big, but he is responsible for the safety of the city and has the right to directly see the city lord in the event of an emergency.

The soldier’s gaze paused on Garlan’s face, and saw a beautiful blond boy with red lips and white teeth. Their expressions slowed down a bit when they were a little impatient.

“The ground movement happened not long ago, and the city gate chief is very busy now.”

One of the soldiers replied, and he kindly reminded him, “And as it is now, everyone is not in the mood to watch your performance. You should change to another city.”

He thought it was a bard who had come to ask the chief of the gate guard to recommend him. After all, the city’s theater performances and other activities were also under the control of the chief of the gate guard.

“No, we asked the city gate guard to tell him something urgent. It’s really urgent. It’s something related to the city of Twyllul.”

“what?”

The two soldiers glanced at each other, and then shook their heads, their fairly kind faces hardened.

“Okay, this is the ruling government. You’d better not make trouble here, hurry up!”

Just two bards, what can you know about the great things about Twyllul City?

Bluff them?

In case you report it to the city gate guard casually, they are the ones who are being trained.

“But……”

Just as Gallan was about to speak, Shuros patted him on the shoulder, pulled him away, and leaned in grinningly.

“Two people, we really have something very urgent and want to see the chief of the city gate guard. Look, can you do us a favor and report it to the top.”

He said with a smile, and without a trace, stuffed a few silver coins of Aaron into the belts of the two soldiers, while blinking at them.

He has already had experience, and as long as he packs more money, these soldiers will immediately soften.

You know, money can make ghosts go ahead.

He gave Garlan a triumphant look, which meant that he would let Garlan learn more with him.

But this time, Shuros made a mistake.

When the silver coin was stuffed in, the expressions on the faces of the two soldiers were not secret joy, but shocked. They took out the silver coin and threw it on the ground, pointing their spears at Shuros.

“What are you trying?”

Shuros: “…”

Hey? This development is not right.

Garlan on the side had a headache, but he hadn’t had time to stop him when he first arrived.

You know, the city lord of Kanile is an upright and stern person. He is a god of justice, Shamash, and hates corruption.

Under his rule, there is no such a trend of bribery in other cities, because in Twyllul, officials and soldiers who accept bribes will be severely punished.

He hurried forward and said: “Please wait a minute, we have no intentions, it is really an important thing about Twyllul City…”

“Okay, stop talking, you guys leave here immediately!”

The soldier holding the spear said solemnly, “Leave immediately! Otherwise, we will catch you now!”

At this moment, a stern voice rang.

“What happened? You are arguing at the gate of the ruling government?”

When everyone turned their heads, they saw a sturdy middle-aged man riding a horse behind them, followed by a group of soldiers.

His eyes swept across Garlan and Shuros, and then fell on Garlan.

“I’m the gatekeeper of Twyllur City.” He frowned and asked, “You said you had an urgent matter and asked to see me? It’s about Twyllul City?”

Gallan was taken aback, reacted, and quickly said, “Yes, please be sure to give me a little time. Just a few words are really important.”

The man looked at him again, rolled over and dismounted, handed the horse to a soldier, and then walked towards the gate.

He said, “You two, come in with me.”

Garlan breathed a sigh of relief.

The city gate guard is only a small official position, but for him without the status of a prince, even if he is only a small official, it is extremely difficult to ask to see him.

However, his luck was not bad, and he happened to meet the returning city gate guard.

He and Shuluos quickly followed in the footsteps of the city gate chief, and just after taking a step, they were pulled down by the guards behind the city gate chief.

“You are not allowed to carry weapons when you enter the ruling government.”

The soldiers said sternly, asking them to hand over their weapons to them for safekeeping.

Gallan hesitated, but thinking about the flash floods that would erupt at any time on the top of the mountain, he didn’t have time to think about it, and handed over his sword. Although Shuluos was very reluctant, facing the soldier’s suspicious look, he could only surrender his bow and arrow.

They entered the gate, and the city gate chief led them to an atrium, suddenly turned around, pointed at Garlan and the two screamed: “Grab!”

The forty or fifty soldiers all around immediately swarmed up, and countless spears pointed at them.

Gallan, who had been thinking about how to convince the city gate chief, was caught off guard, and was tightly clamped by two soldiers, twisted and tied with a rope behind him.

“What are you doing?”

He frowned and looked at the city gate guard.

“Catch innocent people without authorization, the city gate guard, are you not afraid of being punished by City Lord Cannelle?”

“No, you have committed a crime, still a serious crime.”

“what?”

At this time, a familiar voice came from the side.

“Yeah, young master, noble lord, we meet again.”

A man walked out from the corner with a smile and walked in front of Garlan.

“How is it, are you surprised?”

His face was smiling, but the eyes staring at Garlan were very sullen.

When he saw the noble young master and his servant on the street, Cass was very surprised and wanted to step forward to say hello.

Who knows, then I saw the scene of Garland’s treatment of the poor children, and the look of Garland’s dialogue with Shuros. It was completely different from the arrogant young master he saw yesterday. It was a different person— —

He reflected it at the time.

Was fooled!

So, Cass went to his boss, the city gate guard without any hesitation, and reported to him that someone in the city was posing as a nobleman. .

“Little Master, it is a big crime to pretend to be a nobleman, how dare you say that you are not guilty?”

“I do not……”

Cass stepped forward and tore off the malachite earrings from Garlan’s ears.

“Besides, it’s impossible for a lowly bard to have malachite. You must have stolen it. It is even more sinful to steal something from a nobleman!”

He said, his eyes were fierce and ferocious.

Thinking of himself nodding and bowing in front of a low-level bard, he couldn’t wait to tear the boy who had tricked him to pieces.

“I didn’t pretend to be a noble! I am–”

The city gate chief frowned and said, “You said you are a nobleman, then, show me your badge.”

Every nobleman will carry his noble badge with him, which is a symbol of their status and never leave.

“…”

Gallan gritted his teeth.

At first, he planned to completely cut off contact with the palace, so he naturally did not bring out the golden token that symbolized his prince status.

Even if he said desperately that he was a prince at this moment, no one would believe it, and would only humiliate himself.

He reluctantly said, “I don’t have anything to prove my identity, but…”

“Look, can’t take it out, can’t cheat anymore, can’t you?”

Seeing Garlan’s appearance being suppressed by the soldiers, Cass, who felt that he was revengeful, was in a good mood.

He sneered and said, “Wait for breaking your tongue and hand!”

Anyone who, as a commoner, dared to pretend to be a nobleman, cut off his tongue and branded his face.

Anyone who steals items from nobles for civilians should chop off their hands.

“Okay, put these two people in jail. I’m busy now and don’t have time to deal with these messy things. I’ll talk about it later.”

The gate chief waved his hand impatiently.

Cass nodded quickly, his expression pleased.

“Yes, you are going to put them in jail soon, don’t disturb the adults, the adults are very busy!”

“Wait, the captain of the gate guard, you—”

Before Garlan could say anything, Cass in front of him suddenly raised his hand.

There was a crisp sound, and a flush of red immediately appeared on his face, who was slapped heavily.

Cass scolded: “Do you know who you are? What do you think you are? You want to be called an adult, don’t you understand!”

He was full of scolding, suddenly the boy who had been slapped by him turned his eyes and squinted at him.

The amber eyes were so bright that it suddenly shocked his heart.

When he came back to his senses, he was actually frightened by the liar again. Cass’s expression became more and more ugly. He had the heart to slap the boy again, but he looked at the boy’s eyes for some reason and didn’t dare to do it. He was only annoyed. Shouted at the soldiers.

“What are you waiting for, drag it down, lock it up!”

“Wait! Twyllul City is in danger! The Twyllul Mountain collapsed during this earth movement, blocking the waterfall, and it may be washed away at any time, causing a flash flood!”

Seeing that he was about to be dragged down, Gallan was anxious, and no longer caring about causing a riot, he shouted out.

As soon as he struggled, he was firmly grasped by the soldiers beside him.

He said anxiously: “This matter must be told to City Lord Karenni right away! If it is delayed, it will be too late!”

“It’s really anxious to jump over the wall, in order to get out even telling this kind of lie.”

Cass sneered, and reached out his hand to pinch Garlan’s chin, the side of his cheek was still slightly red.

“How can you be so stupid if you are so good-looking? Even if you lie, you have to make a believable torrent?”

He snorted, “Why don’t you just say that Twyllul Mountain is collapsing and it will hit us?”

“Trust me! I don’t have to use this to lie to you! What good is it for me?”

Ignoring Cass, Garlan just looked anxiously at the gate guard on the opposite side and tried to convince him.

“Although I don’t know your plan, but a guy who even dared to pretend to be a nobleman and tried to pay bribes, nothing he said is worthy of belief.”

The city gate chief said, with a cold face, then turned and walked away quickly.

Garlan and Shuluos were escorted by soldiers and locked up in a dungeon under the ruling government.

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“A beautiful girl with long black hair? Riding a white horse? Sixteen or seven years old? No, I haven’t seen it. I stay here every day. I haven’t seen the person you said. In the past two days, even the person who has the white horse. I haven’t seen it.”

The small vendor squatting on the side of the road at the gate of the city shook his head again and again, and then happily accepted the ten or so copper coins handed to him by the black-haired young man.

Huimos led the red-brown steed and walked through this city that had just experienced the movement of the earth.

He and Kaihus chased for a while, but found no trace, and realized that they seemed to be chasing in the wrong direction, then turned their heads and chased in different directions separately.

He hurried all night and came to Twyllul City, but it was a pity that he asked around and asked many people, but he did not hear about Garland.

It seems that Garland did not come to this city.

Huimos led the horse towards the city gate, planning to leave the city and continue to the next city.

As soon as he walked out of the city gate, a breeze suddenly blew, brushed his cheeks, and lifted the black hair on his cheeks back.

For some reason, inexplicably, he glanced back.

Looking through the city gate, at the end of this avenue, the ruling government stands tall.

The golden-red eyes reflected the tall building. After a while, Hiemos turned his head, turned on his horse, and galloped away.

As the sun sets, the city is gradually left behind by him.

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