As summer approaches, the weather begins to get hotter, and people take off their heavy, warm coats and put on thin, light clothes.
News of the great victory came from the front line where the expeditionary army was located, instantly igniting the enthusiasm of the people of the empire.
Although anyone with a discerning eye knows that there must be someone behind the rebels, and a successful crusade is not the final victory, it doesn't matter, every thief who dares to offend the imperial royal family cannot escape the fate of being liquidated!
Everyone in the empire is happy that "the great revenge has been avenged". However, there is a border area of the empire near the desert that is temporarily insulated from this sentiment.
It’s not that the residents there are indifferent to national affairs. On the contrary, because this place has received considerable favor from the imperial royal family, in terms of enthusiasm, they are no less enthusiastic than the residents of the imperial capital!
What really makes this place so quiet is a rumor a while ago: some rebel remnants fled to a village here!
Before the rumors could reach more people's ears, the local governor had already issued a blockade order. The blocked area is not only the village mentioned in the rumors, but also several surrounding towns.
The response was so fast that the mobile merchants who had not yet had time to leave were confused. The locals were wary of them, and they would not get answers to their active inquiries. Thanks to the timely dispatch of special personnel by the government to appease them, they understood the current situation and expressed their willingness to actively cooperate after the government promised them preferential policies in the future.
Today, the blockade has been in place for more than a month, and the supplies left in the area have begun to bottom out. Fortunately, although the official investigation is strict, it is not slow. With the close cooperation of the government and the people, several towns have been confirmed to be safe and the blockade has been lifted.
The residents who proved their innocence spontaneously contacted their relatives and friends, and formed another encirclement after the official blockade, vowing to catch all fugitives!
The consul did not stop the people's enthusiasm, but silently ordered the security forces to be vigilant again.
The double-layered blockade gradually narrowed, and several suspicious persons were finally caught on the outskirts of the town near the village!
Everyone was refreshed.
When the rumors are confirmed, the main event comes next!
The security team deploys additional manpower;
The encirclement formed by the people was persuaded to retreat a certain distance and learned simple self-protection techniques under the training of retired soldiers;
Later, the consul personally led the elite to the village to investigate.
When they arrived at the village, the consul found that the villagers there had been roughly divided into two groups. There were many familiar faces to him on one side, some of them on the other side he had some impression of, and some he had never seen at all.
Fortunately, there were several well-known people in the village, including the village chief, and with their mediation, no major conflicts occurred. Even if the villagers are divided into two groups, they only help each other and monitor each other.
This brought great convenience to the Archon's investigation. A well-respected carpenter in the village even secretly handed over a fugitive he captured to the consul.
Although this man's behavior was a bit strange, the consul easily found out the location of his accomplices from him, but after comparing it with the confessions of the previously captured suspects, the consul still secretly isolated all the people involved in the confessions. .
During the interrogation, some of the people in isolation tried to escape violently, but under the tight defense line, the prisoner was quickly caught and shot to death on the spot!
This sudden situation caused the consul to directly put everyone in isolation into prison, waiting for strict investigation.
The investigation of the remnants of the rebels has come to an end.
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Under the night, a man in disheveled clothes fled in a hurry among the woods.
"Damn it! Damn it!" The man cursed, "I have stayed in this wretched place for five or six years, and this is the result?!"
"Cooperate? Cooperate? Shit! They're all trash, they're all caught!!"
"If I hadn't been familiar with those villagers and been cautious enough in my contacts with them, I would have been caught too!!"
"No! I have to run somewhere else!"
"Mission? Damn the mission! If you were caught in it, would you be able to get out?!"
"I don't want to spend the rest of my life in prison!"
The man was running hysterically, his eyes bloodshot.
If the investigation had not been completed and the blockade was lifted, he would still have to stay in the village and not dare to move, trying his best to pretend to be an ordinary villager all day long.
When the village was sealed off, he sensed something was wrong and wanted to escape a long time ago. Today, he finally waited until the security team withdrew and the people who blocked the perimeter dispersed.
As night fell, he finally found a chance!
He wants to run to a place where no one can find him! At least where the laws of the empire cannot punish him, otherwise what he did would at least make him stay in prison forever!
right! Go to another country! !
As long as he can pass through this forest, he can sneak into the ranks of mobile merchants and leave here forever!
"I'm afraid I'm going to disappoint you." A clear voice came.
The muscles all over the man's body suddenly tightened, and his body was unbalanced, but he quickly regained his balance with a very quick reaction.
"who?!"
Swallowing a mouthful of saliva in an attempt to moisten his dry throat, the man kept scanning his surroundings.
"Don't be nervous, it's me."
Under the moonlight, Wright walked into the man's field of vision.
"Ah...it's Xiu En, why are you here?" The man tried to smile, but it turned out to be extremely ugly.
"waiting for you."
"Wait...wait for me? Haha, what are you waiting for me for? I was...going to go to the town to buy some things. You see, after so many days of lockdown, all the food at home has been eaten, I have to..."
"I'm very confused." Wright interrupted, "Why did you bring me here?"
"It is true that this place is far away from the Imperial Capital, but the loyalty of the residents here to the Empire is unquestionable. Unless... you want to have a 'dark night under the lamp'."
"Oh, that's no wonder!"
"But this needs to be investigated in advance by someone, right? This person cannot be suspected by the locals yet."
"But, it seems that none of those arrested meet the requirements?"
"Well - this person must be trusted by the villagers and not easily suspected. Then it will be difficult to find him!"
"We just have to wait until he can't bear the pressure and jump out on his own." Wright seemed to be performing on the stage. He turned his head and looked at the man, "Fortunately, you are here."
Wright panicked.
When the Archon was investigating everyone in the village, he had already confirmed that the man he was going to find was the man in front of him, but due to some speculation, he did not expose him on the spot.
"..." All the man's words were stuck in his throat.
Emotions instantly overwhelmed all reason, and his eyes almost jumped out of their sockets.
"Haha, okay! Then, you want to stop me? You are just a little jailer and a waste! I know that you have been jumping up and down secretly for a long time. No one dared to touch you for the mission before! I don’t care about anything now, I will kill you right now!”
The man pressed himself down to accumulate strength, and pounced on Wright like a wolf, with a pocket sharp blade popping out of his hand.
"I'm just a little jailer..." Faced with the sudden danger, Wright didn't show any panic on his face. "How dare you confront the hidden killer alone?"
Snapped--
Before the charging man had time to think about Wright's words, he was hit hard on the back of the head and lost consciousness.
Next to her, Floya landed gracefully.
"Huh -" Wright immediately reached out to wipe the cold sweat on his forehead.
"You guessed it right. The remaining people who are hiding really have good martial arts." Froya looked at the man lying on the ground, "It's just that his character is not very good."
"People will always have flaws."
"It's like you clearly offered to attract the enemy's attention, but you were so scared inside?"
"Uh..." Wright choked.
He took the initiative to change the subject and said, "Are we going to hand him over to the sheriff?"
"No, take him back with you." Xiaoyue walked over.
Since the man who fell in front of him could come here in advance as a support, lurk for several years, and possess extraordinary combat power, he must know a lot of things.
Naturally, such an important prisoner must be brought back to the imperial capital for rigorous interrogation.
Wright hesitated: "But the Sheriff should have noticed..."
"Don't worry, I have taken care of it properly." Looking up at the night, Xiao Yue's tone was calm, but it was invisibly convincing.
