A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

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Putting on the hoods of their cloaks, Garlan and Shulos walked into the city gate, because their horses had lost their way on the mountain and there was no trace of them until they came down the mountain.

Perhaps because of the earthquake that occurred not long ago, the soldiers guarding the city gate were also a little absent-minded, and their eyes just glanced at the crowds entering and exiting the city. Moreover, there is not much traffic in and out of the city, and many people are in a hurry.

After entering the city of Tweilur, Garlan looked up and looked around. Those near the city gate were all mud houses of civilians and even poor people. Most of them were cracked or collapsed. Many people were busy resting. own house. However, although they were busy, most of them had no sad look on their faces, and there was no sense of sadness in the entire city.

It seems that there were not many casualties in this earthquake. It may be because there was an earthquake not long ago and we were prepared this time.

Garlan thought.

There were no signs of unrest in the city, and there were no gangsters taking advantage of the chaos to rob. As soon as Garlan walked onto the street, he saw a group of soldiers patrolling not far away.

Although it was after the earthquake, the whole city was not chaotic, but seemed orderly.

Garlan thought of the city's lord, Canile, who was a superior noble. When he was young, he followed the late king to fight for a long time. Later, he was injured and had to leave the battlefield. In order to reward his achievements, the late king general Tweilul The city was given to him as territory.

It is said that he was an upright and strict man. He valued the aristocracy very seriously, so he was not kind to the common people. However, because he was accustomed to strict control over his subordinates and did not like his subordinates to violate the law and his orders, the civilians under his rule would not be oppressed and robbed at will by powerful officials.

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

"What are you going to do?"

Shulos asked while looking around the city.

He roughly estimated that the pile of earth and rocks that collapsed and piled up at the mouth of the cliff could only last for five to six days at most, and then it would be washed away and a flash flood would erupt.

He was a little depressed.

Not long ago, he had told Qian and Wan not to approach the city, but now he had slapped him in the face.

However, since the lives of hundreds of thousands of people in the city were at stake, he was not so cold-blooded as to turn a blind eye to so many lives.

He asked: "Should we directly tell these people that there will be a flood on the mountain and let them escape quickly?"

"No, doing this will cause panic and unrest in the city."

"What to do?"

"Go directly to the officials in the executive government and tell them about this."

The matter was too urgent, and Garlan could not think of a better way for a while, so he could only choose this most direct method.

After all, we don’t know when the waterfall will collapse, so we have to race against time.

Shulos shrugged.

"Listen to you, I'm not good at official matters."

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

The child was wearing rags and was dirty. He was obviously a poor child. He looked at Garlan with some fear.

Garlan didn't care, smiled and patted the child's head, told him not to be afraid, put on his hood again and left.

Because he was anxious, he walked very fast, so he didn't notice a pair of eyes from the side.

The look in his eyes first showed surprise, then questioning, then turned into anger, and finally stared at Garlan's back viciously until he disappeared from sight.

Moving forward, the mud houses gradually turned into spacious houses made of wood and rocks. These hard houses were also damaged, but they were better than the mud houses.

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

"Who are you? What are you doing here?"

the soldier asked.

"I'm sorry, we are traveling bards. We have urgent matters and want to see the city gate guard."

Taking off his hood, Garlan stepped forward and said.

He thought about it. It was absolutely impossible to directly ask the city lord of Tweilur City. The soldiers would only treat him as a lunatic and drive him out, so he chose to ask the city gate guard first.

The position of the chief of the city gate guard is not very important, but he is responsible for the security of the city and has the right to directly ask the city lord in case of emergency.

The soldiers' eyes paused on Garlan's face, and when they saw that he was a handsome blond boy with red lips and white teeth, their expressions, which were originally a little impatient, softened a bit.

"There was an earthquake not long ago, and the city gate guard is very busy now."

One of the soldiers replied, he kindly reminded, "And as it is now, no one is in the mood to watch your performance, so you should change to another city."

He thought he was here to ask for a bard recommended by the city gate guard. After all, the city's theatrical performances and other activities were also under the jurisdiction of the city gate guard.

"No, we asked to see the city gate guard because we have something very urgent to tell him. It's really urgent. It's something related to Tweilur City."

"ah?"

The two soldiers looked at each other, then shook their heads and turned into kind faces.

"Okay, this is the ruling government. You'd better not cause trouble here and leave quickly!"

Just two bards, what can they know about the important events in Tweilur City?

To bluff them?

If he casually reported it to the city gate guard, they would be the ones who would be punished.

"But……"

Just as Garlan was about to speak, Shulos patted him on the shoulder, pulled away from him, and approached him with a smile.

"You two, we really have something urgent to do and want to see the chief of the city gate guard. Can you please do us a favor and report it to the higher ups."

He said with a smile, and with a movement of his hand without leaving a trace, he stuffed a few Aaron's silver coins into the belts of the two soldiers, while winking at them.

He has already experienced that as long as more belongings are stuffed in, these soldiers will immediately soften.

You know, money can make all the difference.

He gave Garlan a proud look, which meant that he wanted Garlan to learn more from him.

But this time, Shulos made a mistake.

When the silver coins were stuffed in, the expressions on the faces of the two soldiers were not secret joy, but shock. They took out the silver coins and threw them on the ground, pointing their spears at Shulos.

"What are your intentions?"

Shulos: "…………"

Why? This development is wrong.

Garlan on the side had a headache, and he didn't have time to stop him.

You must know that the Lord of Canile is an upright and stern man, who devoutly believes in Shamash, the god of justice, and hates corruption extremely.

Under his rule, there was no culture of bribery as was common in other cities, because in Tverur, officials and soldiers who accepted bribes were severely punished.

He hurriedly stepped forward and said: "Please wait a moment, we have no intention, we really have important matters related to Tweilur City..."

"Okay, stop talking and get out of here right now!"

The soldier holding the spear said seriously, "Leave immediately! Otherwise we will arrest you now!"

At this moment, a stern voice sounded.

"What happened? You are making a noise in front of the gate of the government?"

When everyone turned around, they saw a sturdy middle-aged man standing on horseback behind them, followed by a group of soldiers.

His eyes swept over Garlan and Shulos, and then landed on Garlan.

"I am the chief of the city gate of Tweilur City." He frowned and asked: "Did you just say that you had something urgent and asked to see me? About Tweilur City?"

Garlan was startled for a moment, then reacted and quickly said: "Yes, please give me some time, just a few words, it is really important."

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

He said, "You two, come in with me."

Garlan breathed a sigh of relief.

The chief of the city gate guard is only a minor official position, but for him who no longer has the status of a prince, even if he is just a minor official, it is extremely difficult to ask for an audience.

However, he was quite lucky and happened to meet the returning city gate guard captain.

He and Shulos quickly followed the footsteps of the city gate guard captain. As soon as they took a step, they were pulled down by the guards behind the city gate guard captain.

"When you enter the executive government, you are not allowed to carry weapons."

The soldiers spoke sternly, demanding that they hand over their weapons for their safekeeping.

Garlan hesitated for a moment, but thinking about the flash flood that could erupt at any time on the top of the mountain, he didn't have time to think too much and handed over his sword. Although Shulos was very reluctant, facing the suspicious eyes of the soldiers, he could only hand over his bow and arrows.

They entered the gate, and the city guard captain led them to an atrium. He suddenly turned around, pointed at Garlan and shouted: "Arrest them!"

The forty or fifty soldiers surrounding him swarmed forward in an instant, with countless spears pointed at them.

Garlan, who had been thinking about how to persuade the city guard chief, was caught off guard. Two soldiers clamped his arms tightly, twisted them behind his back and tied them with ropes.

"What are you doing?"

He frowned and looked at the city gate guard.

"Arresting innocent people without authorization, city guard captain, aren't you afraid of being punished by Lord Kanile?"

"No, you have committed a crime, and it is still a serious crime."

"What?"

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

"Hey, young master, noble lord, we meet again."

A man walked out of the corner with a smile and walked up to Garlan.

"How's it going? Are you surprised?"

He had a smile on his face, but his eyes as he stared at Garlan were sinister.

When he saw this noble young master and his servants on the street, Cass was surprised and wanted to go up and say hello.

Who knows, next he saw the scene of Garlan treating a poor child, and the look on Garlan's face when he was talking to Shulos. It was completely different from the arrogant young master he saw yesterday. He was like a completely different person - —

He reflected it right then.

Got fooled!

Therefore, Cass did not hesitate to go to his boss, the captain of the city gate guard, and report to him that someone in the city was pretending to be a noble. .

"Young Master, pretending to be a noble is a serious crime. How dare you say that you are innocent?"

"I do not……"

Cass stepped forward and pulled off the malachite earrings from Garlan's ears.

"Furthermore, there is no way that a lowly bard could own malachite. You must have stolen it. Stealing something from a noble is a grave sin!"

He said, his eyes fierce and ferocious.

When he thought about how he had nodded and bowed in front of a lowly bard, he wanted to tear the young man who had tricked him into pieces.

"I'm not pretending to be a noble! I'm just-"

The city gate guard frowned and said, "You said you are a noble, then show me your badge."

Every noble will carry their own noble badge with them, which is a symbol of their status and never leaves their body.

"…………"

Garlan gritted his teeth.

When he originally planned to completely cut off contact with the palace, he naturally did not bring out the golden token that symbolized his status as a prince.

Even if he desperately says that he is a prince at this moment, no one will believe him and he will only humiliate himself.

He reluctantly said, "I have nothing to prove my identity, but..."

"Look, you can't take it out, can't you deceive it anymore?"

Seeing Garlan being suppressed by the soldiers, Cass, who felt that he had taken revenge, felt very happy.

He sneered and said, "Just wait until your tongue and hands are cut off!"

Anyone who is a commoner and dares to pretend to be a noble will have his tongue cut off and his face branded.

Anyone who is a commoner and steals something from a noble will have his hands cut off.

"Okay, put these two people in jail. We are busy now and have no time to deal with such nonsense. We will talk about it later."

The city gate guard waved his hand impatiently.

Cass nodded quickly, with a flattering look on his face.

"Yes, yes, put them in jail quickly, don't disturb the adults, the adults are very busy!"

"Wait a minute, captain of the city gate guard, you——"

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

There was a crisp sound, and a blush immediately appeared on his face after being slapped hard.

Cass scolded: "Do you know your identity? What do you think you are? You need to call me an adult. Do you understand?"

He was scolding him with all his heart, when suddenly the boy who had been slapped by him turned his eyes and gave him a sidelong glance.

Those amber eyes were so bright that he was suddenly startled.

When he came back to his senses, he was frightened by this liar again. Cass's expression became even more ugly. He wanted to give the boy another slap, but looking at the boy's eyes, he felt guilty for some reason and did not dare to do anything. He could only be angry. The ground shouted at the soldiers.

"What are you waiting for? Drag it down and lock it up!"

"Wait! Tweilur City is in danger! Tweilur Mountain collapsed during this earthquake, blocking the waterfall. It may collapse at any time and cause a flash flood!"

Seeing that he was about to be dragged down, Garlan became anxious, no longer caring about causing a commotion, and shouted directly.

As soon as he struggled, he was grabbed tightly by the soldiers around him.

He said anxiously: "This matter must be told to the Lord of Kalleni immediately! If we delay it any longer, it will be too late!"

"You're really desperate. You even told such a lie just to get out."

Cass sneered, reached out and grabbed Gallan's chin, one side of his cheek was still slightly red.

"You're so good-looking, why are you so stupid? Even if you lie, you have to tell it so that people can believe it, Shanhong?"

He sighed and said, "Why don't you just say that Tweluer Mountain is going to collapse and hit us?"

"Believe me! I don't need to lie to you about this kind of thing! What good will this do to me?"

Ignoring Cass, Garlan just looked anxiously at the city gate guard opposite, trying to persuade him.

"Although I don't know your plans, a guy who dares to pretend to be a noble and even tries to bribe you, nothing he says is worthy of belief."

The city gate guard said with an indifferent expression, then turned around and left quickly.

Garlan and Shulos were escorted by soldiers and imprisoned in the dungeon below the executive government.

…………

"A beautiful girl with long black hair? Riding a white horse? Sixteen or seventeen years old? No, I haven't seen it before. I stay here every day and I haven't seen the person you mentioned. In the past two days, the person holding the white horse has not Never seen it.”

The small vendor squatting by the road at the city gate shook his head repeatedly, and then happily took the dozen or so copper coins handed to him by the black-haired young man.

Heimos led the red-brown horse and walked through this city that had just experienced an earthquake.

He and Caijos chased for a while but found no trace. They realized that they seemed to be chasing in the wrong direction. Then they turned around and chased in different directions.

He traveled all night and arrived at Tweilur City. Unfortunately, after asking around and asking many people, he could not get any news about Garlan.

It seems that Garlan did not come to this city.

Heimos led the horse towards the city gate, intending to leave the city and continue to the next city.

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

For some reason, inexplicably, he looked back.

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

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

As the sun set, the city gradually left him behind.