Codex Pirates

Chapter 149 Dog Fighting

Although the slum area has been rectified by William, the law and order are still not very good. Anna is tall and beautiful, and she is still wearing a maid outfit. Ever since she entered the slum area, she has always been coveted. Fortunately, Anna She was also born on the streets of the slums, and she held a gleaming sharp knife in her hand. Any man who glanced at her, she would stare back, not to be outdone.

When she got near an almshouse, she saw that no one was paying attention, so she stepped in. The female worker guarding the gate knew Anna and did not stop her.

"Is the vice president there?" Anna asked in a low voice after looking around.

"Sister Anna, what's the matter?" The female worker looked at the anxious Anna in confusion, asked a question, but still led Anna to the vice president's office.

Anna didn't respond. The two classes living in the aristocratic district and the poor district seem to be separated by heaven and earth, and there is no intersection between them, but in fact, many times, they cook for the nobles, serve tea and water, Even the gatekeepers are often people from the slums.

Anna is naturally not a spy, and one year is not enough for William to cultivate a professional intelligence officer from scratch. Anna, who was born in a poor area, is more like a spy and an informant.

Anna has lived in a poor area since she was a child, and her parents and family are also here. Since William arrived in this chaotic and sinful land, although he has not been able to make fundamental changes here, he has taken a series of actions, whether it is eradicating the criminal forces as local snakes , or opened almshouses, recruited female workers, established military camps, and recruited young people, all of which affected the fate of countless local people.

If there is no William, according to the normal trajectory of the slums, what a beautiful girl like Anna often encounters in the slums is that she is controlled by local criminal forces and cannot help herself. But because of William, Anna first She was selected to work in the poorhouse for a period of time, and then sent to be a servant in the house of the Minister of the Interior, Reard. She grew up in a poor area, and Anna, who has witnessed many crimes, knows how lucky she is, so she is very special. Thanks to William who brought her everything.

Moreover, her younger brother is also a member of the Boys' Army now, so when she overheard the conversation of a group of nobles, especially when they said they were going to poison and kill William, she made a movement in panic, and then couldn't wait to pass the news on. Come out and let William, the benefactor of her family, be vigilant and not be plotted by the villain.

There are many people like Anna, neither the Minister of the Interior Rield nor the Minister of Finance Arcadio would have thought that these seemingly insignificant people would sometimes play a huge role.

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Half an hour later, William in the barracks office received the news.

William shook the letter, and said to Dampier, Sherlock, and Edmund who were sitting across from each other: "I'm about to jump over the wall."

The layout of the office in William's barracks is very simple. Apart from office desks and chairs, bookshelves, and a wooden bed, there is no extra furniture in the whole room. The only thing that can be called decoration is a few maps and enlarged statistics. surface.

William handed over the letter and asked the three to pass it on one by one.

After reading the content, Edmund scolded angrily: "A bunch of trash who can't control themselves."

During this period of time, Sherlock and the Four Seas Trading Company focused on Kalmar City, and Edmund, who was in charge of protecting him, also followed, and was arranged by William to live in the barracks and train the boy army.

After Edmond finished cursing, he noticed a smile on William's face, and asked a little puzzled, "They're going to poison you, can you still laugh?"

"If I was afraid of death, I wouldn't be able to make it to today," William said a little disapprovingly, but he saw that Edmund was still angry, so he said, "From the bottom of my heart, I naturally hope to give an order directly, gather all my men, and go to the aristocratic district." And the palace, kill all the people inside."

"But if I do that, won't my previous arrangements be in vain? Since they have already fallen into the net, they will be eaten by us sooner or later, why rush?" William looked at Dampier and Xia Locke, "What do you two think?"

"They are looking for death, they can't even keep a secret, and they still want to deal with us?" Sherlock pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose, and said disdainfully, "I don't know where they got the confidence, thinking that something happened to you, we No revenge."

Dampier has been playing with the letter without speaking. After Sherlock's voice fell, he raised his head and said with a smile like William: "The conflict between Arcadio and other nobles has become intense and is about to surface. Why do we have to take the lead, is it not good to let them dog eat dog? We can stay out of the matter so that we can better wait for the price."

"The question now is whether Crowe is one of us or not," Dampier looked at William, "The Bureau of Investigation is Arcadio's knife. If Crowe is one of us, who is the knife aimed at?" We have the final say on how deep the cut should be, and whoever Arcadio is against will also be influenced by us."

"Crow is a smart man." William said meaningfully.

Dampier clapped his hands and said with a smile: "That's easy."

Edmund was at a loss when he heard the two talking: "So what should we do? If we know that the other party is poisoning, we don't care about anything?"

"Do you know dog fighting?" Dampier explained to Edmund, "Sometimes when the two dogs in the field are not strong enough to fight, they need someone outside the field to provoke them."

"Arcadio and Reld's group, these two dogs are still observing each other and testing each other, and it's not time for you to die." William sat casually on the chair, with his hands resting behind his head. , followed by Dampier's words, "I want them to bite each other until they die."

Edmund asked: "Then how to provoke?"

"They just want to poison William alone now, and they just think, what if they really do it? What if William is not the only one who is poisoned?" Sherlock thought about the joints, and his face was similar to that of William and Dampier. He also smiled, "What if Arcadio was poisoned?"

Edmund looked at William: "Are you going to poison Arcadio? It would be too cheap for him to die."

"You don't need to poison him to death, just scare him to death," William said with a chuckle, "You said, this honorable earl, if he knows that something is going to happen to someone who wants to poison him, he will be terrified and frightened." To retreat, or to be quiet and methodical, or to be furious and unstoppable?"

Edmund said disdainfully: "Anyway, it will definitely not be peaceful and orderly. Just like you, you can still laugh at this time. This kind of noble lord, in this kind of battle, will definitely be as you said. Scared to death."

"If Arcadio was the one who backed down so easily, he wouldn't be where he is today." Dampier said, "He would definitely be afraid and angry, and then try his best to find out the person who poisoned him. .”