Codex Pirates

Chapter 161: Black Cloud Overwhelms the City (Part 1)

While Rild was thinking about countermeasures in the study, on the other side, Aureliano had already run back to his manor and came under the protection of the servants at home. They left after the sentence, and they were unable to storm the Chancellor's residence.

Inside the manor, Arcadio laughed out loud looking at his only son who was scared to death.

"Master..." The butler Eaton called out cautiously.

"It seems that they've been doing it for a few days now," Arcadio murmured to himself, and then he told the housekeeper, Eaton, "Go and entertain my distinguished guests first."

Seeing this, the butler Eaton quickly took orders to leave.

Arcadio thought for a while, then took out his phone bug and called William.

...

On the balcony of the manor, William was crossing his legs, sitting on a chair, staring at the gloomy sky, thick and dark clouds covering the sky, as if they would fall from the sky at any moment, crushing the entire city.

A crew member of the Morgan Pirates pushed open the door and came to William's ear. After telling him in a low voice about the farce that happened in the aristocratic district, he quickly retreated. After a while, the phone bug in his hand It rang.

On the other side of the phone was the Minister of the Interior, Earl Reard. To him, William only said one sentence: "Let's do it, just don't forget our agreement."

After hanging up the phone with Minister of the Interior Reard, within a few minutes, Arcadio called again, and William also repeated: "Let's do it, just don't forget our agreement."

When the conversation with Arcadio was over, William lightly tapped on the armrest of the chair, closed his eyes and meditated for a moment, then dialed Harden's phone, and when he got connected, he only said two words:

"City closure!"

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After Arcadio put down the phone bug, he felt somewhat relieved. He first asked for Cloo to be called, and the two exchanged some words. After thinking for a while, he asked a servant to support the injured, and he was injured. After Aureliano was bandaged briefly, the four of them went to the palace together to meet King Norton I.

After seeing Norton I, Arcadio directly ordered Crowe to present some "evidence" that the Minister of the Interior, Rield, corrupted the law and supported the entire city's alcohol trade behind the scenes, and brought out his wounded son as a bitter trick. This sudden incident was described as a long-planned revenge by the Secretary of the Interior Reard.

Norton I was very surprised, but the Minister of the Interior, Rield, was also one of the four major ministers of state. What Arcadio held was enough for other minor nobles to crucify them, but it was far from Rield. Far from being enough, the most important thing was that Norton I himself was a little hesitant about dealing with Rield, who had also held a high position for a long time.

Arcadio accepted it as soon as he saw it, and forced Norton I to force him without further entanglement. This accusation was only to plant a thorn in Norton I's heart, and to provide a reasonable explanation for Rield's charge of rioting. In order to force Rild to act as soon as possible.

And when Arcadio entered the palace to ask for an audience with Norton I, officers of the guards had already rushed to the house of the Minister of the Interior Reard to inform him.

In the conference room, Earl Rild looked solemnly at a large group of nobles in front of him. There were civil servants and military officers, all of whom opposed Arcadio. Everyone in the room heard that Arcadio led Clo The news that he and Aureliano ran to the palace made everyone look unhappy.

"Everyone, the enemy is pressing every step of the way, we can no longer sit still!"

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"Deputy Dean, is it true that no one is left behind? If everyone leaves, what is left behind will definitely be stolen!"

A young worker in a workhouse in a slum spoke to Honoré.

Honoré, the vice president of the poorhouse who once acted together with William, had his hands on his hips at this moment: "I said, let's all go, no one is allowed to stay!"

The female workers glanced at the direction of the warehouse reluctantly. These female workers were basically born in poor areas and knew that life was not easy: "But the things in the warehouse..."

"You don't need to worry about this. The higher-ups have spoken. Kalmar City will be in chaos these days. Hurry up and hide in the military camp near the dock. Don't ask for trouble!"

Under William's order, the employees of the workhouse in the slums hid in the military camp near the pier. These institutions usually rescue the dying and heal the wounded in the slums, and their every move attracts attention. Naturally, their movements cannot be hidden from other people in the slums , especially most of the employees grew up in the slums, and there are many relatives and friends in this land, so the news that Kalmar City will soon be chaotic quickly spread in the slums.

The news spread more and more outrageous, and the reasons became more and more "detailed". Among them, there were people who were interested in adding materials, and finally lost their original appearance. His backer was knocked down.

There are all kinds of true and false statements everywhere, but there is only one thing that can be confirmed. William and his armed forces have indeed disappeared from the slums. In order to test the truth of the news, some criminal gang leaders even ordered thieves to He bravely went to the poorhouse to steal some things, but the thief returned unharmed and told the poorhouse that there were many items piled up in the warehouse that were too late to take away.

This demon king really slipped away in desperation?

This sentence lingers in the hearts of all the leaders of criminal gangs in the slums.

Before they had time to cheer and celebrate William's departure, they found that there seemed to be a sudden chaos in the slum area, as if William and his people left, the place would lose order.

People dressed as gang members robbed everywhere, attacked criminals from different gangs, and some people set fire to it. The people who fought for the supplies of the almshouse turned from quarrels to fights, and even some people with ulterior motives began to incite residents and encourage them to attack the aristocratic district.

Dampier stood on the high slope, looking at the slums that were gradually becoming turbulent, with the corners of his mouth drawn, showing a sarcasm smile. Behind him stood several crew members of the Morgan Pirates who were dressed like gangsters.

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On the bow of a merchant ship, the navigator put down the binoculars aimed in the direction of Kalmar City, and said angrily: "This gang of damned pirates, usually just blackmail them, but now they suddenly don't let others dock, and they can't even supply them. Too overbearing!"

The bearded captain next to him patted him on the shoulder: "Forget it, we can't afford to mess with them."

In the distance, the warships of the Morgan Pirates were still wandering in the surrounding waters, and the pirate flag painted with evil smiling skulls was fluttering in the wind, constantly driving away any ships with the intention of approaching Kalmar City.

And at the pier of Kalmar City, there was a group of fellow merchants who were even more unlucky than this merchant ship. They were directly blocked at the pier by the warships of the Morgan Pirates, and they were neither allowed to leave nor allowed to disembark.

A naval warship looked at the pirate ship showing off its might, and the soldiers on board quickly dialed the phone number of the officer who was still on the shore.