(Two chapters in one)

As soon as she realized something was wrong, Solandel immediately asked anxiously: "When Brother Bolton came to Danyu City, why didn't you tell him these things?!"

Maban said unwillingly: "I had no chance. After the Dragon Fire Festival, all the guards who were on duty at the granary that night disappeared mysteriously. I also encountered several waves of assassinations. Fortunately, I escaped. On the day when Prince Bolton came, I was too busy to take care of myself that I didn't have any chance."

Find a way to get close to him."

When Maban said this, he looked around and said quickly: "Your Highness, I have told you everything I can tell you. You have to leave quickly and don't let the people in Gomer see me with you, otherwise they will definitely be angry with you."

Your investigation is hindered in every possible way."

"Farewell for now, Your Highness. Millions of lives in Danyu City are entrusted to your hands!"

After Mab left, Solandel raised her head and looked in the direction of the executive mansion, her eyes getting deeper and deeper, and her childish voice was full of oppression: "Gomei, Lin Gengsen, what on earth do you want to do?"

The various situations described by Ma Ban convinced Solandel that there must be something wrong with the fire at the Dragon Fire Festival in Danyu City. As for what the problem was, she has not yet found out the clues.

But one thing is certain, nothing is perfect in this world. No matter how well these officials in Danyu City hide themselves, they must have left clues in some places.

And this place is most likely the Eighth Granary where the fire occurred during the Dragon Fire Festival.

Solandel secretly came to the vicinity of the granary. The original eight granaries had been destroyed by fire. The current granary was temporarily built on the ruins after the incident. It was very simple and consisted of tents.

According to the "Doguland Emergency Period Law", during the disaster relief period, civilians can go to the local granary to receive a certain amount of relief food every day with their identity documents.

Of course, nobles can also receive it, but they generally will not do such "shameful" things.

Slaves who are defined as animals and do not enjoy civil rights do not have this kind of treatment.

Solandel had already forged her identity certificate with the help of Chino, and with her dirty face and clothes, she blended into the crowd without any sense of disobedience.

At this time, there was already a long queue outside the tent, all of which were civilians eagerly waiting to receive relief food.

Solandel was waiting in the queue. In order to avoid alerting others and exposing her identity, she even took off the red rope "thread lead" on her hand and buried it under a tree. After waiting in line for more than two hours, she finally took her turn.

Got to her.

The new grain officer in charge of coordinating cashiers was sitting on a chair with a cigarette in his mouth. There was no open flame in the granary, so he just chewed the tobacco and shook his legs.

The grain officer casually took Solandel's identity certificate, checked it was correct, and looked at her.

The grain officer's eyesight was quite good. Even though Solandel was in ragged clothes and as dirty as a little beggar, he could still recognize her exquisite facial features. His expression became smiling, and he returned the identity document and pretended

He said casually: "I'll touch one bag, but I won't touch half the bag."

Solandel looked at the grain officer in shock and said unwillingly: "During the disaster relief period, each person is provided with one bag of food per day. This is a legal requirement. How can there be any reason to only give half a bag without touching it?!"

The grain officer didn't say anything, but casually held the cigarette under his nose and sniffed it, as if he hadn't said anything just now.

Seeing this, the soldier next to him shook his legs and said, "Half the bag goes to the left."

Solandel gritted her teeth, glanced at them angrily, and walked to the left without saying a word.

Before she could enter the curtain, the next civilian came in again, and the grain officer's voice sounded again: "I'll touch one bag, but I won't touch half the bag."

Solandel subconsciously turned around and found that the person walking in was a little girl about her age.

The little girl was confused and took out two pieces of identification and said in a milky voice: "Uncle, my mother is sick, can I take her share home with her?"

The grain officer glanced at the ID card and showed that disgusting smile again: "How about you accompany uncle to the back to play games? As long as you behave, uncle will give you three bags."

When the little girl heard that she could get an extra bag, she quickly nodded and agreed, so that she could go back and cook a few more bowls of porridge for her mother!

Seeing the little girl being led to the curtain on the right by the grain officer, Solandel cried out: "No!"

The little girl was startled, turned around blankly, and looked at Solandel at a loss.

Looking at the little girl's clear eyes, Solandel felt like her heart was cut by a knife, but she could do nothing.

If she reveals her identity, even if the grain officer doesn't believe her, she will feel guilty to some extent, and the little girl in front of her will be saved from the murderous hands.

However, doing so also means alerting the enemy, and the news will quickly spread to the ruling residence, making it difficult to find any clues.

No clues can be found. Once the 24-hour time limit is up, the lives of more than 6 million people in Danyu City will be uncertain.

She could only save one side of the people and all the living beings in front of her.

"I'm sorry" Solandel's lips trembled and her eyes were covered with mist.

The grain officer glanced at the soldier and motioned for him to take the person away. Then he took the little girl and walked to the curtain on the right.

The little girl stared back at Solandel blankly, her eyes as clear as lake water without impurities, and finally disappeared from Solandel's sight as the curtain fell.

Two girls of similar age lead to completely different destinies

Solandel was taken to the curtain on the left side. The soldier took a palm-sized bag and filled it with food nonchalantly with a shovel.

Time was running out, and every minute and every second was critical. Solandel had no time to feel sad. She glanced around while the soldiers were loading food, trying to find possible clues.

where

where

where

Where are the clues hiding the truth?

"Hey." Suddenly, the soldier's voice sounded. He pointed to the half bag of grain on the table, "Take it away, the next person is coming."

Solandel was already so nervous that sweat broke out on her forehead. She stood there pretending not to hear, her eyes flickering around.

"Do you have something wrong with your ears?" The soldier came over and pushed Solandel and scolded, "Take the bag and get out of here!"

Solandel staggered a step, before she could stand still, she suddenly caught a glimpse of something dark in the corner where the soldier was standing.

Those were some carbon ash scattered in the corner of the wall. They were so fine that you couldn't even notice them unless you stared at them. They were most likely left behind during the cleaning of the granary.

Solandel didn't know if the carbon ash was useful, but it was the only clue she could see now, so she had to give it a try anyway.

She secretly peeped at the soldiers. If she went to pick them up like this openly, she would definitely attract attention, so she had to find a way to divert her attention.

So, she walked to the table without saying a word, and when she took the grain bag, she deliberately shook her hand, causing the bag to fall to the ground, and the wheat grains inside spilled all over the floor.

"You damn bastard!" The soldier was so angry that he rushed over and kicked Solandel on the waist, yelling, "I just finished cleaning today, do you want to die?!"

How could Solandel be able to withstand such a kick? Her whole body was kicked out like a ball and hit the wall hard.

The soldier felt that he was still angry, so he stepped on and kicked Solandel, and slapped her on the head more than a dozen times. He didn't stop until her nosebleed came out. While beating her, he cursed: "You bastard! You bastard!"

!I will kill you little bastard!"

Solandel has been pampered since she was a child and has been cared for by everyone. Every time she bumps into someone, her father, queen and mother will be nervous. At most, she will be slapped on the palm by Yuan Wen's ruler when she makes mistakes in the academy. When has she ever experienced this kind of thing?

A severe beating? It hurt so much that tears flowed out.

She struggled and huddled into the corner, protecting her head on one side, and secretly hiding her other hand behind her back. She randomly picked up a handful of charcoal and stuffed it into her pocket. Because the range of movement was very small, and the soldiers were busy beating people, there was no trace of them.

Notice this move.

After getting the ash, Solandel stumbled and ran outside. The soldier chased her out and kicked her to the ground: "Run? Keep running!"

Running and being kicked all the way, Solandel was kicked from inside the tent to outside the tent by the soldiers. She fell so hard that her arms were bruised, and she fell to the ground and could hardly get up.

The civilians outside were afraid that they would offend the soldier and be short of food when the time came, so they did not dare to mind their own business and could only look at her with sympathy.

"Bang!" The soldier finally kicked Solandel in the stomach, pointed at her and cursed: "God damn it, get out! I'll beat you every time I see you!"

After the soldiers left, Solandel lay on the ground panting for several minutes, then climbed up with her bruised body, staggered to the tree at the corner, and dug out the red rope buried in the soil.

"Ugh!" Solandel tremblingly held the string that Kino gave her tightly, buried her head and leaned against the tree, crying with tears streaming down her face.

First, it hurts. It hurts too much. My head, face, arms, stomach, and legs all hurt. I couldn’t hold back my tears even if I wanted to.

The second was the sadness in her heart. She had only been a "civilian" in Danyu City for a few hours and was beaten like this. How much oppression had the civilians who actually lived here suffered? She simply couldn't imagine.

Solandel leaned against the tree and cried for a long time. She cried until her legs no longer hurt so much and she could walk. Then she got up unsteadily, washed the blood on her face with the accumulated water, and covered her face with charcoal ash.

Bag, go to the military camp where the Death Legion is stationed.

At the entrance of the military camp, Nicole, who was patrolling here, saw Solandel and took her in.

In the military account office, Kino is processing official documents here, and Lorna is in a daze.

As soon as Solandel walked in, Lorna exclaimed: "You're back! How did you end up like this?! Go wash and change clothes quickly, it's so painful!"

Kino was about to ask about the progress, but suddenly his eyes were fixed, his brows furrowed and he asked: "Are you injured?"

Solandel didn't want to cause trouble. If she said now that she was beaten in the granary, not to mention what Kino would do, Lorna would definitely go there with a knife to question her, and then the situation would be chaotic again.

"It's nothing, isn't it raining outside? I fell while walking." Solandel made up a lie about her injuries.

Lorna held Solandel's hand tightly and looked at the wound on her arm. Her eyes were red with pain: "I told you not to go, but you have to go! You won't be allowed to move alone after you fell like this!"

Lorna's words reminded Solandel of her helplessness when she was beaten in the granary. Her eyes were hot for a moment. She suppressed the sourness in her nose and squeezed out a forced smile: "Okay, okay, this

Isn't it okay? By the way, No, I'll bring you something."

Solandel carefully opened the pocket and shook the charcoal inside onto the table.

Kino stared at the carbon ash and asked doubtfully: "This is it?"

Solandel explained: "I met Ma Ban on the street today, who is the former grain officer of Danyu City. He participated in fire-fighting operations on the night of the Dragon Fire Festival. I learned from him that the fire in the granary that night was very serious.

It’s weird, it burns like a raging fire that burns the sky, and even water can’t extinguish it. I suspect the source of the fire is desert fire.”
To be continued...