"The gods will never forget their children. Even if you have betrayed the gods, the gods are still willing to save you from suffering, because the gods know that it is not your fault, it is those shameless demons who blinded your eyes!"
A thin, middle-aged woman gave a hoarse speech in a crow-like voice.
"Now that the devil has returned to your land again, will you betray the gods again for the devil's charity?"
"We won't!" the onlookers answered neatly.
"Will you let that demon trample your land again?"
"We won't!"
"Do you allow that devil to blaspheme God again!"
…
The old woman said the devil a dozen times in total, and Reggie, who was standing in the crowd, was so angry that he was shaking all over.
"Is she scolding me?"
"Probably not," Modesa shook her head, "She doesn't have the guts."
Nipoli whispered: "Everyone knows that you are never soft on the punishers, and they will never dare to insult you in public."
"Who else could they insult?"
The old woman finished her speech, and the onlookers began to come forward to receive the bread one by one. The bread was very small, about a quarter of a pound. Everyone who received the bread had to repeat a sentence.
"My heart belongs to the gods, let the succubus Edwina Sheila go to hell." A little girl took away the bread.
"My heart belongs to the gods, let the succubus Edwina Sheila go to hell." An old man took away the bread.
"My heart belongs to the gods, let the succubus Edwina Sheila go to hell." A little boy took away the bread.
According to this trend, within a few days, Edwina will completely turn into a demon in Zhilin City.
Reggie left the square angrily. After returning to the castle, he did not go to Wenna, but directly found Sulit.
Because he was injured on the battlefield, Reggie asked Sulit to recuperate in Zhilin City and temporarily took over the government affairs of Zhilin City. He reminded Sulit to distribute food to the residents as soon as possible. He knew how disastrous the war was.
horrible.
Unexpectedly, Su Lite's movements were so slow, and he was beaten ahead by the God of Punishment.
"What on earth are you thinking? Haven't I made it clear enough? Isn't it difficult to distribute food to people?"
The furious Reggie reprimanded Sulit severely. It took this young man who was extremely brave on the battlefield a long time to come up with an explanation: "I did distribute food to them, a full 100,000 pounds of flour."
"Then why are so many people starving? Why can the God of Punishment win people over with a small piece of bread? Why is it that a girl is only worth five pounds of bread a night, while a boy is only worth four pounds?"
The angry Reggie spoke too fast and had too much information, making Sulit unable to respond for a while. Nipoli first persuaded Reggie, then turned to Sulit and said, "I believe you must have brought the food to Shattered."
Xuecheng, but you probably haven’t distributed food to the hands of civilians.”
"I gave the food to the three elders Dorian, Barisia and Ambis, and they promised me that they would distribute the food to the common people."
"Oh my God!" Wen Na, who was standing at the door, took a breath of cold air, "It's really those three old bastards."
"Who are they?" Reggie asked.
"They are difficult people, the most difficult people in Zhilin City." Wen Na sighed and talked about the history of these three elders.
"Zhilin City was originally a wasteland, where Jinguang City dumped slag. My great-grandmother bought this land with the help of three men and managed it for fifteen years, turning this wasteland into They conquered the city and obtained the title of Viscount. Because they all insisted that they were my grandmother's father, my great-grandmother promised them that they and their descendants would become the elders of Zhilin City. Every year in Zhilin City, 10% of the income will belong to them, and they have the right to express their opinions on all matters in Zhilin City."
Hearing this, Reggie covered his forehead and sat on the chair. Wenna licked her lips and said, "You, what's wrong with you?"
"The amount of information is too much, let me digest it, and then you continue."
"As long as I can remember, these three families have been pointing fingers at my mother. After my mother's death, they also questioned my qualifications as an heir. I even suspected that they betrayed me to Charlemagne."
"It turns out there are people like this in Zhilin City," Reggie pondered for a long time. "When the Heavenly Punishers were doing mischief in Zhilin City, why didn't I hear any news about them?"
"Stop joking, okay?" Wen Na shook her head and said, "When Zhilin City is in trouble, they won't show up. They will hide in their castle and hold the girl to watch my jokes."
"No wonder you don't want to return to Zhilin City so much. You should have told me about this earlier," Reggie turned to Sulit and said, "Why don't you just give the food to the civilians directly?"
Su Lit whispered: "I don't have enough manpower."
"Nonsense, I gave you a hundred soldiers! Can't you even do something as simple as distributing food?"
Su Lite said: "I want the soldiers to garrison in the west, which is adjacent to the territory of Golden Light City."
There is a borderline of more than 20 miles between Zhilin City and Jinguang City. After fighting with Reggie for a year, Sulit was more worried about the threat from the Bayers than the crisis in the city. One hundred soldiers Guarding the border was already stretched thin, so it was no wonder that he had no time to take care of the situation in the city.
This is the weakness of soldiers. They only have war in their eyes. Even if he sends out a few capable soldiers to monitor the actions of the three elders, things will not develop into such a bad situation.
One thing is now basically certain: these 100,000 pounds of food were not distributed to civilians. As for where the food went, Reggie was ready to ask these three elders.
"Prepare a dinner party for me. I'm going to treat them to a nice meal tonight." Reggie looked at Wen Na with a smile.
Wen Na shook her head repeatedly and said: "I'm sick. I'm very dizzy. It's better for me to rest early tonight."
"Go get the whip," Reggie said, still smiling. "I can cure you soon."
It was obvious that Reggie was angry, and Wenna did not dare to say anything more. She immediately asked the attendant to send the invitation.
That night, three elders came to Wenna's castle. Judging from their ages, two of them were about forty years old, and the other was just in his early twenties. It was difficult to associate them with the word elder.
"Are you sure your great-grandfather is among them?"
"Of course not," Wenna glared at Reggie, "Dorian and Barisia are the third generation elders, and Ambis is the fourth generation elder."
These three people were used to being arrogant in Zhilin City, and before the banquet started, they took the lead in condemning Edwina.
"I really didn't expect you would have the nerve to come back here." Dorian spoke first.
Barisia continued: "I think people always have a little sense of shame. You abandoned Zhilin City in the most difficult time, and now what do you want to come back to do?"
"You don't want to come back and be a lord, right?" Ambis sneered, "We grew up together. I know you are not a reserved person, but I didn't expect you to be so shameless!"
They took turns taunting Wen Na, but Wen Na did not respond. Her mother had warned her not to quarrel with others when she was angry, otherwise she would cause irreparable losses due to her unscrupulous words.
Her hands clutched the tablecloth tightly, and her body was shaking unconsciously. Just when she was about to lose control, a hand suddenly touched her back and kept moving towards her waist.
Reggie was taking advantage of her. Although this behavior was somewhat inappropriate, it calmed Wenna down.
Two third-generation and one fourth-generation, these three arrogant local snakes, they really thought that not even a dragon could suppress them.
Reggie looked at the three elders, raised his wine glass, and said a toast in his native language: "Two grandsons and one great grandson, I am very happy to meet you."
The three people looked at each other, and Dorian asked: "Sir, what you just said is..."
"Don't worry, the wizard's spell is not a vicious curse, it's just to set off the atmosphere tonight." Reggie drank the wine in the glass and wiped his mouth and said, "I want Edwina to use the consul's spell.
Who is in favor of taking charge of Zhilin City? Who is against it? I want to hear your suggestions."
The three people kept shaking their heads as if they had taken medicine, expressing the same opinions in their own ways.
"Absurd, simply ridiculous."
"She betrayed Zhilin City and can still serve as a consul?"
"Lord, since you have taken over Zhilin City, you should choose a consul from among the most loyal people."
"No matter how difficult the situation is, no one in our family has ever left Zhilin City!"
The three people were so noisy that Wenna had no chance to defend herself. Reggie picked up a fork and knocked on the wine glass, signaling for them to quiet down, but they completely ignored Reggie's actions until Reggie pulled out his musket and pulled away.
After hitting the hammer, the noise stopped.
"Grandsons, you are very unruly and rude. Didn't your grandfather teach you table manners? Your eating appearance is really ugly!" Reggie did not speak his native language this time. He spoke directly in the common language,
"Everyone speaks in order, one by one, speak clearly, and tell me why you are opposed to Wen Na being the consul?"