Don’t raise unruly people in extreme cold weather

Chapter 73 Bloody Dock

On this day, Xinshak City experienced a sleepless night.

The old housekeeper who received Purficott's order carried out her will to the letter, setting off a horrific massacre in New Shaker City.

Arthur led his flag team and cooperated with the old butler. The roar of the Steam Rider resounded across the earth for the first time, announcing with iron and blood that its arrival was going to cause killing.

The colonial authorities in New Xia Ke City originally wanted to stop it. After all, the Steam Riders were hunting down independent factions in the city. This was a huge blow to New Xia Ke City.

But when the old butler wearing the steam knight armor took out Perficott's special authority and relied on it to point the chain sword at them, these colonial officials did not dare to let go.

The assassination of the Queen's envoy in the city of Novoshak is a very serious matter.

If they don't want to be implicated later or simply now and be killed by Foster, then they have only one option: cooperation.

As a result, the police in Xinshak City were mobilized and began to cooperate with Foster in hunting down the independent factions in the city. Even the garrison entered the city after a guard knight conveyed the order, and then carried out the patrol on the streets. blockade.

After James also learned about this incident, he immediately contacted his colleagues in the Intelligence Bureau in New Shaker City, obtained a large amount of information about the independent faction, and then led Foster to search for the map and began a large-scale manhunt.

When the sun rose, a corpse was hung under every lamppost on the dock where the White Jewel was moored.

Hundreds of people were implicated in last night's manhunt, about a hundred of whom were killed and their bodies hung from street lamps on the port pier, while most of the rest were thrown into prison.

A large number of buildings were damaged during the raid last night, and many ordinary people were also affected. Two streets even caught fire, burning a large number of houses, and many people suffered unreasonable disasters.

But the troops under martial law and the corpses hanging all over the port pier kept everyone silent. No one dared to talk nonsense at this time, for fear that he would be the next one to be hung on a lamppost.

Officials from New Shaker City also came to the White Jewel with great trepidation and asked to see Purficott, hoping to distance themselves from the incident and also want the matter to end as soon as possible.

Most of these officials have been colonized and have too many interest entanglements with the colonies. Such white terror has also brought huge losses to them.

In their opinion, this matter indeed requires a massive search and investigation, but it would be too harsh to directly send troops to suppress it like Purficott did.

And the most important thing is the losses caused by doing so. Last night alone, they had already caused thousands of pounds of losses, a large part of which belonged to their private interests.

However, Purficott did not see them, and only sent Samantha to convey the news that she had received a shocking notice yesterday, and said that the lampposts on the pier were still empty.

Hearing this, the officials of Xinshak City suddenly felt as if their heads were pounding. It was obvious that the Baroness had a strong opinion about the assassination and was not satisfied with the current result.

With Purficott's statement, Foster, who was conducting the manhunt, naturally understood what his lady meant, so he further expanded the scope of the manhunt.

Many people who had only contact with the independent faction were also arrested, and some people who made relevant remarks or expressed support for the independent faction were also implicated. More corpses were brought back to the port pier, and even the lampposts could not be hung.

Subsequently, they received a new order and erected an execution rack on the dock. Once the captured independents were identified, they would be hanged first and then beheaded, leaving their heads on the dock.

As a result, hundreds of independent factions and people related to the independent faction were executed, and the blood dyed the sea water in the port red. Several knights who were temporarily assigned by Perfectcott to beheaded even had their hands cramped.

Suddenly, intense fear swept through the entire Xinshak City, and everyone was in panic. Even the officials of Xinshak City began to worry about whether their heads could be placed safely on their necks.

They asked to see Purficott several times to no avail, and were blocked by the knights of the guard. No one could see the baroness who was now killing people in New Shake City.

It wasn't until the colonial governor sent by the Empire to the New World personally visited that Samantha allowed the governor to board the White Jewel with Perficott's permission.

In the reception room of the White Jewel, the Governor first expressed condolences and concern for Purficott, and then expressed his dissatisfaction with the killings she caused in New Shaker City, and hinted that it was not appropriate for Purficott to cause such a large-scale of slaughter.

"Miss Purficott, your special and full appointment is for you to preside over the empire's Arctic scientific expedition plan. Although your assassination is indeed a very outrageous thing, is such a large-scale implication too much? Passed?" The Governor frowned and looked at Purficott, who had specially changed into a red and black dress today, as if he was looking at a little girl who was so powerful that she acted willfully.

However, Purficott only asked the Governor: "Your Excellency, are you loyal to the Empire? Loyal to Her Majesty the Queen?"

Faced with this question, the Governor felt quite helpless, but he still answered patiently: "Of course I am loyal to the Empire and to Her Majesty the Queen, but..."

"I understand what you mean. Do you think I act arbitrarily just because I have special and plenary authority?" Purficott exposed the governor's intention without any scruples, but did not show any dissatisfaction. Or in other emotions, he just handed a letter to the governor: "Your Excellency, please take a look at this letter first. This was given to me by Her Royal Highness the Princess before I set off."

The governor didn't know why, but he still accepted the letter from Perfectcott.

No matter what his opinions were about Purficott, this letter from the eldest princess was not something he could neglect.

However, after he read the letter, his face showed strong disbelief.

He raised his head and looked at Purficott in shock, and asked with a trembling body: "Is this true? Is the empire really..."

"Otherwise, why do you think I want to kill people? Do I have a hobby of watching people lose their heads?" Purficott's face was a little pale, and the strong bloody smell wafting from the dock made her vomit three times in the morning. But she still forced herself to do this: "The empire needs a stable new continent. If an independent uprising breaks out at this time, it will seriously shake the empire's next plan!
  I have no choice but to use their heads and blood to intimidate the entire colony, let them understand the empire's determination to maintain its rule, and prevent them from causing trouble to the empire at this critical moment! "

Having said this, Purficott looked at the Governor solemnly and said to him seriously: "Your Majesty, Governor, if you are still loyal to the empire, then please cooperate with me! No matter what means are used, at least in the next three years Within, there must be no chaos in the New World!"

"I understand." The Governor felt weak for a while, but at the same time he straightened his body and agreed with Purficott with firm eyes.

(End of this chapter)