Embers Ad Infinitum

Chapter 57 The Council of Nobles

Odick dialed the phone, but no one answered.

"Maybe it was muted during the meeting..." Odick gave his own guess as he ran.

Neither Jiang Baimian nor Shang Jianyao spoke, and rushed to follow.

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City Lord's Mansion, the Chamber of the Nobles.

A long table was placed in the center. At the top was the city lord Xu Liyan, who was dressed in luxurious clothes. Three people sat on each side.

These are the seven nobles and council members at the top of Yecao City. It’s just that since Huuld, the center of power has shifted to the city hall and the city defense army, and in control of these two departments, there is a force in the "primary city". The supporting city lord gradually emptied the noble council.

But in the current critical situation, even if Hurd reborn, he dare not ignore the opinions of the other six nobles.

They have private soldiers, a manor, a population, and a variety of resource reserves. If they take advantage of the chaos and gather the wilderness wanderers, it will be enough to change the wild grass city.

At this time, in the chamber, there were only two guards behind each nobleman, even the city lord Xu Liyan.

This is the rule that has been gradually "developed" after the establishment of the council after repeated frictions, leaks, coups, and bloodshed:

You can only bring two bodyguards when you enter the chamber.

Similarly, the nobles and bodyguards can carry weapons, but they cannot be exposed.

The regulations on weapons in Yecao City originated from the council.

——At that time, let the leaders of various armed groups not lead the guards to bring weapons. They must be afraid of being attacked. They worried that the city owner would suddenly drop the cup and rush in dozens or hundreds of gunmen. If you let them bring them. , They have confidence in their hearts, and they are all people who have experienced troubled times and bloodied their guns. If they don't agree, they may break out a small battle on the spot, involving other people.

Therefore, they can only be allowed to put the guards outside and only bring a certain number of bodyguards inside to discuss matters. At the same time, the weapons must be hidden so that they cannot be seen, that is, they must be placed in places that are not convenient for themselves. In this way, If they want to draw their guns to blow the heads of political opponents, they will have a buffer room, so that neutrals have a chance to stop them, so that they can calm down. In addition, they will also worry about whether their guns are not properly placed. Wan Once it is a few seconds slower than the opponent, or even ten seconds, the fun will be great. It is better to be peaceful, just quarrel and not move the gun.

As a supplement, similar gatherings have strict inspections for explosives, so that no one will sacrifice a happy family.

At this time, Xu Liyan's left was the robe-covered mechanical monk Jing Nian, and his right was his assistant, Uncle Liu, who happened to be a martial artist.

Of course, it does not mean that Uncle Liu has no combat effectiveness.

When he was young, he was armed with two guns, and I don't know how many enemies and guys who wanted to break the Weed City and the **** coups.

It's just that he is now older and less angry, and he has found that he has a greater talent for handling political affairs, so the mantra has become "Everyone should regard peace as the most valuable."

Xu Liyan looked around, using no official or formal language, but smiling and said:

"Uncles and uncles, you should have seen what it looks like outside."

Seeing his posture very low, Zhao Zhengqi, the lord of Zhao Mansion, touched the beard on his chin and said:

"City Lord, don't hesitate to say if you have anything to say, this is everyone's wild grass city, and is there anyone who is not willing to contribute?"

Zhao Zhengqi is over fifty, his beard is slightly gray, and he is impressively fat in the generally thin dust.

One of the bodyguards behind him is a dead soldier raised by himself, and the other is his eldest son in his early thirties, mainly to bring familiarity with the style and process of the noble council.

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Everyone's Weed City... Xu Liyan sneered to himself, and said sincerely on the surface:

"Now there are many casualties, and the manpower is very tense. The wilderness wanderers may break through the defense line of the municipal building at any time and rush into North Street. I also hope that your uncles and uncles will send out the private forces in their respective residences to form a team and fight a countercharge. Strive to break up the wanderers in the wilderness and drive them out of the city before they are truly organized."

Zhao Zhengqi glanced at his son and daughter's in-laws, Murrich, and asked him to speak first.

The Murridge family is of the Red River race, but after several generations of intermarriage, he also has obvious characteristics of gray people, with softer features and less coarse pores.

He has yellow hair and blue eyes, heavier statute lines, and always speaks slowly, as if the sky is falling and there is nothing serious:

"City Lord, it's okay to send a private army. The Weed City belongs to everyone. Can we just ignore it?

"As long as we leave us the manpower to protect the mansion, everything else can be deployed by you.

"It's just that our people are not regular troops. They are trained to protect the manor and protect the manor. Letting them fight back is not only difficult, but also may not have good results.

"Why not, let our people replace the city defense forces and your guards, guard the North Bridge and the municipal building, and let the regular troops that have been replaced do counterattacks?"

Because Xu Liyan speaks the dusty language, Murrich uses the same language. Moreover, his words are round and round, and his words are skillfully used, and he has done a lot of hard work.

As soon as Murrich's voice fell, Zhao Zhengqi and other noble councillors immediately agreed, indicating that this is the truth.

Xu Liyan's forehead bounced with blue veins, and the hands on both sides of the chair unconsciously tightened.

After receiving Uncle Liu's eyes that "peace is precious", he forced a smile and said:

"I can understand the concerns of your uncles and uncles. I also plan to select a group of uninjured personnel from the city defense army and the guards to form a separate team and make a counterattack. However, this number may not be enough. Choose some from the army."

After looking at each other, Zhao Zhengqi nodded first:

"Okay, just do it."

Other noble councillors did not bother with this issue anymore.

This is because they have their own interests in East Street, West Street, and South Street. Not the actual owners of certain warehouses, but also the hotel owners, grain shop owners, and major shareholders of nightclubs, are eager to solve the wilderness wanderers as soon as possible. , So that the damage to their own property is not so serious.

After communicating this decision to make it officially effective, Xu Liyan moved on to the second topic:

"Uncles and uncles, the riots should be subdued soon, and we have to discuss how to deal with the aftermath.

"Outside North Street, I don’t know how many civilians were killed and robbed. The next winter will be very difficult. I am willing to take the lead and donate some food to help them so that they can survive until the situation improves. Um, medical supplies are also donated. Some, there must be many injured people, and they may not have the money to pay."

As soon as Xu Liyan's voice fell, Zhao Zhengqi shook his head in a rattle style:

"We have no surplus.

"Furthermore, in just one morning, how much food can you lose in the city? They are more frugal, and it is not a problem to spend the winter."

What are you kidding about, this is not your own "property", why do you want to help them?

"Yes." Murridge agreed. "What does it matter if some civilians die? We have enough slaves anyway."

"That is, if you dare to make trouble, you will be driven out to be a wilderness wanderer." Another aristocratic councilor Zhang Wenxin followed up and expressed his opinion. "When the situation stabilizes, as long as we have food for sale here, some people come to live in Weed City to make up for it. Manpower gap."

Hearing their objection, Xu Liyan raised his hand and rubbed his forehead, only to feel his head buzzing.

He barely maintained his posture, and analyzed it powerfully:

"Considering that the families of the soldiers live outside North Street, if they turn to each other, then we can only escape to the first city."

Zhao Zhengqi laughed and said:

"City Lord, don't worry, the family members of our private army are in the manor."

But the city defense army is not... Xu Liyan only felt that the blue veins on his forehead jumped more and more.

In the different objections of several other noble councillors, not only did his mind buzz, he also seemed to have an illusory voice shouting in his ears:

"Blow them up!

"Blow them up!"

Xu Liyan's eyes gradually became a little dazed, supporting his head with one hand, leaning into his pocket with the other, and took out a small black remote control.

"Blow them up!

"Blow them up!"

The devil's roar kept echoing in his ears, making his breathing gradually heavier.

At this moment, the door of the noble chamber was opened.

A guard shouted inside:

"City Lord, Mr. Odick wants to see you urgently!"

Jiang Baimian at the door had very good eyesight, and when he glanced at it, he found that Xu Liyan's eyes were wrong.

It was at a loss and it was crazy.

"Quick!" As she reminded Odick, she immediately drew her pistol and fired a shot at the crystal chandelier on the long table in the noble chamber.

Shang Jian Yao drew his spear and turned around to help Jiang Baimian hold his back.

The sound of bang and crash sounded at the same time, and a large number of glass fragments fell.

The noble congressmen present, except for Xu Liyan, were not too young and had experienced some wars and riots. They were very sensitive to gunfire and responded immediately.

Murric, who spoke slowly, slid down directly, UU read www.uukanshu.com and hid under the table. The fat and fat Zhao Zhengqi jumped away from the seat quickly, pulled his elder son into the corner...

Their bodyguards pulled out their guns one after another, looking for positions, and aiming at the door.

The gunshot also shocked Xu Liyan, who was above him, and made him wake up a little bit from the devil's roar, and his movements stopped.

But this little sobriety was soon overwhelmed, and Xu Liyan swept his eyes red and pressed the remote control in his hand.

At this time, his eyelids suddenly became heavier, and his whole person instantly lost consciousness, leaning back on the back of the chair, as if falling asleep.

Odick grasped the short gap created by Jiang Baimian, thumping forward one after another, and he was already close enough to use "forced sleep" to get closer to Xu Liyan!

Then he saw the black and thick barrel.

This was "stretched out" from the mechanical monk Jingnian.

"The city lord was hypnotized by the'priest', and he wants to die with the people here!" Odick quickly shouted out his own guess.

This sentence made the counterattack of the bodyguards and the guards outside the room come to an abrupt end, and confronted Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao.

While continuing to aim at Odick, the mechanical monk Jing Nian stretched out his metal arm and forcibly tore open Xu Liyan's coat.

The situation of the city lord was immediately revealed.

He tied several laps of explosives around his waist, all of which were high-performance products from the "Orange" company.

Once this explodes, not only the people in the aristocratic chamber will not be spared, but even the next door and the next door will be destroyed.

Perhaps the only survivor on the scene is the mechanical monk Jingnian.

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