Odic dialed the phone, but no one answered over there.
"Maybe it was muted during the meeting......" Odick gave his guess as he ran.
Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao didn't speak, and ran to follow.
…………
The city lord's mansion, the noble council hall.
A long table was placed in the center, with Xu Liyan, the luxuriously dressed city lord, and three people sitting on each side.
These are the seven great nobles and council members located at the top of Weed City, but since Huld, the focus of power has shifted to the city hall and the city defense army, and the city lord who controls these two departments and is supported by a certain force in the "Original City" has gradually overthrown the noble council.
But in the current critical situation, even if Hilde is reborn, he does not dare to ignore the opinions of the other six great nobles.
They have private soldiers, manors, populations, and various resource reserves, if they take advantage of the chaos to gather the wilderness wanderers, it will be enough to make the wild grass city change.
At this time, in the council hall, there were only two guards behind each great nobleman, even the city lord Xu Liyan.
This is the rule that has gradually been "developed" after the establishment of the council after friction, leakage, coup, and bloodshed again and again:
Anyone entering the council room can only bring a maximum of two bodyguards.
Similarly, the nobles and bodyguards could carry weapons but not be exposed.
The control of weapons in Wild Grass City originated from the council.
——At that time, the leaders of various armed groups were not allowed to bring weapons to the guards, they were definitely afraid of being attacked, worried that the city lord would suddenly drop the cup, and dozens or hundreds of gunmen rushed in, a burst of strafing.
At the same time, the weapons must be hidden and not seen, that is, they must be placed in a place that is inconvenient for their own access, so that if they want to draw their guns and blow up the heads of political opponents, there will be a buffer room, so that the neutral has the opportunity to stop them, so that he can calm down, in addition, they will also worry about whether the position of their guns is not good enough, in case they are a few seconds slower than the other party, or even more than ten seconds, then the fun will be great. It's better to be more peaceful and just quarrel without using a gun.
As a supporting device, similar gatherings have strict inspection of explosives links to prevent anyone from sacrificing a happy family.
At this time, Xu Liyan was a mechanical monk in a robe on the left, and his assistant Uncle Liu was on the right.
Of course, it doesn't mean that Uncle Liu has no combat effectiveness.
When he was young, he was armed with two guns, and he killed many enemies who wanted to break through Weeds City and those who caused bloody coups.
However, he is now older and less angry, and he finds that he has a greater talent for handling political affairs, so the mantra has become "Everyone should value harmony".
Xu Liyan looked around, did not use official or formal language, but smiled and said:
"Uncles and uncles, you should have seen what it looks like outside."
Seeing that his posture was very low, Zhao Zhengqi, the lord of the Zhao Mansion, touched the beard on his chin and said:
"City lord, if you have anything to say, this is everyone's weed city, and there are still people who are unwilling to contribute?"
Zhao Zhengqi is over fifty years old, his beard is a little gray, and he is impressively fat in the generally thin gray soil.
The bodyguards behind him were his own dead soldiers, and the other was his eldest son in his early thirties, mainly bringing familiarity with the style and process of the aristocratic council.
Everyone's Weed City...... Xu Liyan sneered secretly, and said sincerely on the surface:
"Now there are many casualties and manpower is very tight, the wilderness wanderers may break through the defense line of the municipal building at any time and rush into North Street, and I hope that all uncles and uncles will send out the private troops in their respective mansions, form a team, fight a countercharge, and strive to break up those wilderness wanderers before they are really organized, and drive them out of the city."
Zhao Zhengqi glanced at his son and daughter's in-law Muritch and asked him to speak first.
The Muritch family is a Red River race, but after several generations of intermarriage, he also has obvious gray characteristics of a gray earth, his facial features are softer, and his pores are not so thick.
He has yellow hair and blue eyes, heavy nasolabial folds, and always speaks slowly, as if the sky is falling and it is not a big deal:
"City lord, it's no problem to send private troops, Weeds City belongs to everyone, can we still sit idly by?
"As long as we leave the mansion to protect the mansion, the rest can be at your disposal.
"It's just that our people are not regular soldiers, they are trained to protect the manor by protecting the manor, so it is not only difficult for them to fight back against the charge, but it may not have a good effect.
"Why don't you let our people replace the city defense army and your guards, guard the North Bridge and the municipal building, and let the regular troops who have been replaced do the countercharge?"
Because Xu Liyan speaks gray soil, Murridge uses the same language, and the words are round and skillful, and he has put in a lot of hard work at first glance.
As soon as Merridge finished speaking, Zhao Zhengqi and other noble councilors immediately echoed, saying that this was the truth.
Xu Liyan's forehead jumped, and his hands holding both sides of the chair tightened unconsciously.
After receiving Uncle Liu's "harmony is precious" eyes, he squeezed out a smile and said:
"I can understand the concerns of your uncles and uncles, and I also plan to select a group of uninjured personnel from the city defense army and the guard to form a separate team and do a countercharge, but this number may not be enough, and I will have to choose some from your private army at that time."
After glancing at each other, Zhao Zhengqi nodded first:
"Okay, just do it."
Other noble lawmakers no longer dwelled on this issue.
This is because they have their own interests in East Street, West Street, and South Street, whether it is the actual owners of some warehouses, or hotel owners, grain store owners, and major nightclub shareholders, all of whom are eager to deal with those wilderness wanderers as soon as possible, so that their property is less severely damaged.
After conveying this decision and making it officially effective, Xu Liyan moved on to the second topic:
"Uncles and uncles, the riot should be quelled soon, and we have to discuss how to deal with the aftermath.
"Outside North Street, I don't know how many civilians have been killed and robbed, and the next winter will be very difficult, I am willing to take the lead and donate some food to relieve them so that they can survive until the situation improves.
As soon as Xu Liyan finished speaking, Zhao Zhengqi shook his head like a rattle and said:
"We don't have any surplus food.
"Besides, in just one morning, how much food can be lost in the city? If they are frugal, it will not be a problem to spend the winter."
What are you kidding, this is not your own "property", why should you help them?
"Yes." Merridge echoed, "What does it matter if some civilians die? Anyway, our slaves are enough."
"That is, anyone who dares to make trouble will be kicked out to be a wilderness wanderer." Another noble councilor, Zhang Wenxin, expressed his opinion, "When the situation stabilizes, as long as we have food for sale, some people will come to live in Wegrass City to make up for the manpower gap."
Listening to their objections, Xu Liyan raised his hand and rubbed the corner of his forehead, only to feel his head buzzing.
He barely maintained his demeanor and analyzed it powerfully:
"Considering that the soldiers' families live outside North Street, if they defect, then we can only flee to the original city."
Zhao Zhengqi laughed and said:
"City lord, don't worry, our private army's family members are all in the manor."
But the city defense army is not ...... Xu Liyan only felt that the blue veins on his forehead were jumping more and more.
Amid the different opposition voices of several other noble councilors, not only was his mind buzzing, but it was as if there was an illusory voice shouting in his ears:
"Blow them up!
"Blow them up!"
Xu Liyan's eyes gradually became a little dazed, he supported his head with one hand, reached 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 council hall was opened.
A guard shouted inside:
"City lord, Mr. Odick has an urgent matter to see you!"
Jiang Baimian at the door had excellent eyesight, and at a glance, he found that Xu Liyan's eyes were wrong.
It was dazed and crazy.
"Quick!" As she reminded Odick, she immediately drew her pistol and fired a shot at the crystal chandelier above the long table in the noble council hall.
Shang Jianyao drew his gun and turned around to help Jiang Baimian guard his back.
There was a bang and a bang at the same time, and a large number of glass shards fell.
The noble lawmakers present, except for Xu Liyan, were not young and had experienced some wars and riots, and they were very sensitive to the sound of gunshots and reacted immediately.
The fat and fat Zhao Zhengqi sat down and quickly jumped out of his seat, pulled his eldest son, and rushed into the corner......
Their bodyguards pulled out their guns one after another, found their own positions, and aimed at the door.
This gunshot also startled Xu Liyan, who was at the top of the list, making him wake up a little from the devil's roar, and his movements stopped.
But this little sobriety was quickly overwhelmed again, Xu Liyan's eyes swept around with red eyes, and he was about to press the remote control in his hand.
At this time, his eyelids suddenly became heavier, and he instantly lost consciousness and leaned back on the back of the chair, as if he had fallen into a deep sleep.
Odick seized the short gap created by Jiang Baimian, and rolled forward one after another, which had already shortened the distance between himself and Xu Liyan to the extent that he could use "forced sleep"!
Then, he saw a black and thick barrel.
This was "stretched" out of the hands of the mechanical monk Jingnian.
"The city lord has been hypnotized by the 'priest' and wants to die with the people here!" Odick quickly shouted out his own guess.
This sentence made the counterattack of the bodyguards in the room and the guards outside the room come to an abrupt end, and they confronted Jiang Baimian and Shang Jianyao.
While continuing to aim at Odick, the mechanical monk Jingnian stretched out his metal arm and forcibly tore off Xu Liyan's coat.
The condition of this city lord was suddenly revealed.
He tied several circles 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 noble council hall will not be spared, but also the next door and the next door will be destroyed.
The only person who may survive at the scene may be the mechanical monk Zen Master Jingnian.
(End of this chapter)