Codex Pirates

Chapter 160 The Rain Is Coming

"This damn weather!"

City Sheriff Dennis glanced at the gloomy sky and complained.

Two days had passed since William's promotion from knight to baronet was approved at the front hall meeting.

For some reason, the weather in the past two days has suddenly become more and more sultry, and there is a strong humidity in the air. This kind of situation is rare in the island country.

Many people knew that there was going to be a heavy rain, but the rain hadn't come down yet, as if they were waiting for the right time.

Beside Dennis, a policeman in uniform bowed and held his hat, fanning him non-stop, but the weather was already stuffy and hot, and the wind from the fan was also hot. Dennis pushed away the flattering subordinates and walked forward.

In today's meeting in front of the hall, William, the object of Dennis' refuge, finally got his wish and became the deputy minister of the Ministry of the Interior. He has the power to manage the slums in a legitimate way. This good news is to support Dennis. street reason.

The policeman who was pushed away was not dissatisfied at all, and quickly came forward again, looked up, and persuaded: "My lord, there is no telling when the weather will rain, why don't we go back and have a rest first?" , lest you get wet from the rain."

"It won't be much better if you go back to the house." Dennis ignored it. He wasn't really so conscientious, but he had been in contact with William for a while, and he knew something about the character of the new superior, and knew that William appreciated his hardworking subordinates. .

Dennis is naturally a gambler, since he has bet heavily on William, and William's current career is booming, of course he has to perform well.

Dennis took a few policemen to patrol the streets one by one. When he saw the city wall that was not half built and came to the edge of the noble district and the civilian district, he saw a group of well-dressed, proud young men from a distance. People came out of the aristocratic area.

Dennis was also a member of the nobility, but his family was in a poor state. He naturally knew how these noble children behaved, and he didn't want to cause trouble, so he took a few of his subordinates out of the middle of the road and came to the side.

When a dozen or so noble children who were obviously going to drink and play together in the civilian area passed by Dennis, they looked at them curiously, pointing at them without hesitation, who were sweating profusely from patrolling the streets and looked a little embarrassed. A few policemen talked and laughed and commented.

"I don't know how many girls in the civilian area are playing with the silly idea of ​​turning a sparrow into a phoenix." A policeman who was also young smacked his mouth and said enviously and jealously.

"As long as it's not forced, it's fine, we don't care about it." Dennis said lightly, turned his head, and was about to leave. In fact, he knew in his heart that even if those people forced them, he would not be able to control them. In the end, most of the big things will be reduced Trifles become nothing.

A group of policemen who were about to leave suddenly saw the group of nobles stop suddenly, and a young nobleman walking at the end raised his finger in the direction of the noble district behind. Dennis, who heard the movement, looked along and couldn't help crying in his heart.

Aureliano, the only son of Minister of Finance Arcadio who had just got off the hospital bed, happened to be coming out of the aristocratic district along this road at this time.

The poison that Aureliano took was actually specially prepared by William for Arcadio. William did not intend to kill Arcadio just like that. In order to prevent accidents, the poison was not very effective. Poison, so Aureliano was well enough with adequate treatment, at least enough for him to get out of the hospital bed and sneak out to have fun.

Dennis didn't know about William's poisoning, so he was amazed at Aureliano's amazing vitality.

Didn't you say he was poisoned? How did you come here?

Arcadio is not particularly popular in the aristocratic district nowadays. On the one hand, it is because he broke the tacit understanding among the aristocrats in the past hundreds of years, which is similar to William’s previous life. "Crow has recently arrested and persecuted other nobles. On the other hand, he is dissatisfied with his reuse of two treacherous villains who, in the eyes of other nobles, are low-born, that is, Crow and William. Arcadio watched the former persecute the nobles and promote the latter to high positions, which disgusted the other nobles.

Dennis glanced at the group of aristocratic children before, feeling that the other party was in a bad mood, and guessed that someone among them might have been "investigated" by Crowe recently at home.

Sure enough, with a shout, those people rushed towards Aureliano, who was alone in comparison with only three strong servants.

A group of playboys surrounded and beat Aureliano angrily. While beating, they cursed Aureliano and his father Arcadio.

Aureliano was not to be outdone, a group of dandy boys could not have any fighting skills, and they generally lacked exercise. Three strong servants formed a group and protected him behind him. Under the protection, he didn't take a few hits at all. He even stretched out his hand from time to time, pointing angrily at the group of people in front of him and shouting: "You, you..., I have written you down, I will definitely tell my father, let him send Ke Luo to throw your whole family into prison!"

It's okay if he didn't say it, but when he said that, those dandies became even more angry, and Dennis rushed to the middle of the two groups with a few policemen, trying to separate them.

It’s just that there are too few of them, and besides Dennis, everyone else is from a civilian area or even a slum area. The values ​​formed since childhood make them full of fear of being a nobleman, and they are worried that if they are not careful, they will hurt others. These dandies, therefore appear timid.

A young nobleman whose uncle died in prison after being captured by Crowe, saw that Aureliano was still yelling and was so angry that he even took out a small knife from a pair of pockets.

Dennis caught a glimpse of his movement from the corner of his eye, and was shocked. He wanted to intercept it, but it was too late, and the knife was thrown out by the young nobleman.

There was only a scream, and most people in the chaos failed to pay attention to this hidden weapon. Aureliano clutched his shoulder, bleeding profusely from it.

After Aureliano, who was injured by this sudden situation, screamed, he stared blankly at the knife stuck in his arm, then endured the pain, turned his head and ran towards the noble area behind him, shouting as he ran : "Killer!"

The two servants he brought hurriedly followed, and those noble children were naturally unwilling to let it go, and also chased after him. Dennis and his subordinates looked at each other helplessly, sighing that they were unlucky, but they could only keep up.

A group of more than twenty people chasing and beating on the streets of the aristocratic district is a rare spectacle. Recently, a string in the heads of everyone in the aristocratic district has been tense, so whenever there is any trouble, the news spreads. It's very fast.

It didn't take long for the news to reach the ears of the Minister of the Interior Reard. He frowned and paced in the study for a while, thinking for a while, and then shouted for the housekeeper and servant.

"Go, tell your lords that the high-ranking nobles of the Navia Kingdom have had enough of Arcadio's perverse actions. Everyone in the Buendia family has become yelling and beating in the noble district. It's time to get rid of this treacherous minister. The army is ready."

Reid took two more steps: "Bring the phone bug, I'm going to call Stolter."