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Chapter 944 Chapter 175. Letter of Recommendation

The deputy city lord didn't know whether to praise or scold, so he could only say: "You know what? Spencer, I have always been optimistic about you..."

Spencer curled his lips secretly, these were all the words he used to coax others, but he still pretended to be touched.

"If you contact them, let them come to me..."

Spencer pretended to be surprised: "You..."

"Shh...don't tell anyone."

"I understand."

Spencer pretended to be shocked as if he had learned a secret, left the City Lord's Mansion, and quickly rushed to the Salted Fish Gang to meet Francois.

"What do you think?"

Francois didn't know the deputy city lord well, so he couldn't tell whether he was truly loyal or just testing the waters.

Spencer warned: "Don't take me with you if you want to die. That old guy is a politician through and through. He can sell you out while talking to you with a smile."

Francois thought: "He wouldn't tell you this for no reason..."

"He suspects us!" Spencer screamed without caring about his image.

"Probably."

"We have to kill him!" Spencer paced back and forth in the room, "Once he's dead, we'll be safe!"

"Or be completely exposed."

The Salted Fish Gang is now so conspicuous that the nobles can notice it just by glancing at the outer city.

"What should we do? Where are your reinforcements?"

"do not know."

"No, I can't work with you anymore." Spencer behaved a little out of control, which was not surprising to Francois. Greedy people are usually afraid of death, especially the death penalty for colluding with Liberty City.

"You don't want money anymore?"

“No matter how much you earn, you have to live to spend it!”

Hearing this, Francois turned around, took out a letter he had prepared yesterday from the drawer, and handed it to Spencer.

"This is my letter of recommendation. Even if I'm not here, as long as you take it to Liberty City, you can directly become an official of Liberty City."

Spencer looked at Francois, then at the recommendation letter, and said in surprise: "Do you have the habit of hiring corrupt officials in Liberty City?"

"Orcs are just wild beasts that eat everything in the wilderness, but in Free City they are the bravest warriors."

"Damn it, you convinced me."

There are not many people who can refuse Liberty City, but Spencer is definitely not one of them.

Watching him put away the recommendation letter, Francois' tone became more intimate: "When did you see the magic image?"

"Some time ago, when things were not so bad, there were merchants who would bring the Philosopher's Stone to sell."

"Where's your money?"

"My money is here...what are you going to do!" Spencer's sigh instantly turned into vigilance.

"Now that we are one family, that money can help us more if we use it to buy supplies. This is also helping you."

"Don't even think about it!"

"Didn't I give you a letter of recommendation?"

"What do you mean your letter of recommendation? That's mine!"

There was no such person in Liberty City. Francois felt helpless. He didn't know whether it was right or wrong to bring such a miser back to Liberty City...

"Don't you think that I'm more effective alive than a letter of recommendation?"

Spencer hit back bluntly: "You are right, but are you worthy of competing with hundreds of gold coins?"

It took a lot of effort for Francois to get the money from Spencer, which was considered a loan - he signed an IOU and had to pay it back in Liberty City. After leaving, the first thing Francois did was to bring all of Spencer's men and their families to Salted Fish Street.

It has nothing to do with trust, but a group of soldiers belonging to the Free Blade can avoid a lot of trouble, Spencer has no objection to this. In fact, they had secretly contacted Spencer's people before, but the effect was not good.

……

In mid-September, the night temperature in Xinger City had dropped to the point where one had to wear a coat over single clothing.

There are a total of 34 streets in the southern part of Xing'er City's outer city, and almost a quarter of them are the territory of the Free Blade. With so many people, it is difficult to keep any secrets, so the existence of the Free Blade is limited to the Salted Fish Gang. The people outside just think that it is the kindness of the nobles and the city guards.

More and more people who can't make a living come to the Salted Fish Gang's territory, and the men among these people will join the Salted Fish Gang, while the women and the elderly will spread the "kindness" of the Salted Fish Gang, attracting more people.

"Cough cough cough-"

That day, Francois was walking on the street and found that the coughing sounds that should have disappeared had gradually increased.

Is it because it's getting colder?

With inexplicable worry, Francois came to Lame Babu's hospital, which was crowded with people.

Lame Babu was treating patients with little Smalls, but because they had the same illnesses, he would often just ask a few questions and then give them a dose of herbal medicine.

"What happened?"

"A group of refugees escaped back from the border, bringing the plague with them. Now the plague has broken out in several nearby towns..." Lame Babu sighed.

"I see……"

Francois left Salted Fish Street and went to the City Guard to find Spencer.

Spencer had never been in such a good mood, even back to his childhood when he lost three copper coins on the street - after all, he not only jumped off the crumbling ship of the Kingdom of Rekanel and escaped, but also got a job.

When Spencer's confidant informed him that Francois was coming, he wanted to give him a friend's hug.

"Why didn't you tell me?" Francois asked directly.

"tell you what?"

"Refugees with plague."

"Oh, you mean this... Don't worry, the plague will be eradicated soon."

Francois wondered where Spencer's confidence came from: "You don't understand the plague..."

"You don't understand the kingdom."

Francois had to suppress his anxiety and asked the streets under his jurisdiction to pay attention to outsiders and people who came into contact with outsiders.

Later, Francois heard that the infected refugees had been "purified" by the magicians in the inner city.

Before Francois could be shocked, Spencer sent someone to say that his men had captured a man from Liberty City and asked him to go and confirm it.

"How did you catch it?"

Francois suspected that it was a fake from the Kingdom of Recan to lure him out.

Spencer shrugged. "They said they were going to Noan Port. My people asked them where Noan Port was, and they said it was in the territory of Lysham. Ordinary people don't have much education, so when they were asked, they only knew to answer the new capital."

Francois wondered who that unlucky guy was, could it be Elder?

He followed him to the dungeon and saw the Free City man who had been discovered. He was a familiar face - Francois had seen him in the Foreign Legion.

"You..." The soldier disguised as a refugee recognized Francois and hesitated.

"He's Spencer, one of our own," Francois said. "Did you come here on your own or..."

Spencer opened the cell door, and the young soldier said, "I came here with my companions. The City Lord's Mansion decided to speed up the offensive and sent us to sneak into the Kingdom of Rekanel. I heard about the Salted Fish Gang as soon as I got here, and I guessed it was you, but they caught me before I had time to find you."

"How's the situation outside?"

"The Kingdom of Rekanel doesn't dare to take action, so they can only blame us and even want to take magic images."

(End of this chapter)