You call this the god of etiquette?

108 Public Execution
Niman Street was affected by the breath of the moonlight dragon on the night of the "Night Beast Invasion", and less than half of the street shops and houses were reduced to ruins.

However, as the tanneries began to be rebuilt one after another, this main road located in the factory area east of "Talek" also naturally underwent several rounds of construction.

Although the number of tanneries in the city has dropped to five, the scale of each tannery is far greater than before.

A large number of tannery factory workers and merchants who came to the factory in search of suitable supplies brought a sufficient source of customers to the shops and hotels on Niman Street, making this street not only revitalized, but also became the most popular in the entire "Talek". One of the lively streets.

Busyness is almost second only to Talek Avenue, the main thoroughfare in the entire city.

The most popular time of the year for the rebuilt Niemann Street is May 5, because this is the "Feast of the Holy Square" designated by the City Lord's Palace to commemorate "the advent of the great rectangle".

On this day, all tanneries will give workers a compulsory break, and their wages for the day will not be deducted.

Although workers generally don't know what "the coming of the great rectangle" means, they only roughly understand that it is related to the Black Rite Church that currently rules "Talek".

But this does not prevent them from being grateful for the decision of the City Lord's Mansion and enjoying this hard-earned paid holiday.

You must know that during the period under the rule of Father Earth Church, workers had no concept of "holidays" at all, let alone "paid holidays."

The only day off that can barely be considered a holiday is the "Grand Day" on the last day of church celebrations - everyone must obey the call of the summons bell and stand in Saint Zemla Square to listen to the admonitions of the clergy of Father Earth Church.

However, the leather factory owners will not be considerate of their workers just because the call for the big day is force majeure.

Generally, half a day's wages will be deducted in the end.

If someone is greedy, they may even deduct a whole day's wages from the workers.

Not satisfied?
If you are not satisfied, leave!
If you don't do it, people will do it!

Therefore, the establishment of the Holy Square Festival can be said to have opened the door to a new world for the residents of "Talek".

Although it lasts only one day, civilians' expectations for it can even last for a year.

Leather factory workers look forward to their paid holiday, and vendors look forward to the booming business on this day.

On the afternoon of the Feast of the Holy Square, there will also be painting and sculpture activities organized by the Lisavanier Painting Society.

It can be said that the whole city celebrated.

Places like Niemann Street, which originally had a lot of traffic, were even more crowded on that day.

Of course, on weekdays, the flow of passengers on Niman Street is not small.

But it’s basically concentrated in the evening every day.

That is the time between when leather factory workers get off work and go home to rest.

The same goes for this evening.

Niman Street is packed with people. The shouts of vendors, the noise coming from the bat-wing door of the pub, and the noise of workers walking together on the road blend together, making it noisy and harmonious.

But what is different from the past days is that even those workers who usually go home as soon as they get off work tonight are like bachelors, stopping in front of the pub.

These people who stopped here were not counting whether they had enough spare money in their wallets to buy two glasses of ale.

Instead, his attention was attracted by the notice posted on the wall of the tavern.

As the backbone of the famous Lisavanier Painting Society, Bob's Tavern later vigorously studied rabbit meat cooking techniques and provided a variety of high-quality and low-priced rabbit meat dishes. "The names are extremely resounding.

At this moment, the number of people gathered in front of Bob's Tavern was also the largest on the street.

Peter was an ordinary leather factory worker. After get off work, he originally wanted to take a storybook back to his daughter on Niman Street, so he took a stroll first.

But his attention was involuntarily attracted by the crowd in front of Bob's Tavern.

If there is excitement, you can’t help but watch it.

He pushed his way into the crowd, and was finally blocked by a taller man.

Fortunately, at his current position, he can see clearly even if he stands on tiptoes——

On the wall made of gray ashlar, a large white paper is pasted.

At the top of the paper were written the words "Execution Notice".

In the center is a ferocious and ugly man's face, with thick and messy black hair hanging on his forehead like a snake.

The man's face is fat, making his eyes small and sinister.

Peter believed that anyone who saw the man in the painting with "brutal evil" almost written on his face would immediately report it to the patrolling guards.

But who is this?
Peter's eyes dropped.

Under the illumination of the moonlight and the lights of the tavern, the words below the portrait of the vicious man can be seen clearly:

"The City Lord's Mansion is based on Chapter 1 - Section [-] - Article [-] of the "Taleq Resident Regulations": "Anyone involved in the sale of miraculous moon grass and miraculous moon grass products shall be sentenced to life imprisonment or death depending on the seriousness of the case." After After strict interrogation and verification, Tarek resident York Hobbs (appearance in the picture) was sentenced to death.”

"While serving as the deputy director of Jingyu Leather Factory, York Hobbs took advantage of his authority to organize and participate in the sale of moongrass on many occasions, seriously violating the relevant requirements in the Regulations."

"The public execution will be held at 4 p.m. on April 1 in the Square of the Holy Square. People can decide whether to go and watch it."

"?!!"

Peter read with his brows furrowed and his mouth slightly open.

Jingyu Leather Factory
Am I not a worker at Jingyu Leather Factory?

How could I be watching the fun and seeing it on myself!

No wonder the foreman paid so easily when he got off work today.

The deputy factory director was sentenced to death. Could it be that the factory was going to close down immediately? !
Unreasonable.

"Talek" who doesn't know that Jingyu is the factory of "Glorious Clapham".

Clapham was a big shot who worked for the city lord before "Talek" was still a town.

It is also the object of worship among all civilians.

I heard that he is also a very good person, and from time to time he helps workers who have particularly difficult families.

Although Peter only met Clapham himself once from a distance in the factory, there was no communication.

But he knew many workers who had been helped by Clapham.

Such a leather factory run by an old man who is recognized by everyone in "Talek" should not be affected by this "York" incident, right?
While comforting himself, Peter searched for information about the deputy director of "York" in his mind.

Of course he knew York, but only by name.

Slightly different from Clapham's situation, Pitt never met York once.

As a lower-level worker, he spent most of his time in the tannery with the foreman and other workers in the same area.

Occasionally, a plant supervisor named "Jared" would stop by the factory to take a look around.

This is basically the biggest person they can come into contact with.

Peter stared at the notice in front of him, the deputy director York, whom he had never met before, and felt very puzzled.

Such a person is not a good thing at first sight.

Why would the factory director choose him as deputy director?
Now he has become a drug dealer, and he may even involve the factory.

What if I lose my job?
This York is really worth dying for!

The more Peter thought about it, the angrier he became, and he wanted to punch Bang Bang.

But the chatter in his ears did not stop due to his mood:
"Brothers, can the 'Taleq Resident Regulations' still control people selling grass? I thought they were specifically designed to deal with open defecation. I have been fined several times, hehe."

"Idiot, you've never gone to Shengfang Square to do things, have you? The people who work there are not necessarily very efficient in doing things. They talk about all the 'resident regulations' in their mouths. It's very annoying. .”

"Execution, dad, I want to see the execution!"

"Okay, look, daddy will grab a good seat for you when the time comes!" The people around him were discussing extremely enthusiastically, and many of them even sounded gloating.

After all, the matter did not fall on these people. For them, "York's" execution was just an adjustment in their ordinary life.

Perhaps there are Jingyu workers like him among the people around Peter now. But firstly, Jingyu is the smallest leather factory, and the number of employees is relatively small. Secondly, at this moment, Jingyu’s workers are probably also They were all in the same mood as him to not talk.

Pete was a little frustrated and ready to leave.

Suddenly, a word flashed through the crowd that stopped him in his tracks:
"Let me tell you, there is actually a huge conspiracy behind this!"

The speaker was a muscular man with short brown hair. Seeing that his words had attracted Peter's attention, he spoke even more energetically:
"Don't you guys know this yet?"

"This condemned 'York' is the son-in-law of 'Glorious Clapham'!"

"Ah?!" This time, more people's attention was attracted.

Everyone is very interested in this kind of "secret".

The brown-haired man's voice became proud:

"Do you really think that York was dealt with because he was selling moongrass?"

"Isn't it? The notice has been posted, how can it be false?" Someone in the crowd retorted, causing everyone to agree.

The brown-haired man stretched out his left hand and shook his index finger, with a smile on his face that said, "Everyone is drunk, but I am alone."

"You think too simply."

"York may indeed have sold the moonweed, but why should he be directly sentenced to death?"

"It's stated in the announcement that selling moongrass can lead to life imprisonment."

"Hey, isn't what you said out of nowhere? Wouldn't it be better to kill all the drug dealers?" Another person answered.

The man’s smile remains unchanged:

"You think too simply!"

"It turns out that this is the City Lord's Mansion that is seriously dealing with York, the drug dealer who sells moongrass."

"But in reality, this is a knock on his father-in-law, Clapham, who is becoming more and more famous!"

"Don't forget, Clapham didn't join the 'Art Club'."

The brown-haired man's words immediately caused the crowd to explode.

Many people scolded him directly, thinking that he was talking nonsense and confusing right and wrong.

But many people fell silent and began to chew on the man's words.

In "Talek", the status of the members of the "Lisavanier" painting society is unquestionable.

They are the actual "nobles" and superiors of the city.

In fact, civilians are used to the hierarchical system. After all, when the Church of Father Earth ruled, this was how everyone came to be.

However, in the new "Talek", everything seems to have changed dramatically.

A group of civilians were promoted to the "painting club" representing the church, while others were commended and became role models for everyone.

Everyone among the civilians felt that there was hope for the future.

But two years have passed, and the tedious and smooth process of joining the "Art Club" has become frustrating, and no one has heard of any commoner who has become successful.

I felt somewhat discouraged.

The new human master has replaced the old human master, as if the stagnant "Talek" in the days of Father Earth has returned.

If this is the case, then the next step will be to beat or even deal with those unsightly non-"Art Club" members who used to be the banner.

How can stagnant water need flowing hope?
Of course, only a few people can think of it at such a profound level.

Most of the people who are silently "thinking" there are just simply fond of conspiracy theories and naysayers.

They took note of the brown-haired man's words and decided to "educate" the people around them who had not yet "awakened" when they were drinking, so as to show off.

Hulda covered her brown hair with a wide-brimmed hat and walked through the alley with her head lowered.

To be honest, the task assigned to him by the Chamber of Commerce was too easy.

When he first heard that Jared's mission failed and the organization arranged for him to replace Jared, he thought the organization was trying to find an excuse to get rid of him.

After all, the task originally issued by the Chamber of Commerce was not something that normal people would take on:

"Organize the refining of moon grass and the auction of moon grass oil in Tarek; kill an official of department chief or above."

Any one of these is very risky, and together they basically equal death.

Unexpectedly, Jared, a grudge, took the initiative to take over the task.

It also saves the "traveler" level personnel of the Chamber of Commerce, including Hulda, the trouble -

Unlike members of the Chamber of Commerce who are at the "guest" level and above, "travelers" are peripheral personnel of the chamber of commerce.

They generally owe a "debt" to the Chamber of Commerce for various reasons: it may be money, favors, resources, etc., so they have to complete the tasks assigned to them by the Chamber of Commerce.

Depending on the difficulty of the task and the size of the "debt", decide how many tasks you need to complete before you can get out.

No one will try to evade debt, because all those who had the opportunity to "debt" have already known the power and omnipotence of the Chamber of Commerce.

At the same time, no matter what the task is, as long as no "traveler" takes the initiative to take it, the big shots in the chamber of commerce will force it to be assigned to the person they think is suitable.

But unless it is truly a matter of life and death, even a traveler who is assigned a "certain death" mission will try his best to complete the mission first.

After all, when the Chamber of Commerce issues a task, it must be hoped that it can be completed.

Of course, we will provide assistance as appropriate according to the requirements of travelers performing missions.

Hulda originally thought that he would be the unlucky one after Jared.

He couldn't even figure out what to ask the Chamber of Commerce to apply for in order to have a chance to complete such a terrible task.

These "travelers" in the North are very concerned about the situation in all the towns in the North. Coupled with the information provided by the Chamber of Commerce, everyone knows how rapidly "Talek" is now developing and how tightly defended it is. The place.

The risk of causing trouble here is undoubtedly much greater than in "Foyi" or "Dok", which were once three border towns.

Fortunately, the tasks assigned to him by the organization have changed.

He was only asked to "spread rumors in Tarek and divert people's attention away from the Mystical Moon Grass."

Isn't this easy?

He had been lurking in "Talek" for a few days and had an idea. He just took the opportunity of the execution notice to appear as a "passer-by" everywhere.

If no one noticed what he said, he would not force himself and immediately move to the next position.

In short, try to avoid being too deliberate.

Moreover, the content he guides has been carefully considered and pursued to be true.

Saying something that ordinary workers might think of when they think about it will not only attract more attention, but also be more concealed.

Hulda was secretly proud of the success of her plan and planned to continue her efforts tomorrow and visit more places.

Suddenly, he ran into a strong man wearing a black shirt.

He didn't want to be troublesome, and was about to leave when he saw the strong man grabbing him by the collar, and then grinned:
"Excuse me, where are you going?"

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