Iron Power And Sorcerer

Iron Power And Sorcerer Chapter 32

2021-04-13

Chapter 32 A mess

Three hours after the pier assassination incident, the two floors of the General Administration of Customs in Hailan City In the small building, the air seemed to solidify into a solid.

Robert Hurd, the chief customs officer of Hailan City, now feels like he has a splitting headache.

His jetty was bombed and a trestle was sunk, and there were several more bodies in his morgue, but these weren't the most difficult problems. The trickiest thing now is that his cell is stuffed with Army officers.

The face of Big Boss is covered with clouds, and the staff below are naturally trembling with fear.

From the highest-ranking assistants to the lowest-ranking scribes, all the customs clerks in the General Administration buried their heads in the files on the desk as much as possible, not even daring to take a breath.

In Hurd's office, the chief executive's subordinate directors had a facial expression grave, and they all just smoked, and no one spoke.

The office of the top Chief-In-Charge of Customs was filled with smoke, like a thick fog descending.

A little earlier, still in this office, when Hurd had been briefed by the directors on the bombing of the pier a few hours earlier, somewhere within his head he couldn't touch it. Pulse-like pain began, blood vessels in the temples began to chug.

Now, seeing that several of the directors of his subordinates were all silent and pretending to be dead, Hurd couldn't help secretly sighed that none of them could be trusted. He stood up and opened the window behind him.

The fresh sea breeze cleared away the second-hand smoke in the office. Hurd cheered up and asked the chiefs of the customs in a deep voice: "Is there any other information you want to add?"

answer his deathly silence.

Seeing that no one was talking, Hurd frowned and continued: "Then let me summarize, there was a fight at the dock this afternoon, a trestle was blown to pieces, and several people died. , not only that, but also involved a group of army officers."

"We basically know so much, right? The most urgent task now is how to deal with those detained army personnel, and how to deal with them. Come up with a solution as soon as possible." Hurd leaned on the chair, tapped lightly on the table with his fingers, and suddenly sneered: "Is that major general in the army still clamoring to kill us?"

"Uh... yes." The Director of the Anti-Smuggling Division cautiously nodded that the Army officers were brought into the cells that were originally used to hold smugglers, and are now under his control: "Now General Layton is resting in my office. ...but I think if we continue to hold his man, he might really come to the General Administration with a sword."

"Let him come!" Heard fiercely slapped the table , the small objects such as cups and ink bottles on the table jumped an inch high: "Is the dignified customs still afraid of him?"

"I am not afraid of nature, we will definitely not suffer from meet force with force. ." The anti-smuggling director wiped the sweat from his forehead and said with a wry smile: "But we can't keep people from the army in the prison of the anti-smuggling company, right? The name is not right, the customs is really unreasonable. I think it's better to just let them go. The people from the Army seem to cooperate with our investigation. They are all officers with names and surnames on the Army's roster. Even if they are released, they will not disappear. That's alright."

"Let's put it lightly, if it was an army man who bombed the pier, and you let them go today, how could they still let us recapture it? If I say it, we must The trial will be conducted one by one, and if you don't know what's going on today, don't want to leave!" The director of the tax department jumped out when he heard that the director of the anti-smuggling department wanted to release people.

He firmly disagreed with the proposal of the anti-smuggling director.

"Then you go to the trial! You have been in the trial for an afternoon, have you found anything useful? Isn't it better to ask three questions?" Knocked back.

"Just a piece of shit! Just ask nice words, what can you ask? There must be something this group of bastards didn't say." The tax secretary blushed and shouted loudly: " Commander-in-chief, punish him! All you need is nodded, and I will execute the sentence now, and let these army scumbags spit out everything they know."

"Execution? Do you want to fight with the army?" Anti-smuggling Division He growled and jumped up.

"dong!" With a loud noise, Hurd smashed a crack on the oak tabletop with a punch: "Shut up, Lao Tzu!"

Under one person inside the two customs offices , The director of more than 100 people closed his mouth and sat back in his chair angrily.

Herd's head hurts even more now.

————Separation line————

"Hey! What about you! When are you going to detain us? Why are you detaining us at customs? Let it go Us!" Andrei yelled at the two guards, one fatty and one thin at the door, clutching the railing of the cell. He kicked the cell door angrily, and the walls of the cell were shaken by a pound of ashes.

"Mr. Officer, it's not us who locked you up." The skinny guard smiled and said in a flattering tone, "Please don't embarrass the two of us, the two of us are just earning food. Why? If we want to lock you up, how do we know? What the class leader asks us to do, then we have to do it.”

“If you don’t know, let the one who knows come!”

“ The boss is not here now, it's just the two of us in this prison. Would you like me to get you some water to drink?"

"I'll drink you..."

"Forget it. , Andre, come and sit." Seeing the thin guard's oily tightness, Winters didn't want to see Andre being teased with words, so he called out to Andre softly.

Andre was coldly snorted, he also realized that although the thin man in front of him spoke politely, he was a guy who couldn't get in the water. He walked straight back to Winters, lay down on the ground, closed his eyes, and grabbed two handfuls of straw as a pillow.

Winters is now sitting cross-legged, shirtless, and Bud is examining the part of his back that the black robed man hit with the butt of his gun.

Here must mention a knowledge that defies common sense: even in the future when humans start to use lightweight polymers to make firearms, firearms are still heavier than cold weapons; unloaded assault rifles are the lightest. It weighs five pounds, while Winters' long sword is only three pounds; not to mention the days when wooden stocks were still used.

So these days, muskets are basically hammers used upside down. Many matchlock gunmen don't even like to draw their swords when they get into hand-to-hand combat, but prefer to smash people with their butts.

Winters' back didn't hurt much when the black robed man first hit him with the butt of his gun, but now it's starting to hurt.

"These assassins are so ruthless." Bud sighed with emotion, while tentatively pressing his fingers on the bruised position: "Does it hurt when I press it with such force?"

"Can it not hurt? It hurts when you get hit," Winters said with a wry smile.

"I mean does the bone hurt?"

"It's okay, it hurts a bit, but I can hold it back."

"That's okay, it should be The bones were not broken. It is estimated that it was because you were wrestling with him, and he was not able to exert force." Bud speculated on the situation at the time and gave the doctor's order: "Even if the bones are really broken in this position, there is nothing to do, only Can rest. Anyway, obediently and honestly keep it for a month, don't mess around."

"That bastard is so shameless, he even sneaked a breastplate under his robe." The more angry I wanted to be, the more incompetent and furious: "If I also wear plate armor, can he hurt me?"

Bud helps Winters to put his clothes back on as long as he lifts his arms and back, and said casually. : "Really? I feel that the sword techniques of those black robed men are also very difficult to deal with."

This sentence also speaks to Winters' heart, and Winters recalled the fight against assassin. During the process, he said seriously: "It is indeed very difficult to deal with. The black robed man who hit me with the butt of a gun is very precise about the distance control. Moreover, the center of gravity of their sword is in the sword grid, and the rotation is extremely flexible. If it is a real one-on-one In the competition, I should not be his opponent, I'm afraid I have to let Ikelai win."

"I guess I can't find a few swordsmen who are better than Master in the whole bay." Bud said with a smile.

"Haha, it's just a game, we've seen blood anyway. If it's really hard, Ike may not be able to play against us now." Thinking of Ike, Winters' face hung on his face. With a smile, he said cheerfully: "My current understanding of sword technique has reached a new level, if I also carry a short gun like black robed man... I'm not afraid even if I meet Ike. Well, one might not be enough, and two will be safer."

"Then do you see how he fired his musket without using matchlock?" Bud never thought about this. a little.

"I didn't see it clearly, it must be a special design." Winters shook the head, he made close contact with the black robed man's musket, and made sure that the opponent's gun did not have a matchlock on it, but he also had a specific structure. Can't see clearly.

But Winters remembered his experience of subduing the black robed man on the trestle, and said happily: "That black robed man with a special firearm was kicked out by me, too, if his accomplices didn't Come and save him, I can still catch a living. When I get out of here, I will put iron plates on the toes of my boots, and next time I will kick his jaw."

He boasted with some pride. : "I feel more and more that the battle experience with the pirates is very important. Ike really may not be able to deal with the two of us now." The ability to kill." Bud did not have the pride of Winters, he sighed bitterly: "I can't imagine what it would be like if my father and mother found out that I killed people."

This sentence touched Winters, what would happen if his family learned how many lives they had on their hands? His pride melted instantly.

Winters comforted Bud dryly: "We have been studying in the military school for so many years, isn't it just learning this ability? Cough, this is also impossible, don't think about it so much. Just like Ann As Derek said, 'use yourself as a tool', it will be better."

At this moment, a surprised and happy voice suddenly came from the other end of the cell, "The major is awake! Wake up! ”

A few hours earlier, Winters and Major Moritz had jumped into the ocean to avoid the explosion, but Winters didn’t realize he couldn’t swim until he choked.

As he lost one's head out of fear, kicked on all fours, and was on the verge of drowning, a pair of powerful arms grabbed him from behind and dragged him to the surface.

Even now, recalling what it was like to be drowning in the water, Winters shivered involuntarily.

Winters thought it was the Major who saved him, but when he was dragged ashore, he realized it wasn't the Major who saved him, but his old classmate Ben Wei.

What about the major? There is no sign of the major on the sea. It turns out that the major can't swim!
Before Ben Wei had time to greet Winters, a fierce boy plunged into the water again.

It took a while to see him come to the surface with the major in his arms.

The major, who was just dragged back to the shore, couldn't even breathe. The dockworkers clasped their throats and inhaled their noses again. They used every means they could think of to pull the major back from the underworld. .

But after the major regained consciousness and breathing briefly, he fell into a coma again.

Then the army warrant officers were surrounded by the customs guards who came after hearing the sound, and the unidentified warrant officers confronted the even more unknown customs guards.

After consultation, Major General Layton ordered the warrant officers to "go to Customs with dignity to cooperate with the investigation." As a result, the warrant officers were not searched, took their luggage, and were politely "invited" into the anti-smuggling company's cell.

Major Moritz was supposed to follow Major General Layton to "rest" in the office of the Director of Anti-Smuggling, but the major was still in a coma, so he stayed in the cell under the care of the warrant officers.

The newly awakened major is very weak, his eyes are barely open, his mouth is half-open, his lips are trembling slightly.

"Water, get some water." The classmate who supported the major quickly called for help.

The skinny guard hurriedly poured a glass of water, and the warrant officers handed it over to the man in front of the major. Everyone hurriedly supported the Major in a half-sit, cautiously feeding the Major.

The water dripped into the major's mouth little by little, and the warrant officers all put out a long breath.

I never thought about it, the stone in my heart just fell to the ground, and all the water that was fed to the major was spit out by the major.

Everyone was dumbfounded.

Winters was also stunned when he saw the water he fed in spit out again.

But he looked at the haggard face of the major, and there seemed to be a dive light flashed in his mind, and he suddenly opened his mind, and he figured out what was going on in an instant.

The major wants a drink!
Winters yelled at the two guards, "Wine! Get some wine! No water! Get some wine!"

"Sir, this is Where am I going to get you alcohol?" The little guard said helplessly: "I don't have any alcohol to drink, so can you just make do with water?"

"(expletive)! You can't get it. Just go to your boss!" Seeing that this traitor dared to play tricks with him at this time, Winters was already furious, and he shouted: "Bring the wine! Or I will kill you!"

The two guards Turning pale with fright, the small guard quickly left the cell.

He returned soon, with Major General Layton and the cell leader.

The cell door creaked open, and Major General Layton strode to Major Moritz's side, seeing the Major regained consciousness and sighed in relief.

The warrant officers poured the wine the Major General had brought into glasses and fed it to Major Moritz little by little.

This time the major didn't spit it out, his throat moved up and down, apparently drinking it.

Winters felt that the major's face seemed to have a look of relief, and there seemed to be hot tears in his eyes, and his face was much better.

The major drank a full glass of red wine before signaling to the students that he should not feed him any more.

Major General Layton saw that Major Moritz was much better after a glass of wine, so he asked with concern: "Major Moritz, how are you feeling now? Can you speak?"

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didn't expect Major General turned a deaf ear to Major General Layton's words, ignored Major General Layton at all, and the Major General's face immediately became a little annoyed.

Winters sadly explained to Major General Layton:
"General, Major is deaf."

(end of chapter)