"...Lord Viscount~" In the Lord's Hall of Cordore City, Stanley led two special forces members to Leander under the guidance of the guards.

Leander immediately stood up from the long table and looked at the group of people up and down. After a moment, Leander said: "They are really people under Earl Art."

"The Viscount has a good memory," Stanley said, feeling honored to be remembered by this officer who was quite famous in the Liberation Army.

"Come, sit down first." Leander asked a few people to sit down, and then ordered the servants to bring drinks.

"Lord Viscount, we are here this time~" Stanley was interrupted by Leander before he finished speaking.

"Drink this first!" Leander said boldly, already raising his glass. Stanley could not refuse, so several people raised their glasses and drank with Leander.

"Shouldn't your people be in the southern valley? Why are they appearing in Kodor City?" Leander wiped the remaining juice from the corner of his mouth and asked.

Stanley glanced at the two accompanying team members, and then said: "This is also the reason why I came to see you this time. A few days ago, we received a secret order from the Earl, saying that there was a group of Lombards dressed as businessmen.

Spies have sneaked into the Kingdom of Burgundy. Their mission is to win over the noble merchants who secretly oppose the Marquis and take the opportunity to rebel. In order to stop this group of bastards, the Earl has ordered us to secretly search for the whereabouts of these guys. Finally, in front of

In a few days, we learned the details of the whereabouts..."

Stanley told Leander the whole story.

"These bastards!" Leander's blood suddenly surged and he slapped the table angrily. "Where are they now? I have to chop off the heads of those bastards and hang them on the city wall so that the old Duke of Lombardy can see that he has offended the Marquis.

The fate of."

Seeing that Leander was so excited about this matter, Stanley felt confident in his heart. He said: "Master Viscount, please don't be angry. We feel the same as you and want to kill these bastards immediately. But the Earl specially ordered before that

However, do not try to kill these spies quickly, otherwise the Duke of Lombardy will be dissatisfied. The best way is to send these people to Besancon and hand them over to the Marquis."

Leonde calmed down a little, then picked up the wine glass and took a sip. "Hey~ If that's the case, why are you guys here to come to me?"

"That's it, Lord Viscount," Stanley explained, "My Lord the Count originally planned to send the garrison of Beaune City to support us. But the journey is far away and we don't know when they will arrive. And we have less than ten people.

No matter what, we can't stop them. Yesterday, we heard the news that these bastards are about to leave for Thorne City. If they get in touch with the opposition in Thorne City who are extremely hostile to the Marquis, I'm afraid~"

"You mean, let me send troops to help you capture those bastards and send them to Besançon."

Stanley smiled slightly and said: "Exactly!"

Leander thought for a moment and then agreed to Stanley's request. He decided to personally lead a hundred elite soldiers to capture the group of Lombard spies in one fell swoop.

…………

On the night of the second day, Leander and about a hundred people, dressed in casual clothes and with daggers hidden at their waists, gathered with Stanley and others not far from the hotel where they stayed.

Considering that this operation might be discovered by the spies of distinguished merchants in the city, after discussing with Stanley, this group of soldiers were all dressed in civilian clothes. They started to act after it was dark and after the curfew on the streets.

In order to catch these spies as soon as possible and send them to Besançon, Leander specially prepared four carriages and had them parked at the gate of the north city. Once those people were caught, they were immediately sent to the carriages and then left Cote at night.

City of Dor, rush to Besançon without leaving any trace.

That night, after careful planning, the group finally started the arrest operation.

…………

In a larger hotel in the south of Côte d'Or, a group of caravans from Provence have been staying here for half a month. This group of guys is different from other merchants. Other small caravans passing by here either sell their goods.

Afterwards, they purchase some goods from Kodor City and sell them elsewhere. Or they head north or south after a short stay. However, this caravan neither sells goods brought from the south nor purchases goods here.

What’s even more strange is that these people go out in several groups every day, specially carrying the “goods” they carry to visit the famous families in the city. These guys all have one thing in common – they have a great influence on the rule of Flanders.

He was dissatisfied and waited for an opportunity to overthrow him. Because the Marquis not only gave the trading privileges to the Earl of Wales, Art, and made the Continental Trading Company a palace-chartered trading house. Moreover, the caravans under the name of the Continental Trading Company did not need to pass through various parts of the Côte d'Or province.

Paying any commercial taxes has caused many merchants and nobles to lose a lot of money.

For these reasons, this caravan went to visit these noble merchants with shiny gold coins, trying to win over them. They told them that the Duke of Lombardy was very happy to provide them with southern goods to compete with the European merchants. They also promised that as long as

They follow the Duke of Lombardy, and once they overthrow the rule of Flanders in the future, they will obtain large areas of fertile land and a steady stream of gold coins.

Under this series of secret operations, these Codor merchants and nobles who saw hope quickly reached a consensus with this caravan and were willing to serve the Duke of Lombardy.

…………

"Lord Baron, we have agreed that once you join us, you will never go back on your words~"

"Of course. In my dreams, I hope that bastard Flanders dies suddenly. As long as the Duke can point us in the direction, I will swear to be loyal to him to the death."

In a room on the second floor of the hotel with two people on duty outside the door, the caravan leader was secretly discussing with a baron from the city of Cordor.

After a while, the baron excitedly walked out of the room with a heavy bag of gold coins and quickly left the hotel.

…………

"Sir, look, that bastard came out." A task force member who was monitoring the movement around the hotel reported to Stanley beside him. Leander, who was leaning against the wall, also stood up and looked in the direction of the hotel.

When this person passed in front of him, Leander could see clearly the person's appearance through the faint moonlight.

"MD! How dare this bastard collude with Lombardy's spies behind my back." After the man left, Leander whispered to himself.

Stanley, who was standing next to him, looked at Leander and asked, "Does the Viscount know this guy?"

"Of course I know him!" Leander was filled with anger. "This bastard is a baron in the palace under the former Count of Codor. At first, I suggested that the Marquis deprive this person of his title and demote him to a commoner. But the Marquis was hampered by the situation at that time.

, let him go. Not only did I retain his title, but I also allowed him to serve under me. I didn’t expect that this bastard would cheat on others and collude with the Lombard spies to betray the Marquis. Sooner or later, I will kill him!" Leander will kill him!

The sword creaked loudly, and I wanted to catch up and chop off that guy's head immediately.

"It seems that there must be many merchants and nobles in Kodor City who have been bribed by this spy. Fortunately, you discovered it early. If they really unite to deal with the Marquis, there will definitely be problems~" Leander couldn't help but

Feeling.

"Please rest assured, Lord Viscount, everyone who has contact with these spies is already under our control. No one can escape by then." Stanley glanced hard at the hotel not far away in front of him.

In the middle of the night, after all the spies staying in the hotel fell asleep, the operation to capture the spies began.

According to the prior arrangement, Leander sent forty soldiers to guard various intersections around the hotel to prevent fish from slipping through the net. Most of the troops quietly entered the hotel and approached the guest rooms where the spies lived, and first sent people to find out what was going on inside.

To avoid alerting the enemy, it will be a waste of time. Once the situation inside is determined, most of the people will sneak in secretly.

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In the corridor to the left of the stairs on the second floor of the hotel, a guy dressed as a guard leaned against the wall and glanced at the stairs from time to time. The night was already very late at this time, and the entire hotel was extremely quiet. Only the hotel clerk downstairs who was responsible for the night watch kept watching from time to time.

There was a yawn.

In order to avoid dozing off, the guard walked in the corridor from time to time to stay awake. When he was really sleepy, he went downstairs, poured cold water on his face, and then returned upstairs.

"Man, do you have any guest rooms here?"

Not long after the guards came upstairs, there was a sudden conversation downstairs.

"Yes, yes, sir, please come in~"

The guard listened to a few words with his ears raised, but didn't pay attention.

Not long after, a sound of footsteps was heard. The guard leaning against the wall suddenly became alert, holding the hilt of the sword in his right hand, and his eyes fell on the stairs at the end of the corridor.

"Oh, I'm exhausted. I can finally take a good rest."

"Yes. We have to travel early tomorrow morning, so take the time to rest."

While they were talking, the two of them had already climbed upstairs.

The guard's left hand holds the hilt of the sword, and his right hand is ready to draw the sword at any time.

"Hey, this way." The guy walking in front called the other person to walk towards the aisle where the guards were standing, while looking at the name on the door. "This room is not. This room is not either~"

Seeing the two people getting closer and closer, the guard moved one foot back and one foot forward, ready to deal with emergencies at any time.

"Found it, it's this one." Then the two of them pushed the door open and went in.

"What a danger!" the guard thought silently in his heart.

squeak~

Suddenly, the door just closed and opened again. The guard's heart tightened and his brows furrowed.

"Hey, where's my wallet?" The guy who came out and looked around muttered.

Seeing the guard at the end of the aisle staring at him, the guy looking for the money bag came forward and said: "Man, did you see the money bag I just dropped?"

"No~"

"No? Where did it go? I have several gold coins here." Immediately afterwards, another guy also went out to help search.

"Let me ask you, did you pick up my wallet?" The guy who had been searching for a long time with no results came to question the guard. Another person also followed.

"I didn't!" the guard insisted.

"You were obviously the only one in the corridor just now. Who else could be there? Could it be that my wallet was stolen by a mouse? Come on, come with me to see the official." Immediately, the guy who lost the wallet started to get jealous.

He grabbed the guard and dragged him outside.

"Hey, what are you doing?" Another person accompanying him quickly came up to dissuade him. "I think you are jealous. You are dragging people to see officials indiscriminately." The guy who lost the money bag glanced at his companion and said,

Feeling unjust, I let go immediately.

"Man, why don't you help us look for it? There are several gold coins in it. We are counting on the money to go to the north to purchase a batch of goods and sell them to the south."

Seeing that the two were entangled, the guard agreed to help them search. Then, the three people were looking around upstairs. Suddenly, the guy who lost the money bag winked at the other person while the guard was looking down. The person following the guard immediately

He walked up quickly and strangled the guard's neck hard, and another person grabbed the sword from the guard's waist.

Bang~
To be continued...