Manda left the king''s capital from the south of the city overnight. Longson and Stanton personally sent Manda outside the city.


    Longson told Manda several times in succession; "If you see the strength of the other party, you really have no chance of winning. Don''t be rash. Tell me the news first and wait for my reinforcements!"


    Stanton was grateful to Manda: "anyway, you saved me. Come back alive. You must come back alive."


    Stanton is a real man.


    With the "servants", Manda set out from the south of the city, made a big circle outside the Wangdu, and came to a house near the west of the city.


    In this house, there are gold coins and weapons robbed by Millo, as well as the grain accumulated by Manda.


    ……


    Bucken sat in the mansion and tasted the cider in the cup. He bought a batch of weapons from Jinguang city and should have sent them to the king''s capital the day before yesterday, but there was still no news. He reminded the God punishment warrior who escorted the weapons that even if there was a big thing, he could not delay the date. This thing was done behind the Archbishop''s back.


    What the hell happened? Has anyone leaked the news? There was an accident with these weapons? Robbed by the king? Or was it discovered by the Archbishop?


    The next morning, the Archbishop asked him to go to the cathedral.


    Bucken was shocked. It seemed that the Archbishop had found out.


    Before that, he bought many weapons through different channels. The purpose of hoarding weapons is to seize the palace. As long as there are soldiers in his hand, the Archbishop can''t refuse. But now the matter has been exposed, he must give the Archbishop a reasonable explanation.


    The Archbishop did know about it, but he didn''t inquire outside the city, but got the news from the city.


    Longson knew about the weapons, and so did his commander Georgia.


    Georgia knows, and so does the archbishop.


    He could guess the origin of these weapons and bucken''s intention, but he didn''t want to tell the truth, because there was still an urgent thing to deal with.


    "There are many cities in the South with no harvest. A large number of refugees are flocking to the king''s capital. The first batch of refugees are about 10000 people. They will arrive at the bottom of the city in less than ten days. Bishop bucken, what do you think we should do?"


    Bucken breathed a sigh when he heard the speech. As long as it wasn''t about weapons, everything else was easy to say, and bucken had been prepared for the problem of refugees.


    "My Lord, as believers of the Lord, it is our bounden duty to save these poor creatures. I suggest opening the city gate, allowing them to enter the king''s capital, and opening our, er, granary, so that they can get through the difficulties."


    Leo, who was sitting on one side, was stunned. It was the same as his idea. I didn''t expect that the hard hearted bucken had such a soft side.


    Howitt shook his head and said, "the total number of refugees may exceed 50000. Our granary alone is not enough."


    Bucken said: "of course, we can''t rely entirely on our granary. The king is the Lord of a country. It''s his duty to save his people. There are all the nobles in the king''s capital. They should also contribute."


    Howitt sighed, "this is what I''m worried about. The nobles are penniless, and they won''t allow refugees to enter the city. As for the king, when did you see him care about the life and death of civilians?"


    Bucken got up and said, "Sir, please forgive my stubbornness. I don''t care about the thoughts of kings and nobles. I only care about the sacred duty given to me by the Lord. I can''t watch those refugees die. I will fight to the end."


    Leo got up and said, "I am willing to fight side by side with bishop bucken and fight for these poor people!"


    Huo Wei nodded and drew a sign of the sword of divine punishment on his chest: "the Lord will hear our hearts, and the merciful Lord will protect us and those poor people."


    After seeing off bucken, Howitt''s face sank, glared at Leo and said, "what did you mean by what you just did?"


    Leo looked blankly and said, "Sir, we agree with bucken. Shouldn''t we show it?"


    "The same idea? Where did you get the conclusion?"


    Leo wondered, "doesn''t bucken want to protect the refugees, too?"


    Howitt sneered: "bucken will care about the refugees? How can you be so naive? He wants the refugees to enter the city in order to disturb the order of the king''s capital, take the opportunity to attack the king, and even seize the throne by force!"


    Leo took a cold breath: "how is this possible?"


    Howitt shook his head and said, "at first, I just thought he was a little domineering. I also knew that he had hidden some troops in the king, but I didn''t expect that he had reached the point of thousands of people."


    Howitt told Leo about the weapons and was so frightened that Leo almost sat on the ground: "he bought a thousand people''s weapons? How can we know nothing?"


    Howitt said with a bitter smile: "we know too little about him. His ambition is far beyond our imagination. The refugees pouring into the king''s capital will become another weapon for him. He will even take this opportunity to usurp the throne. Once he gets it, you and I will die. This time, we have to stand on the king''s side and try our best to destroy bucken''s plot."


    Leo looked pale and said, "will the king help us?"


    "Don''t say such childish words again, the king can''t help anyone! He won''t care about anyone except himself! Do what we should do, let the king do what he should do as well as possible, and finally achieve a situation that we can bear each other. That''s the result we want. As for bucken," Howitt clenched his teeth, "we can''t be soft hearted to him any more!"


    ……


    Manda stayed in the house for three days and finally waited for manu.


    Manu can''t be blamed for being late. Manda came early. The accident of Wangdu disrupted Manda''s plan.


    Manu brought 500 civilian men. His task was to transport the weapons, food and gold coins purchased by Manda to bellamia mountain, and then to Qixing mountain through manu''s mountain drilling skills.


    After completing the delivery, Manda asked about the situation in the mountain. Manu said, "Stanley is recruiting in the name of Roman Wilkins according to your instructions. The population of Seven Star Mountain has reached 2000."


    Manda frowned and said, "there were more than a thousand people in the mountain. I sent so many gold coins, and less than a thousand people came?"


    Manu said with embarrassment on his face: "Sir, there are not many people near the Seven Star Mountain, and fewer people are willing to go up the mountain to be thieves..."


    Manda rubbed her forehead. The population is a death hole in remote areas. If she wants to crack this death hole, gold coins alone can''t solve the problem.


    Manu wants to say something that makes Manda happy: "my Lord, three cottages have been completed, and the remaining four have started. New roads are being paved in the mountains. In two months, the first batch of grain should be harvested..."


    Manda struggled to squeeze out a smile and said with appreciation, "you did a good job."


    In fact, he is very dissatisfied. It is much more difficult to operate one territory than he thought.


    After sending manu away, Manda found Pluto and put on the medicine he prepared.


    "These scars are fake?" after applying the medicine, several wounds appeared on Manda''s body, which looked no different from the real wound except that it didn''t hurt much.


    "It''s all fake, but others can''t detect it. Don''t worry, sir." Pluto is very confident in his skills.


    Manda clenched the Oracle ring and prayed piously to Zeus: "Lord of the great gods, please give me the Oracle if my decision is appropriate."


    After waiting for a long time, the Emerald on the ring glowed.


    That night, Manda quietly returned to the king''s capital, went directly to the palace and asked to meet the king.


    After a while, Manda saw the king. Seeing Manda black and blue, the king''s heart trembled.


    "You missed?"


    Manda shook her head and said, "Your Majesty, I succeeded. I intercepted the weapon of the punisher. It''s in this box."


    With that, Manda stepped back two steps and presented the huge wooden box behind him to the king.


    "That''s all?" said the king in surprise. "Is this a weapon that can arm a thousand people?"


    Manda said, "the news of the general is wrong. The weapons in it can''t arm a thousand people, but they are more powerful than a thousand people in the hands of the believers of the Lord of the gods."


    Then he opened the box and shouted, "praise the great lord of the gods!"


    The dazzling light rushed out of the box. The king immediately stood up, his lips trembled and said, "this, this is, this is..."


    Manda said slowly, "this is the aegis shield and lightning scepter, the artifact of the Lord of the gods!"