Chapter 270 Spy

"Charles..."

In the tower of Orthanc, Saruman muttered about this place with a frown on his face.

"Why would Gandalf be interested in this place?"

According to information reported by informants, this guy has liked going there in recent years and goes there almost every year.

It's nothing to say that he went to Roadside Fort. Those two guys were in the same group, and it wasn't anything noteworthy to visit him occasionally.

But in the place where the Hobbits live, besides being famous for tobacco and some special foods, is there anything special? Saruman waved his hand and called a servant.

"Tell the spies there to keep an eye on Gandalf and tell me all they know about him."

"There is also a roadside fort. Send someone to infiltrate it. I want to know the information there."

The attendant left.

Some villains and spies hiding in the forest began their actions.

"I will keep watching you all the time..."

A few months after Saruman's order.

In a small village on the edge of the southern area of ​​​​Bri, several people with gloomy temperaments and not very good looks gathered together, discussing something secretly.

"I found out that there is almost no access control at the roadside fort. You can go in at will."

"Is it true?"

"It must be true. This was seen by the informant himself."

"Very good, let us set out then. Lord Saruman will reward us when we are done."

After discussing, they headed straight for Lonely Land - a prosperous place that was not as lonely as its name.

All the way to the roadside fort.

As the news said, the access control of Roadside Fort is almost non-existent, and anyone can pass through directly.

As they walked through the gate, the guards on the city wall glanced at them. Noticing this gaze, for some reason, the villain spies felt a chill in their hearts, but out of their professional spy qualities, they still walked into the city naturally.

Maybe they were calm enough, or maybe the guard just glanced at them casually, anyway, they entered the city smoothly.

"How unprofessional! Even the old guard at Bree would ask a token question."

"Shh, don't talk nonsense. It would be bad if someone heard you. Don't get yourself into trouble."

Out of caution, they first found a relatively secluded place. They heard it was a new construction area with only some houses under construction.

Usually there are fewer people in places like this at night.

Of course, although it’s little, it’s not nothing.

A few days later, the spies began to discuss again.

One of them said, "I have confirmed that those iron golems will not go here at all. There are not many guards in the city, and the management is very lax."

The other nodded.

"That's easy. These days I found out that the person in charge of this area, a 'community representative', passes by here every day with some notes and information."

"Find a way to get those things, then escape quickly, and you can complete your first mission."

"Still the old way?"

"The old way, run away as soon as you're done."

As the spies waited anxiously, a resident who looked quite old and had a notebook under his arm came over unsuspectingly.

"superior."

Several people moved following the sound.

After a moment.

The world was spinning, and several spies fell to the ground one after another.

The leader among them wanted to resist, but was immediately restrained by the community representatives.

"Don't move, I'm saving you."

A warning sounded in my ear.

"You can still survive if you fall into my hands."

"If you had moved a little more just now, what was waiting for you would not be my fist, but——"

Clang.

Behind him, a shadow over three meters tall raised his hands.

The spies broke out in a cold sweat.

Iron Golem, when...? Ordinary fights are nothing.

But just now, it sensed the murderous intent, so it chased after it.

"Naive guys, you still want to fight me?"

"Before becoming a community representative, I was a ranger for five years. Your crude fighting skills are not even as good as Oak's."

This commotion immediately attracted several people over.

So these onlookers naturally took over the responsibility of escorting the troublemakers and sent them to professional handling agencies.

"Villain spy, it's been a while since I last saw you. The last time I saw you was at the tavern in Bree. I heard that you were all forced to live in the forest. How come you dare to show up again recently?"

The spies were silent.

"It doesn't matter if you don't tell me. I'll just assume that you forgot."

"But someone will remind you of it later."

"Heh, look at how unconvinced you are, as if you were caught just because of bad luck, and happened to meet someone who could fight, and also attracted the iron golem."

"Guess why the guards let you in?"

"No matter what you do, you will fail."

"Because you have never seen an army of tens of thousands of orcs, or a beast that shakes the earth with every step it takes, nor have you ever felt the terror of the Ringwraiths."

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“And I and most of the residents here have experienced this.”

"Aren't you here to gather intelligence? Well, you can spread the news here and tell your master behind you: the people of Lubianbao are not flowers that will wilt in the cold wind, nor are they tender shoots that only rely on the protection of the lord."

"Anyone who dares to invade here will be found like following a vine to find a melon, and then pay the price."

As they were talking, the military camp appeared before their eyes.

"It's time to work."

The residents who were holding the spies pushed them forward and into the gate.

"Help them think about what they are here for."

"Okay."

Clang.

The gate is closed.

The first group of spies who entered the roadside fort lost contact and no trace of them was ever found.

"This world is cruel. Either be strong or die."

This sentence is widely circulated among spies.

"But no one told us that it's hard to die here..."

"Stop, stop, I said--"

Before long, a document was mixed into the daily reports.

Then it was handed over to Levi.

"I'm afraid he wants to be beaten again."

"Any other news?"

"some."

A ranger reported: "There are more idle guys in the southern part of the Shire, not like the locals."

"They looked evasively, sometimes looking at the vendors passing by, and sometimes squatting in the corner to eavesdrop on other people's conversations."

"When our people passed by, a few brave ones even dared to follow them, but usually they were followed back."

Levi asked, "Did they do anything?"

"They bought a lot of tobacco and food."

"Hmm?" Levi raised his eyebrows.

"To be more specific, they bought a lot of Hase leaves from Hase, as well as cheese from Midori Hill and sausage from Hase Hill..."

As he spoke, the ranger took out a long list and handed it to Levi.

"All the things that suspicious people took away are on this."

Levi read down the list from top to bottom.

"How come there's nothing but food besides tobacco? Are these guys here to travel and buy goods..."

"What do you think?" Levi casually asked the ranger in front of him for his opinion.

The Ranger thought for a moment and said, "In fact, many years ago, there were similar people who were buying up longgu leaves in large quantities, but we just treated it as a normal business transaction and didn't pay much attention to it."

“Now that I think about it, they might be the same people.”

"As for whether they are 'spies' or just spies who come to gather information about Shire's business, it's hard to tell..."

"After all, all they did during this period was to buy some local specialties and then send them eastward in batches."

(End of this chapter)