Snowstorm in Zalambra (5)

On the second day, at noon, the weather was gloomy and light snow was falling.

The deafening roar rushed to the sky and reached the palace.

Ninif opened the curtain a little and saw the crowded crowds on the street from afar.

It was a parade of civilians that could be seen in front of the palace, indicating that they had entered the aristocratic district of the upper town.

Inger closed "The Life of Capital". During this half day, he took a general look at the articles in other magazines circulating in Zalambra. He found that only the one Eric gave him went straight to the point and was worth reading.

He had been reading it on the way, slowly, and just finished it today.

"Let's go and see what's going on."

Alex was ready and took his wrist.

The female worker saw the crowd through the kitchen window. She lowered her head to wash the dishes and said, "Goddess, what are these men doing? Aren't they working anymore?"

Another female worker said: "Maybe my husband is also involved. He said yesterday that all the workers in his factory have gone on strike."

"What about their wages?"

"It's already very little, what can I do?"

"In preparation for the Spring Festival, many people were hungry and had to pay taxes and grain. There were always many people who were angry. I heard my neighbors gathered around a table to curse the emperor."

"After so many years of scolding, there is no obvious result. Wasn't the previous rebellion suppressed?"

“But I didn’t see anyone stop these people this time?”

"Hmm? Let me see."

The female worker wiped away the mist on the glass and saw clearly outside.

People held up signs and flags and shouted at the top of their lungs:

"The Emperor, get off the stage!"

"Government of the people! House of Representatives of the people!"

"We want bread! We want wages!"

"The Labor Law! A dead letter! Down with the House of Nobles!"

"Abolish slavery! Give us back our land!"

These are clear and concise slogans that most people can understand.

Some people had bloodshot eyes and screamed in tears.

Some people took to the streets holding their children, whose bodies were all that was left.

Some people took off their gloves, raised their signs and joined the crowd.

As the female worker watched, she recalled the difficult life at home and unconsciously stopped what she was doing.

She works every day, two-thirds of her salary goes to work and the remaining one-third goes to her family and children.

Her hands were chapped and her face was red from the steam. She didn't have time to squeeze out any more, but why were she and her children still hungry?

No one came to eat today, so she finally had a chance to relax.

"What are you looking at! Don't think you can be lazy just because there's so much noise outside! Be careful or I'll deduct your wages!"

The familiar curses and plates hitting their heads caused the female workers to quickly fall silent.

The shop owner cursed a few times and went out again, gnawing his nails with a clacking sound, sitting in the empty shop with a gloomy and uncertain look on his face and shaking his feet.

He still remembered that during several previous peasant rebellions, his shop had been smashed several times by a group of people.

In the end, everyone was arrested, but he didn't get any compensation and spent a lot of money on repairs.

"What are these beasts yelling about?"

He gritted his teeth and said this in hatred.

He squinted his eyes and saw some guards in the crowd outside, tossing their hats and whistling to watch the excitement.

"*Salambra swears** string of expletives* what the hell are those bastards doing! They take the tax money they are given and this is what they do!"

Of course, even though he cursed, he didn't have the courage to go out at this time, so he quickly pulled down the iron curtain outside the door.

The guards are ordinary people who are of low level or have no magic power at all. No, as long as they can become guards, they are not ordinary people.

They held their cups high, watching the excitement and cheering, using the hateful looks as a condiment to feed their wine with laughter.

The newcomer was still a little worried and asked anxiously, "Isn't this a bad situation?"

"It's not the first time. When have you ever seen them return safely?"

"Yes! As long as the Knight of the North Wind is here, those slaves and laborers can't cause any trouble."

“They are still being thrown into prison in batches.”

"*Expletive*, the prisons are almost full! Do these people want to eat and drink for free in prison? They want to eat and drink for free, bah! They should be chopped off once and for all."

The newcomer trembled and took a sip of the hot wine. "But... where is the Knight of the North Wind now?"

"Who knows? It will be here soon."

"It won't last for a few days anyway."

"Look at them, they're all shouting louder than anyone else, but they don't dare to move a fart, hahahahahaha."

"There's something wrong. I'm in a bad mood because of something that happened during the Spring Festival."

The newlyweds finished their wine and made up their minds to go home.

A palace where envoys from various countries lived.

*"The situation is not good, you should send a notification immediately..."

*"It's so funny. As soon as those borers got out of here, there was a commotion outside. Is this country full of idiots? The most famous thing is the rabbit intestines... Oh, write a letter back to inform Her Royal Highness."

*“Hahaha, but judging by the speed, it will probably be over by the time it gets there.”

"I'm sorry, I received a letter from China yesterday asking me to go back and take care of something. I'm leaving today, and you don't have to keep me. The Spring Festival gifts have already been delivered, so it's okay if I'm missing."

"Hey! Hey! The party is tonight! Why go back now!"

*“You can only get the latest news if you stay here. I always feel like something big is going to happen!”

Inger and Alex ran around with invisibility spells on, but of course they didn't go to places where there were wizards. In the end, they only found some permanent rotating teams of the Knights of the North Wind, but still didn't find any leader-like figures. They were indeed well hidden.

He did find some knights disguised as civilians in the crowd.

Although the streets were chaotic that day, most people did not resort to violence.

The nobles either took it for granted and turned a deaf ear to it, or knew about it but ignored it.

They thought this revolution would be like any other.

Someone probably informed the emperor, but no one paid any attention. The House of Representatives did not even bother to explain.

However, by the afternoon of November 13, the number of people taking to the streets in various parts of the capital was roughly estimated to have reached 100,000.

It is an extremely terrifying thing that so many people are still maintaining order and not taking action.

Inger and Alex stood hand in hand at the edge of the crowd. No one could see them, but they witnessed the beginning of a turning point in the country's sexual revolution.

Both of them watched all this quietly without making any comments.

They saw the wheels of history and times slowly passing by, grinding on everyone's backs.

On the evening of November 13, the Spring Palace was brightly lit as people inside celebrated the arrival of spring.

On November 14, the number of people joining the parade surged to nearly 200,000.

On November 15, most factories were shut down.

On November 16, the number of protesters increased to nearly 300,000. Some of them clashed with the guards, and some began to break into the residences of the nobles and smash things, and clashed with the nobles' private knights, and bloodshed began.

In the afternoon, the number of marchers exceeded 400,000. Some people took advantage of the chaos to smash and destroy shops. The shops of nobles were smashed and people were arrested. Some small shop owners defected to protect themselves and showed their support for the people. Some factories were also smashed. Some nobles spent all their food and money to save their lives. Some nobles finally began to pack up and flee. Some others stayed in the Spring Palace, which was guarded by the North Wind Knights, waiting for these stupid mobs to be arrested.

Soldiers and guards began to use force to suppress the rebellious people and arrested some people.

They thought this would serve as a warning to others.

On November 17, the streets were still packed with people. Some soldiers and guards pointed their guns at their own people and shouted, "We want to protect our compatriots, not evil government."

As of this morning, the main army of the Northern Wind Knights had not yet appeared.

In the Spring Palace, Sampsis Salambra was having his temples massaged by a maid who looked very young while drinking sobering tea.

"Your Majesty... the situation outside is really not good... the mob has gathered at the gate of Chun Palace... please go and take a look!"

Sampsies picked up a can and threw it at the secretary's head.

"What are you arguing about? I haven't even woken up yet! The mobs are arguing every day, how can I handle it? Tell An Lienong to catch them all and kill them!"

The secretary stood up, covering his head. "But the leader of the North Wind Knights is missing, and we can't contact him anywhere..."

Perhaps the sobering tea took effect, the roar from the palace gate penetrated the thick palace walls and pierced into my ears.

"Dog Emperor! Get off!"

"Where are the councillors?!"

"Break the door open!"

"We're all starving outside! And you're eating inside! Why?"

Sampsis frowned, shook off the maid, stood up and walked to the window.

The Knight of the North Wind, who was originally on duty at the gate, watched the mob trying to break down the palace gate and climb over the palace wall, but he turned a blind eye and stood there like a real statue.

The emperor reached out and smashed the antique bottle leaning against the window.

The servants knelt on the ground.

Suddenly the people at the door quieted down.

A group of knights in silver armor, riding on sturdy war horses, passed through the crowd, and the crowded crowd spontaneously made way for them.

The man with a broken eyebrow leading the group was none other than Anlenon Nabuchi, the leader of the Northern Wind Knights.

He moved through the crowd with an expressionless face.

Everyone knew him, everyone feared him, and everyone stood in awe of him.

As soon as Andrenon dismounted, the knight at the gate opened the door for him. Only Tells came in with him.

An Lienong raised his head and took a look. His eyes were red: provocation and judgment were clearly written in them.

The emperor took a step back.

A large group of knights followed behind Anlenon and lined up to stop the people outside the door.

The crowd that was about to bang on the door just now didn't dare to move a step and watched him walk in alone.

Alex lowered the curtains. "Someone's coming in."

Inger nodded, took Uri's hand, Uri took Cheryl, and the three of them disappeared on the spot under the bath of magical light.

Three people appeared outside the palace wall, and Inger used the magic of levitation to make the three people float farther away from the two people.

It was just outside the realm of the eighth-level knight, but within sight of him.

Inger had to maintain the three spells of soundproofing, invisibility, and suspension for a long time at the same time, and cold sweat began to break out on his forehead.

Despite this, there is still a risk of being discovered.

Uri and Cheryl also held each other's hands tightly and dared not let go, with their mouths tightly locked.

An Lienong did not take off his sword and arrived at the emperor's bedroom unhindered.

He sneered, glanced at the two trembling noble knights beside him, and kicked the door open.

"Andre Nong! What are you doing? Go arrest these rioters!"

An Lienong saw the emperor's trembling fingertips. He drew out his sword calmly. The servants beside him had already fallen to the ground. He smiled and said, "Your Majesty - I don't know whether you are really stupid or just pretending to be stupid. At least you became smart once before you died, didn't you?"

Tels quietly raised the sword and asked, "Where do you keep those children?"

Sampsis suddenly yelled madly: "You all want to take my things!"

After he finished speaking, he opened the window with the fastest movement in his life.

An Lienong threw him to the ground with one hand, chopped off the emperor's two legs with his sword, and held him up by the collar.

The emperor, whose body had long been drained of wine and sex, had little blood or flesh left.

His eyes bulged out and Andrenon picked out his tongue before he could scream.

"It's boring." Andrenon grabbed Sampsis's neck and said in a low voice, "Do you know how many times I have thought about this scene?"

"I'm disappointed."

"I'm...very angry now, you know? I want to curse my old self for clinging to that chivalrous spirit!"

The maid raised her head, took a look, and couldn't help but smile slightly.

At this moment, joy overcame fear.

An Lienong tilted his head, "I told you that you are not needed. Go and tell them to let the people in. You can find whoever you want. You will be on the execution platform later."

Tels nodded, came to the window and shouted, "Put it in!"

The knight at the door looked up and saw their figures, confirmed each other, and opened the door.

When faced with their open door for the first time, people stopped in their tracks.

They pushed and pulled at each other, exchanged glances, and stole glances at the knight's expression.

The knight at the door remained the same as always, completing the order like a sculpture, with no movement in his lines and no change in his expression.

"What are you afraid of? Let's rush in together!"

Someone in the crowd shouted.

The waves swallowed up the magnificent palace gate and penetrated into the imperial palace which had been empty for many years.

The snow was getting heavier, and the wind carried the snowflakes, which melted on people's hot faces.