Unknown Knight

When Aix told the leaders the news of Katia's pregnancy, everyone was delighted, which made Aix very depressed. He was the only one involved who was troubled and unhappy about the matter.

After several days of preparation, a group of ten dragon-headed ships loaded with food and supplies soon broke through the broken ice floating downstream and headed downstream, accompanied by three hundred fully armed elite troops from the territory on the shore.

This time, Aix had originally planned to pick up Katia empty-handed. As for whether Voldrat was willing to let her go and whether Katia was willing to come back with him, they would talk about it later. If they really didn't want to come back, then forget it.

But the chiefs firmly disagreed. The ten ships were loaded with 50,000 kilograms of grain and some supplies. It was a gift from the chiefs as a courtesy before force. They were preparing to first satisfy Voldratboye's rude demands, shut him up, and then use these supplies to exchange for Lady Katia.

As for the 300 fully armed elite soldiers of the territory, they are soldiers who will use courtesy first and force later. Even if Voldrat threatens Lady Katia and is not going to let her return to the territory, and wants to continue blackmailing the territory, there is no need to be afraid, because these elite soldiers of the territory are the backup.

According to intelligence, after two wars against the Kugits and the last bandit suppression in Aix, there are not many decent troops left in Kudan City. It is good enough to have 200 elite soldiers, and the rest are mostly militias put together at random.

The 300 fully armed elite soldiers of the territory sent this time were carefully selected. When the situation turns against each other, they can definitely wipe out the entire Kudan City. They will have no choice but to hold Lady Katia hostage.

It was just that the efficiency and determination of the leaders made Aix unable to help but complain all the way. A few days ago, when he wanted to send troops to hide in the carriage, most of these people were unwilling to do so. Now, when he wanted to pick up Katia who was said to be pregnant, no one was willing to do so.

The team, with all its baggage on board, took two days to reach Kudan City after walking through the muddy snow.

The arrival of Aix and his party caused a sensation in the entire city, especially when people heard that they had brought life-saving food. Every family braved the severe cold and came to the main road to welcome them.

Since the last defense of Kudan City, the surviving people of Kudan City, especially the poor living in the eastern district, have had a very good impression of Aix, the son-in-law of Kudan City. They still clearly remember the scene when Aix personally led the army to fight to the death against the Kugits.

However, their lord Voldrat disappeared without a trace at the most critical moment. If it were not for Aix who led his troops to block the streets, letting the fleeing boats to the civilians to cross the river first, and risking his life to cover them from behind, these civilians, even if they survived, might have been captured by the Kugits and taken to the grasslands to be herded, and most of the old and weak would have been killed or starved to death on the way.

Now that Voldrat has lost his biological son, Aix, as his son-in-law, has the right to inherit the city lordship. The commoners also hope that Aix can be their lord, and they discuss this topic in private. In the eyes of these surviving commoners, Aix is ​​more suitable to be their lord than Voldrat.

Aix had known about this kind of public opinion from intelligence a long time ago, and this kind of public opinion was planned by Kress and the special operations team members who infiltrated. They deliberately provoked and guided this topic among civilians.

But as soon as he entered the city, he saw the streets full of starving civilians. He immediately dismounted as if for show and distributed all the dry food he had with the civilians who gathered around him. He also ordered the soldiers to go to the dock and transport the food over, as he wanted to set up a porridge stall.

By the time Voldratboye led the few nobles in the city to greet them, Aix had already mingled with the common people.

Under Voldrat's suspicious gaze, Axe and his party came to the city lord's mansion.

Katia did not show up. It was obvious that the lady was pregnant and was being arrogant again. Axe did not care and just found his own seat and sat down.

After Aix chatted with Voldrat for a while, the banquet prepared by the City Lord's Mansion was served.

However, this so-called banquet was too shabby. Axe did not take it seriously and simply ate some of it.

Originally he was not going to eat it because this family might have drugged the food and who knew if there was anything added to the food. But after seeing this person, he felt relieved and ate it boldly.

That person was Cress. Judging from her attire, she should be the cook and maid here. She was wearing a dirty, greasy skirt, had buck yellow teeth, and her face was covered with calico. It was obvious that she was dressed like that deliberately, but Axe still recognized it as Cress at a glance.

After dinner, Aix had no intention of chatting with Voldrat any more and went straight to the porridge distribution site in the city.

Under the maintenance of the soldiers, a long queue was formed on the main road. Looking around, Aix estimated that there were at least four to five thousand people.

After some investigation, we found out that the city had been without food for many days and that cannibalism had even occurred.

Aix was very angry. He clearly remembered that when the Kugits broke into the city that day, the dock was never breached. Most of the collected supplies were piled up at the dock. These supplies should be enough for the surviving people in the city to survive the winter.

There is no need to think about where these life-saving foods have gone. They must have been taken away by the miserly old man Voldrat into his own warehouse.

Aix was also speechless. He was not afraid that these hungry people would rise up in rebellion and overthrow him.

On second thought, it seems that Voldrat himself is not short of food, and he will definitely not ask Aix to bring food from far away to give it to the civilians just because they are short of food, so as to win the support of the people of Kudan City with him.

Then it was very suspicious that he wrote a letter asking for food. Could it be that...

A bad premonition came over Axe, and the secret meeting with Cress that night confirmed it.

At midnight, Cress sneaked into the agreed attic, where Axe had been waiting for a long time.

The two first expressed their lovesickness, and after a sweet moment, Cress told Aix that Voldrat, his relatives and the remaining nobles had privately divided up the supplies at the dock and did not leave much for the civilians in the city, so Voldrat was not short of food.

Moreover, since returning to Kudan City, Lady Katia has let herself go, going out to parties all day long. She has not taken any time to rest and prepare for pregnancy, and has no intention of returning to Tangquan Fortress. So it is very suspicious that they let Aix come here now.

Seeing Axe's worried face, Kress told him not to worry. It turned out that the girl had been doing more than just undercover work during this period. She also took advantage of the increasingly sharp class confrontation in the city and used various means to place a lot of people.

These people were all subordinates developed by her and the special operations team. They were all poor people in the city who had been persecuted by the Voldrat family. Now, except for the personal servants of Voldrat and Katia, there were spies planted by Cress in other places.