The Berkley family seemed to have prepared everything for today's memorial ceremony. When the head of the family gave the order to search for the murderer, members of the Burning Knight Regiment immediately surrounded the crowd.
The soldiers were armed with long spears. They were divided into hundreds of squads and blocked all the intersections near the cathedral.
There were tens of thousands of people attending the memorial ceremony. It was a huge scale. The long red line even extended to several streets.
The people squeezed shoulder to shoulder on the street and watched in panic as the knights surrounded them.
What was surprising was that the Burning Knights that surrounded them actually brought along a large group of officials from the town.
They set up exits on the east and west sides and surrounded the other places. No one was allowed to enter or leave.
Every person who left from the east and west sides had to be checked by the census officer.
Although the technology of the Sorcerer Nation was backward, the census system was very strict even in the ancient times before the Cataclysm. This was the foundation of a backward system to manage the people.
For example, when a caravan went north, it needed to bring the documents signed by the census officer so that they could stay in the stations and hotels smoothly.
Of course, this was the rule, but the people who enforced it might not be so strict.
In the early years, when the census system was just perfected, people were quite careful. Later, after a few decades, when no one checked, people turned a blind eye. Anyway, no one took it seriously.
"Name, address, and the number of the person!" The census officer checked one by one. After the person reported his or her household information, the census officer behind him immediately flipped through the information and searched.
However, the ideal was beautiful, but the reality was cruel. The head of the Berkley family dragged these census officers here, intending to screen out those who had ulterior motives.
In the end, the census officers were embarrassed to find that they had made too many mistakes in the census work in recent years. Six out of ten of these people were not in the register.
The decline of a country was not as simple as being backward in technology. For example, the problems that existed in the Sorcerer Nation: a complicated bureaucratic system, lazy governance, backward production mechanism, backward local regulatory system …
After discovering this problem, the head of the Berkley family sneered at the head of the Winston family. "In the past, I thought that you should be a talented general who could take charge of an area alone, but now I find that you are actually an idiot who can't even manage government affairs well. No wonder your Winston Family's Hymn Knight Regiment is so weak in combat. I think you're not only bad at government affairs, you're also bad at military affairs. "
Leaving everything else aside, the six southern counties under the control of the Berkley family were indeed much better than those in other places. At least, the Census Officer would never dare to fool his job like this!
Patriarch Winston cried as he said, "Patriarch, I will definitely sort out the political and military affairs in the future …"
The head of the Berkley family was very annoyed by the other party's crying. He said coldly, "You're the head of the Winston family, yet you're crying like this after being slapped. What use do I have for you?"
"Patriarch, I don't want to either," Patriarch Winston said sadly.
The head of the Berkley family was so angry that he laughed. "How can a man achieve anything in this world when he is so fragile? As the head of a family, why are you crying? Even your Hymn Knight is stronger than you! "
As he spoke, Patriarch Berkley called over a Hymn Knight from the Winston Family, had him take off his helmet, and gave him a backhand slap in the face, causing the Hymn Knight to cry …
Master Berkley: "???"
The head of the Winston Family: "…"
At this moment, Ren Xiaosu was staring at Patriarch Berkley with bright and piercing eyes. To be more precise, he was staring at the other party's palm. Whoever the other party slapped, that person would be happy!
The process of happiness might be different, but everyone would be happy in their own way!
As for the head of the Winston Family, he looked at the tearful Hymn Knight and felt a sense of comfort in his heart. At least he wasn't the only one crying.
Patriarch Berkley's face was livid as he looked at the Hymn Knight in front of him. "Trash, you're really a bunch of weak generals. So this is your Hymn Knight team! You, come here. "
Patriarch Berkley looked at his Burning Knight, as if he wanted the Burning Knight to set an example for the Hymn Knight.
The other Burning Knight who was called out took a resolute step forward. He even cast a disdainful look at the tearful Hymn Knight and the head of the Winston Family, as if he was very disdainful of such a weak person becoming a colleague.
Patriarch Berkley was slightly relieved when he saw this scene. He said to the head of the Winston Family, "Watch how my Burning Knight does."
After saying that, Patriarch Berkley slapped the Burning Knight again, and then the Burning Knight who had just walked up also cried …
Patriarch Berkley: "???"
Patriarch Winston: "…"
At this moment, the head of the Winston Family secretly looked up at the tearful Burning Knight, as if to say, "That's it …?"
Many people gathered here and couldn't leave were worried about their own safety while secretly looking at the entrance of the church.
Someone even muttered in a low voice, "This Patriarch Berkley's slap is quite strong …"
"Didn't they say that the Burning Knight team is exceptionally tough and fierce? Why are they also so weak?"
"Shh, don't say that, or you'll be hanged!"
Patriarch Berkley flew into a rage at this moment. "Are the Burning Knight under my command also a bunch of good-for-nothings?"
The people around all kept quiet out of fear, and the head of the Winston Family was almost lowered to his crotch.
This Patriarch Berkley looked around and angrily said to the head of the Winston Family, "Come, come and slap me … Forget it!"
Originally, Patriarch Berkley wanted to say, "Come and slap me and see if I'll cry, but in the end, he still regained his rationality.
His definition of himself was that of a future leader, so no matter how angry he was, he couldn't do such a thing that would damage his own prestige.
Moreover, Patriarch Berkley had some other worries in his heart. What if he was also slapped to tears?
In the crowd, Ren Xiaosu, who was watching the show, felt that it was a pity. If this slap had landed on Patriarch Berkley's face, it would have been too interesting.
Qian Weining, who was also watching this scene, felt that it was a pity. If this slap had landed on Patriarch Berkley's face, it would have been too interesting.
He wanted to laugh because this personal attendant was too mean. Qian Weining was a Burning Knight himself, and he knew one thing very well: those soldiers had been training hard all year round, and even if their skin peeled off from the sun, none of them had ever cried. So, this must have been done by Ren Xiaosu.
To be honest, when Qian Weining recalled his embarrassing appearance in the past, and then looked at his former colleagues at the entrance of the church, he thought to himself that he had never seen anyone more mean than Ren Xiaosu in his life.
He wanted to cry because Qian Weining was panicking now, and he really wanted to persuade Ren Xiaosu to stop playing. If he did, something big would happen.
Qian Weining secretly looked at Ren Xiaosu, and he found that Ren Xiaosu was looking at him with a smile.
Ren Xiaosu asked in a low voice, "Aren't you going to stand up and report me?"
Qian Weining gritted his teeth. "I've already sworn my loyalty. My personal attendant, there's no need to test me anymore. Let's hurry up and go …"
"Okay." Ren Xiaosu squeezed to the east exit. "Did you bring your Burning Knight ID? If you didn't, we can't get out."
"Yes, I did!"
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