OBS Chapter 267 Intelligence Work
Chapter 267 Intelligence Work
Soon, two soldiers caught a man and brought him to a place ten meters away from John. However, even at this distance, John could smell a foul odor. Then John looked at the man's face. Although his dry and messy gray hair covered most of his face, the beggar-like face left an impression on John.
He was wearing a black but very loose civilian suit. The material might be good, but because it had not been washed for a long time, it made him look more like a beggar.
"Enough of the small talk. Tell me your name, your occupation, and how you knew those people were connected to the Rana."
The beggar-like man kowtowed to John happily, and then said flatteringly:
"Governor, my name is Cary. I have never done any work before. I can only do some petty thefts."
"As for why I knew about those people colluding with the Lanas, you will understand after I tell you again."
"I used to follow that bastard Bobber... Bobber, and then if you hadn't sent him to jail, no one would give me money anymore."
"I was thinking of going back to my old job and stealing some things to make a living, but the streets were full of soldiers at that time, so I didn't dare to do that. I was hungry for three days, and I didn't dare to go out until the soldiers left."
"Then I stole for three days in a row, from dozens of houses in the slums, and ended up stealing a dozen silver coins, a sausage, ten eggs, and a few pieces of bread. Don't you know that the common people are all poor now..."
Hearing this, John slammed the table and shouted at him:
"Seriously, tell me how you know that information."
"Hey."
Kari bowed, then continued:
"At the time I thought, I definitely can't make a living from this, so I gathered a few people like me and prepared to rob."
"We can't defeat the large guilds of commerce. If we rob the small merchants, they will ask the city defense army for help, so we plan to rob the small merchants who dare not speak out after being robbed."
"The reason why these merchants dare not report is because the things they do are serious crimes, such as smuggling goods in Lana and Midland. We specifically rob these merchants. As for whether they are what I said, it depends on whether they will report to the city defense army later. Anyway, I did it for almost ten times, and no one dared to go to the city defense army, and then... hehe, they were captured alive by your soldiers."
"As for the source of the information, I learned it from the drivers, waiters, prostitutes and other industry personnel who had spoken to them, and confirmed it repeatedly before I dared to rob the tickets."
After listening to Cary's words, John thought for a few seconds and then said to him condescendingly:
"Well, there are two options. First, I will send you to prison, then sentence you to lifelong hard labor and send you to the mines to work as a miner for the rest of your life."
"You can't do this, sir. With my body like this, I'll be broken into pieces if you throw me into the mine." Kary kowtowed and begged for mercy.
"Second, you will work with me and collect intelligence. Tell me if you have any information about who is related to the Lana people. If it is true, I will give you a gold coin. If it is a big fish, I will give you more."
When Cary heard this, he immediately turned from sadness to joy, and smiled at John with his two big yellow teeth:
"That's fine, that's fine, thank you for sparing my life, sir."
A gold coin was thrown from John's hand and fell on the floor in front of Kari. Kari hurriedly picked it up, wiped the coin with his clothes, and bit it to make sure it was real gold.
Looking at Cary's expression, John said:
"This is your reward. All future rewards will be in this kind of gold coins. Go down."
After walking out of the door, Kari looked at the gold coin in his hand carefully again. After holding it in the sun, Kari carefully put it in his pocket.
"Brother, this gentleman is really nice. He gives out money in gold coins." A younger brother next to him came forward and said.
Kari turned around, puffed out his skinny chest, and said to the two brothers behind him:
"Let me tell you, we have met a noble man today. In a few months, everyone in Monde Marsan will know the name of Uncle Cary. He is a hundred times more powerful than that Bobber!"
While Kari was still dreaming about the future, the younger brother next to him saw a few familiar figures appearing behind Kari and immediately grabbed his clothes and said:
"Brother, look behind you, isn't that... that city defense soldier?"
Kari looked around and saw several people in armor coming from a distance. The first one leading them was Jacques, the captain of the wartime patrol. This guy had never slapped him before, so Kari hurriedly said to his younger brother:
"Why is it him? Go away!"
Just as Kari was about to leave, he suddenly thought, that's not right, now he is also the Governor's man, and Jacques is also the Governor's man, so what is he afraid of, can't he just go up and be done with it.
"Everyone, listen to me. Go straight to his face and let him know who he beat up before."
Kari and the other two walked towards Jacques aggressively. A few meters away from Jacques, Kari stopped and asked Jacques:
"Boy, do you still know who I am?"
Jacques was on his way when he suddenly heard someone calling him. He looked up and saw three beggar-like men standing in front of him in a majestic manner.
However, Jacques had no time to deal with him and walked right past Cary to the door of the embassy.
Seeing that Jacques was about to leave, Carrie grabbed Jacques' shoulders and said unkindly:
"Look carefully at who your uncle is. Let me tell you, today I am..."
"Snapped!"
A crisp slap hit Kari's face directly. Kari looked at Jacques in disbelief, but what he got was Jacques's threat:
"If the Governor hadn't come to me with something important, I would have beaten you up today. Aren't you the thug I beat up every day? You don't even know your last name after entering the embassy once? Anyway, don't stand in my way!"
Looking at Jacques who was walking further and further away, the younger brother next to Kari asked Kari:
"Brother, are we still chasing?"
"Chase? Chase bullshit!"
Kari cursed at his younger brother, then sat on a step and said to himself in a dejected tone:
"I was beaten when the Governor didn't come, and I was beaten again when the Governor came. Then the Governor's visit was a waste of time, right?"
On the other hand, after John told Jacques to be careful of possible spies in the city, Jacques took the opportunity to report to John about the Holy Gospel Society. With Jacques's explanation, this church gradually attracted John's attention.
A church that has a large amount of funds from unknown sources in a short period of time, specifically contacts the upper echelons of Mont-de-Marsan, and sets up strict censorship to prevent outsiders from exploring their information, what else can this be but espionage?
"You must keep a close eye on this church right now. Be careful not to alert the enemy. Use the intelligence that Kari has provided you to gradually sort out the structure of this organization for me."
"Yes!" Jacques responded and asked:
"Who is that Kari?"
"Oh, that's the guy I just recruited. He just left me. I'll arrange for you two to meet."