"Brother Vader, is this... Is this really good?" Huotou touched the cloth on his body nervously. "The chief knight said that the uniform is our status symbol, and we must wear it neatly when on duty."
"And if it gets dirty, you will be punished, not to mention not wearing it at all," the whistle kept looking around, as if he was afraid of being seen by his peers.
"Don't be long-winded, it's symbolic enough to wear it. Black Blondung stands in the snow and knows there are police a few hundred steps away. How can you arrest someone?" Vader spat, "You are Border Town. people, right?"
"Yeah," said this, and the two of them suddenly became energetic. "My father was a hunter. He used to live in the old street, and his skills are very good. He can shoot a fox in the neck with an arrow."
"Me too. Dad always said that hunting is not stable, so it's better to go mining. He even prepared a hoe for me. If it wasn't for His Royal Highness to become the lord, I'm afraid I would have to stay in the mine all the time."
"I can see," Vader shrugged, and only the children of the Orion family would take such an uncommon nickname, "Since he is a small town person, he must be more concerned about the order of the town than an outsider like me? Even I am not afraid of punishment, What are you afraid of, is it more important than maintaining the rules set by His Highness?"
"This..." The two hesitated for a moment before saying with determination, "That's what you said too."
"And Big Brother Vader, you are not an outsider. Haven't you already obtained your ID card? His Highness said that those who got this card are all his subjects." The whistle muttered.
Vader smiled, stopped talking, and continued to stare at the row of cave dwellings on the east side of the temporary residence.
It has been nearly three months since he became a police officer, and he has fully adapted to the life in the Western Region. Originally thought that the "Patrols" who do not extort and defraud basically have nothing to do, but I didn't expect that the things they are busy with every day can't be done at all.
Receiving refugees requires the police, handling civil disputes requires the police, and even catching those vicious criminals and spies is actually the task of the police... And the First Army seems to have no involvement in the public security operations in the town except fighting evil beasts.
This was very different from what he had initially envisioned.
In Jinsui City, the patrol team is almost a supplement to the city guard. It undertakes some dirty work, but the benefits are not much. This is why many team members are used to looking for additional windfalls. But in Border Town, the police and the First Army are more like unrelated systems, the former is internal and the latter is external.
What surprised Vader even more was that in addition to the direct designation of their superiors, more of their targets came from reports from the public—yes, the residents of the town changed his opinion of ordinary people, who are both lazy and stupid. People will take the initiative to mark those suspicious persons and report them to the city hall. Every time a foreign merchant ship arrives in the town, the Justice Department receives five or six such reports.
Vader quickly realized the enormous power contained in it - no spy can be completely out of contact with the outside world, or fully integrated with the natives once he arrives at a certain place, unless he himself grew up there. When everyone becomes a watchful post, what enemy can hide
Of course, not every arrest will be fruitful, for example, the sneaky person caught in the last attack turned out to be a noble of Chenxi. Vader was ready to be punished, but there was no response from above, and he seemed to turn a blind eye to his beating up the nobles, which strengthened his opinion.
"Gold has appeared! ' Firehead whispered.
"Don't worry about him, just pretend to be shoveling snow," Vader said calmly, "He didn't bring any goods, he just came to investigate the situation."
Jinzi is the code name of the target of this arrest - the Ministry of Justice received a report two days ago that there were serfs smuggling grain, and Mr. Carter took this seriously and immediately assigned the task to him, asking for the stolen goods to be captured, saying that he For the gold hunt.
However, the mission did not go smoothly. After some inquiries, they initially locked the target. Five or six people took turns to monitor the temporary residence area for two days, but they found no trace of the target.
Vader knew in his heart that the reason for the lack of progress was that the police uniforms were so conspicuous here. He had lived in the West End for quite some time before, and naturally knew that when a city hall official appeared, the news would quickly spread to the crowd. The Eastern District is not much better, where all the serfs live, and the black uniforms are as striking as fireflies in the night sky.
So he simply persuaded Firehead and Whistle to take off their uniforms, put on tattered coats, dressed as snow sweepers, and blocked the main roads of the East End and the town. As long as there are suspicious people passing by, they cannot escape their eyes.
After Jinzi swung around the East District, he returned to the cave, but when he appeared again, there was a large cloth bag behind his back.
"Sure enough, he is selling wheat..." Whistle clenched his fists.
"Damn, I don't take His Highness's words seriously," Huotou said angrily, "Let's arrest him now!"
"Don't worry," Vader waved his hand, "Didn't Mr. Carter say that you want people to get the loot. We will divide it into three groups," he instructed according to the plan when he was besieging the mice before, "Huotou, you can do it now. Go to the old city wall area first. If you want to enter the inner city, there is only one way for him to go."
"OK."
"Then let me follow him forward - this requires a certain skill, so I am the most suitable." He licked his lips, "The last is the whistle, you are about a hundred paces away from me and slowly follow me, just don't make eye contact with the gold. ."
"I see."
"Then get started!"
Although the three were not divided into superiors and subordinates, they still obeyed Vader's arrangement.
Vader picked up the broom and walked three or four steps in front of Jinzi. According to past experience, following behind can easily arouse the target's vigilance, but "leading the way" in front will greatly reduce the opponent's Be wary. If you can roughly figure out the area where the target wants to go, this accompanying method is the safest. His attention was completely focused on Jin Zi, as long as the footsteps of the other party changed slightly, he was sure to knock down the other party within a few breaths.
After passing through the crack of the old city wall, Jin Zi stopped and rested on the corner of the street. Obviously, the other party also knows that if you go further to the center of the town, the chance of encountering the police will be greatly improved. Vader took dozens of steps forward, then turned into a fork in the road, waiting for the buyer to appear.
Not long after, a townsman with a cart appeared. He also looked left and right for a while before slowly coming to the serf's side. After opening the cloth bag and checking it, the townsman took out a handful of coins from his arms, and at the same time, Vader made a gesture of action.
The three rushed to the target from three directions, and the trader was immediately stunned and stood in place at a loss.
Vader pushed the serf to the ground, and with the crisp sound of coins falling, he shouted: "You are under arrest!"