Alien Knights

Seeing Todd's pensive look, Emerson slapped his sore waist with his hands, walked to the desk, looked at the list thoughtfully: "Hailedin... this surname sounds familiar."

Todd then found Brother Joe, who was in charge of resident registration, and ordered him to fetch the population register of Muxi City.

After some effort, he finally found a few words introducing this southern pagan in the thick pages of the book.

Aisha Springhall, a member of the Abbasid Empire, a sea merchant, settled on November 17, 1171...

Todd looked at the bottom of the page, and there was such a passage written on it.

"Guarantor: Abu bin Sabah Kendi; Relationship to Registrant: Matrilineal Relative"

After one hour.

Kendi stood in the center between the kings, holding the directory with trembling hands, his lips were white, and he was sweating coldly: "This... this liar! She promised me that she would keep her own name and not use her real name! How dare she take the kingdom's official examination!"

Todd patted the table heavily with his hands, and shouted: "Who the hell is she?!"

Kendi trembled in fright, the document in his hand almost fell to the ground, and he spat out a word in his mouth.

"pirate"

Kendi's confession, coupled with others' supplements, Todd finally got a general understanding of the whole story.

Take a sea boat and sail to the south of the west coast of Dusk, bypass the hidden reefs and cliffs of Lone Rock City, and then drive south, you will enter a sea area commonly known as the "Golden Crossing".

If you go south there, you can enter the territorial waters of the Southern Empire; if you choose to go west, you will pass through a narrow estuary and enter a wide sea area surrounded by land.

With this "Mediterranean Sea" as the dividing line, the north is the parish of the Church of the Heavenly Father and the Orthodox Church, and the south is a foreign land that believes in Allah.

In this sea area, there are no less than a thousand pirate forces, large and small, active. The smaller one has only one sloop, but the largest pirate force can easily wipe out a small country. Among the active pirates in the Mediterranean Sea, there was a man named Hayreddin, who was originally engaged in maritime trade, but later raised the skull flag and started the business of springboard robbery.

In recent years, he has done two major things in the Mediterranean field, which made him famous.

The first thing was that at dawn in the early winter of 1165, he took advantage of the fog to sneak attack and capture a troop carrier of Lone Rock City, and captured the 30 knights and 190 soldiers on it.

The second thing is that in the past four years, Hayreddin traveled back and forth between the north and south sides of the Mediterranean Sea, helping thousands of Allah believers escape the persecution of the diocese and return safely to the Abbasid Empire.

Among the two events, especially the second one, Hayreddin gained a high reputation. Because of this event, the southern Christians respectfully called him Baba Oru.ccedil, which translates to "father", and people in the church area transliterated him as Barbarossa (Barbarossa) accordingly.

According to Kendi's confession, this young woman named Aisha was Barbarossa's daughter.

Todd watched the attendants pull out Aisha's test paper, and the first time he opened it, he remembered the deep impression he had when he graded it.

The handwriting on the paper can show the owner's unfamiliarity with the common language, but it can also reflect the seriousness of the person. The answer questions are complete in structure and rigorous in logic, and even in some specific argumentative sentences, examples are used to provide evidence.

But Todd originally thought that the owner of this test paper was an elderly male scholar, but he never expected that the reference would be a woman who was only over 22 years old in Kendi's mouth.

Todd put down the test paper in his hand and looked at Kendy who was at a loss: "How did you get involved with this female pirate?"

Kendi replied with a wry smile: "A few years ago, I planned to go to the North Island for archaeology, but after asking around in the Imperial Port, no captain was willing to go to that barren land. After a series of inquiries, someone took me to meet a girl who was not yet 18 years old. She said that she could send me to the North Island. At first I didn't believe what she said, but I didn't believe her until I saw her boat. Next, I tried everything possible to help her get a sea area pass based on my family relationship..."

Kendy paused for a moment, and then shouted at Todd: "Your Majesty! I can swear, at the beginning, I really didn't know she was a pirate!"

When Todd heard this, he interrupted Kendy: "After she got the pass, she sent you to the North Island safely like this? Why didn't she kill you during the voyage?"

The latter scratched his head and whispered, "I can use a sextant, draw charts, and speak five languages. I guess she wants to use me to help him navigate."

Todd nodded noncommittally: "Go on."

"Later, I stayed in the archaeological site of the North Island, and she said that she would continue to sail north to complete one thing." Kendy looked up at the king: "Later, you appeared and brought me to Muxi Town."

Todd thought for a while, and then said: "You missed some key things. First of all, how did she settle in Muxi City?"

Kendy glanced at the king secretly, but there was no expression on his face. He swallowed: "About half a year ago, Aisha came to Muxi City suddenly to find me, saying that she wanted to settle in the city, and hoped that I would become her resident guarantor. At first I thought she was greedy for the tax-free benefits for residents to do business, and she did help me back then, so I agreed to her request."

"Then, she took a pseudonym 'Ayesha Springhall' and pretended to be your relative, then bought real estate and obtained resident status. Another question, how did you know she was a pirate?"

"Once, I accidentally saw a machete in his cabinet with the words "Allah bless Barbarossa" engraved on it..."

"Unintentionally?" Todd raised his eyebrows.

Kendi lowered her head even lower: "After her identity was exposed, she threatened me with the resident guarantee..."

"So you gave in?" Todd sighed deeply.

Kendy shook his head feebly, and his voice became smaller and smaller: "I just don't want to be kicked out of this city..."

"If you could have come to me at that time and told the whole story, I could have forgiven your mistakes." Todd leaned back against the chair and rubbed his temples with a headache: "But the law has its own reason for its existence, and you should pay the price for your mistakes."

The king turned and looked at Brother Joe: "Put him in the dungeon of the Knights Headquarters first, and make him sober. As for the punishment measures, we will talk about it later. We have more important things to do now."

Watching the attendants lift Kendi out of the gate, Emerson walked up to Todd and tried to ask, "Should we send troops to capture this female pirate?"

Holding the list in front of him and looking at it again, Todd said freely, "Why did she use her real name to deliberately reveal her identity?"

Emerson paid attention to Todd's expression and didn't speak again.

"Continue to inform! Post the correct answers and the list of admissions on the notice board in the church square. Tell the finalists that at eight o'clock tomorrow morning, the second round of official selection—the interview—will be held in the king's audience room." Todd lowered his voice, and said to the others in the room: "No one is allowed to spread or act about this female pirate. I would like to see if the pirate's daughter has the courage to step into the king's gate!"

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The next morning, after washing, Todd came to the king's room and saw Emerson and Brother Joe, who were also interviewers, waiting at the door early.

The king threw a questioning look at Emerson, who shook his head.

Todd shrugged in disappointment.

At eight o'clock in the morning, the interview began.

The interviewees enter the audience room between the kings in turn according to the order in which they line up.

Among them were men and women, merchants and scholars, the oldest had to be supported to walk, and the youngest was no taller than the handle of the gate.

There are a few people who left a deep impression on Todd.

The first one was naturally the Raglan couple. The lively and talkative Mrs. Raglan ranked second in the written test, and the honest and honest Mr. Raglan ranked 9th. Due to their long-term business experience and foreign knowledge, the two are particularly familiar with business development and commodity prices; coupled with their studies at the San Sidro Monastery, the two also dabble in basic mathematics and economics. It's worth mentioning that the couple are both heterogeneous, but Todd couldn't figure out what their abilities were, only knowing that they should be related to numbers.

The second one is Lev, a prisoner of Beidao in the Battle of Muxi. This tall, thin man who stuttered during the interview and was so nervous that he couldn't even speak fully, had a unique North Island-style philosophy in terms of market management and barter transactions. Through his dictation, Todd knew that the people of the North Island had a trade history of thousands of years by virtue of their shipbuilding skills.

In addition, there are several scholars from Muxi College and members of the business guild, which left a good impression on Todd.

The interview lasted until noon, and when the last person exited the gate, Todd collected all the papers in front of him and asked the guard, "Is everything over?"

The latter nodded and replied: "Yes, Your Majesty. There are 29 people in total, all of them are over."

"29..." Todd stood up, rubbed his numb thighs, and said to the other two with regret, "Since it's all over, let's..."

"Your Majesty!" A guard walked to the door of the audience room and said loudly, "Another finalist just came outside the door!"

"There's one more?" After a moment's absence, Todd immediately regained his composure: "Let her in."

A woman wearing a hijab (Arabic women's headscarf) and wrapped in a large black robe that mopped the floor slowly walked into the room.

Her whole body was hidden in the black robe, even her hair was no exception. Only her face is exposed outside. If you look closely, her face has three-dimensional outlines and exquisite features, combining ancient Tailuo and southern exotic styles.

However, the most unforgettable thing is the pair of eyes.

Not because of beauty, but because of weirdness.

Different from ordinary women, one of her eyes is aqua blue and the other is amber. The white part of her eyes is much larger than the pupil part. Looking from a distance, she actually gives people the illusion of a ferocious beast.