Chapter 105: Thirteenth member

Early the next morning, Jo Ann got up on time to prepare the spell, and then made an exception to go shopping. The streets of the town are calm as usual. He suspects that the internal disputes of the cold-blooded tribe have not been resolved, and the Kotar party, who usurped the power, may not have the spare power to wage war against Delin Town, and he does not need to be suspicious.
Thinking this way, Joan's uneasy feelings calmed down, and when he got home, he buried himself in work and spent the morning enchanting 15 high-end furs one by one. After having a simple lunch, Joan went out and hired a carriage to carry the enchanted fur of big and small bags to the cart and sent it to Longfellow leather shop.
Mr. Longfellow was not at home, his eldest daughter was watching the store, and was not surprised by Joan’s arrival. He warmly invited him to drink tea. He also asked a lot about enchanted fur. Obviously, this kind of "popular fashion" I'm very interested, and I have even more respect for Joan, the "fashion designer".
Joan dared to chat with Miss Longfellow for a few minutes and was about to say goodbye. The store door opened suddenly and Mr. Longfellow walked in.
Miss Longfellow took the cane and bowler hat from her father and smiled and said, "You came back earlier than usual, and it seems that there is nothing important in Parliament today."
Joan heard the word "parliament" and realized that today is the day of the town council meeting, and his ears could not help standing up. He wanted to hear Longfellow and his daughter say more about the proposals discussed in the parliament, perhaps involving the Lizardmen tribe. The topic of a coup.
Mr. Longfellow didn’t have the usual smile on his face. He didn’t seem to be aware of Joan’s presence. He closed his brows and said to his daughter: "Lina, go back and tell your mother, pack your things and go to Port Leiden tomorrow morning. You and Kate will go together."
"Why, this year's vacation day is ahead?" Lena asked her father in surprise.
"This is not vacation, Lena, but refuge."
"Refuge? Dad, you must be drunk, what the are you talking about!"
Faced with his daughter's questioning, Mr. Longfellow shook his head and smiled, and fell into the armchair, lit the pipe and took a deep breath, his face slightly relaxed.
"Lina, I’m inconvenient to say more details. In short, we may encounter a major crisis in Delin Township. For safety reasons, you better leave for a while. If the situation does not continue to deteriorate as I feared, you will come back. It's not too late."
Lina nodded inexplicably and hurried to find her mother and sister.
Joan walked out of the shop. Mr. Longfellow heard footsteps and looked back subconsciously.
"Oh, it turned out to be Joan, it scared me."
"Mr. Longfellow, I just heard the conversation between you and Sister Lena. Sorry, I did not intend to eavesdrop. I want to know what you mean by "crisis"."
"Actually, it's no big deal." Longfellow touched his beard, and he seemed reluctant to discuss this topic with young people. He said vaguely, "Some controversy happened in today's parliament, and some members of the council love to be alarmist... "
"Is it about the coup of the Lizardmen tribe?"
"Uh... did you hear that?" Longfellow looked at Joan in surprise, the dark eyes of the young mage like a deep well, completely hiding his inner emotions, making him feel inscrutable, and nodded hesitantly. , "Yes, it was because of this that Mr. Mayor and Mr. Flint had a quarrel. The strange thing was that the two sons of the mayor’s family did not stand on their father’s side, but instead supported Flint’s initiative, claiming All residents of Delin Town must prepare for the aggressive war that the Lizardmen may launch at any time. From now on, they must concentrate all manpower and material resources to prepare for armaments. In addition, they must send people to Leiden Port as soon as possible to the Governor Reporting on what happened in the Everglades...I honestly was scared enough by these remarks, and now I think my back is cold!"
"The mayor finally accepted Mr. Flint's proposal?" Joan asked urgently.
"Mr. Dindale was not so easily persuaded. In fact, the parliament was divided on this issue. When the 12 members who attended the meeting finally voted, only me and Mr. Fidel-the'Heguang Hotel' The boss-voted abstained. As for the remaining ten members of the House of Representatives, the votes for and against Flint’s proposal were half and half.
Mr. Longfellow sipped his tea and moistened his throat, and said with a bitter smile: The principle of the town’s deliberations. When a proposal has the same number of support and negative votes, Mr. Mayor will cast his crucial vote to determine the final fate of the proposal. As you can imagine, Mr. Dindale There will definitely be a negative vote, and Mr. Flint’s'emergency preparedness proposal' will be rejected, but at this juncture, the door of the chamber suddenly opened and the thirteenth member of the town came in."
"You wait!" Qiao An was surprised, "There is a thirteenth member of Delin Town Council?"
"Yes, there are a total of thirteen members in this session, except that the last member of the parliament almost never attended the parliament. Most of the townspeople have even forgotten that there is such a number of people. That Mr. Member who is always absent is all you should not ignore him, after all he is your only relative." Mr. Longfellow said with a smile.
Qiao An thought about it, and suddenly remembered his grandfather's abnormal behavior last night, and he asked tentatively, "Do you mean my grandfather?"
The owner of the leather goods shop nodded: "Being a member of the town must meet three criteria: first, have no less than 2,000 acres of farmland, pasture, or mountain forest; second, have a good education and a good reputation; and finally, have served as a public utility for the town He has made outstanding contributions...The respectable Mr. Guillaume Thiel met all the above criteria, and also led the townspeople to repel the orc robbers. In recognition of his great contribution, the town council awarded him the honor of "life councilor" , As long as he wishes, he can attend the Parliament at any time.
"I never heard my grandfather talk about these things." Joan suddenly felt that his grandfather had become very strange.
"Mr. Tell was elected as a'life councillor' since 20 years ago. At that time I was still a young man. As for you, my child, I haven't been born yet." Longfellow sighed. "At that time your father Mom is still alive, and the Thiel family are all respected heroes in town. Unfortunately, your parents died early, and Mr. Thiel also lost his right leg in the last adventure... Since then, he has changed. One person became more and more lonely, no longer concerned about the public affairs of the town, and locked himself in a mountain hut without leaving the house. After more than ten years, people gradually forgot the former leader who fought against the robbers. Town hero, only if he is a bad old man with a bad temper."
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