Chapter 137: Re-encounter with Russo
The High Healing Technique is worthy of being the second healing technique of the Jeruza Holy See after the Great Healing Technique, and the powerful holy power enters the general's body, repairing his tissues and regenerating flesh and blood.
When the light vanished, the general shook his right arm, and the magic bandage was shaken away, revealing his strong arm.
The general sat him down and said, "Tell me about your experience." ”
Withdrawing from the others, Lear recounted his own experience.
After listening, the general sighed helplessly: "The accumulation of the Lear family is still too shallow, and there is no Great Alchemist and Great Potions Master, so it is better to put those things alone." ”
Lear said, "What do you think, how about using the Staff of the Sword God and a small amount of ore to exchange a Grand Alchemist and a Grand Potions Master from the Wizards' Guild?"
The general pondered for a moment and said, "Yes, the Empire's Wizards' Guild is actually a subordinate organization of the Royal Mage Guild, and the president of the Royal Mage Guild holds great power, and has always been a position that the upper mages must fight. Where there is struggle, there is dumping. If we bring a few losers over, those in power today will be happy. With a master, a silver dragon and a bonanza, it is enough to construct our Lear family's alchemy system and potions system!"
Lear took out another magic scroll, handed it to the general, and said, "This magic scroll has memory portraits of a division, two great swordsmen, three high-level swordsmen, and two high-level mages. The Hidden Knight has found out their information, and I'd like to ask you to do it once. ”
The general held the scroll and was silent for a long time, and said, "You little guy, you just don't let me retire with peace of mind." Let the superior swordsman be the killer, you can figure it out. They're all in the capital of the Duchy of Barlow?"
"Yes. ”
"I'm leaving today and I'll be back in ten days at most. The general reluctantly put away the scroll.
The superior swordsman has the glory of the superior swordsman, and the general will never bother to do such a thing in peacetime. However, Lear had just retained the bloodlines of the previous earl, Arthur Lear, and the general had to agree.
Lear looked at the general and said carefully, "General, do you think the plague in Port Lear was natural or man-made?"
The general frowned and said, "We have checked that the source of the plague is a freighter from the open sea, and there is no evidence of human factors at present. ”
Lear laughed and said, "You also don't have any evidence that it's not artificial, right?"
"This ......" the general's gaze suddenly sharpened, "what do you want to do?"
Lear stood up and said, "Since the uncle who has a heart for me would rather let his illegitimate son take possession of Port Lear than see Port Lear flourish in my hands, they should be more attentive." In order to prove their true loyalty to the Lear family, they should go to the House of Lords in the imperial capital and ask the House of Lords to use manpower to investigate and deal with the murderers who almost wiped out the Lear family. I have already decided to send them to the imperial capital tomorrow!"
The general sighed helplessly and said, "You are Count Lear. ”
To send those people away is to clear the last hidden danger of Port Lear, and from then on, Port Lear has only one voice.
Lear said goodbye to the general, but this time, in order to avoid being watched, he changed the general's carriage and left the back door, bringing only the senior swordsman Hal, three intermediate swordsmen, ten junior swordsmen, and two junior mages - this is already the minimum protection for now.
The magician cast a spell on the window of the carriage so that the carriage could see outside, and the people inside the carriage could not be seen outside.
The carriage was moving slowly, and Afra looked around excitedly, and although she couldn't go down to buy it, she was already satisfied. Passing around a corner, Lear saw a beggar with a familiar face and hurriedly asked the coachman to pass.
The carriage slowly stopped in front of the beggar, who quickly lowered his head, hoping to receive a handout. The beggar's left leg and right arm were all gone, and his clothes were bloody, which was very miserable.
"Is it Russo? Red-haired Russo?"
Hearing a familiar voice, Russo quickly looked up. The man had his back to the sun, and Russo had to squint and raise his hand to block out the glare of the sun before he could see the man in front of him—Russo had seen this man in the mercenary regiment and the statue of this man in the downtown square.
"Count Rowee, Rowe, Count Lear......" Russo's lips trembled, his whole body trembled, his dark face full of panic, and his eyes showed deep despair. He once provoked Lear, only to be defeated by Lear, and he still remembers it vividly.
Lear remembers that during the escape of the Flarelight Mercenary Regiment, several people were left in the woods due to mobility problems after fighting the pursuers, and Russo was one of them. It's a pity that Lear and the others learned from Pratt of the Cannibal family that Pratt had killed all those people, so they didn't go back to look for them.
Seeing that Lear did not speak, Russo remembered the nicknames of Count Lear, and was so frightened that he lay on the ground, his forehead pressed to the ground, and kept whispering: "Please don't kill me, please let me go, please ......"
Lear remembered the days he spent in the mercenary group, sighed lightly, and said, "Get up, Captain Catherine has been missing you all along." Can you tell me about the incident? Don't worry, I won't kill you. If you make things clear, I'll give you gold carats. ”
"Really?" Russo stopped crying, still not daring to look up.
"Of course, what do I get out of killing you?" said Lierwin.
So, Russo looked up and said what had happened with a handful of snot and tears. His leg was intact that day, only his right arm was broken, and after he was tied up in the camp, he took the initiative to collect firewood.
When he returned from collecting firewood, Russo found that everyone in the camp had been killed, and he saw only the back of one person leaving, and he was so frightened that he couldn't possess his body. In the end, he took the dead man's gold, rations, and weapons and fled. In the end, he met a mercenary group, gave the mercenary carat and weapons to the mercenary leader, and was brought into Port Lear and became a beggar.
Lear said to a junior swordsman behind him, "He's an acquaintance of mine, send him to an orphanage, take good care of him, and pay for him." Also, don't forget to remind me to tell Catherine when I go back, after all, he's also a fireman. ”
The red-haired Russo burst into tears, his heart was full of remorse, and he kowtowed and confessed: "I was wrong, I was wrong." I shouldn't have provoked you then, you're a really good person...... Woohoo......"
Lear comforted him and was about to be taken away, when he noticed two men looking at him sinisterly not far away, and he immediately thought of a possibility that would make him angry.
Lear's face sank and he asked, "Russo, you only lost your arm at that time, why did you break your left leg?"
Russo subconsciously looked at the two people, lowered his head and said, "I don't dare to say it." ”
"Hal, get those two men for me!"
"Yes, my lord!" Hal rushed over like a raging wind, and in the blink of an eye ran twenty meters away, carrying two men back and throwing them on the ground. The two men were so frightened that they lay on the ground and did not dare to say a word.
Lear's statue was erected in the square, and the two men had already recognized him, and they thought that Count Lear would give Russo a large sum of money, so they came to take it, but they didn't expect to be caught.
Lear said, "Russo, I am the master of Port Lear, and with me, no one can hurt you." ”
So, Russo tearfully recounted his experience. It turned out that there was a criminal gang in Port Lear, and they abducted children from other places to Port Lear, and then cut off their hands and feet, or doused them with hot oil, in short, how miserable they were. They train these children first, and then they make them beggars, and they make money from these children.
Russo used to beg normally in Port Lear, but was caught by those people and broke his leg, and now he has become a cash cow for those people.
Lear looked at the swordsman beside him and said angrily, "I don't know about these things, and you don't know either?" The Hidden Knight and the Guard are a bunch of rice buckets! Call Moore here! How does he become the captain of the garrison! Wait, I'm going to go to the garrison in person, hire a carriage, and bring these two scumbags and Russo with me." Also, have someone from the legislative department of the town hall go to the garrison corps to meet me. ”
Lear led people to the garrison headquarters quickly, and when he saw the chief of the garrison, he asked unceremoniously: "Do you know that there are people in Port Lear who abduct children, mutilate them, and then beg to make money?"
The chief of the garrison said in embarrassment: "My lord, these things happen everywhere, and we have cracked down on them a few times and punished a number of people, but it won't be long before they appear again." ”
Lear stared into the eyes of the captain of the garrison and asked, "I'll just ask you, can you completely remove this cancer?"
The chief of security hurriedly said: "My lord, since it is a matter of your explanation, we will do our best." However, this is a chronic disease in every big city, which has developed into a criminal industry, and we need to study it before we can use police force to arrest people. I can guarantee that this operation will eliminate all the criminals, but if it continues to be carried out, not only will there be insufficient police resources, but also insufficient funds to guarantee that there will be such people in the future. ”
Lear suddenly pointed at the chief of the garrison and ordered: "I'm not a bureaucratic master, I don't listen to nonsense! I don't even arrest this kind of bastard who has lost his conscience, what's the use of keeping you as the chief of the garrison! Come on, arrest me, and torture me, I don't believe that you, the chief of the garrison, are fine! You moths, all of them are hanged, and there may be some wrongdoing, but if you kill one by one in a row, there will definitely be people who slip through the net!"
The swordsman behind Lear immediately moved and tied the chief of the garrison to a sturdy knot.
"Yes or no, there is no other answer!
The chief of security was as dead as ashes, and his heart was full of remorse, and he should not have perfunctory Lear in such a bureaucratic way. He was escorted away with his head down, without saying a word, knowing very well in his heart that there was still a way to live honestly, and if he was hard-mouthed, he would be the next Baron Winston to be robbed.
At this time, the captain of the garrison, Moore, walked in tremblingly, and Lear rushed over and slapped him, scolding: "I let you be the captain of the garrison, and you just watched those children being destroyed?"
Moore was beaten to the point that blood was pouring from the corner of his mouth, but he then stood up straight, letting the blood flow. was slapped inexplicably, and not only did he not get angry, but he was secretly happy. The boss's rebuke is not terrible, but what is terrible is indifference.
"I'm not going to stop normal begging, but I can't tolerate those scumbags," Lear said. I just want to ask you, can you put an end to this kind of evil begging in the future, can you arrest all the mongrels who mutilated children, can you!"
Moore raised his head and shouted, "Yes!"
"Good. Lear smiled, then took out a primary healing ring and tossed it to Moore, "I have specially appointed you as the acting chief, and I don't ask for much, only two. First, none of the criminals who abducted and mutilated the children could escape, and second, all the children were properly placed in orphanages. If there is a shortage of people, they will go directly to the private army and the garrison to transfer people. If you run away and a child can't be resettled, get back to patrol the streets! ”
"Yes!" Moore said and hurried out, mobilizing his men to arrest them.
Hal whispered, "My lord, those criminals and the low-level police officers are in cahoots, I'm afraid ......"
Lear confidently said, "There's nothing to say, if Moore can't cut off the rotten parts, I'll replace someone." Not yet, I'll go into battle myself. If Port Lear is not safe, it will always be a big pier and not a livable city!"
After a while, someone from the legislative department of the city hall arrived and waited for Lear to be dispatched.
Lear said to them, "Port Lear is a place to live and work in peace, not a paradise for crime." No one can eradicate crime, what I want to do is to raise the cost of crime and minimize it. Look at the previous decrees, mutilating children and begging, paying a fine of a few hundred gold carats, and eating a few months in prison are all over the punishment, do you legislature have brains?"
An official whispered, "My lord, if you say something that may offend you, when making laws and regulations, we must take into account human rights, and even criminals have the right to be human beings." ”
Lear said angrily: "Ordinary criminals are human beings, and they have human rights to commit crimes as a last resort, but this kind of beast is not a human being in Port Lear, in my eyes! The law requires human rights, isn't it? Then I give an equal law, whoever breaks a child's leg, I will break someone's leg; whoever blinds a child's eyes, I will blind someone's eyes, this is fair, right? Whoever harms a child, the Port Lear garrison has the right to harm criminals in the same way! This is my Lear's law!"
"Such small children, their bodies are destroyed, how long can they live in a harsh environment? They have a steady stream of children, but what about the children before? They are murderers!"
Lear continued: "You have drafted two decrees for me. First, criminals who mutilate children will be fined all their income, and they will be punished with the same injuries as the victims, and then they will be locked in cages and placed in the execution ground to beg for 10 years, and they will support themselves with the money they beg, and if they can't beg for money, they will starve to death! If they beg too much, they will buy meat and meals for the children in the orphanage! Second, all criminals of a worse nature will have all their income confiscated, their legs broken, and they will beg in cages for the rest of their lives! I am very merciful, I will not kill them, I am very particular about human rights!"
The official in front of Lear was in a cold sweat and was silent.
"Only by increasing the punishment and increasing the cost of crime can we curb crime to the greatest extent, otherwise it is connivance. Human rights are human rights, they are animals, they do not deserve human rights!"
Lear finished speaking and left the garrison.
Back at the Earl's Court, Lear found that his staff and assistants were still negotiating with the royal mages and the military department, so he found a place to practice his sword. When their quarrel is over today, Lear will gather his staff and aides to discuss new measures, and will carry out a series of heavy blows to ensure that Port Lear is more stable and prosperous.
Early the next morning, the execution ground in Port Lear was bustling with many people coming to watch. In order to make the citizens hate the criminals even more, Lear also brought the persecuted children to the scene. Seeing the tragic condition of those children, the citizens of Port Lear cursed the inhuman criminals.
What happened next was as it sounded, Lear gave up the cripples, and then put them in cages and left them to beg for a living.
Forty cages lined up neatly on one side of the execution ground, and the people inside were disheveled, moaning and wailing in the cages like evil spirits, and a few even banged their heads against the cages to kill themselves—Lear left them the right to kill themselves.
This kind of scene is more intimidating than hanging.
On the same day, Lear announced that he would intensify his efforts to crack down on criminal activities in Port Lear and return a clear sky to Port Lear.
On the same day, the garrison, private corps, and garrison of Port Lear were all dispatched to begin a five-day crackdown. Five days later, the filth of Port Lear was swept away. While the families of the criminals cursed Lear, the commoners and nobles grew fond of the new lord.
On the first day of the beating, the area around the statue of Lear in the central square of Port Lear became a special place, and people came every day to express their gratitude to Lear.
Time passed, and countless points of light that could not be seen by the human eye entered the statue from all over Port Lear, and this ordinary statue actually emitted a faint light. At first, some of the priests of the Holy See of Jeruza also came here, but it didn't take long for them to show a frightened look and flee in panic.
The Earl's Court negotiated with the royal magicians and the military for ten days, and only when both sides were exhausted did Lear come out to speak, and gradually finalized the agreement.
As soon as the agreement was signed, Lear got three pieces of news, one good news, one bad news and one laughable good news.