Chapter 67: News
"You said the missing girl in your village was found?" As the lord of a city, the city lord has a lot of things to do every day, and the case of the disappearance of the girl has always been handled by his subordinates, because the missing are only a dozen civilian girls and are not nobles, so the investigation of the city lord's subordinates on the matter is naturally not too strong. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ļ½ļ½ļ½Uļ½Eć ļ½ļ½ļ½ļ½
There will be classes everywhere in this world, and in the eyes of these superiors, the lives of commoners are certainly not more important than nobles, and the disappearance of one or two civilian girls is naturally not a big deal in the eyes of the city lord and others.
But there are many missing people, it's not a trivial matter, the city lord has only recently discovered that there are a lot of missing girls in the past two or three years, and the number of missing girls in recent years has increased to more than 200 people, which is not a small number.
Even if it was only a small civilian village girl who disappeared, as long as it was spread to the top, he, the city lord of Frost City, would definitely be scolded.
He also wants to be transferred to a larger city to be the lord of the city, and if he can't do anything in terms of political performance, it is of course impossible to be promoted.
In addition, he heard that His Royal Highness the Little Prince and His Royal Highness the Little Princess were going to Frost City in the next two days, and he didn't want the news of a big case in his jurisdiction to spread to it.
It's good now, as long as the missing girl is found, whether the murderer is found or not, the case can be regarded as progressive, and it can't be said that he doesn't do it.
"Yes, I found it." The first time he saw such a big official as the city lord, the old village chief was so tight that his legs were trembling.
"What about people, where did they find it, are they still alive?" The city lord stood up from the city lord's throne excitedly.
"I found it on the hill next to our village, and there was a cave in the mountain, and the girls all died in that cave, but fortunately there were adventurers to help, otherwise the girls would not know when they would have been found." The village chief's heart became a little heavy when he thought of the girls who had died tragically.
After listening to the words of the old village chief, the city lord was a little unhappy, what do you mean, do you mean that the city lord is not capable and can't help you find people!
Although the city lord was already dissatisfied with the old village chief in his heart, he didn't show it on his face, not only did he not see that he was angry, but also had a kind and kind expression on his face.
"It turns out that there are adventurers who help you, I don't know if the adventurers are here, this city lord must thank them for helping our people in Frost City a great favor." The city lord has always paid attention to his own image, and is also willing to make friends with strong people, and in the imagination of the city lord, he can live under the claws of the ice and snow storm bear, and he must be a master, and this kind of person can be befriended.
"The two adventurers have already left, but they took over the mission from our village and should be back." The old village is honest.
"I see." The city lord nodded, and then he would not be in a hurry to find someone if he would appear.
"You came to this city lord to ......" The city lord thought at this time, he hadn't asked the village chief what he wanted to do when he came to him.
"Back to the city lord, Xiao Min wants to ask you to send a necromancer to help those dead children, the adventurer said that the souls of those children have been left in the place where they died and cannot be liberated, Xiao Min has no choice but to come to the city lord for help."
"Necromancer? What's the problem, you go back first, and at most tomorrow, the lord of the city will send a necromancer to your village. The city lord raised his eyebrows in surprise at first, then smiled and nodded in agreement.
The village chief was overjoyed, thanked him again and again, and then left the city lord's mansion.
As soon as the village chief left, the city lord, who was originally kind-eyed, sank his face, "Come on, strengthen your vigilance, and don't let suspicious characters ruin Miss Tomorrow's birthday party." ā
"Yes." The city lord's cronies immediately responded respectfully.
The next day, Feng Wu and Ajer got up, and the undead girl followed Feng Wu all the time, and the whole spirit body was floating around, very lively.
Half a day later, some of the civilians who had been sent by Ajar to inquire about the news returned, and some of the civilians who had gone to the villages closer to them to inquire about the news.
"Adventurer, I heard the news you wanted, the village I went to also disappeared several girls a year ago, because the people in that village are relatively poor, and they can't afford to hire adventurers, so they can only rely on the City Lord's Mansion to catch the murderer, but more than a year has passed, the murderer has still not been found, and the girls have disappeared again, and there is no news from the City Lord's Mansion."
The man who came to report the news was a boy who looked to be 14 or 5 years old, and the boy's clothes were shabby, and he looked very thin, and he knew that he usually didn't eat very well.
The boy told him the news he had found, and yesterday he was lucky enough to be valued by the adventurer, and asked him to go to a nearby village to inquire about the news, and as long as the news came back, he would be rewarded with 20 silver coins, which was equivalent to 10 months' salary.
In Frost City, ordinary civilians earn only 2 silver coins a month from their work, and 20 silver coins is really a lot of money.
Because of the good pay, he immediately agreed to help inquire about the news, and saved 20 silver coins, enough for the family to use for a year.
"Good, it's your pay." Under the fiery gaze of the young man, Ajel took out 20 silver coins and handed them to the young man.
"Then go to other villages and ask, a message of 20 silver coins, the message must be accurate, if you dare to deceive me, you will not want to know what will happen." Although Ajar doesn't care about this money, he doesn't want to be wronged, so he still needs the necessary warning.
The boy nervously grabbed the corner of his clothes, nodded vigorously, and then left Pierre's shop.
After the boy left, two more people came to report the results of their investigation, and there were really many villages nearby that had lost girls.
By far the farthest distance is the village that lost the girl two years ago, and that village is not far from Frost Cheng, but the population is small, with a total of just over 700 people.
Ajar sent the person who reported the news, and there was only one feeling in his heart, the reward for this task was too low, and this murderer had harmed so many people, so he only gave such a small amount of money, and the reward was not proportional to the work.
But if you can return the task, you can't return the task unless the task fails, and if you can return it, Ajer will definitely pull Feng Wu to return the task, it's not worth it to work so hard to get so little money.
Although I was dissatisfied that the pay was too low and it was not cost-effective, the task had been accepted, and I thought it was just a small task, but I didn't expect it to implicate hundreds of lives.
Throughout the afternoon, thinking about the problem of collecting too little money, Ager was not in such a good mood.
When night came, the three of them, dressed in decent and slightly ornate dresses, took the invitation to the ball and rode to the castle lord's mansion in a carriage.