Chapter 117: Human Nature

It didn't take long for the peaceful days to spread the news that an evil wizard had infiltrated the city of Bora, and many innocent citizens had been harmed by Gu magic.

For a while, everyone in the city panicked, and Xu Fusheng directly took over all the affairs of Bora City in the name of the divine envoy, and imposed martial law on the whole city.

The warriors were ordered to go from house to house searching for evil wizards who didn't actually exist, and of course, such searches were destined to lead to nothing.

Since the search of the whole city was fruitless, Xu Fusheng began to encourage the people to secretly denounce 'suspicious people'.

In the first few days, most of the suspicious people who came out of the news were exiles from other places to Bora City, but with the increasing expansion of whistleblowing activities, many neighbors who had disputes with each other and who usually had enemies began to take the opportunity to frame their enemies.

Many of these 'suspicious people' who have been exposed are not even recognizable to a few words, let alone use witchcraft.

There are also many people who have lived in Bora City for decades, how can there be an 'evil sorcerer' who will lurk for so long, just to put a Gu worm and witchcraft in the war decades later, and kill the ordinary people of the place?

But the Divine Envoy didn't care about this, he didn't look at any interrogation records at all, but only ordered his officials to arrest all those who were accused.

And whoever it is, they will be tortured for a round before they are spoken, and then the officials will put the material listed by the informant in front of him and let them defend themselves.

These people who were imprisoned for no reason and were severely beaten naturally hated the false accusers to the core, and some of them scolded loudly, and many more people retaliated with a tooth for a tooth and a bite back.

The officials in Bora City, due to the threat of the evil wizard, were very conscientious, and they arrested the people who were bitten one by one, and then told them who had sued them, and let them defend themselves.

What followed was naturally a more ferocious and vicious round of counterbites.

After a few rounds of this, everyone in Bora was in danger for a while, for fear that someone would catch him and go to prison again.

Suspicion, hatred, and despair grew day by day.

Suddenly, in this city of tens of thousands of people, all kinds of dark aspects of human nature were excavated by Xu Fusheng to the extreme.

I have to admit that Xu Fusheng, who was born as a businessman, does have an unparalleled talent in playing with people's hearts.

The object of hatred of the common people is always easy to point to the most obvious or familiar target around them, and now this target is very obvious, that is, the informer.

The people understand the divine envoy who planned all this behind the scenes, and think that it is all for the safety of everyone's lives that they are so strict.

In the hearts of ordinary people, survival is always the most important.

On a moonless night, Xu Fusheng personally took action again, secretly used the Heaven and Earth Yuan Qi to destroy half of the gates of Bora City, and even sent dozens of soldiers who were garrisoned in southern Xinjiang to Bliss.

Although the coalition forces of the Dong Dai clan and the corpse legions did not attack when the 'Nei Yi' was in turmoil, this false alarm of the people of Bora was not trivial, after all, everyone was afraid that the tragedy of Wulai City would happen to them.

Xu Fusheng took advantage of the panic of the people to levy taxes on a large scale, and the tax burden depended on the income, ranging from one to dozens of taels of silver per household.

The Divine Envoy declared that he would use the money to strengthen the city's defenses in a big way, and when their lives were threatened, many people didn't care so much about breaking a fortune.

Even if you care and dare to make trouble, the tax collector will just find an excuse and arrest him. Many of the rooms in Bora have been temporarily converted into prisons, and when these so-called prisons are overcrowded, no one notices how many more people have been arrested.

The city of Bora is still rich.

For this 'war tax', Xu Fusheng levied 100,000 taels of silver.

Xu Fusheng still has a conscience, and he really spent half of the silver on rebuilding

On the defense of the city of Bora, as well as on the families of the soldiers who died in the war.

He only embezzled half of it, and this kind of corruption ratio was at most half a pound and eight taels compared to the huge bureaucratic system in his previous life. Therefore, on the surface, the political performance rate of the Divine Envoy is much higher.

After making a small sum of war money, Xu Fusheng's mood was naturally extremely happy.

From time to time, I began to look through the interrogation records of some people who falsely accused each other, and even the well-informed Xu Fusheng felt that his eyes were wide open.

After a long time, the officials below the divine envoy carefully figured out a certain person's preferences, and specially picked up some strange interrogation records and submitted them, and occasionally made the divine envoy smile.

In the gloomy city of Bora, there are people praying every day that the witch god will appear again and kill these evil heretics.

Almost all the texts of the major denominations give examples of how God saved the world at such times. Bora is such a big city that it should not be neglected by God in any way.

In fact, after more than ten days of martial law, at the end of the night, a strange convoy arrived in Bora City in the afterglow of the setting sun.

These people were all the priests, elders, and sect members of the Dark Witch Sect, and the one leading this team was none other than Elder Kalmon, who Xu Fusheng was familiar with.

According to the plan, he wanted to spread the blessings of the witch god to the already tormented city.

Under the indulgence of the Southern Xinjiang Dao and the Divine Envoy, the Black Witch Sect was already an influential sect.

Many merchants, southern Xinjiang masters, ordinary people, and even some big figures of various ethnic groups in southern Xinjiang have become peripheral believers of the Black Witch Gate.

Xu Fusheng didn't mind whether their methods of recruiting believers were righteous or not, as long as these faith forces could consolidate their power base, as for whether it was legitimate or not, it didn't matter in his eyes.

Of course, he also knew that the development of the Black Witch Gate would definitely attract the interference of some people who claimed to be righteous, after all, every society has its own rules for the development of each society.

The development of Buddhism and Taoism, as well as many small sects, religions, and religions are all spread in accordance with the established laws of belief, and according to the development of the Black Witch Sect, what undermines the rules of the development of religion in the entire society, not simply the birth of a certain cult.

But Xu Fusheng wished that the Dao Court would come to Southern Xinjiang to accuse him, so that he could just vent his evil anger, and he was even ready to use secular force to resist the interference force of the Chongxuan Dao Court.

So as soon as Kalmon and his party arrived, Xu Fusheng welcomed them into Bora City with a grand and exaggerated ceremony.

The welcoming ceremony was so grand that even Elder Kalmon did not expect it at all, and was a little flattered. Looking at the oracle who respectfully led the way, Kalmon couldn't help but feel a little weak and a little scared.

If the things that the gods have arranged for the adults to do are told by someone, I am afraid that the century-old history of the Black Witch Gate will be wiped out in an instant.

But if there was no divine envoy, how could the Black Witch Gate develop to such a scale as it is now. Their interests and beliefs have long been entangled and do not distinguish between them.

Xu Fusheng asked with a little regret, "Why didn't Her Highness the Holy Maiden come?"

For the charming Holy Maiden, Xu Fusheng still cares a lot.

Carmont smiled, "Her Highness is spreading the glory of God everywhere, and there will be a grand religious ceremony on the same day, and I can't get out. ”

Xu Fusheng, under the gaze of many people, made grand arrangements for these people from the Black Witch Sect.

The first thing they did to save the city was to capture the 'evil black-robed wizard'.

With the guidance of the Divine Servant, the wizards of the Dark Witch Sect are naturally all extraordinary.

That same night, a great battle broke out in the city of Bora, and in the splendid witchcraft methods, dozens of houses and hundreds of lives became here

A victim of the 'hunt'.

Early the next morning, Elder Kalmon immediately announced that the 'evil black-robed wizard' had been discovered under the leadership of the Divine Envoy and had been killed in the battle of the previous night, that martial law had been lifted, and that all the arrested 'suspicious persons' had been released.

All of a sudden, the city of Bora was filled with thunder.

There are two most effective ways to soothe the wounded hearts of the people of Bora, one is faith.

The Dark Witch Gate has made a remarkable move, defeating the evil wizard in a shocking battle, saving the entire city of Bora and freeing so many people who have been captured.

The Divine Envoy also gave 10,000 taels of silver to help the families of the victims of the two major battles.

In the praise of the people, the divine envoy and the personnel of the Black Witch Gate seemed to be really shrouded in a halo.

Anyway, the silver didn't come from Xu Fusheng's pocket, and he didn't feel distressed.

With the support of the Divine Envoy, Elder Kalmon seized the opportunity to hold several successive rallies to promote the glory of the Witch God over the next few days, spreading the glory of the Witch God and the Divine Envoy.

Each lecture was attended by a large audience, and although there was no support for the sacrificial ceremony, there were still many people who became believers in the Black Witch Sect after the speech.

Another good way to deceive people and divert attention is military merit.

Although Xu Fusheng was busy learning how to deal with the internal affairs of a city, he never let go of the coalition forces in Wulai City, which was less than 100 kilometers away.

He has no intention of fighting a decisive battle with the Dong Dai clan, and the Dong Dai clan, who are in chaos, are also suffering from a dilemma.

But that doesn't mean there's calm between the two armies.

As a military strategist, Wei Zitong strictly abided by Xu Fusheng's order not to fight a decisive battle with the coalition army, but he would never let them stay comfortable.

Day and night, several griffons hovered over the city of Ravula, monitoring the movements of the Dong-Dai coalition forces.

Since there were no martial arts masters and means to restrain the griffins in the sky, the Dong Dai coalition army could only curse with hatred.

But Wei Zitong's means are far more than that, he let the shadow guards ride the griffin, taking advantage of the dark night, to release the ghost fire in southern Xinjiang several times to ignite the grain and grass of the Dong Dai clan, and also burned the stables once, which directly led to the loss of a lot of cavalry of the Dong Dai clan.

Hundreds of Shadow Guards and Tsing Yi Guard's killers were also sent out by Wei Zitong, each in a team of ten, wandering in order to hunt down the reconnaissance cavalry of the Ladong Dai clan alliance out of the city.

Naturally, these scout cavalry were no match for these god-killing horses, and in a few days, more than a hundred horsemen were wiped out.

The Dong and Dai tribes soon could not bear the heavy losses of the scout cavalry, and they simply sent several teams of 500 soldiers to start a powerful reconnaissance of the surrounding area.

The movements of the Dong and Dai clan coalition forces were already expected by Wei Zitong, and as soon as the griffin wandering in the sky found these people dispatching, they immediately notified Wei Zitong, who had been waiting for a long time.

Wei Zitong personally led two hundred southern frontier guards, gathered all the shadow guards, and swooped down on a reconnaissance force of the Dong and Dai clans. After a short but fierce battle, the force of five hundred men was almost completely annihilated.

Since then, the Dong-Dai coalition army no longer dares to send small units out of the city to reconnoiter at will.

After fully retreating in Wulai City, the only thing they have to watch out for now is the cold arrow that will fall from under their head at some point.

According to Xu Fusheng's prior orders, Wei Zitong dragged these hundreds of corpses back to Bora City, and then hung them all on the gate of Bora City.

With nearly five hundred corpses fluttering in the wind, it still looked spectacular, and the citizens of Bora began to have more and more faith in the Divine Envoy.

With these military exploits, the oppressive atmosphere created in Bora City some time ago was naturally invisibly dispelled a lot.