286 Questioning
The mayor's office is a suite in the corner of the top floor.
In addition to the office, there is also a lounge with a separate washroom, so that the parish chief does not go to the toilet with his subordinates, and some embarrassing scenes are avoided.
This kind of treatment is normal, and the rules of human society are like this.
The powerful have more benefits and better treatment, which is the case in all dynasties and generations, even in Shui Lanxing, whether it is a democratic society that claims that everyone is equal, or a country where the ruling class is a working people, it cannot be fair in the absolute sense, some people have said that absolute fairness does not exist, and equality for all is real unfairness.
The more you give, the more you contribute, the more you should get.
That's true!
How to identify a person's contributions, and what kind of treatment they should receive, is a question!
Therefore, as long as the human world exists, as long as society is composed of independent people, there is no so-called absolute fairness.
If you want to survive in this society, if you want to get better treatment, you can only climb up, the more materials and manpower you can control, the more you can enjoy, of course, Ryan is not actually here,
The fame and fortune of the world are just a passing moment after all,
He will not be seduced by these superficial things, and will not succumb to the needs of the flesh and the control of human desires.
All of this is meaningless, and when you are destined to perish, all you have is sand between your fingers, which will eventually slip away little by little, and you can't hold on to it.
There is a saying in Xianxia that is very domineering!
Can you live forever?
Even if you have everything, what's the point if you can't defend yourself against death?
Therefore, the treatment of the district chief, the pomp and circumstance of the district chief, all of these have no impact on Ryan, he does not envy that position, if he wants to sit in that position, it is not for the treatment he gets, but purely to enjoy such an upward process.
The mayor of the 16th arrondissement is also a nobleman, not a lord like Jack Rochier, but a baron who can pass on the title.
The Duke is the fifth title of the French Empire that can be inherited by future generations, of which the Duke is second only to the Prince, but the Duke's own strength is often stronger than the Prince.
Dukes like Ron Leslie, in the past, the entire city of Reims was his fief, even if the times changed, Reims City was no longer owned by him, and the fief around Swan Castle still existed.
Moreover, this Reims City only nominally belongs to the central government, even if the mayor is sent by the central government, the Leslie family can still firmly control the city through the city council.
The baron seems to be the lowest level of the aristocracy, in fact, it is inconspicuous in the big cities of the empire like Reims, if in those rural places, a baron with a fief is often the emperor of the countryside, a thousand years ago, there was such a thing as the right of the first night, even two or three hundred years ago, when the world had not yet soared, a baron was very enviable.
The mayor of District 16 was a fat old man in his fifties, and Fairlandor was his last name.
Baron Pompeii Fairlando, who seems to be very approachable, always smiles even in front of the janitor, like a kind little old man, he has white and blonde curly hair, well, this is a wig, he will not take this thing off unless he goes back to his bedroom, after all, the Mediterranean head shape can't be provoked!
He speaks very slowly, a little verbose, and doesn't rebuke loudly.
"What do you think?"
After saying a lot of things, Baron Pompeii Fairlando looked at Ryan, who was sitting across from his desk, and his customary smile appeared on his face.
In fact, he didn't know the true identity of Ryan Charles, the Fairlandor family was not a powerful family, and there was no deep background, even the Rochier family couldn't catch up, the Fairlandor family was an outsider, and it had been more than two hundred years since they came to the south of the empire.
Later, Fang slowly entered the city.
Pompey Fairlando cherishes this position very much, especially since he is about to retire in a few years, and he is indifferent to many things, as long as it does not infringe on his interests, he often holds the principle that more is better than less.
The position of deputy district head he was originally going to give to his assistant, a very nice young man.
The reason why that young man is very good in his eyes is because he has a certain background, he is the second son of a certain viscount, and that young man has no way to inherit the title of viscount, and he will be released when he becomes an adult, of course, the viscount did not ignore him, and the family's trading company has a lot of financial support, so that he was able to become the assistant to the mayor of the sixteenth district a year ago.
Ferlando knew that in his opinion, the young man's promotion to deputy district chief was already a sure thing.
There are rich and powerful relationships, and the young man himself has the ability, and he can't run away no matter what, however, there was an accident in the final stage, and a teenager who was younger than the young man sat in that position.
However, Fairlando didn't know anything about it.
It's terrifying!
If Ferlando knew this, he would definitely use it to describe his feelings.
After that, more or less people hinted that the origins were different, some asked him to deal with Ryan Charr, and privately buried some pits for Ryan and made some traps to make him embarrassed, while others hinted that he had better be nice to Ryan and help him deal with some troublesome things, if he did well, there would be a good reward, no matter which side of the hint person was, he couldn't afford to mess with those guys.
Take sides?
If he is still young and still has ideas about his future, he will definitely not be as ambiguous as he is now, and no one can be offended, because doing so is equivalent to offending both sides by him!
It's a pity that he is getting old and just wants to retire smoothly.
According to the convention, when he retires, he will be promoted by one level, in that case, the pension is not a small amount, and he does not want to lose the pension, so he can only be cautious and not get involved in these things.
Business!
Yes, that's Pompeii Fairlando's attitude towards Ryan.
I don't do anything deliberately, everything is done in a business way, and the attitude is the same, I don't deliberately distance myself from it, and I don't deliberately get close.
Just now, he asked Ryan to hand over the file on the sacrifice of the evil god, and in addition to that, he also handed Ryan a document that he received today, a document that had just come out from above.
The demolished ruins were divided into 16 districts.
Therefore, that matter is under the jurisdiction of the Sixteenth District, as the chief officer, he can't get rid of the responsibility, and at the same time, as the specific person in charge, Ryan Charles is even more responsible, if he doesn't explain to the above, both of them will be punished.
Pond Fish Disaster!
Ferlando didn't expect the decision to be made so quickly, it was obvious that this document was aimed at Ryan Charles, and it seemed that the group of people who should be secretly targeting Ryan had the upper hand.
I was just affected.
However, Pompeii Fairlando did not expose his emotions, an old bureaucrat in his fifties, there was no problem in controlling his emotions, and the smile on his face was still very gentle and kind.
"There is a deadline on it, requiring us to solve this case within half a month, if there is no answer by then, you and I will inevitably be punished...... It's okay to be contemptible and you're about to retire, it won't make any difference, Your Excellency, you're still young and have a bright future, if this matter is not handled properly, it won't be good......"
Looking at Ryan, who was quietly flipping through the papers, Fairlandor said with a smile.
"Hmm!"
Ryan nodded.
"Half a month?"
He closed the papers, looked up at Fairlando, and smiled.
"I already have some clues, I already know the person in charge of this matter, those believers call him the chief priest of Hayden, not a native of Reims, but from other places, it is not clear where he is for the time being, however, there is no body of him at the scene, which proves that he did not die in the sacrifice ceremony of the evil god, I have drawn his portrait through witnesses and handed it over to the police station, and now, most of them have issued a wanted warrant!"
Yesterday afternoon, Ryan cooperated with Father Peter Plath in his search for the homeless, which he did.
After all, there were believers among those vagabonds who had been seduced by Hayden, but they were not truly devout and therefore not eligible to participate in the sacrifice that night.
Because he is not a true fanatic, he will not hide the truth in the face of police and priest inquiries.
Ryan also successfully pointed the clue to Hayden, among these people, some people also knew Hayden's presiding priest, and some even had face-to-face contact with Hayden, at that time, because the painter of the police station was not there, Ryan volunteered to listen to the accounts of those witnesses instead of the painter, and drew a portrait of Hayden with charcoal.
Of course, no one knew that Hayden was actually dead.
At the time, his body was in Godot's space, and now, Ryan has found a place to hide it.
At that time, Ryan already had a plan, knowing that most of this black cauldron would have to be handed over to him, and those who didn't deal with him would definitely make this move, and Sean Randolph would probably have to look at his ability and would definitely ignore it.
How to fix it?
That's when Hayden's body comes in handy.
Of course, he couldn't just hand over Hayden's body so abruptly, and he had to make a scene more or less, which had to be richer, and had a beginning and an end, so that it could end beautifully.
Take your time!