Chapter 275: Shot
Two workers, from the roof of the building, hung down and telescopic to wrap around Landry's neck, and then hung in mid-air, and finally Landry died of suffocation. This also explains why no one heard the cries for help, and Landry was so tightly clasped around his neck that he couldn't make a sound at all.
Even if Wayne can deduce the correct answer, the important human witness is missing, so to speak, dead. Wayne leans towards the latter. It seems that Andro has made a lot of decisions.
What's more, Landry lives in the inner city of the imperial capital, which is supposed to be patrolled by a guard. The two workers made such a big commotion, it was absolutely possible to detect it. But Wayne was disappointed to find that the guards were surprisingly unanimous that day, and no one was assigned to patrol the neighborhood near Landry. Needless to say, it was Andro who said hello again. And the chief of the guard, Basel, is Boris's man.
Wayne is not an immortal, and he can't break such a tight game.
And Landry's death has already given a signal that the conflict between the nobles and the merchants has further intensified, even to the point of the death of the other party.
Wayne hadn't been in the imperial capital for a few days, and the atmosphere in the imperial capital had become solemn. Guards with knives can be seen at the door of each house in the inner city.
Even Audrey couldn't help but worry.
"Do you want to add some guards too, so that you can be safer. ”
Wayne nodded.
"But the problem has emerged, it is impossible for the nobles and the merchants to coexist, either you die or I die. When the time comes, as long as you don't make a noise, you'll be fine. ”
Audrey whispered.
"I'm not afraid of danger, and the palace is heavily guarded and guarded by many magicians, so I'm not afraid of them. But you're different, they're going to deal with you. ”
Wayne patted Audrey's hand and signaled to her to reassure.
"On the way, I encountered dozens of assassins, and in less than half a breath, they were all wiped out by my seventy escorts. Let's put it this way, unless they send a large army, they won't be able to break into my house even a single step. ”
Audrey still can't put her mind at ease.
"But I'm afraid they'll use magic, and I've heard that the wizarding world isn't very peaceful. And some magicians can kill people in the air, and sometimes they even disappear when they walk. I'll send a few court magicians with you. ”
Wayne shook his head.
"The more this happens, the less it can be. I'm panicking, and the people behind me lie. The more dangerous it is, the more light I want to behave. And how could there be no magicians by my side. ”
Wayne finally laughed lightly. Audrey looked at Wayne, and sometimes he liked his relaxed and resolute appearance, no matter how dangerous it was outside, but in front of him, and he also liked his heroism that even though thousands of people were still in the past.
But on the other hand, Wayne is always in danger, and the girl is willing to put her sweetheart in danger.
Looking at Audrey's teary-eyed eyes, Wayne was also considering whether to tell her the cruel reality that they were destined to have no children, or whether to tell her later when the time was right.
Under the moonlight, the two of them had their own thoughts, but it was difficult to tell each other. Love is sometimes so hazy.
But despite having someone to keep him company, Wayne still has to face the situation. He was punched by the nobles, and if he didn't fight back, then the support of the merchants who supported him would drop greatly.
He has to fight back and get back into the picture.
Fortunately, he had countermeasures.
"Imperial Capital Documentary" published an important news, Andro owes Landry 103,000 gold coins, and now that Landry is dead, will Viscount Andro return it?
Wayne dropped the ball to Andro again. Aristocracy is a symbol of good morality, and there is even a beautiful talk of sending a sword on the battlefield for thousands of miles. The money Andro was to pay back, to Landry's surviving family. Of course, Andro can also choose not to change, just say that Andro is dead, and he has no obligation to pay back. But this would undoubtedly greatly damage the reputation of the nobility among the people. The reputation of the nobility has been declining almost every day since the New Thought, and if Andro's news spreads, it will undoubtedly deal a heavy blow to the bad reputation of these nobles. But paying the money is a disguised assertion of Wayne's arrogance.
This is a yang conspiracy, and now it is estimated that it will be difficult to ride a tiger on the other side.
Andro was also restless, originally worried that Wayne found out that he killed Landry, but it turned out that he didn't. He breathed a sigh of relief, but he didn't expect Wayne to change direction. Now Andro is on the verge of predicament, and every day there are letters from the nobles, the general content of which is nothing more than urging him to pay back the money and not to ruin the reputation of the nobles. But how can he have any money? He can't afford to produce a lot of money in his broken territory, and he has promised those businessmen to lower their tax rates and keep the government running.
Soon he will not have to worry, because Boris himself will come to the door.
Andro had to sit cautiously with him.
Boris gets straight to the point.
"How are you going to pay back Landry's money?"
Andro is also direct.
"I hope Count Boris will ask for a word or two. ”
The corners of Boris's eyes twitched, this person is also thick-skinned enough, isn't this just borrowing money from himself. The purpose of his trip was indeed to use money to help Andro relieve the siege, but Boris did not expect him to be so direct. This is a nobleman, more scoundrel than a scoundrel.
"I can help you, but I have one condition. ”
Andro's eyes lit up, and it seemed that he had guessed correctly.
"If I can do it, I'll do my best. ”
Boris didn't say anything, but pulled out a stack of "Imperial Capital Documentary".
"The Imperial Capital Documentary has done a good job recently, the content is truth-seeking, and the writing is also good. ”
Andro just wanted to open his mouth to scold, if it weren't for the "Imperial Capital Documentary" to record his account, he would have been able to take the money. It was "Imperial Capital Documentary" that embarrassed him so much. But on second thought, Boris was known for his wisdom and refused to listen to his own complaints. But the hint was too subtle for him to guess.
"Count Boris, please. ”
Although this Andro is reckless, he has a good brain, otherwise he would not have been able to do Landry's affairs so seamlessly.
"Do you know who the editor-in-chief of this "Imperial Capital Documentary" is?"
Andro didn't even think about it.
"Fellow of the University of Bricken. ”
Then he was stunned, it turned out to be like this. The entire imperial capital was controlled by Boris and Cologne or others. There were only a few places where they couldn't interfere, as did the palace mages, the guards, and the treasury. But the most important and influential is the "Imperial Capital Documentary", which directly belongs to Her Royal Highness Audrey. They can't intervene at all, the key is that this is still a very important institution, the main source of information for more than a million people in the imperial capital every day. In academic terms, it means that it can manipulate the direction of public opinion.