Chapter 21: Fishing
Before someone unscrupulously expanded the size of the council, the Brimstone Hill Councillor used to be a respectable profession.
As representatives of all walks of life and the interests of all races, they are able to negotiate with the Executive Yuan, the judicial system, and the city lords, and put forward opinions and proposals, and if this opinion is supported by the entire parliament, even the city lord must face it squarely.
When Adam made it clear that when the mascot was left alone and the judicial system was only interested in law and order and justice, in many cases, the parliament was able to make concessions to the elbowel, even if the head of the executive council was the great sage Margaret.
Of course, rights also represent interests, just a tax on commerce, access to goods, and countless golden currencies, and as these parliamentarians realize the interests in their hands, how can they be willing to be just a mere businessman and commoner.
After all, this shijie is a nobleman who is "born noble", and even a royal family with "the country is my private property", and people's hearts will never be satisfied, and in the comfortable peace, they naturally look higher......
And now, when ordinary workers, farmers, neighborhood committee aunts, and fish sellers have all become councillors, when issues such as "whether square dancing in the early morning is considered a disturbance to the people" and "whether the council can provide a free lunch" have replaced issues such as "whether to buy black gold ore from Karon City", the identities of those big businessmen, patriarchs, and veteran councilors have been virtually lowered, which naturally makes them very dissatisfied.
And when the overly bloated configuration of parliamentarians completely slowed down the parliament, and the opposing councillors sprayed and fought with each other to create a lively gladiatorial arena for the citizens to watch, the original first generation of parliamentarians were even more distressed, and firmly hated the seemingly friendly proposer - the devil's cunning and evil sleepless.
"Speaker Grant, please make up your mind!!"
At this moment, in Speaker Grant's office, a group of young and vigorous Covenant members had surrounded the old and mediocre Speaker, but at this time, he was forced to pay attention.
"Now that the city is full of fugitives, chaos has inevitably spread, we have to protest to the inactive city lord, and remove that stupid masked man from his post for dereliction of duty! And disband those disgusting Dark Elf! β
"Yes, the city lord's agent Anne is too young, inexperienced, and unable to convince the public, which led to the chaos and should be removed and punished!"
The desk made of precious mahogany was crackled by the excited councillors, but the old speaker turned his head to look out the window, it was already time to get off work, and in the old days, there were people returning home everywhere, old people took their grandchildren for a walk, young couples wandered in the garden, shops along the street selling dinners of various ethnic characteristics, and the fragrant smell of vegetables has been spread far and wide
But now, smoke billowed everywhere, and the streets that used to be full of laughter are now nothing but screams of fear and firelight!!
"That's enough." Taking a deep breath, the old speaker, who was known for his mediocrity, calmly took off his eyes and looked at his well-dressed colleagues.
"What?" Councilor Kahn, who was the leader, did not expect such a reaction from the Speaker.
"Smack! I said, "That's enough!" β
The roar of the old man shocked all the councillors, the blood-red eyes, like a beast to be devoured by others, even if they were used to the noisy parliament, but they were also shocked that the mediocre president who used to give speeches like chanting scriptures, and the old guy who drank tea and dozed off at the meeting, actually had such an angry side.
"In addition to the fugitives outside, there should be your private soldiers, you know what you are doing, you are rebelling!!"
The anger of the old speaker made the parliamentarians subconsciously take a step back, but Kahn, who was seen as the most likely speaker to be the next speaker, stepped forward.
"Brimstone Mountain City belongs to everyone, how can it be a rebellion? We're just asking Lord Adam to come back and support the work and punish the officials for dereliction of duty. When things stabilize, we'll ask him to be the permanent Honorary Lord. β
Looking at this richly dressed middle-aged congressman, looking at himself with a calm face, Speaker Grant was stunned for a moment, and then smiled.
"Heh, you're not stupid. I understand, you're afraid, you're afraid that after the old city lord abdicates, the young new city lord won't be able to shelter you in the chaotic dungeon, you want to force Anne to go, and then let the old city lord be the so-called honorary city lord and continue to be your protector? β
"It's best if you can understand, and then you will be the future president of the Executive Yuan"
"Shameless!!"
A mouthful of spit directly onto Karn's face, and in an instant, the kind face of the big boss of the gold and jade jewelry store distorted.
"You want to drive away other people's righteous daughters, and then let others fight for your life and death, shameless people! It's a shame that you dare to think, it's a shame that you have the face to speak, the old man is ashamed of your comrades!! β
The parliamentarians wanted to say something, but the furious old speaker did not stop his accusations, and he pointed with his right hand at an energetic old gentleman.
"Lurens! Fifty years ago, due to your father's crime, your whole family became slaves and was sold to Karon City as a cult sacrifice, and it was the kind-hearted old city lord who risked breaking with Karon City to save you. I still remember when you were a child, you cried and kowtowed, 'The grace of saving your life will never be forgotten', this is how you repay the kindness? β
"Thun! Your father died in the line of duty for Brimstone Mountain City, and you always appear as a heroic descendant in front of the citizens. Hum! Descendants of heroes? A deserter who escaped and was killed by a stray bullet! Do you want face? Lord Margaret, seeing that your family needs a pension to live, has given him an honorable death! How do you repay your kindness and forgiveness? β
"Xiu Denan! You, one of the three young heroes of our council, have a miserable background, and among the thirteen members of your family, you are the only one who survived. Let me ask you, who personally took action, spent more than half a year and thousands of miles tracking, arrested the murderer for public trial, and avenged you? Who arranges the bursary for you to become an adult, can't answer? Are you the best at giving long speeches and inciting public opinion? I'm telling you, it's the sleepless man who was scolded by you as the devil! β
"Carter! You are cursed by the blood of your family, if you are not a great sage"
"Runas! You"
"And you! Kahn! Let me ask you, when you were deceived and abandoned? Who helped you recover part of your family property and let the Executive Yuan vouch for you, you think that with your old face, those goblins who can't afford to make money will borrow money from you? You owe both Lord Margaret and Lord Sleepless a favor, and you still have the face to rebel against them? β
After all, sometimes, in front of an old man who knows the roots, it is difficult for a guilty person to hold his head up, and sometimes, even the wicked know that justice is at ease in the hearts of the people.
"You shameless people seem to have forgotten where this is. This is Sulfur Mountain City, a cursed dungeon, without the protection of the city lord for more than a hundred years, you guys without liliang would have become slaves and food for the strong."
"Enough, you don't need to come out as the most mediocre old guy in the council ever, we'll do it ourselves!"
Not just ashamed, but angry, Karn, blushing, turned his head and left.
The other councillors bowed their heads, not daring to look at their colleagues' faces, and followed Karn out as they went, and every second they spent here was like a knife cut to them after their masks were revealed.
But the old man's sarcasm came from behind.
"Mediocrity? I'm really mediocre and stupid, but did you know that I'm still setting a parliamentary record? β
Although no one accosted them, the parliamentarians paused when they heard the parliament's record.
"Me, Grant. Barr, the mediocre old fellow, has been in power for thirteen years, is the second-longest speaker of parliament, and I would like to try to challenge my father, Barr Sr., for sixteen years. It's a pity that you have disturbed it. β
This speaker, who is famous for his old foolishness, at this time, is full of red face, full of energy, not confused at all, not to say, looking at the strange emotions in the eyes of his colleagues, that is sympathy?
"Hmph, it's just been alive for a long time, what's there to be proud of!"
"Ha, of course it's something to be proud of. The former speaker of the parliament, Li Wensi, a person from the East, both civil and military, under pressure, intends to streamline the parliamentary staff, and everyone is looking forward to the result? Dead, reigned for three years, and was made into a zombie by a passing necromancer. β
"The former speaker of the House of Representatives, Carrowwan, who was good at public speeches and was well received by the citizens, once organized demonstrations to force Margaret, the head of the Executive Yuan, to make concessions several times, and was called the real uncrowned king of Brimstone Hill. After reigning for three years, he died, and was cut open in the stomach by a thief who picked up a bag, and his intestines flowed all over the ground, and he died in an alley that no one cared about. β
Karn and the councillors were still impatient just now, but at this time, their faces were sweating profusely and their waistcoats were cold.
"Former Deputy Speaker Benn, hehe, the then Speaker Kaya was pro-city lord, but he spread rumors and messed with the relationship between men and women, and forced people to jump off the building. Benn is indeed a talent, and he does it seamlessly, so that those rabid dogs in the justice system can't find evidence, as a result? She was caught in a bar brawl and has been missing for more than twenty years, but every year on Kaya's death day, there will be one more man's part in front of her grave as a sacrifice, and the year before last, it was the finger of her right hand, and there is a copper ring from Benn's old guy on it, hehe. β
At this time, all the parliamentarians turned their heads with fear on their faces, and they no longer dared to look down on the old guy who would be buried at any time.
"Could it be that Adam did it!! I thought they were all good people."
"Lord Margaret and the old lord are good men, right. But did you know that the sleepless who was scolded by you as devilish and cunning was first called something? β
"What?"
"An executioner of the law who is more wicked and powerful than the devil. This is used to describe his invisible wrist, as long as the person who crosses the line without permission, tramples on the code, no matter who it is, it is 'Kara' to go down. Do you think that as long as you can incite and revise public opinion and control public opinion, which adult can even modify his memory and make rumors change in the direction he wants, what is the point? β
"My old man, the longest-reigning old Barr of all time, said only one word to me before he died. You know what it is? β
Now these frightened councillors had the courage to speak, their faces were as pale as corpses, and Karn, who had taken the lead, shouted with rage.
"Old fellow! I'm not interested in knowing."
But the old speaker shook his head and continued with a look of reminiscence.
"He said to me, 'Sulfur Mountain City is a paradise in the underground, but that's because there is a devil who wraps all the dirty work on himself and kills all the dirty things that are not as evil as him, and his face is naturally as clean and beautiful as heaven. If you want to be the Speaker in the future, it's easy. Be stupid, don't have ambitions beyond your ability, then, sooner or later, the fools in front of you will die out, and you will be in power. 'Ha, he was really right, our two longest-living speakers should also be the most mediocre speakers in history. β
At this time, Karn still had the same arrogance as before, he kept his mouth long, and he couldn't stop inhaling, like a toad on the shore, he felt that an invisible hinge was quietly resting on his neck, the coldness close to death, suffocating.
"By the way, the rest of you should be with Karon City, you think that colluding with the dungeon covenant will defeat the Big Three? Become a future aristocratic royalty? Hehe, you haven't seen a real war, naΓ―ve children. No matter who wins or loses, the first thing to be eliminated is you despicable traitors. β
"Old fellow!!"
The impulsive Xiu Denan punched the old speaker in the face, and Speaker Grant slammed it on the table, the lenses of his glasses shattered, and the corners of the old man's mouth and eyes were bloody, but he smiled with satisfaction.
"Hehe, do you think I'll tell you so much for, I'm not afraid to spread it? It's because I want to survive, fools! Is it? Lord Sleepless, the dead will not leak secrets, since these stupid snakes have come out of the hole, they should almost be able to close the net. β
"Smack, smack, smack." It was an eerie applause like bones colliding, but at this moment, in the ears of the House of Representatives, it was a note of urgency.
A slender figure walked out of the shadows, and under the silver mask, there were a pair of cold red eyes, and the strange applause came from the crystal ball in the hand of the enforcer.
"Silver Rose! The head of the intelligence organization [Spectators]! The underground queen of Brimstone Mountain City! "The sudden appearance of this sleepless henchman, the notorious intelligence queen, shattered the psychological defenses of Councillor Zuihou,
"You, You"
Looking at the member with an excited face and rudely pointing at him, Silver Rose frowned slightly, as if she was a little dissatisfied, and with a snap of her fingers, the invisible threads all over the room tightened.
In the next second, all the councillors tightened their necks, and the invisible rope sleeve hung them into the sky.
Yes, from the very beginning, the invisible shackles that Karn felt were not delusions as traitors, they had already been sentenced - to death!
"Ugh!!" A few seconds later, like a grass carp being hoisted ashore, the councillors who were still struggling calmed down one by one, forever calm
Seeing his colleague who was suddenly hanged, old Grant was also full of nervousness.
And the voice in the crystal ball made him relax.
"It turns out that I underestimated you and your father, forget it, you are quite satisfied, if you don't want the white-haired person to send the black-haired person, take care of your grandson who always causes trouble in your name. By the way, come on for the next election, and look forward to your election. β
The silver rose still didn't give a glance, and after bowing, she took a step back and disappeared into the shadows again.
And the old speaker, who was leaning on the table, gasped for breath, but became the only living person in the room
βhahaοΌhahaοΌοΌ I survived! I survived! β
Even though Silver Rose had already walked out of the building, the sound of the old man's daxiao for the rest of his life after the catastrophe spread far away
Today, the city of Sulphur Mountain has fallen into complete chaos, with fugitives and big businessmen smashing it. Robbing, and outside the city, are the dark elves and the elite troops who are preparing to blend in, it seems, the underground Shijie Heaven has been reduced to hell.
At the same time, on top of a tall tower, I was watching the chaos and misery below, and behind me, the head of the Law Enforcement Agency, Snowhoof, the head of the Law Department, Kahler, and the head of the Inquisition Hall, were all full of anger at the miserable situation below.
"Okay, okay, don't be bitter, it's almost rotten to the bones, if you don't bleed, how to cut off the carrion, how to break the blood without being beaten, how can you remember the pain. In order to imprint the desire for peace in the minds of these fools, for the sake of the stability and peace of Brimstone Mountain City for the next thirty years, let us be a little patient. What's more, our people are also starting to act, and they will soon get better. β
And when Silver Rose, well, my head maid, Eliza, reappeared before me, I knew that things had changed again.
"Huh? That group of fools really colluded with other dungeons, and the army was about to enter the city? Hehe, the Four Heavenly Kings, we have fun, let's go and have fun together. β