Click——!

The bard's hand was held down by another, stronger hand.

Gu Liduo was startled, and quickly raised his head, only to see a man dressed as a townsman, but now he stopped in front of him, looking very tired. His hand grabbed his wrist, and the strength was so great that the grain couldn't break free for a while!

"As a transvestite, it's okay not to admit it, and even plans to slander other gentlemen, and even intends to let other gentlemen be humiliated in public to clear their own charges. This kind of petty behavior is really unconvincing to say that you are not a little woman in your heart. ”

The townsman pulled his backhand, and his grainy body couldn't help but be folded. But his other hand was pressed on the strings, the sword was unsheathed, and the bard's music unfolded. Accompanied by the rhythmic music, Gu Liduo didn't know how to break free from the townman's palm in one breath and jumped to the side.

"Yo? Have real skill. ”

The townsfolk smiled and pinched their wrists. At this moment, another townsman hiding in the crowd walked over and threw an Imperial sword, which he caught and pulled out in a very casual manner, giving a military salute to Arrow.

"Uncle! Did you check the name? ”

At this time, the tax collector who had made Arrow sad and about to collapse in the Mermaid Song also stood up from the crowd of townspeople and walked quickly to Arrow's side. He took the parchment scroll and looked at the signature of the reciter. Then he took out another document from his pocket, opened it, checked it, and nodded—

"That's right! It is indeed a reciter, not the same name and surname! The handwriting is also exactly the same! Hahaha, that's no problem now, that's right! ”

Hearing this, the townsman with the Imperial sword stared at Gu Liduo with a smile on his face and said, "Belonging to Earl Karp Houston Misselhan, the Imperial Army Soldier Whiskey. ”

The sword-throwing townsman walked behind Gu Liduo and also drew his Imperial sword: "Same affiliation, Imperial Army soldier polyester." ”

Whiskey: "Grain Reciter, former president of the Singing Bird Guild, now in the name of Your Majesty, we arrest you on suspicion of multiple tax evasion, smuggling, trafficking in prohibited items, guild fraud, and absconding with money, please put down your weapons and arrest them now!" ”

In the face of the two Imperial soldiers one after the other, Gu Duo's expression was obviously not too calm. With the sound of music, he quickly turned around and rushed out of the square! But whiskey seemed to have expected it, and rushed to block in front of him, the saber in his hand had been stabbed into his chest with unmistakable accuracy, and the intention to stop him from escaping was obviously obvious.

In the face of obstacles, there is no way to avoid the grains, so they can only retreat in time to avoid this thorn. But the front had just avoided the whiskey, but the polyester behind him was already leaping rapidly, and the hilt of the sword slammed heavily on his back.

Looking at the battle going on here, the townspeople scattered in all directions, hiding behind various obstacles and watching carefully.

As for the members of Mermaid Song, they gathered around Airo, and except for Cream, who knew a little about what was happening in front of them, everyone else looked confused and at a loss.

"That...... Father...... Yes! Not ......"

Coco looked at the tax officer, but because she was too nervous, the little girl said the wrong thing when she opened her mouth, and quickly covered her mouth and blushed.

The tax collector laughed and said, "Little girl, my children are more than yours, if I have the chance, I will introduce you to you, maybe you can become very good friends!" ”

Then the tax collector lifted the parchment scroll and said, "President Arrow, I don't have a lot of questions compared to your members. Two days ago, you suddenly sent a thief from your guild to come to me and ask me to investigate whether one of your guild's leaders called the Grain Leader Reciter has a case. But how did you come up with that? ”

Arrow stared at the battle over there, but his words were very relaxed: "Actually, from the beginning, I didn't think that there was anything wrong with this bard. After all, there are not a few problems in our guild, and I don't want everyone to doubt each other and add any trouble. ”

In fact, Arrow really thought so. Who doesn't have any secrets in their hearts? It's a pity that if this grain doesn't touch his core interests, then it won't be a problem to let this guy hide in his guild.

It's a pity...... The lack of people's hearts is always the key point that brings bad luck.

Despite this, Arrow still had a smile on his face: "I was a little strange when he came to our guild on the first day, although the clothes on his body looked tattered and dusty. But in fact, the material of his clothes is not ordinary, on the contrary, it is relatively expensive. The pattern embroidery on the body is not used by ordinary people, it is obviously something that can only be consumed after having money. ”

"Then, I discovered that this Mr. Grainy was gradually trying to take away my guild leader. During the conversation, he said something like this, intentionally or unintentionally—"

"'Rest assured, I'm not a beginner, I have a lot of experience, and I won't let the Mermaid Song down.'" ”

It was this quote that reminded me that if he was telling the truth, then he was once the president of a guild. But why would the president of a guild seem so downcast, running to such a border town, and even wanting to cross the border to leave the Blue Bay Empire? ”

"I thought about it, but soon I thought about the tax collector."

The tax officer pointed to his nose and smiled, "Me? ”

Arrow nodded and continued, "That's right. Remember what you said on your first day in Pelican Town to settle your taxes for our Merfolk Song Guild? You say that after the Empire enacted a new separate tax law for guilds, many guilds immediately declared bankruptcy, and the guild directors absconded with the money in order to avoid being found guilty of accounting problems. ”

The tax collector pinched his chin and nodded in satisfaction: "Yes, I did." ”

Arrow laughed, "So, I'm thinking about these two things together. ”

"A dusty man, apparently a former guild leader who fled urgently. The Empire's new decree caused many guild leaders to rush to declare bankruptcy. Combined with this, I would venture to guess that the reciter may also be a former guild leader who absconded with money. ”

The tax officer nodded repeatedly, feeling very smooth about such a guess. The cream on the side also had a suddenly realized expression, revealing a "no wonder" color on his face. As for Brad, the big man listened to it in a daze, and didn't seem to understand, but at least he knew that Grain Duo was not a good person. And Coco patted her little chest with a relieved expression.

"After having such a guess, my immediate thought was to come and contact the Imperial Army and the Tax Collector."

"It's October, and it's the day when the tax collectors go to the towns to calculate their taxes. Your Excellency the Tax Collector, as you said before, in order to prevent us from taking too long to account again in Pelican Town, we came to our town first. After accounting for our town, it stands to reason that you should go to Honglu Town or Kingfisher Town, which is the closest town to Pelican Town, to calculate your taxes. So, I'm going to have Cream go to these two towns and ask if there's such a former guildmaster as Grain. Luckily, I guessed correctly. Cream, it's really hard for you this way, you must be tired, right? ”

Cream held his head high, holding his already exhausted body, with a very proud expression: "Haha! It's just an errand, what's this? Hahaha! ”

The tax collector smiled and said, "You are indeed quite lucky, this grain reciter is really a big fish." This time I was able to arrest him back to the capital for trial, and I also gave him a credit~~~! Coincidentally, after knowing about this incident, I wanted to contact the nearest Imperial Guard, and I happened to see these two Imperial soldiers wandering nearby. As soon as I told them about the Mermaid's Song, they immediately came to help! Do you know? ”

Arrow just smiled and didn't answer directly.

The tax collector didn't care, and continued to laugh: "This guy has been planning to usurp your guild for a long time, but now he has been cornered, and the anger and despair in his heart may be like the feeling of queuing for three hours to finally buy ice cream and suddenly falling to the ground after licking it just now!" Hahahaha! ”

Listening to the tax officer's laughter like this, Coco tilted her head and thought about it, and suddenly raised her hand.

Seeing that this little girl was so smart, studious, and polite, Arrow nodded and asked her to ask questions.

"That...... President brother. Since this bard is a runaway guild leader, why did he join our guild under his real name? He even wants to take the name of the president of the Mermaid Song...... Wouldn't that be easier for the tax collectors and the Imperial Army to discover? ”

Arrow smiled and turned his head to look at the tax collector next to him. The tax collector coughed and said with a smile: "What the little girl said is basically correct, but there is one point, that is, the guilt of the guild leader and the guild can actually be calculated separately. ”

"For example, if the guild leader ...... For example, if President Arrow 'molests' a married woman outside, then the Imperial Army can naturally capture him. But the Imperial Army can't assume that you're 'molesting' women just because President Arrow is 'molesting' women, and that your Mermaid Song is also 'molesting' others. After all, you are a guild, and the guild does not have the function of 'molesting' women. We can arrest President Arrow, but we can't blame the Merfolk Song. ”

Coco's eyes were wide open, and Arrow didn't know if she could understand what the tax collector was saying. But then again...... Does this count as a form of sexual harassment?

"Similarly, if President Arrow evades taxes for the sake of the guild's accounts, then we can think that it is the Song of the Mermaid that evades taxes, not President Arrow's 'person' who evades taxes."

"Translating these theories into the Grain Teller, it is that although he may have been involved in multiple economic crimes, and had closed his guild overnight and absconded with the money, if we found him and found out that he had run a new guild, he could say that he did not want to abscond, but wanted to continue to pay back. In this case, the deficits and problematic accounts of his previous guild can only be regarded as ordinary economic problems, and the operating deficits and deficits in the course of operation cannot be regarded as economic crimes. Therefore, it is not possible to arrest him like this. ”

"Since it can't be caught, then the guild that was declared bankrupt before will have to carry out bankruptcy accounting and sort out all the accounts and entrusted content of the guild before. This will be a process that can take a long time, even years. While we hadn't yet calculated how much property the Bankruptcy Guild had, the former president had enough time to transfer all the assets thoroughly, and even fled the country when the border was lax, never to be caught. ”

The tax officer's answer may have been a little too professional, and I don't know if Coco can understand it.

But Arrow could see that the little girl was able to keep her patience and keep her eyes open, and it was conceivable that she was trying to make sense of all this.

"But...... But ......"

The little necromancer seemed a little hesitant, and after hesitating for a long time, he continued to ask—

"In this way, it seems that it is easy to be exploited, right? Wouldn't a guild leader commit an economic crime in this guild, and then immediately declare the guild bankrupt, and then become the guild president of another guild? As long as this president opened two or more guilds in the beginning, wouldn't he be able to commit any crime he wanted? ”

The tax collector laughed and nodded, acquiescing. But this kind of answer is obviously impossible for the little girl to approve, and Arrow immediately said: "From the legal point of view of our empire, this is indeed true. But there are two issues to overcome. ”

"First, if there are two or more guilds under the name of a president, when one guild declares bankruptcy, the other guild that is the controller of the same guild will also be declared to enter the asset accounting stage. Its assets are controlled by the Empire and must conduct normal business activities under the Empire's management. ”

"Second, if a guild leader does not have any other guilds under his name at the time of bankruptcy, then the guildmaster will not be able to apply to re-establish a new guild at that time. He must be allowed to apply for the guild only after the property has been accounted for and his criminal records have been reviewed. However, there has been no requirement for the transfer of the president. I have to say that this is indeed a loophole in my country's law. ”

"In other words, after a guild leader goes bankrupt, he must enter a guild that has nothing to do with him before being captured by our Imperial Army soldiers without another guild under his name, and successfully become the guild guild leader, so as to avoid being caught. Hmm~~ Although it is true that it is a loophole in the laws of our empire. But it takes a lot of luck to complete this set of steps, unless he has prepared in advance, and has relatives and friends who immediately transfer their guild to him after the guild leader goes bankrupt. But this is also equivalent to a redundant move, with this money to create a guild to transfer to him to pay the empire's fine, it is better to directly give him money to pay the empire's fine. ”

Having said a lot, Coco can understand a little.

The tax collector laughed, stuffed the scroll in his hand into his backpack, and said with a smile, "But I really didn't expect that this grain would think of framing President Arrow as a woman to evade responsibility." Well...... Having said that, it seems that I have never received a report that this grain is mostly a cosvestite lover before. How did he suddenly have such a habit when he got to President Arrow? And ......"

The uncle looked Arrow up and down, looked at his short size, the corners of his mouth raised slightly, and said with a smile: "He said that President Arrow is a woman, I didn't think much of it before, but now look at the President...... If you wear women's clothes, I'm afraid that even the world-shattering beauty daughter of our Duke Jinguo can't compare to you, right? ”

Hearing the tax collector say this, Arrow couldn't help but laugh. He waved his hand and smiled, "Your Excellency, you're really overdoing it. The daughter of the Duke of Jinguo is a truly famous beauty in the capital, and I had the good fortune to meet Miss Jinguo a few times when I was in school at the old vine tree, how can you compare me with her? If you're really skeptical......"

Arrow's hands pressed on the buckle of his collar, and said in a slightly honest tone—

"Then I'll undress in front of you now, so you can see if I'm lying, or if the grain is lying?"

As he spoke, he unbuttoned one of the top buttons of his collar.

Seeing this, the tax officer hurriedly waved his hand and said with a little panic: "Don't, don't! President Arrow, you're really serious. I believe you completely! Don't take this absconding man seriously, if it gets out that I, a small tax officer, forced a gentleman who graduated from the old vine tree college to undress in front of so many people, then I really don't have to do this job anymore! ”

Since the tax collector said so, the smile on Arrow's face naturally continued. He buttoned his collar again, but after arranging his clothes, the president suddenly felt a shade on his back.

Cold sweat soaked his back at some point.

When ——!

As he spoke, there was a soft sound on the other side.

I saw that the sword in Whiskey's hand had accurately struck the lute with many grains, and with the huge power of the blade, the lute was instantly split into two halves, and the melody of the music box also came to an abrupt end.

For many grains, one-to-two was already extremely difficult, but now the rhythm is disrupted, and the expression on his face is extremely distorted.