Chapter 180: Killing the City Lord
Finally, ten minutes later, Lin Xi felt a protrusion in a corner of the table, and after pressing it hard, he heard a "squeak" sound from the wall behind him, and the dark grid was finally revealed.
It was a dark compartment the size of a human head, and Lin Xi quickly took out the contents of it, except for the two thick notebooks, only a blue ring remained,
As soon as Patch died, the ring immediately became ownerless, and after Linsey recognized the owner with his blood, he used his divine sense to investigate a little, and found that there were a lot of gold bricks inside, and it was really as the greedy Patch himself said, he didn't like to exchange gold coins for other collectibles, and if he wanted to exchange them, he would simply exchange them for larger gold bricks, and the value of 10,000 gold coins of a gold brick would definitely not compare,
However, Lynsey only looked at it a few times, he would not hold the money in his hands, but would hand it over to its original owners, that is, the exploited toiling masses, and Lynsey was concerned about the two notebooks,
I've been trying to find out the corruption and other evidence of the city lord Patch, and the two notebooks at the moment may be recording such evidence.
After opening and reading it, Lin Xi's eyes coldly glanced at Patch, who had been out of breath for a long time, and the content recorded in the two notebooks was unexpectedly rich and detailed,
There are not only money received from a certain subordinate or someone who wants to complete a transaction with him in a certain year and month, but also a detailed list of his own "filial piety" to his superiors, and there are also examples of himself using the money of the empire to satisfy his selfish desires, which is the content of the first notebook,
And the second notebook is a veritable notebook, which is used by Patch to memorize, and there are all kinds of notes, including writing how to deduct imperial subsidies, analyzing how the orcs should deal with the offense and finally making the conclusion of letting the villagers fend for themselves, and how to linger with the maid ** and the pink gold cave girl overnight, in short, Lin Xi believes that after any impartial official reads the contents of these two notebooks, he will conclude that Patch is not only a big corrupt official, but also a ruthless, A lustful man who treats the lives of others like a mustard,
In this way, enough,
Lynsey put everything, including the portrait of herself on the mahogany table, into the ring, covered the door and prepared to go out,
The magic suit has been taken off, and Lin Xi has returned to his previous appearance, and it is definitely not okay to swagger out from inside, but it is obviously not difficult to get out of the winding path of the City Lord's Mansion,
Lin Xi relied on his dexterous figure and light movements, and almost effortlessly arrived in the backyard of the City Lord's Mansion, and turned over the back wall and appeared directly outside.
Outside, a bright sun is shining on the earth, dispelling all the darkness, and all ugly deeds and ugly people will have nothing to hide.
Lin Xi's figure flashed, and he disappeared from the periphery of the City Lord's Mansion in the blink of an eye, and the next moment, he had already got into a carriage, ready to go back and say goodbye to the villagers,
With enough evidence in hand, the defeat of Patch is a sure thing, and Lynsey believes that the Empire will send a new official to replace the corrupt official, cleanse the filthy air over Stonestream, and lead the citizens to live a good new life again.
As for Thomas and his Ryan family, Lynsey thinks that he doesn't have the strength to shake them, but Thomas's repeated cruelties to himself and his killing have angered him, coupled with the Ryan family's shameless approach to the predecessors of the God of War, in fact, he has become a firm opponent of the Ryan family,
The carriage roared and took away one scenery after another, and it traveled very fast, and Linsey took advantage of the time spent in the carriage to rest, and when he stepped into the dense forest, he did not take much time to return to the small village,
Lin Xi took out a considerable sum of money and handed it to the old village chief, of course, this money should have belonged to them,
Everyone was grateful, and the quiet village was as lively as the New Year.
The old village chief and the old man called "Old Stone" were more experienced, and he was happy and soon noticed something, so he hurriedly pulled Lin Xi aside and asked,
"Benefactor, you shouldn't kill the city lord. As soon as he came up, the old man asked with surprise and a little nervousness,
Lin Xi smiled and nodded, as if what he had done was just a trivial matter, as simple as killing a chicken, such an understatement answer, but immediately shocked the two old men,
The old village chief hurriedly pulled Lin Xi's sleeve, and after the three of them got away from the happy crowd to a remote location, the old village chief said eagerly: "Lin Xi, you really killed the city lord like that." ”
Lin Xi doesn't have to worry about the seriousness of the situation, as long as the evidence is handed over to the upper echelons of the empire through the right people, when the truth is revealed, people will only applaud Patch's death, who will go to investigate the person who killed him, at that moment, Lin Xi said with a smile: "Do the two old men think that this city lord should not be killed." ”
"It's not too much to kill, a thousand times. "Old Stone" said movingly,
That is, if everyone knew that this man was dead, they would definitely set off firecrackers and take to the streets to cheer and celebrate. The old village chief then also expressed his opinion, "But Lin Xi, it's still a bit reckless for you to do this, I originally thought that you went to the city just to teach him a lesson, but I didn't expect to kill him at once, there will be trouble now, he has a strong backstage." ”
"Oh, it's the Ryan family. Lin Xi didn't panic, "There's nothing to worry about, I haven't left any clues in the City Lord's Mansion, and I ask the two old men to rest assured." ”
The two old men naturally still didn't believe it, thinking that Lin Xi just said this to comfort himself, the old village chief who had lived in Shiliu City all his life had heard a lot, even if he was in a remote area, he still knew something about the backstage of the city lord from people's chatter, so he said it all to Lin Xi,
In fact, a large part of the money that Patch embezzled was handed over to the Lane family, even if the Lane family usually didn't treat him very well, firstly, Patch was able to become the lord of the city because of the Lane family's efforts, and secondly, Patch also clearly knew that with the strength and energy of the Lane family, since he could support himself to the throne, it was also very easy to pull himself off the horse and even let himself be ruined and his bones were gone, so every year Patch would send a steady stream of gold coins to the family in Noqi City,
With the extra care of the Ryan family, Patch was not worried that someone would report him, so he was relieved and bold to become the emperor of the soil in Shiliu City, not only with great power, but also did his best to squeeze the blood and sweat of the city's citizens and enrich his own pockets.
Constantly raising the land tax, embezzling the land on a large scale, and then renting the land back to the villagers to earn more rent, just making a fuss about the land, Patch didn't know how much money he had looted and put it into his own pocket, and among them, Lynsey was even more angry when he heard it,
Every year, the empire will allocate some compensation to the villagers who have reduced food production or life difficulties due to natural disasters or orc invasions, so as to help the villagers tide over the current difficulties, this money is distributed through the Ministry of Agriculture, and Linsey also knows that the head of the Ministry of Agriculture, Georges, is usually friendly with the Minister of the Interior, Thomas, and can even be said to be a loyal dog who follows Thomas,
Naturally, with just a little hello to Georgis, the life-saving money was left in Patch's hands,
And Patch in order to repay Georgis's "vigorous care", it can be said that he also used his brains, but all he came up with was a bad idea of losing his conscience, and those villagers who could not get land because they couldn't pay the rent had to leave their homes and live a life of exile, which is not uncommon in Stoneflow City, and Patch fought the idea of these poor people,
The city lord's mansion has raised a lot of city guards, to put it bluntly, they are thugs, when there is something to do, they help protect the city lord and oppress the villagers, and when they have nothing to do, they will bully the city people, especially after encountering these displaced people, these city guards will secretly kidnap people and send them to the city lord's mansion.
The young and beautiful women were sent to the Earl's Court of Georgis, as a tool for the Minister of Agriculture to vent their desires, and the rest and the men were either sent to the Jiyuan to live a miserable life that could be bullied by the Lane family and Georgis's huge network, or they were sent to the black coal kiln and the black brick kiln to do free hard labor, and finally died of exhaustion every day, and they were only swept away by the grass and thrown into the wilderness, allowing wild dogs and wolves to devour the corpses, this is the last miserable situation of these poor people,
And the money obtained through this unconscionable practice will be "honored" to the Georgis and Lane families,
The black chain of interests of the Lane family, the Minister of Agriculture, and the Patch has brought disaster after disaster to the innocent civilians, and their filthy and cruel practices are no less than those of the orcs, and the hard-earned money has gone into their pockets, while the poor civilians have been ravaged and cannot guarantee even the most basic right to life,
As Lynsey listened to the old village chief's narration, his hands clenched into fists all the time, and his chest rose and fell violently, and he could imagine what kind of life those poor homeless people had lived after suffering misfortune and being taken into another more miserable and dark underground world by Patch in such a cruel way.