"In accordance with the practice of the trade union, we conducted a routine investigation of the Dragon Yin Mercenary Group to see if there was any violation of discipline. ”

After meeting, the investigating officer threw down such a sentence with an expressionless face, and led the people inside, Bloom did not understand the other party's intentions, and it was inconvenient to stop him, so he could only follow behind.

"Seal this pile of wood for me. ”

Unexpectedly, a group of people under the leadership of the detective came directly to the timber pile, and without saying a word, they asked their subordinates to seal the timber pile.

"This is the wood used by our mercenary group for the construction and training of the barracks, and it cannot be sealed. ”

"If you have anything to say, you go and explain to the president, I just do things according to the rules, the source of your batch of timber is unknown, we suspect that there are prohibited acts in the transaction process, and we must conduct a thorough investigation. Your men stayed behind to guard this batch of timber, and no one was allowed to touch it, otherwise it would be regarded as a rebellion and would be killed. ”

Seeing that the situation was not good, Bloom tried to argue with his arguments, but the inspector did not give him any chance to explain, and not only had all the lumber piles sealed, but also sent a large group of gendarmes to guard the timber, so that Bloom would not have any chance to drop the bag.

The gendarmerie of the ancient city state of Oburg belonged directly to the mercenary union, which was responsible for dealing with mercenary disciplinary violations, and any act of provoking, beating and attacking the gendarmes would be regarded as rebellion, so Bloom did not dare to make a mistake even if he was extremely angry, and sent the detective away with the front foot, and immediately rushed to Steven's house to see Allen.

Eren was in alchemy at the time, but since it was not a powerful magic array that was refined, Steven, after understanding the urgency of the situation, immediately took Bloom to Allen's alchemy room in the backyard to inform Alan of the situation.

"Bring Kevin here, and we'll talk about it. ”

Allen, who learned of the situation, was also at a loss, he had never encountered a similar situation, and he had been busy refining the magic array during this period of time, and he hadn't even visited Holland a few times, he didn't know the cause and effect of the matter at all, and he didn't know how to deal with it for a while, so he could only ask people to quickly call Kevin over, Kevin had worked in the trade hall for several years, and he might have experience in how to deal with the current predicament.

"Kevin, did you have a similar problem when you were a trade officer before?"

Kevin arrived quickly, and Alan explained the situation to him before asking.

"It is not uncommon for goods to be seized, but they are generally routine spot checks, for fear of tax evasion. But I think this time the situation is completely different, the inspectors of the mercenary union are rushing for the wood, but they are afraid that they already know that there is a problem with the wood. ”

Kevin understood what had happened and immediately came to a conclusion.

"How did you solve this kind of problem before?"

Alan asked.

"If it's a trivial matter, it's all about walking around the local relationship and accommodating. If the problem is serious, ask someone from higher to intervene, and it may even alarm the lord. ”

Kevin replied.

"Allen, it seems that you still have to come out of this matter and explain to the lord in person, with your identity as the chief archmage, the lord's face will definitely be given, as long as he says a word, the mercenary union will not dare to do anything to us?"

Bloom suggested.

"No, I can't. Alan couldn't come forward in this matter, and the more he explained, the more troublesome it became. ”

Kevin knew very well what kind of secret was hidden in this batch of wood, and if this secret was leaked to Holancest, who had always been wary of Allen, the impact would be unimaginable.

"What should I do then? Now that everything is under the care of the gendarmes, unless we want to rebel, we can't get it out at all, and sooner or later they will find out the evidence, so it's better to take the initiative to explain, and maybe get the lord's understanding." ”

Bloom was in a hurry.

"A couple of gendarmes are trying to stump us, Stanny, let's go! Let's go and burn all the wood with a fire, and let them go to the ashes for proof!"

Harvey, who was not interested in this kind of conspiracy struggle, finally found room for himself to play, he pulled up Stanny, and the two of them walked out.

"Wait!" After the initial brief panic, Alan calmed down, and he called out to Harvey, who was walking out, "Things are not critical yet. I have a bold idea that if it were true, we might have other better solutions. ”

"What assumptions?"

Kevin asked.

"Have any of you ever mentioned the matter of wood to outsiders this time?"

The people who knew about the Elven Wood were all here, and if they hadn't leaked the news, then no one would have known, so Alan asked.

"Nope!"

Several people all shook their heads, and promised that they would never mention anything to outsiders, even family members.

"If that's the case, I don't think it's that serious, and the mercenary guild is only seizing the timber for another reason. ”

"Alan, you mean they didn't come for the wood itself?"

Kevin vaguely guessed what Eren was trying to say.

"So what are they doing with our timber seizures?"

Bloom scratched his head, still not understanding what Eren was trying to say.

"Seizure is just a process. It doesn't matter what material the wood itself is, what matters is that the wood is brought in from outside the mountain, which in itself is very abnormal. ”

"I see. ”

Everyone looked stunned.

It is not a very strange thing for the Longyin mercenary group to buy wood for the construction of camps and training, but the geographical location of the ancient city of Ao determines that they are not short of wood, not to mention the purchase of wood, they also have to sell a large amount of wood to the outside world every year, but the dragon mercenary group just did not purchase local wood, but transported wood from other places, this abnormal behavior will of course attract the attention of some people with a heart. As for why the Dragon Yin Mercenary Group would do such an abnormal thing, I'm afraid that the Mercenary Union is not clear now, and everything can only be determined when the investigation results come out.

"Brother-in-law, I have a way to deal with this matter easily. ”

Now that he knows the opponent's hole cards, it is much easier to deal with, and Steven quickly found a solution, but he didn't say it directly, but looked at Kevin: "Kevin, it seems that you are going to take the blame again this time." ”

Steven's expression was apologetic.

"No way, I'll carry this pot best. ”

Kevin didn't mean to be unhappy, but laughed out loud. Although neither of the two people said how to deal with this matter, they already had the answer in their hearts, and even Alan next to him showed a knowing smile, he also understood the plan of the two people, and it was indeed the best choice to deal with it this way.