Chapter 41 Drawing wages from the bottom of the kettle
Quiet, as quiet as death, the few people who stayed in the regiment commander's room to burn the account book stood quietly in place. The mysterious disappearance of their companion just now shocked them so much that they didn't know what to do for a while.
At this moment, another strange sound sounded, as if something was shot out of the darkness, but unfortunately it was too dark in the regiment commander's room, and the speed of the shooting was too fast, and before they could react, a companion exclaimed in surprise and was pulled into the darkness, without a sound.
"Quick, light the fire, there's something in this room! Hurry, ah!"
As soon as he was halfway through the shout, his voice froze, and he followed in the footsteps of the first two, being pulled into the darkness and not moving.
Fear comes from the unknown, and the more you can't figure out the situation, the more afraid you will be in your heart. Although these men in black are all trained and are no strangers to the dark environment, they have never encountered such a strange situation, coupled with the mysterious silence of one companion after another, the fear and fear in their hearts can be imagined.
In a moment of scramble, the fire was finally lit, and when they could see the situation in the room by the faint light of the fire, the fear in their hearts suddenly exploded.
"Ahh
The terrifying cry sounded to the limit, at this moment, the usual ability was gone, even if the person was so powerful, he would play abnormally when he was so afraid, ten percent of his strength could play three achievements well, and some people would even lose their combat effectiveness completely, and these guys are like this.
I saw that in the regimental commander's room, a large spider with a fully stretched body that was half a room wide was crawling on a large web that shone with blue light, and the six eyes on its head were shining with a temperatureless light, staring at them.
In its big net that shrouded the entire regiment commander's room, the three black-clothed people who had mysteriously disappeared just now were all glued to the net with frightened expressions, and there was a trace of blue spreading in their pale faces, and they looked highly poisoned at a glance.
The thing that shot over the few people just now was the spider silk of the six-eyed demon spider, and its spider silk contained highly poisonous, although it did not kill people, but it had a strong paralyzing effect. The consciousness of a person who has been poisoned by this poison will not disappear, but he will completely lose the ability to control his body. I could only watch myself being dragged by the six-eyed demon spider little by little, and then being made into a cocoon and slowly eaten.
This kind of death is even more terrifying than dismantling people's eight pieces, the slow process of watching one's body being eaten piece by piece, but there is no pain, until you die of excessive blood loss, is simply mental torment, too terrible.
"It's the Six-Eyed Demon Spider, retreat!"
The remaining few black-clothed people turned around and rushed out together, they knew very well in their hearts that the strength of the six-eyed demon spider was far above them, and in this relatively narrow space in the house, it was greatly unfavorable for them to play, so escaping was the only way to survive, but it was a pity ......
Four spider silks spit out at the same time, as if they were remote sensing arrows shot by Dary, and let several people in black desperately dodge, but in the end they couldn't escape the fate of poisoning silk, followed in the footsteps of the three men in black, were dragged to the net, and turned into zombies who couldn't even move their mouths.
Remote sensing of poisonous silk, this is exactly the skill that Darui taught the six-eyed demon spider, although the six-eyed demon spider is not as smart as the sky lark Baiyun, and it is difficult to learn the skills of humans. But parasitism itself can improve the intelligence of the demonic beast, and Dary can directly teach it telepathically, so this trick can be practiced.
The current six-eyed heavenly spider, although the level of the demon core is level four, but its strength is close to the fifth-level demonic beast, as long as the magic power is accumulated to a certain extent, it can easily become a fifth-level demonic beast.
The few people who burned the ledger were easily cleaned up, and the other few men in black who had gone to kill the felons were surrounded by soldiers of the garrison who had been waiting for a long time.
Under the light of hundreds of torches, the seven men in black stood back to back, their eyes solemnly looking at the soldiers around them, and the hands holding their swords were already covered with cold sweat.
"Bass dog, I've been waiting for you two nights, I didn't expect you to be really patient, and you waited until the fourth night to do it, did you expect that after we were done, the defense would be relaxed? What a self-righteous fool!"
"Hahaha......"
The soldiers of the garrison burst out laughing, and looked at the seven men in black with disdain, as if they were looking at seven mourning dogs.
"Come on, get me alive!"
"Yes......"
Hans and Jerry, the two Flame Captains, rushed over, followed by twenty Flame Knights, both in number and strength, above the men in black. The result of this battle can be imagined, in less than ten minutes, seven men in black were caught, each with a blue nose and swollen face, and a few of them had broken legs.
At this time, the six-eyed demon spider also dragged the other seven black-clothed people to crawl over, and Dary waved his hand.
"Suppress them and interrogate them severely, and never let them escape. By the way, I've heard that big families have the habit of raising dead soldiers, so it should be just the way these people look. Check their nails and teeth to see if there is any poison, but don't let them kill themselves. β
After some tossing, Mark really found some purple goo in the fingernails of each of them, sniffed it, and a pungent smell wafted out, so that Mark could not be smoked down.
"Regiment leader, they really have poison in their fingernails, what is going on in the minds of such people, can they really take poison and commit suicide if they fail the mission?"
"Hehe, it should be, because they have been brainwashed since they were children and only know how to obey their master's orders. They are not so much human as the most faithful dogs. I'm afraid you won't be able to judge anything, so let's lock it up first. β
"Yes......"
After dealing with these small characters, Dary did not relax his defense, and still let the six-eyed demon spider go back to guard the ledger, while he personally guarded the felons and did not sleep all night......
And just as Darry was keeping vigil, Prime Minister Drith had already received the news that the operation had failed.
"What a bunch of waste, those dead soldiers are so useless, I knew that I would ask the demon slave killer for help. Harry yelled in frustration.
"Harry, not everything can be done by the Demon Slave Slayer. Darigaia is on guard, even if the demon slave really goes, he may not succeed. Have you forgotten the battle on the bluestone cliff outside the city some time ago?"
"This ...... I didn't expect Darigaia's strength to improve so quickly, he used to be a waste at all, but he has improved so much in such a short period of time. If it weren't for the fact that his face hadn't changed, I would have thought he was someone else's impostor!"
"Forget it, don't say those meaningless words. Now that it is impossible to burn the book, it seems that we can only take the last step. Harry, go to the Moneyhouse. β
Harry's face changed when he heard this, he looked at his father deeply, and asked with some hesitation: "Father, do you really want to take that step? Those people are all our people, ...... do that?"
"Just because they're our people, they should do that. Harry, you have to remember that people who do great things must know how to make trade-offs and not be swayed by personal feelings. At critical moments, you must focus on the overall situation, otherwise, you will become a pawn to be controlled, and you will not be a player to master the pawn. Got it?"
"Yes father, the child understands, I'll do it now. β
"Good ......"
Looking at Harry's back as he left, Dritter walked to the window and looked at the overcast night sky without a single star.
"The money and grain courtyard are gone, alas...... It looks like the moment is coming to decide the future of the Empire!"
At noon the next day, when all the ledgers were sorted out and Darry was excitedly preparing to go to the palace to make an errand, a message that made him stunned came to his ears.
"What are you talking about? The head steward of the Qianliang Institute committed suicide, and several other high-ranking officials also committed suicide together! Damn, what's going on!"
Mark's face was ugly, and he sighed, "It's the real head of the regiment, their bodies have been transported to the coroner's house, according to some eyewitnesses, those officials were hanged together in the main hall of the Qianliang Academy, and there is a confession at their feet, which says that they have embezzled public funds over the years, as well as some illegal incidents." Commander, our efforts have been in vain. β
Darry's fists clenched, his eyes almost bursting into flames.
"This must be a good thing done by Prime Minister Dritter, the action is really fast enough, I haven't handed over the account yet, he has already made the first move. Okay, okay! This is a lesson for me, Drit, what a chancellor!"
Successfully handed over the mission to Emperor Shengqi, but as Darui expected, due to the inexplicable suicides of the high-ranking officials of the Qianliang Academy, the significance of this audit was much lighter. Only some innocuous minor roles were arrested, and it did not affect the prime minister's gang at all.
However, compared to Darui's depression, Emperor Shengqi was quite happy, not only promoted Darui's noble title from a first-class viscount to a second-class earl on the spot, but also gave him a luxurious mansion. Later, Darui learned from the grapevine that this mansion was the dead ghost Willamke's, and the Holy Emperor would really borrow flowers to offer Buddha.
Although there is no group of prime ministers, for Emperor Shengqi, it is a considerable benefit to be able to recover the power of the Qianliang Academy, and at the same time confiscate the property of those corrupt officials and not get a lot of wealth. From this point of view, perhaps Emperor Shengqi never thought of using this matter to bring down the prime minister from the beginning, after all, the strength is there, if he could bring down the prime minister as long as he had a handle, Dritter would have been dismantled a long time ago.
After sending someone to take over the Qianliang Academy, Emperor Shengqi came to the Imperial Garden in a good mood and enjoyed the flowers and drank with several concubines. Just then, Princess Langlier came running.
"Father, I heard that Dary Gaia has already checked the accounts of the Money and Grain Academy, what benefits have you rewarded him?"
"Oh, when did our naughty princess take care of other people's affairs? I remember that you weren't interested in government affairs before, don't you ...... Dary Gaia" The expression on the face of the Holy Emperor was like that of an old fox, and he looked at Langlir with a smile.
Langlier's face flushed, and he didn't follow: "Father, people are just asking, and they don't mean anything else." I'm nothing to do with Dary Gaia, don't talk nonsense. β
"Oh, nothing, if it's nothing, why are you blushing?"
"I ...... Aren't people happy for you? After taking back the power of the Qianliangyuan and raiding a few greedy homes, the treasury finally has some money to spare. β
As soon as these words came out, it was the turn of Emperor Shengqi to be embarrassed. In recent years, as the Bess's antipathy has become more and more obvious, they have embezzled more and more money. In addition, the war with the orcs consumes a lot, so there is not much money in the treasury, and if it continues like this, the Holy Heaven Empire will be smashing the pot and selling iron.
At this time, he took back the control of the Qianliang Institute and got a lot of money by raiding his house, which can really be said to be a long drought and nectar, which solved the urgent need.
"Ahem...... In short, Darui did a good job this time, and he can think of a strategy of using the trick of corrupt criminals to check the accounts and fight poison with poison, this kid is very smart. The empire has a young man like him, and I feel a lot more relieved. Besides, Dary's kid is okay, Langlier, do you think about it again. The most important thing for a man is strength and brain, and whether he is handsome or not is not the most important thing. β
"Father, why did you get involved in that kind of thing again. People are still underage, so don't think about that kind of thing for the time being. β
"Okay, okay, I don't think about it for now, but I heard that Dary already has a fiancΓ©e, if you don't hurry up, there will be no chance when he becomes an adult. β
Hearing this, a trace of firmness suddenly flashed in Langlier's eyes, and the white jade hand tightened, and the momentum on his body immediately changed. What kind of person is Emperor Shengqi, he has read countless people, although those eyes are not fiery eyes, they are not much different. Langlier's little girl's mind could not be hidden from him, and nodded secretly, obviously quite optimistic about the relationship between Langlier and Dary Gaia.
"By the way, this time Da Ruili has done a great job, and I only rewarded him with a second-class earl, which seems to be a little less, huh...... I don't think it's better to raise the number of personnel in his garrison regiment to 1,000 people, the same as the internal guard of the forbidden army. That way he'll have more room to grow, what do you think, Langlier?"
"Okay, okay, Darigaia's means of leading troops are very superb, I think it won't be long before I can train those thousand people into elite soldiers, and then I will be more sure to deal with the Beth family. β
"Oh, you have so much faith in him, how about you to answer this decree?"
"No problem, I just have something to look for him, then my father will go now, you can enjoy the flowers." After saying that, Langlier ran away in a hurry, and the Holy Emperor shook his head with a smile.
"This girl is still so reckless, if she doesn't change her family, she will marry someone else, hehehehe......"