This was probably the busiest night Thomas had ever spent since joining the Guard, the Captain of the Guard hadn't closed his eyes all night, the Guard had just caught a group of heretics in the city, and a house on the side of the garrison had been set on fire, and the fire was finally extinguished after two spells, and then as expected by the Captain of the Guard, corpses were found inside, and this time there were fifteen of them, and the corpses were all burned beyond recognition,?? ．

This number made Thomas's heart tremble, more than fifteen murders had not been seen in the city of Gudris for nearly a decade, and that was not all, as the sun rose before the captain of the guard received an urgent report that six unidentified bodies had been found in a small coastal park, and like those in the fire, they had all been charred.

The city council also held a special meeting early in the morning and ordered the Second Guard to investigate the two murders, and the captain of the guard was under great pressure, and the guard issued an urgent notice, but after two days, no residents came to report the crimes, as if no one was missing in the city at all.

Dimon put a copy of the findings on Thomas's desk, "There is still no progress on Gagarin's side, and the old fox has always refused to cooperate with us, insisting that he does not know anything, but only complains that the food in the house is not good, and according to the rules, if we can't find his relationship with these two things, we can only let him go by tonight at the latest." ”

The captain of the guard was not surprised by this result, in fact he suspected that the old magician knew no more than the guards, after all, he had been knocked unconscious and thrown into the backyard of a nearby house, which meant that the man who did it did not want him to know what had happened afterward.

"In addition, like last time, the small building that caught fire was more seriously damaged, and there were almost no useful clues at the scene, and it was suspected that the same person was the same person who set the fire, oh yes, the owner of the house was an alcoholic and owed Gagarin money, but there was no direct relationship to prove that the small building was related to Gagarin, but on the side of the park, judging from the fabric left on one of the corpses, it seems to be the craft of the Lionheart Empire, and this group of people is likely to come from the north. The vice-captain paused, "And the style of the clothes looks like an aristocratic style." ”

Thomas was not surprised, he had analyzed that since this group of people could evade the search of the guards in the city, it would definitely be impossible without the help of local forces, and the nobles, especially some big nobles, were often inextricably linked, and in some important places they would also support some local small nobles as puppets.

But then things became more complicated, the gang had traveled thousands of miles to Gudris, and they had deliberately concealed their identities, which was obviously hiding some secret, and they died near Gagarin's house, and the captain of the guard felt the pressure again.

And at this moment, the door of his office was suddenly pushed open by a handful of people, and a man who looked like a butler ignored the obstruction of the people next to him, walked straight in, nodded at the two people in the room, and then looked up at the captain of the guard, and said lightly, "Captain Thomas, Count Nathan is invited." ”

The other party's tone was quite polite, but he said this sentence in an unquestionable tone, obviously the butler did not give the captain of the guard a chance to refuse, in fact, he also knew that the other party could not refuse.

Because there are not many people in this city who dare to refuse Count Nathan.

After two magic hours, Thomas returned to the garrison, his face was very gloomy, and Dimon greeted him, "Captain, I found another clue, Gagarin had contacted another group of people through a group of underground forces not long ago......"

However, he didn't expect Thomas to wave his hand and directly interrupt him, "This case is over, don't investigate it again in the future." ”

"Why?" Damon was stunned when he heard this, suspecting that something was wrong with his ears, "Captain, you also said before, the nature of this case is very bad, and the murderer has not been caught in several attempts...... In that case, how can we give an account to the people of Guderis?"

"Confess...... Naturally, there are people from above, and all we have to do is stop all future investigations and focus on other cases. Thomas looked more tired than ever.

Dimon was still a little resentful, "Is this the meaning of the Council or the meaning of Earl Nathan himself?"

Thomas frowned, "Forget it this time, don't say this kind of thing again in the future, whether it's the meaning of the council or the will of Count Nathan, it's not something we can disobey, I know what you're thinking, but justice is not always present, not to mention that this time it's a matter between nobles, it's not something we can interfere with, at least no residents in Gudris City have been injured because of this, so I can accept this result, and this matter will end here." ”

Dimon was silent for a long time, and then suddenly spoke, "Is it because of that anonymous letter?"

"Huh?" Thomas was about to leave, when he stopped again.

"At your request, Captain, I reported the matter of the anonymous letter to the City Council, which has recently begun to investigate the matter, but this morning I heard that the Council has disbanded the investigation team. ”

"So what do you want to say, to suspect that Count Nathan and I are making some deal in private?" Thomas turned and said calmly.

"No, I believe Captain, I'm just worried that Captain, you're being coerced by those shameless magnates. Damon's tone was a little agitated.

"The group was disbanded because the investigation of me was over, and the City Council decided that I was no longer fit to serve as captain, but in view of my contributions over the years, the City Council decided to confer on me the title of Honorary Nobleman, and at the same time transferred me to the port to assist Baron Ismail in the administration of taxes, but since there is currently no suitable person to take my place, the appointment can only be postponed, and it seems that I will have to stay in the garrison for a while, well, I have told you the truth you want to know, and if there is nothing to do, go back to work." 。 ”。

Damon's expression was a little embarrassed, "Captain, I didn't mean to doubt you......"

Thomas finally waved his hand, signaling that he didn't need to say more, but after thinking about it, he added, " Do you know why I found you in the first place, it is because of some qualities in you that I admire very much, especially your insistence on justice and truth, this quality is becoming more and more rare in this city now, but now I don't know whether my choice is right or wrong, if you continue like this, your sense of justice will kill you one day sooner or later, if you want to sit in this position, it is not enough to have a sense of justice, you also need to learn to compromise and sacrifice first. ”