After the former director of the Directorate of Taxation was transferred to the Discipline and Protection Committee, Earl Carter, who was very close to the Capoff family, assumed the post of director of the General Administration of Taxation, which was definitely the pinnacle of his life. Everyone knows that the most important department in the empire is the General Administration of Taxation, because this department tightly holds the royal family's money bags. If he is not happy, he can report less, and the normal consumption of the royal family in the coming year will have to be tightened. If the royal family makes him happy, he can also relax a little and give the royal family a fat year.

This position has always been held by the core members of the royalists, and no matter what political storm or any dirty political dealing, this position is a "non-trading good". This time the Capofield family got this position for him, and he must return it back, so the fiefdom of the Capofield family is exempt from taxes this year, and will also be exempt from taxes next year.

Originally, the correct way to use this kind of thing was to apply for it by the prime minister and the emperor to approve it, so that the chief of the State Administration of Taxation could reduce or exempt the tax of a certain area for a certain period of time in the form of a written document. However, Carter felt that he really undercharged taxes in one place, and reported more taxes in other places, and Wren might not be able to know. Even if he knew, Carter still had the support of the Cabo Fields family behind him, and Wren, who had just ascended the throne, might not have a conflict with the Cabo Fields family for such a small matter.

This money is actually not much, especially after Wren is permanently exempted from the population tax, the only thing that can be extracted is the commercial tax, which is about 8,000 gold coins, which is not an astronomical amount of wealth. It doesn't matter how big or small the money is, the key is his attitude, and this political reward is the most important.

After successfully becoming the head of the State Administration of Taxation, Carter's life has also changed dramatically, the most important thing is that he has more money in his hands and more connections, which makes him fall asleep with a smile and wake up with a smile every day.

"The lord of Mondell has sent you a lot of things, hoping to treat you to a meal. Carter's wife scooped the corn chowder into the deep-bottomed plate in front of Carter and said casually. There have been quite a few nobles like this recently, and each nobleman has sold as little as two or three hundred gold coins, and as many as thousands of gold coins. The most exaggerated thing is that the city lord of Alexandria took out five thousand gold coins in one go, hoping that Carter could make a little move and wipe out some of Alexandria's taxes this year.

For the changes in these people, Carter is actually very clear that His Majesty Wren wants to reform the system next year, and many of the old systems will be destroyed and replaced by new systems. Among them, the most far-reaching is the planning of fiefdoms and cities. The nobility would no longer own fiefs and fiefdoms, which meant that they would no longer be able to withhold large sums of money from local taxes. The summary at the end of this year will be their last chance to make money, so all the nobles are working hard to make a lot of money.

begged and begged, and finally begged for Carter's door, he didn't let go, and the deputy chief below and the specific people didn't dare to mess around, so he was the key person.

Carter pursed his lips absently, "How many things can Mendel send over there?" It's nothing more than three or five hundred gold coins, not necessarily all cash, probably all kinds of things. He picked up a spoon and scooped a spoonful of corn soup into his mouth, raising his eyebrows, "The entire emperor can make corn soup that meets my taste, and you are the only one, dear." ”

Unlike the corn bisque that others make, Carter's wife makes it with some red wine, plenty of cheese and a dash of wild grass leaves called bittersweet. After burning, the rich aroma makes people's mouths full of saliva in an instant, and the mellow and rich taste is really impossible to refuse, it is a happy taste!

His wife smiled and sat down across from him, "Although I like to hear these words very much!", she also scooped a spoonful and tasted it, and nodded with satisfaction, "I heard that His Majesty Wren and His Majesty Pars have different personalities, will you do this, will it cause His Majesty Wren to be unhappy?"

Carter shook his head, put down the spoon, picked up the napkin and wiped his lips, "You don't understand. ”

"No matter how the system of the empire changes, there are some things that will not change, such as the General Administration of Taxation. In the new political system, the State Administration of Taxation is still the most important department of the empire, and His Majesty also knows very well that he has strongly promoted this reform, so it is necessary to leave enough room for everyone's interests, otherwise something not very good will break out. ”

"Do you think Your Majesty doesn't know what those guys are doing? Look at the guy in front of you, he went to the newly formed Discipline and Security Committee, he has been working for so long, has he achieved any results?", as he spoke, Carter's excitement came up, and he stopped eating, and explained to his wife vigorously. Don't shake your head, in fact, there has been a lot of success, and the local nobles have begun to plunder the wealth, almost undisguisedly, but why has it not been heard of the Discipline and Protection Committee doing anything to this day?"

"It's not that I didn't do it, but I did it, but Your Majesty held it down. If he takes away the power of the nobles, he must compensate these nobles, and the compensation is this year's taxes. Even if I only report one gold coin at the end of the year, Your Majesty will not have any opinion, this is a compromise, it is a transaction. I took your stuff, you took my stuff, and everyone evened it out. ”

"They're going to find a way to get the money away anyway, so why don't you let me get some of the benefits out of it too?"

His wife kept nodding her head, but the expression on her face seemed a little uneasy.

Acquiescence meant that there was no evidence that His Majesty agreed with him and their ideas, and they might be out of luck if Wren turned his back. It's just that Carter's wife knows that even if she says something, Carter won't take it, and instead of adding to his troubles, it's better to keep her mouth shut.

"By the way, help me pick out some beautiful and expensive things, and put three more boxes of gold coins, and I'll have them useful tomorrow. Without waiting for his wife to ask, he explained to himself, "I heard that Spielco guy is a little short of money, and as his friend, I need to help him." ”

It's just that Carter doesn't know that Spike doesn't need him anymore because he will never need money and will never be able to use it anymore.

After the guards outside the villa were subdued, the greyhounds broke into the villa, and Spike at first thought that the handler had arrived, and his heart had just been put down. Before he could turn around, he just stood up when he was kicked in the back and fell to the ground in embarrassment. The two greyhounds twisted his arms behind him with a frosty face and pulled them up hard.

Spike screamed miserably, he struggled frantically, but how could his little arms and legs break free from the hands of these field greyhounds?

"Do you know who I am?" Do you know who I am!", his face was hideous, twisting his body to look at the field staff who came over to the side, with a violent and fierce look, his eyes glared at the boss, "I am the next patriarch of the Capofield family, you dare to arrest me? You are dead, no one can protect you!", he jumped and jumped, faintly felt that the strength of the two people around him to grasp him had weakened by three points, he was overjoyed, and at this time, he calmed down.

He has always been a calm and rational person, and if it weren't for the fact that the impact on him here was too great, making him mentally unbalanced, he would not have become irrational. But feeling that his surname and identity played a key role, the hesitation and anxiety in his heart eased a lot, and he calmed down in an instant.

He realized that he might have been cheated. He stopped struggling, didn't say those threatening words, and the expression on his face gradually converged and became indifferent. He took a deep breath, looked at the person in front of him who was looking at him with his head bowed slightly, and said in a low voice: "I don't know what happened here, I was knocked unconscious, and when I woke up, I saw everything here, I didn't know what was going on, I was framed." He knows very well that if he is entangled in his identity, it can only be counterproductive.

At this time, it is far more effective to take a personal stance than to put on a family position. It wouldn't do any good to drag the family into the water, but if the matter is only for you, the family can still pull itself in if necessary. He was extremely ashamed of his previous dizziness, and at the same time warned himself that if he couldn't solve the problem by himself, he would take it himself.

It is nothing more than the death of three civilian girls, and with the status and status of a golden nobleman, he does not need to bear many consequences for this at all.

The leader of the Greyhound sneered twice, stretched out his calloused rough hand and patted Spielko's delicate little face, "Golden nobleman?, Kapuffel?", he shook his head as he spoke, "It seems that you don't know what you have done." He didn't bother to talk nonsense with Spielco, and waved his hand, "Everyone take it away, let people come here to deal with it." ”

When Spielco turned obediently, he didn't see the crazy smile on the group leader's face behind him.

That's a kind of ...... The smile that I have been looking forward to for a long time is hideous and crazy.

Soon, Spike of the Capofield family was arrested by the Imperial Security Department for torturing and killing three young girls, and the atmosphere in the entire imperial capital became a little weird for the first time. The civilians marched to the Jinhuan District in anger and began a huge march in the Jinhuan District. Others, people of status, feel that there must be something wrong with this. Just like Spike himself thought, even if the golden nobleman killed three young girls, so what?

Compared to the crowd outside the Golden Ring District, there was an eerily calm atmosphere in the Golden Ring District, and everyone was waiting, waiting for the first person to stand up and use it to unravel the fog.

But before that, Spielco's life was not easy.

"You said you were sent to that villa after being knocked unconscious?" asked the interrogator his own question. Beside him, there were the leaders of the Ministry of Security, as well as Raynes' butler Funkos, and even the elders of the Capofield family's Spielco.

Spike nodded, "Yes, I don't know what's going on, as soon as I woke up, I was in that villa." ”

The expert nodded in satisfaction, and he continued, "What did you do when you woke up?"

"I didn't do anything, my head hurts, my mind goes blank, and then your guys show up!"

The expert asked, "So that bloody pair of pants in the bathroom, is it yours? Have you ever been to the bathroom?"

"I never left the couch at all, and those pants weren't mine!"

The expert then wrote and drew in the notebook on the table for a while, and then asked a question that was difficult for Spike to answer, "You may not have noticed, after our investigators searched, your footprints were found in the bathroom and in the hall, how do you explain this?", Spielko's eyes flashed, he forgot that there was still this matter, and before he could find a reason, the expert continued to ask: " Your guards say you're escorted by them, but you say you've fainted and woken up in the villa. You say you woke up and didn't do anything, but the truth is that not only did you take off your blood-stained pants, but you also took a shower and changed into a clean set of clothes. ”

"Evidence doesn't lie, so you're lying, Mr. Spielco, what are you hiding?"

"Maybe you don't know very well, in the Imperial Security Department, there is an archive room, which also has information about you. In the information I found that you have a very serious tendency to abuse and masochism, and some people have testified to this. ”

"Let me make a simple guess, you may have managed to get three teenage girls through some means, and then in the middle of the abusive game, you got out of control because of something and killed the first girl. The instantaneous thrill of killing may have sparked pleasure that you hadn't experienced before, so you tortured and killed two other girls. Because the stimulation is beyond your limit, you end up fainting too. ”

"You didn't realize what you had done until you woke up, am I right?"

Spielko actually nodded, but what he said was completely different from what he said, "This is slander, this is a frame-up! I suspect that my guards and some people I don't know have joined forces to frame me, and their testimony cannot be used as a legitimate and reasonable basis." As for my personal privacy, it is my fetish, and it doesn't mean that because I have these fetishes, I will necessarily hurt anyone!"

"As for what I said does not match what you think is evidence, it is also a normal thing. I woke up a little confused, I couldn't be sure what I did and didn't do, and the evidence didn't prove that I left it, or that someone else left it for me while I was unconscious. If there is no stronger direct evidence that I killed the three girls, please don't waste each other's time again. ”

The expert shook his head with a smile, closed the notebook on the table, he looked at the young man with a smile, and sighed, "You may not know that those three girls are not commoners at all, but nobles!"