Chapter 40: The Great Harvest Empire
Lin Lei looked at the tall man, took out the cyan jade card and shook it, and said indifferently: "I am a student of Noah's Academy, and I was attacked by these assassins, so I killed them, and next, I will trouble you to collect the corpses, and by the way, see if there is anything that can prove your identity, and if so, give it to me." β
I remember in the previous world, Lin Lei heard a sentence that said that people have to experience a broken love before they can really grow up, so what about killing? Is it that after killing someone, will they become bold?
Anyway, Lin Lei faintly felt that he was a little different from the original.
Lin Lei's attitude was cold and calm, completely in the tone of a superior commanding his subordinates, coupled with his status as a Noah student, although he was in tatters, he did not dare to act rashly.
The people of Noah Academy are originally privileged in this Noah City, and even if they commit something, the urban management system has no right to directly deal with them. Most of the misdemeanors are released after saying two words of faΓ§ade, and the most serious crimes can only be brought back first, and the good students have to wait, and then report to the academy, and wait for the representatives of the academy to come and confirm the crime together, before they can be punished according to the imperial precepts.
These lei are clear.
Noah City is not within the scope of any aristocratic territory, but the students accepted by Noah Academy for many years are basically from noble backgrounds, and the people in Noah City are used to equating Noah's students with nobles, and after a long time, Noah's students, whether they are from noble backgrounds or not, can actually enjoy aristocratic treatment.
The Empire's control over the aristocratic territories was extremely strict militarily.
The aristocracy can appoint their own people to serve as administrative officials at will, but the army responsible for the management of public security, from officers to ordinary soldiers, must be directly appointed by the imperial military department, and the only thing the nobles need to do is to pay the military expenses according to the unified standard, that is, the armed forces under the nobility, the nobles not only cannot control it, but also must obediently pay money to live and raise.
This is a big iron rod hanging over the heads of all the nobles in the empire, and as a strategy to appease, it is to completely decentralize power administratively, unless it is a major event related to the fortune of the empire or the political situation, otherwise, the nobles can be regarded as uncrowned kings in their own territory, and everything is decided by themselves.
Nominally, all the nobles in the domain, including the nobles themselves, were required to obey the basic laws of the Empire, but if a person with a title of nobility violated the law, the local magistrate had no right to deal with it directly, and the Ministry of Justice could only deal with the prisoner in accordance with the imperial decree with the consent of his family.
That is, if the nobles commit crimes, if their families do not agree to dispose of it, then there is no need to dispose of it.
This is obviously to connive at the nobles in their own territory, but as long as they can afford to pay the taxes stipulated by the empire, they will not ask how they want to toss the empire in their own territory, anyway, if the people are miserable, the following people move to other nobles to live, it is also completely in line with the laws of the empire, and no one can collect taxes at that time, you are willing to take out your old bottom and pay taxes to Wilhelm the Great.
What should I do if I can't pay it? If I can't pay it, I will take your noble territory, and I will receive as much as I want.
Therefore, even if Lin Lei has violated the laws of the empire, as long as he wears the signboard of Noah's students, he really doesn't have to be afraid of these chengguans, but after all, he killed someone, and it is inevitable to go with the chengguan.
Seeing Lin Lei's jade plate, the tall captain knew that it was no longer his turn to have the final say in today's matter, and when he was about to take Lin Lei away, an indifferent and irresistible voice came from behind him.
"You don't have to worry about his business, just dispose of the body in a while, and do what else you need to do, go ahead." β
Lin Lei followed the prestige, but Tinas didn't know when he came.
Tinas was leaning over to look at the killer's corpse on the ground, and with a casual lift of her left hand towards the tall man, she revealed a golden medallion slightly smaller than her palm, shook it and put it away.
The tall man's face changed suddenly, and he gave Tinas a big salute and instructed the other chengguan to clean up the collapsed magic shop, while he stepped aside and stood solemnly, as if waiting for Tinas to send him.
Tinas flipped the charred corpse with her foot again, and walked towards Lin Lei.
"Vivien was captured, it was the Rat Mercenary Regiment who did it, and someone wanted to kill me. β
Lin Lei looked at Tinas who walked in front of him, and said softly with an expressionless face.
"I know, I'm here a long time ago, after your sound transmission stone was broken, I knew something happened to you......" Tinas tilted her head, looked Lin Lei up and down, as if she was re-examining, and said softly after half a sound: "However, I saw that you played very well, so I didn't make a move, but I didn't expect you to kill someone, and now the clue is broken." β
"Can't you find out where the Rat Mercenary Group is?" Lin Lei asked indifferently.
"You seem to have changed a lot. Tinas didn't answer the question, but looked at Lin Lei carefully.
Lin Lei was not in the mood to answer boring questions, but just looked at Tinas fixedly. After Vivian's accident, Lin Lei seemed to be cold to everything all of a sudden.
"The Rat Mercenary Group, specializing in all kinds of assassination missions, is also a bit famous, so easy to find, it won't be alive now. Tinas frowned, as if she had found it difficult.
"Is it possible if I pay another mercenary group to help me find someone?"
Lin Lei knew that in the mercenary mission guild, as long as he could afford the money, he could find someone to do any task.
In every large-scale city, it is easy to find the office of the mission guild, and Noah City is no exception, although he is not a rich man, and he has not yet received the 500,000 gold coins to win Arobes, but the reward does not have to pay the full bounty immediately.
For Lin Lei at this moment, as long as Vivian can come back safely, let alone 500,000 gold coins, he is willing to give one more zero.
"It's not impossible, but you can't afford it right now. The main thing is that we want Vivien to come back safely, and if you spend a lot of money to reward them and push them into a hurry, you can only get Vivien's corpse at most. β
Lin Lei actually thought about these things while sitting here just now, but he still had a glimmer of hope in his heart.
After Tinas finished speaking, she began to look at Lin Lei in silence again, as if she was thinking about something.
"Then you go, I'll look for it myself until I kill them all. Lin Lei's face was indifferent, and his voice was like a cold wind in the ice crevice.
Tinasi's words completely destroyed the little hope in Lin Lei's heart, although that little bit of hope was mostly just an extravagant hope. Lin Lei can only think that Vivien is dead, and now and in the future, the only thing he wants to do is to kill the Rat Mercenary Group, find the mastermind behind it, and then ...... Kill it, no matter how much time it takes, how much it costs, Lin Lei will do it.
"It's completely useless for you to do this, and in my judgment, there's a good chance that something hasn't happened to Vivien.
There are more than two months, which is the time for the Dahe Empire in the south to choose a service for their Holy Son. The Dahe Empire has just released the words, this time the Holy Servant is selected, regardless of the country race, as long as they can be chosen by their Holy Son, they can get a bounty of one million, those perverts of the Dahe Empire, even the idea of the Sky Elf dare to fight.
The Rat Mercenary Group already has the smuggling channels of the Dahe Empire, and Vivian's appearance and age also meet the requirements, if the Rat people are not at odds with the gold coins, they will definitely smuggle her to Dahe to try their luck, if we find the Rat Mercenary Group in time, we can still save Vivian intact before then. β
"What?" Lin Lei jumped up excitedly: "What are you talking about? I didn't understand. β
Although Lin Lei didn't understand what Tinas said about the Great He Holy Son or anything like that, Vivian still had hope of being rescued intact, but this sentence was clearly understood.
"Hey, I don't understand anything, it's really hard to talk to you. Tinas pouted a little impatiently: "The Holy Son is the heir of the Dahe Empire, and when the selection of the servant is to determine the heir, by the way, he has selected all twelve of his concubines, and the requirements must be beautiful women of the same age as the Holy Son, of course, the body must be pure, find one hundred and eighty, the more the better, and then choose 12 for the Holy Son himself, it just so happens that Vivian's conditions are more in line with the ...... Got it?"