The town office is an old house, as early as more than fifty years ago, when the town was still called Toby Village, the Scarlet Saber Mercenary Regiment was once stationed here, and the stone building was their headquarters, this group of cruel guys specialized in capturing dwarf rune masters and goblin wizards, and then sent them to the big city to sell them for a good price, in order to prevent retaliation, the headquarters was extremely strong, especially the regiment leader's room, and the seventh-level magister could not be easily broken.

As soon as the sun rose, Brian sat in the hall of the town hall and began to issue orders, and the security officers who had taken a short break for a few hours were also energetically waiting for his arrangement.

"Tax Administrator Adra, have you finished counting your accounts, and how much money is in the town now?" asked Brian with a solemn expression.

"Report to the mayor of the town, a total of fifty-four gold solon, plus a little loose money. Adela was called up in the middle of the night and made an account for several hours, "so far there are no shops in the town that owe taxes, but the town office still owes five sums of money, a total of seventeen gold and three silver coins. ”

"This scraping Quiller, that is, we only have more than thirty gold saurons?" Brian was a little angry, "In this way, you go to my small courtyard first, take Sarina over, arrange to live here, and then pay off all the debts owed, and the rest of the money will be borrowed temporarily from the town office, and all the public servants will not pay for work for the time being, and the town will first owe each one a month on credit, and those who are in difficulty will come to me for a private chat afterwards." ”

"Okay, I'll do it right away. After Adela finished speaking, he immediately pulled his legs and left.

"Don't worry, I need more money, not only from Sarina, but from every shop and lumberyard, you go and tell them, pay a month's worth of taxes in advance, and then take Godwin, go to the lumberyard, bring Roy here, I have something to discuss with him. Can you do that?"

Adela raised an eyebrow and said, "If I do it in two days, will you be able to let me join the Outlaw Squad?"

Brian was taken aback, no one else could hide, there were still those who were not afraid of things, and smiled: "I promise you, after two days, you will be a member of the outlaw squad." ”

"Well, please remember, Adela is not a small accountant in Anfen, but a hot-blooded young man who fears that the world will not be chaotic!"

"I remembered, enthusiastic youth. Brian turned to his head and asked, "Morley, is the autopsy report of the deceased ready?"

"It's done. Morley, the town's only healer and forensic doctor, handed Brian a paper bag.

"Very good, I'll see later, you go to a few townspeople at once, bury the bishop and all the guards, the ceremony can be brief, but the process can't be hasty, get me a better coffin, you can think about the cost, come back as soon as you're done." ”

"Yes, Mr. Mayor. The forensic doctor of nearly fifty years had admiration in his eyes, he had never seen a young man who could be so calm and methodical after encountering such a big matter.

"Gaunt, Rossetti, the daily security of Toby Town must be maintained, and the lives of the townspeople must continue, and the two of you will be in charge of this work from today onwards. Remember, now that the slave trade has been abolished, it can't be allowed to revivenation, and Toby doesn't need a bloody business to get rich. ”

"If there are still people running to trade slaves, what should we do?" asked Gaunt.

"Bring him over and talk to me first, and then get out if you can't talk about it. "Get the carpenters in town, set up watchtowers and alarm bells at the three exits, and let everyone know if there's an emergency." ”

"Yes...... But there were only two of us. Gaunt said with some embarrassment.

"I'll add another six to your establishment, you can figure out your own way, if we are still alive next month, we will pay them wages, and this month we will pay them living expenses, and the expenses you need, you plan to report to me. After Brian finished dealing with one thing, he immediately began to arrange the next one, "Emma, Julian, you two will conduct a thorough investigation of the town, and you will not let go of all places, including my residence, all the townspeople who have not been registered, as well as suspicious strangers, all of them will be brought to the town office for interrogation and registration, if you encounter resistance, don't force yourself, just come back and report." ”

"Okay, let's get busy, every day after dinner, come to the town office to meet. Brian waved his hand, rubbed his twitching head again, and continued, "Watt, you three follow me and start investigating the cause of Archbishop Alcott's death, starting from his residence, who can tell me who first found the dead?"

"It's a golder named Smith. Watt replied.

"Call him at once, wait here, and I'll go see Master Quiller first. ”

Quiller lived upstairs in the town hall, Brian knocked on the door, and Quiller's eldest lady opened the door a crack, and saw that it was Brian, and opened the door a little wider, and the woman's complexion was very bad, and her haggard face was streaked with tears, and she said sadly: "Mr. Sheriff, the mayor of the town is sick and can't stand the interruption." ”

"I know. Brian entered the house unceremoniously, and the woman had to make way for him, forgetting to entertain the guests. "But if your family still wants to live, now I must speak to him again, five minutes, ma'am. ”

Brian walked to Queller's bedside, looked at the man who was crushed by the bad news, and couldn't help but feel some sympathy, and said, "I'm sorry Mayor Mayor, but without your consent, I have begun to act as mayor, and I will inform you now." ”

Quiller opened his red and swollen eyes slightly, and snorted, not knowing what it meant.

Brian only assumed that he agreed, in fact, whether he agreed or not, according to the imperial public service system, when the higher officials could not perform their duties normally, the lower officials could temporarily exercise their powers, and everything itself was legal. "Sir, you must try to remember, did Lord Alcott have any other arrangements or requests yesterday than to sleep?"

"His ...... He's got his old fault. Quiller coughed twice and replied in a low voice like a mosquito.

"What's the old problem?" Brian leaned closer to Queller's mouth.

"He said he was looking for a virgin. ”

"Did you arrange it for him?"

"Toby Town...... There are no virgins in Toby Town. Quiller said with difficulty.

"Is that unplanned?" Brian asked, but Quiller seemed unconscious, never replying again.

"I wish your husband a speedy recovery. Brian had no choice but to bless the woman, exit the room, and go downstairs. In the westernmost part of the building, there is a special room, which is the living room of the head of the Scarlet Saber Mercenary Regiment, which has been thickened and treated with anti-magic materials, as well as a dark room and a secret passage, so Quiller arranged for the archbishop to live in it.

"What did you find?" Brian asked Watt.

"The room was neat, there was no sign of fighting, the windows and doors, there was no sign of damage, and there was not a single trace of blood in the whole room, including the secret room. ”

Brian flipped through the autopsy report and buried his head in his head, "It's all recorded here, as you said, are there any new discoveries?"

"Not yet. Watt said.

Brian suddenly looked up and asked, "Watt, are there any virgins in the town?" ”

Watt was stunned by the question, thought for a while, and said, "Yes, at least under the age of fifteen, it should be." ”

"Jonathan, go to the homes of those who have young daughters and ask whose daughters they went out or were forcibly taken away last night. ”

"Yes, sir. Jonathan saluted without hesitation and went on a mission.