Chapter 9: Undercurrents
Late at night, Brian still didn't sleep, for a long time he had maintained the habit of meditating, or meditating quietly, but tonight, his eyes were open, as if waiting for something.
There was no sound of alarm, and a person suddenly stood in front of the viscount, he was in a completely stealthy form, and no trace was found by anyone except for a red humanoid figure that could be seen by Brian after the reinforcement of the retina.
Throughout Toby Town, metal nets were arranged at key locations, and Byrne also set up some warning magic arrays, which did not stump Marion, and Brian felt very satisfied.
"As the vice president of the Undercurrent Assassins' Guild, I entered the Viscount's Mansion without a word, and my guards are nothing but nothing to you. Brian praised.
"Come on, if you hadn't told me the location of those metal nets, I might have been arrested. "The nets are a great way to keep Assassins at bay. ”
"What's new late?" asked Brian. In fact, he had already contacted a disbanded Assassin Guild in Sacred Heart City through the Bounty Hall, and took several important figures in it for his own use, and established his own intelligence agency before conquering the barbarians. No one else knew about these things, Bessimer reminded him just now, Brian thought about it when Uncle Shadow was training assassins, but he couldn't tell Old Bay, so he had to deal with it verbally.
As long as Brian is in the Viscount's Palace, Marion will come to report the secret news of the Undercurrent Guild's investigation and the results of their surveillance.
"Let's talk about the past few days when you have been in a coma, in general, although the people's hearts are uneasy, there is hardly much movement, and most of them are loyal to you. Marion said, "Especially in Toby Town, the Chamber of Commerce, the army, and the Sheriff's Department are still performing their duties, and the head of the White Feather Escort Regiment, Gallaher, has issued the most stringent military orders to ensure the stability of the army, and at the same time, he has also sent people to closely monitor the Maple Leaf Escort Regiment, worried that they will make small moves." ”
"An old friend is an old friend, very reliable. Brian sighed.
"But Mr. Wollaston, the mayor of the town, has made another old mistake and made a small calculation in advance. He was worried that you wouldn't wake up, and then the forces of the fiefdom would fall apart, and he had no military power in his hands, so he naturally couldn't get others by robbing resources, so he wanted to make some money from the Chamber of Commerce and continue to be a rich businessman. However, Miss Sarina did not agree to any of his suggestions, and beat him with a broom. ”
"yes,. Brian couldn't help but laugh.
"Maple Leaf Town is actually very stable, after all, you haven't been in a coma for too long, and people can't figure out whether you will wake up or not, and they are all in a wait-and-see state. Marion said, "The army is not chaotic, and others dare not make trouble, the adjutant of the Maple Leaf Guardian Regiment, Fuller and Luke, are both Miss Lillian's apprentices, and the other officers are apprentices of apprentices, with Miss Lillian, naturally they will not do anything wrong." ”
"There's not a trace of abnormality?" Brian didn't quite believe it, and people's hearts were still unpredictable.
"There is only one person, that is, Captain Wilde, he feels that after Fuller and Luke became deputy commanders, they have set him up in the air, and this matter was deliberately arranged by you, so he has been dissatisfied, and after learning that you are unconscious, he secretly made an appointment with the officers of Ponny City. ”
"What, do you want to have a good match?" Brian frowned.
"Yes, these people do have this plan, after the last time the city lord of Finn was deceived by you, he wanted to find an opportunity to take revenge, he knew that the new emperor was ready to dispose of you, and the Marquis of Isaac was slow to act, so he felt that the time for meritorious service had come. However, as you know, the army in Ponny City is completely undisciplined and combative, and it took four days to assemble and prepare for logistics, and before you left the city, you learned that you had woken up, so you had to abandon the operation again. ”
"When I wake up, they can come and fight. Brian pursed his lips, his words tinging with contempt.
"Oh, my lord, who would dare to fight when you are awake?" said Marion, "Wilde knows your true strength and relationship with the dwarves, and when he saw that things were not good, he didn't even want the position of the head of the regiment, and was ready to flee to Penny City." ”
"And then?" said Brian, realizing something, staring at the reddish figure.
"And then I killed them. Marion said, "I made my decision on my own initiative, and Wilde's betrayal, coupled with what he knew, I don't think you want him alive." ”
"Alas, as I said, the Undercurrent Assassins' Guild is only responsible for intelligence work, not assassination. Brian shook his head.
Marion was silent.
"But this Wilde really deserves to be killed, don't make an example, I guess I won't faint again. Brian stood up, took out five diamonds from the cabinet, and handed them to Marion, "Try not to use killing methods to solve problems, sometimes killing people is more troublesome, you go first." ”
Brian has the intention of cultivating Wilde, although he knows that this is incompetent, but after all, he is an old officer of the Maple Town army and has a certain influence, originally thought that with the help of everyone, Wilde would improve, but who knew that he chose an extreme path.
Everyone has shortcomings, Brian doesn't want himself, can't tolerate other people's faults, such as Wollaston, although he has always been greedy and selfish, but in managing the affairs of the town, he is still outstanding, as long as the control is good and the supervision is in place, Wollaston's flaws will be restrained and give full play to his advantages.
In fact, everyone is selfish, they think about themselves first, and then others, and no one can expect ordinary people to think about the public every day like the saints in the book. Brian had already discussed with Besimmo that it would be reasonable for him to make a set of laws that would protect his own interests and restrain and supervise human greed.
Human beings, his soul is extremely complex, Brian has seen that the Ronin clan designed human beings out of certain needs, that is, to make human beings have the desire to continue to forge ahead and possess, so as to improve and derive more advanced souls.
Therefore, no matter how the undercurrent of selfishness swells in the bottom of his heart, Brian will draw a bottom line for everyone, and the law is this insurmountable bottom line.