Volume 1 The Winter of Halma Chapter 135 The Minister of Finance
O'Connor didn't go on, he chose to save the bishop's face.
If he continued, he didn't know how Ruskin would react, but it would certainly not be what he wanted to see.
After an unknown amount of time, it was as if time had stopped, and this terrible silence was finally broken again.
Ruskin put away the demon core and said lightly,
"Alright, I see. ”
O'Connor bowed slightly, bowed slightly, and after the church salute, he withdrew from the office.
The air froze again, and the office was quiet again.
......
After a cheerful chatter, Andufit began a week of exchanging information.
Unlike the purifiers, the work of the Inquisitors is much simpler and safer.
"I have found that the number of cases in Halma has increased a lot recently compared to the same period last year. ”
Locke put the Chinese piece on the table and said without subtlety.
Dean agreed with a wistful expression: "Homicides and kidnappings are especially obvious. ”
Andu, who was "new to the city", looked at several people with serious expressions, and the few people in front of him were at least in the position of judges, and they had been in the position of judges for more than a year, and what they said was well-founded.
I don't know why this situation happened? Andu couldn't help but think.
Locke then cites two cases from the past week to illustrate the changes in conflict over the gap between rich and poor.
In Halma, the gap between the rich and the poor has become more and more evident in the last two decades, and the main one is the living environment.
In the earliest days, the difference between the environment of one family and another was judged by the presence or absence of meat in three meals a day.
At that time, there were very few families who lived in luxury houses and could afford to hire servants, but on the contrary, people who traveled around for a living were the most common.
Hearing this, Andu couldn't help but sigh.
No matter in that plane or world, in the historical process of human development, this kind of polarization is inevitable.
It is an eternal theme that the rich enrich themselves by squeezing the fruits of the labor of the poor.
Later, Dean also said a case about a property dispute that he had taken over, and Colin skipped because he took sick leave last week and did not take over the case.
Seeing that Locke and the others' eyes were focused on him, Andu was stunned for a few seconds before he smiled awkwardly,
"Well, my case is very ordinary, nothing strange. ”
Locke looked at him with a displeased face, and pretended to exaggerate: "How is it possible! Your case is much more exciting than ours!"
Dean, who had never spoken much, nodded in response, "Yes, I heard that Edward, his mother is a devil!"
Andu complained helplessly: "These are all found out by others later, but I don't know at all, this is too dangerous!"
Locke didn't think much about it, and immediately comforted: "Fortunately, I didn't just do trial work, this kind of dangerous work doesn't need us to do!"
"Who said that?"
I don't know when I started, and I appeared not far behind several people.
"Yesterday's accident in the Southern District, Andu is not what you said. Chade looked at Andu with strange eyes, and said calmly,
"It's a shame that you don't join the Purifiers. ”
Why are you everywhere?' An Du felt irritable for a while, but a smile habitually squeezed out of his face.
"If I want to work as dangerous as that, I think the Inquisitor is more suitable for me. ”
Cha took a breath, he didn't expect him to answer like this at all, and after a while, he snorted heavily.
"I'm afraid that's not the case. ”
After saying that, Cha De returned to the area where his team was located without looking back, and in this extremely short process, many purifiers quietly cast strange glances, and then returned to normal after Cha De left.
This scene in the temple was fully watched by Andu, but he could only sigh in return.
The tree wants to be quiet and the wind does not stop, which should be the situation I am facing now...... But I just want to get through this time in peace!
The exchange of information ended here, and after greeting Locke and the others, Andu left the sanctuary full of speculation and discussion without stopping for a moment.
Getting into the carriage, he opened the folder containing the case again.
"Preliminary trial on Tuesday, verdict pronounced on Wednesday......"
In other words, the trial will begin tomorrow? In such a short period of time, Miranda's murderer has already been caught?
It's only been a day!!
With the surprise in his heart, Andu thoroughly reviewed the case, carefully made sure that there was nothing wrong with him, and then reassembled it.
"Go to the arbitral tribunal. He said to George, who was driving the carriage.
Since Carl was now promoted to steward, the job of driving the carriage naturally fell to George.
"Okay, young master. George laughed and drove the carriage straight to his destination.
Arbitral tribunal, prison cell.
Here I go again...... Andu was silent.
The second time I came here, my mood was completely different from the last time.
There are no mixed feelings, just calm and a sense of responsibility.
After greeting the guards, he made his way to the room where his target was.
It would be more accurate to say that it is a room, or perhaps it should be a prison cell?
As he was about to open the door, he looked to his left.
In that direction, it is room 2-7.
It was also the room where Edward used to be, and now, he has become a pile of ashes, buried in the middle of nowhere.
With a slight force on his wrist, the old steel door made a sharp metal grinding sound like grinding.
"Hello, I'm ......"
His gaze paused, and Andu's body subconsciously tensed.
The Ring of Origin in his left hand is emitting a faint signal, although he had long guessed that there would be such a reaction, but when he really felt it, it was a different feeling.
The two men in front of them were lying on the ground covered in blood, and a ray of sunlight shone down through the iron window behind them, and it happened to fall on them.
“...... Andu. ”
After briefly introducing himself, he walked to the side familiarly, quietly waiting for the reaction of the two.
The slightly sturdy man tilted his head with difficulty and turned his face towards Andu.
"Water ......"
He struggled to squeeze the words out of his mouth, as if just one word had used up all his strength.
"No problem. Andu said with a calm expression.
He deliberately turned around slowly, intending to go out, and aimed his back at the two people lying on the ground.
A gust of wind suddenly rose behind him, but the corners of his mouth curled slightly.
A golden light appeared out of thin air, and the flying and circling thunder snake opened its bloody mouth fiercely, engulfing everything behind it, and Andu did not look back from beginning to end.
It wasn't until there were two crisp "plop" sounds behind him that he turned around with a smile on his face and aimed at the two people lying on the ground again, covered in blood.
"Your present actions alone are enough to be sentenced to prison. ”
The sturdy man really fell into a situation where it was difficult to open his mouth this time, his body twitched from time to time, only the eyes full of anger, still staring at Andu.
"I'm really here just to be sure of one thing, but now I know the answer. ”
With a full smile, he bent down to meet the sturdy man face to face at close range, and the pupils in his eyes became even darker in the darkness.
"Trust me, your death won't come too late. ”
The smile on his face faded away, and his tone was cold and calm, as if it came from a calm lake frozen by the cold in winter, with no temperature or waves.
Retracting his gaze, he slowly stood up, the corner of his eye sweeping over the two for the last time, and briefly resting on the back of their hands.
There, the dark lines spread strangely, about to reach the wrist.
"See you tomorrow. ”
Turn around and leave.
Until he returned to the carriage, the coldness on Andu's face did not disappear.
Fallen again, human beings infected by evil things!
Thinking back to the scene in front of him just now, he suddenly remembered Pete who had left, if Pete hadn't met him at that time, he might be like those two people now, right?
Shaking his head, he seemed to want to throw all the negative emotions in his heart out of his mind, but finally stopped this action weakly.
"Tomorrow, they will be judged. He muttered softly, not knowing whether he was speaking to himself or to the girl who had been carrying the plate.
After adjusting his mood, Andu returned to the villa and called Abt and Arnold.
Before leaving, he hopes to teach the two of them more, and working as a card artist in Halma will be a very good future for the two of them.
Although it was originally intended to make them their own apprentices, it seems that this may be almost impossible now. Andu thought to himself.
After graduation, Halma couldn't stay any longer, and Ruskin's eyes filled his heart with unease!
As for the rest of the enemy...... Andu's eyes turned cold.
"Pollitt, wait a little longer. ”
......
"The college's big exam is coming. ”
Halma's Minister of Finance, Kane Pollitt, sat in a large chaise longue with a slowly burning cigar in his hand.
Taking a deep breath, in the smoke, he looked at his son standing in front of him expressionlessly, and said lightly.
"What do you think. ”
"I'm going to get the right to go to the Buyone Academy!" Pollitt said earnestly.
Kane looked at his son with satisfaction and said with relief,
"I'm not too worried about that, you've always had excellent grades. ”
He paused and added, "Tonali, have you been doing anything strange lately?"
"No," Pollit pondered, "but he seems to be particularly concerned about Miss Lerella, the daughter of Earl Devon, and has been attending some of her occasions and banquets lately, consciously or unconsciously. ”
Kane frowned, as if he had thought of something, and said in a stern tone,
"The last time you were at Earl Devon's banquet, you weren't very decent. ”
Pollit hurriedly admitted his mistake: "That time was my fault, and there will never be any more after that!"
Kane glanced at him noncommittally and said with a deep gaze,
"If you can gain Lyrela's affection, then the future mayor position will be yours, and the title of lord inherited by the family will probably go to the next step. ”
For a moment, Pollit's breathing was a little short.