Release that Witch - Chapter 494

[Chapter 487 Guardian Shield]

In the evening, the boat arrived at the inland river wharf in Changge District.

After hearing the news, Pei Luo had already led people to wait here. When he returned to the castle, a grand welcome dinner was held in the lobby on the first floor.

Roland’s mentality has also changed since he completely occupied the Longsong Fortress. Looking at the nobles at the banquet, he always felt that Pei Luo was entertaining himself with his own money.

After exchanging pleasantries with the eldest son of Honeysuckle, he got to the point, “Have those mice started to come out again?”

“According to the reports we received, it seems so,” Pei Luo made a gesture of invitation, leading the prince to the In the corner of the hall, “Compared to the organized black street groups before, the criminals caught now are all individual acts, such as theft, robbery, murder, etc., but all those caught are taken to the square and sentenced to hang. But you We are required to have solid evidence, so the prisoners dealt with are only a very small part of the reported cases. It will take a lot of time just to check the information, and…” Honeysuckle’s eldest son paused, “Recently we met a big Trouble.”

“What’s the trouble?”

“Someone blatantly resists your policy, Your Highness.” Pei Luo worried, “Earl Med knows the specific things better, let him explain to you in detail.”

“Respect Your Highness, the elk salutes you.” After being called over, Ren bowed to the prince and then began to explain what happened. “A big event happened on the North Street of the Outer City recently… Well, according to Minister Vader It should be called a serial murder case.”

Well, that’s right, that’s right, Roland suddenly became interested, “continue.”

“Yes,” Ryan Meade said in a deep voice, “from three days Since before, a family of residents will be killed at home every night. What they have in common is that they are all male, live alone, and have no family members. The most important thing is that they have all declared their jobs to the city hall.” The

prince frowned. Get up, “Are they all regular workers?”

“If handyman is considered a formal job,” Earl Elk nodded, “There is still a painting left in the room of each murdered resident: a crown and a red cross, painted with blood. It is precisely because of this mark , I just asked the city hall for confirmation, and I learned that the names of several of them are on the list of going to Chishui District to build houses.”

“So you think their purpose is…”

“Sabotage your recruitment plan, Your Highness,” he said He replied, “This matter has been publicized on North Street, saying that as long as you apply for a job at the city hall, you will be targeted by killers.”

“I think so too,” Pei Luo continued, “The recruiters are low Due to the expected number, almost no one dares to sign up on North Street now, and now there are a group of repentant city residents in the city hall, saying that they are unwell and unable to leave the city for the time being, and hope that the officials can cross out their names. Now the news is only in There are rumors on North Street, if it spreads to other blocks, it may have a negative impact on your construction plan.”

Roland thought for a moment, “Did you find any clues to the murderer?”

“This…” Ren opened his mouth , It took a long time before he said, “No one saw the scene of the murder, and I don’t know where to find it.”

“Really,” he couldn’t help being a little surprised, “Then how did you solve this kind of thing before? of it?”

“Are you talking about the patrol?” The young Elk Earl hesitated, “As far as I know, they don’t have a fixed practice. If the impact is too great, the victim’s family will appeal to the lord, and the lord will decide to give If the people are fair, they will test the pressure on the black street gangs and let the rats hand over the prisoner by themselves-as for whether they are scapegoats, the patrol team doesn’t care. If it is a foreigner or a person living alone, they will generally choose to turn a blind eye.

” It was simply too lawless. Roland clicked his tongue secretly. In this way, the judicial power was almost handed over to the mouse. No wonder some people would say that the mouse is the other side of governing the city.

In addition, there seems to be no such thing as criminal investigation in this era. Once a murder is committed without witnesses, it is likely to be an unsolved case—of course, it is limited to civilians.

The town has always had Nightingale in town, plus the simple composition of the people, all kinds of crimes can be solved immediately, which caused him to ignore this problem.

Ren didn’t say anything, and he probably thought in his heart that it would be difficult for him to require solid evidence before he could pronounce a sentence.

But no matter what, Roland would not allow the scapegoat to be played in his territory.

“I see. Starting tomorrow, the Security Bureau will take over this case. You just need to cooperate with all your strength.”

“Yes, thank you, Your Highness,” Ren said happily.

…

After the banquet, Roland returned to the study on the top floor of the castle—now the place has been greatly improved, the surrounding bookshelves have been removed, and replaced with soft reclining chairs, coffee tables and cushions.

Two large holes were punched in the wall behind the desk, and transparent floor-to-ceiling windows were installed.

Although it is not a clean and flawless crystal glass, the sense of openness has been raised to a higher level in an instant.

Through the slightly variegated glass, Roland overlooked the fortress shrouded in night, and nodded with satisfaction.

It seems that Peiluo is quite concerned about his order, and it was indeed right to choose him as his agent at the beginning.

“What are you going to do about this matter?” Nightingale escaped from the fog and sat cross-legged on the table.

“I won’t deal with this matter,” the prince smiled and shook his head, “Now that the nobles have returned to Changge, UU Reading www.sonicmtl.com Tomorrow’s first task is to arrange for them to build a new second-level city hall. Model, division of departments and part of the person in charge. Get this set of teams up earlier, Soraya can also draw the ID card earlier. I will leave it to you to fight crime.”

“Me?”

“You are the safe The person in charge of the bureau, how to solve the case is up to you… You can command the police forces in the entire Neverwinter City at will, whether it is Vader or Ren, they can be regarded as your subordinates.”

“But you don’t often say that the department Powers should be separated and administrative status should be equal,” Nightingale asked puzzled, “I don’t quite understand how the city hall works, but this is equivalent to putting the Security Bureau on top of it, right?”

“The security of the territory is above all else, which is why you are directly responsible to me,” Roland said appreciatively, “not only the police department, but also the review of the city hall and the army in the future will be carried out by you. Each department is indeed separate and independent. They do not interfere with each other, but they also need a net to restrain them, to prevent the abuse of power and corruption of the personnel inside, and to prevent the collapse of the new system from within. You should have heard a sentence – the strongest defense , It often starts to disintegrate from the inside first.” He paused for a while, looking into Nightingale’s eyes, “And you are the strong shield that prevents all this from happening, whether it is my safety or the safety of the territory, it is up to you You.” (To be continued.)

[End of this Chapter]