Slight footsteps sounded outside Liu Yu's door, and he said lightly, "Come in." ”

The door opened, and in came Liu Yu's maid maîtress Serilda, her face had a serious expression at the moment, and her steps as she walked in were slightly hurried.

"What's wrong? Did something happen? Liu Yu keenly felt the strangeness of his maid, but he still indifferently buttoned the buttons on his clothes.

Serelda hurriedly bowed his head to Liu Yu and saluted, then raised his head and said in a somewhat panicked tone: "My lord, the tax collector of the territory, Tankos, and his wife Elison were found dead in the bedroom this morning. and the Interior Minister, Intee Leo, and his wife, Orpheus, also died in their bedrooms at the same time. ”

Liu Yu's hand buttoning the button paused, and asked in a deep voice, "The cause of death." ”

Serelda didn't know the cause of their deaths, and she had some vague guesses in her mind that it was her master who killed them. But no matter how much she doubted it in her heart, Serelda wouldn't say it, and she couldn't do such a stupid thing as asking her master one-sidedly. "The people who came to report did not state the cause of their deaths." Serelda replied.

Liu Yu's eyes deepened slightly, he thought for a while, and said, "You go out to prepare the carriage first, I'll sort out the instrument here first, and then you will go with me to have a look." Where are those officials now? ”

"This incident caused a great shock among the officials of Freljord, my lord, they will probably all come to the City Lord's Mansion to wait for your lord." Serilda replied, "The first person to know about the sheriff, His Excellency Perleus, has arrived, and is waiting in the mansion for his report. ”

"Okay, you go and appease him first, pay attention to his expression, and I'll go out immediately." Liu Yu regained his composure, his eyes looked at the mirror in front of him, and his hands continued to buckle the buttons.

Serilda bent down, "Yes, sir. ”

When Serilda left, Liu Yu sneered, he knew very well what had happened, and it completely embodied the adage of "If you don't die, you won't die". Then the next thing he has to do is to calm people's hearts!

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Perrest sat anxiously in the drawing room, his hands twisting his hat constantly, cold sweat running down his forehead, and he took out a handkerchief from time to time to wipe the beads of sweat off his head. He came here alone for the second time, and the anxiety and panic in his heart were even greater than the first. Railroad Leo is dead! The British Iron Leo, who had been the emperor of Freljord for decades and had been in charge of Freljord's internal affairs, was dead!

Perth felt that the sky was about to fall, or he had become accustomed to the control of Freljord by Rail-Leo over the years, and he was also used to several city lords being overlooked. Even though the new lord was now extremely strong, making him show submission, he was still very uncomfortable, and deep down he still believed in the strength of the British Iron Leo. Even if the new city lord is young and rich and a "god servant", in Perles' heart, the treacherous and cunning British RailLeo will not necessarily lose to the city lord.

Not to mention the tax officer Tankos! What a rich man he was, even the wealth of the British Railo was not as good as that of Tancosdo! In Freljord, if the most powerful is Rail-Leo, then the richest is undoubtedly Tankos. Unlike Raileo, who only came to Freljord decades ago, the Tankos family has lived in Freljord for hundreds of years and is one of the largest of the Freljord's indigenous forces. Usually in Freljord, Tankos is a person who dares to mess with anyone, even Blebel Leo has to buy his face and accommodate him a few points, such a No. 2 person actually died quietly?!

Perleith's heart trembles to this day. The new city lord is too quick and ruthless, right?! Nothing has started yet, and that's the end of it! That's right, Perland thinks that the man who killed Ingteroleo and Tankos is their new lord. Just as Liu Yu's maid Serilda would have such speculations, the interior official Intee Leo and the tax officer Tankos are currently the most troublesome hurdles for Liu Yu to regain Freljord's rights. After the death of these two people, the one who will benefit the most is undoubtedly the new city lord who has not yet fully mastered the internal affairs and taxation of the territory.

Railo and Tankos lived peacefully in Freljord for decades, and five city lords were replaced, but the youngest and seemingly most foundationless city lord died less than a week after taking office? Who thinks that their death will have nothing to do with this city lord?

After receiving the report, after seeing the four cold corpses with his own eyes, Peres came to the City Lord's Mansion tremblingly. Thinking of his betrayal a few days ago, and his next bag of gold coins, he was afraid! What if the city lord is the next target to attack? Although he was not an inconspicuous among the many officials of Freljord, he was the first person to be found by the city lord alone, and the city lord also sent people to his security team, which clearly wanted to seize power!

Just as Perish was thinking about these things while sweating coldly, he heard a voice, and suddenly his whole body was agitated, and he didn't even raise his head, and immediately saluted, "Good morning, Lord of the City." ”

Liu Yu, who hurried over, did not show any joy on his face, he strode directly to the upper seat, and then said coldly: "Do you think this morning is good?" ”

This is a question! Perleith felt a chill in his heart, and sweated even more. The city lord behaved like this, as if he was angry? Wasn't he the one who killed the Interior Governor and the Tax Collector? This thought flashed through Perless's mind instantly, but after thinking about it, he still felt that the city lord was the most likely. It's impossible to show joy right away, right?! Lord of the Castle, this should be pretended! "Interior Officers and Tax Collectors, they ......"

"Tell me, how did they die, where are the wounds? Also, have any suspicious people been in or out of Freljord lately? Liu Yu didn't bother to pay attention to the conjecture of this subordinate, he said decisively. Even if everyone else knew that he killed those two people, Liu Yu would not admit it in person, not that he dared to do it, but for the sake of the stability of the territory, he had to act innocent.

Liu Yu's series of questions made Perrest speechless, and he thought about it carefully and said, "I have already examined their corpses, and they were all killed in the deadly parts with an extremely light blade. That blade should have poison, ice attributes, and most likely a magic weapon. Orpheus, the wife of Lord Inteor Leo, died from behind with a blade through the heart, and the man must have been so fast that no blood flowed. Peres said, and the chill in his heart also rose, what a terrifying method, at least this can only be done by a saint-level assassin!

"The cause of death is the same for all the dead?" Liu Yu continued to ask.

"Yes."

Immediately afterwards, Liu Yu asked Perth a lot of questions one after another, and finally ordered "irritably": "Perless, even if you turn Freljord over, you have to find the murderer for me!" I will never allow this to happen in my territory! ”

Liu Yu's violent reaction startled Perez, he took the order, and the suspicion in his heart just now rose again, isn't it really the city lord?

No matter how you think about it, no matter how many people in the territory think that the death of the tax official Tankos and the internal affairs official Intee Leo is the work of the city lord Liu Yu. Perease still had to obey Liu Yu's orders and search.

However, Perle didn't dare to look carefully, he was afraid that he had found out the head of the city lord, and the fate of Ingteroleo and Tankos would be his fate! He felt that the biggest possibility was that the city lord asked him to help him act in a play, pretending to be a little bit more likely, and let the city lord get rid of suspicion himself.

Therefore, Peres used a tight inspection on the outside and loose on the inside, first grabbing all the ruffians and hooligans who had made some small mistakes in the dungeon, and almost didn't fill the dungeon. He began to ask the residents again and again if they had seen any strangers, and anyway, the whole Freljord was a kind of rumor.

Coincidentally, Freljord, who rarely had strangers coming, had also arrived with a caravan these days, and Perland had sent his vigilantes to investigate, and he himself was discussing countermeasures with the other officials of Freljord. Who knows, he didn't discuss anything with those officials, and his men ran back with bruises and swollen faces. It is said that the caravan is very suspicious, and many of the people in it are warriors, as well as several magicians.

No matter how big the suspicion is, it can't be bigger than the city lord! Perish said silently in his heart, although he didn't think that there were people in the caravan who killed Railo and Tankos, but the other party slapped his subordinates in the face, and Perrest didn't want to let go of this kind of guy who came to the door. Considering that the other party described by his subordinates had some force, Perrest gathered all his men, including the three eighth-level warriors sent by the city lord, to the inn where the caravan temporarily lived.

It was one of only three inns in Freljord, and Peres knew the owner of the inn, a capable middle-aged man. As soon as the boss saw Perez, he hurriedly greeted him, with a sad face and a feeling of forced laughter. He squeezed out a smile and kept apologizing to Perez: "Lord Sheriff, I'm really sorry, those are outsiders, and they really don't understand our rules here." I wasn't here when they beat someone just now, and if I did, how could this have happened? I'm really sorry, you can accept this money first, this is the medical expenses of the injured, we are all Freljord's, and I am also responsible ......for this incident."

The boss kept apologizing, and the anger in Perle's heart disappeared a little, and he checked the money bag in his hand, although it was not as good as the one he got last time, but it was already good. Sure enough, Perle nodded, the anger in his heart had been completely eliminated, but he would not turn around and leave, looked at the inn, and asked, "Ian, what about the caravan?" The person who injured me can't just be exposed, my person was not lightly injured this time. "Perles habitually wants to blackmail a little more, he has a cowardly character, but that is only a person who is in a higher position than him, and he has always been domineering towards these civilians.

"They're all in the backyard, and it's the caravan guards who injured the guards, and their boss really reprimanded them! Alas, this kind of guard, who does not know the severity of the guard, is indeed a punishment! How dare you injure the sheriff's subordinates......" Ian sighed, he had also heard about this incident before rushing from home, and he wanted to drive this group of people away directly, but he didn't expect that the leader of the caravan was also generous enough and gave a lot of gold coins, so he gritted his teeth and let them continue to live in his shop.

"Hmph, it's time to fight!" Perles snorted, then stepped into the inn.

The boss Ian didn't dare to stop him, and smiled cautiously on the side. Seeing twenty or thirty people standing in the shop, Perrest pulled his throat and faked a cough, and after attracting attention, he asked, "You are a caravan from out of town?" ”

A shiny, brightly dressed man from the caravan immediately walked up, his chubby face full of smiles, which made Perease feel a little displeased, for he remembered his two fat fellow men, the dead Ingreo and Tankos.

The merchant stepped forward: "This is His Excellency Pereth, the sheriff of Freljord, right?" I'm the leader of this caravan, I'm so sorry this time, it's a misunderstanding. The businessman's tone was high and passionate, his expression was very sincere, as if it were really just a minor misunderstanding, and he opened his arms to give Perish a big hug.

Peres tried to get out of the way, but when his eyes caught sight of the pouch hidden in the fat merchant's sleeve, he smiled, and opened his arms as if he were greeting an old friend. After getting the money bag and feeling the weight that was not light, Perish said decisively: "I believe this must be just a misunderstanding." ”

"Yes." The smile on the fat merchant's face was a little more proud.

After Peres took the money, he didn't say anything about the wounded men, he seemed to regard the merchant as his old friend, and chatted with the merchant with a smile. After asking the merchant where he came from and where he was going, Perise's smile deepened.

During the conversation, he asked the innkeeper for a jug of clean water, and then whispered a few words to the owner, Ian. After Perex said he was leaving, the fat merchant was busy sending him off, and at this time, Ian also gave the cool well water to the guards who had been standing in the shop for a long time.

"Your Excellency Perletse, you are such a warm and wise sheriff, and if I have the chance, I would like my caravan to pass by, and the conversation with you is a wonderful memory." The fat merchant said meaty and flattering words.

Peres weighed his purse and smiled happily: "I also think this is a good conversation, and if you can, I hope you can stay in Freljord." ”

"Hehe......" The fat merchant smiled, "It's a pity that I'm going to go to other places soon, and I will definitely come next time." ”