In the evening, the boat arrived at the river wharf in the Changge District. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info

Knowing the news, Perot had already waited here with his people, and when he returned to the castle, a grand welcome dinner was held in the hall on the first floor. Since taking possession of the Changge Fortress completely, Roland's mentality has also changed, looking at the nobles who are staggered during the banquet, he always feels that Perot is using his own money to entertain him.

After greeting the eldest son of Honeysuckle, he got to the point, "Are those rats starting to move out again?"

"According to the reports we have received, it seems so," Perro said, making a gesture of please, leading the prince to a corner of the hall, "but compared to the organized underworld groups before, the criminals caught now are all individual acts, such as stealing, robbing, murder, etc., but whoever is caught is dragged to the square and hanged." However, you have asked us to have conclusive evidence, so the prisoners we have dealt with are only a very small part of the reported case, and it will take a lot of time just to check the information, and it will ......," the eldest son of Honeysuckle paused, "We have been in a big trouble lately. ”

"What's the trouble?"

"There is blatant resistance to your policies, Your Highness. Perrot worried, "Count Dmitry knows a little more about the specifics, and I'll let him tell you more about it." ”

"Your Highness, Elk salutes you," Wren bowed to the prince after being called, and then began to explain what had happened, "There has been a big incident in the North Street of the Outer City recently...... Well, according to Sheriff Vader, it should be called a serial murder case. ”

Well, that's what I said, and Roland was immediately interested," he continued. ”

"Yes," said Wren Dmied, "since three days ago, every night a family has been killed in their homes, and what they all have in common is that they are all men, living alone, without families, and most importantly, they have all declared their jobs to the town hall. ”

The prince's brow furrowed, "Are they all regular workers?"

"If the handyman is a formal job," nodded the Earl of Elk, "there is also a painting left in the room of each of the slain inhabitants: a crown and a red cross, painted with blood. It was because of this mark that I checked with the city hall and learned that the names of several of them were on the list of houses to be built in Chishui. ”

"So you think their purpose is ......"

"Sabotage your recruitment plans, Your Highness," he replied, "and the matter has been publicized on North Street, saying that if you declare your job to the town hall, you will be targeted by the killers." ”

"I think so too," Perro continued, "the number of recruits was lower than expected, and now almost no one dares to sign up on North Street, and now there is an extra group of repentant citizens in the city hall, saying that they are not feeling well and cannot leave the city for the time being, hoping that the officials will cross out their names." News is now only circulating on North Street, and if it spreads to other neighborhoods, it could have a detrimental effect on your construction plans. ”

Roland pondered for a moment, "Didn't you find any clues to the murderer?"

"This ......," Wren opened his mouth and said for a long time, "no one has seen the murder scene, and I don't know where to find it." ”

"Yes," he was a little surprised, "how did you solve this kind of thing before?"

"Do you mean the patrols?" the young Earl of Elk hesitated, "as far as I know, they don't have a set practice. If the impact is so great that the victim's family complains to the lord, and the lord decides to give justice to his people, they will test the pressure on the street gang and let the rats hand over the culprit themselves - the patrol does not care if it is a scapegoat or not. If they are out-of-town or alone, they will generally choose to turn a blind eye. ”

This is simply too lawless, Roland secretly smacked his tongue, so that the judicial power is almost equivalent to being handed over to the rats, and it is no wonder that some people will say that the rats are the other side of governing the city. In addition, there seems to be no such thing as a criminal investigation in this era, and once a murder is unwitnessed, it is a cold case - limited to civilians, of course.

The town has always had a nightingale in charge, and with the simple composition of personnel, all kinds of crimes are solved as soon as they come out, which leads him to ignore this problem. Wren didn't say it, and he probably thought in his heart that he needed conclusive evidence before the verdict could be pronounced, which was probably a difficult thing for a strong man.

But no matter what, Roland will not allow his territory to play scapegoat.

"I know, starting tomorrow, the Security Bureau will take over this case, and you can fully cooperate. ”

"Yes, thank you, Your Highness," Wren said overjoyed.

......

After the feast, Roland returned to his study on the top floor of the castle - a place that had now been greatly transformed, with the shelves around it being torn down and replaced with soft chaise longues, coffee tables and cushions. The wall behind the desk has been knocked out of two large holes and fitted with floor-to-ceiling windows. Although it is not a smooth and flawless crystal glass, the sense of openness instantly rises a notch. Through the slightly variegated glass, Roland nodded in satisfaction as he looked down at the fortress shrouded in night.

It seems that Perot is still quite attentive to his orders, and it was indeed right to choose him as a proxy at the beginning.

"What are you going to do about this?" the nightingale broke out of the fog and sat cross-legged on the table.

"I won't deal with this matter," the prince shook his head with a smile, "Now that the nobles have returned to Changge, tomorrow's priority is to arrange for them to establish a new second-level town hall, and divide the departments and some heads according to the model of the border districts. The sooner this team was set up, and Soloya could have drawn her ID card earlier. The fight against crime is up to you. ”

"Me?"

"You are the head of the Security Bureau, and it is up to you to decide how to solve the case...... You can call the entire Neverwinter police force at your disposal, whether it's Vader or Wren, you can think of it as your men. ”

"But don't you often say that the powers of the departments should be separated and the administrative status should be equal," Nightingale wondered, "I don't quite understand how the town hall works, but that would be tantamount to putting the Security Bureau above it?"

"The security of the territory is above all else, which is why you are directly responsible for me," Roland said with appreciation, "not only the police department, but also the city hall and the army in the future, will be carried out by you." It is true that the various departments are separate and do not interfere with each other, but they also need a net to bind them, to prevent abuse of power and corruption among the people inside, and to prevent the collapse of the new system from within. You've probably heard the saying that the strongest defenses tend to break down from within. He paused for a moment and looked into the nightingale's eyes, "And you are the shield that prevents this from happening, whether it is my safety or the safety of the territory, it is up to you." (To be continued.) )