Astral Apostle Chapter 40: plan

Seeing that Root did not speak, Goatee repeated what he said to Zhou Jing, tremblingly saying:

"...I didn't tell the beast hunter the real situation, and made him believe that it was just a matter of reselling the potion inventory. He thought it was just a matter of money, and he took it all on me. I used this reason to bet He will bring me to you to deal with, so I can come back alive now and report the situation to you."

"You react quickly."

Root was noncommittal.

Goatee hurriedly said: "It's all pre-conceived and well-thought-out reasons...I've already stabilized that hunter."

Hearing this, Root snorted coldly: "You still want to claim credit with me? You have already made a mistake if you were arrested."

"Don't dare." Goatee quickly lowered his head.

Lute said in a deep voice: "Not only were you caught and revealed, but you also hid from me to meddle in the hunter's potion business... I said, don't touch the hunter's potion. For profit, did the blood relatives of the other tribes who were inserted also do it?"

"I, I don't know." The goatee trembled.

Root slapped him on the face and shouted:

"Don't forget, why did the tribe and I ask you to do this kind of thing? You really have the idea of ​​making money, and your mind is not clear? Do you also embezzle the supplies that are secretly transported back to the tribe every year?" Already?"

"No! I don't have any! I don't dare!" Goatee defended in horror: "I don't lack any supplies that should be handed over to the tribe. I just replaced a little hunter potion stock in the pharmacy without permission, and nothing else Dare to move!"

"It's better to be like this."

Root squinted at the goatee.

He straightened up, paced in the dungeon, and said slowly:

"Speaking of which, I checked the details of the hunter named Jason. He suddenly appeared around Shuangmu Village half a year ago. There was no record before, and he was very mysterious and suspicious... But he was the one who discovered your actions."

"What do you mean?" Goatee startled.

Root frowned: "This man's origin is unknown, he looks like the secret sentry of the empire. If the empire notices something and sends someone to investigate, it would be bad."

The empire has supervisors and audit personnel in every city, even if they can be bought, they are still a handle.

Let the "glove" like the goatee do things, even if it is found out, it can be disguised as a personal behavior, and has nothing to do with the lord and Baiyuan City itself.

With a layer of separation, it is not so easy to find him.

Lute closed his eyes slightly, various thoughts swirling in his mind.

Although the lord can monopolize many things and has a high degree of autonomy, the Terra Empire always wants to control it.

There is more than one city in the empire. If they play too much on the surface, others can change cities, so many things can only be done in private.

For example, the cooperative pharmacist of the pharmacy, as a lord, only collects taxes, and it is not considered as his thing if it is put into the inventory. Insider manipulation.

However, the hunter potion is not among them. Hunters are an important force to protect the town. Root doesn't want the hunter potion to go wrong, and counts on more hunters who are full of honor to be willing to dedicate themselves.

But the people below stretched out their hands in secret, making more progress, and had more selfishness, and he couldn't find it immediately.

The matter of the pharmacy is just the tip of the iceberg. Facilities such as blacksmith shops, armor workshops, grain stores, etc. all have different inside stories.

As a lord, he controls the city's right to collect taxes, of course not for money, he is not short of money.

As both the lord of Baiyuan City and the current tribal chief, the dual identities brought about the consideration of the interests of the light and the dark.

The goal of everything is to transport all kinds of materials for the tribe, hoard them, and accumulate the power of the tribe.

The cost of poor quality goods will be borne by urban residents and passing merchants. Anyway, the quality is only poor, and no one will die.

Baiyuan City used to be a tribal settlement, but later it was rebuilt into a city to accept foreign residents, but the tribe members moved out quietly and established a secret settlement in a new place.

So the townspeople are to him only productive forces that produce profits.

Baiyuan City is business.

The tribe is the foundation.

Due to the historical reasons of Baiyuan City, the Terra Empire still let the tribe lead the city and let the tribe serve as the lord... Because the tribe exists, the position of the lord is his.

But it's still not safe, what if the empire withdraws its appointment one day and assigns imperial officials to parachute the lord like some new cities do? To listen or not to listen?

It is his intention to use the town to feed back the tribe.

The Terra Empire has been building new cities and relocating people. The new cities have no historical reasons, so they can parachute the lords without hindrance, so batches of "emerging nobles" who created new surnames were created. Blood relatives contend.

Therefore, Lute can see that the Terra Empire wants to consolidate the kingship and disintegrate the deep-rooted forces of the tribe step by step... In fact, this process has been promoted since the establishment of the empire.

The living environment maintained by the tribe allows groups of people to live together in groups, constantly merging, annexing, and accepting outsiders, so that the world recognizes itself as a member of the tribe. And the living environment maintained by the empire can also make people consider themselves citizens of the empire.

The changes in the living environment and identity have brought about a shake in the foundation of the tribe.

For the foreseeable future, as the trend develops, the situation will become increasingly unfavorable to the tribe.

The times are changing, how should we deal with ourselves at that time?

Someone once said these words to him, gave him a prospect, and invited him to participate in a very extensive plan...

Root agreed.

Everything I do now is largely based on this plan.

Accumulate strength and wait for the day when that person raises his arms.

Various thoughts flashed by, but Lute didn't show it on his face, and said slowly:

"Except for this hunter named Jason, only that Baron knows?"

"Yes, I only told them two... but I don't know if they told others."

"Although your reasons deceived them, they have noticed the situation in the pharmacy, and we will be restrained in the future... especially Jason, who is suspected of being a secret sentinel of the empire."

Lute paused, and said in a deep voice:

"You intervene in the matter of the hunter's potion, I will argue with you later, I will first think about how to deal with the current problem."

After speaking, he turned his head and glanced at Jia Ma.

Jia Ma leaned against the corner, trembling, with a face full of despair.

From just now, he wanted to shout, "Stop talking, I don't want to hear it"!

Knowing so much, can I still have my life?

However, the two of them did not shy away from him, and they were obviously ready to silence him.

"Don't, don't kill me, I didn't hear anything, I..."

Before Gamma finished speaking, Lute gestured behind him.

Phew!

A stone shot through the air, piercing Jia Ma's forehead.

A blood hole appeared, Jia Ma's eyes widened, and she fell to the ground, dying of breath.

In the shadow of the dungeon, the short-haired man walked out slowly, rubbing his fingers to wipe off the lime crumbs on them.

Just now, he shot out a stone with a flick of his finger, killing Jia Ma in one blow.

Lute glanced at him, and couldn't help but said: "How did you do it with your hand? I asked other guards to play stones like you, and the stones shattered in one go."

"Strength skills." The inch-cropped man was expressionless and didn't want to say more.

Root shook his head, without entanglement, and quickly found the jailer who was asked to avoid to deal with the affairs here, while he left the dungeon and returned to the longhouse.

As soon as he entered the door, a servant came to report.

"My lord, Captain Maggie is looking for you, he seems to be injured."

"Oh? I'll go and see."

Root came all the way to the reception room, where Maggie was already waiting, his neck bandaged.

"What's wrong with you?" Root was surprised.

Maggie stood up abruptly, and said angrily, "Master, you hired me before and said that I was also qualified to use the hunter workshop, but a beast hunter just robbed me and cut me ..."

He crackled and explained before Root understood.

It turned out that this person came here to complain, and he actually had a conflict with Jason.

Lute narrowed his eyes suddenly, thought for a while, looked at the aggrieved Maggie, and said:

"This matter is indeed a bit overbearing. My promise to you is still valid... How about this, you bring my other guards, and after Jason leaves the city, find a place where no one will stop him , take back the potion you want."

Maggie was taken aback for a moment, but then he was overjoyed.

He just came to complain, and he didn't dare to expect the lord to do anything to the group of rampant beast hunters, but he didn't expect Root to support him.

Good luck, the lord is out of his mind today!

Or does the lord feel that his authority has been offended?

Maggie fancied.

At this time, Lute touched his chin and said again: "By the way, invite him back, I want to talk to him face to face."

"Why, please come back?" Maggie asked.

"You decide for yourself, don't kill anyone, just teach him a lesson. By the way, remember to avoid the eyes and ears of other hunters and bring Jason to me."

"Okay! Then I'm going to call people."

Maggie left excitedly.

Seeing this, Lute's eyes flashed.

He was still thinking about how to deal with Zhou Jing, an insider. If he let his guards go out, it would be hard to find a reason. The lord couldn't explain his motives when he attacked the beast hunter, and it would easily make other hunters angry.

Just as he was thinking of creating some reason, Ma Geji came to his door... Well, the reason for his personal vengeance was immediately given.

Root intends to bring "Jason" back to interrogate the origin, to see if it is the secret sentry of the empire, and then think about the matter of silence.

However, this group of people may not be able to hold back their hands, and they might hit a real fire and kill "Jason" on the spot.

In short, I made my final statement that this was Maggie's personal revenge, and it was not my intention to transfer the guards privately by falsely passing on an order.

Although it's a pity to lose a guard of different blood, but this kind of guy who talks about "I am the guard of the lord" everywhere, causing trouble and recruiting blacks for himself, should die as soon as he dies.

Anyway, as long as there is a different blood potion, new blood warriors can always be born.

As for another insider, Baron, Root doesn't intend to let it go.

Although Baron seemed to believe the reason his subordinates made up, since he knew about the pharmacy, he might spread it everywhere. The more people pay attention, the greater the risk.

As for Shuangmu Village, where the incident happened, it has to be considered in the long run. As long as Baron doesn't leak it, it doesn't matter. Lute is not willing to damage the village under his rule. It's all labor... But this Jiama belongs to the village The witch doctor is gone now, Baron should explain it, it's very troublesome.

If you want to do something, it is impossible to send troops. The soldiers are not trustworthy. It is best to find a way to let the beast do it for you...

Plans raced through Root's mind.

……

After Zhou Jing left the workshop, he went straight to the Hunter's Tavern, where he found Weiss as expected.

At this time, there were quite a few hunters in the tavern. Seeing Zhou Jing push the door in, they raised their glasses to say hello.

"Yo, Jason is here."

"Let's go hunting together someday."

"Why didn't you see Baron, did you come out by yourself to have fun?"

Zhou Jing responded to everyone with a smile, and then sat down opposite Weiss.

"You came so soon?"

Weiss smiled, took a sip of his wine, took out a money bag, put it on the table, and pushed it towards Zhou Jing.

"This is the money from the sale of the prey last time, the share between you and Baron."

Zhou Jing opened the purse and counted it ~IndoMTL.com~ There were only one hundred and fifty silver coins in it.

"A little less."

"There are only three low-risk beasts, how expensive can the selling price be?" Weiss rolled his eyes.

Zhou Jing did some calculations, and now he has a huge sum of 1,400 silver coins.

With the bulging money bag on Rose's back, he looked like a thief who slipped through the door and picked the lock.

Weiss also noticed it, and said, "Are you rich? Where did you get so much money?"

"It's just a windfall."

Zhou Jing shook his head.

Seeing this, Weiss didn't ask any further questions.

After chatting with Weiss and other hunters in the tavern for a while, and then looking at the latest report on the whereabouts of the strange beasts, Zhou Jing took Ross away.

There wasn't much time to put it in, so he planned to bring the money back to Shuangmu Village as soon as possible, and then depending on the situation, he would use up the Wind Roaring Tiger Potion he had just obtained, to see if he could complete the second enhancement.

Although it has only been three months since the last strengthening, but with the help of accelerated practice, the results of my physical exercise are the same as those of ordinary people who have practiced for several years.

Bidding farewell to Weiss and other hunters, Zhou Jing left the city without delay, and embarked on the journey back to Shuangmu Village.

……

The road gradually changed from wide to narrow, and gradually became a dirt road.

Just as he was passing through a forest on the road, Zhou Jing suddenly stopped in his footsteps and sensed the hidden movement in the surrounding forest.

"Who?"

Zhou Jing glanced around.

After the voice fell, seven figures turned out from behind the trees in all directions.

He recognized them at a glance. Most of these seven people were familiar, and they seemed to be Lute's personal guards.

And the first person was Maggie, with a malicious expression on his face.

"Tsk."

Zhou Jing smacked his lips, and lightly pressed the handle of the knife with both hands.