In the evening, the boat arrived at the river pier in Changge District.
Peiro, who learned the news, had already led people to wait here and returned to the castle. A grand welcome dinner was held in the hall on the first floor. Roland's mentality has also changed since he took full possession of the Longsong Fortress. Looking at the nobles who were intertwined in the banquet, he always felt that Pei Luo was entertaining himself with his own money.
After chatting with the eldest son of Honeysuckle, he entered the topic, "Have those mice started to come out again?"
"According to the reports we received, it seems to be the case," Peiro made a gesture of invitation, leading the prince to a corner of the hall, "It's just that compared to the organized black street groups before, the criminals caught now are individual acts. , such as theft, robbery, murder, etc., all those caught will be pulled to the square and sentenced to hang. However, you require us to have solid evidence, so the criminals dealt with are only a very small part of the reported case, just to check the information , it will take a lot of time, and..." Honeysuckle's eldest son paused, "We have encountered a big trouble recently."
"What's the trouble?"
"Someone is openly boycotting your policy, Your Highness." Peiro worried, "Earl Medd knows the specifics more clearly, I will let him tell you in detail."
"Your Highness, the elk salutes you." After being called over, Ren bowed to the prince and saluted, and then began to explain what happened, "Recently, a major event happened on the North Street of the outer city... Well, according to Vader What the minister said should be called a serial murder case."
Uh, that's what he said. Roland suddenly became interested, "Go on."
"Yes," said Ren Made solemnly, "Since three days ago, a household has been killed in their homes 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 The thing is, they all declared their jobs to City Hall."
The prince frowned, "They are all regular workers?"
"If the handyman is an official job," said Earl Elk, "there is also a picture left in the room of each of the slain residents: a crown and a red cross, painted in blood. It is because of this mark. , I just checked with the city hall and learned that there are several of their names in the list of houses that are going to be built in Chishui District."
"So you think their purpose is to..."
"Sabotage your recruitment plan, Your Highness," he replied, "This matter has been publicized on North Street, saying that as long as you declare your job to the City Hall, you will be targeted by killers."
"I think so too," Pei Luo continued, "Originally, the number of recruits was lower than expected, and now almost no one in North Street dares to come to sign up, and now the city hall has a group of unrepentant city residents, saying that their health I’m not feeling well, I can’t leave the city for the time being, I hope the officials can cross out my name. Now the news is only circulating on North Street, if it spreads to other blocks, it may have an adverse impact on your construction plan.”
Roland thought for a moment, "Did you find any clues to the murderer?"
"This..." Ren opened his mouth and said for a long time, "No one has seen the scene of the murder, and I don't know where to start by sending someone to search."
"Really," he couldn't help but be a little surprised, "how did you solve this kind of thing before?"
"Are you talking about patrols?" The young Earl Elk hesitated, "As far as I know, they don't have a fixed approach. If the impact is great, the victim's family complains to the lord, and the lord decides to give his people a If it is fair, they will test the pressure on the black street gangs and let the rats hand over the prisoners themselves. Whether it is a scapegoat or not, the patrol team does not care. If it is an outsider or a single person, they usually choose to turn a blind eye."
This is simply too lawless, Roland smacked his tongue in secret, so the judicial power is almost handed over to the mouse, and it is no wonder that some people say that the mouse is the other side of the city. In addition, there seems to be no criminal investigation in this era. Once the murder is unwitnessed, it is likely to be an unsolved case. Of course, it is limited to civilians.
The town has always had a Nightingale in charge, and the composition of the staff is simple, and all kinds of crimes are broken immediately, which led him to ignore this problem. Ren didn't say anything, and he might think that it would be difficult for a strong man to require conclusive evidence before he could pronounce a sentence.
But no matter what, Roland would never allow the scapegoat in his territory.
"I see. From tomorrow, the Security Bureau will take over this case, you just need to cooperate fully."
"Yes, thank you, Your Highness," Ren said with joy.
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After the banquet, Roland returned to the study room on the top floor of the castle, which has been greatly improved. The surrounding bookshelves were removed and replaced with soft lounge chairs, coffee tables and cushions. Two large holes were knocked out on the wall behind the desk, and a transparent floor-to-ceiling window was installed. Although it is not a flawless crystal glass, the sense of openness is instantly upgraded to a new level. Through the slightly mottled glass, Roland looked down at the fortress shrouded in darkness and nodded with satisfaction.
It seems that Pelor is quite attentive to his orders, and it was right to choose him as an agent at the beginning.
"What are you going to do about this?" Nightingale escaped the fog and sat cross-legged on the table.
"I won't deal with this," the prince shook his head with a smile, "now that the nobles have returned to Changge, the first task tomorrow is to arrange for them to build a new secondary city hall, and divide the departments and parts in charge according to the border area model. People. Get this set of teams up early, and Soraya can draw ID cards earlier. The crime-fighting thing will be left to you."
"I?"
"You are the head of the Security Bureau. How to solve the case is up to you... You can use the police force in the entire Neverwinter City at will. Whether it is Vader or Ren, you can regard it as your subordinate."
"But don't you always say that the powers of the departments should be separated, and the administrative status should be equal," Nightingale said puzzled, "I don't quite understand how the city hall works, but this means that the Security Bureau is above it, right? ?"
"The security of the territory is above everything else, and that's why you are directly responsible to me," Roland said with admiration. "It's not just the police department. In the future, the review of the city hall and the army will be carried out by you. Each department is indeed separate and They do not interfere with each other, but they also need a net to bind them, to prevent the abuse of power and corruption of the personnel inside, and to prevent the collapse of the new system from the inside. You should have heard a saying that the strongest defense is often It started to disintegrate from the inside first." He paused for a while and looked into Nightingale's eyes, "And you are the strong shield that prevents this from happening, whether it's my safety or the safety of the territory, it's all up to you. .", Your support is my biggest motivation. )16-12-2005:04:01