Conquering alien worlds starts from the game

The rural areas in the north of Takia Territory are more decent than those in the central and southern parts. Although various problems are unavoidable, at least there is no nonsense like cultists blatantly setting up strongholds in market towns or even replacing local tax collectors.

This unique, densely watered plain is suitable for both farming and animal husbandry, and it also has relatively rich mineral deposits. Compared with other areas of the Rhine Kingdom, the common people are relatively rich, and it is a stable source of tax revenue for the Tachia Territory. For the sake of money Well, the feudal nobles in this land should pay more or less attention to "dedication".

Of course... this does not mean that the nobles and lords in the north will be more benevolent when harvesting civilians than the wild sects in the south and central.

The home of the villager of Blackstone Village, the coachman Vic.

Captain Miles, who was quickly taking notes in his notebook, suppressed his anger and asked seemingly casually: "...That is to say, debtors who can't even pay the interest will be taken to the eastern coal mines to work. Pay off the debt?"

"Yes, sir." The coachman Vic swallowed, and said, "As far as I remember, several families have been taken away from our village over the years, and one of them is my uncle's relative."

"Their family is much more unlucky than the White family. They owe too much money, and they don't have a successful son who can make a lot of money outside...Master Bud tolerated their family's delay for more than half a year without even confiscating the interest. One night, people from the mine were called, and the whole family was taken away."

Speaking of this, the coachman Vic showed a look of fear: "There are always accidents at the mine, and almost none of the people who were sent to work came back alive... It's really terrible."

"Speaking of which, last year I heard that a family from the neighboring village was also taken away... The son of that family owed a staggering amount of gambling debts when he went to work on the farm. After writing the IOU, he abandoned his family and fled. I only owe Lord Bud the seed money, and there is no way to take on another debt..."

Captain Miles' hand holding the pen trembled slightly. Knowing this level, he finally understood why a butler of a country nobleman dared to lend money so recklessly in the countryside.

The coal mines in the eastern part of Taqia Territory do have frequent accidents, and one or two mining accidents will be reported in the newspapers every few years.

Coincidentally, this coal mine has just been investigated by the Night's Watch.

It is unreasonable for the open-pit coal mines on the plain to have frequent accidents. The news of frequent mining accidents in the eastern coal mines has long attracted the attention of the night watchman, and the previous captain had investigated it.

The result of the investigation is that the coal mine has serious potential safety hazards, and the mine owner is suspected of condoning frequent accidents; the previous captain thought it was very suspicious, and sent multiple reports to the Holy Land requesting support and in-depth investigation.

These reports fell flat.

Combined with the information provided by Carfwick, what this means is self-explanatory.

Captain Miles desperately suppressed his anger and forced himself to calmly and calmly continue to ask the coachman Vic if he remembered the names, ages, family members and other information of the people who were sent to the mine.

Not long after, Captain Miles recorded all the information provided by the coachman in the notebook he carried with him, and told the coachman and his son to keep it a secret for the time being, and not to tell the fourth person about today's conversation before the new city hall thoroughly investigated Wilkie Town. Quietly leave Heishi Village.

"If you just force rural farmers to borrow usury, you can't punish these bastards severely, but since you have an affair with a cult, don't blame the night watchmen for being ruthless."

When detouring from the path to Bard Manor, Captain Miles was full of murderous intent.

"Master Bud" is just a puppet, obeying his master, the executor of a dirty plan to develop several villages in the east of Wilkie Town into places for obtaining sacrifices.

These cunning and despicable bastards also made a loan relationship on top of it to hide people's eyes and ears-the sacrificed people who disappeared from the eyes of the neighbors who lived together day and night were either gamblers or debtors with high debts.

The disappearance of such stigmatized people or being forcibly taken away from their place of residence will arouse pity, sympathy, and even contempt, disgust, and gloat in the villagers, but it will not cause panic in the villagers.

Using stigmatization to separate a small group of people from the majority, and then taking the stigmatized part of the population as victims, this despicable trick is undoubtedly more harmful and harmful than directly picking victims from the group. Bewilderment—For the majority of people who are lucky enough not to be picked for the time being and have escaped, it is often difficult to be vigilant about it, let alone guard against or escape.

A large number of victims have appeared in several villages around Bud's farm, but the residents of these villages are still unaware, and will even cover up crimes for Bud intentionally or unintentionally, actively or passively!

The more Captain Miles pondered, the more difficult it was to control the veins on his forehead.

He understands human nature very well. The coachman Vic may be shocked by the identity of the night watchman in a short period of time, but no one can tell whether this man will take the initiative to ask "Master Bud" out of panic or other reasons after he reacts. Whistleblowers—the low-level civilians are all short-sighted. Compared with the night watchman who is far away in the city, the "Master" who is obviously close at hand and directly controls his own life is more worthy of submission and curry favor.

In other words...he must obtain the ironclad evidence that can crucify "Master Bud" as soon as possible before Wick the Coach hesitates.

The Takia Territory used to be dominated by cultists, but now—even Earl Gekkatian has been killed by the Nightmare Butcher, and even the consul of the city hall has become an undead. Captain Miles no longer needs to restrain himself!

Seeing the roof of the farm building on the other side of the grazing field from a distance, Captain Miles bent down and pulled out the sharp knife hidden in his boots, turned his wrist over, and hid the dagger in his sleeve.

It is not the night watchman's style to use force against ordinary people, but since "Master Bud" has committed such a vicious act, in Captain Miles' view, he has already lost his qualifications for protection.

The murderous Captain of the Night Watch quickly approached Bard Farm...

Then he froze.

The fenced yard was in a mess, as if it had just been trampled by a herd of wild boars.

Dozens of farm workers were scattered on the open space in front of the stable and inside and outside the courtyard gate.

Some workers looked panic-stricken, as if they had just suffered a serious fright; some workers turned pale and looked toward the northwest (Wilkie Town) anxiously; more people gathered around the fence gate, They were talking nervously to each other, and they seemed to want to leave the farm immediately, but they seemed to be afraid of something and dare not leave.

When Captain Miles bypassed the fence and walked towards the courtyard gate, these workers all looked at him in horror, and then they all breathed a sigh of relief...

"Good day, what happened?" Captain Miles adjusted his lower facial muscles to make his expression less vicious, and strode forward.

Captain Miles's neat and decent dress and upright good looks are like a city dweller with a decent job. He has lived in Creek City for a long time and his accent is no different from that of the locals. He was scared out of his wits The farm workers here, though they didn't know who he was, would obviously be happy to tell their stories to such a gentleman from the city.

"Oh, good day, sir, you can't guess how terrible things have happened to us—" said a milkmaid woman who was wearing sleeves and had a lot of old milk stains on her loincloth. , "Our farm was just attacked by undead! Those terrible undead looted Lord Bud's belongings and kidnapped Master Bud's family! Even the nine-year-old young master was not spared!"

Captain Miles: "(゜ロ゜)??"

Captain Miles: "What did you say?? The undead have come??"

"Yes, sir, it's true." Another shepherd with an old face said incoherently, "It's terrible, it's really terrible, there is such a thing, Miss Gold Coin, what is going on in this world , it's broad daylight—"

There were more workers chattering, trying to describe the terrifying and curious scenes they had seen to the unfamiliar gentlemen in the city.

Captain Miles was not interested in knowing how rough and brutal Tarantan's undead's style was - to be honest, he had seen it many times in the city - knowing that there were indeed undead, he hurriedly pushed away The workers who blocked the way rushed into the farm with big strides.

In the big house where the Bud family lived, there was a large-scale robbery... No, the crime scene of gang robbery: all the boxes and cabinets that could be opened were opened, and all valuables were left behind.

Even the candle holders welded to the wall of the corridor in the room were pried clean.

Captain Miles searched around inside and out with a numb face, but he didn't see half of the room where he could walk in, and he didn't see any suspected members of the Bard family.

Upon finding the master bedroom, Captain Miles discovers the secret room hidden in the bedroom closet.

Let’s say it’s a secret room, but now it looks like it’s not secret at all... The locked wardrobe door was removed directly, and all the clothes inside were taken out and thrown aside, and you can see the big black room when you enter the door. hole.

Captain Miles silently took out a kerosene lighter and lit it, then overturned the clothes on the ground and got into the secret room.

Not long after, Captain Miles, holding the "treasure box with only waste paper" that almost vomited the treasure hunter to death, rushed out of the secret room like crazy...

A large number of land deeds and house deeds in several nearby villages, as many as thousands of people's handprinted IOUs and IOUs - the more Captain Miles sorted it out, the more ugly his face became.

In addition, things like ledgers or checklists for handover were not seen.

"It's strange... Could it be that the people above Bud are ready to abandon this person if they are exposed, and have never left any evidence?" Captain Miles frowned and thought, "No, Bud is a person who is good at manipulating people's hearts. You scum, you might not be able to prepare yourself for the future."

"Wait, could it be that the evidence was searched by the undead?"

This is quite possible. Those undead with rude and barbaric styles are actually very good at investigation (doing night watchman tasks). Although the closing reports are written in a mess, they can always find out the truth.

Think about it carefully... Although the undead of Tarantan are very messy...but they really don't shoot innocent people at will (in fact, they mainly deduct reputation warnings).

Since Bard's whole family was kidnapped by the undead, it is obvious that these undead have obtained enough evidence to convict them.

Thinking of this, Captain Miles couldn't help falling silent.

Just...so, he missed...?