In fact, when the merchants who opposed the lord realized that something was wrong and prepared to arrange a retreat, it was already too late.

Demons often don't care much about the economy, but that doesn't mean Vincent is the same.

During the previous wars, the demons plundered materials everywhere mainly to feed their servant army, and they did not have much need for most of the necessities of life.

However, in peacetime, failure to solve economic problems means that the lord has lost the support of the people and the legitimacy of his governance will be questioned.

It is definitely impossible to consume other entertainment products if you live without enough food.

Without consuming entertainment items, it is impossible to be happy.

It is impossible for unhappy people to become believers of the Craftsman God.

If he cannot become a believer, Vincent's happy life of playing with things and losing his mind will not come.

Therefore, whoever dares to make himself unhappy for one day will be made unhappy for the rest of his life.

If the demon lord said this, he would naturally do the same.

A huge team composed of city residents and lord's subordinates began to walk towards the designated merchants.

Although the reason given by the lord was to check taxes, merchants were not fools. How could anyone bring a large group of armed skeletons and mobs to the streets to check taxes?

After thirty years of demon rule, the people were not afraid of monsters, and they knew that the new lord's men would not hurt anyone.

However, people with a guilty conscience would not think so.

More than a dozen businessmen who had openly confronted the leader under Luke's instigation looked at the shops they had run for many years, the warehouses filled with goods, and the mansions piled with gold coins, and complained endlessly.

"Your Highness, this is the Wenxi Chamber of Commerce. The president has sent the account books and opened the warehouse to prepare for inspection."

Vincent stood in front of a mansion surrounded by a large group of skeletons. Facing a large pile of ledgers sent by the Lich, he flipped through one of them with a look of disdain.

"I'm a demon and I can't understand this!"

Seeing that the lord had no intention of checking it, the president of the Chamber of Commerce felt a little more at ease.

Those account books are so thick and complicated that no one can understand them except the people who do the accounting.

How many goods he handled, how much he sold them for, how much taxes he needed to pay, it was impossible to find any flaws in the account books.

As for the things that have been sold, there is no proof.

"However, I received a report saying that you have been selling substandard goods and smuggling prohibited items all year round. You have made a lot of money but do not pay taxes according to the tax rate."

Vincent dropped the account book and sneered. His confident expression made the president feel scared.

"The former lord accepted bribes and took loans from you, so naturally he will not be held accountable. However, those days of lawlessness are over. From today on, not a single penny should be less for me and the people!"

"Lord, I am a law-abiding businessman. I have never done the things you mentioned. Someone must have framed me." The president and his men also planned to be tough, "Even if those people come, I will not agree with their false accusations.

"

Hearing such stubborn words, some people in the crowd behind Vincent shouted in dissatisfaction.

"Everyone, be quiet! I am a person with a spirit of rule of law. Witnesses alone may not be enough to prove the authenticity." Vincent calmed the people's emotions, then turned back to the president and said, "In addition to witnesses, there must also be witnesses.

Corresponding physical evidence.”

The physical evidence is definitely gone. In order to avoid tax inspections, the president has already disposed of his goods in advance.

"I understand, if you don't want to admit the words of the living, then listen to the words of the dead."

Vincent snapped his fingers, and the necromancer behind him understood it, raised his skull staff and recited the incantation.

Not long after, the screams of women and children came from the backyard and garden of the Chamber of Commerce.

The president's family members turned pale and rushed out, crawling on the ground. There were strange footsteps and a frightening high-pitched scream coming from behind.

Soon, even the clerks and workers inside were frightened and ran out. Behind them were some screaming gray-white undead and skeletons with mutilated limbs.

"If I were you, I would not bury the people I killed in the garden or throw them into dry wells." Vincent gave the president, whose face was as pale as snow, a piece of advice, "What do these people know that makes them let go?"

Are you willing to commit murder?"

The resentful undead may have lost their bodies, but their memories of their lives are still clear.

When the Necromancer gives them enhanced powers that allow them to take revenge, some people get worried.

"Use psychic spells to make them speak." Vincent ordered the Necromancer, "Don't scare the people. They are all allowed to witness."

Many people believe that the dead cannot speak, so they do not hesitate to kill others to cover up their sins.

But for demons, this is a ridiculous misunderstanding.

In the demon kingdom where Vincent lives, the testimonies of the dead are considered valid evidence.

It is also time for the territories on the mainland to learn from advanced international experience and let the legal system develop iteratively.

An accusation that the people present will never forget, full of weirdness and curiosity, began.

However, these undead people who talk nonsense are the last people the president wants to see.

"Ah, he actually killed his business partner and stole the goods!" Some people exclaimed, "and even threw the dead man into a well!"

"This poor little guy worked for this profiteer, and his neck was broken just because he saw prohibited goods!" The women's eyes widened, "He is still a child!"

"This unlucky accountant knew too much, and he wanted to take advantage of it, but he was given poisoned wine to kill him." An alcoholic said with lingering fear, "Although it was his own fault, I will never buy his wine again!

"

"Who can afford to repay such a high interest rate!" The debtor said with fear and joy, "Fortunately this guy is dead, otherwise I would be forced to death like that ghost!"

The crimes narrated by the undead were exposed under the bright moonlight, making the president's face become increasingly bleak.

"I searched the places they mentioned carefully. I don't believe they can all be moved." Vincent ordered his subordinates, "The law will not wrongly accuse a good person, nor will it let a bad person go."

The Wenxi Chamber of Commerce is finished! When people thought about this result, they stared at the president whose legs were weak with fear as if he were looking at a devil.

He really has a human face and a beast heart, even worse than a devil.

"Now it is not something that can be solved by paying back taxes." Vincent asked someone to record the testimony of the deceased, and then said to the president who had not dared to face him for a long time, "Sixteen murders, more than one every year.

, and it’s just in the city..."

"Lord, please, I plead guilty. Please let me go. I don't want anything anymore. I don't want to go to the guillotine..."

The president said "normal" and knelt at the feet of the demon lord, grabbed his boots and begged again and again.

"Get out!" Vincent kicked the general out, "Let's talk to the church pastor when we confess."

Then, Vincent stood on the pile of goods piled at the door and shouted loudly to his subordinates and the people below.

"I declare that Dalma, the president of the Wenxi Chamber of Commerce, is guilty! In addition to tax evasion, smuggling and hiding contraband, he also committed multiple murders!"

"Dalma's motive for committing the crime is extremely despicable, the subjective viciousness is extremely deep, the method of committing the crime is extremely cruel, the circumstances, consequences and crime of the crime are extremely serious, the social impact is extremely bad, and he should be severely punished in accordance with the law!"

"According to the law, the death penalty should be imposed, all personal property should be confiscated, the victim's family should be compensated, and the person should apologize and repent to the gods, the dead and the public!"

"His properties will be auctioned, and the materials urgently needed by the city will be sold to the people at a discount first!"

I don’t know if someone supported it from the bottom of their hearts or if it was planned in advance, but the people below applauded and cheered.

"Send him to the 'Louis XVI Happy Stage'!"

"The profiteer must pay with blood!"

"Don't let the others go!"

The excited crowd roared and cheered for the lord's wise decision.

It is the nature of the people to hate the rich.

They have long been dissatisfied with profiteers, and they cannot stand the recent rise in prices and shortage of supplies. Seeing that justice has been done and the market has been replenished, the people all recognize it from the bottom of their hearts.

In addition, the people are all simple. Who can refuse the refreshing feeling of the Lord Qingtian making decisions for the people and avenging innocent people!

Almost everyone became excited. They roared, stamped their feet, waved their arms, and demanded that the trial continue.

When some undead souls heard the verdict, they stopped wailing and screaming. In an instant, they became thin and transparent and disappeared without a trace.

"God, this is a miracle!" the accompanying church pastor exclaimed, "It turns out that justice is the best purification."

The Chamber of Commerce was sealed, and the president and his family members who deserved the crime were dragged away. What awaited them was the sentencing and execution at a later date.

When the people saw the lord's thunderous methods, they were all convinced, and they kept shouting, urging the lord to quickly inspect the next one.

"Luke, don't worry, just wait for me at home." Vincent walked in front of the growing team and raised the corners of his mouth, "Compared with him, your sins and oil are bigger, and your enemies are bigger.
Chapter completed!