Bullide thought for a moment, then secretly looked at Lorraine's expression, and said carefully: "His crime is about... maybe... life imprisonment."
Lorraine was stunned. He originally thought that Baron Peter Ank had done so many bad things and he should have his house confiscated and his family exterminated. Unexpectedly, he only received this kind of punishment. He couldn't help but look at Bullide in a strange way.
Bullide coughed slightly, then lowered his head uncomfortably, avoiding Lorraine's sight, and explained: "Actually... Peter Anke has made great achievements since he became the Sheriff, Freetown
The security of the city suddenly improved, and there were no more thefts and robberies in the city. After all, he still deserves some credit."
Only then did Lorraine realize. It turned out that these guys wanted to save the baron's life for the sake of their previous friendship, and maybe they had accepted bribes.
Thinking of this, he couldn't help but shake his head and thought to himself: It's no wonder that the gang leader became the police chief. It's no wonder that the local public security is not good. I can only take it and take it, and everyone else can get out. The four major detectives in Hong Kong have a 100% crime detection rate for generations.
But the methods involved are nothing more than carrying stolen goods to frame him, dragging others into taking the blame, and cutting raw pork like crazy.
However, given Lord Lorraine's current status, if he had to deal with such a trivial matter 'in person', it would appear that he is too harsh.
Bullide looked at Lorraine's expression and continued: "Sir Lorraine, is it possible to intercede with Peter Anke and at least set a time limit so that he does not have to die in prison?"
Lorraine was stunned for a moment. Although he didn't care about the life or death of the baron, he was not so broad-minded as to let go of those who were against him.
He was about to say something and push it away, when he saw Bullide's eyes fixed on something in the middle of the courtroom, his breathing was rapid, and his eyes were red.
Lorraine was confused at the moment and thought to herself: What's wrong with this guy? Could it be that he has mad cow disease?
He raised his head, glanced around a few times, and then noticed that the court was now in the evidence review stage.
The items taken from Baron Peter Anker's house were brought up one by one for the bandit leader to identify, and then Baron Peter Anker was asked to explain the way out, but he always replied that he could not remember.
The soldiers on duty in the court were placing a half-human-tall bronze statue in the middle for them to identify.
All the nobles and officials present looked at Bullide with sympathy.
Lorraine was shocked. She reached out and grabbed the person on the other side and asked, "What's going on?"
The man looked at Bullide, and then replied respectfully: "Reporting to your lord, this beautiful statue is Bullide's family heirloom and has a history of thousands of years. Later, I heard that one of his cousins helped transport it.
disappeared. It turned out that everyone thought it was the cousin who ran away with the things.
But now it seems..."
When he said this, he suddenly became angry. Looking at the dejected former baron sitting in the dock, he cursed in a low voice: "Humph, damn, I have to take a closer look. I have also lost a lot of things in my house. Maybe
It’s all in the hands of this fat pig~!”
Leo heard it from the side and grinned heartlessly.
Although Lorraine sneered in her heart, her expression did not change.
Bullide looked at Baron Peter Ank and said through gritted teeth: "You are a filthy fat pig and a disgrace to the nobility. I will definitely kill you. I will definitely kill you..."
Lorraine glanced at Bullide sympathetically, but felt deep disgust in her heart.
Although in this feudal era full of violence and the strong preying on the weak, people need to stick together in groups to survive.
But this kind of pure blood relationship will only unite with the clan members to deal with outsiders, unite with brothers to deal with one's cousins, and then unite with one's own sons to deal with one's own brothers...
In this primitive bloody and violent society, which does not care about justice and justice, everyone only robs each other and commits bloody vendettas. When walking on the street, you must wear a three-layer bulletproof vest.
Under such circumstances, who can say that they are absolutely safe?
And in the end, this is bound to lead to death. Even if you are not destroyed by others, you will destroy yourself~!
Thinking of this, Lorraine suddenly felt tired of the dirty things done by these local officials, and was not even interested in the trial, so he went back with a group of people waiting in the middle of the trial.
Lorraine thought to himself: Leave, leave, I won’t play with you anymore, there is still a province waiting for my trouble~!
After the man is gone, you can fight him to death as much as you want. You are a bunch of sons of bitches. If you want to die, go as far away as possible~!
Lorraine's interest became sparse, and she also lost interest in Freetown. In fact, that place was different. They were mostly ancient sites, or they were historical sites hundreds of thousands of years ago.
Catherine and Adele were still a little interested in these things, but for Lorraine they were just spending time with their girlfriends.
Lorraine's family went back to discuss the matter and decided that it would be better to leave as soon as possible.
When officials in Freetown received the news, they all jumped for joy and almost cried.
They chanted among themselves in the office: Those plague gods are finally leaving~! Everyone finally made it to spring~!
The officers and soldiers of the Guards are also wild enough in Freetown. Lorraine and the others are torturing the officials in Freetown, while these Guards are torturing the garrison in Freetown and the officials below.
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Because of the rampant bandits, no one in the Guards looked down upon these guys in Freetown.
In other places, the Guards still have the attitude of "don't offend me, I won't offend others", but here in Freetown, everyone will only show off their power over the common people, completely insulting the title of "soldier"
All the garrison troops were extremely disdainful.
These ruffians were so angry that they simply looked for trouble. In just two days, they beat the garrison so that they did not dare to take to the streets.
Without an opponent, the Imperial Guards looked like they were alone and seeking defeat. They had no choice but to deal with the garrison that was cowering. After hearing the order to prepare for departure, they simply packed up and got ready.
Today, Lorraine and his family got up early, packed up their belongings, and after breakfast, boarded the carriage and prepared to leave Freetown under the protection of the Guards.
Although according to the government, it is a great honor for the people of Freetown that Her Royal Highness the Princess and His Royal Highness Leo can come to visit and guide the work of Freetown City. Men, women, old and children spontaneously took to the streets to welcome and send off... and so on.
But in fact, everyone knows that this is just a standard official statement used to fool Shangguan.
The presence or absence of one or two His Royal Highnesses in Freetown will not have any good influence on these ordinary people.
They only know that if they don’t work for a day, they won’t have food to eat. In addition to sealing off cities and roads and causing trouble for everyone, these big shots will neither increase their wages nor give themselves bonuses.
And many times, I have to be organized to participate in some kind of "voluntary and spontaneous..." voluntary labor.
But when Lorraine and Catherine left, there were quite a few people from Freetown watching and seeing each other off.
There is no other reason. It is just because Lorraine eliminated a major problem for the people of Freetown, caught a big borer that was causing harm to the people, and wiped out the bandits and robbers. The road became prosperous again, and the people of Freetown will live a better life.
Lorraine and Catherine looked through the car window at the civilians with happy faces and waving flowers on both sides of the road. Organized by Freetown publicity officials in plainclothes, they shouted slogans in unison. Lorraine suddenly sighed.
He took a breath and said: "Actually, these common people are really easy to be satisfied."
Adele looked outside and said with a smile: "But they won't think that the good deeds you two scoundrels did for them were motivated by robbing money."
Lorraine smiled bitterly and said, "Are different paths leading to the same goal? Politics is always about consequences, regardless of means or motives."
A group of officials from Freetown City, large and small, led by the newly appointed Lord of Freetown City, Baron Kenfa, were waiting at the city gate to see Lorraine and the others off.
When they arrived at the city gate, the carriage stopped, Lorraine and Catherine opened the door and walked out.
Baron Kenfa and the officials hurriedly saluted. Catherine looked at everyone and said lightly, "Yes", and then said flatly: "Thank you for your hospitality. I spent my time in Freetown..."
Catherine thought for a while and decided to save some face for these people and said, "I still had a good time."
Baron Kenfa and others hurriedly said: "Her Royal Highness Princess Xie."
Catherine said: "Okay, I won't disturb your work anymore. Government affairs take priority. Please go back."
After speaking, Catherine pulled Lorraine onto the carriage, the Imperial Guard officer gave the order, and the entire team quickly set off on the road.
Seeing Lorraine and his team walking away, these officials in Freetown felt that the sky was blue and the trees were green. The "peaceful" life in the past could finally come back. Those who had just lost money and avoided disasters
The officials wanted to sing a song to send off the god of plague, and a few people directly began to discuss going to spend the night to get rid of bad luck.
Lorraine and the others were still moving leisurely step by step towards the south. At the same time, Catherine and Lorraine's report to the Emperor and the Prime Minister caused a great disturbance in Ruman City.
Emperor Julunde was surprised to find that his nephew and niece actually encountered bandits in the hinterland of the empire. For the emperor who received reports all day long that the country was harmonious and the people were peaceful, this incident was truly miraculous.
Then, Emperor Julunde suddenly woke up and immediately ordered Prime Minister Russell to collect reports on bandits, bandits and pirates in the empire in recent years.
Russell had no choice but to bite the bullet and hand these things over to the emperor. After all, Russell and the others were not clean. When they chased Catherine, they also used a group of bandits. This matter is still being discussed today.
It was brought before the local governor as a major case.
When Emperor Rulund took the thick stack of reports, he was surprised to find that the security situation in his empire was actually different from what the governors said.
Bandits, bandits, horse thieves, river bandits, and pirates, just like the annual floods, droughts, and locust plagues, appear in various parts of the empire from time to time.
Although the group that Catherine and the others met had occupied the main traffic road for five years, compared with those real gangsters, their scale and influence were nothing.
The pirates, numbering nearly ten thousand, can occupy several islands as bases and have been fighting against the Imperial Navy for decades. So far, the Navy has been unable to do anything against them.
Thousands of bandit groups are entrenched on the border and in the mountains. They can even continuously defeat the legions sent by the empire to suppress bandits. They call themselves kings without permission. There are actually places where they will pay protection fees to them in order to avoid disaster.
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Of course, the result was that Long Yan was furious. His Majesty the Emperor gave the Prime Minister a rare scolding, and he lost his temper at the subsequent state meeting. He even smashed several ink bottles and stained all the officials.
It's an ink spot.
His Majesty the Emperor personally ordered it, the Prime Minister supervised its implementation, and the governors of each province were personally responsible for their one-year special rectification activities.
Your Majesty, please speak. This is a political task. Those who fail to meet the standards are politically unqualified and have not strong ideas. They will all come back to me for re-education.
The order was quickly conveyed to the governors of various places, and when it came down to it, it was a matter of life and death.
Officials from all walks of life lamented the leisurely life of the past, put down their original work, and then gathered the garrisons and guards from across the province, personally led the team, and joined the front line of the vigorous suppression of bandits.
All the reserve troops stationed at key points and at the rear of the border were also mobilized. For a time, the empire was turbulent, with military police chasing bandits everywhere.
General Kaput, the commander of the Ruman Navy's Southern Fleet, finally got the support he had been asking for. He assembled a huge fleet, equipped all the sailors with armor and weapons, and used them as infantry, wiping out several troublemakers in one fell swoop.
Ten years of pirate lairs have killed several islands to the point where not a single living creature is left.
Then he was the first to send a successful report to His Majesty the Emperor, claiming in a high-profile manner that his defense zone had been completely cleared. (As a result, due to his great success, he was not completely wiped out. The pirates who escaped and escaped became Lorraine's trouble again a few months later.
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Regarding this thunderous bandit suppression operation, the civilians of the Ruman Empire rarely applauded the government.
Lorraine has always been lucky. It can be said that it escaped this storm. Because Nai'an Province is a border province and is backed by a vast virgin forest, it should be one of the places with the most serious banditry in the empire, not to mention the
Orcs often enter the country to plunder.
If Lorraine had already taken office, he would have been overwhelmed by this political task, but this man is still on the way to take office. No matter how bad things are done in Nai'an, it has nothing to do with him. Waiting for Lorraine to arrive in Nai'an
, this storm is coming to an end.
Lorraine was extremely peaceful along the way. Even if the emperor did not issue a death order, Lorraine and the others' behavior in Freetown was enough to wake up the officials below.
Everyone knows that as long as this man has a bad life, he will be able to have a good drink in the end. Therefore, everyone should keep their spirits up and deal with it carefully.
Lorraine found that along the way, even beggars were kept away.
When Leo saw this, he was naturally extremely disappointed. He led the guards to places where thieves might be involved, only to find that the place had been closely monitored by the local garrison. If he had acted faster,
It has even been turned into ruins.
Everyone was silent all the way until they arrived at a large port in the south. Lorraine and the others boarded the waiting fleet and headed directly to Nadel City by sea.
Compared with taking the main road, this saves time and is much more comfortable, but it only passes through a few provinces less on the road, but Leo is unwilling to do this. This will save a lot of things~!
Lorraine and others were sitting on the deck, holding parasols and sunglasses, enjoying the midsummer sea breeze leisurely.
Lorraine scanned around, and the first thing that came to her mind was that when she got to Nai'an, she must encircle a beach and build a private bathing beach. By then, the sun, the beach, and the girls in bikinis, all her dreams of striving would come true~!
From now on, you don’t have to do anything and you can enjoy life comfortably.
Seeing Lorraine's twinkling eyes and expression on the verge of drooling, Adele knew that Lorraine had some unsuitable idea running through her mind, so she spat at Lorraine and slapped the fan in her hand.
It slapped on Lorraine's body.
While Lorraine and Adele were flirting, the guard shouted loudly from below: "Sir, there is a boat coming from the other side, it seems to be Nai'an's."
Lorraine stood up from her chair and asked, "Are we almost there?"
The guard said: "Yes, sir. We expect to enter the river mouth in the afternoon and arrive at Naider City tomorrow."
Catherine stretched and sighed: "This journey is finally coming to an end. I am exhausted..."
At this time, the envoy sent by Nai'an quickly climbed onto the ship where Lorraine and the others were, and Lorraine finally met his subordinates as governor for the first time.
The identity of this person immediately confused Lorraine. The tax officer belonged directly to the Finance Department and was not an official of the governor. There was no need for him to come here to curry favor with himself, the new governor of Xinza.
But after listening to the man's report, Lorraine felt relieved.
It turns out that officials at all levels in Nai'an heard that their boss was the pretty boy whom Her Royal Highness, Princess Catherine, was attracted to. Moreover, the future Emperor, Her Majesty, Young Duke Leo, was accompanying him. Such thick legs were not something that could be picked up casually.
of.
Of course, everyone wants to be the first to come to the Governor of Lorraine to show courtesy and leave a good impression in front of their immediate boss. When it comes to such things that can make progress, of course everyone will do their part.
After arguing and arguing, no one could convince anyone, and in the end everyone had to compromise. Therefore, this glorious task fell on the head of the tax collector of Nai'an.
Lorraine had a brief chat with the tax official and learned about the specific situation of Nai An Province so that she could have a clear idea.
The next day, the huge fleet turned into the inland river, sailed up the wide Beni River, and headed straight to the city of Naider.
A large number of ships on the river were spread out like ants on the river, surrounding Lorraine's fleet. The Nedel people came out one after another to watch the young governor. The naval admiral in charge of the escort mission did not dare to neglect, and separated all these small boats.
The periphery.
Lorraine and his family stood on the bow of the boat. From here, they could see the gray figure of Nidel City. Nidel, which was built at the intersection of the two rivers, spread out along the tongue-shaped terrain, and the green land on both sides.
The difference is obvious.
Close to the cross-river mouth is the historic castle of Nedel City, where Lorraine's future residence is and where the Governor's Palace is located. The spire of the high tower can be seen from a distance.
The port of Nadel City was already full of people, and officials at all levels were patiently waiting for their governor under the scorching sun.