Since its establishment, the Acropolis has hardly encountered any wars. Even in the several battles with monsters that year, the battles were only resolved outside the city and did not even affect the outer city.
There has never been any trouble in the inner city. The monster going crazy the night before was the biggest incident in the past few years.
But today, unimaginable chaos has occurred in the inner city. Who could have imagined that one day the Acropolis would be suddenly attacked by monsters inside, but it would be the outer city's turn to be peaceful.
The first place where the monsters began to wreak havoc was in the trading houses and auction houses scattered in the outer areas of the inner city. Those monsters that suddenly appeared seemed to have no clear goals. Except for their own kind, all the humans who appeared were
It is the target of their attacks and devouring.
After the monsters enter the state of cultivation, although they will still hunt for food, they do not use it to survive. In addition to the aura of heaven and earth during cultivation, taking some precious medicinal materials is enough for them to survive.
There are occasional battles between monsters and beasts, but most of those battles are for the purpose of grabbing territory and training resources.
Among the large group of beasts, there are only a few existences like the Nether Beasts, which rely on devouring the flesh and blood of warriors to strengthen themselves and even improve their cultivation.
However, the monsters in the acropolis are like ghost beasts. Even if they cannot swallow and refine the flesh and blood and turn it into energy to absorb, they still crave killing and blood, because it is in the medicine "Crazy Blood".
The effect after taking "Powder".
The attacks and killings of monsters did not receive much attention at first. After all, the monsters had just made a scene the night before. Everyone thought that this time the monsters were similar to last time, except that some of them escaped from the cage.
, capture it again, or kill it on the spot.
However, as time passed, the number of monsters roaming and killing in the city not only did not decrease but gradually increased. As a result, people gradually realized that something was wrong. But at this time, people wanted to join forces to deal with the monsters.
But found that it was no longer enough.
Everyone didn't take it seriously at first because many people knew a rough number, which was the number of monsters in the acropolis.
Just like when Zuozai and Amber were walking around the city before, in addition to knowing the number of medicinal materials and other materials each family owned, they also learned about the number and level of monsters. This information is actually almost semi-public in the Acropolis.
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However, few people know that the actual number of monsters in the Acropolis is far more than what appears on the surface. And those monsters whose numbers have not been announced are not used for public transactions, but are completely sold in secret.
, and this part of the income is concealed even by the empire.
The reason for such a situation is actually driven by the word "profit". After all, many people who came to Xinshou County, including Jiang Xin, spent a lot of money to get the position of city lord.
These people came to Xingai County not with the great dream of revitalizing the Yelin Empire and delivering a steady stream of gold coins and resources to the empire's treasury. They did want to earn a lot of gold coins, but
I want to keep a steady stream of money in my pocket.
Because such things must be kept secret from the empire, ordinary people naturally have no chance to know. Therefore, very few people know that there are a large number of hidden monsters in the Acropolis. They are secretly imprisoned. Even if there was a disturbance the night before,
It was so fierce that it did not attract the attention of the outside world.
But to be more precise, a powerful being noticed it, but she noticed that there were a large number of monsters, but she was not interested in them because she was Shen Ji.
As the bloodline continues to improve, Shen Ji will be able to clearly know the number of people with the bloodline of the beast race within a certain range, as well as their locations.
But knowing it means knowing it. Shen Ji did not take this seriously. Maybe she knew that there would be a large number of monsters rioting on the night of rescuing her, and Shen Ji might tell Zuo Feng this information. But she didn't
Maybe she knew it beforehand, so even though she knew this information, she didn't inform Zuo Feng.
There are not many forces that can secretly hide monsters and deceive the empire to make money. The main palace of the Acropolis, the branch of the sacrificial hall, and the multi-treasure trading house are the three largest groups, and there are three others who are dependent on these three.
The subordinates of these three forces can only eat meat and pick up some soup to drink.
Although only these forces hide the monsters, the problem is that the number of monsters is absolutely staggering. If there are just monsters waiting to be sold in various trading houses, they can only cause a little chaos, and they can be destroyed.
Suppress it.
But now that the number has directly increased several times, this situation is somewhat difficult to control. At this time, according to the information collected from all parties in the City Lord's Mansion, the number of monster beasts is at least more than 500, and this number is likely to continue to increase.
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Jiang Xin, who was still on the road, knew that the matter was serious after hearing this number. Because if the hidden monsters had not escaped, there would never have been such a large number of monsters in the Acropolis.
After returning to the city lord's mansion, Jiang Xin immediately called his confidants and asked him a question that concerned him most.
"Is our monster okay?"
However, before the confidant could answer, he had already gotten the answer from the other person's face, and this answer almost drove him crazy.
"Not only the group of monsters belonging to us, but also the monsters in the branch hall of the Sacrifice Hall, and the monsters in the Duobao Trading House, it seems that all of them have escaped, and they are all acting like crazy.
Killing everywhere."
Slumping down in the chair, Jiang Xin felt dizzy for a while. The worst thing had happened. He had originally thought of earning money for a few more years, and then transferred out of Shinkari County when his pockets were full.
This kind of secretly trading monsters and beasts is like sitting on a barrel. You don't know when the news may be leaked. At that time, the empire will definitely investigate to the end, and the punishment will be very severe. Now I still have
Before he could pull away, the cock exploded under his butt.
The confidant, looking at the lost look of his city lord, said hesitantly: "While we were collecting information, we got a rumor that the Duobao Trading Company was behind this monster chaos."
"What! How is this possible? They are also involved in the private sale of monster beasts. This will not do them any good." Jiang Xin did not believe what his men said at all.
However, the confidant continued: "It is said that this is the conspiracy of the people behind the Duobao Trading House. The purpose is to subvert the rights of the Sacrifice Hall, and the more profound purpose is to influence the future succession of the empire."
"Click"
As soon as his subordinates finished speaking, Jiang Xin's hands suddenly tightened and crushed a pair of armrests of the chair. The reason why he was so excited was because he felt that this statement was not impossible.
Maybe other people don't know the inside story, but they are from the Yelin Empire, and because the person they bribed happened to belong to the line of governor of Shinkari County, they came to the Acropolis and became the city lord. And he bribed that person.
, I told myself some secrets at the beginning, of course the purpose was to remind myself not to offend Duobao Trading Company after arriving at Acropolis.
Seeing that the face of his city lord was uncertain, the confidant hesitated and spoke again, saying: "There are also clues from the informants. The reason why something happened tonight is that Duobao Trading House had planned it in advance. They wanted to
I transferred you out of the city lord's palace, so we have tonight's dinner."
From the initial complete disbelief, to Jiang Xin's half-belief when his subordinates suggested that the other party might have another purpose, by this time Jiang Xin no longer had any doubts, and he had already concluded that the matter was caused by Duobao Trading.
Seeing that the city lord's expression became very ugly, the confidant said: "Right now, Benxiao Pavilion is also in chaos. Wu Tian has even sent news that he will join forces with our city lord's palace to suppress the situation, and at the same time, he will also carry out an attack on Duobao Trading House.
Sanctions.”
"Sanctions? Sanctions on Duobao Trading House!" Jiang Xin glanced at his subordinates coldly. The city lord who usually had a smile on his face was now like a man-eating beast.
The subordinate hurriedly replied: "It is precisely to sanction Duobao Trading House."
At this point, the subordinate could look around. Even though he and Jiang Xin were the only two people in the room, he still cautiously lowered his voice and continued.
"What Master Wu Tian Pavilion means is that Duobao Trading House secretly hid the monsters and abused drugs to cause the monsters to go crazy. This matter needs to be adjudicated by the city lord in accordance with the laws of the empire, and the warriors of Benxiao Pavilion will implement the laws and execute Duobao Trading House on the spot.
After the matter calms down completely, you two will separately state the details to the empire."
After all, it wasn't the first day he came out to hang out. Jiang Xin, an old man, only heard half of it and already guessed Wu Tian's intention.
Now that the matter has become so big, it is impossible to cover it up, and this crime, not to mention Jiang Xin, even Wu Tian, the master of the Yu Pavilion, cannot bear the heavy responsibility.
Right now, there were rumors about Duobao Trading House in the city, so Wu Tian was ready to take advantage of the scheme and completely substantiate the charge of selling monster beasts privately and causing cholera in the city. As long as all the people in Duobao Trading House were eliminated, then
Even if the empire wants to pursue it in the future, as long as Jiang Xin and Wu Tian are on the same page, there is no need to worry.
I have to say that this method is the most beneficial to him at the moment. It can be seen that after the chaos in the city, Wu Tian was not in a hurry to suppress the monsters, but mainly focused on how to get rid of the crime.
Moreover, Jiang Xin even suspected that Wu Tian was behind the current rumors in the city. Wu Tian had even asked people to guide the current erratic development towards Duobao Trading House.
Taking a deep breath, Jiang Xin had already made a decision, or in other words, he had no choice now.
"Send someone to reply to Wu Tian and say... I know what to do!"