Saint Laurent Prison Warden

Chapter 160: Sulfur Clouds
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In the center of the Travel City, a beautiful and low-key magic car stopped at the door of the mansion.

The Minister of Commerce of the Traveling City slowly stepped down from the magic car. With his cloudy eyes, he saw that in front of his mansion, a large group of well-dressed and wealthy dignitaries had gathered.

They all had flattering smiles on their faces, waiting to be received by him.

There have been a lot of things going on in the travel city recently, which seems confusing.

But in the eyes of the Minister of Commerce, who had experienced countless struggles, those messy things were essentially the confrontation between the political forces of the Lord of Xingge City and those who were not.

Political struggle means someone gets promoted and someone dies. The Minister of Commerce is the one who should get promoted.

Since the changes in the Travel City began, he has always stood by Xingge and fully supported her. Now that everything has settled, it is time for him to reap the rewards. According to the conventions of political struggles, the winners of political struggles will receive generous rewards from the benefactors they support.

The deputy city lord of Travel City has been captured by City Lord Xingge, and the deputy city lord's faction has been uprooted.

There is a large power vacuum in the entire Travel City, and even the second seat in the Travel City is vacant. There is no doubt that the Minister of Commerce, who stands in the right position, is the strongest contender for the second seat and is the popular choice.

Everyone wants to take this opportunity to get close to the Minister of Commerce and rise to the top with him.

The Minister of Commerce has experienced countless ups and downs, and he is already accustomed to those who rush to add icing on the cake.

"Ahem." He coughed twice and said to the housekeeper, "Guests are welcome. Don't let them stand outside the door. Please come in. Prepare some hot tea and snacks for them to taste. I'll go make some preparations and then meet them one by one."

"Yes, sir."

Under the protection of the butler and guards, the Minister of Commerce walked through the crowd and returned to his room.

He took off his hat, coughed violently twice, and sat on the chair. The moment he sat down, two wizards in black robes appeared in the room.

Listening to their quiet footsteps as they stood behind him one on each side, the Minister of Commerce's breathing fluctuated slightly.

"Who are you?" The Minister of Commerce was not panicked, but frowned and asked: "I didn't hear any warnings or screams from the guards. Did you kill all my guards? Then your strength is quite good.

Are you interested in joining our Silver City? As long as you nod, no matter what you have done in the past, I can guarantee that no one will pursue it. "

"Thank you for your kindness, Minister. You are in trouble now, so please don't worry about our future.

Minister, we have a question and hope you can answer it truthfully."

"Oh? You are originally from our Silver City? Interesting. Please ask."

"Minister, you have a niece named Ite, who used to be a gold cashier at the Porto Pitro Resource Market Supervision and Administration Bureau. Even if a small person like her is involved in the sulfur case, she will not be sentenced to a heavy punishment.

But she died of an inexplicable illness shortly after the Sulphur Case began, and was taken back to your family cemetery for burial.

Yesterday, our men sneaked into your family's cemetery and dug up It's grave, but it was empty.

Iter is not dead, she is just hidden by someone, in order to help you and your family clear your connection with the sulfur case, right? Minister.

"Ha, ha ha ha. Nonsense." The Minister of Commerce laughed and shook his head. "What niece? I don't know anything about that.

The Brimstone case is closed. Closed means that all those implicated in the Brimstone case have been caught and tried. No one has escaped.

Even if I really have a niece, I should be innocent. Not to mention, I don’t have one at all.”

The black-robed wizard remained unmoved and said coldly:
"Minister, you know our style. Since we have come to you, we cannot come empty-handed. We come to ask questions with answers. You know what I mean."

Hearing this, the Minister of Commerce finally panicked. He frowned deeply and asked:
"I don't understand. What do you mean? Like, you want to induce me to confess?

I am the Minister of Commerce of the City of Travel. Glory has been bestowed upon me. Until my identity is stripped away, you have no right to judge me.

If you are the Xingyue Club of Travel City, please apply to the Lord of Xingge City for an investigation order to take me away. If you are the Xingyue Club of the Royal Capital, please announce the takeover of Travel City in the name of the Royal Capital Xingyue Club. "

The man in black robe did not explain too much, but just said firmly:

"Minister, don't worry, our procedure for coming to you is absolutely legal. You just need to cooperate."

Please don't evade us and answer our questions directly. Is your distant niece Ite hidden by you? Is she related to the sulfur case? Is she a channel for Pitro Port to transfer benefits to your family? "

"Humph, I refuse to answer." The Minister of Commerce closed his eyes and said, "Any trial with unreasonable procedures is persecution."

"Is that so? I see." The black-robed man's voice gradually became deeper. As he spoke, his voice gradually changed into a female voice.

"Iveris, I know your character. If you really had nothing to do with the sulfur case, you would have denied it the first time I asked you."

"This voice...Young Master Xingge!" The Minister of Commerce was startled and stood up from his seat in fear.

Xingge lifted her veil and said with some disappointment: "Yifles. Do you know you are wrong?"

"Young Master!" The Minister of Commerce covered his chest in pain, his face full of guilt: "The Master and the Madam have been very kind to my family. But my family betrayed the Master and the Madam's trust.

I admit that some people in my family received money from there, but I guarantee that this money has nothing to do with me. After I realized that the money came from an illegal source, I immediately cut off contact with that place and punished all those pests.

Young Master, I have failed to manage the family properly and deserve death. Please punish me!"

Xingge shook her head in disappointment.

"It seems that you still don't realize where you are wrong.

I don't blame your family for being involved in the sulfur case. I blame you for not telling me the first time you found out that your family was involved in the sulfur case.

The former is a family management issue, and the latter is a loyalty issue.”

"Young Master!" The Minister of Commerce shuddered. "Young Master, I have never betrayed you! Our family was not deeply involved in the sulfur case, and we don't even know the whole story. We just provided them with some convenience in purchasing goods in the markets of several cities. The convenience we provided was worth tens of thousands, if not thousands. Even if we are implicated in the sulfur case, our family will not be seriously hurt.

I thought this was a small matter that I could handle, so I did not report it truthfully but handled it myself. If the young master is dissatisfied, I will order the family to sort out all the information related to the sulfur case and hand it over to the young master. "

"Is that true? Including It?" Xingge asked indifferently.

This question pierced the heart of the Minister of Commerce like a bullet. He slumped to the ground, his voice trembling:
"Not included. I have sent Yi Te out of the Silver City and she is staying in the Emerald Islands. She is not actually my distant niece, but the illegitimate daughter of me and my granddaughter. Only four people in the whole family know this secret, not even she herself.

I will call her back and send her to the City Lord's Mansion as a maid. I only ask the young master to forgive her for her ignorance. "

"That's not necessary." Xingge closed his eyes and said, "Take him back and keep him by my side to teach him. Tomorrow, I want to see everything that happened to your family in the sulfur case, no matter how big or small, and no more concealment. When you complete my task, you can consider the deputy city lord's matter, do you understand?"

"Yes! Young Master! I obey your command." The Minister of Commerce breathed a sigh of relief and finally calmed down a little. Xingge shook his head and left the Minister of Commerce's mansion through the back door with a look of deep disappointment.

After Xingge left, the Minister of Commerce slowly stood up from the ground. He was surrounded by a dull aura and his energy and spirit were severely frustrated.

……

If a legendary hero does not restrain his emotions, they will affect the people around him. If Xingge is unhappy, all the elements around him will be unhappy.

After leaving the Minister of Commerce's residence, the terrifying aura of Xingge made the black-robed wizard following behind Xingge feel extremely pressured.

A black-robed wizard gritted his teeth, walked quickly to Xingge despite the pressure, and whispered, "Lord City Lord, we have visited all the people on the list. None of them is innocent.

The sulfur case involves too many people. If we insist on investigating, everyone can be linked to the sulfur case. Our enemies have been dealt with. If we investigate further, they will all be our own people.

To be honest, the minister is not an isolated case."

Click. Xingge paused, and the air pressure around him became even heavier.

“If the sulfur case had not been closed, these people, whether they are our own or not, would all be sinners.

They don't let me touch them, I understand. So I have restrained myself until now. Those who should be dealt with must be dealt with, and those who should be punished must also be punished. The influence of the Holy See cannot remain in the City of Travel.

Ying, do you still remember the ability of the Virgin of Chastity? "

"The Saint of Chastity... The Saint of Chastity's ability is [Original Heart]. Original Heart can magnify the guilt of others and make those who feel guilty repent for their mistakes. Anyone who has made mistakes will be affected by her and suffer from guilt day and night.

Under this torture, the sinner's character will gradually become distorted until he atones for his sins.

If a person influenced by the original intention cannot complete atonement, then he can only go to the Holy See and seek cleansing from the Dragon of Light. In other words, treason."

"Only those who have a clear conscience and never change their original intentions can be immune to the influence of the chaste saint. But no one is perfect, and such a person cannot exist. If you are affected by the original intention, you will inevitably move closer to the Holy See.

I think the ultimate culprit of the Brimstone case was not the Virgin, but she must have been involved. Those who escaped from the Brimstone case all have a guilty conscience.

After being influenced by their original intentions, even if they have not betrayed their country now, they will definitely betray their country in the future.

Rather than waiting for them to betray us, it is better to take action in advance and transfer them to less important positions."

"This... City Lord, this transfer is equivalent to cutting off your own hands. Those officials who may be influenced by the Saint of Chastity are all old people in our faction with deep backgrounds and trustworthy.

If we replace them all with new people, I'm afraid the Travel City will collapse on its own."

"I understand. So I'm not in a hurry." Xingge said calmly: "It's just like pulling out building blocks, one by one, and then replace them one by one.

The city of travel is full of talented people, and no one is irreplaceable. Take your time, and you can always change it.

Let's start with the less important positions. The people of the Chalf family are the most ignorant among these people. They actually want to use me as a shield to protect their crimes by relying on their merits.

All changed.”

"Yes! City Lord! However, it is easy to withdraw people, but it is difficult to select people. Where can we find officials to replace them?"

"Don't worry. I have already trained a group of outstanding political talents in the Xingyue Society. They will replace those people."

"Yes! Ah." The black shadow just responded and was suddenly startled.

This... trained a group of talents? Where did the young lady's confidant come from? How come I don't even know about it? The young lady wants to replace all the officials of the entire travel city with her confidant?
What is this for? The lady wants to turn the Silver City's travel city into her own travel city?

"Hmm? What's wrong? Ying, is there something wrong with you?"

"Miss, I have no problem!" The man in black responded immediately, "I just think that with my talent, being a deputy city lord should not be a problem. Miss, you may not know me very well. Although I have been doing underground work in the family, my leadership ability is definitely not inferior to anyone."

"Haha. If you become the deputy city lord, who will help me with my work? Just do your job well. I have another candidate for the deputy city lord."

Xingge said coldly: "Everyone else has been dealt with, how are Richard and Hank doing?"

"Richard..." The shadow paused, unable to hold back his laughter, and said after a long while: "Richard got the list of officials involved in the sulfur case, and found out the names of those officials. Then he found the past deeds of those officials from the past newspapers of various newspapers. He is preparing to publish a "Hardcore Corrupt Officials' Confessions" with reporter Donald from Silver Age Weekly, which will specifically tell the stories of those corrupt officials.

He plans to write this book himself, using his Silver Cross Medal bonus as start-up capital to publish the book at his own expense, and is now contacting newspapers.

"Hmm?" Xing Ge was amused. "He does have a good business sense. What about the maids in the City Lord's Mansion? There were so many shy girls, didn't he go and water them one by one?"

"Miss, he has had little contact with the maids since the arrival of the little girl named Diana. He must be trying to avoid suspicion, fearing that you might be unhappy."

"Hmph." Xing Ge snorted coldly and didn't respond. It was hard to tell whether he was happy or angry, but the atmosphere around him became much more relaxed.

After a moment, she asked, "What about Hank? Is there something wrong with him?"

(End of this chapter)