The Riddler Get Out of Terra

Such experiences are common to many old Lupers, and Lal has seen too many of them when he wandered with his family in the wilderness - infected beasts are more ruthless and faster than Lupers, and the gangsters only want your life, infected The beast wants to eat you up.

But differences soon appeared. The ancient young men settled all the troubles by paying a trivial fine, and the Sicilian eccentrics welcomed the new power creatures with a fake smile.

Luper, who was younger and closer to Lal's era, was besieged by many big families. In desperation, his head was cut off by a betrayer and presented to the patriarch of the gang alliance:

Even though a third young man soon appeared who offered his wealth in exchange for a place to live, the situation remained unchanged.

"The first one is about the history of the Lapland family. It's very interesting. They killed people, set fires and then accepted recruitment. Soon they established a foundation in Syracuse with their lunatic-like acting style."

Macaron explained the historical data of this period to Lar in an understanding manner:

"The second one is the nameless family ten years ago. Because they went too far, they were jointly annihilated by the Syracuse gang. Their property was confiscated, and their members were split up and joined other families. Of course, many people were also directly executed. .

The third is a recent small family. They are forced to have no choice, and their leader is also a very understanding person. By sacrificing wealth to reduce his size, he has gained the favor of the Sicilian Alliance, and has even become the periphery of a large family. "

The priest smiled maliciously:

"Times are progressing, and the same things in Syracuse are completely different. What do you think have changed, Lar?"

"...Syracuse is moving towards civilization?"

Lal did not receive any malicious misinformation: it seems that the faces of the Lapland family are particularly suitable for showing expressions of eagerness to try and kill people. Many times, Macaron's light smile matches his face and turns into a ferocious and weird smile.

People who are not familiar with him are often shocked by his strange expression, but after getting along with him for a month, Lal can even understand the complex emotions contained in the same smile.

Just like now, Macaron obviously wanted to show her a kind smile, but because of his cold eyes and sharp eyebrows, he turned into a cruel "If you don't answer, you will die".

But he does mean well:

Even if Lal answered incorrectly, it would not lead to any abuse. Macaron would just show some historical materials in front of her.

"This is indeed civilization. Because of loose alliances, vendettas and hostility are suppressed, Sicily can develop. But Lal, you have to know that without an absolutely powerful rule to maintain, such stability is destined to not last long..."

Macaron recognized Lal's story and began to deduce the truth that Sicily was becoming lawless and that ordinary people could not even survive, so they had to move to Yanan.

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"Do you understand this, Dark Lock?"

Kong Ming ended today's narration, stood up while Ansuo digested his interpretation of Longmen, and observed the architectural style of the lower city of Longmen through the dusty windows.

Just as he and Hao Zhaocai had perceived when they arrived at Longmen, the buildings in Xiacheng District were indeed made by everyone, with reasonable layouts and good materials. On many mottled walls, you can still see the colorful paint drawn by the workers during the construction.

But the settlement of Xiacheng District residents ruined the architect's efforts.

The beautiful walls have been peeled away by time but no one pays attention to them. The spacious roads are dying due to gang wars and illegal construction. The mud brought by the dust and water has covered the originally neat and clean asphalt. The poor and wonderful downtown area is becoming more and more popular. Less qualified residents moved in and became disgraced.

——You must know that in Wei Yanwu's vision of transforming Longmen, the lower city area was originally a residential area, and the upper city area will be a mixture of industrial and commercial areas. The former is located in a remote area of ​​​​the upper city area close to the city wall so that industrial waste can be discharged at any time.

The latter will entertain guests at distant locations and welcome top capital from Victoria, Colombia and other countries.

Wei Gong's office and residence will be located in the center, and the Guards Bureau and the Fire Brigade Headquarters will also be established here. The wide road is far away from the industrial area to reduce the impact. Finally, infrastructure will be provided to help workers return to Xiacheng District to rest or simply Live near the industrial area.

Unfortunately, life is not always perfect.

The infected complained about Duke Wei's treatment of them. Their unscrupulous greed and hope for a better life made them work hard to create value for the city, but what they gained was negligible.

——However, in Colombia, which is also developed, a pack of painkillers can make poor infected people work hard to survive. In Victoria, even their qualifications to enter the factory depend on connections and capital, and they still do the most unwelcome jobs. .

The surroundings are worse, but Longmen is certainly good.

But Kong Ming always thinks it’s not so appropriate:

The countries of Terra were very clever in separating the poor into infected people and normal people, and used the method of persecuting the infected to comfort the poor spirit of the normal people and their lives of being oppressed and exploited to the point of being miserable.

The latter is delighted by the continuous emergence of the former, and lives a life that is more than twice as good as the former with a salary that is more than two-thirds higher than that of the former.

The shift in the target of hatred perfectly obscures the problem:

Among the poor, normal people persecute the infected to comfort themselves. The people who exploit them the most are on the same side as them, and the infected naturally hate the normal poor who come from the same source as them.

People - they are the comparison group that most directly embodies injustice.

Oh, how awesome!

The princes and nobles ate and drank blood and meat, while the common people naturally divided into two camps and were hostile to each other, creating a perfect cycle of contradictions.

Even if there is resistance, the first to die will be unarmed normal people. How can infected poor people who lack educational qualifications care who is the culprit?

As long as they are normal people, they will kill them:

I'm having such a bad life, why can you still make more than me if you don't have any skills?

The nobles who escaped happily gathered their troops and killed the infected rebels while the normal poor cheered and worshiped, promoting them as the embodiment of order and kindness.

That sucks!

Kong Ming recalled the information given to him by Shizuka, his husband who was doing research in Ursus, and his favorable impression of the Ursus people with bear ears on their heads was decreasing day by day.

Maybe I should do something.

Thinking of the tomb that Wei Yanwu attached great importance to, Kong Ming thoughtfully said:

I heard that the Archduke of Cosiche, who had the same title as the terrifying legend 'Baron of Cosiche' in Ursus, was killed by the Drak cub he adopted and is now missing.

Maybe he can take this opportunity to do something...

Chapter 7 Secret observation

"...That's all for today."

Kong Ming suddenly stopped narrating, and Xiao Ansuo's refreshing observation angles and contradictory explanations came to an abrupt end.

But little Custer didn't give up at all - even when she was first taught by Kong Ming, she was shocked by the unheard of knowledge and was a little scared of the husband who mentioned Wei Gong indifferently.

However, Ansuo was soon attracted by everything Kong Ming said, and he absorbed the nutrients from his teacher like a charm and thrived.

During the first five weeks when her husband taught her, Xiao Ansuo always wanted to beg her husband to speak a little longer.

If Mr. Kong Ming used the rooster's crow as a signal to suspend classes like his husband did, little Ansuo would probably secretly bring a few handfuls of millet like Kong Ming did when he was a child, using grains that are insignificant compared to knowledge to increase the chance of learning.

But times have changed. Some remote places in the interior are indeed the same as when the husband told her about his childhood, wandering at night with candles, and the flash of neon lights has never been spread. However, most mobile cities on Terra have begun technological innovations, and an endless stream of cities have emerged. New products, new technology.

In the teacher's story, the wealthy old bachelor used the cockcrow as a demarcation line so that the young Kong Ming, who was studying at a young age, could do some tricks that would make people laugh without irritating the teacher.

But in the era of small hidden locks, even in the poorest downtown area of ​​​​Longmen, there can be cold-colored incandescent lamps to disperse the darkness, and a mechanical or electronic clock can end a leisurely time.

But the end of Kong Ming's story is meaningful to the current Ansuo - she did not dress up in a glamorous way, but put on a black singlet, and matched it with the hook lock specially made for her by Kong Ming after awakening the Origin Stone skills. They stood by the door waiting for Kong Ming to leave the rental house together:

The garbage in the room is not enough to be cleaned once. The breakfast paper bag only needs to be rolled into two balls and compressed, and it will stay at the bottom of the wastebasket until the owner of the room cleans it up.

Her own traces were mediocre. Before Kong Ming arrived, Ansuo had already gotten up, dressed and washed, and even cleaned up the general traces.

It's not that I'm afraid that my husband will see me slovenly. For Ansuo, who has given my life to my husband, how can I be afraid of these little things?

It’s just that after Kong Ming adopted An Suo, he cultivated the habit of going to bed early, getting up early and cleaning up while taking care of her in the first few months.

An Suo believed that this was proof that her husband paid attention to and restrained himself. From then on, he went to bed early and got up early to clean the room every day with great self-discipline.

Little Custer has no desire for a neat and beautiful house. She just thinks that doing so is like letting Mr. Kong Ming embed and integrate into her life, which can bring her and her husband closer.

And there is also an advantage to doing this:

Mr. Kong Ming will look around the room every time he takes Ansuo out for a life study. If there are any special signs, he will stay in the room to deal with them and signal Ansuo to study.

It will be a long time before we can continue a novel journey:

After all, Ansuo is still a very young Custer, and being quick and agile is a common trait among normal children at this stage.

Although her troubled past has made her cautious enough not to do bad things due to her own willfulness, being able to eavesdrop and peep on the intricate, sword-fighting connections among the big guys in the lower city with her husband is undoubtedly a taboo temptation for her.

Kong Ming|taught her to look at problems from different angles, and the discord they saw together was the best teacher:

What is a more bloody and vivid example than reality?

To have such an opportunity, Xiao Ansuo likes his husband's magical powers very much.

Sure enough, just as Xiao Ansuo thought, Kong Ming just looked around and picked up the hair tie she forgot on the bedside table (Ansuo stuck out her tongue, obediently walked up to the gentleman and asked him to tie a ponytail for her). , and left the house with her.

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"Yuxia, you are still young and can still try many things. It is not appropriate to take on these things now."

In Lin's Candy Shop, a big white-haired mouse, wearing a luxurious white suit, was lying on a rickety lounge chair and whispered to the Zarak woman with her head lowered in front of him.

Rat King Lin Gerui and his baby daughter Lin Yuxia.

暗锁

Repeat in your mind the identities of these two people.

This is the third time Kong Ming has come to the Rat King's unassuming but conspicuous store in Xiacheng District with a hidden lock.

"Candy shop in Lower Town?"

When Kong Ming came here for the first time with a hidden lock, he curled his lips in mockery.

“To be honest, shops like this in Xiacheng District are very rare, very, very rare.

In terms of power, this is the gang's default no-power zone - no gang recognizes that this is their territory to collect taxes and rents. In the bustling Xiacheng District, the land of this store is so clean that there is no smell of blood.

In terms of materials, on the continent of Terra, where a gram of industrial sugar is about the same price as an equal weight of gold, what kind of businessman would be able to come up with the idea of ​​selling cheap candies in a poor lower town?

In terms of revenue and expenditure, who can afford to open a store that loses money that even medium-sized gangsters are unwilling to bear?It is possible to say that he is Wei Yanwu, the leader of Longmen! "

"Little Ansuo," Kong Ming couldn't help the desire to complain, and touched Ansuo's yellow and dry hair that had not recovered at that time, "There is too much evidence like this. With a little analysis, a monster lurking under the water can be found. The exposed back appeared in front of me."

"While doing some basic reasoning and intelligence gathering, I can't even hide the information about Lin Gerui, the leader of Xiacheng District."

An Suo nodded confusedly:

Although I still don’t understand it now, Mr. is so awesome, so happy!

Today's secret lock can already put different people into roles with different contradictions based on Mr. Kong Ming's analysis. As Mr. Kong Ming said, the Rat King first faced the conflict between obeying Wei Gong's orders and disobeying, and then the conflict between the heir and his own way of doing things. Different conflicts, and finally the conflict between the increasingly fierce competition in the lower city and the superior Rat King:

Wei Gong Wei Yanwu has gradually grown from a passionate young man with lofty ideals to a deep-minded and excellent leader. Like the great nobles of the Yan Kingdom, he began to hide his goals and ideas in the fog to deceive his opponents, and he also began to use ambiguous and mean ways to deceive his opponents. Handle gantry affairs:

Judging from the intelligence collected by Kong Ming, if it were Wei Yanwu who had Chi Xiao in hand to kill traitors and eliminate evil, Hao Zhao's actions would have received full support. As the leader of Longmen, Wei Yanwu would have done his best to fuel the flames and even deliberately marched dangerously. , used Hao Zhao's strict and cruel laws to scare the monkeys, and taught the giants who invested in Longmen to understand who the real owner of Longmen was.

But the middle-aged Wei Yanwu is different. He clearly realizes that being angry for a moment means nothing, and he may even be caught and chewed out by his opponent because of his mindless talk in anger.

These Victorians who come to Longmen to invest are not dangerous. What is dangerous are the old guys standing behind them. These people are not afraid of blood and laws. Hao Zhao's ability to fight gangs with violence in the lower city area will not work in the upper city area:

The taxes of Longmen are still paid by these old guys, and their bondage with Victoria is enough for Wei Yanwu, who is "insulting to the national system", to be severely read by the special envoy in front of the emperor who lives in the Great Yan Palace - where is the old dragon? Do you understand that the emperor is eyeing him covetously?

Even though there are so many tender letters of congratulations every year, Wei Yanwu can still see the cold eyes of the emperor who is ruthless and indifferent in the depths.

Therefore, Wei Gong remained silent and used his strength to fight:

The infected people in Xiacheng District can provide cheap labor, okay, let's bring them in.

If the infected want to cause trouble, fine, we can introduce "spontaneous" gangs to control them and exploit them, but we must also have our people infiltrate and control the course of events so that everything does not exceed Wei Gong's estimation.

The Rat King Lin Gerui transformed from an old butler into the "unspeakable master" of the gang.

But the gangs have also begun to become too big to lose. They colluded with the infected, strongly resisted the Guards Bureau, which was obviously very important in the old Wei chessboard, and even started intricate transactions with major companies in Colombia and Victoria, which even Lin Gerui was afraid of. But Wei Yanwu remained motionless:

He had to find an opportunity to kill with a fatal blow, but he couldn't let the gangs disappear - if the gangs were gone, sooner or later the infected would be in trouble. Without these people who oppressed them, these people would definitely ask for help if their lives improved. to obtain more and even reduce the competitiveness of cheap labor.

What should I do?

The experienced politician Wei Yanwu did not choose to act vigorously and resolutely. He had the patience of a big shot and could wait for a powerful person who could exercise his will to emerge.

This kind of waiting may last for a long time. Maybe it will be a certain green-haired ghost chosen by Mr. Wei, an ordinary citizen, and Boss Lin, an old man walking on the street, through a chance encounter one night. A psychedelic chessboard draws Xiacheng District into it, and they start over again together.

But Hao Zhao appeared - a good helper who had the means and knew where to go.

Wei Gong accepted him without hesitation. Even though his years of experience allowed him to see Hao Wenyuan's bleak future after his success, the coldness and shamelessness unique to an old politician allowed him to use his pension and pension to prevaricate Ju Feilin's future. Endless risks.

——When a person is worthless, the protection and expectations are always small, and the power that can be used for him is also very different from those who are truly important.

Therefore, there are always "heavily protected" old gentlemen who die in the night before dawn, while the young, prosperous, and bright-eyed young inspectors can carry themselves through sudden tests.

But these have nothing to do with the current situation. Kong Ming still held the secret lock and secretly observed the estranged but warm conversation between the Rat King and his daughter.

Chapter 8 Provocation

Ansuo didn't have any more ideas because of the power transfer between the Rat King and his family:

Even though Kong Ming taught her a lot, the little Custer girl was still a child who grew up in Longmen and had never seen the world.

Under the protection of Kong Ming, she can gain experience by observing big people that she would never dare to think about in her life.

But it is really difficult for her to use her brains based on the obtained intelligence like Kong Ming:

A person's great change is very long. Even if the mutation is completed within a few hours, there are already a lot of signs before the great change, suggesting the unbearable distortion in the gradual endurance.

A nail is fixed in steel, and the huge force has bent the straight nail body. Rust, deformation, extrusion... These internal or external factors have made this iron object in danger.