Terra Martial God and Merit System

Lin Yuxia picked up the hastily written note on the table -

[Something big has happened at Kamsko Bank! The city lord wants to execute the bank president in public! We are going to watch the fun.]

【Captain, come quickly! 】

Chapter 62: Usury

Lin Yuxia felt like she was going to have a headache. She hurried out of the house and ran towards the bank.

There were a large number of people gathered here, and many Ursus soldiers were maintaining order.

Lin Yuxia showed her appointment documents and quickly squeezed in.

After walking a few steps, I heard a curse:

"You lazy guys! You still think you're right not to pay back the money you owe?!"

Lin Yuxia's mind moved, and colored glaze formed a thick layer on the soles of her feet, quickly lifting her up.

She was able to see what was going on inside -

A well-dressed man who looked like a 'gentleman' was tied up and kneeling on the ground.

One of the lenses of his glasses was broken, and his hair, which had been styled with gel, was now in disarray. Judging from the nameplate on his body, this man was the president of Kamsko Bank.

His face was now red, and he was shouting angrily—

"You are all a bunch of poor bastards. The money I earn from raising a dog is enough to pay you bastards a year's salary!"

"Kill him!" The crowd around was in high spirits, some picked up stones and threw them at the other party. All kinds of accusations and scoldings instantly surrounded the president who was originally high and mighty.

However, the opponent did not give up resistance, but started to fight back with his mouth.

When the masses accused him of usury, the president would call them poor people who had no money but to borrow money. When the masses accused him of murder, the president would call them ignorant of the current situation.

His mouth was broken, his face was bruised, and he even had difficulty opening one of his eyes, but he never cried out in pain, begged for mercy, and never stopped talking.

"You are rebelling. When the Ursus army comes to suppress the bandits, all of you rioters will be hanged one by one!" He kept cursing at the people.

Lin Yuxia felt uneasy when she heard this, and she looked at the person standing behind the president.

That's Luo Chen.

He had obviously been through a battle, his body was covered in blood, and his clothes were torn to pieces.

He looked at the shouting president coldly, as if he was looking at a dead person.

Lin Yuxia was really a little scared. Luo Chen was actually going to execute such a fierce man in public. This was too...

She turned around and looked around. Some people were even intimidated by the bank president, and the shouting and cursing from below became much quieter.

Lin Yuxia looked at Luo Chen again. If she were Luo Chen, she might try to shut up the bank president. But Luo Chen didn't seem to be afraid of the other party's shouting at all, and his expression remained unchanged.

Even....Even....

A hint of smile?

Like watching a clown?

Lin Yuxia blinked. She could see clearly now that Luo Chen did have a smile on his face with the corners of his mouth slightly raised.

Why is he laughing? Is this something funny?

Lin Yuxia felt puzzled.

As time passed, the people's accusations and complaints gradually subsided. After all, the president was alone, and after being on the line for so long, he became dry-mouthed and silent.

But his eyes were still full of anger and dissatisfaction.

Luo Chen took a few steps forward, took out a piece of paper crumpled with blood and sweat from his arms, and then gently unfolded it.

He cleared his throat—

"The suspects are suspected of hiring a killer, illegally lending money, colluding with other suspects, and are involved in treason, rebellion, corruption..."

Luo Chen listed more than a dozen charges in one breath, and then sentenced the other party to death more than a dozen times.

Finally, he said:

"Now, death penalty, execute immediately!"

He folded the [Charge List] that he had worked so hard to compile and put it in his pocket, then walked towards the other party.

The people around were still roaring at first, but when they saw Luo Chen walking towards them step by step, the shouts suddenly weakened.

Lin Yuxia couldn't help but hold her breath.

The tied-up bank president finally panicked. He looked at Luo Chen who was getting closer and closer and started shouting -

"Do you know who I know? Do you know who my father is?"

"You ungrateful bastard! I could have killed a dozen of you with just a few words!"

"You can't kill me! Don't you dare kill me!"

He started out with an arrogant roar, and then turned it into a subtle threat—

"If you kill me, you'll be going against the emperor, and I know people in the palace!"

"Lending money is reasonable! Why don't you let me lend money?!"

"I only collected half of the interest from these untouchables. Why do you want to kill me?"

"Why do you do that?!!!"

"Clown! Shut up!" Luo Chen threw a punch, and the chattering president finally shut up.

His head exploded instantly, and the powerful impact drew a weird image of brain matter and blood on the ground.

"This old dog has finally come to this day!" With a howl, the emotions of the onlookers around suddenly reached a climax.

Lin Yuxia felt dizzy. She looked at the headless body lying on the ground and Luo Chen's slightly mocking expression, and felt that everything was heading towards an uncontrollable and incomprehensible path.

"From now on, Kamsike will not allow usury, and the annual interest rate for private loans shall not exceed 15%." Luo Chen finally announced, "Now, everyone, please adjourn."

Lin Yuxia squeezed into the trial scene and heard Luo Chen muttering——

"I should have known not to blow his head off, otherwise he would have been hung on the street lamp..."

"Hu——" Lin Yuxia took a deep breath and then sighed.

She didn't know how many times she sighed today. A lot anyway.

"Oh? Minister Lin." Luo Chen looked at Lin Yuxia and smiled, "You came at the right time."

"I have dealt with the president. You can sort out the bank now. We will control the bank in Kamsko ourselves."

Lin Yuxia looked down at the corpse again: "You'd better give an explanation for what you did just now."

"Explain?" Luo Chen thought for a moment. "I was a little upset when I asked him to cash a check for me. This guy actually said that 'large amount transfers' must be reported to the central government. This guy wants to disgust me."

"Guess what happened?" Luo Chen smiled.

"I found out that he was a bad guy. He was involved in lending, murder, and collusion. He even had a team of private soldiers to protect himself. Of course, I have killed them all now."

"Isn't this perfect? ​​I killed him and got the money in the bank vault for free. And I also dealt with a lot of staff who didn't do their job. It's really the best of both worlds!"

"There are at least a hundred ways to deal with it perfectly!" Lin Yuxia couldn't help but scold, "You killed him! How will you explain to your superiors?"

"I have a superior?" Luo Chen scratched his head, "How come I don't know? Is it the Emperor of Ursus? No matter... I will kill the Emperor of Ursus sooner or later..."

"You, you, you!!!" Lin Yuxia felt like her heart was about to jump out of her chest. She even felt like she couldn't catch her breath. She almost fainted.

"Anyway, I'll leave this to you first." Luo Chen patted her shoulder, "We have to finish this quickly. I plan to confiscate the house of that Luosang Tudan in a few days. I'll need your help to count the property then..."

Chapter 63 Arsonist

Lin Yuxia wanted to say something, but Luo Chen ran away in a blink of an eye. She could only stand there and grit her teeth at the corpse.

But soon even the bodies were gone, because angry people snatched them away to vent their anger.

"Captain? Why are you here?" A familiar voice appeared in her ears. Lin Yuxia raised her head weakly and looked at the excited team members.

"Just came to take a look...Did you all see the execution?" Lin Yuxia asked. She was very curious about what these young people were thinking.

"I've seen it all."

"I was standing in a bad position, but I heard everything clearly."

“I saw that too…”

"So..." Lin Yuxia paused, "Do you think he did the right thing?"

"....." These 'young talents' from Longmen looked at each other, and one of the young men spoke first -

“I don’t know the full picture, so I won’t comment.”

Someone started talking, and others followed suit.

“It feels too violent…”

“I don’t know what he’s after…”

"This is just a complete attempt to stir up emotions, right? Does the city lord really want to rebel?"

“That’s so irrational!”

Lin Yuxia nodded slightly. It seemed that her teammates were quite rational.

“I feel like it was a good kill.”

"This president deserves to die without a doubt."

Just as she was thinking this, a distinctive sentence suddenly rang out.

"Hey?" Lin Yuxia looked at the person who was speaking and found that she knew this person.

The young people in this team are from Longmen, but Longmen is not all prosperous.

The person who was speaking came from a slum, and her place was given to her by Lin Yuxia herself because Lin Yuxia thought she was really smart and sharp enough.

Lin Yuxia was very curious that someone she liked would say such an opinion. "Why? Why do you say that?"

"That's right... What do you mean by 'undoubtedly damned'... Have you investigated?"

"I only saw a confused mob and an innocent dead person..." Others in the team objected.

The girl who spoke ignored them and looked at Lin Yuxia, "Ms. Lin, do you remember how you saved me?"

"How did I save you..." Lin Yuxia was stunned.

The other party said to himself - "My mother is seriously ill. She can only take out a loan if she wants to be hospitalized. My father borrowed a lot of money."

"Of course, it didn't work. My mother died anyway. But the huge debt still crushed our family."

"My father worked five jobs a day, but no matter how hard he worked, he couldn't pay the interest on the money he borrowed."

"Because the debt collector threatened to sell you to pay the debt, your father killed the other party's family. Then he committed suicide." Lin Yuxia added, "I remember all this."

"I bailed you out. And I established the rules of the ghetto—the limit on usury."

"Ms. Lin, I thank you for your kindness. But you don't seem to have seen the truth of all this." The girl sighed. "The people who borrowed money from my father are a bunch of rogues, a bunch of insignificant hooligans. It's impossible for them to come up with such a large sum of money so quickly."

"And it also made it convenient for my mother to be admitted to a hospital in the city."

"They are not the owners of the money, they are just debt collectors." The girl raised her head and looked directly into Lin Yuxia's eyes, "You said that those debt collectors died in the end, and you also set the rules..."

"But it's no use."

"The real murderer is still at large."

"My mother's body has not been recovered. The hospital said it was accidentally cremated. Miss Lin, do you believe it?"

"......" Lin Yuxia was silent.

"Ms. Lin, I'm not blaming you. I'm already very satisfied that you can protect me." The girl murmured to herself, "But there are also places where your light cannot illuminate."

"Then you can't conclude that the bank president is the same as your enemy!" a team member whispered.

"They all look the same," she answered. "Equally ugly, equally resentful, and equally superior."