The nobles all looked like they had their eyes closed, as if they had fallen asleep, but in fact most of them were awake and pretending to be asleep. Because originally they were not really sleeping at this time, but were supposed to be attending the dance.
, I am used to sleeping very late.
Night is the stage for them, especially the male nobles who mostly look for suitable opportunities at the dance, such as alliances with each other, opportunities to make a fortune, and opportunities to find lovers.
Most of them are the last type. The dance is the most common occasion for adult female aristocrats. After one night of love, there will be no relationship, and some will develop from there, becoming staged lovers.
It can be said that because people from the aristocratic class are very familiar with each other, some people start to look for fresher lovers. Therefore, in addition to finding aristocratic women as lovers, there are usually beautiful girls from the common class who become the lovers of the nobles.
After all, beauty is a scarce resource. There will always be some people who choose this path in order to survive and live a better life.
Nobles will bring their lovers to parties, but generally they will not marry civilian women as wives. The higher the rank, the less likely it is for nobles to have independent marriage. Most of their wives are aristocratic women of the same rank, and they are perfectly matched.
Most aristocratic men and women know this rule. Even if they are completely unsuitable for each other and love never appears, they still cannot get rid of their marriage. Fortunately, there is a lover system that allows them to develop separately.
It can be said that this is also the reason why some nobles are so keen on attending balls. At balls, they can relax and have a rest. If everyone wants to find the right person, they often have to play until midnight before going home.
Then they have to sleep until dawn before getting up to do some things. It can be said that at certain times they often have morning and dusk cycles, which means they are mostly night owls.
Being accustomed to the night life, they naturally would not fall asleep so early. This was not the time for them to start sleeping, and they could not fall asleep at all at this moment.
Being semi-arrested here, they had something on their minds. They wanted to know how the showdown between the association and the city lord would go. After coming in, they tried to pretend not to care about the storm that might break out, but in fact they were in a state of confusion.
Therefore, after getting together, they wanted to know if there was anything else they didn't know about others, but others thought the same way, and the communication with each other was more of a test than an exchange of information.
Just kidding, if there is really information that others don't know, you have to hide it, or give the information to others for free in exchange for the information and resources you need. That's what a fool does.
Ling Xiao watched for a while, and when he saw this scene of testing each other's calculations, he couldn't help but complain: These nobles are all foxes with thousands of years of history, what kind of charade are they playing! (1)
They find that they can't get any more information, there's nowhere else to go, and there's nothing else they want to do. At this time, some serious people are too lazy to flirt around and enrich their love history.
After all, they are now under semi-house arrest here, so they naturally cannot have that kind of interest in having fun. In addition, they are worried about how things will develop, and they are not sleepy.
But because we know that we can’t get any other information from other people, it’s impossible for each other to tell the truth to others. When we get together, we just talk about some clichés, just the same few sentences over and over again, and there is nothing new at all.
As a result, everyone's interest in talking together gradually decreased, and they felt that they had nothing to say, so they became a little drowsy. This appearance of wanting to sleep was more of a pretense to protect themselves.
As nobles, although they have allies, for the sake of greater interests, their allies will also turn against each other. They are still somewhat wary of each other, and there are even more enemies.
The nobles in Windhearth City gathered together separately. The big event that broke out this time allowed them to temporarily eliminate their differences and sit together. They wanted to know each other's thoughts, but they soon discovered that it was impossible for the other party to tell them all their thoughts.
After knowing this situation, I didn't pay too much attention to it. After all, as a smart person, I know that only a few people benefit from some things. If there are too many people, wouldn't it mean that my cake will be divided?
With this kind of mentality, they will not reveal their true information. What they say is just to deceive others. They say things they don’t mean but expect others to tell the truth. Naturally, they get nothing.
After testing each other out, they found that the other party was unwilling to release any news, so they started to pretend to be asleep, because they really couldn't continue chatting, there was no other place to go, let alone going on a date with their lover, so they adopted this method.
Their minds were already flying, wondering what the situation was like outside. Some people regretted it very much. Hey! They didn't get any more information at all. If they had known it earlier, they might as well have tried to be a witness outside.
The cunning nobles were actually unwilling to go out as witnesses because they might offend the city lord, but the association had to have someone bear witness, so the weaker nobles were kicked out to be witnesses.
The powerful nobles can sit there and wait for news. Once something goes wrong, they can look at the situation and determine what to do. In the eyes of the nobles, this is really a good way to advance, attack, and retreat to defend.
But if you really sit here and don't know anything, some people will feel regretful. You should send someone to check the situation. If there are any problems, inform your people as soon as possible.
But now it's too late, there is no way to add more people, and the people sitting in the hall have nothing to say, and they can't find new information, so they can only pretend that they want to sleep.
At this time, people from the association had searched most of the City Lord's Mansion. The searchers all knew the layout of the City Lord's Mansion, but no one was missing so far.
This made the nobles who followed the testimony worry about the people of the association. If it cannot be found out, the association may not be able to give an explanation to the city lord. What should it do?
The nobles who followed all wanted to cry, because even if the members of the association were difficult to do, they would not stay in Windhearth City. The most unlucky people were those who were forced to testify and might be resented by the city lord.
The more people think about it, the more they feel that something is wrong. Later, they feel that they can't lift their legs, and their steps become a little draggy. They wish they had not come to the dance. Although they cannot escape, they can deliberately pretend that they are extremely tired.
Kun was naturally aware of the other party's impatience, but pretended to know nothing. Anyway, the other party was just a tool to testify, so there was no need to be too polite.
And he naturally knows how to find the hidden corpses, but for the sake of a good show, he absolutely cannot go straight to the dungeon without checking elsewhere. Doesn't this let others see that something is wrong?
Therefore, he really searched the City Lord's Mansion and found it bit by bit. In fact, the association's people divided into several groups to search. No matter how big the City Lord's Mansion was, it was limited. They found the location of the dungeon in the early morning.
Most of the people in the City Lord's Mansion were controlled, and only a few people followed. They were a little nervous at first, but then they found out that the people in the association had not found any excuses, and they relaxed suddenly.
But when they discovered that the people from the association walked to the dungeon, they also discovered a hidden switch in the dungeon, and even turned on the switch to search the dungeon. The mentality of the people in the City Lord's Mansion changed again. They didn't want the people from the association to search.
Therefore, that place contains the darkest part of the city lord's palace - the dungeon. They have been to that place before, so they naturally know the rules there. People who are caught entering basically cannot get out. What comes out is either corpses or they will not survive for long.
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This is also the reason why they felt bad when they noticed that the people of the association turned to the dungeon. It was not good to be discovered in such a place. Fortunately, someone remembered that the city lord had cleared out the people who were originally imprisoned there.
At that time, the city lord also said that he would take advantage of those who died. You must know that many people did not want to die in the end, and their last hope was to die quickly. Because of the association, the city lord finally executed those people.
Among the people who followed the association from the city lord's mansion were those who were responsible for helping the city lord handle matters. The bodies of those who died were thrown into the Gobi Desert. Even if someone encountered them, they would not be able to recognize who they were.
As a person involved, I naturally feel uncomfortable when I see this, because I know how many innocent souls there are, and I am also afraid that people from the association will find out the problem, even if there are no so-called victims there.
Naturally, they didn't know Ling Xiao's plan. Although there were no previous victims, it didn't mean there were no other victims. They had to create one. Ling Xiao wanted to hit the vital point and leave the evildoers with no way out.
It doesn't matter what the people in the city lord's palace think. Even if they want to stop it, they can't. Kun will listen to their advice. The more they don't let him in, the more they want to go in and take a look. Even the nobles who are watching are a lot more.
I became interested, swept away my previous decadence, and started to be eager to try.
In fact, they are completely unfamiliar with the City Lord's Mansion. Naturally, they don't know that there is such a hidden place here, and someone prevents them from entering. This has not happened before. Is there something wrong with it?
The more people were not allowed to enter, the more they aroused everyone's curiosity. Many people entered the dungeon at once. The first reaction of those guarding the dungeon was to drive away the outsiders, but they were restrained by the people from the association and started searching.
, the prepared body was found.
Everyone was shocked when the news came, so it would be difficult for the association to find someone, but if someone is found, it will be the city lord who needs to give a reply.
Finally, the hard and white corpse was carried out and placed in an open space, and the nobles who were under semi-house arrest also got the news. The more courageous ones went to watch the fun, while the timid ones did not dare to move.
Gathered together out of fear.
There were many people around the corpse in the open space. Although they did not dare to get too close, they took a closer look and found that it was indeed a human corpse and not something to fool people.
Most of the people who saw the corpse clearly did not dare to speak. The scene was completely silent. The wind blew through the open space, giving it a somewhat gloomy feeling for a while, which made the people around shudder. Some timid people were frightened.
I almost peed.
They really want to know what the people from the association want to do, and who is this body? Is it the missing female pharmacist? Has the city owner overturned?
And they saw the city lord being carried over. He was very unhappy at the moment. He was not feeling well. He was woken up from his sleep. Naturally, he was extremely unhappy. After losing his temper, he was forcibly brought over by people from the association.
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When he saw the corpse, the city lord couldn't help but feel something was wrong. Why was there still a corpse in the dungeon? It shouldn't be! How could a corpse appear when the dungeon was clearly cleaned up?
Could it be that someone deliberately plotted against him? When he thought of this, he muttered, hateful! He clearly knew that his health was not good, but he deliberately tortured himself.
The city lord felt something was wrong, but more importantly, he felt anxious. What happened to this corpse? A bunch of trash, this corpse was definitely framed by someone, but it was hard to get rid of this pot of dirty water.
If it weren't for his poor health, the city lord would have yelled loudly. Sure enough, the people in the association were all thieves. Of course he would not give up the opportunity to clean himself up, so he asked: "How can you be sure that the person who died is a female pharmacist?"
The nobles who were watching also looked at it with some curiosity, because the face of the female corpse had been beaten so that they could not see clearly what that face looked like.
Therefore, the city lord absolutely did not want to admit that this was the female pharmacist master, and he was absolutely unwilling to admit that he had done something wrong. Naturally, his statement was agreed with by some people, after all, he could not tell who it was.
The nobles who agreed were doing it to maintain the dignity of the nobles. No matter what the reason was, they preferred that the city lord could step down with dignity, rather than having to step down after being caught by the people of the association.
Kun naturally saw that he had discussed the relevant procedures with Ling Xiao a long time ago, and the reason why he did not stop the city lord from asking questions was to solidify the death of the female pharmacy master.
Ling Xiao, the mastermind of this plan, was also watching. This was to prevent possible accidents, because she knew that there was a bug in the corpse: although the body began to stiffen one to three hours after death, the whole body stiffened.
About sixteen hours later.
Naturally, the corpse found could not do this, and had already begun to stiffen up. If there was an experienced person at this scene who had been working as a prisoner for many years, he might find something was wrong.
If it is absolutely impossible to evade detection in modern society, this kind of fake and real method cannot pass the test. Not only does the corpse have rigor mortis, but there is also DNA detection method, which will be exposed soon. Fortunately, this world does not have that technology yet.
Kun of the association had an indifferent look on his face at the moment, looking at the city lord as if he was an enemy. Others could tell at a glance that the people from the association believed that the deceased was the missing person. For a while, most of the nobles decided to sit back and watch.
Naturally, the cronies who followed Kun didn't know that this was planned long ago. It was basically a deliberate plot against the city lord. This time it was revenge, but the people in the association still knew that the city lord was the enemy of the association, and they also looked angry at this moment.
Kun planned to use this excuse to make the body belong to whoever it said it belonged to. After being charged with the crime, he would take the body away and find a suitable place to bury it. After a while, the body would turn into real white bones.
It's not easy to get help.
The two pharmacists also heard the news and rushed over. They were stunned for a moment, and then found that the female pharmacist was really dead. She had suffered a lot before her death. The two grown men couldn't bear it any longer, and they howled loudly.
Start crying.
Some people didn't quite believe it and asked how they recognized it. After all, they were all members of the association. They could lie no matter what. Fortunately, there was a witness, the maid of the city lord's palace.
The maid looked at the body and immediately turned pale with fright. She trembled and told the others that the clothes on the body were those worn by the female pharmacist to the dance.
This is a dress that cannot be said to be gorgeous, but it does cost some money. It is a dress given by the city lord's palace. It was sent by the maid. Now it is stained with blood and there is some dirt dragging on the ground.