"But I have a question," said Viscount Venisque: "Claude, how can you be so sure that Sir Fox will be defeated as a member of the National Assembly in next year's election? As far as I know, he has served as a member of the National Assembly for five terms in White Hart Town.
The councilman has run Bailu Town as his base camp and is so deeply rooted that he is known as the boss behind Bailu Town. Many proposals regarding Bailu Town cannot be implemented in the town hall without his consent..."
The term of office of the National Assembly of the Kingdom of Ovelas is five years and is elected by local citizens with national status through a vote.
By this time Claude had calmed down and looked up at Viscount Venisque strangely, as if he was wondering how he could ask such a question: "Since you know what he is capable of, why are you still working with him for the construction of a naval base?"
You had a falling out, and you didn't give him any face?"
Viscount Venisque blushed a little when Claude stared at him like this: "Haha, actually before I came here to take office, someone in the royal capital warned me that as long as I got the cooperation of Sir Fox, nothing big would happen in White Deer Town.
Question. I felt as if that person came up to me and said such things to me on purpose. I felt a little strange, so I went to ask Mrs. Maria.
Madam Maria said with disdain that this guy is just a country bumpkin. He is used to arrogating power in small places and does not know where the world is. He is very arrogant and snobbish. It is during the time when he goes to the royal capital to attend the National Assembly every year that he can become more honest. Ignore it.
If he has any trouble, just slap him in the face and don't give him any face. Anyway, I am a soldier and he is a civilian, so we have nothing to do with him.
Originally, I didn’t want to provoke him. Building a naval base here was the kingdom’s strategic arrangement and had nothing to do with him. But he was so greedy that he went so far as to expropriate land within the base after the Bailu Town development plan was announced.
Without the slightest scruple, I expropriated the property and land of those poor people with only a small amount of compensation. I didn’t think that if this matter got too big, I would be implicated, so in anger, I developed his property in accordance with the land expropriation regulations.
Companies were driven out of the West Side.
He refused to learn his lesson this time, and actually came to me privately and said that he wanted to contract the construction project of the entire naval base, and asked me to raise the cost. He then found someone to start the construction to lower the cost, so that the difference was equal to the project cost.
Several times the amount, he can give me 10% of the profit. Bah, do I need that little money? This is a naval base, not public facilities, so of course I don’t give him any face."
"Bring a bottle of wine and moisten your throat." Viscount Venisque said excitedly: "After this incident, he also tried to unite with the former baron mayor, so-called baron mayor, to force the farms and farms in the south of the town not to sell us fresh wine.
Vegetables, fruits and meat, trying to force me to submit. But he didn't expect that the mayor of the town failed to pass the audit and was arrested, and then Supervisor Felidos took office, and all his plans failed.
Just like that, he shamelessly came to me at the inauguration banquet held by Chief Felidos and said that he could help the naval base with the project construction at market prices with guaranteed quality and quantity. I turned around and left, not bothering to pay attention to him, leaving him in public.
It's such a shame. In fact, when I heard that he was killed this morning, I was first shocked, and secondly happy, this old guy deserved to be killed!"
Claude took out a bottle of whiskey from the box next to the table, and took out two wine glasses, opened the lids and poured half a glass for Viscount Venisque and Detective Joseph respectively.
Detective Joseph stretched his head to look at the box and asked, "Why are there three bottles missing?"
Claude pointed to the corner of the wall: "Look, there are two empty bottles there. Pour some wine into them and add some water. It will easily attract mosquitoes. Mosquitoes that smell the smell of alcohol only need to fly in and get stained by the alcohol. That's it.
It has been hot for a few days and there are many mosquitoes. I can kill about twenty mosquitoes by leaving it on for a day and a night. In addition, Lieutenant Nouit took a bottle yesterday. I forgot to ask him to take the bottle back. The bottle has a unique shape and a bottle deposit is required.
Want a sunar."
Detective Joseph stood up and knelt down to look at the two empty wine bottles in the corner. Sure enough, he found several mosquitoes soaked in the layer of wine at the bottom of the bottles.
"This is a good idea, much better than the dizzying smell of mosquito coils." Detective Joseph said: "But you are willing to give such expensive whiskey to Lieutenant Nuit..."
"Actually, I didn't give it to him to drink, but Lieutenant Nouit helped him drink the bottle." Claude explained: "I opened that bottle of whiskey. I wanted to have a taste, so I poured a little bit. It turned out that
It was bitter and spicy, not as delicious as blueberry fruit wine, and it didn't suit my taste, so I put it next to the table. Then I forgot about it and kept it for more than a week. I was worried that the opened whiskey would not be preserved for a long time, and it happened to be Nuit
The lieutenant said he would meet his little lover in the evening and asked me to give him a bottle of whiskey, so I gave him the bottle of whiskey with the cap opened and only a little poured out."
Viscount Venisque had already finished his half glass of whiskey and was pouring it into the glass from the bottle. He laughed after listening to Claude's words: "You are only eighteen years old and have just grown up. You are still a little kid.
I don’t understand that women don’t understand the beauty of strong liquor. Now, tell me, how sure are you of bringing down the dead Sir Fox?”
Claude smiled bitterly: "What's the use of talking about this now? He's dead anyway, and all my arrangements have been in vain."
"It's okay, you can say whatever you want, I just want to know how you arranged it." Viscount Venisque said nonchalantly.
"Actually, this old guy can be re-elected as a member of the National Assembly for five terms by my father and Uncle Thomas. There used to be a total of 561 citizens in Bailu Town. Except for those who are unwilling to vote, basically every time
As long as there are 270 votes in the national election, this old guy can be elected as a member of the National Assembly.
It is said that my father and the others helped canvass votes for this old guy to be re-elected for ten years. In the next three times, because this old guy had already established a firm foothold, no one in Bailu Town was willing to come out and fight with him.
Competition, so he just went through the motions and continued to be re-elected without even counting the votes.
Because White Deer Town used to be under the jurisdiction of the County of Barromise, this old guy was re-elected as a National Assembly member for 24 years, and compiled a large network of human relations in the County, and even the town hall needed to pass any administrative measures.
He petitioned the county council, so the relationship between my father and the old man gradually deteriorated, and it turned into him guiding my father and the others behind the scenes.
Just like this time, my father and the others were planning to open a new route to the continent of Nubisia. They were also instructed by this old guy behind the scenes. He hid behind the scenes and asked my father and the others to raise funds for the expedition. After the new route was opened, another
They prevented my father from reporting the news, thinking that they would first organize a merchant fleet to conduct smuggling trade with overseas territories privately, so that everyone could make some money first. My father was deceived by him, and they prepared merchant ships and goods for him, and even wrote an IOU...
…”
Claude punched the table with hatred, startling Viscount Venisque and Detective Joseph.
"I don't deny that I hate this old guy. This old bastard destroyed my family. However, I won't kill him so easily. What I want is for him to lose everything and have nothing. If there is still nothing in Bailu Town
If there are changes, I may have to endure it for a long time before I can find an opportunity for revenge, but now the kingdom wants to develop Bailu Town, build a naval base, upgrade it to a city, and put it under the direct jurisdiction of the royal capital, so I found a good opportunity."
Claude looked at Viscount Venisque: "Sir Viscount, how many national members can White Deer Town have when it is upgraded to a city?"
Viscount Venisque immediately understood: "Three, three National Assembly members."
Claude nodded: "No one was willing to compete with this old guy before. After all, he has deep roots in the county and wide connections. Even if we propose new candidates for the National Assembly, they will probably be rejected by the county council for various reasons.
Vetoed. But now that White Deer City is under the direct jurisdiction of the Royal Capital, Madam Maria has promised me that the National Assembly will approve the nomination of new National Assembly members.
In addition, the fact that he set up a trap to trick my father into signing the IOU and finally forced my father to commit suicide by jumping off a building has become known to everyone in White Deer City, and Uncle Thomas and the others will also run for the National Assembly this time. This old guy
He has been arrogant for a long time and has forgotten what he is. He is notorious among the people of White Deer City. What else can he rely on to get votes? Should he spend money to buy them? How much is he prepared to pay for a vote?
This time I have prepared five thousand gold crowns. No matter how much this old guy pays, I will pay twice as much as him. So what I am waiting for is the moment when the National Assembly elections take place next year. I really want to see what this old guy will do when he fails to become a National Assembly member.
What will the expression look like? Once Uncle Thomas and the others are elected, they will propose a bill to review the public projects that White Deer Town has carried out during the eastward expansion of the town in recent years.
My father once said during his lifetime that this old man had controlled the public engineering projects implemented by the town government for more than ten years. He pretended to be a contractor, raised the cost, lowered the salary, and made a lot of illegal profits.
But the quality is not up to standard. If you find fault with him in this regard, you will almost certainly find it, and then he will not be able to get away with it at all, and it is not impossible that he will even be sentenced to prison for hard labor."
"For me, that is the best revenge." Claude's face was full of regret: "It's a pity that this old guy died so quickly, and he didn't even have a chance to find someone to blame. I really can't bear it.
ah……"
"By the way, Lord Viscount, can you tell me how he died? I hope it is as miserable as possible. Maybe this can comfort my disappointed heart..."
Viscount Venisque looked at Detective Joseph and saw that he had no intention of objecting, so he described the death of Sir Fox and his butler, and also repeated Detective Joseph's autopsy report and his general judgment on the murderer's actions.
Claude glanced at Detective Joseph in surprise and said to himself that this guy really can't tell that he has a trick. Fortunately, my performance was perfect, full marks.
"Do you have anything to say?" Viscount Venisque asked. Perhaps Claude had other opinions. This little guy's revenge plan just now was very well designed.
Claude pondered for a moment and said hesitantly: "Maybe you have judged the wrong direction..."
Detective Joseph kept a close eye on Claude.
"Just now, Lord Viscount said that Detective Joseph believes that the murderer is most likely a professional killer or assassin. I think it makes sense. But if that is the case, the murderer has already left White Deer City and cannot stay here waiting for you to find him.
Also, what was the murderer’s motive for killing that old guy? It’s very suspicious that he pretended to be a naval officer and asked to see the old guy in the name of submitting an emergency document, because if I were the murderer, I would find any opportunity to climb over the wall and enter.
In his manor, he would just find the old guy and stab him a few times. He would not go to such trouble to knock on the door and alert the servants and housekeeper.
Therefore, I wonder if the murderer didn't know the old man. Because of this, he pretended to be an officer and asked for an interview, so that he would not mistake the target of the assassination. Moreover, he left without searching for any property or documents after the killing.
, such an assassination act is more like silencing someone or venting their anger.
If I were responsible for this murder case, then I would not look for the murderer, but look for the motive of the murder in the manor, look for the old man's documents and diaries, and see if there are any clues.
It’s not that I offended anyone, or that the spoils were unevenly distributed, I think if it was really a hired killing, it was probably instigated by someone over there..."
Claude pointed to the south, which was the direction of the road leading to the county town.
"Why do you think so?" Viscount Venisque asked.
"Because Bailu City will be under the direct jurisdiction of the royal capital in the future, the old man no longer needs to rely on the relationship with the county and city." Claude replied.
Viscount Venisque suddenly realized it, and Detective Joseph was thoughtful.
"But if something is discovered, I'm afraid it will implicate many people and cause a great impact..." Viscount Venisque murmured.
Claude shrugged: "But then you will be less involved with Manager Felidos..."
Detective Joseph got up and walked out, followed by Viscount Venisque, and Claude quickly got up to see them off. When they arrived outside the office building, the people they brought were standing beside the carriage waiting.
Detective Joseph came to Bid and Sherna and said softly: "Look at the young man who sent us out. Is he similar to Lieutenant Abraham last night?"
Bid shook his head: "It's not the same at all."
Serena puffed up her towering chest: "This is a little pervert. He keeps staring at me and blushes. Ha, what an interesting little guy..."
Detective Joseph turned around and got into the carriage: "Come up, you two, go back to the manor."