Chapter 446 Riot · Ten
Under the personal attention of the eldest princess, a thorough investigation within the imperial government quickly began.
Led by the Military Intelligence Department and the Imperial Intelligence Department, a comprehensive investigation was conducted on various problems in the slums in the outer city.
This does appear to be a bit of a show of force, but it is not part of the effort to alert the enemy.
While Purficott has appointed brothers and churches to secretly investigate the slums, the government's high-profile investigation of street lights and other issues can obviously greatly distract the attention of interested people. They ignore the real point and focus on the apparent investigation.
Of course, Purficott still hopes to find out something. At least there must be an explanation for the fact that the street lamps in the slums in the outer city have turned into alchemical creations that collect souls and resentments.
Langdon is the capital of the empire, and people have arranged such a thing in a grand manner. To say that there are no problems between various government departments is a lie that no one would believe.
So for a while, all relevant departments in Langton City that may be involved have launched a very strict review to ensure that no suspicious person is let go.
Whether it was the person in charge of the original approval of the relevant projects, the officials who proposed the project, or the managers involved in the project, everyone was investigated by the intelligence department, and some of them had serious suspicions. He was even taken away for special questioning.
However, after some investigation, almost all evidence and clues showed that there was no problem with the government department's approval process for this project.
"This is the result of your investigation for a week?" Looking at the report submitted by the intelligence department, Purficott laughed angrily: "You really don't think there is anything wrong with the report you submitted? ?”
It’s not that Purficott is deliberately trying to find fault, or is targeting them, but the report submitted is indeed outrageous.
At first glance, there is nothing wrong with the submitted records and investigation reports. All testimonies and records also show that this is a normal municipal construction project.
But if you check it a little, you will find that all the information submitted has reached an outrageous level.
Normal application submission, normal approval process, normal fund allocation, normal procurement, normal construction, normal acceptance, normal subsequent maintenance...
At first glance, there really isn't anything wrong with it, but that's exactly the biggest problem.
Can you believe that in an era when the feudal dynasty transitioned to capitalism, there was no need for a municipal project, and all processes followed normal procedures. No one was corrupt or bribed, and no one benefited from it. ?
When did the empire’s bureaucrats and nobles become so upright and honest?
Whether others believe it or not, at least Purficott does not believe that among all the processes involved in this project, there is no problem in any link.
This possibility is certainly not impossible, but the probability of it happening is as unlikely as throwing a handful of rice on the keyboard and then finding a pigeon to peck it, and the pigeon will type out a novel.
Even if we take a step back, there is indeed no corruption among imperial officials in all aspects of this project, and they do fulfill their duties. Everyone has performed their duties seriously, but there will still be various problems in the project itself.
For example, when submitting a report, there will be a certain delay in the normal approval process.
Because the approval process in this era is still in the era of paper documents, and all the approval process relies on manual transmission, it is normal for a little time to be delayed due to human factors during the approval process.
So the approval process that can theoretically be completed in one week may often take a month or even longer.
Being able to complete all the processes within one month is even relatively fast.
However, in the investigation report before Purficott, all approval processes were completed in the shortest theoretical time.
How can this not make Purficott angry? This is simply an insult to her IQ. She even has trouble restraining her emotions even with a tiara on.
This also undoubtedly shows that there is a behind-the-scenes mastermind behind all this. They don't even bother to use relatively reasonable means to hide themselves, but use this method to insult Perfectcott's IQ. Come tell her that's what they do.
How can this make Purficott not angry?
However, she restrained her emotions in the end and did not really get angry. Instead, she threw the investigation report back: "I will give you three more days. After three days, if you still hand it in like this Waste paper, then I will let you eat it one bite at a time!”
After saying that, Purficott didn't bother to care about the ugly looks on the faces of the two heads of the intelligence department and the eagerness to say something. He waved his hand and told them to get out quickly.
After telling the two directors of the intelligence department to get out, Purficott looked at the window of the office and said to the 'empty' window sill: "Mr. Ezio, exit. Could you please go through the door normally?"
"There are too many guards coming in through the door. I'm not used to it." Along with Ezio's voice, his figure also appeared next to the window sill. Apparently, the Brotherhood's Assassin Mentor came in through the ventilation window nearby.
Perfect didn’t delve into this, she just didn’t like others to go directly to the window.
And compared to how Ezio appeared in her office, Purficott was more concerned about what she entrusted the Brotherhood to investigate.
"Do you have any clues about what I asked you to investigate?" Purficott looked at Ezio expectantly. According to her understanding of the Brotherhood and Ezio, if things hadn't progressed, he would have I won't come to see her in person.
"There are some gains. Things are more difficult than expected. If you hadn't helped me upgrade the hidden blade, maybe I wouldn't have been able to escape so easily." Ezio nodded, and then asked Perfico Special explained the situation.
Through Ezio's introduction, Purficott finally understood who had distributed food in the slums in the outer city.
The name of the other sect is very long and convoluted. It is a word from an ancient language in the desert kingdom area that is on the verge of being lost. When translated, it means a death that refers to a certain way of death.
The sect itself is also one of the heresies recognized by the church, and its history is quite long, and can even be traced back to the mythical age.
What they believe in is even the God of Death himself since ancient times, and they don't bother to put a layer of church skin around their faith to cover up people's eyes and expand propaganda. This also caused this sect to receive great attention from the church. More than a hundred years ago, this sect was surrounded and suppressed by the church inquisition. The members of the sect suffered heavy casualties. Only a hair away would completely suppress this long-standing sect. die.
However, because they believe in the relationship of death, even if the believers of the sect are killed, they still have the opportunity to be resurrected again.
This is also one of the main reasons why this sect has a long history, is high-profile and can avoid being hunted down by the church. As long as a core member of the sect is not killed or is not killed thoroughly enough, they can resurrect. .
However, in the past hundred years, this sect that worships death has acted extremely low-key.
Perhaps this has a lot to do with their current leader. After all, he is a person who has died once. He has awe and fear of death. He is not as unscrupulous as before and has become cautious and understandable.
As for the problems in the outer city of Langton, they are not limited to the slums, but have enveloped the entire outer city from the beginning, and even spread to the inner city.
“This sect has now taken over the corpse disposal work in Lower Langton and the outer city. Whenever someone dies and no one collects the body, the corpse guild members will take the corpse away in a carriage. , nominally buried in a public cemetery, but actually used by this sect." Ezio further explained to Perficott and told her what happened to him.
Hearing Ezio say that a heretical sect that worshiped death controlled the corpse disposal work in Lower Langton and the outer city, Purficott felt that his head was going to explode.
What is the difference between this and throwing a mouse into a rice vat? Give the Necromancer a mass grave, right? Or the kind where a batch of fresh corpses are refreshed every month.
If it hadn't been for the mysterious dissipation now, and the various spells and mysterious effects are constantly weakening, I'm afraid that the entire Langton would have turned into a ghost, with living corpses everywhere.
"You relied on your invisibility to go deep into the enemy's lair?" Purficott looked at Ezio. Although her tone was questioning, she was very sure of the answer.
Ezio nodded affirmatively and replied with some trepidation: "Yes, I went deep into the corpse guild and found a huge altar underground. They are passing through constant By sacrificing corpses, souls and grievances, I tried to summon terrible evil spirits to enter this world.
I tried to destroy and stop them, but there were many people on the other side, and it was really difficult for me to complete the work alone. ”
Hearing Ezio’s answer, Purficott only cared about one thing: “How long will it take for their summons?”
"Based on the conversations I heard and the information I collected, their sacrifice may need to continue for some time." Ezio made an estimate in his mind and told Purficott an approximate time.
Perfect suddenly felt a sense of urgency about this time, so he said to Ezio: "This time is not generous. I need you to continue to monitor there and report to me in time if there is any trouble."
"I understand. I have sent assassins from the Brotherhood to monitor. How do you plan to deal with this heretical sect?" Ezio said that while he had already dealt with it, he was also concerned about how Perficott planned to solve it. question.
“It’s a bit troublesome to solve. According to what you have discovered, the opponent’s strength is not weak. Unless I send out the army to clear the surrender, it will be difficult to effectively destroy their sacrifice, let alone Kill the entire cult." Purficott is really troubled by this issue.
Of course she knows that it is the simplest and most direct way to directly send the Steam Knights and Guards to clean up, but the noise is too loud, and it is easy to scare the opponent away.
Due to the special characteristics of the death sect, if they cannot be eliminated all at once, it is very likely that they will continue to resurgence in the future, and there will be no end.
So instead of sending troops to raid now, it is better to wait until the opponent's sacrifice is almost over, gather the believers to prepare to open the champagne, and then serve them in one pot, and it will come cleanly.
Ezio did not express any views or opinions on what measures Perficott planned to take.
He just warned Perficott not to get out of hand, and said that the assassins of the Brotherhood would monitor the altar around the clock.
"I will handle the matter of the Corpse Guild and the Death Cult. Did you find any useful information about the person who distributed food in the slums that I asked you to investigate before?" Purficott looked at She asked Ezio about another matter that she asked the Brotherhood to investigate.
Hearing Purficott ask about this matter, Ezio couldn't help but shook his head and said: "The origin of the other party is very mysterious. The Brotherhood spent a lot of effort and only found out that they have some connection with a noble named Mrs. Barbaron. "
"Who is this Mrs. Babalon?" Purficott asked curiously.
“You asked me, and the Brotherhood is also curious about who she is, but we only found out that there is such a person. As for who she is, what her purpose is, and where she is. Nothing." Ezio made a helpless move. Although he said it very easily, both he and Purficott knew that this was definitely not normal.
When searching for a so-called noble in the city of Langton, the Brotherhood did not even know who the other party was. They only knew a name and could not even find any other relevant information. This was undoubtedly What a huge joke.
It’s just that the joke itself is not the so-called aristocracy, but the brotherhood.
Both Purficott and Ezio knew clearly that unless Mrs. Babalon was a made-up character, it would be impossible for the Brotherhood to find out any information at all.
But this character should be real. On this point, both Purficott and Ezio made the same judgment.
The failure to find it only means one problem, that is, the other party's power or ability to hide information is far above the Brotherhood's investigation level.
This is a bit scary. After all, the Brotherhood still has a certain strength in Langton. Even they can't find someone, which is inevitably scary to think about.
But neither Purficott nor Ezio could turn a blind eye to this matter as if they had not seen it.
So after thinking for a few minutes, Purficott said: "Since I can't find the mastermind behind the scenes, then let me keep an eye on these people on the surface. I don't believe they won't contact the people behind the scenes!
Every time you walk, you will leave traces. I don’t believe that I can’t find any clues.”
(End of this chapter)