Book of Gods and Demons

Old wood surrounds the small building with mottled exterior walls.

The decoration in the small building is very classical and traditional, adhering to the simple and conservative aesthetic style of the Durham Empire.

This is a relatively private membership-only restaurant, not far from Whispering Forest Club. At noon, the entire small building was taken down, and only the largest suite on the top floor was serving guests.

Taking a dose of secret medicine, the internal injury caused by continuous vomiting blood was barely suppressed.

Judge Weilun, whose complexion has recovered a bit, changed into a formal suit. He sat down at one end of the long dining table, holding a knife and fork, and concentrated attention completely against the large porcelain plate in front of him. Glossy fried pork knuckles.

He was invited to attend lunch.

The lunch prepared by the host is the standard Deren Empire cuisine, and the Deren Empires cuisine is nothing to evaluateit is nothing but sausages, pork knuckles, pickles, and potatoes.

The principal who invited Justice Wilane for lunch, Bell Jung Bergman from Ruhr City, sat at the other end of the long dining table, quietly tasting the wine , Indifferent to the food in front of him.

After a long time, after Justice Wilan killed his lunch, he wiped the corners of his mouth with a white napkin, took a glass of aged wine, and raised it to Bell Wine glass.

“Thank you for the invitation…you have a bad appetite?” Justice Weilun’s eyes flickered, carefully observing the changes in Bell’s expression.

The red-haired, blue-eyed, slightly dark complexion, and the burly Bell also raised his glass: “Oh, yes, my appetite has been terrible recently…most recently, I am most of the time every day. All…rely on it to fall asleep.”

Bell drank the spirits in his glass, then grabbed the bottle in front of him and filled himself with another glass.

In the suite, there are only two people, Bell and Weilun, a waiter, and no maid… what they want to talk about next, they can’t be known, and everything can only be done by themselves.

Judge Weilun took a sip of the brick red wine, put down the wine glass, put his elbows on the table, palms on the chin, and stared at Bell intently: “Unimaginable, what makes you fall into This anxiety… logically speaking, as you, you should be carefree and everything goes well.”

“You should know why I became like this.” Bell will be full A glass of spirits dries up in one gulp, and then I poured myself a glass: “With your power and your contacts, you should know why I became like this.”

Judge Wilan grinned. He drooped his eyelids and said nothing.

The city of Ruhr is only half a day away from Imperial Capital by train. The communication between the two places is very convenient and the speed of message transmission is also very fast.

Although the Imperial Army blocked Ruhr City and exercised military control over the entire Ruhr City region, the identity of Justice Wilen is here. He has enough channels to discover what happened in Ruhr City. Things.

For example, Bell Jong Bergman, the former chairman of the Ruhr City Council, is now a civilian, and all official positions on him have been cut off. Not only that, he also faced more than 30 civil prosecutions, and two or three very serious criminal prosecutions.

Those civil lawsuits are also that’s all. They are nothing more than bullying and bullying. With the power and financial resources of the Bergman family, it is nothing more than losing some money, and things can be settled easily. .

And those criminal proceedings…

Judging from the news that Justice Wilan got, he is not optimistic that Bell can be exonerated.

Unless a scapegoat can be found, and an expert can control the case-handling process and transfer the chain of evidence to the scapegoat perfectly, otherwise Bell will have to go to prison for more than ten years.

Bell drinks a mouthful of wine again, then he gently put down the wine glass, and began to mutter to himself.

“As you can see, I have been a bit troubled recently, a little bit down…not just myself, but the entire Bergman family is facing a huge threat and is in huge trouble.”

“Money loss is a trivial matter… The Bergman familys gunpowder warehouse was blown up. The loss of factory buildings, stocks, and raw materials was not small, but it was nothing…Several large orders could not be exchanged. , We are facing huge compensation, which is also nothing.”

“For the Bergman family, the loss of money is not a loss.”

“But we Those large orders that were not redeemed have greatly damaged the credibility of the family in the circle…We have broken our trust, and we want to rebuild our credibility. This will be an extremely long and arduous task.”

< p>Bell sighed.

“More importantly, there are traitors within the family, and some things have been mastered… The Bergman family has to accept some conditions, some conditions that make us painful, like cutting meat.”

“The power of the family in Ruhr City has been reduced by half. Influence, the influence of the family in Ruhr City has been reduced.”

“The family guards have been reduced. 70% of the private troops were cancelled directly, and the militia units of the family factory were also ordered to be disbanded… Even the future production work of the family factory must be carried out under the supervision of the special supervision committee of the imperial military.”

< p>“The source of every pound of raw materials we purchase, every manufacturing process we make, and the destination of every pound of finished products we manufacture will be strictly monitored by the military.”

“Also, All accounts of the family must be inspected by the imperial tax department every year. Even every expenditure in the family account exceeding the hundred thousand gold mark must be filed with the Ministry of Supervision in advance to provide instructions for the use of the funds.”

Judge Weilun looked at Bell with wide eyes.

He didn’t really know what Bell just said.

It’s not just Justice Weilun, he dare to swear that these news, in the entire Imperial Capital, probably not many people know.

After all, the Ruhr City Region is still under military control. The military controls everything, and specific news is strictly blocked.

What is happening in the Ruhr city, if the empire official does not make an official announcement, it is difficult for outsiders to inquire in detail.

“putting it that way… your situation will be very… embarrassing!” Justice Wei Lun pondered for a while. He originally wanted to use the word’distress’, but he pondered it for a while. He still decided to replace’distress’ with’embarrassment’.

Because Justice Weilun thought of the huge debt he faces now.

These super Junkers of Ruhr City, they have a huge net worth, and they have almost expensive golden marks… The word’distress’, Justice Wilan feels that he is now’distress’. Bell and the others are “embarrassing” at best?

“No, it is dangerous. Our situation is very dangerous.” Bell looked at Justice Weilun seriously: “Some people, shameless tore up the contract she personally drawn up, shameless betrayal Up to us.”

Judge Weilun grabbed the glass and drink a mouthful of wine.

He kept blinking his eyes and wanted to leave here.

Damn, he shouldn’t accept Bell’s invitation… He has realized that the next conversation will be a bit dangerous… No, it is dangerous.

Bell squinted at Justice Wilhelm and continued to speak.

“As everyone knows, 70 years ago, there was only Teutonic in the Durham Empire, but no Junker.”

“The glorious Teutonic, the heroic Teutonic, The fearless Teutons, the Teutons who opened up territories for the empire… Ah, they made meritorious services, knighted, and possessed hereditary territories. The Imperial Family guaranteed their private rights to the territories, and they enjoyed a variety of enviable privileges. “

“The most important thing is that all the departments of the empire, all the power institutions, are controlled by the Teutons.”

Bell suddenly’pu chi’ smiled.

“They used swords to safeguard the security of the empire and laid a huge territory for the empire…the power of the sword…hehe, military force!”

“Civilization on the MiddleLand continent When it was relatively wild, the sword was the most powerful force… As long as you mastered the sword, you would not be disadvantaged. Externally, you can use the sword to expand the territory, and internally, you can also use the sword to govern the country. Politics.”

“But time has changed…”

“Since a hundred years ago, the Kingdom of Ice and Sea, Kingdom of Saint Xia, Kingdom of Nice… When they started to enter The sea…”

Judge Weilun coughed: “Your Excellency Bell, would you like to give me a history lesson? I’m sorry, although my major is law, my mainland history and The results of the modern history of the empire are also good.”

Bell spread his hands and shook the head helplessly: “Okay, sorry, I’m very sorry, I admit that I’ve been a little…a little uneasy, a little depressed… “

“Okay, okay, as everyone knows, 70 years ago, due to the decline of the empire and civil strife, the Queen Your Majesty, who could not even get 1,000,000 gold marks from the treasury, released “Jonkeren Order”!”

“We are wealthy families who rely on commerce, industry, agriculture, and mining to accumulate immense wealth. As long as we are willing to donate to the “Serving the Country Fund”, we can never have the right Poor civilians have become our yearn for something even in dreams, the noble Lord.”

“The Junker chaebol noble was born.” Bell stared at Justice Weilun and slowly said: “Once, We are the predecessors of the Junker family, we have huge wealth, but we are like fat pigs in the pigsty. Even the lowest-level little Knight can cut meat and suck blood from us wantonly!”

< p>“Once an insignificant retired military officer who came back from the front line, with a few party feathers, carrying a sword, was able to arbitrarily seize the entire property of a wealthy businessman with a million worth of money… even together with his wife and daughter. And take it away!”

“Even the once-rich “fat pig family” of us, our direct clansman, was restricted from leaving our family residence… The huge empire, but we I can only be kept in captivity in my own hometown… Helplessly waiting for the butcher knife that may fall on a certain day!”

“Thanks to the Queen Your Majesty’s’Jung Kern Order’.”

Bell coldly said: “Thanks to her for her grace, we have become nobles, we…get rid of the identity of the big fat pig in captivity, we…”

Judge Weilun said quietly:” Your clansman can study; your clansman can join the army; your clansman can enter government departments as officials; your private wealth is protected by the law; you enter the aristocratic house, you enter local parliaments, and you are concerned about local affairs Have the right to speak, and… more and more power! “

Bell stared straight at Justice Weilun: “This is the treatment we deserve… We, in the most turbulent and most embarrassing stage of the empire, donated so much… It is strong again because of us Junkers, not those Teutons who can only fight and kill! “

Judge Weilun curl one’s lip.

He reserves his opinion on this statement by Bell.