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Chapter 161 Scapegoat

Although Locke felt sorry for the two knights who committed suicide, he quickly regained his composure and said to Gavin:
"Now you are satisfied. The two knights who offended you are both dead. You can finally vent your anger."

Gavin was still a little confused, but he also heard that Locke's tone was not very good, so he subconsciously retorted:

"What do you mean I'm satisfied? It's not like I asked anyone to kill them. They committed suicide. What does it have to do with me?"

As Gavin talked, he gradually realized that Locke wanted to put the responsibility for the deaths of these two knights on himself.

He quickly denied this, and then continued:

"All the guards present saw it. In order not to leak information, one of them hit the sword and the other wiped his neck with a dagger. It has nothing to do with us."

"And you heard it. I have just approved your proposal. I am not going to kill them. I just want to interrogate the information. Who knows that they will commit suicide directly."

Locke looked at Gavin's anxious expression, curled his lips noncommittally, and then said lightly:

"It's useless for you to tell me this. It's better to explain it to the Chamber of Commerce and other nobles."

Gavin glared at Locke upon hearing this.

"Even if we explain, it will be explained by the two of us together. Don't forget, you are also one of the leaders of the caravan, and you have to take responsibility for this matter. We are two grasshoppers on the same rope now, and no one can escape responsibility. .”

Locke knew that Gavin would say this, and Gavin would definitely drag him into the water in order to reduce his responsibilities.

And he is also happy to be dragged into the water by Gavin. Only in this way can Gavin feel that Locke is on the same side as him, and his words will be more easily recognized by Gavin.

He deliberately pretended to look ugly and said:
"Obviously you trusted that Knight Tom, so let's forget it. Let's not talk about this anymore. Just like you said, now is not the time to shirk responsibility. Let's think about what to do first."

"Now that the two knights have committed suicide, we have no witnesses. It will be difficult to hold Rose Town accountable based on just a family crest. At that time, they may not recognize the identities of these two knights. We will also use them There is nothing we can do.”

"After all, Rose Town has probably learned the news that we are abandoning them. They will definitely not be as respectful to us as before, and may even be hostile and resist us. And we can't take action against the nobles. It seems that this batch of supplies will be very difficult. Coming back."

Gavin felt relieved when he saw that Locke didn't mean to put all the responsibility on himself.

He and Locke are the leaders of this caravan and the directors of the Chamber of Commerce. They have a strong voice. As long as they can cooperate with each other, they can easily shift the responsibility to others and reduce their own punishment.

Locke must have realized this, so he made a compromise.

Since Locke is willing to cooperate, this matter will be simple. Gavin said in a relaxed tone:
"We can't do anything against Rose Town. Baron Bach from Ironthorn Town always has something to do with them. We just need to tell Baron Bach what happened. Isn't he worried about why to start a war against Rose Town? We are here Just give him a reason."

"Besides, in the Kingdom of Arad, who doesn't know that the family coat of arms is an important symbol for the nobles to prove their identity. Those nobles carry the coat of arms with them all day long, isn't it because they are afraid of losing the coat of arms, so this coat of arms is enough to prove that they are The knight of Rose Town."

After listening to Gavin's words, Locke nodded in agreement, then shook his head and said:
"But I still don't understand how Rose Town dared to attack our caravan. Moreover, we have been trading with them for so long, and we have never heard that there is a talent like Tom in Rose Town."

"Besides, they carry out such a dangerous mission and carry the family crest with them. There is always a sense of concealment."

"Do you think there is a possibility that these people are also pretending to be Rose Town, trying to divert all our attention to Rose Town, so as to clear the suspicion of the real mastermind behind the scenes."

Gavin's expression changed when he heard this, and then he immediately denied Locke's idea.

"Impossible, these knights are definitely from Rose Town. As you just said, they may have learned that we are abandoning Rose Town and investing in Ironthorn Town, so they are attacking our supplies."

"No matter how afraid they are of our Guanhai City, they will not let Tiethorn Town occupy their territory. They will definitely rise up to resist."

"And the nobles would always carry their family crest with them. This Knight Tom probably thought he could escape, so he took his family crest with him. You saw it just now. If Watson hadn't reacted quickly, they would have really taken him hostage. We ran away."

After Gavin said this, he whispered to Locke:

"No matter what, we must confirm the identities of these knights, otherwise it will be difficult to explain to Baron Bach and the Chamber of Commerce. Rose Town is the best choice. You should understand what I mean."

Of course Locke knows what Gavin means. Their most important task now is to find the mastermind. As for whether the mastermind is true or not, that doesn't matter, as long as the evidence points to it.

Gavin must have noticed something was wrong with Tom and others. Although he was frightened to the point of losing his mind just now, after he calmed down, he quickly realized the problems Locke just mentioned.

This is also the reason why Locke spoke out these questions. If he hadn't spoken out, Gavin would have kept thinking about these questions in his mind, and maybe he would have figured out the truth.

But when he brought these issues up, Gavin was the mastermind behind locking up Rose Town. He would definitely try his best to deny Locke. Only in this way could they reduce their responsibility and shift the main responsibility to Rose Town.

When Gavin denies Locke's statement, he will gradually convince himself. After all, if he doesn't believe it himself, how can he use this statement to convince others.

In this way, Gavin will no longer have the mind to think about the previous problems, and he has already killed Rose Town in front of so many people as the mastermind behind it. Even if he discovers the truth in the future, he will not say it again and slap himself in the face. .

Locke said those problems to block all Gavin's escape routes and make him believe that Rose Town was the mastermind behind it.

Now it seems that his goal has been achieved. Gavin's eager look just now is not fake. He is afraid that what Locke said will reduce the suspicion of Rose Town.

If Baron Bach and the Chamber of Commerce feel that Rose Town is not really behind the scenes, they will be in trouble.

So after Gavin said that, he stared at Locke until Locke nodded to show that he understood what he meant, and his expression became less nervous.

"Don't be nervous, I'm not stupid. All the existing evidence points to Rose Town. Why should I ask for trouble? I'm just afraid that Rose Town will use the problems just now as an excuse to deny the fact that they robbed our supplies."

Locke opened his mouth to explain.

"Huh, what's the use of their denial. As long as our Chamber of Commerce and Tiethorn Town both believe that they are the masterminds behind it, then Rose Town must be the mastermind behind it. It's useless for anyone to deny it."

Gavin snorted coldly, he really didn't care what Rose Town thought.

Not to mention that there is a high possibility that Rose Town is the mastermind behind the scenes. Even if they have no suspicion at all, as long as Guanhai City and Tiethorn Town believe that they are the masterminds behind the scenes, then Rose Town must be the one. This is the right of the strong. .

"Having said that, we should be careful. It is best not to let outsiders see these two corpses. Anyway, we already have the family crest as evidence, so there is no need to keep these two corpses."

Locke looked at the two corpses on the ground and said. What he meant by this was very simple. If Rose Town was really not the mastermind behind the scenes, then the two corpses were not evidence, but a flaw.

Since they are planning to kill Qiangweizhen as the mastermind behind it, these two corpses cannot be kept.

Of course, Locke's move was also to prevent anyone from using these two corpses to find Yinghuo Town's head. "What corpse? We have never seen the knight's corpse at all. Didn't those knights all run away? This coat of arms fell out when they ran away."

Gavin raised his eyebrows at Locke.

Locke's mouth twitched slightly when he saw this. This guy wanted to take the opportunity to absolve them of the responsibility of forcing the knight to commit suicide.

It seems that he said he was not afraid of the nobles making trouble for him, but in fact he was still afraid of taking responsibility and simply refused to admit it.

"That's right, those knights ran too fast, and we didn't catch any of them. Fortunately, they accidentally dropped the family crest, otherwise we wouldn't be able to confirm the mastermind behind it."

Locke said smoothly. He didn't want others to discover the two corpses, so he would naturally cooperate with Gavin's statement.

When Gavin saw Locke cooperating with him so well, a smile appeared on his face. He was really afraid that Locke would kill him.

After all, if we really want to elaborate on the responsibilities, he, as the general person in charge, should bear the main responsibility. When the time comes, he will definitely be punished more severely than Locke.

Fortunately, Locke also understands the principle of protecting oneself wisely and is willing to cooperate with him and shift the responsibility to others.

Gavin nodded slightly towards Locke, and then said to Watson:
"Watson, drag the bodies of these two robbers aside. You really don't care about life and death. You dare to rob our fleet in Guanhai City."

Watson is not stupid. Of course he understands what Gavin means. Although it is a pity that the two knights have lost their true identities after their death, he can only follow Gavin's meaning and say:
"As you command, I will dispose of the bodies of these two robbers."

Watching Watson dragging away the body, Locke said to Gavin:
"You, the captain of the escort team, have learned to be smart. You are not as rigid as you were at the beginning."

"He is very smart, otherwise he would not be qualified to be the captain of the escort team. He was just following my orders before."

"Tsk, tsk, tsk, yes, he is smart and obedient, and he can be considered a talent. You just abandoned him like this?"

"There are as many such people as there are in Guanhai City. If Director Locke feels it is a pity, he might as well take more responsibility, so that I won't pass the responsibility to him."

Gavin said to Locke with a smile.

"Forget it, he's not from our Yaojin Chamber of Commerce. You don't feel pity for me. I have nothing to feel pity for. But no matter what, he saved us once. You'd better not go too far."

"Don't worry, I will speak for him. I can't guarantee anything else. At least he won't lose his life because of this matter."

"Okay, as long as you have an idea."

Locke glanced at Watson again. The captain of the escort team had been regarded by Gavin as the scapegoat for the loss of supplies. After Gavin returned to Guanhai City, he would definitely pass the main responsibility to Watson.

Although Watson did his duty and followed Gavin's command throughout the whole process, he should not bear any responsibility.

But who makes him the captain of the escort team of this motorcade, and who makes his status in the Chamber of Commerce not as high as that of Director Gavin.

His status as captain of the escort meant that he could bear the responsibility for the loss of supplies, and his low status in the Chamber of Commerce meant that Gavin could shift all the responsibility to him, but he didn't even have a chance to argue.

There was no way Gavin would not use such a perfect scapegoat, not to mention that Watson had made Gavin unhappy before.

Although Watson saved their lives, in Gavin's view, that was Watson's responsibility. It would be good for him to say a few good words to Watson for this. As for what punishment Watson will receive for this, then It's none of Gavin's business.

This is the nature of their businessmen. As long as it does not involve their own interests, other things can be abandoned.

Even Locke felt that there was nothing wrong with Gavin's approach. He just felt a little pity for Watson as a talent, but he only felt pity for Chen Yan's death for a while, and he didn't even care about Watson.

Watson didn't know that he had been used as a scapegoat by the two directors. He was still diligently completing the tasks assigned by Gavin.

After he had Chen Yan and Xu Ruofeng's bodies dragged far away, he asked his men to leave first, and then Watson secretly performed a knight's salute to the two corpses.

In fact, Watson's dream when he was a child was to be a knight. Unfortunately, Guanhai City was controlled by merchants. How could they allow the lord to have his own armed force.

Therefore, the Cavaliers in Guanhai City have always been empty shells, and Watson naturally cannot be a knight.

But Watson's dream has never changed, especially when he met two such brave knights today. He greatly admired the courage and loyalty of these two knights to their lords.

If the team had not set off in such a hurry, he would have wanted to bury these two knights alive.

"Sorry, I can only use stones and sand to make a simple cover for you first. I hope your bodies will not be taken away by monsters. When I have the opportunity, I will definitely come to this place again and let you rest in peace. "

Watson said to the two corpses. He saw that Xu Ruofeng was still wearing a knight's helmet, covering his face tightly, so he reached out and took off Xu Ruofeng's helmet.

This knight is so brave, of course he wants to see what the other person looks like.

"He's quite handsome, almost as good as me. It's such a shame."

Watson muttered.

"Watson, how long are you going to stay there? It won't take that long to dispose of the body. Get back here quickly!"

Gavin's voice interrupted Watson's thoughts. He glanced at the two knights one last time before returning to the convoy.

"Report to Director Gavin that the two corpses have been disposed of."

Watson replied to Gavin.

"Well, then let's set off. Ask the guards to run faster. This time we will reach Iron Thorn Town as quickly as possible."

"Yes! Everyone, speed up and keep up with the two adults' mounts, the lambs."

Following Watson's order, the convoy set off again, but there were no supplies in the convoy.

At the same time, the players also brought supplies back to Yinghuo Town.

(End of this chapter)