Book of Gods and Demons

　　　　 old wood surrounds the small building with mottled exterior walls.

　　 The decoration in the small building is very classic 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 wrapped up, and only the largest suite on the top floor was serving guests.

　　 took a dose of secret medicine, and the internal injuries caused by continuous vomiting of blood were barely suppressed.

　　 Justice Weilun, whose complexion had recovered a little, changed into a suit. He sat at one end of the long dining table with a serious attitude, holding a knife and fork, and concentrated on dealing with a greasy fried pig hand in the large porcelain plate in front of him.

　　He was invited to attend lunch.

　　 The lunch prepared by the host is the standard Delin Empire cuisine, and the Delin Empire’s cuisine is nothing to evaluate—it's nothing more than sausages, pork knuckles, pickles, and potatoes.

　　 The principal who invited Justice Wilan to 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 Weilun killed his lunch, he wiped the corners of his mouth with a white napkin, picked up a glass of aged wine, and raised the glass to Bell.

　　 "Thank you for the invitation...you, do you have a bad appetite?" Justice Weilun blinked, carefully observing the changes in Bell's expression.

With red hair and blue eyes, with a slightly dark complexion, Bell, who is burly in shape, also raised his glass: "Oh, yes, my appetite has been terrible recently... Recently, most of my day, I... rely on it for talent. Fall asleep."

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

　　 In the suite, there are only 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.

Justice Weilun took a sip of the brick-red wine, put down the wine glass, put his elbows on the dining table with his elbows on his hands, his chin rested on his palms, and stared at Bell intently: "Unimaginable, what caused you to fall into such anxiety... It stands to reason that, in your capacity, you should be carefree and everything goes well."

"You should know why I became like this." Bell drank a full glass of spirits, and then poured himself a glass: "With your power and your contacts, you should know why I became like this. "

　　 Justice Wilan grinned, he drooped his eyelids and said nothing.

　　 The city of Ruhr is only half a day away from the imperial capital. 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.

　　For example, Bell Jung Bergman, the former councillor 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 at the same time, as well as two or three very serious criminal prosecutions.

　　 Those civil prosecutions are nothing more than some bullying and **** things. With the power and financial resources of the Bergman family, it is nothing more than a loss of money, and things can be easily settled.

　　 And those criminal proceedings...

　　 Judging from the information obtained by Justice Wilan, he is not optimistic that Bell can be exonerated.

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

　　Bell took another sip of wine, then he gently put down the glass, and began to mutter to himself.

　　 "As you can see, I've been a bit troubled lately, a little bit down...not just myself, but the entire Bergman family is facing a huge threat and is in huge trouble."

"The monetary loss is a trivial matter... The Bergman family’s 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, and we were faced with a huge amount of money. Compensation, this is also nothing."

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

　　 "But the few large orders that we failed to exchange 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."

　　 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 cut by half. Influence, the influence of the family in Ruhr City has been reduced."

"The family **** has been reduced by 70%, the private army has been directly cancelled, and the militia of the family factory has also been ordered to disband... Even the production of the family factory in the future must be carried out under the supervision of the special supervision committee of the imperial military. "

　　 "The source of every pound of raw materials we purchase, each of our manufacturing processes, 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 of more than 100,000 gold marks in the family account must be filed with the Ministry of Supervision in advance to provide instructions for the use of this fund ."

　　 Justice Weilun looked at Bell with wide eyes.

　　 What Bell just said, he really didn't know.

　　 It is 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 area is still under military control. The army 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.

"So... your situation will be very... embarrassing!" Justice Weilun pondered for a while. He originally wanted to use the word'distress', but after pondering for a while, he decided to use'embarrassment'. Replace'distress'.

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

These super Junkers of Ruhr City, they have huge net worth, and they have almost expensive gold marks... The word'distress', Justice Wilan feels that he is now'distress', and Bell and the others can be regarded as'embarrassed' at best. Right?

　　 "No, it's dangerous. Our situation is very dangerous." Bell looked at Justice Weilun seriously: "Some people shamelessly tore up the contract she personally drafted and shamelessly betrayed us."

　　 Justice Weilun grabbed the glass and took a long sip.

　　 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 little dangerous... No, it's dangerous.

　　 Bell squinted at Justice Willon, and continued to speak.

　　 "It is well known that 70 years ago, the Durham Empire had only Teutonic but no Junkers."

"The glorious Teutonic, the brave Teutonic, the fearless Teutonic, the Teutonic who opened up the territory for the empire... Ah, they made meritorious services, titled, and possessed hereditary territories. The imperial royal family guaranteed their private rights to the territories. They have all kinds of enviable privileges."

　　 "The most important thing is that all the departments of the empire and all the power institutions are controlled by the Teutons."

　　Bell suddenly laughed ‘puddly’.

　　 "They used swords to safeguard the security of the empire and laid a large territory for the empire... the power of the sword... hehe, force!"

"When the civilization of Medland was still relatively wild, the sword was the most powerful force...As long as you master the sword, you will have nothing to lose. Externally, you can use the sword to open up the frontiers and expand the land, internally, You can also use the sword to govern the country."

　　 "But time has changed..."

　　 "Since a hundred years ago, the Kingdom of Ice and Sea, Kingdom of Saint Xia, United Kingdom of Nice... When they started to step into the sea..."

　　 Justice Weilun coughed: "Your Excellency Bell, do you want to give me a history lesson? I'm sorry, although my major is law, I have achieved good results in the general history of the mainland and the modern history of the empire."

　　 Bell spread his hands and shook his head helplessly: "Okay, sorry, I'm very sorry, I admit that I've been a little...a little uneasy, a little depressed recently..."

"Okay, okay, as everyone knows, seventy years ago, due to the decline of the empire and civil strife, the Queen, who could not even get a million gold marks from the treasury, issued the'Jungkeren Order'. !"

　　 "We are wealthy families who have accumulated huge amounts of wealth by relying on commerce, industry, agriculture, and mining. As long as we are willing to donate to the'Serving the Country Fund', we can transform from powerless civilians to the noble lords we dream of."

"The Junker chaebol noble was born." Bell stared at Justice Weilun, UU reading www.uukanshu.com slowly said: "Once, we, the predecessors of the Juncker family, we have huge wealth, but we are like pigs. The fat pig in the pen, even a little knight at the lowest level, can arbitrarily cut meat and **** blood from us!"

"Once an insignificant retired military officer who came back from the front line, with a few party feathers and a sword, was able to arbitrarily seize all the properties of a wealthy businessman with a millionaire...even together with his wife and daughter. go!"

"Even, the fat pig family who used to be very wealthy, our direct clansmen, were restricted from leaving our family residence... The huge empire, but we could only be kept in captivity in our hometown... helpless Waiting for the butcher knife that might fall on a certain day!"

　　 "Thank you for your Majesty the Queen’s'Jung Keen Order'."

　　 Bell said coldly: "Thank her for her grace, we have become aristocrats, we...get rid of the identity of the big fat pig in captivity, we..."

Justice Weilun said quietly: "Your clansmen can study; your clansmen can join the army; your clansmen can enter government departments as officials; your private wealth is protected by the law; you enter the aristocracy, you Entering local councils, you have the right to speak on local affairs, and...the power is getting stronger and stronger!"

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... The empire is strong again because of our tolerance. K, not those Teutons who can only fight and kill!"

　　 Justice Weilun pouted his lips.

　　 Regarding Bell's statement, he reserves his own opinion.