Law of the Devil

The prison of the Imperial Supervision Office is jokingly called the "Death Sanatorium" in the aristocratic circles of the imperial capital. According to the laws of the Empire, the Supervision Bureau is used to monitor the illegal activities of imperial officials and nobles. The Supervision Bureau itself has the right to supervise and is responsible for collecting various criminal evidence , but does not have the final judgment.

As we all know, the Ombudsman Office is actually divided into internal and external divisions. The outer division is also responsible for openly accepting various anonymous reports, and under its command is a group of mysterious spies who are responsible for monitoring the reputation of local officials from all over the empire. The hall is the real core place. When some important figures in the imperial capital fall, they are usually sent to the inner hall of the Supervision Office for processing.

In other words, if you are just a local official with the size of a sesame seed, even if you are charged with treason, you are not qualified to enter the Supervision Office. Those who can enter are either the prime minister or the ministers of various ministries, or the military. Members, without a certain level, you will absolutely not be able to enter this "death sanatorium".

There are ups and downs in the officialdom, and no one knows what will happen tomorrow. Often, the rich and powerful who are the attention of everyone today will become a prisoner the next day. And today's prisoner, maybe the next day the wind will change, and they will be able to walk out of the prison of the Supervision Bureau , the officer was reinstated. Therefore, in the cell in the inner hall of the Supervision Office, the distinguished prisoners held here are actually treated very preferentially. In addition to the poor living conditions, the rest of the food and clothing are often used. The people in charge here try their best to satisfy and open the door of convenience. After all, before the prisoners here came in, they were all powerful and wealthy people, and no one dared to offend them rashly. Although they are in trouble now, maybe it will take two days Once it's over, go out.

At that time, if you offend such a powerful person, the people in the dungeon here will suffer a lot.

Therefore, the prisoners held here are often very comfortable. It is even said that in addition to food and clothing, even if you want a woman, as long as you are willing to spend money, they can send you there.

In fact, everyone in the imperial capital knows this kind of unspoken rules. But the big bosses and high officials of any department turn a blind eye to this kind of thing, because people always have luck behind their backs. Maybe one day they will be in trouble If you do it, you will fall into that place, not to mention that it is a frivolous thing to offend people, so why bother? The trick of being an official is to make fewer unnecessary enemies.

Therefore, the prison in the Inspectorate has good conditions and excellent treatment, and even earned the reputation of a "sanatorium". However, the word "death" is also indispensable. It is a felony to enter this place. After that, you can go home and continue to be a powerful person. Or go directly to the execution ground...it depends on everyone's fortune.

Before Du Wei came to the inner prison of the Supervisory Office, he had heard about these things, but after actually seeing them, he realized that they were not as exaggerated as the rumors outside.

The Imperial Supervision Office was set up in the south of the city, in the imperial capital city amidst tall buildings and forests, but the Supervision Office was only composed of a large group of small buildings with three or four floors, and a small road that was not spacious. The road was very deep, There is not enough sunlight. The green pine trees on both sides give a faint gloomy atmosphere in this environment. The gate of the Supervision Office is not built grandly, on the contrary it has a bit of old and decayed smell. Especially the gate The open space next to it is specially used to park carriages, and it is so small that it is almost chilling.

Which government office in any part of the imperial capital is not magnificently built? As the first-level inspectorate of the empire, the parking lot is so small that it can only accommodate three or five carriages at most.

But it's also understandable: well, which nobleman would run here if he has nothing to do?

After the coup, the Supervisory Office imprisoned many rich and noble ministers who participated in the coup, and many of them did not cause any incidents on the spot. However, those who were dug out afterwards belonged to the party of the First Prince and were also invited by the Supervisory Office Drink tea here. This makes the originally gloomy Supervision Office a bit more popular. The soldiers standing guard at the gate are members of the Guards Corps drawn from around the imperial capital, each with a murderous look on their faces.

Du Wei was made a hereditary duke by the regent. And after the coup, so many glorious court titles were hung on his head in one breath, such as court magic consultant, university scholar, great astrologer, etc. Now counting, he Almost the most popular person in the entire imperial capital, such a person came to the Supervisory Office. The leader of the Supervisory Office happened to be away, and I don’t know if he avoided it on purpose, and only let Roberski, who is in charge of the inner hall, The baron came out with people to greet him.

Du Wei was riding a white horse, followed by two red-clothed court magicians and two inner court guards given to him by Prince Chen. Sitting on the horse, he glanced at the people from the Supervision Office who came out in front of him. He rolled over and got down. After getting off the horse, he handed the whip to the attendant, with a sincere look on his face: "Thank you, Lord Robinski."

"Your Excellency, the Duke is here today..." As a person in the Supervision Office, Robinski has welcomed and sent him over the years. Naturally, he is a person who has experienced a long career and has become a fine person. He speculated in his heart and tried to find out. : "Could it be that the regent has something..."

"No." Du Wei shook his head. First, he cast a reassuring look at the other party: "I'm here for a private matter. I want to see Earl Raymond."

Robinski immediately understood the meaning, who in the imperial capital doesn't know the identity of the newly promoted duke? Now that he came to visit his father, it was expected. Roberski hurriedly dispersed his followers, took a man with him, and led Du Wei inside.

The prison in the inner hall looks like a shrunken castle made of boulders from a distance, only about three stories high. It is said that the origin of this castle is also quite interesting.

Before the Roland Empire unified the mainland, the imperial capital was still the capital of a medium-sized small country in the middle of the mainland. The prison castle in the Supervision Office was originally the royal palace of that small country. However, later, Emperor Aragorn established the empire to unify the mainland, and the capital of Ding Emperor was here. In addition, a majestic palace was built in the city. The original small palace of the country was abandoned, and when the city wall of the imperial capital was built, half of the small palace of the country was demolished due to lack of stone materials. All the stone materials have been filled into the walls of the imperial capital. The remaining half has not been demolished. Later, it can be seen that the small palace of Mieguo was built very solidly, and it has simply become the prison of the Supervisory Office.

It used to be the royal palace of a country back then, but now it has become a place where prisoners are held. The dramatic changes in history are really emotional.

The castle piled up with gray huge stones has a thick and steady smell from the outside. When you walk in, you will immediately feel a hint of coolness. The thick and hard huge stones completely block the heat of the sun. The castle The interior of the ground is full of eerie feeling. The oil lamps on both sides add a third of the coldness.

Du Wei's boots trampled on the icy rocks, and as Baron Robinski walked up the steps, a huge subway gate was in front of him, several fully armed warriors in armor, holding axes and spears, and a watchtower next to them There are also archers patrolling on the ground, and not far away is a group of heavily armed soldiers. Obviously the guards are still very strict.

The iron gate slowly rose, and Baron Robinski led Du Wei in. After going up two steps, he walked into a corridor to the left. The corridor in this old castle is also full of thick The cold boulder is just a room on the corridor. The doors are all solid and the subway gates are fully closed. There is only a small opening on each door, which can barely send some food every day.

"Earl Raymond has a different status, and I have already arranged a spacious single room for him." Robinsky knew that he was going to take pictures of the new Duke's horse at this moment. He repeatedly introduced: "Lord Earl Raymond, I I knew him back then, and of course he won’t suffer any hardships when he’s here now. I let people eat three meals a day, all of which are delicious, and there’s also afternoon tea delivered to them every day. Lord Earl is in a pretty good mood these two days, It’s just that I don’t like to talk very much. I just sit in the room and read books every day. Yesterday, I was ordered to send a set of "General History of the Mainland". Now this time.

He should have just had afternoon tea and was reading a book..."

Du Wei sighed, looked at the supervisor of the Supervision Bureau, and smiled, "Thank you, Lord Baron."

Turning around a corridor, Du Wei suddenly stopped, and heard a short woman's chuckle faintly from an iron gate passing by. The smell of dust.

Naturally, Robinsky also heard this sound, and his face was a little ugly at the moment. Although this insider business was already a hidden rule that everyone knew well, after all, Du Wei in front of him was the new Duke, and this semi The young man from the earth probably doesn't understand the secrets of it, if he tells it in front of the regent after returning...

Thinking of this, Robinski's head was covered with cold sweat, and he couldn't help secretly regretting that he shouldn't have accepted the five hundred gold coins from the prisoner in this room, and found him a red card in the south of the city. The overnight fee for going to this red card prostitute place is only 300, and Robinsky himself swallowed 200 out of it, so it goes without saying.

Du Wei just smiled lightly, and said leisurely: "It seems that the rumors are true, and this death sanatorium is worthy of its name." He casually pointed to the subway door with a woman's voice and said with a smile: "Which adult is the closed place here?"

"Yes..." Robinski wiped his cold sweat and said, "It's General Longbottom."

Du Wei was just asking casually, but when Robersky answered the name, he couldn't help but pay attention to it, and his heart moved: "General Longbottom? Is he still locked up here?"

Although Du Wei didn't have a deep understanding of the nobles in the imperial capital, he had still heard of the name "Longbottom".

Speaking of which, this person is also considered an outlier.

The expedition across the desert that the empire had fought with other races in the northwest 20 years ago had won a "tragic victory" after wasting time and money. It was originally planned to cut grass and roots, but was blocked by the temple. Although the war was won, it lost its meaning , and planted a bane for the empire.

After that, the empire stationed 20,000 cavalry all year round on the alien grassland behind the northwest desert. The 20,000 cavalry really spent countless gold coins every year, because there was a desert between the empire and the 20,000 troops. Supplies and equipment replacement, etc., all cost several times the price. The empire's finances almost use the financial resources to support a legion to maintain 20,000 cavalry every year.

And this General Longbottom. Seven or eight years ago, he was the general who commanded the 20,000 cavalry. Speaking of this man's weirdness, it is really a bit emotional. This guy came from a low-level noble family (really rich A powerful nobleman. Who would be willing to be sent to the alien grassland behind the desert to become an official?), relying on his true skills to become a commanding officer, but there was no war in the mainland. He was finally sent to the northwest Command the 20,000 "high-priced cavalry" to go.

Since then, this guy has a series of nicknames: Butcher, Executioner, Madman, Lustful General, etc.

Speaking of this person's ability, it is true that he is good at riding and fighting in battle. And his character is ridiculous: this person is greedy for money, lustful, and insatiable. His personality is extreme and irritable. Do things... you can say He is decisive and reckless, and it can also be said that he is decisive.

In short, later on, a certain bigwig in the military made an evaluation of him, which was surprisingly apt, and gave him a nickname: General Two Hundred and Five.

Even Du Wei has heard of several famous deeds of this General Longbottom. Originally, the 20,000 cavalry he led was to deter the alien races in the grassland, but they should not easily rub against the alien races on weekdays. But this guy actually took over the grassland The leader of one of the tribes of the foreign race bribed him with 300 gold and gold, and then took 3,000 people to help him wipe out the other tribe that night. Afterwards, several tribes on the grassland united to seek justice. The tribe that bribed itself was sold, and turned its guns to help other tribes wipe out the tribe that bribed itself. As a result, once they entered and exited, they got a lot of benefits. The cattle and sheep alone got more than 5,000 heads , the soldiers under him. Almost everyone has a new set of cow and sheep fur.

As a result, the incident broke out and caused a lot of diplomatic saliva troubles for the empire. Many bigwigs at the top really hated this troublesome two hundred and five. However, no one wanted to go to that broken place in the northwest, not for a while. If someone replaces him, he can only stay there.

There is another thing: because there is a desert in the middle, the imperial military's support for the 20,000 cavalry often cannot be delivered on time.

When the war horses were replaced in a certain year, the 20,000 cavalry had 500 old horses to replace, but the imperial army dragged on for three full months and there was no news.

This General Longbottom was furious, and immediately took 5,000 people. Pretending to be horse thieves, he swept across two tribes on the edge of the grassland overnight. He robbed hundreds of good horses. A tribe of 2,000 people was killed by him. , By the way, thousands of cattle and sheep from others were brought back as much as they could, and slaughtered and burned on the spot if they could not be taken away!

"Never leave a hair on those savages." (This is his exact words).

He has done this robbery by pretending to be a horse thief more than once, and he was nicknamed "Dogs and chickens will not be left behind". The most honest and gentlemen in the imperial capital couldn't accept it. He actually condoned his subordinates to prostitutes.

Originally, it was normal for Qiu Ba, a soldier with a low name, to seek out prostitutes to vent his feelings on weekdays, but this guy was able to do such unscrupulous things aboveboard. The most glorious time he had was to bring thousands of The man overturned the desert and emptied out several brothels in a small town on the edge. He kept all the whores inside for three days. Thousands of people made a fuss in that small town, even fighting with the local guards. The army fought a few times.

In the words of this two hundred and five: "The soldiers are all men, men, they are dead and the birds are in the sky! Damn, everyone is suffocating on the grassland, and they will not go home for a few years. I haven't even touched a woman before. Is there such a mother who makes people serve as soldiers! Lao Tzu's subordinates are all dead men, the military department doesn't care about the lower body, and Lao Tzu cares!".

When this man was in the land, the 20,000 people under him believed in him almost as if they were gods. They dared to break through mountains of swords and seas of fire with a single point of their spears. These people were almost half bandits and half soldiers in the northwest. The chief got married to his daughter, the lecherous general intercepted the procession when he heard that he had brought someone halfway, regardless of the local customs, he had his saber on, and he had to see how the bride looked.

In the local customs, girls before marriage are not allowed to be looked at by others, but this lewd general didn't care, he tore off the girl's veil, and after reading it, he left a sentence: "Mom, you have a pockmarked face. My little concubine Shui Ling." After finishing speaking, he led his people away.

Afterwards, the two tribes did not marry successfully, and the bride whose face was looked at was sent back, and she could never get married again.

It also caused a big fight between the two tribes. The tribe of the bride’s natal family brought troops to find this lecherous general to settle accounts. Facing tens of thousands of people, he dared to lead people to fight against them on the grassland for a day and a night .

In the end, someone from the tribe came to negotiate and reprimanded the 250th general for violating the customs of the grassland tribes. The general pouted at the time and said, "Isn't it just to see the face! In this way, this pockmarked girl. Others don't want it, I I want it! Send it to my camp, I will marry her!"

At that time, the two hundred and five generals actually said in front of the envoy sent by the other tribe:

"Damn, I will look at her face during the day, and strip her naked at night to look at her body. I can look at her however I want! I am tired of looking at her, but I can still vent my anger. From now on, I will give you a beating in the morning, and a beating at noon and night. , I have nothing to do to supper at night, and then I will beat you! Hmph, what a big deal!"

In this way, he took a house of concubines.

Speaking of the deeds of the 250th General, there are many more. Du Wei looked at it almost as a legendary novel. At the end, people like Du Wei couldn't help sighing.

Where is this two hundred and five? What a talent! ! He killed, robbed, and greedy on the grassland. It seemed rude and greedy, but in fact, what he did was a matter of division and rule! Snatching a bride is to destroy the marriage between other people's big tribes. Marrying one's own is even more meaningful... Not to mention that he is definitely a good hand in commanding the army!

Such a talent, such a talent!

But in the end, the two hundred and five generals were unlucky. Not only did he rob with troops, but he even robbed the empire's caravans! Just about eight years ago, he led people to rob a famous caravan on the mainland. The caravan crossed the desert with dozens of carts of goods. He robbed them before entering the grassland, and the dozens of carts of goods were all gone. He also killed more than 200 people. When this matter was revealed, no one spoke to him again.

However, after Du Wei read this paragraph later, he learned from some places that the caravan robbed by General 250 was all selling metal ores!

There are no mountains on the grasslands, no minerals! Cattle and sheep can be self-sufficient in food and clothing, but soldiers' swords, guns and weapons cannot grow from the grass, nor can they be born from cattle and sheep! So on the grassland, the most lacking place is iron! The two hundred and fifty generals robbed that caravan.

It was vaguely a caravan sent by a certain noble family in the court. For their own self-interest, they dared to sell ironware to those prairie wolves!

It is said that the 250 generals robbed this kind of caravan. Not once or twice, they finally upset some nobles in the imperial capital. As a result, they were demoted and arrested and brought back to the imperial capital for trial. Du Wei didn’t know what happened after that. , this 250-year-old genius probably died unjustly.

Unexpectedly, this guy is still imprisoned in the Supervision Office, and he is still fucking rich in whoring...

This Baron Robinski saw that Du Wei had heard the name of the 250th General, Lombardo, and he had been stunned for such a long time, feeling uneasy. He is the guard here, of course he knew that the 250th General had offended a lot. The nobleman has not died until today, because after he was captured, the 20,000 cavalry under his command made trouble. Moreover, he married a wife who was the daughter of a tribal chief on the grassland, and a large amount of gold was spent on the officialdom of the imperial capital. , this saved the life of the 250th General, but he neither tried nor released him, so he was locked up like this for so many years.

Look at the appearance of this young duke... Could it be that among the nobles whom the 250th General offended back then, there was also the Luo Lin family?

"This... Your Excellency the Duke?"

Finally, Du Wei showed a smile on his face and dispelled Baron Robinski's worries: "Oh, it's all right."

Du Wei shook his head, just took two steps, and suddenly stopped, then turned around and glanced at the iron gate, thought for a while, and said: "By the way, this General Longbottom, what do you like most on weekdays?"

"Like it?" Baron Robinski froze for a moment, thinking what else could this guy like? Good food and drink, and women...other than that, nothing.

What a smart person Du Wei is, he guessed it just by looking at the other person's expression. He thought for a while, and suddenly said: "That's right. How much does it cost to grow a woman overnight?"

"Huh?" Robinsky almost rolled his eyes... Could it be that the Duke became lustful after hearing the bitch in the room snorting? Grandma, if this can also win the newly promoted grand duke, I will let my daughter go to the duke's house tonight to hum every day! If he can get close to this grand duke, the future is boundless!

With distracting thoughts in his mind, he hurriedly said: "It won't cost much... five hundred... oh no, three hundred! Throw out three hundred gold coins, and the chick inside will have to stay with her for a whole day."

three hundred?

Du Wei raised his eyebrows. Although the 800 gold coins are a huge sum of money for ordinary people, Du Wei still seems to be very cheap. Not to mention, Prince Chen took him to a place outside the imperial capital. The ecstasy cave where the real nobles gather is often worth tens of thousands or hundreds of thousands of gold coins.

In comparison, these three hundred gold coins can be regarded as a relatively "mass" consumption level.

Du Wei smiled: "How about a better land?" Since you are giving favors, you might as well give them a bigger one.

Robinsky's face was filled with cold sweat, he didn't expect that at this moment, the young duke would pull himself to talk about these real estate prices, he said tremblingly: "Well, my lord, the south of the city is no better than other places, the south of the city is Pingming In gathering places, the expenses in this area can't be much higher. The red-card goblins in several famous places in the south of the city can only spend a night at the top of the sky. But if they are in the north of the city, Then even adding a zero is not enough." After a pause, Robinski swallowed hard and said, "But this General Longbottom is weird, those really delicate and expensive fairies, he I don't like it. I just like this kind of low-priced prostitutes. He said that whores should be open, hot and unrestrained. Most of the high-priced prostitutes are... well, what did he say... oh, pretend Forced! He said that the more expensive the land, the more pretentious he was, and he would spill a lot of gold coins before he touched his hands. If he really wanted to drag him to the bed, it would not be much fun... So... He also said that I was doing it for whoring, and Not for the saint..."

Du Wei almost covered his stomach with laughter. He said loudly, "Wonderful man! Wonderful man!"

After finishing speaking, Du Wei pointed at the door and said in a low voice: "Baron Robinski, from now on, you will feed this Baron Longbottom with food and drink, and as for the woman, you will give me some Going to the south of the city, um, according to the general's preferences, find ten or eight, and then send one in every two days." After a pause, he said: "Tomorrow I will send someone to send you 20,000 gold coins first. Come. Find me when you're done."

Robinsky's eyes widened, and he couldn't help showing a strange expression. He turned his head and took a deep look at the big iron gate, thinking: I'm afraid the two hundred and five generals are going to be lucky, and I don't know how he got on it. This red-hot juvenile Grand Duke?

He was thinking about how to come up with a way to return the two hundred gold coins that he had hacked Longbottom. Such a person would come out and prosper in the future, and he would not dare to offend him... While hesitating, Du Wei had already walked to the front, turned around and said: "Come on, Baron Robinski, take me to my father."