The Invincible Overlord of Heroes

Just as Aaron said, the moment he received the list, Jian Yuan launched his arrest operation.

Moreover, the list in his hand was provided as soon as the confession came out.

There are only detailed names and identities on it, and it does not indicate which people are more suspected and which people are just implicated.

Although Xu Lai's latest instructions were quickly delivered to Jian Yuan.

However, he moved too quickly and called Ed, Silver Wing and other knights on Pegasus, and each led their own teams to arrest all the suspects.

Xu Lai somewhat underestimated his own weight in the hearts of people like Jian Yuan.

Xu Lai saved the elves like Ed and Silver Wing and even offered to help them upgrade. However, they were only willing to serve Xu Lai for a period of time.

Although Ed and Yinyi were also very angry when they encountered the assassination, their responsibility was not to protect Xu Lai. At most, they felt as if their benefactor was assassinated.

However, Jian Yuan, Yan Feng and the others are different.

The reason why they awakened their souls came entirely from the gift of Xu Lai.

Just from their loyalty attribute of 100 points, it can be seen that Xu Lai is more important than their lives at any time.

Therefore, as soon as they got the list, Jian Yuan and the others rushed into the major caravans and directly asked the captains of the caravans for their names.

I don't know if it's because of today's assassination incident, but there are a lot of caravans wanting to leave today. There are seven or eight large and small caravans combined.

Most of the lists in the confessions are true, even if a few are only implicated, such as businessmen selling weapons.

But they themselves are not very clean. It is still such a sensitive time to buy military crossbows in the city and deliberately use explosive crossbow arrows that have been remade by alchemists.

To say that these businessmen really don’t know what these guys want to do is nonsense.

Xu Lai chose to endure for the sake of Qingfeng City's hard-working business atmosphere.

But when he learned the latest news, he simply changed his previous decision and asked Jian Yuan and the others to continue following the list and catch everyone without missing a beat.

If the arrest is wrong, the worst possible thing is to provide some compensation or an apology or something.

If you catch the right person, pull out the carrot and bring out the mud, follow these merchants, and find out.

There are so many spies in Qingfeng City, and they are definitely related to these businessmen.

As for how much harm Qingfeng City's violence will bring to these businessmen, and how much impact it will have on Qingfeng City's business environment, that is something to be considered in the future.

Besides, the bustle in the world is all for benefit; the hustle and bustle in the world is all for benefit.

The price offered by Qingfeng City was much higher than the market price. Xu Lai really didn't believe it. Would these businessmen let go of the profits they got?

Even if they don't want it, there will still be merchants from other places who want it, unless there is another force on the grassland that can completely block all trade routes.

If it were the former Count Aini, it might still be possible, but at least he would have to unite with the horse thieves and block it covertly and covertly.

Now, Count Aini has no time to take care of himself. Several of the biggest horse thieves forces on the grassland have been collected and eliminated by Xu Lai.

If he was cruel, he would call Bello out again and let him start his career as a horse thief again.

Then, they were specially asked to rob the caravans in Earl Aini's territory. At that time, it was these merchants and Aini who had a headache.

Tonight is destined to be a sleepless night for many people. Until the next morning, the entire Qingfeng City is brightly lit.

The space in the prison is no longer sufficient.

Early in the morning, Elena led a group of temple priests and pulled out a batch of corpses from the prison.

These corpses were those that Xu Lai promised to let them die painlessly, and they were also the first to reveal their confessions.

In addition to painless death, Xu Lai also entrusted Elena to purify them so that they would not become undead and come out to harm others.

However, after this batch of corpses were pulled out, another team of people came immediately.

These people are all subordinates of the Jian Yuan Investigation Team, basically all from Green Forest Town, mercenaries who were rescued by Xu Lai.

These people poured into the prison and dragged all the assassins who had been tortured to death yesterday out of the city.

For these people, the misdemeanor prisoners in the prison were released early. Now that these people have left, the entire prison has been emptied out again.

Of course, it didn't stay vacant for long, and a new batch of people were sent in.

There are merchants, mercenaries, and even mages and heroes here.

The reason why it was delayed until this morning is because in the middle of the night yesterday, many people were unwilling to be arrested and staged a fierce resistance.

Fortunately, at this time, although Xu Lai had taken off all his armor, he was spending an equally unforgettable night.

But within the scope of Qingfeng City, all soldiers can enjoy the bonus brought by the Golden Statue of the God of War. Xu Lai's specialization is still in effect.

At most, there is no effect from the Angel Alliance, and even the sacred blood bottle is still in effect.

Needless to say, even those who ran fast when they saw an opportunity were all captured by Yan Feng and his cavalry team.

After being captured, Jian Yuan asked Aaron to coordinate again. When he found that he couldn't move away, he simply asked Xu Lai for permission.

Xu Lai spent a lot of energy last night, so he had a rare sleep today.

Qingmeng was disturbed, and Xu Lai had no choice. After hearing about the battle last night, he simply gave the order directly.

Anyone who resisted last night, no matter what the reason, was pulled outside the city gate and executed directly together with the group of people in the prison.

Those who resist and injure the captors will not only be executed, but the caravan they belong to must also pay compensation to Qingfeng City and the injured.

After killing this group of people, the prison will be crowded and we can fit in. As for being uncomfortable in there, there is nothing we can do about it.

After getting up, Xu Lai did not go to the outside of the city to pay homage. There was nothing interesting about the bloody beheading scene.

But the civilians in Qingfeng City like to watch it.

And because there were heroes among the dead, there were many heroes who came to watch.

After some people read it, they silently chose to leave.

They also inquired and found out that those heroes were killed for resisting arrest.

As for the reason for resisting arrest, it was simply because he owed Aini a loan shark and agreed to help him find out information.

If this were the case, Xu Lai would definitely not kill them as long as they confessed honestly after they were caught.

But not only did they not confess honestly, they also resisted arrest, and because they were heroes, they were more or less surrounded by recruited soldiers to protect them, and the scale of the trouble was relatively large.

This had a very bad impact. If they didn't set an example, where would Xu Lai's face be?

After killing these people, Xu Lai and Aini were completely separated.

Because at the execution ground, the temporary prison officer Aaron, who replaced Xu Lai, announced to all the residents of Qingfeng City on the spot what these people had committed.

Although Xu Lai is still following the imperial legal system, he still wants to slowly integrate some modern legal concepts.

First of all, it is to inform others about what they do that will violate the law and what punishment they will receive.

As the saying goes, if you punish someone without teaching, then the punishment will be complicated and the evil will be overwhelming.

This means that if people kill people without education, no matter how many punishments are imposed, they will not be able to suppress unhealthy tendencies.

However, even if Aaron wants to announce it, he only needs to choose a specific reason to announce it.

For example, who was killed for assassinating Xu Lai, and who was killed for resisting arrest and wounding others.

However, Aaron directly told the ins and outs of the incident. Not only did he tell the ins and outs, he also published the confessions signed by these people.

Although in terms of criminal law, such confessions obtained through torture are ineffective.

But ordinary civilians don't care about this.

What's more, even if Aaron doesn't announce it, everyone has already speculated on Aini.

Therefore, when Aaron announced Aini, the commander behind it, the crowd immediately became furious, and everyone clamored to seek revenge against Aini.

Such a major event would be absolutely impossible without Xu Lai's approval.

Yes, the Xu Lai military parade has been held, and the army has begun recruitment and reorganization.

He couldn't wait any longer. Regardless of whether the noble council or the temple announced it or not, Xu Lai was determined to kill Aini.

If you don't kill this guy, he will keep hiring killers and assassins, and keep trying to find ways to kill Xu Lai.

If he succeeds one day, Xu Lai will regret it.

But he can't wait to return. If he really wants to take action, firstly, he will have a bad reputation, and secondly, his basic favorability may be lowered.

After all, even if we throw away the superiors and subordinates in the aristocratic constitution, everyone is the hero of the imperial camp and is a theoretical natural ally.

Therefore, even if Xu Lai wants to send troops, he still needs to have a name.

He originally wanted to wait for the temple or the noble council to give him this name. In any case, the identities of these two institutions were there.

One sentence from them is more effective than ten thousand words from Xu Lai.

But it seemed that Xu Lai couldn't count on them anymore, and Aini gave him another perfect excuse.

It was you, Aini, who was unkind in the first place, so you can't blame him, Xu Lai, who was unjust in the end.

The only thing Xu Lai is unsure about now is whether this so-called name can control the decline in basic favorability.

Even if he can't control it, Xu Lai is still going to do it. At worst, he won't have to deal with human armies in the future.

No, even if his favorability drops to zero, Xu Lai can still intimidate others to join him.

Since Xu Lai can bear the price, what needs to be done must be done first.

First of all, the momentum must be built up, and Qingfeng City cannot just enjoy itself alone, but must also find a way to spread the news that Aini assassinated his nobles and colluded with the orcs to other cities as much as possible.

Public opinion is the basis of public opinion, the more people know about it.

Secondly, seize the time to prepare. Xu Lai not only wants to defeat Aini head-on, Xu Lai is also very interested in Aini's territories.

Therefore, he also needed a sufficient number of troops and auxiliaries to prepare for occupying Count Aini's territory.