In the evening, the ship arrived at the Inner River Wharf in Changge District.

After hearing the news, Pero had already brought people to wait here. When he returned to the castle, a grand welcome dinner was held in the first floor hall. Since he had completely occupied the Changge Fortress, Roland's mentality has also changed. Looking at the nobles who were drinking and chatting during the meal, he always felt that Pero was using his money to entertain him.

After a few greetings with the eldest son of Honeysuckle, he got to the point, "Did those mice start to move again?"

"Based on the reports we received, it seems like this," Pelo made a gesture of invitation, leading the prince to a corner of the hall. "It's just that compared to the previously organized black street groups, the criminals caught now are individual behaviors, such as theft, robbery, murder, etc. Anyone caught is pulled to the square and sentenced to hang. However, you ask us to have conclusive evidence, so the prisoners dealt with are only a very small number of reports. Just checking these news will take a lot of time, and..." Honeysuckle's eldest son paused, "We have encountered a big trouble recently."

"What trouble?"

"Someone is openly boycotting your policy, Your Highness." Pelo worried, "Earl Mead knows more clearly about the specific matters, and I'll let him tell you in detail."

"Dear Your Highness, the elk salutes you," After being called over, Rennes bowed to the prince before he began to explain the incident. "A big event happened on the North Street of Outer City... Well, according to Minister Vader, it should be called a serial murder case."

Well, that was his own statement, and Roland suddenly became interested, "Switched to it."

"Yes," Renne Mead said in a deep voice. "Since three days ago, a household inhabited at home every night, their common point is that they are all male, living alone, without family members, and most importantly, they all declared their jobs to the Town Hall."

The prince frowned, "Are they all formal workers?"

"If the handyman is considered a formal job," Earl Earl nodded, "there is a painting left in each victim's room: a crown and a red cross were painted with blood. It was precisely because of this mark that I asked the city hall to verify that the list of houses that were about to go to Chishui District to build was the names of several of them."

"So you think their purpose is..."

"Suppose your recruitment plan, Your Highness," he replied, "this matter has been promoted on North Street, saying that as long as you declare your job to the Town Hall, you will be targeted by the killer."

"I think so too," Pelo continued, "the number of recruiters was lower than expected. Now almost no one dared to sign up on North Street. Now there are more people in the city hall who have reneged on their repentance, saying that they are not in good health and cannot leave the city for the time being. I hope that officials can get rid of their names. Now the news is only circulating in North Street. If it reaches other blocks, it may have adverse effects on your construction plan."

Roland thought for a moment, "Did you find any clues about the murderer?"

"This..." Ren opened his mouth and said for a long time, "No one saw the scene of the murder. I don't know where to find it if I send someone to search."

"Is that right?" He couldn't help but be surprised, "How did you solve this problem before?"

"Are you talking about the patrol?" the young Elf hesitated, "As far as I know, they have no fixed practice. If the influence is great, the victim's family complains to the lord, and the lord decides to give the people a fairness, they will test the pressure on the black street gang and let the rat hand over the prisoner themselves. As for whether it is a scapegoat, the patrol does not care. If it is an outsider or a solitary person, they will generally choose to turn a blind eye."

This is simply lawless. Roland was secretly amazed. In this way, judicial power is almost the same as handing over to rats. No wonder some people say that rats are the other side of the city. In addition, there seems to be no criminal investigation in this era. Once no one witnesses the murder, it is probably a unsolved case, of course, only for civilians.

There has always been a nightingale in the town, and the staff is simple, and all kinds of crimes are broken as soon as they occur, which leads him to ignore this problem. Renn didn't say it, and perhaps thought it was probably a difficult task to ask for conclusive evidence to be sentenced.

But no matter what, Roland would not allow his territory to play scapegoats.

"I understand. From tomorrow, the Security Bureau will take over this case, so you can cooperate with it with all your strength."

"Yes, thank you Your Highness," Rennes said happily.

...

After the banquet, Roland returned to the study on the top floor of the castle and has now been greatly improved. The bookshelf around it was removed and soft lounge chairs, coffee tables and seat cushions were replaced. Two large holes were knocked out on the wall behind the desk, and transparent floor-to-ceiling windows were installed. Although it was not a smooth and flawless crystal glass, the sense of openness instantly increased to a higher level. Through the slightly variegated glass, Roland looked down at the fortress shrouded in the night and nodded with satisfaction.

It seems that Pelo is quite concerned about his orders, and it is indeed true that he was chosen as his agent at the beginning.

"What are you going to do about this?" Nightingale escaped from the fog and sat cross-legged on the table.

"I won't deal with this matter," the prince smiled and shook his head. "Now the nobles have returned to Changge. The first thing tomorrow is to arrange for them to establish a new second-level city hall, and divide departments and some heads according to the border area model. Get this team up as soon as possible, and Soroya can also draw her ID card earlier. The fight against crime will be left to you."

"I?"

"You are the head of the Security Bureau. How to solve the case is up to you... You can drive the police force in the entire Winter City at will, whether it is Vader or Renne, you can be regarded as your subordinate."

"But don't you often say that departmental powers should be separated and administrative status should be equal," Nightingale puzzled. "I don't quite understand how the Town Hall operates, but this is equivalent to putting the Security Bureau above it, right?"
Chapter completed!