our family is gone

Chapter 124 Excuses
"My lord, why did you come back now?"

Disma couldn't wait to open the goal and welcome Lance in. Without the lord controlling the field, staying with a few people of unknown origin is torture.

Lance glanced at it. The room was only this big. The woman was sitting on the side with the child in her arms, the sheriff and the dog were squatting on the side, the girl was lying on the bed, and the gangster was tied up and huddled in the corner.

He also understands the situation on the field, but he is not as embarrassed as Disma, because he knows what these people need.

"All the cults in the town have been eradicated, so you don't have to worry."

Sure enough, this sentence directly dispelled the dignified atmosphere on the field, and at the same time, the woman's heart that had been hanging for a long time was finally relieved.

But the sheriff has a lot of questions he desperately needs answered, like...

"Who are you?"

"Let's put this question aside for now. Let's talk about a more urgent matter, that is, how can we cover up so many people missing in the town?"

Sure enough, these words directly made the atmosphere that had just warmed up dignified.

They have all heard Lance's analysis, and they know that there must be no cult, otherwise the church will find an excuse to investigate thoroughly and it will be troublesome.

"Is it really impossible to tell the truth? We have captured all the cultists, and it is useless even if the church knows."

"Do you think those people in the church will believe you? Or do you think they will give up this hard-won opportunity to make money and expand their influence?"

The sheriff still wanted to struggle, but Lance slapped him back with a single word.

It is good for the church to make a decision to crack down on cults, but the question is who will implement it. Do you really think that everyone is a saint who believes in the Holy Light?

We all have to eat~
Usually, religious taxes are collected, and then believers are expected to donate money. Apart from this, there is not much reason to make money. Now that you say you want to search for cultists, there are plenty of ways to make money.

There are many restrictions, one copper coin per person is thousands, and those shops and the mayor have to bleed a lot to prevent the people from the church from making trouble.

So even if they get rid of the cultists and save the church army from attacking, if they can't explain this matter, they will still have an excuse to trigger a big search. No matter how hard it is, it is ordinary people who suffer.

"Is there no other way?"

"Of course, you just need to find someone who is responsible for it." Lance grinned and looked at the bandit who was tied up.

The sheriff actually found this person as soon as he came in, but everyone was silent at that time, and he didn't ask any more questions.

"He belongs to the slave hunting team. Among the few people before, they captured six of them, one of them was captured by a cult, and there was actually one more..."

Lance stopped inexplicably while speaking, with a gloomy expression, and turned to talk about the situation of the slave catcher.

The sheriff couldn't help becoming serious when he heard this, and the dog felt that the master's mood had also become aggressive, and he bared his teeth at the gangster, as if he was about to rush out to take a bite in the next second.

The gangster, who had been tortured by Lance for a while, lost his courage long ago, and just shivered in a corner when he saw this situation.

"What I mean is very simple. The sheriff entangled a group of people and kidnapped the girls in the town and gave them to the slave catchers to sell. Then they couldn't agree on the price tonight, and they fought with each other. Then the slave catchers were killed by us. Found, rescued the girl, and of course captured a bandit."

Speaking of which, Lance came to the gangster and untied the cloth in his mouth, "And as long as you admit what the slave catcher did, I'll let you go, how about it?"

"How could you do this?" The magistrate frowned, the criminal transaction was happening right in front of him, and the justice he believed in did not allow him to stand idly by.

"Do you have a better way?"

Lance was not in a hurry, and fell into silence with a single word.

"I promise!" He had no room for choice, so he agreed without hesitation, even afraid that he would not have a chance if he said too late.

After all, the dog's saliva dripped on his body~
"Okay~" Lance chuckled lightly and raised his hand to pat him on the shoulder, "I like smart people."

The gangster who faced him didn't know why he felt weird looking at that smiling face, but he couldn't stop his hope of surviving, and nodded in agreement.

"Then everything has been dealt with." Lance stood up, the smile on his face became sunny, and he said cheerfully, "The horses and robbers fought, and the sheriff died suddenly, how pleasant it sounds~"

The sheriff was still caught in a tangle, but after Lance announced the result, he realized that he couldn't find a better way and could only be forced to accept this reality.

What the hell is going on in this world?
Is the justice and law that I follow wrong?
Lance didn't dwell on this question, and instead invited him: "We're going to see the house where they imprisoned girls, do you want to come?"

The sheriff followed without much hesitation, and without any scruples, Disma opened the lock directly in front of him, and was about to break into it when he heard the voice of the lord.

"Wait, there's a problem with the air."

Lance noticed that the dog shook his head after opening the door, instinctively dodging, it is more sensitive than a human's sense of smell.

These words made Disma feel bad, subconsciously took a step back, and at the same time drew out the musket vigilantly, but was stopped by Lance raising his hand when he was about to reload.

"The smell is very weak, it should have passed for a while."

As soon as the door was opened, Lance smelled a slight smell, but it was not obvious, and it dissipated as soon as the wind blew at the door, just like opening the room after a mosquito coil overnight.

After speaking, he took the initiative to walk in, and when the light of the candle lit up the whole room, it was revealed.

In fact, they are all of the same layout. Simple and dilapidated are synonymous with the lives of ordinary people in this era.

"My lord." Disma found something that attracted the attention of the two.

Lance looked at a pot on the table, with the remaining embers of incense on it, and a few sticks of incense beside it.

Lance picked up the embers and smelled them. Based on his research on them, he knew that they were the same medicine used in women's censers.

"what is this?"

When the sheriff saw Lance, he found this thing directly and couldn't help asking curiously.

"This is a common method used by cults. After burning incense, it can release smoke with special effects, and this can make the inhaler unconscious."

Speaking of which, Lance looked at the ropes scattered on the bed beside him, and quickly judged their tactics.

"They take people here and tie them up, then burn incense and leave. Victims will fall into a coma after inhaling the smoke, and the smell of incense can also interfere with the hound's sense of smell, making it difficult for you to find the missing People are in town.

You can't find it during the day, and when they hold a ceremony in the slaughterhouse late at night, you can't find anything more under the cover of the smell of blood. "

"No~ Fergus is not an ordinary hunting dog. He has undergone the most severe training and can find his target from those disturbances only because of me.

Because I was deceived by the sheriff, thinking that I was robbed by bandits, I didn’t seriously search for them, and I could have saved them..." The sheriff was a little disappointed, and Gouzi rubbed his trouser legs to express his comfort.

"So leave it to me and I'll fix this."

"who are you?"

The sheriff couldn't help but think of the previous problem. Why is this person so active in helping the town solve this problem?

It's just that Lance didn't mean to say anything, so he smiled and waved his hands.

"I'll say it when the time is right, but not now~"

(End of this chapter)