DNF, made by the ancient gods

Those furious eyes were like bloodthirsty beasts. They were suppressing the anger enough to ignite the "flame" and could not find an outlet. Under the pressure of taxes, even their lives could not be saved, what would they do? No one can predict it anymore.

Of course, this is not what the mayor is most afraid of. What he fears is that, like those "predecessors", he will become a vent for the civilians to vent their anger.

"calm down--"

He forcibly calmed down, and raised his voice while his complexion slowed down. Having been the mayor for more than ten years, this middle-aged man still has some majesty.

"How to calm down? Mayor, what can you do!"

Only Katu was still speaking. The mayor glared at him, an ignorant guy, but he didn't have any fear.

"There is always a way... I will think about it."

"That means there is no other way now!?"

he questioned loudly.

"Don't worry, I'll try...can you let them slow down and give us some time..."

"That means we still have to pay!?"

Immediately, the whole crowd boiled up again, they cursed the "incompetent" mayor one after another, and mourned this miserable fate at the same time.They hold the farm tools in their hands tightly, and seem to be dominated by anger and unwillingness at any time.

"Quiet!"

The mayor was also full of energy. After the initial panic, he also sorted out a clear idea - this riot is no different from the previous one, as long as he moves out the big killer "Empire", all Opposition has to be suppressed.

——It is impossible for these civilians to rise up and resist like the barbarians in the west.

He comforted himself in this way, but he didn't know how stupid his thoughts were.

"That's God..."

He opened his eyes wide, but found that his throat seemed to be pinched by an invisible hand. The middle-aged man froze in place in horror, completely unable to understand what happened to his body.

Then, a calm voice came.

"Don't ask, he won't have a solution."

Looking at the mayor with scarlet eyes, the magician standing in the crowd walked out slowly.

"After all, he didn't lose the benefits of this matter, did he—the mayor?"

Chapter 037 The Magician and Reversing Black and White

"Mr William!"

"It's him, but Mr. William..."

Walking out of the crowd, the magician who had been standing in the crowd and watching the development of things came forward—because of his kindness to the people in the town this month, no one would stop him.

The mayor's eyes widened immediately, he waved his hand, and instinctively yelled out a word, only then did he realize that he could already speak out.

"what are you saying!"

"Can't hear you?"

He paused.

"With your participation in this taxation, part of the money handed in by the townspeople will flow into your pocket."

The very concise and easy-to-understand words spread to the ears of the townspeople, which caused the group to explode immediately. They immediately reacted violently, but most of the ignorant people were stopped by a small number of smart people. After all, it is impossible for these townspeople to gather spontaneously, there must always be someone who is the leader of this incident.

"What you say is true, Mr. William."

Katu's face suddenly sank, and he cast his malicious eyes on the terrified mayor. He had always suspected that this old guy had something to do with the nobles above... After all, everyone is so poor. The mayor lives a good life.

"It's true."

"Mr. William" said so with a calm face. Thanks to the substantial benefits he has provided to the townspeople this month, some people are willing to listen to his words.

"You bad-hearted bastard! I knew you had nothing good to do in this town! You're still slandering..."

Naturally, it is impossible to allow things to develop in a bad and extreme direction.Although he didn't receive any decent education, after spending a long time in the officialdom, he naturally understood the dire consequences that some things might bring.

"I know some of you don't want to believe—"

Ignoring the mayor's speech, if he has any ideas to implement, it is the most correct to point out at this time-the emotional crowd is always easy to fool, let alone this is still It is related to their "life and death".

——No money, no food, this is tantamount to death.

After glancing at these civilians with varying mood swings and facial expressions, Baige's heart remained unmoved, only a certainty about what to do next.

"However, facts speak louder than words."

"Mr. William, although you have given us a lot of help, you should also be clear about what this statement means. Do you... have any evidence?"

However, the current situation is no longer something that some "smart people" can hold back. Smart people are not scary, what is scary are uneducated, ignorant and ignorant civilians who are easily incited—especially those who are in a rage and have mood swings Great civilian.

"What else is there to say?"

"Look at the mayor's life and our life, the actual age is not a problem, we should have thought of it long ago, this dog thief!"

……

The many voices of invective completely bury the suggestions of the few, and it turns out that human emotions are also contagious.Since being "awakened" by Baige, these people can always find various "suspicious traces" from the usual mayor.

——As long as public opinion is strong enough, false things can also be said to be true.

"You don't even think about it! Does this officer look like that kind of person!?"

How can you "admit" something you haven't done?Although the mayor has a little selfishness, and has sought some great benefits for himself in the past, he dare not do this kind of thing...and he has no right to do it.

"Which part of the whole town was not built by me? Think about it yourself!"

"Then why is your life so much better than ours!?"

"We should have thought a long time ago that it is impossible for an official's salary to be so high. You are obviously using our hard-earned money to enjoy it and fill your own family fortune!"

Hearing the mayor's anger, the "tacit understanding" between the officials was so rudely pointed out, which made him very angry-officials embezzled a little money to make their lives better than ordinary people, which is also common in this country. The default "hidden rules", but these townspeople are so... ignorant of current affairs!

——However, the topic has gradually deviated from taxation, and the mayor who was lured into the trap did not consider moving out of the "Empire" to suppress people for a while... This also made him miss his last chance.

——He underestimated the "blindness" of the uneducated people at the bottom. This situation is beyond what he can explain in words.

At this time, it only needs to add a small flame to ignite a raging fire that swallows morality and bottom line.

The corners of his mouth raised slightly, and the magician's unhurried voice came, offering a little "help" to these townspeople who were in the midst of arguing.

"Go into the mayor's house and have a look, don't you know?"

As if opening Pandora's box, all the townspeople were stunned for the first time. They all turned their heads and stared blankly at this "Mr. William".

Then, the magician gently pushed the mayor down the abyss:

"If he really embezzled your money, he will definitely leave a lot of property in his house. Similarly, if he has colluded with his superiors to increase taxes, he may also leave 'evidence'... "

The persuasive magician induced the most sinful flowers to bloom in people's hearts. He watched some extremely terrible emotions surge and swell in the eyes of the townspeople, and the curvature of the corners of his mouth could not help but show signs of widening.

The mayor, on the other hand, woke up suddenly as if a bucket of cold water had been poured on him.

He looked at the crowd with a strange expression, as if he had liberated some demon, and he took a few steps back unconsciously, but he didn't know that his actions made him a little more "guilty" and "cowardly", which also made the townspeople They are more sure of his "crime" and more "daring".

"What are you trying to do! The laws of the empire clearly stipulate that trespassing on someone else's house is a felony!"

He moved out of what he once relied on - the law.But he forgot that things like law, after people's subjective emotions swell to a certain level... are useless.

"If you want to prove your innocence, let them in. It's better for everyone, isn't it?"

Such a sentence came faintly, but Baige had already stepped aside unknowingly, away from the mayor.

He lit a fire and kindled the flames.

"What are you kidding, how can this kind of thing be possible..."

"Are you guilty!? Mayor!"

The mayor who froze suddenly looked ahead, and what caught his eyes was "beasts" that could no longer be regarded as "human beings"—they could not see any reason in their eyes, and extreme emotions had already controlled them Ignorant townspeople.

"If you don't feel guilty, let's go in and have a look and search!"

"You clearly have a problem, otherwise why don't you dare let us in!"

"You dog official, the money you took is against your conscience! You will be punished by God!"

The "torrent" submerged a living entity that even the waves could not lift up.

Chapter 038 The Magician and Tranquility

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"You can't do this! Damn it! You don't have the power!"

The crowd of people drowned the mayor standing in front of his house, and his voice of resistance was covered by louder noise. This "manor" which was clearly different from the bungalows of the townspeople could accommodate these hundreds of people.

"Why are you doing this?"

The crowd poured into the manor, and only the mayor, Yu Baige, was left outside. The mayor, who had already cleared his mind, stared at the magician with angry eyes, and his tone was full of resentment.

"Did I do something? It's all your own fault."

"No, I didn't collude with those people at all!"

The tone was unexpectedly fierce, but Bai Ge was not very interested in what the old man said.

"You really haven't made any mistakes? How about telling me what you have done with your position as mayor?"

"This is--"

"If you do it, you do it. As long as there is evidence, isn't everything very concise and clear?"

There was a burst of exclamation from the manor behind him, and then the curse sounded again. Judging from the current situation - these townspeople have already found the "little gift" that Baige left for the mayor.

"You still have 15 seconds to think about how to survive the townspeople—"

One after another, furious "demons" crawled out from the manor behind the magician. They opened their "mouths" wide and aimed their "fangs" at the terrified mayor.

Looking at everything indifferently, the strong smell of blood permeates along with the misery of the middle-aged man.

—It seems that he has no chance.

*

"We... killed the mayor."

Several adult men held their heads, rubbing their hair with great force with their dry and rough palms—humans are like this, they are prone to "impulsion" when they are emotional, and they will feel regret after the impulse passes.

"Is there any other way? We will die..."

"No way...Wait, didn't we take out all the treasures of the mayor's house? As long as the money is used to pay taxes, we can survive, right?"

"That's right, this amount of money is enough for us to pay for several years, this mayor is really hateful..."

……

Cowardly, these civilians who participated in the incident may still have certain illusions about the ruler of the empire... However, this illusion always needs someone to shatter it.

"You don't have to think so much..."

Those who could see through sighed, and even Katu clenched his fists and remained silent.

"Soon, the tax collectors of the empire will find out about this, and then... the elite soldiers of the empire will be waiting for us."

"Why, we obviously did nothing wrong, things are obvious, this piece of evidence is still—"

"It's useless!"

Katu, who lowered his head, loudly interrupted the speech of the man with a stiff face, and suddenly raised his head, his gloomy expression made everyone feel down.

"They won't care about this piece of evidence... Think about it, the mayor is colluding with the tax collector. Do you expect the tax collector to find out his conscience and run to the emperor to report his malfeasance?"

"Our end is that the tax collector will go to the empire to slander us in order to protect himself, and finally reduce us to a mob that kills the officials of the empire!"

and……

He gave a wry smile.

"Taking a step back, do you think... the person in power now is really the emperor?"

He didn't say the name that was cast aside by all people, but it was enough for everyone present to understand what he meant.

"How come...we are..."