Passing through the City Guards Corridor, whose overall architectural style specifically highlighted the majesty and solemnity, Wein followed the guard's request and stood waiting outside the door of the conference hall.
He rarely comes to the City Guard headquarters, even though his other identity often operates under the guise of the City Guard.
Compared with the military forces whose every move is very sensitive, the city guards responsible for the security affairs of the royal capital are obviously more flexible and convenient in handling methods.
But such convenience comes at a price.
That is, for those who want to stay here for a long time, it is difficult not to interact with various nobles in the royal capital. Once you have more dealings, compromises will naturally become more frequent due to various factors.
Not waiting for long, the guard who had just entered to deliver the message opened the door again, saluted and respectfully invited him in.
Wayne put down the sudden emotion in his heart, turned around and walked in.
In the spacious conference room, besides Richard and Bulwer sitting at the top, there were several unfamiliar faces.
"I hope I didn't disturb you."
Looking around at the people present, Wayne said calmly.
When Richard saw it was him, a flash of surprise first flashed in his eyes, and then he seemed to realize something again, and finally looked a little relieved.
"Ven, you're here just in time! I'm going to go to the cell to investigate. We can set off together." He stood up.
Bulwer was startled, and before he could say hello to Wayne, he hurriedly stood up and tried to stop him.
"Your Highness Richard, wait! This is out of order!"
Seeing Bulwer's movement, all the other adjutants and guards in the conference room could not sit still and left their seats one after another.
The positions of several people seemed to surround Wayne and Richard in a circle.
Wayne looked around and pretended to smile casually: "What? Is there something you want to hide from Richard and me? - I have to say ugly things first. I am here to represent the entire Qing Dynasty. I came to Xi Academy just to clarify the truth."
"If the incident really has nothing to do with some human factors in the city guard, and it is all because of the imprisoned person's own fault, then of course I will not embarrass you..." At this point, he paused.
"However, if students in Qingxi Academy are illegally harmed, I and the academy behind me will never tolerate this!"
His tone was not fierce, but extremely firm.
Having to face the conflict unavoidably gave Bulwer an even greater headache.
"It's not that I intentionally blocked it, but there are a lot of people in the prison, and the two of them are of high status, so they are afraid of being hit..." The excuse he made was really not a clever one.
"Huh? Are you underestimating my and Prince Richard's abilities, Lord Bulwer?"
Wayne glanced at him and said slowly: "The Wenche family, only after the experience of blood and fire can they successfully carve out a foothold in Lownes. Do you think that to this day, the descendants of the Wenche family Have people degenerated to the point where they don’t even dare to see prisons and criminals?”
"No, no, no, that's not what I meant!"
Bulwer did not want to bear the stigma of contempt for nobles.
With the identity of a foreign fake nobleman deliberately compiled by the rebels, there is great resistance to socializing with people in the royal capital, and he is often looked down upon by others. If he completely turns against the nobles at the top of the kingdom, the situation he finally managed to open will suddenly fall into a dead end.
Just as Bulwer hesitated, a guard brought new news.
"Lord Bulwer, the search results are out!"
Holding a piece of information in a document bag, the guard strode forward and handed it to Bulwer.
After taking out the information and flipping through it for a moment, Bulwer's solemn expression finally looked a little more relaxed.
"Everyone, we have obtained two pieces of evidence that can strongly prove that the prisoner Peggy deserved his death. It is not too late to take a look at it for now."
After exchanging glances with Wayne, Richard walked straight to Bulwer without comment and took the so-called "evidence" from his hand.
Wayne also came forward to watch with some confusion.
One of them is a record of unjust enrichment that Peggy used various means to obtain.
Since he is a student of Qingxi Academy and has always had a wide range of contacts, he has many opportunities to come into contact with people from different walks of life.
Probably because he was a little too smart, he was very keenly aware of this huge "gap", which could be used to obtain some special benefits for himself, wandering on the edge of the gray area.
There are always some things that people who are concerned about their status are not convenient to show up and do in person.
They need a better gripper, that is, a [middleman] to help them.
Peggy took advantage of this and became a "friend" recognized by some high-ranking nobles.
With this convenient "friend" relationship, he would carefully record and arrange the needs of each nobleman he successfully courted, and in turn take this opportunity to control nobles and civilians lower than himself.
For example, in the name of "improving the friendship class", they deliberately lured their classmates who were low-level nobles and introduced them to the extravagant circle of the children of the big nobles as a background.
Once he yearns for such a luxurious life, these classmates will become his minions, completing some tasks for the nobles and occasionally for himself.
For those children of the great nobles, they don't care about whose hands the matter ends up being handed over, they only care about not being disturbed in their own enjoyment.
All you need to do is find such a person and hint to him what he wants to "play" next, and he will naturally be able to arrange everything appropriately.
They get happiness, and Peggy gets money.
This mode is both convenient and safe for many people. As a result, Peggy slowly became a very popular "middleman". While doing things for others, her own network of contacts was also fully expanded.
Wayne just followed the written record in Richard's hand for a while and then turned his attention to another piece of evidence.
This seems to be Peggy's private notes. The perspective used is all first-person, mixed with a lot of psychological activities, but the details of key events are always briefly mentioned.
There are also many complaints and even insults he made towards some powerful children.
Skimming over the meaningless moans at a glance, Wayne quickly found the more critical content.
"...I just want to make a difference! After graduating from Qingxi Academy, I will definitely be able to accomplish a lot after I have made so many friends and accumulated so many connections!"
"... Maybe I did something bad... In the eyes of those guys, 'people' are just tools for fun. They appreciate the way a person is at the end of his rope."
"Recently, I go to church every week to ask for God's blessing. Can people like me go to heaven after death?"
"Those guys live quite comfortably every day. As long as I am like them, then I can live a very happy life in the future, right?"
Although it is only fragmented information, when linked to another record, it is not difficult to see the gradual degradation of a person's soul.
