Just a few minutes later, Dajir led several rat men to emerge from the darkness.
"Mr. Chen Yao, I brought him, and the remains of that gentleman."
Instructing several rat men to put down the remains wrapped in rags, Dajir led a trembling rat man with fear in his eyes to Chen Yao.
"Mr. Chenyao, can you tell me what kind of punishment he will receive? I just..."
Dajir turned his head and looked at the rat-man with anger and hesitation in his eyes.
"In the laws of ordinary star spirits, it is a matter of course that one kills for one's life. You have to be prepared for the worst, but you will only know what the outcome will be after you take him up with me."
Chen Yao glanced at the frightened rat man and shook his head regretfully.
"I understand, Mr. Chenyao, I will listen to you in everything, even if you ask me..."
"There is no need to be so pessimistic. I will explain the situation to the mayor. As for the final result, I can only leave it to fate."
Chen Yao squatted down, resisting the urge to vomit, packed up the remains and put them into the binding ring.
"It's time to go, Dajir. By the way, you have to remember these things."
After making an agreement with Dajir on some things that could not be discussed, including energy-related matters and the secret relationship between the rat people and himself, he led Dajir and the rat man out of the underground space, and arrived at the gate of the town not long after.
"You're back so soon, Mr. Chenyao, what is this??"
The guard glanced at the rat man next to Chen Yao and asked with some caution.
"I want to take the culprits of the previous disappearances of the townspeople and the leaders of their clans to the mayor for trial. I ask you both to be accommodating."
Chen Yao pointed at the shivering rat man and Dajir.
"It turns out it's him! Mr. Chenyao, please come in quickly. Do you need us to come with you? I'm afraid..."
"I won't bother you two. They won't be any threat. I can just go by myself."
"Okay Mr. Chenyao."
Chen Yao bowed his hands, said goodbye to the two guards, and walked straight towards the mayor's residence with the two rat men.
Along the way, townspeople kept whispering about good things.
"Look, what is that? A mouse? I'm most afraid of mice..."
"Isn't that Mr. Chenyao? Where is he going with them?"
"I don't know, huh? They don't have rings! They can't be like goblins, right?!"
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The rat man on the side couldn't understand the ancient language, but Dajir could hear it clearly. When these sounds reached his ears, he didn't show anger or unwillingness, but instead showed an expression of shame and embarrassment.
Chen Yao did not stop the good-hearted townspeople's discussion. This was the effect he wanted, and this was what Dajir had to experience.
In the midst of suffering, the group of three finally arrived at the mayor's residence. As soon as Chen Yao entered the house after greeting the guards at the door, he bumped into Siwen who hurried out.
"Chen Yao? These two guys...could they be the rat men you mentioned?!"
Siwen looked at it carefully and said in surprise.
"That's right, I'm about to go to Mayor Dadik to discuss something..."
"Let's go, let's go together!"
Siwen pulled Chen Yao and came to the mayor's office together.
"Oh? Siwen? Didn't you just go out?"
"Mayor, it's Chen Yao who's coming to find you, and he's bringing two rat men with him."
"Yes." Chen Yao looked at Siwen carefully and corrected.
"Sorry, sorry..." Siwen apologized hastily.
"Then why did you bring them here?"
Mayor Dadik held the tea cup and spoke slowly without raising his head.
"That's right. The task you gave me previously has been clarified. There is indeed a huge blue energy column in the underground space. The instability of the energy column is also due to the excavations of those rat men."
"But don't worry, Mayor, the rat people have stopped all digging activities, and the instability of the energy column will not happen again."
"Very well, Chen Yao, then, you brought them here not for this matter, right?"
Mayor Dadik raised his head and glanced at the shivering rat man.
"Yes, Mayor, it's because of something else. His name is Dajir, the leader of the rat people. I brought him here today because of the case of the missing townspeople..."
Chen Yao pushed Dajier behind him to the front.
"Hello... Dear mayor, and Mr. Siwen, I am the current leader of the rat clan."
Dajir stepped forward and said with a trembling tone.
"Very good, then, what do you have to say about this disappearance case? Oh! I have basically understood the reason. I am talking about the subsequent handling."
Mayor Dadik nodded towards Dajir, with no expression on his face.
"I have asked Mr. Chen Yao, and I also learned some knowledge about the law. It is only right to kill people to pay for their lives. So I brought the tribesmen who made mistakes."
"Squeak, squeak, squeak!" Dajir squeaked at the rat man.
"Zhizhi! Zhizhizhi!" The rat man on the side heard the sound and quickly stepped forward, lowered his head and squeaked several times.
"He said that he is willing to accept any punishment for the mistakes he committed." Dajir translated to several people.
"Very good." The mayor nodded with satisfaction.
"Mayor, as the leader, my people have made such a mistake, and I also..."
"Okay, Siwen, take him away. Dajier, I will let Chen Yao tell you about the outcome of the trial in this case. Now, please come back."
Mayor Dadik gently issued an eviction order.
"Yes, Mr. Mayor." Dajir stretched out his hand, trying to comfort the tribesmen who were trembling with fear, but Chen Yao grabbed his hand and then shook his head.
"By the way, Mayor, about that person's remains..."
"Leave it to Siwen when you get out. I'm troubling you with these things, Chen Yao."
"This is what I should do."
The group of people left the mayor's residence, and Chen Yao handed the remains to Siwen.
"Okay, then I will take this guy away first. I will inform you as soon as there are results."
"OK."
Siwen pinched her nose and put away the remains, taking the rat man to say goodbye to Chen Yao.
Chen Yao took Dajier to the other side.
On the road......
"I can't help you any more with this matter. Do you know why I asked you to bring someone here?"
"have no idea..."
"This is a proactive show of goodwill. Only after this incident can you gain the trust of the mayor and have a greater chance of getting the mayor to issue binding rings to you."
"After all, your tribe is not a small one, and this is not a trivial matter. Sacrificing one tribe member to preserve the whole tribe is the best way I can think of, Dajir."
Chen Yao sighed and explained.
"Thank you, Mr. Chen Yao..."
Seeing that Dajier was still a little depressed, Chen Yao took him directly to the shop selling dry food and cakes in Zhongjie.
"Boss, how much ready-made dry food do you have? Just the cheapest one will do."
"Hey, Mr. Chenyao? Are you thinking of traveling far away?"
"No, I'm useful, hehe."
"Okay, I have a total of 1,100 coarse grain cakes here. How many do you need?"
Chen Yao roughly calculated that he still had some space left in his ring, and with the storage bag that Ms. Nangong gave him before, it should be enough.
"How much does a piece of coarse grain cake cost?"
"It's not expensive. It only costs 3 coppers. If you buy in large quantities, I will give you some discounts."
The boss smiled honestly. After hearing this, Chen Yao stopped spinning the ring on his hand.
"Then let's get a thousand."
"Okay, I'll give you a 20% discount and charge you 24 silver!"
"no problem!"
After paying the money quickly, Chen Yao took a while to put away the mountain of coarse grain cakes.
"Come back next time if you need it, Mr. Chenyao, and I'll give you another discount!"
"good."
[Thanks to book friend oneair for the huge recommendation! 】
