Original God: I can earn experience points

Chapter 353 Caught in the act (two in one)

Although compared to the original plot, there is an unexpected person like Li Qiuzhi, which leads to some deviations in time and small details.

But the overall development does not seem to be much different.

After leaving the beach, Werner did not return to the residential area, but started to walk further and further away, which seemed a bit sneaky.

"There's something wrong with this guy!"

Paimon said, his hands on his hips.

"He came to such a remote place, is he going to meet someone?" Ying said puzzledly while hugging his arms and touching his chin.

Li Qiuzhi and Ying continued to follow Werner calmly in the invisible field. He thought for a moment and said:
“After all, we are just ordinary foreigners in Inazuma. If we really find something later, it seems that we will not be able to do anything to him.

"Even if we catch him and hand him over to the shogunate army, what if he refuses to admit his mistakes even if we beat him to death? We have no evidence."

"Well, it seems so. After all, we can't really beat him to death. Unless we find a shogunate army to come and make him watch this hateful businessman and really do something illegal, we can arrest him!"

Paimon said with some distress.

"Let's not talk about that. Although most of the shogunate's soldiers are righteous, we almost got scammed out of millions yesterday. What if the shogunate soldiers we find happen to be corrupt or in cahoots with him? We might even be blamed for it."

Li Qiuzhi, who knew the plot, shook his head.

"If I had a prop like a camera, I could take some pictures of the evidence." Ying suddenly thought of this item produced in Fontainebleau.

It’s just that this kind of thing is relatively rare, or to be more precise, it is relatively rare outside Fontaine.

"Yes, that President Kurisu is from Fontaine, right? Maybe he has a camera. We can go ask him, and if he has one, we can borrow it!"

Paimon said excitedly.

"No, there won't be enough time. By the time we get back, he might have already escaped. We don't necessarily have to arrest him anyway. We'll see what happens then and make a decision."

Li Qiuzhi shook his head and said.

"Okay, this is the only way." Paimon spread his hands helplessly.

“However, judging by his hair and eye color, as well as his name, it seems that this foreign merchant, Werner, is from Mond.

"As far as I know, if a Chinese citizen does something illegal while abroad, his country's law enforcement agencies are qualified to arrest and try him upon his return. At that time, we can bring him back to Mondstadt and hand him over to the Knights."

Li Qiuzhi thought of a brilliant idea.

After all, he is an honorary knight and a member of the Knights Templar. If he sees Werner committing a crime, he can arrest him just like a policeman seeing a thief.

Of course, doing this outside of Mondstadt is a bit against procedure, but just bring him back to Mondstadt, and there is no need to worry about such minor issues.

"Wow, you're so abominable. You actually thought of this!" Paimon's eyes widened like the starry sky. "But the premise is that he really did something bad."

"Stop talking for now. That Werner ran behind a huge rock."

Ying patted Li Qiuzhi's arm to remind him.

Werner didn't know that there were several people following him in a swaggering manner. He carefully made sure that no one was following him, and then he walked to the place where the Ashigaru and Keijiro had instructed him to go.

He turned a corner at the huge rock and came under its shadow, where there were already two men dressed as shogunate soldiers.

"Werner, why are you so late?"

A shogunate soldier crossed his arms and said in dissatisfaction.

"I'm sorry, I'm sorry, Master Ashigaru, but I have to be more cautious to prevent someone from following me."

Werner's attitude towards others at this time was completely different from when he was selling "crystallized bone marrow" just now. He was very humble.

"Wow, he's completely changed."

Li Qiuzhi and others followed Werner to the shadow of the stone. Paimon looked at the scene in front of him and said in surprise.

"It seems that these two shogunate soldiers are the source of Werner's 'Crystallized Bone Marrow'. But they didn't even change their clothes. How bold of them."

Ying said while looking at the two shogunate soldiers.

"Okay, Ashigaru, don't worry about these little things. The most urgent thing is to get today's Mora first. We still have to collect taxes later."

Another shogunate soldier, Keijiro, said.

"Yes, Werner, quickly bring over the Mora that we earned today." The foot soldier then realized that he still had work to do, and hurriedly urged Werner.

"Okay, okay."

Werner quickly handed the cloth bag tied around his waist to the foot soldier, which was filled with ten thousand Mora notes.

The foot soldier took the cloth bag and estimated based on the weight that there were about a hundred pills in it, just like before. He nodded slightly, took out a few pills and threw them to Werner.

He smiled with satisfaction and said:

"Very good. This is your reward for today's hard work. We will deliver the next batch of 'Crystallized Bone Marrow' to you in a few days. Then you can go to the old place to pick it up."

"Yes, I understand, Master Ashigaru." Werner put Mora away and said in a gentle voice.

"let's go."

Keijiro said impatiently.

If he didn't have work, he would really like to divide these Moras immediately.

"They are leaving. According to the information they revealed in their conversation, the monopoly of 'Crystallized Bone Marrow' is very likely related to them. We can't let them go so easily!"

Paimon said angrily.

Li Qiuzhi nodded. Paimeng was right. Catching them anyway and preventing them from monopolizing the "Crystallized Bone Marrow" commission would be considered progress.

Watching the Ashigaru and Keijiro turn around and leave.

Li Qiuzhi summoned out translucent mental tentacles without hesitation, catching them and Werner all by surprise!
“W-what! Who is it!?”

Keijiro and his companions found themselves suddenly caught by something without any ability to resist, and they shouted in panic.

"Humph, your evil deeds have been exposed. Tell us honestly why you want to monopolize the 'Crystallized Bone Marrow'!"

Now that the criminal had been caught, Li Qiuzhi withdrew his invisibility field and revealed his figure. After Paimeng came out, he immediately questioned Werner and the others.

"Assholes, who are you? Let us go quickly. You dared to attack the shogunate army. You are breaking the law and will go to jail!"

Keijiro saw that the ones attacking them were not dangerous monsters, but a few young-looking foreigners.

He no longer felt scared, and relying on his status as a member of the shogunate army, he threatened the enemy first.

He had the confidence. Although he could not defeat these foreigners, he was a member of the Shogunate's army.

No matter how powerful these foreigners with strange abilities are, can they defeat the shogunate army? If you don't want to be wanted, you have to let him go.

You also have to apologize!

"That's right. What monopoly on crystallized bone marrow? We are just gathering here to chat. I advise you not to meddle in other people's business. You should know that we have the Lord of Kanding Fengxing behind us, and the Lord of Fengxing has the Lord of Generals behind him. You dare to attack us. Do you want to test the power of Wuxiang's sword?"

The foot soldiers glared at Li Qiuzhi and the others angrily. "Ah, hey, hey, what should we do? They said that the Thunder General will attack us!"

Paimon looked at Ying a little frightened and said. Ying held her forehead and looked at her speechlessly.

Li Qiuzhi also admired these two people very much, and even tried to link them to General Lei Dian.

They are just two small fry. If anything happens, they don't even have the qualifications to report it to others.

"Haha, don't worry, little Paimon. They're just trying to scare you."

Li Qiuzhi smiled, then looked at the two shogunate soldiers and said:

"It's no use being stubborn. You have been doing this for so long and have accumulated a lot of wealth. You can find out there is a problem just by checking it out. You don't think your colleagues and superiors are fools, do you?

"Or are you actually doing this because you are following the instructions of the adults?"

"you!"

Looking at the more relaxed smile of the person in front of me.

Keijiro didn't know how to answer for a moment. He could just use his influence to scare outsiders.

If someone really dares to accuse Lord Fengxing of something, there is no need to investigate anything. He can be thrown into jail just for the crime of slandering Lord Fengxing!

"Okay, whatever you want, just don't expose us. I can cooperate with you in the future. How about we split the profit in half?"

Keijiro's expression changed in a complicated manner several times, but he finally gave in to the few people who could easily catch them.

"Hey, Keijiro, you are kidding, why do you want to separate Mora?!"

The foot soldier looked at Keijiro in disbelief.

"This is all for..." Keijiro wanted to explain, but was interrupted by Li Qiuzhi, who said:
“Okay, I’m not interested in getting involved in your activities that harm others and yourself.

"Tell me where your 'Crystalized Bone Marrow' comes from. Also, do you know why the Kanjo Bugyo changed the form of taxation from Mora to 'Crystalized Bone Marrow'?"

"Hmph, if that's the case, just hand us over to the Shogunate army. We have nothing to say."

Since they all knew that their affairs were about to be exposed, Keijiro and the others naturally would not cooperate.

"Okay."

Even though Keijiro and the others refused to cooperate, Li Qiuzhi didn't care.

He is kind and just by nature, so naturally he would not use torture to extract a confession, otherwise what would be the difference between him and a villain.

They probably don’t know the second question, and it doesn’t matter whether they know the first question or not.

Li Qiuzhi remembered that it was these two shogunate soldiers who collected taxes who deliberately raised the tax rate so that the merchants of the "International Chamber of Commerce" would pay more.

They would just keep the extra "crystallized bone marrow" for themselves and then give it to Werner to sell it to the "International Chamber of Commerce" at a high price.

Why do you ask even though you know it?

After all, I will be handing them over to the Kanjo Bugyo later and I have to explain the reason clearly. I can't just say that I know it because I have read the plot.

So Li Qiuzhi looked at Werner:
"You are their partner, so you must be aware of this. Tell us what happened and declare that they are the mastermind. If you cooperate, you will be making up for your mistakes, and the punishment will probably be reduced."

"This"

Werner glanced at Keijiro and the Ashigaru, but was glared at by both of them. He shrank his head in fear.

Forget it, we all have to go to jail, and they won’t be able to bully us in the future, so we might as well just tell them and let them out earlier.

"Okay, okay, let me tell you." Werner nodded vigorously, then slowly said, "This is what happened."

Phew, seeing that Werner was willing to speak, Li Qiuzhi breathed a sigh of relief. It seemed that things were going much more smoothly than he had imagined.

What Werner said was indeed no different from what Li Qiuzhi knew.

The facts of Keijiro and others' crime have been confirmed, and Werner is willing to testify against them as a witness, and there is also Mora who is the illegal income behind them.

The next thing is simple.

Li Qiuzhi first asked Ying and Paimeng to find President Kurisu and ask him to bring some merchants from the "International Chamber of Commerce" over.

In this way, if we go together to the Kanding Bugyo, we can put pressure on the Kanding Bugyo.

Otherwise, what if you just handed the person over to someone and then he released him the next moment?
But when Kurisu came over to understand the situation, he had different ideas, because he had been doing business on the outlying island for a long time and knew that even if he succeeded in sending these people to jail.

But if new tax collectors are appointed later, they may do the same, and may even arouse hostility from other equally corrupt officials in the Kanjo Bugyo.

As a result, the "International Chamber of Commerce" will have an even more difficult time on outlying islands in the future.

Moreover, they are currently in short supply of "crystallized bone marrow" and cannot even pay the tax this time. It will be useless even if they catch the mastermind behind the scenes.

It would be better to release Keijiro and his men, ask them to promise to collect taxes normally in the future, and then hand over the "crystallized bone marrow" that they had secretly hidden to the "International Chamber of Commerce".

This way they can hold out for another year or two.

After hearing what Kulisu thought, Li Qiuzhi also realized that he had not taken the situation of the "International Chamber of Commerce" into consideration.

It would be great to arrest Keijiro and the others directly, but once the "crystallized bone marrow" they had hidden away was confiscated, the "International Chamber of Commerce" would soon become a thing of the past.

Well, that's what we can do.

All we can do is hand Keijiro and the others over to Kurisu and let him do whatever he wants with them.

It seems that the real solution to the problem is to start from why the Kanjo Bugyo wanted to change the form of tax from Mora to "Crystallized Marrow".

Forget it, I'm tired and bored and don't want to care about it anymore.

At this moment, Li Qiuzhi suddenly remembered that in the original novel, there seemed to be many evil eyes that only the Fatui had on the side of the Inazuma resistance.

Some of the rebels could not resist the temptation and used the evil eye, then died due to the exhaustion of their lifespans.

The point is not this. Li Qiuzhi seems to remember that the Fatui set up an evil eye factory in Inazuma, and the materials used by that evil eye factory to make evil eyes seemed to include "crystallized bone marrow"!
——Hiss, now that I think about it, the Kanjo Bugyo might still be colluding with the Fatui!
Unfortunately, he was not a keen researcher and had not memorized the plot on purpose. He only remembered the purpose of "Crystallized Bone Marrow" by accident.

So it is not certain whether they are really colluding.

However, the more Li Qiuzhi thought about it, the more he felt that it was really possible. This Kanding Bugxing must have an unclear relationship with the Fatui. No, he must find a way to investigate!
"Alas, the criminals were found, but we had to let them go. It's really infuriating!"

As the group left the beach and headed back to the residential area, Paimon said with some displeasure.

"What should we do next?"

Ying looked at Li Qiuzhi, wanting to hear his opinion.

Li Qiuzhi looked at Ying's fair skin and smiled slightly:
"Since the source of the problem lies with the Kanjo Bugyo, let's go visit that Bugyo. To save trouble, let's just be the bad guys for a while!"

"Bad guy?"

Ying and Paimeng looked at each other, somewhat confused.

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