Berserk, Total War: Second Son of Nobles

Chapter 488 What Grass Can Sell for Ten Thousand Gold Coins

The moonlight shines on the gloomy prison outside the city.

In the prison, rows of handcuffed and blindfolded people squatted on the cold ground. They were all suspects of the Duna gang.

The faint light danced on their lifeless faces, but it could not dispel the shadow of fear.

Sending these people to a prison outside the city was a very thoughtful decision.

The first is the issue of security. The Duna gang is huge, and although most of its members have been arrested, the possibility that some have slipped through the net cannot be ruled out.

Once these people escape, they are likely to join forces with bribed prisoners and jailers in the city to create the illusion of "suicide" for important criminal suspects, thus interrupting key clues.

In order to avoid this situation, detaining them outside the city and isolating them from the city can ensure the smooth progress of interrogation and investigation to the greatest extent.

Secondly, from the perspective of obtaining evidence, with the confessions of these suspects, it will be much easier to send people back to look for evidence.

Once they provide relevant clues, law enforcement officers can immediately launch targeted investigations, find hidden accomplices and evidence in the shortest possible time, and wipe out the entire criminal gang in one fell swoop.

In fact, even without Duna's confession, Wesker was confident that he could get to the bottom of this case.

During the investigation, he discovered that the financial conditions of some officials were extremely abnormal.

For example, some officials had no property and had an annual income of fifty gold coins. However, what was incredible was that they spent hundreds or even thousands of gold coins a month.

Given this huge contrast between income and expenditure, even if these people have no direct relationship with Duna, they must have something fishy going on.

John would never employ these officials, and their good days were about to come to an end.

"Hold your head and move forward!"

At the command, the prisoners, under the strict guard of the soldiers on their left and right, slowly moved towards the interrogation room. Every step was filled with helplessness and fear. They didn't know what kind of interrogation was waiting for them. Some even collapsed on the ground in the middle of the interrogation and were carried in by the soldiers.

Wesker stood aside coldly, examining the group of people with eyes as sharp as a hawk.

The interrogation work was mainly carried out by his apprentices. Wesker had already pocketed all the credit he could get, and now he was more willing to focus on training talents for the country.

The situation is urgent and Wesker dare not slack off at all. He knows very well that there may be many fish that have escaped outside the city. With every minute that passes, those people have a greater chance of escaping. Therefore, the interrogation must be started immediately.

Facts have proved that there were not many determined and hard-core people among this group of people. Most of them were frightened into confessing before they could even be tortured, and were then taken away tremblingly.

Soon after, one of his men presented the confession to Wesker.

Wesker took the written record from his men, and saw that most of it was ridiculous words these people said to separate themselves from the Duna gang. It was all worthless nonsense, but fortunately, his men had underlined the important evidence with red ink, making it look less laborious for Wesker.

Soon he found the key clue of the Minister of Finance from the confession. The minister claimed that he had a book at home about the division of the spoils by the Duna gang. At first, he just wrote it down out of curiosity about how much wealth Duna could earn each time, and wanted to join forces with others to get more money from Duna. Unexpectedly, this book has now become his life-saving straw.

And at this moment, the book was lying quietly in the drawer of his bedroom.

Wesker immediately sent someone to get the book, and an hour later, the book was delivered to Wesker.

He turned the pages and saw that the thick catalogue was several pages long, which recorded the division of the spoils in detail by time. It can be known that the Duna gang had been established for five or six years.

He turned to the report on the first division of the spoils. At that time, the gang was just starting out and had only earned a total of 300 gold coins, plus some scattered silver and copper coins. There were only a handful of people who participated in the division of the spoils, including the Minister of Finance and several other veterans of the Duna gang.

As time turned the pages, Wesker realized that something was wrong.

The records of the distribution of spoils show that although the total amount of income in the early stage increased over time, the growth was very slow and there were ups and downs from time to time.

But later on, the total income increased rapidly like a rocket, from a few thousand gold coins to tens of thousands of gold coins. Wesker immediately checked the income items below. In addition to the common smuggling, casinos, brothels and some gray industries, he found an inexplicable income item at the bottom - "spiritual grass".

"What is this spiritual grass?"

Wesker frowned and called several elders of the Duna gang to inquire about the situation.

"Sir, we don't know what this is. This is a way of income that Duna found last year, and he is in charge of everything. We only know that this thing is very profitable, but we don't know where he grows these things."

Several veteran prisoners answered tremblingly.

This "spiritual grass" was indeed very profitable. It was recorded later that more than 10,000 gold coins had been earned directly, which shocked Wesker greatly.

He had never heard of such a thing that could bring such huge profits and was really confused.

"We don't know anything about this 'spiritual grass' either. We only know that Duna was working on it alone and we were not involved."

the prisoners shouted hastily, as if they were innocent.

Wesker was confused. After thinking for a moment, he decided to send someone to invite Hawke and Charlie to discuss the next countermeasures together.

Wesker told the two about the "Spirit Grass" and the huge income it brought.

Charlie said carelessly:

"Of course, isn't Duna always hanging around in Norwegian Province? Just send people to surround all the hidden woods or mountains outside the city, and then search carefully. We will definitely find the hideout of this gang."

Hawke also nodded and agreed:

"Yes, by the way, ask the nearby provinces to check if there are similar dens in their area. Afterwards, be sure to submit a copy of the relevant report to His Majesty the King."

Here, John received the income report of the Duna gang.

He was first shocked that this gang could earn tens of thousands of gold coins every month, and then he saw the extremely profitable "Spiritual Grass" project.

Although he didn't know what "spiritual grass" was, he thought that someone in Helmingen might know.

"Spirit grass, I haven't heard this name for a long time."

Vargas picked up the herbal dictionary and began to look through it carefully. After flipping through it for a long time, he found the record about this plant.

"Spirit grass is poisonous. If eaten by mistake, it can cause hallucinations at best, or even death from the poison. It is also addictive. If you stop taking it, the patient will become irritable, impulsive, and angry..."

"Wait a minute!"

The more John listened, the more he felt something was not right. Why did the description of this thing sound so much like hemp?