Blood of Mercury

The door of the No. 2 warehouse was full of debris, and heavy dust accumulated on it. Only a small piece of ground at the door was swept clean.

As soon as Roland walked to the door, he smelled a faint musty smell. The smell of decaying wood after soaking in water was very clearly floating in the air.

The heavy wooden door was closed, and there was a thin layer of dust on it. Looking at it, the dark chain that gave a heavy feeling was repeatedly wrapped around the door. The chain was coated with a thick layer of oil, and when it was smelled from a distance, it gave off an unpleasant pungent odor.

"...This is the second warehouse for medical supplies?"

Roland turned his attention to Akakaji Flower, the meaning of which was self-evident.

Akakajika nodded embarrassedly: "...Roland, you must know that Richero hasn't used these medical devices for nearly ten years. The Count doesn't take this seriously."

"But aren't these medical devices new?"

"The equipment is not new, but the medical supplies just arrived a few days ago."

Facing Roland's question, Chikajika nodded neatly: "According to Caral's regulations, in order to prevent the officials of the Medical Department from enriching their personal pockets, the supplementary medical supplies and firefighting supplies to the townships must be opened by professionals when they are in place on time. After checking the quality of the box, you can sign the confirmation form. But you also know that the position of the medical director is nothing but convenient..."

"So you accepted the commission of the Count and signed your name on the confirmation form?"

Roland took over.

Akakajika nodded weakly.

This was also what Roland expected.

Generally speaking, the position of the chief medical officer is usually part-time by the white-robed druids stationed there, so it will not cause too much trouble to the officials. For a free area like Richero where no Druids are stationed, they need to pay to hire another chief medical officer.

However, the chief medical officer neither cures the disease nor trains the physician, only in the event of a medical malpractice. Only the chief medical officer is needed to take the blame. Few areas will spend money on such a useless thing, usually less than once every ten years. Those medical supplies will not be distributed to civilians on weekdays, and will only be taken out when a major disaster strikes. However, the probability of a "major disaster" is not very high, and it will be under a series of troubles after the occurrence. Regardless of whether the chief medical officer is in place, the lord is basically a dead end, so it can be said that there is no difference.

Therefore, when the higher-level medical department regularly distributes medical devices, it will deliberately distribute the backlogged medical devices that are closest to expired or even expired to those areas that do not employ chief medical officers. These areas can then be signed by some foreigners who have settled in the area.

Because of the tacit understanding between the two parties, these dangerous items also flowed in. According to Carrar's law, in the event of an incident, at most, they can only be wanted and held accountable domestically. Just give a sum of money. Letting those foreigners go back to China is a lot cheaper than hiring a chief medical officer for several years.

After all, the chief medical officer is a long-ranked official, and belongs to the same level as the knight commander. In non-war time, the knight commander's annual salary is 20 to 30 gold coins, which is almost two months' tax in a town.

Even if their mayor was an earl, he would feel bad about it. Even if he only has a false title, does not hold any position in the capital, and even has a territory comparable to a viscount, he is also an earl after all. But if the average person is more distressed about this.

For them, such a flexible way of doing things can be convenient for each other. But none of them thought that it would happen one day. What happens when these medical devices are really used.

"Do you remember those? How did they look? Is there a problem with the seal?"

Roland thought for a while, then asked.

If there is no problem with sealing. Roland can basically assume that there is no problem with the bandages when they arrive here.

But Akakajika's answer completely exceeded Roland's expectations.

He shook his head with a wry smile: "I have never seen that batch of goods at all."

Roland was slightly startled.

"Have you never seen it?"

"Never seen."

Akakajika replied firmly: "You know, I was living in the Earl's Mansion at the time. The Earl gave me a document for me to sign. In order to live in his house, I checked it and signed it without any problems... Although I It's a Fararu, but also knows this tradition of the Caral people. I didn't ask anything at the time."

"etc."

Roland finally remembered what he had overlooked before.

A ray of light suddenly flashed in his eyes: "You mean, the count only gave you the confirmation slip when he took it home? Was there anyone around him at that time?"

"Yeah...is there a problem?"

Akakajika looked dazed, but looking at Roland's expression, he also realized what was wrong with his answer. There was a serious look on his face.

"There is a big problem," Roland nodded. With a sneer, "According to the normal process. He can't handle the confirmation form at all. From the beginning to the end, the confirmation form should be in the hands of the officials of the medical department."

"...But, what does that mean?"

Akakaji Hana's pupils shrank slightly.

But the look of doubt on his face did not diminish in the slightest: "He colluded with the officials of the medical department? Or is there part of his deal with the devil, or is the official under the control of the devil's mind? I did see that On the list, the codes of various types of medical materials are written, which is correct."

Roland did not answer with a gloomy face.

He picked up the key from Akakaji Flower's hand and stepped forward to open the door.

This is to prevent Edward from setting any traps, so he wants to step on Lei aside. Although it is unlikely, it is not far from the Earl's Palace, and Edward has a chance to come here after his defeat.

After Roland opened the door, fresh air poured in, and the choking dust rolled out, and the sunlight that came in through the window was bundled into several beams of light by the dust in the house.

"As expected. Arsu, there are several possibilities you mentioned before, but none of them are the correct options."

Roland stared at the tall row of white as new bandage rolls placed in the most conspicuous place, the corners of his mouth raised slightly.

"What this really means is that what he signed for you is not a confirmation of the arrival of medical supplies at all! It is a repurchase order after destroying expired medical supplies!"

"These bandages are so new... so new that I doubt the head of the Caral Medical Department. Why would they buy so many new medical supplies for Richero without a Druid oversight? Their annual budget would have been It's not enough, or they wouldn't save money with this ditch trick."

"The real reason is probably that our Count destroyed all the medical supplies in the past, and then asked you to sign and authenticate, and bought a batch of brand-new medical supplies. Because they are purchased rather than distributed, they will not be used after they arrive. until you sign."

"Okay, then we have now determined that the Count is related to this plague event... and then?"

Akakajika frowned deeply: "Why did he buy a new batch of medical supplies? If you want to do something with these things, can't you use the old ones? Isn't this intentionally revealing flaws to us?"

"Of course not."

Roland shook his head.

Because her purpose is to expose the flaws to you...or to me.

Roland replied in his heart.

This is the problem that Roland ignored before.

You know, the collapse of the dock area is the reason for Elucado's shot. In other words, in the original situation, there would be no accident in the dock area. This can be regarded as an accident, even if it is Farina, she does not know much about Elucado, and it is impossible to predict that she can easily destroy the dock area.

If Elucado hadn't destroyed the wharf~www.wuxiaspot.com~ Akakaji Hana wouldn't have thought that there was a problem with the medical supplies. But if she asked the Count to replace all the things here with new ones, then when Akakaka or Roland checked this place, they would immediately feel that there was a problem here.

It can be said that this is the flaw that Farina deliberately revealed to Roland and Akakajika. The purpose is to let them focus their attention here.

"If I'm not wrong..."

Roland pondered slightly, then stepped forward, took out a few rolls of bandages, cut them off, and shredded them and threw them on the ground.

Akakajika's eyes moved, and he also realized what Roland was going to do.

So he squatted on the ground and checked the bandages.

"found it."

About half a minute later, Roland's voice sounded flat.

Akakajika looked away and found that there were two rows of dark red bloodstains on the piece of bandage held by Roland's right hand, as if bitten by a child's teeth. (To be continued.)