"Sorry, I can't give any proof, because he is too careful not to leave evidence against him to anyone." Seeing that Leo expressed doubts about his words, Xiaobot was not surprised and said truthfully.

.

Leo asked back: "If you are at home, and someone suddenly comes to tell you that another person has malicious intentions towards you and wants to use other people's hands to deal with you, would you believe it?"

Xiaobot also answered frankly: "No, I don't believe it at all."

"Well, normal people really won't believe it, but..." Leo nodded, but changed the topic and said, "I do believe it."

"Why?" Xiao Bot asked with some doubts.

"Because I didn't believe that Mr. Patch was here to make peace from the beginning," Leo said with a clear face, pretending to be mysterious: "The dispute between Mr. Patch and I is not a simple one."

It can be solved with a truce, but the conflict of interests between the people behind him and me is so great that even if Mr. Patch doesn't want to conflict with me, he can't stay out of it."

Leo's true and false words made Xiaobert's mind wander. He quickly thought of Patch's current position in the federal government, and also thought of some political disputes he had heard about before.

things, and brought them in involuntarily.

After the conjecture in his mind gradually took shape, he couldn't help but regret coming here to see Leo, because he felt that he might have been involved in the high-level political disputes in the Ott Federation.

Xiaobert knew very well that his lumberjack family might have a certain strength and influence in the area around Troub Mountain and even in the entire Josh County. However, compared to the high-ranking officials and powerful officials in the federal government, their families were obviously not as powerful as those in the area.

They are too weak. Even if they have some power that ordinary people don't have, these powers are still as fragile as paper when facing the state machinery and state armed forces.

Patch obviously knew this, so he broke the rules that the lumberjack family had defaulted to for so many years, joined the federal government, and served in the federal government. However, old people like Xiaobert were not like Patch.

If you have the courage to break the rules, you can only stick to your own one-third of the land and try to avoid being involved in unnecessary disputes.

However, what Xiaobot didn't expect now was that the dispute still involved them through Patch, and this time it was them who took the initiative. This made him resent Patch for treating them as pawns, and he couldn't help but feel something in his heart.

One way is to get rid of Patch no matter what, so as to prevent Patch from continuing to cause trouble and causing more unsolvable troubles.

When Xiaobert developed a strong hatred for Patch, he did not notice that Leo and Sylvia, who were sitting opposite him, were smiling at each other, and that Sylvia was exuding a ray of light.

A weak energy fluctuation affects the surroundings.

Xiao Bot recovered from his thoughts and asked with some confusion: "In that case, why did your Excellency just..."

Leo made up two reasons at random and explained: "First, this is Josh County and is not within my scope of influence. Second, I have other tasks here and don't want to cause any complications." Then he became more serious.

He said in a tone of voice: "But now it's not that I will let go if I avoid the other party. It seems that Mr. Patch or the person behind Mr. Patch will not let me complete the task smoothly. But..." As he said, he looked again

Looking at Xiao Bo, he said: "However, I have no idea of ​​​​cooperating with your family for the time being."

"Why? Don't we all hate Patch?" Xiaobot asked puzzled.

Leo explained: "It's true that I hate Patch, but I'm not sure whether your family hates Patch. After all, what you said is only one side of your words and cannot be confirmed. On the contrary, it is you

The lumberjack family of Mount Trubo has always worked together to advance and promote external affairs, and their relationship is extremely close. How can I be sure that your arrival is not Mr. Patch's plan?"

After Xiaobote heard this, he opened his mouth and didn't know how to explain it for a while.

In fact, the illusion that the Lumberjack family is working together to advance and promote each other is deliberately disguised by them in order to prevent the outside world from seeing their internal discord, and then use this discord to break them up one by one.

Although they are very unified and consistent in some matters, especially external affairs, and seem to be a whole, in fact, the relationship between them is very bad, and there is constant friction between them. This bad situation

The relationship did not develop over time, but the distrust and hostility between them had already been formed from the family roots at the beginning.

The Holy Pact devours each other and then grows, giving the family that owns it more powerful power. This family core is doomed from the beginning that they will eventually become enemies. Because of this, after the death of all the Venolin family,

The first thing these lumberjack families thought of was not to investigate the cause of death of the Venolin family, but to find the sacred contract of the Venolin family.

But the problem is that this hostile relationship is only known within the lumberjack family. To outsiders, the lumberjack family is very united. Once something happens, all the lumberjack families will take action and join forces to deal with those who provoke them.

People, this is already the consensus of the villages and towns around Mount Troubo, and there is also a proverb that says that if you offend a lumberjack on Mount Troubo, don't even think about taking away a piece of wood from the mountain.

"We can leave the forest farm to your family to take care of it, and the price will be the normal price." When Xiaobote felt embarrassed, Leo suddenly said.

Xiao Bot hesitated for a moment, seemed to have thought of something, his face darkened, and he said, "Are you using us as chess pieces?"

In his opinion, as long as he accepts Leo's forest farm, the outside world will think that he has cooperated with Leo. By then, whatever Patch wants to do will definitely be targeted at them. In addition, other unidentified lumberjack families will even

Under Patch's temptation, he would think that he had obtained the Unclaimed Sacred Deed through certain trading methods.

Leo shook his head and said: "No, I just gave you a chance to prove that you didn't lie just now. A thousand explanations are not as good as one actual action. If you are not even willing to do this, what can I do?

Can I trust you to work with me to deal with Patch and his family?"

Xiaobot fell into deep thought, seeming to consider the pros and cons of doing so.

At this time, Leo said again: "I know that your lumberjack family has hidden a big secret."

As soon as these words came out, Xiaobot immediately became alert and looked at Leo.

"Don't be so nervous. Only you will think this secret is important. It means nothing to the federal government. Otherwise, you will not be able to live here safely." Leo gestured to the other party to relax and said: "

Although I don’t know what that secret is, I am certain that that secret should be the foundation for the establishment of your lumberjack family. If we become collaborators, I can use my influence to help you and your family.”

A look of hesitation appeared on Xiaobot's face, because this was an opportunity for him and his family.

In the past, several families in the lumberjack family tried to borrow external forces to obtain sacred contracts from other families. However, the external forces they borrowed were too rubbish. Not only did they fail to achieve their expectations, but they also caused other lumberjack families to join forces.

Destroy them.

However, this does not mean that the method of borrowing external forces is wrong. In fact, Patch is also borrowing external forces to some extent, and the borrowing is very successful. If it were not his family's turn to enter the mountain, I am afraid that

He has now begun to control other families.

It is conceivable that when Patch's Crowley family comes out of the mountains, Patch will also start to take action against other lumberjack families, but these families have nothing to do with Patch now.

The best way is to get rid of Patch directly, but the problem is that Patch has now become the branch director of the federal government's Department of Education. Once something happens to such a high-ranking official, it will definitely lead to investigation. When the time comes, they, the lumberjacks, will have to face...

The right ones may be federal police, agents, or even the military, so they will not use this method until the last resort.

In addition, after learning about Patch, Xiaobot also thought about letting a member of the family join the federal government and become a government official, but the rules of the Holy Deed restricted them from doing so, so he was also very curious about Patch.

How did they avoid the rules of the Holy Pact to do this? And even if they also circumvent the rules of the Holy Pact now, it would be difficult for the tribesmen of the government to reach the status of Patch in a short period of time.

However, now Leo has provided another option. The power of the federal government will be dealt with by the power of the federal government. They only need to concentrate on dealing with the Crowley family.

Thinking of this, the hesitation on Xiao Bot's face gradually dissipated, and his expression became decisive.

I saw him saying to Leo: "How can I be sure that you are capable of dealing with Patch, after you know that he is the branch director of the Ministry of Education here."

"Don't worry about this, I can show you my ability." Leo looked very relaxed and said: "I know that there are many people in Josh County who are colluding with the church and state outside, and some of them are even

Senior government officials, your lumberjack family is a local leader in Josh County, so you will definitely be able to collect the relevant lists. I don’t need you to provide enough evidence, you just need to give me the list, and then wait and see the results."

Xiaobot asked: "Aren't you worried that the list I provided is wrong?"

Leo said calmly: "It doesn't matter if it's a mistake, as long as there are results."

Xiaobot couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart when he heard Leo's words. This reminded him of the various rumors he had heard about the power struggles of those governments. The so-called human life was just a number in the eyes of these people.

However, this also gave him some confidence in Leo, because Leo's performance exactly fit the image of those high-ranking government officials in his mind.

After that, he discussed with Leo about taking over the management of the forest farm. At that time, he asked the housekeeper to draft a contract and sign it, which was regarded as the most basic cooperation agreement.

After leaving the manor, Xiaobote boarded his carriage and walked back. A cold breeze blew into the carriage through the window, making him feel a slight chill, and his mind became much clearer at this time.

He looked down at the signed contract in his hand, and there was a trace of confusion in his eyes. He felt that something was wrong with him. Originally, the purpose of coming to the manor to see Leo and Sylvia was just to test the relationship between the two of them and Pa.

Whether there is a hostile relationship between Qi and whether the two are capable of dealing with Patch, they have not thought about formal cooperation.

But now he has inexplicably obtained the management of the forest farm, and has also reached some cooperation agreements with Leo. This completely exceeded the goals he had considered before coming here, and also disrupted his plans.

"Am I being..." Xiaobot couldn't help but wonder if his mind was being controlled, just like Patch's ability.

But this doubtful thought only flashed in his mind for a moment before he denied it because his ability did not detect any abnormality.

As his ability to control animals gradually strengthened, he was also able to acquire some extraordinary abilities from animals, such as danger perception. This ability helped him avoid many dangers in the past, so he was very confident about his abilities.

Trust, and just now he did not feel any danger from Leo and Sylvia. This means that the two of them are not the kind of people with special abilities, and naturally they cannot affect each other silently.

his thinking ability.

Therefore, Xiaobert attributes this to the ability of politicians. After all, a successful politician must have the ability to confuse people that ordinary people do not have. This ability is not a supernormal power and can also influence people's thoughts.

After understanding this, he gradually felt relieved and began to consider collecting a list of those who colluded with the church state for Leo.

On the other side of the manor, Leo took back the mental network, stopped monitoring Xiaobot, and then said to Sylvia: "Everything went smoothly, he didn't have any doubts."

Sylvia sat lazily on the sofa and said: "Unfortunately, the maximum effect of this ability to influence emotions can only reach this level. If it were in Velen, I could make him tell all his secrets.

come out."

"The situation is already very good now. There is no need to be so anxious to know the secrets of the lumberjack family," Leo smiled and said, "We just need to wait and give it a push at the right time. The relationship between them is

Just because the Kalita Demon Contract did not trust each other and were even hostile to each other, the reason why there was no major conflict in the past was because no one family among them was particularly powerful. Now the Crowley family can take advantage of the official power of the Federation because of that Patch.
Chapter completed!