The meeting between Saint Lean and Connor was conducted in secret. Qiyuan Duncan has connections everywhere, and if we are not careful, there is a chance that the information will be leaked.
The content of the talks was of course centered around Saltmarsh Town and Woolley, but only the two parties involved knew what was discussed and to what extent. Anyway, after the two talked, Connor had made up his mind, and Saint Leon also had a rough idea in his mind.
Hence, today’s series of shocks.
Kevin sighed in his heart. He knew that under the current circumstances, he could not hold Wu Lai accountable. This kid was so popular that he not only received the full support of the Supreme Council, but also won the extraordinary favor of the Temple. To forcefully push for difficulties against him at this time would undoubtedly be to go against the two giants, the Supreme Council and the Temple, and the results would be unpredictable. As for the moment, I am afraid that a large number of small and medium-sized nobles in the venue would not be happy, because they were both devout supporters of the Temple and loyal followers of the Supreme Council. They were excited about Wu Lai's double favor. Pouring cold water on them would be very hateful.
Kevin understood it in his heart, and Job, Hodge and others beside him also understood it. George naturally understood it as well, but he was unwilling to accept it, very unwilling to accept it, so he was still hesitating.
After a while, the discussion finally died down. George took a long breath and spoke slowly, "Okay, I understand your excitement, but I hope you can be quieter because the meeting is not over yet."
The meeting room suddenly became quiet. George's words startled Kevin. At the same time, a hint of anxiety suddenly flashed across Job's eyes.
George, you don't want to continue to make trouble, do you? Job muttered in his heart.
"I am grateful to the Supreme Council for its support to Rovington, and I am even more grateful to the Temple for bestowing divine grace on Rovington. This is recognition and encouragement from the Supreme Council and the Temple for Rovington, and also recognition and encouragement from all of you present here." George forced a smile. "Over the years, the members of the Rovington Council have used their keen judgment, strong will, and selfless spirit to ensure that the officials of the Rovington city-state have always remained honest and kind. If it weren't for you..."
Hearing this, Wu Lai could not help but sigh, thinking to himself, if you want to continue criticizing me, just come directly at me. Is it necessary to go around in such a big circle and try to flatter everyone?
Wright looked at Ibe with a smile and shrugged.
Ibe smiled slightly, turned slightly, and said to Kevin: "Governor George's speech seems to be more powerful than before."
Kevin smiled bitterly and shook his head. Although he could not hear the teasing in Ibe's words, he guessed that there was probably some. But what could he do? Could he just tell Ibe directly, "I am in the same group with George now?"
"Although the current governor of Saltmarsh Town, Wuleglindo, has just received the favor of the Supreme Council and the Temple, and this favor is a great honor for the entire city-state of Lunvington, honor is honor, and we still need to point out mistakes and dereliction of duty, because if not, then the Noble Council of Lunvington City-State will lose its meaning of existence." George said loudly, glanced at Wulai, and was startled to see that he looked calm and relaxed. After a pause, he continued, "From my personal point of view, I am very happy and proud to have someone as capable as Wuleglindo as an official of Lunvington, but as I have said many times before, for managers, especially governors, it is more important to be honest and kind than to have outstanding abilities!"
"Unfortunately, Governor Woolleglindo has only been in charge of Saltmarsh Town for a short time, but I have received 26 complaints against him! The intensity of the complaints and the severity of the cases are unprecedented in the history of Lovington!" George raised a stack of complaint papers that he had just taken out of his arms. These papers were sent by Sean from Saltmarsh Town. According to Sean, these evidences were "obtained by risking his life to fight wits and courage with Woolleglindo."
"After reading these evidences, I am filled with righteous indignation!" George is determined to do it now. He can't take it back now anyway, so he might as well pretend to be doing it for the public good. Even if he messes up, there is still a way to turn it around. At least he can explain that he didn't do it out of selfish motives.
"According to the evidence, Wulagrindo is not worthy of the support of the Supreme Council, and is not worthy of receiving the favor of the Temple, because these 26 petitions are all accusing Wulagrindo of abusing his power, oppressing and beating civilians, and robbing their property during his administration, causing 15 of them to become disabled for life and 22 families to become homeless!"
"This is simply outrageous! What is the duty of the consul? To be loyal to Assyria, to love and protect the people. This is not only the duty of the consul, but also the duty of any official at any level. However, these 26 complaints tell us with facts that Wuleglindo not only failed to do so, but also violated it again and again, treating Salt Marsh Town as his own backyard and doing whatever he wants!"
"Wuliglindo! By doing this, don't you feel that you have let down the expectations of the Supreme Council, the temple, and all the citizens and civilians of the city-state of Lunvington?!" George shouted sternly, his hand shaking as he pointed the stack of papers at Wu Lai.
The venue was filled with boos. Everyone felt that the contrast was too great. Just a moment ago, Wulaglindo was the pride of the city-state of Lunvington. How could he become a worthless villain in such a short time? Wright couldn't help but glance at Ibe. Seeing Ibe's calm face, he was stunned, and then he relaxed his brows. He thought to himself that he was really worrying too much. With Wulaglindo's brain, even if he really did these extraordinary things, it would be impossible for anyone to catch him with evidence, not to mention that there were 26 copies.
When the lonely applause sounded slowly, everyone in the conference hall stopped talking at the same time and looked in the direction of the sound.
Huh? The one who was clapping was actually Woolleglindo himself? What did he mean by that? Everyone couldn't help but murmur.
George was surprised, Job and Hodge frowned at the same time, Kevin raised his eyebrows and seemed to be thinking about something, but Wright smiled and exchanged glances with Ibe who also smiled.
What Wright could think of, Ibe could naturally think of as well. He knew Woolley as well as Wright, and his confidence in Woolley was no less than Wright's. On the eve of coming to Lovington, Vice President Reeny came to chat. When Ibe talked about Chief Connor saying that Woolley complained that he was having a hard time in Saltmarsh Town, Reeny interrupted him.
"Will he have a hard time? I don't know whether Chief Connor believes it or not, but I don't believe it anyway." Lini said with a smile.
"I don't believe it either." Ibe responded with a smile.
"Excellent! Really wonderful!" Wu Lai said with a smile, frowned playfully, and took the petition paper handed to him by George.
"Woolelindo! According to the rules, you have the right to explain and clarify." George said with a cold look.
"Thank you, Your Excellency Governor George." Wu Lai nodded, turned around and bowed to the nobles present at the meeting, then raised his voice, "Thank you to all members of the Noble Council of the City State of Lunvington, thank you for giving me this right!"
"But!" Wu Lai's expression suddenly became serious, "I don't need it!"
Many people were startled by his abrupt words “I don’t need it”, because it was a roar, a snarl, and even a declaration!
How proud, confident, domineering, and overbearing must one be to dare to say this provocatively in a meeting of city-state nobles? And in this situation.
Could it be that he really had someone to rely on? George suddenly felt uneasy.
"I'm heartbroken!" Wu Lai was still roaring. He originally didn't want to act, but George's "Indignation" performance just now really aroused his desire for acting. He also knew that these "audiences" sitting in the audience were all inexperienced guys who were easily led, so he simply used the tricks he had learned when he was doing odd jobs in the drama club in college for the purpose of picking up girls.
"These unreasonable accusations make me angry. Especially when these unscrupulous slanders were made in the solemn meeting of nobles in the city of Lovington, my anger has reached an extreme level!"
"Why would I, a Seneca favored one, a special attendee of the Supreme Council, one of the few special students of the Civic Academy, the president of the Seneca Kiwanis League, a noble aristocrat, go to Salt Marsh Town? Why would I willingly endure the poverty and suffering there? And why would I willingly face the arrogance of the proud, the arrogance of the laws, the insults of corrupt officials, and the humiliation of mediocre people? It's because there is a voice in my mind telling me, go! Go! Go and face them bravely! Wherever there is poverty, you should eliminate the poverty! Wherever there is suffering, you should crush the suffering!"
“You must not only go there to forgive and tolerate, you must also use your courage and majesty to conquer, you must humble the proud, bankrupt the corrupt officials, and teach the mediocre people to obey.”
"I followed the guidance of this voice, and came to Longvington, to Saltmarsh Town. In order to make Saltmarsh Town prosperous again, I worked like a cow and a horse, worked hard, and silently endured its hardships. Sometimes, I would hesitate and ask myself, why don't I give up everything and return to my manor house to live a comfortable and easy life? But every time, I would be more determined to stay, because I know that Saltmarsh Town needs me to calm its poverty and suffering and open the curtain of prosperity for it."
"At this moment, I would rather use a poem to explain my heart - if I were a bird, I should sing for it with my hoarse throat: in this land hit by the storm of suffering, this river that is always surging with our grief and indignation, this angry wind that blows endlessly, and the incomparably gentle dawn from the distant woods... Even if I die because of this, I would like even my feathers to rot in this land. Why are there always tears in my eyes? Because I love this land deeply..."
"He is so shameless..." Wright sighed in his heart and was the first to applaud. Then, applause began to break out in the venue, more and more, and more and more enthusiastic, just as Wu Lai expected. Even some nobles were moved to tears.
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Another person who commented that Wu Lai was shameless was George, but he had to admire Wu Lai. Not only was this guy's acting skill better than his, his "delivery ability" was also better than his.
Where did he prepare these words? And why did he write them in such a way? George thought to himself as he stretched out his hand to stop the applause. He thought that if the applause continued, he might be able to get away with it.
After the applause slowly died down, George breathed a sigh of relief, and quickly raised his voice to say to Wu Lai in a rebuking tone: "Wu Lai Grindo, I appreciate your determination, and I have no objection to you giving up the right to explain and clarify, but should I regard your doing this as contempt for the dignity of the city-state nobles' meeting?!"
George's approach was very clever. He didn't talk to Wu Lai about explaining and clarifying. Instead, he assumed that you gave up your rights and then questioned you about it. He first accused you of contempt of the meeting. No matter how Wu Lai answered, he could immediately nail down the charges against Wu Lai. In this way, he could conceal his deliberate targeting and leave Wu Lai speechless. If you were right, why would you give it up? "I said! I don't need the right to explain and clarify!" Wu Lai glanced at George. Anyway, they were already at odds now, so it would be better to just do what he wanted, so as not to pretend to be so tired. "Because I have something very interesting that I want to read to everyone!"
George just frowned and hesitated, and before he had time to consider whether to blast this guy away, Wu Lai had already taken out a small notebook and held it high, and asked loudly: "Everyone, do you want to listen?"
"I want to!" Wright was the first to chime in. In order to make his voice travel farther, he even put his hands to his mouth to make a trumpet shape.
"I want to listen! You read it!" There are always a few participants who are eager to see the world in chaos. Especially when there are so many good shows today, there is no reason not to take advantage of the situation to stir up trouble.
"Okay! If you want to hear it, I'll read it to you!" Woolley said with a smile, "But to make it more interesting, I decided to read it in comparison with these accusations!"
Oops! George's heart suddenly skipped a beat, but unfortunately, he realized it too late.
Kevin sighed heavily and couldn't help but grit his teeth.
"Hodge, this Woolleglindo is no simple man. He has seen through George's plans and has always taken the initiative in everything." Job lowered his voice and whispered to Hodge.
"Yeah." There was no emotion in Hodge's response...
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When the meeting was over, Wulaglin walked to George with a smile, gently lifted up the stack of papers and handed it to him, saying, "Sir George, don't believe in rumors. It doesn't matter if I'm wronged, but if you let people think you are a person who only listens to one side, it will affect your reputation. Well, I still have a lot of things to deal with here, so I won't bother you anymore."
George glared at Wu Lai, turned away, and was no longer willing to take the so-called accusation.
Wu Lai laughed out loud, threw the papers aside, and walked quickly towards Ibe and Wright...
"I will remove Sean immediately and let him come back to guard the city gate! You pick a suitable person to replace him." George said to Job who came forward.
"Okay, but it seems we should discuss it first, and then inform Chief Qiyuan. The Supreme Council and the Temple should have joined forces. It seems that they are determined to take over Salt Marsh Town." Job said hurriedly.
George nodded and said, "Tell Hodge to wait in my office. I'll go find Deputy Kevin first." He had to find him because Kevin was obviously angry. He just listened to half of Woolleglindo's "contrastive reading" and then stood up and left. Why did he do that? He was disappointed with George and the others...