Chapter 327 Wilson Town
Lin Qi is not so arrogant that two people are singled out for an incident related to an advent-level rare object. He just understands the situation based on clues. There are too many people but it is too ostentatious.
So he just went to Miss Valente’s house to borrow Karina’s makeup. The girl went out early and came back late every day in order to find out the news about the royal capital. She was not at home at this time, but she still put a few A rare item was left at home for the family to use temporarily.
Um? What does family mean?
Although seeing Lynch bring another girl to his door the next day, Mr. Louis might have gone to the warehouse to look for shells for coastal defense guns, but in the end he gave the rare item to Lynch and returned it by the way. Comes with a carriage and two horses with the family crest removed.
This is too generous, and what do you mean by secretly saying that you cannot let the eldest lady be compared? I think you have some misunderstanding.
And what's the use of lending us a carriage? We don't know how to drive it.
Yes.
Officer Natalie lowered the brim of her hat, acting like a real coachman, while Lynch, who had put on makeup, looked a little more mature, probably in his thirties or forties. The image rushed straight out of the east gate of the city.
Target, Wilson Township.
Wilson Town is a small town affiliated with Rhine City. It is not too big, with a population of more than 200. It mainly raises beef cattle. A quarter of the daily beef consumption in Rhine City comes from this small town.
It is considered one of the important towns in the Rhine.
It is more than an hour's drive from the East Gate of the Rhine. It can be reached along the country road. It is very smooth. Just after two o'clock in the afternoon, the two of them had already seen the entrance sign of Wilson Town.
Two bull heads stuck on the top of the stone pillars.
Forget it, let them be happy.
After entering the town, I realized that the town is not small in terms of area, and each house has a large space. After all, breeding also requires space, so there are only a few streets in the whole town, and it takes a long way to see a house. , only the center of the town is still slightly lively.
There is a clock tower more than ten meters high in the middle of the town, which makes the clicking sound of gear friction all year round. The town government and commercial facilities are built around the bell tower, forming the center of the town.
Luckily, today seems to be a holiday. As soon as the two of them approached the center of the town, they found many people gathered in the square under the bell tower, and the noise could be heard far away.
There was a man standing on the platform on the top of the bell tower, waving his arms and talking to the people below.
It seems like there is something going on in the town.
Natalie the coachman turned around, and the two looked at each other, both feeling a little happy.
This was just enough to get some information, although she didn't know what she wanted to know.
"I know you have difficulties, so you don't need to explain to me. I will follow you and you can tell me what to do." The police officer suddenly squinted her eyes with a look of disdain, "If you don't do it well , I will laugh at you as a detective when I get back."
What else can I say? Lynch spread his hands in the carriage: "Do you think I will give you this opportunity? Hehe, then go over and see what they are doing."
It was indeed quite lively. As we got closer, the noise got louder, and we could clearly distinguish the faces of the people in the square. They were a group of farmers wearing coarse cloth coats. There were also a few formal gentlemen standing in the front row, neatly dressed, all looking up. He looked up at the bell tower. As for the person speaking on the bell tower...
Suddenly he jumped off the bell tower and fell directly to his death in the square.
"...I will not forgive...snap."
The head hit the hard stone floor, and then twisted and deformed. Red, white, and black covered the ground in an instant.
The square suddenly became silent, and then a burst of screams broke out.
“Another death!”
Oh, the police officer turned her head instantly and stared at Lynch's face with a burning gaze.
"Don't look at me, look at the road. Yesterday was just Cui En's nonsense. It's just a coincidence. The dead person has nothing to do with me, really."
Immediately there was a peasant woman with two children. He lay next to the body and cried bitterly. A few gentlemen in the front row immediately came forward to comfort him. Dozens of people gathered around the body and cried, and the surroundings were in chaos for a while.
The carriage has been stopped by Officer Natalie: "Did they just say 'again'?"
"Well, I..." Lynch was about to say something, but suddenly realized the implication of the officer's words. Obviously She was worried that this place would be affected by mysterious events and people might continue to die. Lin Qi pondered for a moment and then changed his words, "There have been consecutive deaths in a short period of time. The possibility of mysterious events cannot be ruled out. We can ask and maybe We can use this to find an entry point." "Since this is your request, let's take a look first." Officer Natalie stopped talking and hummed: "Thank you."
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"Oh, that night someone suddenly kicked open my door and pushed me to the ground. In fact, they were worried about the same thing. I didn't say thank you yet."
"I'm not worried about you; I'm worried. That strange object creates a greater threat and destroys the order of Rhine."
The police officer snorted coldly, drove the carriage to the side of the road and parked it, and then asked Lynch with her eyes.
Lynch looked around the crowd, ignored the farmers and women who were watching, and chose an older gentleman.
This is not to discriminate against the lower class, but due to the limited conditions in this era, most of the people at the lower class are uneducated, and their logic and ability to grasp key points are far behind, making it difficult to communicate in depth. This is also the importance of universal education, so he directly selected educated and decent people, and more sophisticated old people.
The old gentleman was working with others to comfort the crying peasant woman. When he saw Lynch approaching, he was stunned.
The casual clothes Lynch wore today looked like an ordinary civilian, but the carriage he got off looked like it was made of no ordinary material. It was a big shot traveling with his identity hidden, so the old gentleman immediately put on a humble smile.
"I'm from the Rhine Governor's Palace, and I was passing by on business." Lynch pulled the old gentleman aside, flashed his badge, and whispered, "What's going on?"
" I am Thomas, the financial officer of the town. I pay my respects to you." The old gentleman replied with a smile, "In the past three days, there has been a rinderpest outbreak in the town. All the cattle of four families have died, and the cattle of other families have also died. Something was wrong. Mike's family was also pitiful. They worked hard to raise dozens of cows and all died overnight. His family borrowed a lot of money from the town's bank for these cows, and even mortgaged the land. Once the cows died, everything was over. He jumped down without thinking. ”
It's a bit miserable, but it's normal.
Lin Qi frowned and thought: "But I heard that he was not the only one who died."
"Yes, the rinderpest this time is very serious. Old Werther also had a sudden attack a few days ago. Impulsive, hanged here ”
"He also owes money?"
"Yes, most families in the town owe loans from Will Bank." The old gentleman sighed, "Actually, this was not the custom in the town before, but these two The purchase price of beef was raised in the city every year. In order to make more money, everyone took out loans to expand their breeding. As a result, the four breeding farms were all transferred to the bank."
Lin Qi's mouth twitched. This is too obvious: "Are you sure it's rinderpest?"
"Cattle have been raised here for decades, and you can still tell whether they died of illness or were poisoned." The old gentleman said with a grimace, "It is indeed not poisoning, otherwise Mike and the others would not have chosen to commit suicide."
Okay, maybe it's really a coincidence. Although there are no coincidences in the mysterious world, it doesn't say that there can't be in the normal world. So Lynch nodded and said: "So when Mike jumped down and shouted "I won't forgive," he was referring to Will Banks. ?”
“That’s not the case, it’s about another house in the town. There have been several rinderpest outbreaks in the town in the past few decades, and many livestock have died. It’s always like that when it can’t be controlled. It was only because of the family’s help that the sheep plague didn’t break out on a large scale. In the past two days, the affected people had gone to that family to ask for help, but that family firmly refused to help. That’s why Mike said that in the end.”
"This...it's not an obligation to help with this kind of thing, right?" Lynch frowned, "How can someone hate someone else if they don't want to give a favor?"
The old gentleman was stunned, and explained helplessly: "Sir, the truth is correct, but you can't use common sense to think about people who are in despair. They..."
"Yes, it's all their fault! They were the ones who killed Mike and Old Werther because they didn't help. Still want to kill us ”
A sudden shout interrupted the conversation between the three of them. Lynch found that while they were talking, the farmers in the square had gathered together, each with a fierce look on his face:
“Let’s go to Milt’s house together. , If they dare not agree this time, they will demolish his strange house!"
"Yes! Go find them!"
A group of people immediately gathered together and crowded in the same direction.
"Wait, whose family is it?"
"The Milt family." The old gentleman explained, "They are also a family in the town, but they live in a relatively remote place and are not very close to other townspeople. ”
Lin Qi narrowed his eyes and nodded thoughtfully.
(End of this chapter)