Chapter 475: The Edict in the Mezzanine
The fog is rising, but not on the sea, but in everyone’s minds.
Tom was trembling with fear, as if facing an abyss. He did not expect that the guest on the ship was actually Archduke Wesson.
Frederick was confused, why was that "pirate" actually Baron Adikon?
Baron Adicon had questions in his head. He received a request. A despicable captain kidnapped a lady from a noble family. The righteous mate and lookout were willing to cooperate in the rescue. How did it end up like this? look.
He first took control of the Jersey Island Oyster, and then asked Frederick, Tom and the girl to come on board so that everyone could explain the matter clearly.
Frederick presided over this conversation and first found Baron Adikon alone in the captain's cabin. He was the only person he could trust in this matter.
Baron Adikon frowned and said: "Our fleet just wiped out a group of pirates some time ago and returned a stolen treasure to the owner of Londinium City. We were resting at the time."
“A shipowner friend came to me the day before yesterday and said that a friend in Le Havre needed my help, so I rushed over.”
“We arrived before sunrise today. We arrived in Le Havre, and when we were preparing for lunch, a knight from the baron family of Barris came to us and said that his young lady had been kidnapped from Barris and had been tied to a boat and was preparing to go to sea. "< br>
"The knight said that they were not familiar with the sea, but last night they found out that the first mate of the ship where the young lady was kidnapped was drinking with a few people in the tavern, so he persuaded them with justice and gold coins and learned that they were leaving for the Arms today. Tell City."
Frederick felt something was wrong and immediately asked: "Have you ever seen a family, a couple and two daughters and a son on the dock?"
< br>Baron Adikon recalled that he did not see it, so he asked the captains of other ships to ask about the situation through the communicator in the captain's room.
After more than ten minutes, there was a reply. Several sailors on a ship had seen such a family. Someone joked that the two brothers on the ship would marry two sisters in the future, so they had an impression.
Frederick said: "That family was seeing off another passenger on the same boat as me, which means you were still in the port when we set off."
Baron Adikon realized that something was wrong and said thoughtfully: "The man said that the ship had been loaded with cargo and was parked on the sea waiting for dawn to set off. The first mate and the others would row back to the ship by themselves after drinking. This kind of thing is very common.”
“It seems that he deliberately concealed the ship’s movement from me and asked me to catch up at sea instead of blocking it at the port.”
Philt. Lie added: "I remember there was a public distress channel at sea. What did you hear at that time?"
Baron Adikon said with certainty: "After I caught up, we asked each other for the name of the ship and the person's information. In order to confirm that it was the ship in front of us, I asked the other party’s lookout to hold up the signal flag with both hands.”
Frederick said: “At that time, the lookout said that we were pirates, and the captain asked the first mate to use it. The communicator called for help, and the captain also said that he might encounter you again. "
"Before the sail rope was cut, the lookout said that if the ship is stopped, you will only need some ransom."
"Then the first mate kidnapped the girl and said that he could get money by killing her, and he kidnapped me by the way. "
At this time they discovered the problem. There was something wrong with the communication channels between the two parties - the first mate and the lookout, and they were transmitting false information.
It’s just that they were all killed, and there is no way to know anything about them.
Baron Adikon said with a dark face: "It seems that we are being used. If we go according to their plan, we will probably fight after we catch up. Maybe the girl will be killed. The murderer is Us.”
Frederick nodded and said: "It's very possible because the other passenger hid under the sail and couldn't see what was going on outside. He could only listen and be easily misled."
"I speculate. That girl is related to the political struggle. If you kill her, you can save the people who really want them dead a lot of trouble."
Baron Adikon sighed and said, "Yes, if we kill another person on the ship. A guest will also cause an additional blow to our reputation."
The two said a few more words, and then Frederick asked Tom to come in by himself. Tom did not dare to sit down on the chair, so he stood up and told all he knew.
His job is simple. He often dealt with the Dawn Chamber of Commerce when he was the first mate, so the local president of the chamber of commerce trusted him and gave him a secret mission. He took the opportunity to take the person on board and hide it when loading the goods yesterday afternoon. .
The first mate and the others drink every time before leaving the port. They are used to drinking and shopping in flower streets, so everyone didn’t care that they went out again last night. Anyway, they can be on duty and conscientious when the ship is sailing. Just get the job done.
Frederick asked him to leave. He could ask the crew for some details later. The next person who came to the office was the girl.
The girl was frightened and has not yet come to her senses.
Frederick asked her first: "What is your name, where are you from, and why are you on the boat?"
The girl lowered her head and replied expressionlessly: "My name is Cecilia. I come from the Mercader family in the middle of the Tarago Kingdom. I came to the palace as a maid and worked in the kitchen a year ago."
< br>"Now that the palace has been controlled by Duke Alansati, only a few of us are still loyal to His Majesty."
"Not long ago, a cardinal came to the Holy City to pray for His Majesty, and soon His Majesty's maid The chief gave me something quietly and asked me to give it to you or Queen Anna."
"That day I hid in the rag carriage and quietly left Magritte City. The chief maid's brother...he. He was a knight... working as a coachman. Later, we were discovered by the Duke of Alansati. The knight led the pursuers away, and I fled to the sea and took a merchant ship to the city of Le Havre."
"I. I heard that the Dawn Chamber of Commerce was opened by you, so I asked them to send me to Weissenburg City or Wien City. The people from the Chamber of Commerce arranged for me and the wheat transporter to come to the captain's ship."
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Frederick nodded slightly when he heard this. Both Cecilia and Tom's words were correct, but Baron Adicon's side was different.
At present, it seems that the person who does not want Cecilia to give something away is planning to kill someone with a borrowed knife.
Frederick asked her: "What do you want to give me?"
Cecilia stood up, took off her skirt, and finally put on the innermost corset. He took off his underwear and placed it in front of Frederick.
She had not changed her clothes for so many days, and she was sweating a lot. The smell of this corset made Frederick almost look for a gas mask, and a few fleas jumped on the table.
Frederick first disinfected the corset and killed fleas. He pinched his nose with one hand and picked up the clothes with the other hand, and found something stuck in its back.
The index finger of his right hand formed a small ice blade, skillfully cut the thread on his clothes, and took out a plastic bag from it.
The back is where sweat occurs, and this plastic bag blocks the sweat, which makes it difficult for this girl.
Inside the sealed plastic bag is a piece of white silk, with a few lines of blackened writing written on it in Pulan script.
The content is very simple. The first line says that he was poisoned by Duke Alansati. The second line asks Grand Duke Suarez to enter the royal capital to serve the king. The third line asks Queen Anna and Grand Duke Wesson to seek justice. The signature is The signature of the current king of the Kingdom of Tarago, and even the royal heraldry stamped in blood.
Frederick looked at the "Underwear Edict" and pondered for a long time. He was not sure whether it was true or false for a while. Even if it was true, it was just a political bonus.
The battle for the throne between Archduke Suarez and Duke Aransati ultimately ended with fists speaking. The one with the bigger fist said it was true and it was true, and whatever it said was false was false.
(End of this chapter)