Chapter 473 Let the witcher go check the witcher
In the small and dark interrogation room, the water droplets on the moss slid down the damp walls, just like the sweat dripping from Aigalang's forehead.
At this moment, his hands and feet were tied to the chair, and the chair was nailed to the ground.
He has been struggling for a long time, but there is no effect except the pain of the leather rope binding and rubbing against his skin.
The burning pain on his skin made Aigalang couldn't help but hum.
He really couldn't understand why he was the only one who came on the day appointed for the attack?
Where have those damn cowards gone?
The answer is simple. Except for the boss Favaleri, all his accomplices were arrested.
Before the Kush boys arrived, Gilo traveled day and night in advance and rushed to Qiumu Island on horseback. It took him two days to dig out all three demon hunters.
Through the dark hole in the small window behind Aigalong, Horn could see him twisting his body anxiously.
"You did a good job this time." Horn walked around him as if he were meeting Gilo for the first time, "When did you become so reliable?"
"All Thanks to your correct leadership, Shengsun, without your correct leadership, I..."
"Hey, oh, ok, ok, who did you learn from?" Horn quickly interrupted Ji. He knew what Luo said immediately when he looked at Guillot's smiling expression.
"What are Boussac and Armand doing... How did you come up with the idea of going to check the peasant laborers in Rijie?"
"Your Majesty, for others, want to distinguish A witcher is like looking for a grain of rice among wheat, but to a witcher, a disguised witcher is more conspicuous than a mung bean in a pile of red beans.”
Gilo looked at Aigalang who was still puzzled in the interrogation room and smiled: "You have confirmed that there are demon hunters on the island, so it will be much easier.
As long as you find the number of people on the island The occupational group with the largest number of people and the fastest turnover. Then find the job with the highest daily salary in this group, and identify the most capable, hard-working and stingy people, and you can quickly find them.
I know them too well. With the wages on the island, it is impossible for them to resist working part-time.
The only exception is this kid, who is actually doing it. Lower-paid construction workers are responsible for today’s attacks.
And the boss reacted so quickly. He ran away in advance and then pushed the kid out of the way to block the knife, which really allowed him to escape from Qiumu Island. "
"How did they get in? "Rafeel, who was in charge of this aspect, asked quickly.
"This actually has nothing to do with the checkpoint. Ji Luo rubbed the back of his head, "According to the confession, they came through a tunnel in the mountains. It is said that they can go directly from Kush to Daze Township, bypassing the long and sweaty road." ”
Horn and Jeanne looked at each other and instantly remembered what Shilov had mentioned before, that a group of demon hunters suddenly broke into the island and took away all the information.
That group of demon hunters should have come in through this trail
"We have escorted them to look for them, and they should be found soon."
"Okay." Horn closed the small window and sat back at the table, "Report to me when you find it. I personally conducted the investigation."
"Yes."
"Have all the Kush children gone to Frick School of Arts and Sciences?" After solving the problem of the demon hunter, Jeanna remembered. What happened to those children.
"We are all here, currently checking in, there are no casualties." Paslik happened to walk in, heard Jeanne's words, and answered immediately.
"Why did they come to assassinate these Kush children?" Jeanne asked Gilaud who was standing aside.
Ji Luo quickly turned around and bowed before saying: "According to them, the mastermind behind this time is the Osla family of Thorn Garden. They spent 50 gold pounds to hire Their purpose is to destroy your relationship with the Kush nobles."
"To destroy my relationship with the Kush knights?" Horn felt that the name sounded familiar, but he couldn't remember where it was. Heard it.
Seeing Horne's confusion, Bonad immediately stood up and explained: "The Osla family is the leader of the northern nobles. Although the fiefdom only has two counties in Thorn Garden, its sphere of influence spans Thorn Garden and Thorn Garden. The two places of Ruishiyuan
The Blue Bee Dynasty gave them many privileges, and almost everyone in the north followed him. ”
Under the rule of the Empire, administrative units within provinces were called "territories".
For example, the Kaimu Province where Horn is located has three territories: Qianhe River Valley, Gravel Plain and Black Snake Bay.
Horn doesn't even have the strength of two counties, but the Osla family's sphere of influence spans two territories.
If you take the Eagle's Foot Bay in the northwest, then the power of the northern nobles will be completely divided.
At present, the Kingdom of Leia can be roughly divided into three groups, the Changge Nobles, the Northern Nobles, and the Manor Nobles. The Blue Bee royal family and the Changge nobles control the two richest places, Dawn Island and Heshang Island, while the manor nobles are the collective name for nobles who do not belong to either party.
Including Windmill Land, Xianshidian, and Qianhe River Valley, they all belong to the group of manor nobles, but they are far less close and united than the first two.
"Then what does they have to do with us? Is he a die-hard supporter of the Pope?" Horn asked inexplicably.
“Have you forgotten the Countess Malika you killed on the battlefield?” Bonard drew the Osla family’s emblem of the broken-horned cow on the paper and handed it to Horn, “Osla The family proverb of the La family is that debts must be repaid and vengeance must be avenged. "
"It means that if I fight with their family members, I am not allowed to kill their family members. What is the truth? " Jeanne who was following behind couldn't help but cursed.
"If they don't kill them, they will surrender themselves and pay a ransom." Bonade shrugged, "This is also part of the debt that must be repaid."
"It seems that the Osla family and the Blue Bee family We have a good relationship." Horn asked as if he was carelessly twisting the crossbow shaft in his hand.
"No, on the contrary, their relationship is not good, and they can even be regarded as enemies." Although he is from a family of low-level knights in France, Bonade has been a secretary monk in the church. For Leia The grievances among the nobles are quite clear.
“Why?”
“This starts from the original war of succession to the throne.” Bonader said while holding the scroll in his arms.
"Back then, the territory of Duke Blue Bee, King Fergie Newman, was located at the northern end of Dawn Island, bordering the Osla family.
When he launched a rebellion, he received strong support and marriage from the Osla family.< br>
So King Fergie Newman once promised that if he ascended the throne, he would make Duke Frelich of the Osla family the prime minister. "
"But he broke his promise." Huo. En followed.
Bonade looked at Horne in surprise: "Yes, you guessed it right. The old king broke his promise after he came to power... How did you guess that?"
Isn't this nonsense?
From this narrative alone, Horn could guess with his buttocks that the Blue Bee family was already weak and relied on the joint efforts of other nobles and the funding of the Osla family to come to power.
If someone from the Osla family becomes the palace prime minister, the two parties will marry, the royal family will still owe favors, and even control the finances.
Two generations later, in Changsong City, will the surname be Brubby (Blue Bee) or Osla?
“Don’t worry about how I guessed it, just keep talking.”
After looking at Horn several times, Bonade continued: "After being rejected, the Duke of the Osla family retreated to the next best thing, hoping to obtain a fiefdom on the river island and become a member of the Changsong nobles.
< br>This move was opposed by the Changsong nobles on the river island, and they finally gave the Osla family a piece of land on the bottom of the river, excluding the river water and fish.
Forley, the patriarch of the Osla family at the time. Duke Xi felt teased and humiliated. In anger, he even refused the appointment of royal finance minister and ran back to the family fiefdom.
Because of this, the Blue Bee family also made a series of compensations and concessions. The Osla family was given many fiefdoms and privileges, and even some royal coinage rights, allowing them to mint gold pounds.
However, this relationship has been established, and the two have always had a seemingly inseparable relationship.
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Otherwise, in this civil war in Leia, the Osla family will not remain neutral and watch the Blue Bee royal family bleed like a river. ”
Horn understood.
It’s an old story about a local powerful sponsoring an agent to take over the central government, and after success, he thought he would be promoted in one fell swoop.
The new Blue Bee royal family is afraid The Osla family has gained access to the monarch's power, and the central nobles of the Golden Bird Banner are afraid that he will bring the northern nobles into their sphere of influence.
The new monarch and the old ministers hit it off, and kicked the local powerful out of the core ruling circle. .
There is nothing new under the sun.
In any case, since it was the rich Duke who took action, how could it be that he only had 50 gold pounds? Probably they only caught one of them.
Horn believed that there could not be only three or two big cats and kittens, and he had to continue to completely catch the remaining witchers who were hiding or sneaking in.
"Announce to the public that the witcher has been captured, and then continue the secret investigation and strengthen vigilance." After walking around the interrogation room four or five times, Horn looked up again.
"Deploy the Cheka and a Guards Corps to station in Qiumu Island."
"Speed up the training of night watchmen, triple the original number of night watchmen in Qiu Mu Island, and give priority to recruiting from the Skitarii."
"Also expand the number of military police by two times, and give priority to recruiting from military subordinates."< br>
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
(End of this chapter)