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"There are some things that I need to think through...... Please allow me to retire for the time being. ”

It's the eighth day, but Moshi isn't sure what he's guessing about what it means or what it will lead to.

Mo Shi slowly stood up.

At the same time, Dia Firesparrow also stood up sharply.

"Mr. Moshi. She looked at him as if Mo Shi was an otherworldly, impersonal creature, an execution machine, and Mo Shi thought he had released enough kindness, but it didn't seem to be the case.

The aristocratic girl looked at him with a rare determination in her eyes: "Mr. Mo Shi, I'm afraid you didn't understand what I said at first. ”

Mo Shi asked, "About what, Miss?"

"You have to tell your father that it was 'I' who killed Pamu Crow. You can't say it's them. ”

"But that's not the case. ”

Diya shook her head: "But no one can prove it, can it? You say that the servants can testify to my alibi, but how can the servants believe their words? There are countless ways to make them change their minds...... And if you told your father that the person who killed Pamu Crow was me, I think he would believe it. I'm willing to listen to what he plans to do after that. ”

"I guess you know it's an unreasonable request. ”

"Don't you get it!" said Diya suddenly, "don't you understand that they are my best friends, my most important relatives?

The sudden outburst of anger made Mo Shi stunned, but then he realized that Dia's reaction meant that there were some deep social rules that he didn't know existed.

"Can you explain how the sin you commit is different from the sin they commit?"

Diya calmed down a little, and she smiled mockingly, "So this is one of the many things you forgot?"

Mo Shi could only nod in acknowledgement.

"The daughters of lords will receive more forgiveness, but what about commoners and minor nobles?"

At this time, the person who explained aloud was replaced by Ember Waping, and there was not so much sharp and sarcastic in his words. He interrupted Dia's anger and gave an explanation for Mo Shi:

"Generally speaking, in non-war periods, the Khyar of the same class who kill the Khyar are sentenced to beheading, and the lower of the Khyar kills the highest, and there are other ways to deal with it, including beheading and horse punishment......"

At this, his voice trembled for a moment.

Mo Shi understood.

Compared to the halving of the waist, the head is really a gentle way to die.

Ember went on to say, "The murder of nobles by commoners depends on the sentence of the Inquisition—sir, the cruelty of those punishments is not what you want to know. ”

Inquisition, the word caught the attention of part of Moshi.

But I have to admit that the meaning of those nouns does not matter at this moment. Now Mo Shi fully understood, understood Diya's fear and anger, understood what she was desperately trying to defend.

But Morse still can't guarantee anything.

He is also a lone candle in the wind, and he can't help himself.

Still, he said something: "Miss Dia, you are not stupid, think carefully about the matter of Chivino. I'm afraid that because of the news blockade, you don't know the details of his death. He died in the same manner as Pamu Crow, with a dagger in his chest, so much so that I at first suspected that Mr. Ember Waping had done it. ”

But now it's different.

Ember Wapin's motives for killing Chivino are weak and do not correspond to the logic of his actions.

And if the killer of Chivino—if that man's identity was as Moshi had guessed—

The situation has changed, and more people will be involved.

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"Your face is no longer described as 'very bad'. Shekha made this assessment when he saw Moshi again.

"I need your help. Mo Shi said.

"Do what?"

"I need to know more about the Autumn Crow family, anything. He said quickly.

"Autumn crows?"

"Then, I need you to accompany me to the Duke of Firefinch. ”

"What? You mean you've found the answer?"

"How is the truth...... It doesn't matter," he said through gritted teeth, feeling his betrayal of himself, "I need to know what Lord Duke means. ”

The betrothed of the duke's daughter died in the castle.

It was a murder.

A death that led to the death of those in high positions, the breaking of covenants, and the destruction of conditions.

It is clear that the "Court of Justice" (a judicial body that is said to be composed of the king's black dog knights, the lord's personal bodyguard, and judges at all levels) can intervene and dissociate themselves from the relationship. But instead of doing that, the Duke of Firebird asked such petty retainers as Moshi and Shekha Hawthorn to investigate.

This in itself illustrates the secrecy of some of the things and what the Duke of Firesparrow is trying to achieve.

Is it protection, is it waiting for an opportunity?

Actually, Firesparrow may not be hoping that Moshi will find out the truth (at least not entirely), but rather as a way to exert pressure and buy time and opportunity to plan other things.

- For example, to start a war between lords in the name of this?

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Two days later, Mo Shi stood in the center of the deputy hall of the duke's residence.

Next to him stood Sheka Hawthorn.

They were facing the Duke's seat, and beside the Duke was the Ven Fei, the head of the Autumn Crow.

Then came Diya Firefinch, Dino Firefinch, and the rest of the Autumn Crow's retainers.

Following Sheka's movements, Moshi saluted the great men one by one, feeling like an actor in an ancient Roman theater. He noticed how Dia Firefinch was rubbing her fingers nervously, and the maid Lina, who was standing by the wall behind her, lowered her head deeply.

Duke Firesparrow tapped directly on the armrest of his seat and said, "Mr. Moshi, Mr. Sheka, and Lord Norwen Fei who has helped, I believe that your efforts can bring us answers and comfort poor Lord Pamu. ”

For a big aristocrat, this opening line can be succinct.

So under the signal of Duke Firefinch's eyes, Mo Shi stepped forward.

He looked up at the Grand Duke, who had actually not seen him at all in the past ten days, which made Mo Shi wonder if the Duke cared about the murder.

Again, Mo Shi didn't say any flowery praise or thanks (mostly because he didn't know how to say it), he reluctantly praised the Duke for his support in the investigation of the case, and then went straight to the point: "After many days of careful investigation and analysis, first of all—"

Moser pressed the rigorous elaboration under the scientific system: First of all, what I am going to tell is not fact, but a conjecture based on a combination of evidence and speculation.

But Mo Shixue was clever enough to know that in this medieval society, such a statement would not appear rigorous and scientific, but only unreliable. The snowwalkers' requirements for the male Heyal are proud and powerful. He is now a male Heyal, and in order to be recognized, he must behave more "conceited".

So he corrected his way of speaking: "First of all, Mr. Shekha Hawthorn and I agreed on an important matter in the course of our investigation. ”

Then, word for word, he said word by word, making sure that each word reached everyone's ears unmistakably: "We believe that there is not only 'one' murderer of Lord Pamu Crow, or it can be said that Lord Crow was 'killed' twice. ”