Although the Higg court has been subservient to the Holy See on the surface, the open and secret struggle between the two sides has not stopped, because Higg has not perished, the military power still exists, and Tis Hepburn has been plotting to outwit the elves after the Bauhinia War, so the Holy See has not taken drastic action on the issue of dealing with Higg. Of course, this also led to the fact that the Holy See's mission in Higg was not very smooth, and it was constantly secretly resisted by local powerful forces, only the eastern part of Higg was an exception, after the reshuffle of the Higg civil strife, most of the original local forces in the eastern Higg have been hit hard in the war, even if individual forces still retain their strength, but the Holy See quickly kicked them out after quelling the civil strife, so there is no resistance from the traditional forces of Higg, coupled with the urgent need for spiritual and physical comfort and assistance from the people in eastern Hig, the Holy See's mission in Higg is progressing very smoothly, and soon developed millions of believers, thereforeThe significance of the cathedral in the city of Lua, located in the eastern center of Higg, became particularly important, as it supported the banner of the Holy See's expansion of power in Higg.

Originally, Dis Hepburn was going to clean up the elves and turn around and clean up the Higgs who were against the Holy See, but the defeat of the one-sided war dealt a heavy blow to the prestige of the Holy See, and even more so that the forces dissatisfied with the Holy See within Higg were ready to move, resulting in the Holy See having to let General Kemp, who was close to the Holy See, take over the military command of eastern Higg, ensuring that the foundation of faith that the Holy See had laid in eastern Higg was not shaken. But what the Holy See did not expect was that the Bols horse bandits, who had ravaged the eastern part of Hig for many years and had done countless evils, were suddenly eliminated unconsciously, and even Poles himself was ambushed, although the Holy See has always believed that the Higg military department was not capable of pacifying the Bols horse bandits, but this did not affect the people of Higg to put this credit on the head of Hig XIII, and also made those people who were desperate for Emperor Hig see hope again, including the aristocratic forces in some places. And Tis Hepburn's plan to use the Bolsma bandits to contain the attention of the Higg court also failed.

It was in this situation that the Holy See decided to take advantage of the construction of the Basilica of Santa Lua, which lasted three years and cost countless amounts, to hold a large-scale celebration to further consolidate its position in the eastern part of Higg and expand its influence throughout Higg.

"I see, it seems that we came at the right time this time, and there is a good show to watch. ”

Although Allen, who learned of this result, did not say anything, he was inevitably worried in his heart, the grand gathering of the Holy See with so many believers is a good thing to cover their actions and identities, but the mixing of personnel is not conducive to them to find the murderer, let alone their revenge actions, once their whereabouts are exposed, it is difficult to escape. But now that we have come to this point, we can't retreat, we can only continue to move forward and look at one step at a time.

After dinner, Alan called everyone to his room, and he took out five portraits and pasted them on the wall.

"This is the murderer who caused the tragedy in Yuewan Village in the first place, you remember their faces. ”

Alan pointed to the portrait on the wall and said, the five paintings were all painted by Allen himself, although he didn't know how to paint, but after all, the magic array was carved a lot, and there was still some foundation, so the image of the characters on the painting was still very clear, it was five big men with different appearances, the most conspicuous of which was a big man with an obvious scar on his face. Among the survivors of the tragedy in Yuewan Village, Alan is the only one who has seen the appearance of the murderer, although more than two years have passed, but the impression left by the murderer has not only not faded, but has become clearer, and the next is the most important part of this operation, everyone has to find the five people in this painting according to the map.

"The best person to identify among the five murderers is this man with a scar on his face, and we should focus our search on him. ”

Steven said, pointing to the portrait. The scale of Lua City is not small, and now there are a large number of outsiders, if there is no accurate information, although the difficulty of finding these five people based on the portrait alone cannot be said to be looking for a needle in a haystack, it is indeed not simple. In this case, compared to the other four murderers whose characteristics are not obvious, the man with a scar on his face is undoubtedly the best breakthrough, as long as he can be found, it should not be difficult to get the whereabouts of the other murderers.

"Alan, is there any more news you can provide?"

Elvis asked.

"The only news now is that the weapons used by the murderer were purchased by the Lua Church, and the Holy See's army has an independent weapon procurement channel, in principle, the Holy See's weapons procurement is unified and will not pass through the Lua Church, but in the actual implementation process, because many churches of the Holy See in the diocese will also hire some guards and even arm some clergy in order to maintain order and protect the safety of the clergy. Therefore, the weapons purchased by the Lua church must have been used by the people of the church themselves, and the murderer should be among them. ”

Alan asserted.

"In this case, we will divide into two routes, Alan and I will each take a few people, and search separately, the main targets are the guards of the Lua Church and the warriors of the Holy See, so the search will be much faster. ”

"El's plan is very good, from tomorrow we will search for traces of the murderer in Lua, Harvey and El will act together, Stanny, Miranda and I will act together, Sergey, Fresnel, although your appearance has been retouched, it is still too eye-catching, stay at home with Steven. Once you find the person corresponding to the portrait, don't be impulsive after knowing their identity and whereabouts, we need to be fully prepared before we can do it. ”

Alan stood up, tapped heavily on the table with his hand, swept his gaze over everyone's face in turn, and then said in a serious tone.

"Understood!"

Several people assured almost in unison.

"You keep this for you. ”

Before Elvis left, Alan handed him a parchment scroll with the same portraits of several murderers.

The next morning, Alan and the others had just finished breakfast and were about to leave to look around the church, but they were blocked in the courtyard by the owner of the inn.

"Boss Levins, I would like to introduce you to a friend, this is Boss John, and his business is very large, whether it is grain, timber, furs, etc., there is his business everywhere in the east of Higg. ”

Allen used Levins' last name to go south this time. When the boss saw Allen, he smiled brightly and introduced him to a middle-aged man in his forties who was following him.

"Fortunately, I will be lucky!"

Allen's business this time is fake, and the search for enemies is real, and he has no interest in business at all, so he can only be perfunctory on the surface.

"Mr. Levins, I heard you have a few wagons of wagons ready to sell?"

The man named John had a shrewd look in his eyes and asked straight to the point as soon as he met.

"Mr. John, I'm sorry, you're late, my batch of goods has already been ordered, and even the deposit has been collected. ”

Alan was anxious to leave to get down to business, and in order to reduce the trouble, he simply refused.