Chapter XIII Investigation

"What do you mean by building a house?" said Ander sneering as he got up from his chair.

Fraser looked at him coldly. "Don't get excited, you're helping you, Andre, if you don't want to say it, I'll leave now. ”

"Oh...... That was not what I meant. Andel sat down again, cold sweat oozing from his forehead. "There were some things that happened when I was building a house, but that was more than four years ago, it happened when I first came here, Erica had an accident six months ago, and this will not be connected!"

"You can only tell if there is a connection. Fraser asked nondetently.

Endel thought for a moment and sighed, "Okay, it's all at this point, it doesn't matter if you say it, as long as you can save my little Erica." He prepared for a few more seconds before continuing, "I was first sent here five years ago, and I was immediately impressed by the prosperity of this place, and the village where I was before was incomparable. As the mayor of the town, there are many things that I need to decide, and there will be many people who ask for me, and the gifts they bring are more luxurious than the other, and there are even direct gold coins...... So my wealth is getting more and more, accumulating faster than I could have imagined, and I have never seen so many gold coins. ”

"Wait a minute. Fraser interrupted him. "These benefits are not for nothing, have you ever caused a death while opening the back door to them?"

"Human life? Of course not, how could it be? At most, I only deliberately let someone win the bid when bidding for the construction of the market, and I also did it for some people and petty officials, how can these cause human lives?" Ander spread his hands.

Fraser snorted. "Just because you don't think there is doesn't mean you don't have to, and those honest people who want to get the right to build a project with all their might, but are robbed by bribes, how do you know that they won't kill themselves because they have no way out?" said Fraser, Ander was stunned. "Forget it, there's no way to trace it, so go on. ”

Ander lowered his head and continued, "I have too much money, and I don't know how to spend it, I lived in a small two-story house from the previous mayor, I have a lot of family, I have three daughters, a son, and two wives, and so many servants, and it is too crowded, so my eldest wife suggested that I expand the house." Later, I thought about it, this house is quite old, it is better to push it to rebuild, build a big one, use up all the money, and receive more in the future anyway. ”

"And then?"

"Then the work began, maybe because my idea was too grandiose, to build the original land of my imaginary house, the original land was not enough, and the surrounding houses needed to be demolished. ”

Fraser sneered, "Indeed, I'm afraid it's not enough to tear down your house and the garden. ”

"You're right, in the end, in order to make up the area of the garden, three circles of ...... were demolished" Speaking of this, Ander himself felt that it was too much, and his voice was very low. "I've compensated the owners of these houses. ”

"To the point. Fraser asked, "Are they satisfied with the compensation you have given, have any of the residents objected, have there been any conflicts over this?"

"I'm Mayor Mare, what can they say?" said Andrew, dodging Fraser's stern gaze. "Well, there have been two conflicts, one of which was when the other family was scared away by my bodyguard, and the other time the family actually fought with the bodyguard, and you must have guessed the result, but I swear, there was no death! The man of the family was injured and was helped back by his son and wife. ”

"They didn't come again?"

Ander thought for a moment. "No, at least I haven't seen them again, and I've sent someone to inquire about it, and it's said that they moved out the next day, I guess they gave up. ”

"That's weird. Fraser frowned. "If what you just said is half-false, I can't help you. ”

"I swear, what I said was true...... Of course, I can't blame me for what I don't know. Andel swears.

Fraser stared at Endle's face for a few seconds before standing up. "I'm going out for a walk. ”

"What? Are you leaving? Do you know that you're going to leave without doing anything?"

Fraser ignored him and walked straight to the door, where two bodyguards drew their swords and attacked him at the same time. Fraser barely moved, only raised his left hand slightly, only to see the two bodyguards suddenly fly out, slam into the wall, and fall to the ground. "What an unrepentance!" Fraser glared at Ander, a shudder. "Did I say I'm leaving? How do you know who's casting the spell if you don't go out and investigate?"

Andel reached out and wiped the sweat from his forehead. "Yes...... It's me who is too impulsive, right...... I'm sorry. ”

Fraser didn't say anything more, kicked the door open and walked out. Andel hurriedly called a bodyguard beside him, whispered a few words in his ear, and the bodyguard nodded and followed.

Bargre was still guarding the gate, and when he saw Fraser come out, he silently opened the door for him, and after closing the door, he stared at Fraser's back until he was out of sight.

Fraser walked around the mayor's house and found that there were no other residents but a shop, and the house was empty. He walked into the grocery store, pretended to pick up something, and took the opportunity to talk to the shopkeeper. "Boss, I don't think you have a good business here. ”

The shopkeeper seemed to be experienced, and replied with a gloomy face, "You won't go to the mayor's house again to help him save his daughter, will you?"

"You guessed it right, but I do have something to buy. Fraser still hung his head down and picked it up in the cupboard.

The shopkeeper looked puzzled. "What are you going to buy? The mercenaries didn't do that, so they hung me up and tortured me. ”

"I'm not them. Fraser picked up a string of shell bracelets from the cupboard and looked up. "Well, I'll buy this, and you answer me a few questions, how about it?"

The boss stared at the bracelet in Frazier's hand, his eyes were about to straighten, in the inland city of Tampe, shells are very rare decorations, and shell bracelets are even more valuable. "Of course no problem, you can ask casually, as long as I know, I will tell you. ”

"That's the best, so first of all, why don't there be any residents in the vicinity, and the houses are all abandoned?"

The shopkeeper nodded. "That's right, since the strange story of the mayor's house came out, many people have moved away, some of the bold ones have lasted for a while, but after the death of those mercenaries and witchers, especially those who have died horribly after being seen by the residents, they have also moved away, you didn't see the tragic image, I didn't dare to see it, but the more people spread it, the more scary it became, and in the end everyone was scared away, and I was the only one left here who opened the shop, and I would close my door before dark and go home, my house was far enough from here, I had to cross several streets. ”

"Then why don't you move out? Fraser looked into the boss's eyes.

"I? I didn't do anything wrong, why did I move out? And since this news came out, there has been more than one mutant person in the mayor's house, but there has never been an accident with any of the surrounding residents, and the people who died were all from the mayor's family, which means that as long as you don't enter that terrible house, you are safe. The shopkeeper quickly explained.

"Even so, you're too bold. An unobtrusive smile appeared on Frazier's lips, and the boss's words revealed to him a small message that Ander hadn't told him.