"Enough!"

The old man's eyes were bloodshot, and he yelled at Hodge and Leiton beside him with a hideous expression: "You refuse to send my son's body back, telling him that even if he dies, he will have to be cut like a pig and a dog, and cut open his organs to investigate clues." Okay, I promised, I gave you quite a lot of time to investigate, but what did you find? nothing!"

The old man cried out, "What—no! I don't even know if the murderer is a man or a woman, and you let this inexplicable guy ask me a lot of questions, what do you think I am?"

Gaurd Taura.

President of the Taura Chamber of Commerce, the second businessman to be killed, and father of Cromwell Taura.

Leiden thinks that things are a little tricky, in the face of this old man's anger, even as a knight, he is not good at oppressing people with his status, you must know that the Taura Chamber of Commerce is the premier ore chamber of commerce in Blackstone Town, not only has the mining rights of many ore veins, but also ranks first in the number of mine slaves in the Ore Chamber of Commerce in Blackstone Town, and the share of the Taura Chamber of Commerce alone accounts for one-third of the total amount of mining taxes collected every quarter.

Such an important person is no longer a simple status that can be measured, and it is said that this old man also has a seat in front of the Marquis of Raymond, not to mention that he is a small knight.

"Lord Gauld, please believe that we don't treat you like a prisoner, but—"

"It's just that this question is very important, with a definite answer, we can more accurately trace the identity of the murderer, Your Excellency, you should also hope that your son's murderer will be arrested as soon as possible. Hodge took Leyton's words and continued.

Galder shook his beard in anger: "What the hell, well, then I'll tell you, as far as I know, Cromwell and Eugene often hang out, as for Virginia...... Ha, a second-rate merchant in the Chamber of Commerce who can only sell scabbards is also worthy of being involved with the heir of our Taura Chamber of Commerce? Enough! Get out of here now!"

Before the acolytes of the Taura Chamber of Commerce euphemistically "invited" the three of them out of the Chamber of Commerce, only Hodge knew that he had rolled the dice once.

"It's not going well, is it?" Layton shrugged, "After all, the Taura Chamber of Commerce is not like Fran, we are no different from vampires in their eyes, anyway, they are always worried about their mining taxes, and the mayor's relationship with them is quite bad, and it is understandable that Gauld is not willing to cooperate." ”

"Uh-huh. Hodge replied absent-mindedly, he had failed in his psychological judgment just now, after all, it was a probability event, and not every moment could be the emperor.

The failure of the judgment does not mean that nothing is found, but compared to the result of the successful judgment, it is not clear, not so clear, and the information obtained is intricate, not necessarily all wrong, but it cannot be confirmed, but it can be distinguished by itself.

In the past, when Hodge had accumulated a certain amount of information, he would use hypothetical methods to reverse it and refute some of the false information, and the rest would be much clearer.

However, the amount of information collected is insufficient, and more information is needed to extrapolate hypotheses.

"One last place. He whispered.

......

"Your Excellency Eugene, he has no one close to him. ”

In the face of Hodge's inquiry, the people of the Defoe Chamber of Commerce replied decisively, answering whatever they knew, not with the hostility of resistance like Gauld, but also not as enthusiastic as the Francoe Chamber of Commerce.

"His attendants have a separate house and do not live with him, although the Chamber of Commerce has repeatedly suggested that he be equipped with a helper to sort out the accounts, but he has refused, and in our Chamber of Commerce, Lord Eugene is a rather maverick man, and has never seen him close to anyone. ”

"Not one?" Hodge asked, "is he a saint, not even a woman?"

"When you say that, I suddenly remember. The man from the Chamber of Commerce replied, "Lord Eugene has been living with a woman for several years, but the woman has never gone out, and His Excellency Eugene has never made a statement, we don't know the situation, but if anyone has to be close to him, maybe she is the only one." ”

"And where is this lady now?"

"Ma'am?" the Chamber of Commerce man shook his head, "that woman is not a lady. ”

"Slaves. ”

......

"That's a good man. The gentle female voice was as soft as a rice cake, soaked in sugar paste, and it was about to be sweet to people's hearts.

Layton had already pretended to be serious and grabbed the side, and Hodge still maintained a polite smile, but the cold sweat that kept breaking out from his palms still revealed his emotions.

Elenor, Eugene's slave mistress, the only person who could possibly know the purpose of his solo trip to Arada, they brought her out of the basement, because Eugene is dead, and his wealth will be recovered by the Chamber of Commerce, and Elenor is naturally part of the wealth.

Instead of panicking when she met Hodge, she was locked up in the basement for days waiting for her to be auctioned, but instead of being locked up in the basement for days waiting for her to be auctioned, the woman in her forties repeatedly turned Hodge's original problems away, and even got to the sexual fetishes that Eugene liked......

Hell, this woman...... Some can't resist.

Hodge thought bitterly, this was the first time he had been robbed of the initiative when he was asked.

"I don't talk much, I live well, and I don't pay attention, if it weren't for the status of a slave, I would really have some heart for him. Elenor's fingernails gently hooked the corners of her mouth, and it was very tempting to look at this small movement with a male gaze.

"Ahem, Miss Elenor. Hodge just wanted to end the questioning right away, this woman was too powerful to let her go on any more nonsense: "I just want to know, did Eugene have any contact with Cromwell and Virginia?"

"A little boy who is impatient, this is not pleasing to girls. Elenor exhaled slowly, "Yes, or no?" I can answer yes, I've seen those two come to Eugene's house, and the Virginia seems to like my body, but Eugene doesn't want to share it. ”

She giggled, crisp and crisp, but it only made Hodge's scalp tingle.

"Thank you......" Hodge stood up and wanted to leave.

Suddenly, I heard Elenor add, "However, is what I said true?"

"......," Hodge turned on psychology without hesitation, without even glancing at the results, and continued, "Help, we'll leave." ”

If he stays any longer, his reason is about to run out, and even if he needs to ask Elennor again, it will have to wait for him to calm down for a while, otherwise he will not be able to think at all.

......

"Do you think she's telling the truth?" asked Layton.

Hodge shook his head: "I don't know. ”

He didn't lie, the dialogue in his heart just now seemed to have a small flag, and when he walked out of the Defoe Chamber of Commerce, he checked the results and knew that the verdict had failed again.

I can only try to synthesize and assume that it is reversed.

He was thinking about it when he suddenly heard a rush of wind in his ears.

Hera sensed something, and her mouth opened to call out the sound blade.

Layton also sensed the danger and made a move to knock him down.

But it was too late, and Hodge watched as the black dot in front of him approached and could do nothing.

Under the surprise of the crossbow arrows, even witches and knights could not react.

Going to die?

Bang!

A sword shadow flashed from the side, and the silver light fell, accurately striking the high-speed crossbow arrow that was close at hand.

The trajectory of the bolt was forcibly twisted and plunged into the ground beneath Hodge's feet.

"Boss!" Layton wondered.

"Ahh

"I'm fine...... It's okay. Hodge forced his composure, first pacifying Hera, and then taking the crossbow arrow that Leyton had drawn, the pure steel arrow engraved with a line of small letters.

"Cease or Die"

It's a warning bolt.

It seems that the information he currently has has made the people behind the scenes start to get anxious.

Hodge sneered in his heart, turned his head to look at the swordsman who had cut off the crossbow arrow, he was eating at the stall next to him just now, no one expected that his sword would be so fast, saving Hodge's name, and he hadn't been able to thank anyone.

"Thank you. ”

"No, I don't. The strange swordsman turned to face Hodge, poured the wine bag in his hand into his mouth with a grunt, wiped his beard full of wine, and looked at him slightly drunk: "I said, I have been watching you. ”