Chapter 123: Searching for the Murderer
It is definitely the forces related to this huge piece of bequest, which can be confirmed by the first point.
Of course, Proud has enemies in the world of Ploz, but that is in the Loren Magaga Kingdom, on the side of the Great Bogar Empire, there is really none. And he didn't believe that the mouthless people of Loren Magaga and the people from the Legal Control Department would be able to track him all the way here, and even if they were really chasing, they wouldn't have done it so coincidentally last night.
Arrogant has never believed much in luck and coincidence.
Since it is a force related to the two families, then it must be one of the two families, the Gaotanambaf family and the Gulim family, why not other forces? Those forces are quite different from these two forces, and they have lost the qualifications to compete, so they will not take such a big risk to commit crimes.
Of course, there is also a possibility that some people who are a little less powerful but have lost their wisdom are trying to confuse the situation by assassinating the leader of the legal management department, so that they can take advantage of the chaos.
This inference seems reasonable on the surface, but it should be considered that this is an empire with a strict legal system, and the competition is for legal land sales rather than shady black market transactions, if only a medium-sized force is hiding behind, not to mention whether this family can afford the consequences of the matter being exposed, even if he really succeeds, it is equivalent to offending the two major families at the same time, and at the same time, it will also make his own family lose its reputation and justice in front of the small and medium-sized families, and can only face the two families who are embarrassed and angry alone.
No matter how you calculate this account, it is a loss, everyone is a nobleman, and it is important to get rich, but it is by no means the most important.
Therefore, in terms of motives, on the surface, only these two companies have motives, but who is more suspicious? This cannot be relied on intuition, and arrogance depends on evidence.
As a result of arrogant intervention, the man was not burned to ashes, but his appearance was ruined, and as for the clothes, staff, and crossbow, they were all very ordinary goods, not even a special engraving, and as for the mage's badge, it was impossible to have it. The only thing that can be confirmed is that this man is of the northern race of the empire, and he is a mage - this man only carries a crossbow arrow, and it is impossible for this person to carry a short staff just to confuse the other party.
At present, there is only so much information about this man, and what puzzles Ao Yue the most is not the power behind this person, but how this person entered his room.
The doors and windows were closed, and there was no sign of being damaged, and although the vigilance of the sleeping arrogant was much lower than when he was awake, it was impossible for anyone to push open these half-worn doors and windows, which were not elaborately made, without making a sound. So rather than saying that the man had crept in, Ao Zongheng preferred to believe that he was directly in the room. ”
This must be a spell, there are actually many spells that can turn a living person away, such as the Elemental Retreat, which allows the mage to turn into an elemental body and move to another location within a certain period of time, such as the Water Elemental Retreat, which allows the mage to cross the river without swimming, and the Fire Elemental Retreat, which allows the mage to safely move from a room surrounded by fire to the outside of the house. However, the Elemental Escape Technique belongs to the high-level spells of the elemental system, and at least the high-level Leader Mage can start learning, and the Elemental Escape Technique is quite loud when it is used, enough to wake up the people who are sleeping around, if it is to be used to sneak into this room quietly, even the robed mage may not be able to do it.
As for the other spells with teleportation effects, each has its own restrictions, and if you want to say that the most suitable for infiltrating, you have to teleport.
Arrogant had only heard of the Elemental Retreat, but he had seen teleportation - in the Loren Magaga Law Management Building, the movement of three robed mages teleporting to the office of Chief and Deputy Minister Guibent was absolutely secretive enough to infiltrate.
But if the man last night used teleportation to enter his room, it would be tantamount to saying that the man was a robed mage - teleportation is a high-level spatial spell of Tietie, and he doesn't want to cultivate without the cultivation of a robe mage. If this inference is true, then it is equivalent to saying that the forces that underhanded the black hand last night not only possessed the robed mage, but could also sacrifice the robe mage as an outcast without hesitation? This is also too sensational.
The Great Bogar Empire is recognized as the most powerful military power on the continent of Tembro, which means that the number of mages, especially high-level mages, in the empire is far greater than that of other countries. But even so, the life of the robed mage will definitely not be reduced to the point where it can be sacrificed at any time. If you have to say that anyone in the empire has this family background, except for the imperial court and the Ministry of Legal Management, it is really not a third person.
But neither of the two could possibly use this means to fight for this huge piece of money—if the imperial court wanted to take it, just showing his face would be enough for any nobleman anywhere to give it away. The Ministry of Justice doesn't have this face, but they don't want to get involved in these worldly transactions at all, no matter who of you gets these money in the end, don't you want to sell them to me in the end?
If you can't figure it out, then you won't think about it first, anyway, there are other directions to check.
The owner of the inn is a local and a businessman. This is no nonsense.
A local means that he is basically familiar with the faces that haunt the store, while a businessman means that he will tell you everything he knows if the price is right.
So it was easy for Ao Zonghe to ask about the identity of the person who came to the hotel yesterday to inquire about him.
"I probably haven't seen this person before, judging by the costume, he should be from a noble family near the local area, and I can't guess his age at thirty years old. The boss replied dryly.
Probably, should, I guess, well, very precisely.
As for asking the boss to draw the appearance of the person who came to interrogate yesterday, then don't expect it.
There is nothing to gain from this road, but Ao Zongheng doesn't care, he has other paths.
The fiefdom of the Gaotanambafu family is about twenty roads away from Hajisi, and Huoer is only halfway through, and he arrives in front of the mansion of the Gaotanambafu family.
Since there were no clues to investigate, Ao Zongheng decided to visit him directly.
He is not afraid of anything to startle the snake, if the other party really wants to do it, it is better, even if he doesn't do it, if the other party has a lie, any slight movement will not escape his anger.
The reason why he chose to come to Gaoda Nanbaf's house first was not that he was more suspicious of this family in his heart, but simply because the road was close.
The Gaotanambaf family is a local nobleman, and the future of the family is promising, but the face of such a rare guest from the Ministry of Justice is still very good. After a while, the foreman invited Ao Zongheng to the living room.
There were three people who came forward to meet the guests, the eldest son of the deputy secretary of Gaotanambaf, Guru Du Gaodanbafu and his uncle Li Duma, as well as the family's sealed spell advisor, the purple-sleeved mage Ganyafu.
If there are acquaintances present at this moment, they will definitely be surprised - the Gaotanambaf family, who have always claimed to be the number one local nobleman, would treat guests with such a lineup?
According to the aristocratic etiquette of the empire, the representative of the etiquette and law of a noble family is the head of the family, also known as the master. Under the head of the house, it is the representative of the house, because the head of the house is almost not in the seal, so the affairs of the seal must be handled by someone as a representative of the etiquette, which is the responsibility of the head of the house.
There is no rule on the selection of the head of the household, but the head of the family will generally appoint the closest relatives to the seal, such as the wife of the family, the eldest son or a particularly trusted brother. The substitute head of the Gaotanambaf family is the deputy secretary's wife, but due to the poor health of the vice secretary's wife all the year round, the affairs of showing up to the public are basically handled by the eldest son Julu.
Usually it is not easy for visitors to visit Kulu, and in the case of non-official business, even if the official comes, he has to make an appointment first to see the situation. But as long as the identity is reached, it will not be difficult to see Kulu.
What is really rare is that Li Duma actually accompanied Julu to meet guests.
In the aristocratic family, the brothers in charge, although they do not have to worry about eating, drinking, and housing, are basically excluded from the core of family power.
Of course, there are exceptions, such as Li Duma.
Li Duma is gifted and intelligent, and his thinking is flexible, and he is recognized as the brainchild behind the Gaotanambafu family, and because he is not the identity of the head of the family, it is not much easier for outsiders to see Li Duma than to meet Gulu.
And now, the two of them actually came to see Ao Zheng together, and this courtesy is not much different from Sakaitomi's personal visit.
As for the spell advisor Ganyafu, although he also has a high status in the family, on the occasion of meeting with the mage, it is normal to call a spell advisor, and it is not special.
Of course, Ao Zongheng didn't know these doorways, the guest and the host sat separately, and he had just finished introducing his identity, and the host had not asked him for his intention, so he got straight to the point.
"As soon as I arrived in Hajisi yesterday afternoon, I was asked if I had come for the giant piece of earth that was announced tomorrow, and some people came to my room at the hotel where I was staying, and last night someone came to my room and tried to shoot me. I'm here today to ask, is that killer one of your people?" said Ao Zongheng as he took out a cloth bag from the borrowing ring, and the pocket was loosened, and the corpse appeared last night.
Suddenly seeing this corpse, the faces of the three of Julu also changed greatly, but they reacted quickly, and they didn't even exchange colors, and as soon as they opened their mouths, they categorically denied it.
"This is crazy, to dare to attack the mage of the Legal Department, I swear in the honor of the family that the Gaoda Nanbaf family has never been aware of the attack on Mr. Ao, and will never do such a despicable thing. Güru was the first to speak.
"As Mr. Ao said, we do know that you arrived at Hajisiyuan yesterday, and we know what you said in the tavern, but we have enough reason to believe that you are really just passing through Hajisi, so we would never do such a thing. Li Madu added.
Julu glanced at Li Duma in surprise, but Li Madu looked back at him meaningfully, and Julu was instantly surprised.
Just these two sentences, it is enough to see that Li Duma is really worthy of the name of a think tank - people can come to the door directly, and as soon as they open their mouths, they directly ask such sharp questions, in the face of such a confident opponent, it is not the best way to shirk everything, and the best way to make others believe in you is to tell the truth. And the truth is usually not good, and this truth is often only understood by smart people.
Therefore, saying bad things to a smart person is the easiest way to convince him that you are telling the truth.
Li Duma was completely sure that this Guru of the Legal Department was a smart person, so he was very confident that the other party would believe what he said. But he didn't expect that the other party would believe it so simply.
"Since you don't know, well, then I'll take my leave. Before he could finish speaking, Ao Zongheng took the corpse back into the borrowing ring, stood up and walked towards the gate.
The three of them hurriedly got up to see each other off, but their arrogant steps seemed to be not fast, but they walked extremely fast, and the three of them walked to the gate of the main mansion, and they could no longer see where he was going.