Chapter XII: Investigation

At the moment of his death, Paderson completely understood.

In particular, he had participated in the worship of Lin Lei's father and understood that Lin Lei's father was dead.

It's ridiculous that he wanted to leave alive just now, and now he fully understands why Lin Lei did this. Paderson has a deep unwillingness in his heart, unwilling to die like this, with his strength as a seventh-level warrior, it is not difficult to live for two or three hundred years.

He has a long life ahead of him.

"I'm dead, and Clyde don't think about it. "When Paderson's soul was swallowed up by the underworld, all he had in his heart was a resentment, resentment towards Clyde.

...... Witnessing Padson's death, Lin Lei also returned to his normal form.

"Clyde, the person behind it turned out to be Clyde. Lin Lei's brows furrowed deeply.

Clyde himself is a ninth-level powerhouse, and Lin Lei is a complete dragon, and he is only at the eighth level.

It's not on the same level as Clyde at all. Lin Lei was a sneak attack, and he couldn't hurt a ninth-level powerhouse at all. The gap is just too big.

And Clyde has a lot of power.

Moreover, for so many years, Clyde, as the king of the Finlay Kingdom, the head of the six kingdoms under the command of the Holy Alliance, has also had a very good relationship with the Holy See. The foundation is much deeper than oneself.

Whether it is compared to his own strength or people, he can't compare to Clyde.

"Perhaps, I'm just taking advantage of being in the shadows right now. Lin Lei kept thinking about how to deal with Clyde.

Drinkwater emerged from the Ring of the Dragon, and immediately urged Lin Lei: "Lin Lei, don't waste time, what you have to do now is to quickly eliminate all traces that may reveal your identity."

You have to hurry back to your mansion. Otherwise, you'll be too late to go back. In the future, if you find out who killed Padson, you may be suspicious. “

Lin Lei suddenly woke up.

Right!

His only advantage is that he is in the shadows, and he can't keep Clyde alert to himself in any way.

"Destroy the corpses. Lin Lei immediately sent out dozens of flame balls in an instant, and dozens of flame balls directly wrapped Paderson's corpse, with Lin Lei's current spiritual power, the temperature of the flame balls formed was still extremely high.

Padson's body was quickly incinerated, and a very foul smell emanated, leaving only a little charred bones and shredded ashes after a while.

The unique smell of the cremation corpse made Lin Lei frown.

"Lin Lei, and your clothes. Drinkwater reminded.

Lin Lei looked down, and sure enough. After the 'dragonization', his clothes have been completely torn and unshaped. Lin Lei took his own things, and then took off his coat and pants without hesitation. Immediately the garment was burned clean.

Lin Lei immediately activated the mechanism.

"Quack~~" The stone door opened again, Lin Lei walked out quickly, and then immediately closed the mechanism.

In any case, the stone gate is still closed. Otherwise, if it is opened, the smell of the cremation will soon attract people.

"There should be clothes in this little building. Lin Lei took a look at the underwear on his body, and the torn underwear naturally couldn't be passed out. This will certainly arouse suspicion among others. Lin Lei immediately stepped into the room next to him and opened the closet.

A suit of clothes is hanging in the closet.

Lin Lei chose a set of black clothes, which were similar to the clothes he wore when he came to the place. After putting on his clothes, Lin Lei used his wind magic again to disperse the faint smell of blood and the smell of burning corpses around his body.

"Go back early. It can't be alarming. Lin Lei's whole body jumped up quickly. jumped directly out of the courtyard of the small building. Almost seconds later, it was in the front yard.

At this moment, there were still a small number of noble guests talking and laughing with each other.

"Ah, Lord Lin Lei. You haven't left yet?" Count Juno was also walking outside at this time, and when he saw Lin Lei not far away, he hurriedly greeted him warmly.

Lin Lei smiled and said, "Well, my stomach was uncomfortable just now." I went to the latrine. ”

Count Juno immediately walked side by side with Lin Lei.

"Lord Lin Lei, I like your stone carvings very much, and I bought the three works you exhibited and auctioned at the Purux Hall for the first time. Count Juno said proudly to Lin Lei. Count Juneau's proudest thing is probably the purchase of three works from Lin Lei's first exhibition.

Lin Lei's three works, I'm afraid that purely from the work itself, each piece is worth six or seven thousand gold coins.

But...... Lin Lei's identity is different now, he is a master carver who carves 'waking up from a dream', and his identity is not much different from Prux and Hopkinson. How can the price of the three works sold for the first time of such a character be low?

According to estimates, it is because of the significance of the works that the three works in Count Juno's collection must have at least 100,000 gold coins each!

This is probably the most proud collection of Count Juno. Count Juno also decided that the three works would be kept in his collection, he believed...... Subsequently, the higher Lin Lei's achievements in the future, the higher the value of his three works.

"Lord Lin Lei, go slowly. The butler at the door of the Debs family's mansion said respectfully to Lin Lei.

Lin Lei nodded, said goodbye to Count Juno, and entered his carriage.

"Go back. Entering the carriage, Lin Lei ordered indifferently.

"Yes, sir. ”

The seventh-level warrior of the Bright Sect bowed down and immediately drove the carriage towards Lin Lei's residence.

"With Parderson, it took about fifteen minutes. Lin Lei took out his pocket watch and looked at it.

This pocket watch is one of the many gifts sent by many guests after Lin Lei was made a marquis.

Because he likes the style of this pocket watch, Lin Lei also wears it closely.

"Fifteen minutes. Count Juno: They were almost the last of the guests to leave. If I don't investigate carefully, no one should suspect me. Lin Lei said secretly in his heart, "There is another problem, Paderson said that his butler knew that he was going to meet someone, but he didn't know who he was seeing. ”

Lin Lei frowned: "But I can't believe all this, maybe Paderson's housekeeper knows that Paderson is seeing me." And Parderson probably reassured me at the time to say that on purpose. ”

Lin Lei also thought of this possibility.

Paderson's housekeeper!

A loophole indeed.

And also...... If you investigate carefully. I'm afraid that others will also find out, where did Lin Lei go in the last fifteen minutes? It's just that the nobles were chatting casually at that time, and left one after another in a scattered manner. At that time, it was also difficult to find out a certain person.

"At least no one has seen me meet with Padson, and the waiter I met has been killed by Padson. Lin Lei secretly settled in his heart.

At most, others doubt themselves, but they have no evidence to attack them.

"Boss, what do you want?" Bei Bei lay on Lin Lei's lap and raised his little head to look at Lin Lei.

"Nothing. Lin Lei touched Beibei's head, and the whole person calmed down completely.

"Your Excellency. It's here. ”

Lin Lei lifted the curtain of the car door and looked up to see the endless night sky. The night sky is full of stars at the moment. Lin Lei couldn't help but feel a burst of joy in his heart, and his heart to kill Clyde became more and more determined: "Paderson is dead today. Next, it's Clyde's turn. ”

On the second day of Paderson's disappearance, no one but Paderson's butler realized that something was wrong.

In the living room of the Debs family, there are only Bernard and a middle-aged man with blue hair.

"Bernard, did Lord Duke leave you on the night of Karan's engagement?" asked the middle-aged man with blue hair. This middle-aged man with blue hair is none other than 'Lodi', the butler of Duke Paderson's Palace.

Bernard's heart was full of grievances.

Your Lord Duke is gone. You ask me?

Bernard knows. Duke Pardson didn't even tell him that night, and he didn't say a word as he walked away. How would he have known Bernard?

"The Duke is gone. There is no Duke in my mansion. Bernard replied directly.

On the second day of the engagement, Bernard sent someone to dispose of the waiter's body, and his men found no trace of Duke Padson in the small building.

"Oh. Lodi frowned, then looked at Bernard. "Bernard, if you find any trace of my family, you must tell me. This matter can be light or serious, and it may even expose the smuggling of your Debs family. ”

Bernard's face changed.

"Okay, I'll go back first. Lodi left with a heavy heart.

Looking at the back of Lodi's departure, Bernard felt a little uneasy in his heart, and immediately decided to go to the small building where Paderson had been.

In the hidden little building of the Debs family's mansion.

Bernard walked into it alone, and the body of the waiter who died at the door of the living room of the small building had already been disposed of by Bernard, Bernard looked at the small building and frowned: "Duke Paderson said that he wanted to meet a guest here, but he didn't go back. Is it ......?"

Bernard thought of a possibility.

This small building is a secret room, and few people in the Debs family know about it. Naturally, the subordinates who cleaned up the corpse would not know, and they would not go in to investigate.

And in this secret room, Bernard told Duke Paderson, and he also told Duke Paderson that no one could eavesdrop on things discussed in the secret room.

"It can't be, it can't happen. Bernard walked briskly into the living room, then immediately walked to the secret room mechanism and turned it on.

"Quack~~"

The seemingly walled 'stone door' slowly opened again, and at the same time a smell of blood and the stench of burning corpses came to my nose.

Bernard's face couldn't help but look ugly.

Walking quickly into the chamber, there were several cracks in the marble floor, and there were also blood stains. Nearby, there was a pile of burnt yellow human bones and ashes.

"Someone died. "Bernard knows very well.

However, the man was burned to ashes, and Bernard could not tell who it was.

"Ring!" Bernard suddenly saw a silver-gray dirty ring among the ashes, and Bernard looked at the ring very similar to the one that Duke Padson often wore on his hand.

Bernard's face suddenly turned bloodless.

"Padson, I'm afraid I'm dead. Bernard's mind was in a state of flux.

This time, the Debs family spent more than half of the family's funds and a large number of people, and worked with the Duke of Padson to start the business of smuggling water jade ore. This business is still very important to the Debs family. But once the business is made public...... That's not a loss of money, I'm afraid the Debs family will be directly raided by Clyde in anger!

The entire Debs family may be finished directly.

"No, it's impossible to die, Duke Paderson is a seventh-level warrior, how can he die so easily? With his cautious character, he will never meet alone with someone who is stronger than him. Bernard couldn't accept the result.

Indeed, Duke Pardeson was very cautious, but it was a pity that Pardeson did not calculate Lin Lei's true strength.

...... The entire Finlay City was still calm, and Lin Lei was still quietly cultivating in his mansion, but when Duke Paderson disappeared for half a month, His Majesty King Clyde, who had been quiet, finally gave an order. first directly arrested the butler of the Duke's Palace, 'Lodi', and then conducted a large-scale thorough investigation of the matter.

In the living room of Lin Lei's mansion.

"Lord Lin Lei, Your Majesty has an order, please invite Lord Lin Lei to go to the palace. ”

Looking at the order brought by the palace attendant in front of him, Lin Lei felt a little uncertain in his heart, what did His Majesty Clyde call him to do?

"Please wait a moment, I'll change my clothes and go to the palace right away. Lin Lei replied with a smile.