When they returned to the manor, Geralt's companions were surprised and surprised to see Geralt, Leo, and Sylvia walking in from outside the manor.

Later, when they heard Geralt tell him what had happened, they all felt something dark, and the old Regier and Dandrion suggested that they should stop and not continue the investigation, while the others thought that the investigation should continue until the truth was discovered.

Leo and Sylvia were not prepared to get involved in the disagreement between Geralt and his companions, and went back to their rooms, taking off their armor and placing it on the armor shelves they found in the manor.

"Do you think this is the enemy, or did you do it yourself?" asked Sylvia, finding a cloth and carefully wiping her armor.

Leo quickly replied, "Myself." ”

"I think so too. Sylvia nodded and asked, "When did you feel something was wrong?"

"The recipe for the new wine. Leo said in a deep voice: "Although I don't know much about winemaking, I also know that the brewing of a new wine requires not only new recipes, but also new brewing raw materials and a new brewing environment, so the Earl of Britta is already planning to give up here, since he is already planning to give up here, why is he willing to spend a lot of money on recruitment tasks, just to solve the problems here, so that he can sell it at a good price?" I don't think it's like it, I always feel like there's something unusual in it, but it's just speculation, so I didn't tell you at the time. ”

"Same as I thought! I was skeptical at the time. Sylvia took the dragon lance out of the box and wiped it, and said: "I have tasted the wine made in this manor, it is very ordinary, judging from the dust accumulated on the barrel, it should be a good finished wine, and there is more than one barrel of such wine, whether this winery was able to make good wine in the past, but now this winery should no longer be able to make good wine." This should be the main reason why Count Britta intends to abandon this place, and it is not a temporary idea, it should have been brewing for a long time. ”

Leo nodded in agreement with Sylvia's analysis, and recalled the information he had gathered from walking around the edge of the plantation, saying, "It has to do with the land here, the land in the plantation is much less active than the land on the outside, which also affects the grapes planted here. ”

"If you only know what you want, you don't know how to maintain, and the earth will naturally abandon it. "Sylvia has her own plantation in Bodo and is well aware of the importance of the land to the plantation, and when she heard Leo's words, she immediately understood what was going on.

At this point, Leo hesitated a little and said, "However, I can't figure out why he killed so many people, just to sell the plantation? Even if he doesn't kill people, he should be able to sell the plantation, right?"

"Quite simply, in order to be able to sell at a high price. Sylvia pondered for a moment, and said: "If he sells the plantation directly like this, I am afraid that the whole of Towcente will know that there is a problem with this plantation, otherwise why would a great nobleman sell a plantation that can produce high-quality grapes and make fine wine? As long as anyone doubts, the problems with the plantation will be discovered, and eventually the plantation will become worthless, so he needs a suitable excuse that will not be suspected to sell the estate. ”

Leo was still a little puzzled and asked, "But with such a fuss, isn't this manor even more unsellable?"

"Of course not. Sylvia, who is also from an aristocratic background, saw these Taosente's aristocratic temperament very thoroughly, and explained: "The information we collected before didn't mention that this world is a world where monsters often haunt it, and Taocente is even more so, almost every day there is news that humans are attacked by monsters in the tavern, so it is the norm to be attacked by monsters here, although the death of more than a dozen people will cause some minor problems, but as long as the monsters are eliminated, this plantation is still a high-quality plantation in the eyes of others." As she spoke, she paused and said, "I'm afraid that's why he's openly recruiting people to solve the disappearance, he wants everyone in Touscent to know that the monster here has been solved, and this is still a plantation that can make good wine." Speaking of this, she paused again, carefully put the wiped dragon hunting gun in her hand back into the box, and continued: "It's a pity that no matter how good the plan is, there are loopholes, he wants to use those monster bugs to solve those corpses, disguise himself as a bug to attack the workers, and eat the illusion of the workers. It's just that he didn't expect that the queen of the worm laid eggs, and after the worm returned to the nest to protect the worm, all the entrances were sealed, and those corpses were piled up at the bottom of the pit like that, and they were not eaten by the worms. ”

Leo was silent for a moment and said, "Looks like we're probably going to do it for nothing this time." ”

"Not necessarily. Sylvia shook her head slightly and said, "Although the Count of Britta has some power in the Duchy of Touscent, it does not mean that he has no enemies, as long as the relevant news and evidence are sold to his enemies, we can also get the knight's guarantee." I've also heard that the Duchess of the Duchy, Anna Henrietta, is a ruler with a good reputation, and she certainly doesn't want one of her nobles to kill civilians indiscriminately in order to buy and sell plantations. ”

Hearing this, Leo frowned.

"What's wrong?" asked Sylvia at Leo's face.

Leo said in a deep voice, "I was just thinking that the old knight Capello might be looking for a new master. ”

Although Leo doesn't know much about this world, he also knows that it is difficult for a wandering knight like Capello to find a suitable refuge, if something happens to the Count of Brita, then he can only vote for other nobles, and although he is not involved in the affairs of the Count of Brita, he will also be implicated, I am afraid it will be difficult to find a nobleman who is willing to accept him.

Although they didn't get along for a long time, Sylvia could also feel that the wandering knight Capello was a somewhat stereotypical veteran knight, so she also sighed a little about what would happen to Capello in the future, and said: "Everyone has his own fate and choices, and we are just spectators." ”

It's just that Sylvia didn't know that Leo frowned, more because he could feel that with him coming to this world, the personality of cyborg people in the past disappeared faster and faster, and the feelings and emotions of normal people became stronger and stronger, and he was always a little uncomfortable with this uncontrollable emotion.

On the other hand, not only Leo and Sylvia had speculations about the cruelty of Count Brita, but even Geralt was suspicious, so while temporarily staying in the manor waiting for the monster to attack that would probably not appear again, he also asked Regier and Angoulan to investigate the situation of the missing people's families.

In his opinion, if the two survivors wanted to hide, the first thing that would come to mind was their home, so as long as they found their home, then they would definitely be able to find the survivors.

To this end, he and his companions returned to the sinkhole full of corpses and the cave full of insect corpses, examined the deceased, and recorded the deceased's appearance, characteristics and other information to determine the identities of the two survivors.

During this time, Leo also found an opportunity to ask Geralt about the witcher's seal, alchemy, swordsmanship, and other monster hunting.

At first, Geralt only communicated with Leo with the mentality of exchanging news with Leo about Jiviel.

However, he soon discovered that Leo's mastery of the knowledge and skills of the Witcher was unimaginably fast, and that some of the knowledge and skills that the Witcher would take more than ten years to master, Leo had mastered in just a few hours, and his proficiency even surpassed that of the old Witchers with many years of experience.

It is no exaggeration to say that Leo changes into the Witcher armor and changes his skin color and pupil outfit, then he is a veteran Witcher Master.

Leo's amazing learning ability also caught the attention of Regier, as a blood he had never seen in the past long years, so he was full of curiosity to see where Leo's learning limit was, so he also joined in.

Although the amount of knowledge accumulated by Regier in the course of his long life is very large, compared to Leo, who has received several times of big data infusion from the Federal Intelligence Brain, it is obvious that Regier's accumulated knowledge is nothing, and Regier has nothing to teach in just one day.

After that, Leo was in his room, concentrating on studying the books and notes he had obtained, and sorting out the newly acquired materials in his head.

Sylvia had an easy time during the day, when she would find opportunities to fight her fellow witchers and familiarize herself with the use of spears and swords and shields, and at night she would gather information from Angoulan, clear the villages and towns near the foot of the Goron Mountains, hunt down bandits, and in just two days, the reputation of the Knight of Light had spread in Tousent.

This also made Leo want to continue to let Sylvia do this, maybe they would not need to rely on any noble guarantee to be recognized as a knight.

However, apparently time did not allow Leo to accumulate a reputation leisurely, and on the third day, Angoulême, who was out to inquire about the information, ran back to the manor and told Geralt that the families of the two suspected survivors had been found, and that she mentioned that someone was watching them.

It turned out that she was about to come back after inquiring about the news in a village just now, but suddenly remembered that she still had a question to ask, so she went back to the person she had asked before, only to find that person was being forced by a mercenary to ask what he had just said to her.

"Are there any characteristic markings on that mercenary?" asked Regier, handing a panting Angoulan a glass of water.

Angoulan drank all the glasses of water, wiped his mouth, and recalled: "There seems to be a mark on his clothes, yes, a mountain surrounded by red flames. ”

"Chifeng Mercenary Group. Reggier quickly gave an answer, saying, "This is a mercenary group active in the Rivendell Valley. ”

"Old man, have you dealt with them?" Angoulan asked.

"I haven't dealt with them, but I've heard a few things about them. Regiel nodded, and then explained to everyone: "Although the Chifeng mercenary group is nominally a mercenary group, they are often hired by local lords to fight with other lords, but in fact, their behavior is no different from that of bandit groups. However, once again they went too far, killing the heir of a great nobleman, and the great nobleman and several other local nobles sent troops to surround and suppress them, and the rest of them were nowhere to be found. ”

Cassirer also interjected at this time: "I have heard about this matter, and there were rumors about this matter in Nifgaard at that time, and I remember that the person who established this Chifeng mercenary group was a member of the Berkeley family. ”

"The Berkeley family?" Hearing this name, many people present were familiar, and Dandrion asked with a surprised face: "Is it the Berkeley family where money is morality?"

"Yes, that's him. Cassirer nodded, an unnatural look of disgust on his face, and the others had similar expressions on their faces, as if the Berkeley family was synonymous with disgust.

At this time, Leo and Sylvia, who were strangers, were puzzled and asked about the specific situation.

Geralt briefly explained the Berkeley family.

It turns out that the family motto of the Berkeley family is that money is both moral, and there is as much morality as there is money, so this family is often unscrupulous for money, and it is also extremely stingy in using the wealth in its hands, so not only in the territory of the Nilfgaard Empire, but even in the northern countries, the name Berkeley has been equated with greed and miserliness.

"Such an aristocratic family, the Niffergard Empire, still allows him to exist?" Sylvia, who was also from a noble family, couldn't help frowning and asked, and when she asked, she also casually glanced at Cassirer, who was born in the Nifgaard Empire.

Although he knew that Sylvia was not talking about himself, Cassirer still couldn't help but show a look of shame on his face, but he soon returned to normal, and said: "Now the Berkeley family no longer exists, the Berkeley family participated in the usurpation incident, and after His Majesty the Emperor ascended the throne, he has already disposed of the Berkeley family, executed all the adult men of the Berkeley family, seized their titles, confiscated their property, and now the Berkeley family has completely perished." ”

"Hmph!" Dandrion snorted coldly and said, "Your Imperial Majesty is probably for the wealth of the Berkeley family! If it weren't for the wealth of the Berkeley family, your Imperial Majesty probably wouldn't have stabilized the domestic situation so quickly, gathered an army, and invaded Sintra." ”

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