Chapter 221: Peeling Back the Cocoon: Tracing the Source
Roddick never imagined that he would one day be officially invited to enter the majestic and well-guarded castle of Ashlon, a symbol of power and status, and the dignity of a lord. Pen ~ fun ~ pavilion www.biquge.info
This made him feel a sense of life and death without regrets, especially when he found that he could still sit peacefully in the grand duke's elegant study, enjoying the tea brought by the maid, and staring dryly at the dark-faced garrison who sat opposite.
Think about who you are? Think about who you are? And think about who are the people who come and go here on a daily basis? Grand dukes, high-ranking officials, nobles...... They are all decent people! I was able to sit in the same room with these people......
It's the right boss!
Touched! Thanksgiving!
Even if he knew that this trip was actually just to be questioned or even reprimanded......
For this trip, he also made a careful dress for himself. Dressed in a crisp black suit, a delicate bow tie, a delicate pocket watch pinned to your breast pocket, a haircut of her finest hairstyle, a pair of elegant leather shoes, and, oh, a wonderful men's perfume called "cologne".
It must be stated that all these things were purchased in "Susanna's Secret", and they were all labeled and genuine, but they cost a lot of money! Of course, spending money is not a problem, it is not worth mentioning, and the most important thing is to satisfy the venerable master, as long as it can please him, so that he can be satisfied--hey? What kind of expression is it? His eyes were stunned, and then the corners of his lips turned up, and he couldn't hide his smile. Hehe, I'm in a good mood! Success! Sent a comfortable and thoughtful sycophant~!
And then—
Ahem, okay, that's all. Who are we? Roddick, the underground king of Crescent City, how could he be so shallow, so despicable, so flattering, so cowardly, so shameless, so ...... Ahem, that's enough!
"Hey, Saphius, are you sure this guy is the biggest rogue leader in your Crescent City?" said to Ye Guyun with a strange smile as he walked over.
"Huh, what's the problem?"
"Flutter~!Ah, it's nothing, I just think it's very interesting! A rogue leader who loves to wear formal clothes, and it's a rogue leader who wears a formal suit meticulously in the middle of the night...... Hee-hee, isn't this sick?I'm sorry, I can't help it~!"
“...... I know what you mean, he's a weird guy indeed, and he can laugh if he wants. ”
All of them are seated.
They are all small characters, Roche, Frank and even Weis, at most a garrison officer who is directly involved in the matter, Midwinter, of course, Roddick who assists in the investigation, and finally Waibin Tiago, who claims to be willing to help but is more like coming to see the excitement.
The Grand Duke wasn't here, along with his old buddies. They all went to coordinate all aspects of the aftermath of the riots, except here. It seems that the Grand Duke is really determined to put the young people fully in charge of the conspiracy.
It's not verbose, straight to the point.
Ye Guyun opened his mouth and asked, "Mr. Longdong, and Roddick, how did you do it? Why did such a large-scale riot suddenly break out? Aren't you closely monitoring Crescent City? Why didn't you give a warning? And even why didn't you find any signs?"
Rondon and Roddick looked at each other—the garrison and the rogue leader looked at each other in tacit understanding, well, somewhat absurdly—and when Roddick made a "you please first" gesture, Rondon was the first to answer, but his answer was of little substance.
"I'm sorry, Mr. Sephius, but this is indeed my dereliction of duty, my poor supervision, poor preparedness, and carelessness......" Rondon was apologizing, sincere and sincere, without prevarication, and even the dark face did not hide the heavy guilt.
But this was not what Ye Guyun wanted, and he looked at Roddick again. The latter's face was straight, and he quickly replied, "This...... Master, there is really nothing that can be done about this subordinate~! This riot, from the generation to the brewing to the final outbreak, only within a day or two, only to detect some signs, before it has time to carefully screen, it will - bomb~! It exploded too fast! Without warning! Caught off guard! There is no way to predict and prevent it!
Ye Guyun shook his head and said, "Why are you apologizing?" Hey, this is not to hold you responsible, but to let you talk about the suddenness of this riot...... Well, Roddick finally brought a point, this is a riot that broke out quickly in a day or two, hehe, I really don't believe that no one in it is a ghost! Now, let's talk about the riot itself! These two groups of people who are fighting are still the two groups that have been causing trouble before?"
Midwinter nodded: "Yes." ”
Ye Guyun looked at him, and then at Luo Qi: "Aren't their leaders all arrested and imprisoned by you?"
"Well, not the leader, but the source, the ......center," replied Roche, "the source of the contradictions, the center of the respective camps...... However, around these two centers are only their friends, friends of friends, enemies of opponents, friends of enemies of opponents, etc., and as the center, they do not have a leading role in their camp, let alone suppress ......"
"In other words, without them, the people below will still fight ......"
Speaking of this, Roche's tone was already full of bitterness, and everyone here, he must have felt the most remorse and guilt - if he could wake up to this fundamental point early, he would not be naïve to think that removing the two evils would completely avoid the disaster.
Next to him, Midwinter has already explained: "As for tonight, of course, the leaders on both sides have been replaced by other prestigious characters, on one side is the dead Chopper, and on the other side is the leader of the mercenary group named Barclay. ”
Ye Guyun couldn't help frowning: "Barclay, why is this name so familiar? uh...... Is it the "stupid bird" I met in the hills? Is it him? Isn't it? Such a coincidence?"
But now is not the time to dwell on these, so he asked again: "What are they fighting for this time?" and they are fighting so big...... Speaking of this, he couldn't help but start his poisonous tongue and ridicule it, "Heh, look at how many people they have mobilized? There should be hundreds of people, right? Hundreds of adventurers! What a big deal! There are also all kinds of calculations, serial ambushes, and conspiracies, I am dazzled~!"
Meaning: Such a big battle, you didn't even receive a little wind?
Midwinter couldn't help but look ashamed again, but he still couldn't answer this question, so he could only reply stubbornly: "I'm sorry, I haven't learned yet, I'm still investigating." ”
I don't blame him, it's only been a few hours since the incident ended, not to mention that the city guards are busy with many things, so they are the first to devote themselves to the investigation, and I am afraid that it will be difficult to find out too much accurate and useful information in such a little time.
Seeing that he was deflated in the middle of winter, Roddick was deflated for a while, touched his beard, and he smiled: "Let me come~!" After a pause, he waited until everyone's eyes were focused on himself before he began to say, "It's still related to human life!" In just one day, there were a large number of casualties on both sides, and several mercenary teams on Chopper's side were wiped out, while even more people died on Barclay's side, but they were scattered among the teams. In short, both sides thought that the other party did it, and they were anxious, and they wanted to take revenge, and they were impulsive, and they had this vicious battle tonight~—— Huh! Don't look at me like this! It's not that I concealed it, but it was really an afterthought and multiple verifications that strung together those fragmentary clues. I have to say, if we investigate and verify, we hooligans are indeed much faster than the city guards~~!"
A string of white eyes. Then the crowd began to talk.
Frank was stunned and said, "It turns out that the 'Avengers' are not just on one side, there are ...... on both sides."
Thiago said, "I already smell the smell of conspiracy!"
Frank instantly woke up and said, "Nonsense! Otherwise, how can a bunch of people die for nothing?"
Tiago was speechless for a moment, so he had to reply angrily, "Cut!"
Lotchi suddenly asked, "Did those people die from assassination?"
Roddick immediately gave a thumbs up and laughed: "It's worthy of the eldest prince, and he got to the point at once! Well, let's put it this way, I think, yes, those people died from assassination." ”
Luo Qi couldn't help frowning: "What do you think?"
"After all, I can't get first-hand information~!" Roddick spread his hands, "but, taking all the information I get from various sources, this is my conclusion. After a pause, he added, "It is worth mentioning that all the dead are some ruthless people who have had a bad reputation for various black histories, and at the same time they all have a deep grudge against the hostile camp, and they have been murdered by various means, leaving few traces, some obvious and some are not obvious, but all of them point the perpetrators to the hostile camp...... Hahaha~!I think you can already understand what I mean!"
Roach wiped his face and sighed bitterly: "It's not an accident! It's not a coincidence! It's a conspiracy! From beginning to end, it's a conspiracy! This is someone who deliberately provokes and detonates the contradictions between the two gangs, so that they fight in the city, like a war-like fight! And the provocateur...... It's not anyone, it's the one behind the assassination of Bero and a couple of unlucky assassins!"
"It's strung up, it's all strung up...... Thiago sighed in a daze, "but it's terrible......
Flack subconsciously answered: "Fortunately, we already know who is behind this after all......
Tiago hurriedly asked, "Who is it?" Not only Tiago, but everyone except Ye Guyun also looked at Frank at the same time.
Frank scratched his head and replied, "Well, it's the electorate...... and then he said the inference he had come up from the previous discussion with Ye Guyun.
Then, there was silence.
Ms. Electorate, undoubtedly a formidable enemy that no one wants to face, suddenly heard that she was probably already in Crescent City at this time, lurking around her, secretly planning one ruthless conspiracy after another against herself, as a party to the party, it was difficult not to be shocked by the horror, especially Roche, whose face was already difficult to see.
Seeing that the atmosphere was not good, Frank hurriedly tried to ease up: "Well, this is just an inference, there is no conclusive evidence, and it is not accurate......"
However, he was interrupted: "Well, I'm sure. ”
Everyone saw that it was Roddick.
"wow~!It's so stressful~!" Roddick shrugged his shoulders with a smile, feeling everyone's eyes suddenly turn cold, and quickly put away his expressions and began to explain, "That's the case, a few days ago, I just met Sambi, a follower of Ms. Voter, in my lair, he came to visit me and tried to re-woo me," he looked at Ye Guyun and the Luo Qi brothers, "You all know it, because of what happened last time...... Obviously, I resolutely refused! Now I have only one master, the mighty and wise Lord Saphius~!"
After sending a meaty enough sycophant, he paused, and then said, "Since the followers who served him have all appeared in Crescent City, I think the arrival of the Electoral Lady should also be a high probability event, right?"
Luo Qi immediately said angrily: "Why didn't you report such important information earlier!"
"This kind of sensitive matter, casually, if it is not clear, wouldn't it cause trouble in vain?" besides...... Roddick spread his hands, "I am the servant of Lord Suphius, not the Ehiron family, and I am not obliged to serve you~!"
Lotchi was speechless, and Thiago pouted: "What a blunt provocation." ”
"Compared to that god-like Elect lady, of course, my little provocation is not enough!" Roddick smiled indifferently, "Look who she provokes?" First of all, the two groups of adventurers, a little trick will make them desperate to fight to the death, and then Crescent City and the First Wehrmacht in the West, and Plantershire, just a few lives will make you have to take off your mask and fight each other......" He winked at Roche," Hehe, they must have started to play on the topic, right? You must be starting to get bothered by it, right?"
Lotchi couldn't help but glance at Frank and Tiago and laugh at the same time. Roddick's sour remark obviously didn't get to the point, he didn't know something. So, with a snort, Roch replied with a little smugness: "Don't bother, that deep trouble has been completely solved by us!"
Roche's words were of course very true, and Roddick couldn't believe it, and he was immediately surprised: "Oh, great, although I'm really curious how you did it." ”
At this time, Weiss, who had not spoken, suddenly said, "I have a question. ”
Everyone immediately looked at her.