Chapter 143: The Visitation
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Where's Rosie?
Rossi was definitely not in the imperial capital, not even on the way to the imperial capital.
In order to convince Saul, you must first understand Saul's family situation, how many people are in the family, and who they are. Maybe this will irritate Saul, but at least they have a bargaining chip for each other. It wasn't impossible to ask him directly, but with Saul's loyalty to the church, he wouldn't necessarily agree to Rossi's request.
The older generation thinks strangely, and every generation thinks so.
Thor devoted his limited life to an infinite cause of penance, and it is difficult to say that he did it for other selfish desires, except for the pursuit of greater power and longevity, and the only thing left was loyalty to the church.
Their generation has experienced ups and downs and the suppression of the ruling class, and those who have not changed their doors in that environment are basically difficult to shake up until now.
I have tasted all the endless suffering, why should I give up my persistence when the good times come?
Attila gave Rossi a small note with an address not in Greenland, but on the territory of the Grand Duke of Sidon, on the edge of Greenland. Unlike Greenland, it is not predominantly agricultural, but extremely commercial, with railways and dense tributaries of the Thudogne. Half of Greenland's grain will be pulled here and dispersed across the country.
Along the way, the prosperity of the city was second only to the imperial capital, especially the capital of the province of Sidon, and it was the most prosperous city that Rossi had ever seen outside of the imperial capital.
In fact, he hasn't seen many cities, and he is also a dirt bun.
On this trip, Rosie took Hano alone, and the two walked on the street according to the map, and it took almost half a day to finally find Saul's home.
A house that was not particularly luxurious, even slightly shabby, with a potholed façade covered with moss and some withered vines, a small vestibule covered with yellowish, dry turf, and some gardening shrubs that had not been tended for a long time.
Rosie rang the doorbell, but no one came to open the door, or the family next door kindly reminded him, "Their family is not at home." ”
Rossi greeted him, and most of the houses on this street were like this, except that other people's houses were not so shabby, and this was a middle-class living area. Rosie bowed slightly, "Hello, ma'am, do you know where their family has gone? ”
The conversation was accosted by a woman in her forties, a somewhat bloated in a thick dress with broken lace, a gold necklace around her neck, and a thumb-sized sapphire. She wore pearl earrings on her ears, as thick as a little finger, and her hair was held high and simply decorated with gold chains.
At a glance, you can guess her approximate identity - the mistress of the merchant's house, although rich but not expensive.
Rosie is not handsome, but he is heroic, and his angular face gives people a sense of fortitude. The woman looked him up and down, and said with a smile, "Komodo and a few young men were caught stealing the store, and today is the day of the trial, and the family has gone." The woman felt that Rosie was quite attractive, and glanced at it a few more times, "I don't seem to have seen you, who are you from his family?"
"Me?", as soon as Rossi raised his hand, Hano placed a bracelet studded with broken gems in Rossi's palm, and the woman's eyes were immediately firmly attracted by the bracelet. This is for sure, this bracelet is a famous jewelry master in the imperial capital...... The apprentice built it, the price of a piece is about ten gold coins, this is still a friendship price, if you don't have fifteen gold coins on the counter, don't even think about it.
Hano wore many of these trimkets, such as lapels encrusted with broken stones, opal cufflinks, beautiful rings, and necklaces and bracelets. Sometimes these things are given as a reward to some of the people who are doing a good job, and sometimes, as they are now, as they are now, as necessary for social interaction.
"I guess we'll have to sit down and talk, I wonder if you have the time?" Rosie pinched the clasp of the bracelet with both fingers and picked it up. The crushed gemstones shine in the sun and are very beautiful. "To you, beautiful lady. ”
The woman did not hesitate, and after taking it, she pressed it on her wrist and gestured with it, very satisfied. She glanced at Rosie and Hano, hesitated for a moment, nodded, turned to open the courtyard door, and invited the two in.
It's a middle-class living quarter, with a dedicated sheriff patrolling the streets, and most of the neighbors around her are also occupied, so she doesn't have to be afraid to shout at once, which can instantly attract a lot of people. Besides, she had already discovered that although the clothes worn by Rosie were a bit old-fashioned, the materials were excellent, and even some insignificant things were very exquisite.
This is a very wealthy young man with maybe a little power.
The woman invited Rosie and Hano into her home, and after greeting her two daughters and a son, the three of them sat down in the drawing room and talked.
Komodo is the youngest boy in the family next door, and he is nineteen years old this year.
Speaking of the family next door, the woman was also embarrassed.
In the early years, the Komodo family was in a decent situation, which is reflected in the fact that they were able to live in this living area. Later, Komodo's father was deceived by a scam and borrowed a loan shark to invest in a project with others, but the project was also fake, and the partner ran away with the money. In order to pay off the debts that were heavily indebted, he had no choice but to end all his business and pay off the usury in one go, but it has since declined.
It doesn't matter what you do in business, what matters is how much money you have.
At Tuhlman, the most profitable goods are inconspicuous, such as a needle for sewing clothes. One copper material can make about fifty sewing needles, yet one needle can be sold for two copper coins, which is a hundred times the profit. But if you don't have the capital, even if you are given a hundred times the profit, how much can you earn?
Old Tang De, who has no capital, can only do some small business and barely make ends meet.
Komodo, who had no worries about food and clothing since he was a child, suddenly encountered such an accident, lost his self-motivation, and mixed with a group of boys from the lower city every day, abducting and stealing, and came to everything. Komodo also has two older brothers and a sister, and there are many children in the family, so the elder Don has no heart to care about him, and devotes himself to the business activities of the comeback, but Komodo becomes more aggressive, joins a local gang, and rarely goes home from then on.
A few days ago, a local jewelry store was burglarized, losing hundreds of gold coins of goods and dozens of gold coins of cash. After an investigation by the sheriff, the suspect was identified, namely Komodo's gang.
The higher-ups may also pay attention to the methods of handling cases, but in places such as Sidon Province, which are far away from the imperial capital, the sheriffs are not so particular. Since there is a suspicion, let's arrest it first. After a meal, Komodo confessed the facts of his crime.
He teamed up with three friends, and after carefully stepping on the spot, he pried open the back door of this jewelry store and swept away the things that could be held in his hands. When leaving, he stabbed the alarmed nightwatch clerk with a knife.
Due to his injuries, the clerk has died.
The other three people who were caught said in unison that Komodo planned all this, and in the end it was also Komodo's clerk who stabbed him, Komodo was prosecuted for the crime of head crime, and today is the day of the trial, and the old Donde's family went to court.
When she said this, the woman sighed, Komodo was actually quite a good young man when he was a child, a very spirited young man, and very polite, no one expected such a thing to happen.
Rosie was silent for a moment before getting up to take his leave, and the woman held back, hoping that he would have a supper here, but was refused.
Leaving the woman's house, Rosie had a slight smile on her face, she didn't expect things to be so easy.
If Thor's descendants are safe and sound, or even rich and happy, he is really not easy to start, and people may not admit it. But the situation is quite good now, he is a sheriff himself, and he is familiar with the laws of the empire, although there are all kinds of loopholes in the law in favor of the aristocracy, but the most basic laws are still very serious.
The murderer pays for his life, and the debtor pays the money.
If the court finds Komodo guilty, I'm afraid his life won't be saved.
He is not a nobleman, let alone a military family member who has contributed to the country, and has no opportunity to intercede.