Chapter 41 Inquiries
Russell was surprised when he heard the announcement, he had just come to St. Caron without relatives and no reason, how could anyone come to visit him?
But the guests are all visiting on their own, and they can't let him eat a closed door, right? Russell instructed, "Let this guest in!"
Immediately, the guard led a young man in, who looked handsome, and what attracted the most attention was his pair of refreshed eyes, revealing a dusty demeanor.
The young man came in and saluted, and then pulled a chair and sat down beside Russell, and the two looked at each other, and the room was silent.
Suddenly, the young man asked, "You're not called Carter, you're called Russell Paul, are you?"
Russell replied in surprise, "How did you learn my real name?"
The young man spread his hands and explained: "It is actually very simple to know your name, you are a fresh face must have come these days, I happen to have a friend in the city guard, outsiders have to register their names when they enter the city, I only need to ask the name of the leader of the team entering the city a little, and combined with your face and figure, it is easy to know your name." ”
Russell applauded and smiled: "Your Excellency can be described as resourceful, I don't know why you came to visit me?"
The young man stood up and bent down to thank Russell and said, "Actually, the person you taught today is my enemy, and today he harassed my sister in the store, and it was your plan to help us break the siege, and I am here to thank you!"
"I accept your kindness, but you have to tell me who you are!"
The young man said apologetically, "I'm very sorry, as you can see, I am the eldest son of the Imperial Hill family, named Carlos Hill, and you also helped my sister, her name is Charlotte Hill. ”
Carlos saw Russell nodding and continued: "My purpose is very simple, you helped me and I am my friend, I have formed a non-famous society, I hope Your Excellency can join it." ”
Russell was noncommittal and asked Carlos: "As long as it's not an evil society, I can consider it, and if you can find out my identity so quickly, it means that you have a lot of informants, and I want to ask you to investigate something, okay?"
"Of course, it's my pleasure!"
Russell was not polite and continued to speak: "Has anything strange happened in the imperial capital in the past few months?"
This sentence woke Carlos up, and after thinking for a while, he recounted what happened to Baez in detail.
Carlos said suspiciously, "Since then I have focused on investigating this matter, and sure enough, I have found a lot of clues, and my brother in the city defense army told me that one night the Imperial Legion transported a lot of boxes into the Imperial Academy, and he saw with his own eyes that those boxes were still glowing!"
It seems that the empire has already noticed the relevant things, and began to collect these things in an organized and regular manner, and as expected, his father seems to have been involved in it, by the way, his father went out to take away the family crest that he usually hangs, is there any secret in this?
Considering that this might be the last chance to find out the truth, Russell got up and said, "I want to go to the Imperial Academy to find out the clues, I wonder if you have a way to let me in and have a look?"
"Of course. Carlos raised his eyebrows and said, "Our Hill family has always been one of the families that fund the operation of the academy, and it is okay to go in and have a visit if you want to, are you right?"
Russell didn't expect Carlos to have such a relationship, and seeing that it was still early at this time, he asked him, "Without further ado, can we leave now?"
"I originally wanted to investigate these mysterious items, and it just so happened that we were traveling together, so we could be considered to have something to rely on, but after all, it is a royal land, and too many people must visit it with the royal review, so I can only take you in alone to visit. ”
Russell was already very content to have a new clue to investigate, Carlos's request was harmless to him, but it was hard-won to have an acquaintance lead the way.
The two changed into civilian clothes in the shop, and Russell instructed Carter to take care of the soldiers, and then boarded the Hill carriage together, and the horses quickened under the whip of the groom, and the legs of the horseshoe made a crisp sound on the bluestone pavement, and the carriage sped up and headed for the college.