Chapter 408: The nemesis of the little villain
Rogge came to the grave keeper's hut alone and knocked lightly on the door, and the people inside promised to open the door quickly, and the old man who guarded the tomb poked his head out to look at him blankly and asked, "Hello, what can I do for you?"
"Hello, I'm Sir Langaro, I'm accompanying the sheriff, Mr. Alexei, can I go in?" Rogge politely looked sideways at the sheriff standing not far away, and the old man glanced in the direction of the sheriff, nodded to Rogge and let him into the house.
"I'm very humble here, if you don't dislike it, please sit here. The old man brought a worn-out wooden bench and wiped the surface with his sleeve and placed it in front of Rogge, who thanked him and sat down on the stool, and looked around the small room, which had little furniture except for a bed.
"What's the smell in this room?" asked Rogge, sniffing the faint smell of tobacco in the air.
"It's a mandala flower. The old man took a small package from the bedside, brought it to Rogge, and said, "I am old, and I often have insomnia, and it is difficult to fall asleep at the slightest movement, so I have come to the cemetery to be a grave keeper, hoping that the quiet atmosphere here will help me sleep well." ”
He handed the small package to Rogge, sat down on the edge of the bed and sighed, and said, "Who would have thought that this cemetery is indeed quiet at night, but I can't sleep even more, but fortunately one night a kind gentleman gave me some mandalas, and let me light them while I sleep, and I can fall asleep quickly, and sleep until dawn." ”
"That's a good idea!" Rogge opened the package in his hand, pinched a piece of sun-dried mandala flower and sniffed it, nodded and smiled: "Just smelling this smell, I feel like I want to sleep, it seems that I have to go back and try this method!"
"Do you also have insomnia?" asked the old man, somewhat surprised.
"yes, I can't sleep every night, I stay all night, and I can only squint for a while when it's almost dawn, which feels so uncomfortable. Rogge wrapped up the mandala and got up and handed it to the old man.
The old man hurriedly got up to catch him, and said to him, "I am afraid that it is not appropriate for a person like you to use this method. ”
"Why?" Rogge looked at him curiously, and the old man looked at his house with a smile and said, "You think, a little bit of my little house is enough for me to sleep, and a noble lord like you lives in a house as big, so how much can it be useful, and it will make the house full of smoke, which is not good." ”
"That's just as well. Rogge sighed with some regret and said, the old man saw the helpless expression on his face and hurriedly said: "It's better like this, the gentleman who gave me the mandala left me an address, let me go to him to buy it if I need it, why don't I give you a copy of the address, you go and talk to him." ”
"That's a good idea, maybe he can find a way for me!" Rogge clapped his hands with joy.
The old man hurriedly found a piece of paper, copied down the name and address of the gentleman and handed it to Rogge, who thanked him and turned to leave, but the old man stopped him.
"Have you forgotten something?" the old man reminded with some confusion, "You came to me just now, did you have something to ask me?"
"It's nothing, I'm just here to talk to you casually, goodbye, and I wish you a good night's sleep every day. Rogge smiled and waved his hand at the old man, turned and walked out of the room.
He went straight out of the gate of the cemetery, and saw Catherine standing at the door waiting for him, and he beckoned Catherine to get into the carriage of the sheriff, and said to the sheriff, "Let us go back, I have something to discuss with the Marquis of St. Peter." ”
When the carriage returned to the inner city of Fort St. Peter, it was already dusk, and the Marquis of St. Peter, who had received the report, met with Rogge, Catherine, and Alexei in the large drawing room of the castle, and the sheriff reported the general situation to the marquis.
After listening to the report of the sheriff, the Marquis of St. Peter looked at Rogge's face and asked expectantly: "Sir Langaro, I don't know if you have discovered anything in this operation, when I was talking to Captain Antonio just now, I heard a lot about your experience in solving cases, I think you must have gained something, right?"
"Indeed, Lord Marquis, I have received many clues, and I think it will not be long before I will be able to return your lost diamond ring to its rightful owner, but before I do so, I need to tell you something important. Rogge said and looked back at Antonio, who was sitting on the side, and continued, "Including Captain Antonio. ”
"What's the matter?" asked Antonio and the Marquis of St. Peter, looking at him suspiciously.
"I have examined the body of the maid Anna, she has obvious signs of the Black Death, she is supposed to be a severe Black Death patient, and there is a high probability that she has been infected with the people in the castle, and you must take immediate measures to control the possible spread of the plague. Rogge said solemnly to the Marquis.
"Black Death?" The Marquis of St. Peter looked at him in surprise for a long time, and suddenly came back to his senses and said loudly: "I remember what you said, Anna had been covering her face for a few weeks before the accident, and she didn't like to contact people very much, and when she gave her orders, she nodded silently to do it, I once asked her, and she said that she was sick." ”
"That's right, the disease she's talking about is the Black Death, a terrible contagion. Rogge nodded affirmatively.
Obviously, Anna already knew how serious her illness was, and someone who was proficient in medicine must have told her how to deal with it, otherwise she would not have known about these anti-contagion methods personally. ”
"But," said Rogge, who paused, looked around at the people present with a solemn expression, and said, "Even if this is the case, it may not be able to completely block the infection, so Your Excellency the Marquis needs to take immediate measures to isolate people with similar symptoms immediately, and you must also do a good job of disinfection and protection yourself to avoid accidents." ”
"I know, I'm going to prepare. The Marquis of St. Peter wiped the cold sweat from his forehead, got up and left the hall and returned to his study, called the butler to arrange the relevant matters, and the sheriff also left for the time being, and returned to the law enforcement department to gather men and prepare for a possible crisis.
"It seems that the plague has begun to penetrate deep into the heart of Erus. Looking at the back of the Marquis as he hurried away, Rog sighed softly to Antonio and Tali and said, "I hope Itali's side is ready, I don't want my children to mess with this." ”
"I believe that Queen Erin and the Marquis of Thunder will do their best to deal with it. Antonio said to him with confidence, and Rogge nodded silently, and heard Tali beside him ask, "So, how are you doing with the diamond ring and the bride?"
"It's a little bit, but it's not time yet," Rogge smiled slightly, got up and said, "In my opinion, the Marquis doesn't have time to entertain us to dinner now, we might as well go out and eat something by ourselves, I still have something to do by the way, is there anything against it?"
"As long as you're treated, I'm absolutely for it!" said Locke, leaning back on the couch, smirking.
"Of course, I'm in for a treat!" Rogge smiled as he picked up his black wide-brimmed hat from the coffee table and buttoned it on his head, turning around as he walked out, "Whoever goes pays!"
The group left the castle in the inner city and went into the streets of the outer city, followed Rogge through the streets and alleys, found an inn on a lively avenue, and after dinner here Rogge called the boss and asked him to open two rooms.
"Aren't you going back to the Marquis's Palace?" asked Antonio, surprised.
"No, this room wasn't for me. Rogge smiled mysteriously and landed his eyes on Catherine's face on the side, the girl was stunned for a moment, and asked suspiciously, "Is it ...... For me?"
"Yes, from now on, you are Sir Langaro's daughter!" said to Rog with a smile, and the girl looked at him blankly, not knowing what he was doing, but listening to Lilith, who was sitting on the other side of Rogge, muttering, "The bad wolf will take advantage of an opportunity!"
"Gray!" Rogge glanced back at little Lori and shouted softly, and the gray owl Gray jumped off his shoulder and threw himself directly into Lilith's arms.
Little Lori screamed, pushed Gray away and jumped off the chair, and ran out of the hall with a smoke, shouting as she ran: "Nasty big stupid bird, stay away from me!"
"Ah, I love Gray to death, little villain's nemesis!" Rogge triumphantly lit a cigar and watched Gray flapping his wings and chasing after him.
"What the hell are you trying to do?" asked Tali as she shook her head.
Rogge smiled, put his mouth to Catherine's ear and muttered for a moment, then looked up and asked, "Got it?"
Catherine nodded lightly, but there was still no lack of ignorant expression on her face, and it seemed that she still didn't understand what Rogge wanted to do, Rogge smiled mysteriously when she saw this and said, "Leave the rest to the two villains, you just need to do what I tell you." ”
"Hey, what two bad guys, don't you give me a nickname, okay?" Locke glanced at him with slanted eyebrows, Rogge got up and smiled: "Serve my precious girl well, take out the energy you have to serve the noble ladies, if she comes to sue me, you know the result!"
After saying that, he turned around and walked towards the door of the inn, Locke shrugged helplessly, turned his head and looked at Catherine's face, and pretended to ask, "Miss, what do you command?"
Rogge, who walked out of the inn, just came to the street and Lilith threw himself into his arms, and little Lori hugged Rogge's neck and begged loudly: "Bad wolf, get rid of that big stupid bird, I'm going to be annoyed by it!"
"Why do you want to get rid of it, isn't Gray cute?" Rog looked back at the gray owl that landed on his shoulder, touched its head with a smile, and said to Lilith, "How nice it is to have a suitor, why are you so unkind to people?"
"Then you still don't accept the stupid girl!" Little Lori replied without hesitation.
"That's because I'm not of her own kind, but Gray is just like you!" Rogge said with a smile as he hugged her as he walked in the direction of the Marquis's Palace.
"It's not a little bird, you see how big it is, it's so stupid and stupid, how can it be the same kind as me!" said Little Lori with a disgusted glance at Gray.
Rogge looked back at Gray on his shoulder, the gray owl tilted his head and stared at Lilith with his eyes, as if he didn't understand her words, Rogge was about to make a few jokes, and someone bumped his shoulder, and Rogge keenly felt something stuffed in his hand.
He glanced back at the man who had passed him, and looked down to see a note in his hand, which read: "Go back to the first alley on the left, I'll be waiting for you inside, lone wolf." ”