David was sure of one thing again, he was not good at playing any conspiracy at all, and in this world, he was at an absolute disadvantage in intelligence, and he did not have the basis to play conspiracy in this case.

"Let's be simple and rude!"

Standing still and waiting for the flames to go out, David made sure the enemy was dead and took a closer look. Because he was burned to death with flames, most of the things this person was carrying were destroyed by the sacred fire, leaving no useful clues, but after careful observation, David still found something.

"What is this?"

After two fiddles with the axe in his hand, and finally dug out the metal piece that was 'hidden' in the muscles of his forearm, David felt some energy fluctuations from this thing, but he didn't know exactly what kind of energy it was, and could only tell that it was not holy light.

So far, David has only been exposed to the energy of the Holy Light, and he has never really seen the legendary arcane, elemental, or natural forces.

With the metal piece in his hand, David waited quietly for a moment, and the holy light on the land under his feet gradually dissipated, and he did not use the holy light to discover the existence of other enemies during this time.

Turning back to the village, he told Laura, Peggy and the others what had just happened, and soon everyone gathered at the shooting range.

"Are you sure it's not an assassin sent by the Forrester family?" Steve squatted and observed, the body had been burned to charcoals, and there was really no clue, and all the things he was carrying were burned: "Do you have any other enemies?" ”

"I don't think so, but who can say this kind of thing clearly?" David suspects that his Winter Village has been targeted by some aristocratic family.

It's not surprising that there is one Forrester family, there can be a second, there are more than one or two top noble families in Iron Tree Castle, and there are even more those slightly weaker or relatively ordinary noble families, and no one can guarantee that these people are not eyeing Winter Village.

"If you are killed, who will Winter Village belong to?" When it is difficult to judge who the enemy is, directly looking for someone who can benefit from this will make some breakthroughs, and several people present understand this truth, so Sharon's question is very logical.

"Normally, it will go to the Kingdom of Tiran, but most of the time it will be dealt with nearby." David was also thinking about this problem, and explained the situation to everyone by the way: "That is, let the Marquis Dudley Morgan of Irontree take care of it himself." ”

As for what the Marquis will arrange, it is uncertain.

He may regard Winter Village as his own territory and entrust it to someone he trusts. It is also possible to give Winter Village to a subordinate and become the domain of a nobleman; In a small probability, it may be reported to the royal capital, and the king will decide what to do with the new area.

"That is, once you die, there is a chance that Winter Village will be taken over by anyone?"

"Yes."

"Will there be more Assassins next?"

Sharon felt that David's current situation was like an animal that had strayed into the hunting grounds of the nobles, and all the nobles present wanted to take the prey for themselves.

"No, in such a vast land on the northern plains, those nobles must be better than directly assassinating me by sending some cronies to establish a village. Because even if he kills me, the instructors can't guarantee that Winter Village will fall into his hands. "I knew from Gregory that many nobles would come to the northern plains next spring to establish villages and towns, so why would they come to assassinate him? There is so much ownerless land to occupy, there is no need to come and rob his small village.

"Do you know the so-called temple?" Steve's brain has been running at a high speed, he has not missed any details of David's story, and based on the analysis of the available information, he feels that this so-called temple is a key piece of information in the case that David feels that most of the noble families are not behind it.

"All I know is that the Temple is a place and a sect at the same time, and it is very influential in the human kingdom, located in the realm of the Holy Gaunt Kingdom." David carefully recalled all the information about the Temple: "But I don't know the specific beliefs and doctrines, the Temple has no influence in the Kingdom of Tiran, and there are no missionaries and believers in the Temple on the side of Irontree Castle. ”

Just this bit of information, or Ardis casually mentioned when he told him about his 'observations', for the civilians of Irontree Castle, the temple is a very unfamiliar existence, and many people don't know that there is such a religion.

"Why do I always feel that this so-called temple is more suspicious?" Mark Watney hadn't spoken much, he felt like he couldn't help with it, and he was just standing here to show his moral support.

After listening to it for a long time, he still couldn't help but express his opinion, and Laura's approval.

"I feel that way, too."

In fact, David also felt that this so-called temple was the key to this assassination incident, after all, the few words of the assassin were related to "temple" and "faith" - when the assassin misunderstood that he was a temple priest, he had a tendency to stop; questioned whether David had renounced his faith and turned into the arms of the Old Gods, and decided that he was not a Templar priest.

"Do you know what that so-called Old God means?"

"I don't know at all." David didn't know what the Old Gods were, and they sounded like a group of beings who had been eliminated by history: "Maybe Ardis knows this information." ”

Ardis is the person in the village who knows the most about this world, but the old hunter is not in the village at the moment, and he has not yet returned to collect information from Irontree Castle.

"It seems that we will have to wait for Ardis to come back and ask him about it, hoping to get more information." David also considered taking the initiative to investigate some clues, but now there is no direction to attack at all, where is he going to check the clues? Do you just run to the Holy Gaunt Kingdom and go to the temple base camp and ask, 'Are you going to kill me?' ’。

It doesn't feel reliable just thinking about it - if you go with a bomber group and a tank armored army, then it is more reliable.

After a discussion, the body was disposed of as customary - by the little blacksmith Will Turner and thrown into the Caribbean.

The only thing left behind was the piece of metal that David dug out of the corpse's arm, and he wouldn't keep it for long, and when Fordin returned, he would ask Fordin to take it to the world of Azeroth, and ask a mage or something like that to ask him what the nature of the energy on it was, and what it does.

This thing is the only reliable clue, if they are lucky, they can use this thing to determine whether it is the nobles of Irontree Castle or the temple that did it to David this time?

"Is there a possibility?" After everyone returned to the village, they did not disperse directly, still thinking about who was behind the scenes.

The few people who are staying in the village now like this village very much, and they have a good relationship with David, and even have vital interests entangled, and no one wants an accident to happen to David and the village.

Especially Mark, who is counting on Winter Village to survive and wait for rescue, he seems to take this matter more seriously than Laura.

"What is possible?"

"The mastermind behind this is both the nobles of Irontree and the Sanctuary." Mark thinks about it, this possibility is not impossible, and even to some extent it is not low.

Laura also immediately understood what Mark meant, after all, this kind of thing is not uncommon in history, and Laura, who is proficient in the history of multiple civilizations, also figured out the key: "David just said that the temple is very influential in the human kingdom, but the kingdom of Tiran is an exception. ”

"Yes!"

"Is there a possibility, then, that the Templars want to enter the Kingdom of Tiran?" Laura also referred to the Assassin's question: "He asked you, 'How many years have you been lurking in the kingdom of Tiran?' This question is not only a pitfall, but it also reveals some information, that is, the Templars want to enter the kingdom of Tiran, and have already taken action. ”

"So what's wrong with my answer?" If that sentence wasn't just a trap question, David didn't think there was anything wrong with his answer?

"Is there a possibility?" Laura immediately made Davy understand what was wrong with her answer: "The High Priests of the Temple don't need to be 'lurking'?" There is still some difference between a missionary and a pure spy. ”

"......" David suddenly felt so tired, these people's brains were too complicated, and he suddenly had the idea of honestly guarding his winter village and not going anywhere.

Perhaps in order to alleviate David's embarrassment, Steve made the following summary: "So, some nobles of Irontree Castle have come into contact with the Temple, and the assassination of David is actually a cooperation between the two parties?" ”

In this case, the Assassin's reaction when he found out that David was casting the Holy Light and mistook him for a Templar priest seemed to make sense, because before the Assassin set out, he simply thought that he was here to assassinate a civilian village chief, but he did not expect that the other party would be his own people.

"So, what does that old god mean?"

"Treat David as a Templar traitor?"

After Mark, Laura, and Steve analyzed it, the whole thing seemed to become clear.

But neither Mark nor Steve can guarantee that their analysis is correct, and there are even some contradictions and unreasonable points.

"If you want to know if it was the hands of the people from Iron Tree Castle, there is a way to test it." While listening to the analysis of Steve and others, David also broadened his thinking, and thought of a way that might be able to get the answer, and he didn't sell it, so he directly said his own way: "As long as Van Cleef's side goes well, after a large number of craftsmen move to Winter Village, the matter of Winter Village upgrading Winter Town will be officially put on the agenda." ”

Seeing that everyone was staring at him, David said the point: "As long as I go to Irontree Fort with various documents and apply for the upgrade of Winter Village to Winter Town, so that I can be promoted to the lord of Winter Town, then I can get the answer from Irontree Castle's reaction." ”