Section 58 Torture

"Who?" Lyle quickly looked towards the source of the voice, and saw that it was a tall man. He knew each other, but he couldn't remember their names. This was one of the bodyguards of the woman named Shirley. This one she hired locally (it's easy to hire such a hired bodyguard near Brasian), and he was contractually required to obey Shirley's orders. Because of this, even if Io seized the lead, the guard still obeyed Shirley's orders.

Of course, it doesn't matter. Now that woman has no money and no power, and she can't do anything.

"Is that woman looking for me?" asked Lyle lazily. The other party did not answer, which is equivalent to acquiescing to the question.

"Okay, then I'll go meet her. Lyle poured another glass of wine into his glass and said. "You go back first, and say I'll be right away. ”

It's almost dark now, so I'm sure Big Brother Io has already taken care of things. Lyle took a sip of the wine in his toast, with a three-point drunkenness, so thought.

It's still the same office building on the outskirts of the city, but the two guards are gone. The presence of these two guards proved to be redundant - because even now, there are no idlers here to inquire about it. At least when Lyle came, there was no other figure in the vicinity.

He pushed the door in, took three steps and made two steps, and came to the office upstairs.

The woman was in the office. At this moment, she was sitting in a chair with a high back, her back to Lyle.

Even now, you're going to show your superiority in this way?" Lyle chuckled inwardly. And he put a smile on his face without reservation. This is no longer the case today, and the woman who used to be high up is nothing but just hanging here. Oh, by the way, if Io's plan goes well, then she'll probably have to clean up the mess. The credit is Io's, and the trouble will be handled by her.

"I've heard that Ashrufat won the fight. Shirley said.

"It's not news for a long time. Lyle replied with a shrug. "Anyone in the city who has ears already knows the way. He put on a special tone. "The fiancé of the two sisters Katyua and Para of the Griffin family, Mr. Essoufat from the South, has already won this year's Jockey Club. Then Parra was designated by him as the queen of love and beauty this year. ”

"What are Io going to do?" there was a distinctly suppressed anger in Shirley's voice.

"What should I do?" said Lyreha. "It doesn't matter, they're just an unmarried couple. If the fiancé dies, the fiancée does not have the right to inherit the estate. ”

"Io, that idiot is going to ......"

"That's right, I'm going to kill him. Lyle pretended not to care. "The sheriff is on our side anyway. ”

"Stupid man, doesn't he have a brain?! What else would he do but solve the problem with violence!"

"Whatever he will. Lyle replied proudly. "Now it's up to him to have the final say! Besides, if you can solve the problem, is it important to do anything? I said, it's better for you to be less nosy!"

With that, he turned around and left. He didn't care about the feelings of the woman behind him. It's such a refreshing feeling that Lyle still remembers it after a long day of horseback riding. The woman who had once been on high and called him to and fro like a servant could now be rebuked by him like this. This feeling, coupled with the three-point wine, is simply a little fluttery.

Lyle sat on the back of his snowy horse and looked at the sky. The sun was already half obscured by the horizon, and he should probably spend the night in the city today, running errands for Io during this time, so he didn't have time to meet those lovers. As he pondered this, he saw a group of people discussing something with serious faces near the city gates.

Lyle was quite far away, but he could still hear the words "sheriff", "accident", "dead man", "ominous", etc. Judging by the way these men were dressed, they were all from the Jockey Club, and they were all outsiders, or at least they didn't know Lyle.

"Dear friends," asked Lyle, jumping off his horse and in a rather polite manner. "I didn't mean to eavesdrop, but I seem to have heard some bad words just now. Excuse me, what's going on at today's Jockey Club — and I mean spring festival — ?"

"Very bad accident. A stranger replied. "While hunting, there was a small collapse. Several people were pressed in...... Including Sheriff Falord. ”

A bolt of thunder struck Lyle's head in an instant. He struggled, battling the dizzying news for several seconds before he could continue speaking.

"They all ...... Dead?"

"Being crushed by half a mountain, of course, is dead. The man replied. "There were a lot of people organized at the venue, and it took a long time to dig up two people, one of whom was Farod, the sheriff. They said that there was more than one buried inside, and it would take three or five days to dig it out. ”

"Did you see the body?" asked Lyle quickly.

"See. Lyle's attitude made the man hesitate. "Carried out...... Pathetic, the body is divided into two sections. ”

A chill crept up my spine. The smell of alcohol just now disappeared all of a sudden. He was well aware of the circumstances of this ambush, ten people, all armed with muskets...... That Ashrufat......

"Let me ask, how is this year's champion, Ashrufat?"

"How's that? He's good. The man gave him a suspicious look. "I also saw that he was going to go out and help with the digging, but he gave up because of the lack of tools. ”

"And then?"

"Later, I came back. That kind of accident happened, and the following things were not much of interest. ”

Ashrufat was still alive, but Io and Farod were dead. Lyle was not an idiot, and he immediately understood what the truth of the matter was.

......

The icy liquid soaked into his skin, and Io woke up in a groggy state.

Where is this? What's wrong with me...... He tried to move, but found that his hands and feet could not move freely.

More ice-cold liquid flows. In early spring, the temperature is actually completely supported by the sun, and the temperature can become quite high under the sun during the day, and even need shade, but in reality the water temperature is still very cold.

The chill banished the drowsiness from his mind. In the next second, Io remembered everything. By the way, at that time I was going to shoot Ashrufat......

At the moment when they opened fire, Ashrufat hid himself behind his white cloak. Io didn't understand what he was doing at first, but he understood it right away. As soon as the gunfire stopped, Ashrufat pulled out his hunting knife unscathed and pounced. The cloak was magical, or custom-made, enough to withstand the bullets of the musket.

What followed was a one-sided massacre. The musket after the bullet is fired is actually a short stick, which is even worse than a short stick because of its shape. And Ashrufat's movements were as swift as a leopard. He had heard from Lyle about Eshurufat's prowess, and Io thought it was an exaggeration—because losers always try to exaggerate the strength of their opponents to disguise their incompetence. But at that moment, Io realized that Lyle was not exaggerating, and he was not even able to explain Ashrufat's strength in detail. In just an instant, the four men in front of Io fell under the hunting knife. Io didn't even have time to pull out the short knife beside him (it would be too conspicuous and outrageous to hunt with a sword), and a violent blow landed on his head, causing him to lose consciousness in an instant.

Wait, I'm messing around...... So now......

Io struggled to twist his body, turned half his head, and saw exactly Ashrufat's face. The scar on the bridge of his nose was particularly clear.

Ashrufat had an old bucket in his hand, and it was he who had just poured water from the bucket on Io's head and woke him up.

"Where is this?" asked Io, struggling.

"Oh, my estate—a pigsty on my fiancée's estate, to be specific. ”

Io noticed that there was a "hum" and "hum" pig hum all around, and there was also a very pungent smell.

"As for what you're doing here. "That's a long story. After you fainted, you were first thrown into an inconspicuous pit—it was easier to find a pit in the mountains under the cover of bushes—and then into a large leather bag, first into a wagon, and then quietly brought here. I can assure that no one saw it in the process. ”

"If you want to call, just call it. Ashruphat chuckled...... "But I suggest you don't have to. It's a very remote place, but the swineherd has taken leave again. I'm sure it's useless for you to scream in your throat, no one will hear you except pigs. ”

"I ...... What happened to my companions? What did you do?"

"Didn't do anything. It's just what you planned. Ashrufat threw the keg away. Of course, the subject reversed. By the way, let me remind you that the amount of soil and rocks that has fallen is really a lot, and it is more than enough to bury seven or eight people. In fact, even burying twenty or thirty people is enough. ”

"Do you think no one will be held accountable for doing such a thing?"

"Who is being held accountable, and how is it being investigated? This is just an accident of a landslide. Like you said, it's been three to five days since the dug up, and who's going to tell if it's a knife wound to the extent of the decomposition at that time? By the way, I went out of my way to treat the wounds first to make sure they looked like they were caused by the fall from the cliff. Ashrufat said.

"What do you want to do?" Io finally realized his biggest mistake, underestimating his enemy. But fortunately, the other party didn't kill him. As long as you live, you still have a chance!

"What do I want to do? It's just a matter of asking a few questions. I want to know why you're doing this...... In fact, we really don't need such red tape, just open the skylight and say something bright, who asked you to come, what do you want!"

"What do I have to say about it?" Io sneered. He tried, but Ashruphat tied him so tightly that he couldn't move. But since the other party didn't kill him on the spot, it means that the other party also has scruples. This scruple may be his only chance.