Luo Xian nodded, and handed Geralt a beautiful piece of stationery. Geralt took it and glanced at it quickly by the candlelight, and there was a simple passage written on it.

"Your supply problem has nothing to do with us. The agreement signed between us is clearly written, and the Nilfgaard Empire requires you to do what you promised to do as it was written. If you fail to do so, our interests and obligations will be null and void. At that time, your privileges here will be revoked. ”

"The inscription is a notice written to Philip by the Field Marshal of the Central Army Command, Havat Mohan. This is the official letterhead of the Emperor Nelfgaard **, and it seems that our Baron has temporarily gained his dominance in the country by providing a certain amount of logistical supplies to the Nilfgaard people. Geralt shook his head and handed the letter back to Roxian, "Where did you find it?"

"It was generously thrown on the cupboard, no wonder yesterday we found at the Crossroads Inn that the Baron's men were forcibly collecting large quantities of grain, meat, leather and ore from the villagers. It turned out that he had passed all of these things to the Nilfgaard army. ”

"If you don't pay it, then what you get back is the soldier's pressure, and I'm afraid that the whole of Weilun will become a scorched earth at that time. It was a comedy to collect the last of their lives from the villagers in order to save their lives. ”

"The two sides of the war have only sides, not right or wrong. I heard that there are swamps and mountains and forests here, and I am afraid that many civilians who are not willing to endure exploitation will flee to those uninhabited places and resist paying taxes, do you think the disappearance of Philip's wife and daughter has anything to do with it? ”

"Let's go, some things have to be seen with your own eyes to know. The two of them chatted for a while, and immediately went out of the dining-room, and followed the baron who led the way in a few steps.

The interior of the castle seems to be mostly made of wood, the floor, staircase and walls are all made of dark wood, and the sunlight cannot shine in at all, and can only be lit by candles on some huge benches, under the candlelight, in a few corners, there are guards, hearing the movement of the dining room, turning their heads and glancing, and then hiding in the shadow of the candlelight.

The baron did not mention Geralt's delay in the dining room, but instead walked up the stairs and said something else, "When my daughter was a baby, she was very fond of animals. Once, she saw a deer head decoration on the wall, and you know what she asked?"

The staircase folds back and forth and hovers upward, and the wall at the corner retains several large animal head ornaments, one of which is a forked bighorn stag.

"I don't know. ”

"Daddy, is the deer's ass on the other side of the wall? How did it get into the wall by you? Hahahaha, do you know what that means? That's a great trophy!"

"Children see things from a different perspective than adults, because they are rarely disturbed by the external environment and usually rely on their own intuition, while we think too much and ignore the original essence of things. Luo Xian said casually.

"I like your explanation," cried the baron without looking back.

The restaurant is on the first floor of the castle, and the end of the staircase leads to the third floor, which is a short journey that spans dozens of steps more than three meters wide.

The baron led the two to the door of a room on the third floor.

"If any bastard dares to hurt her, I'll skin him alive. The baron's words brought the short journey to an end. He raised his hands and pushed on the wooden door, but it didn't open, and no matter how hard he tried, it still didn't open.

The baron immediately knocked on the wooden door with his hands and feet, "This is it, damn it, damn it, it looks like it's stuck again." ”

Finally the baron slammed open the wooden door with his shoulders wider than a bear, "This is my bedroom with Anne, I haven't slept here since she disappeared that night, and Tamara's room is next door." ”

Wooden doors in another world don't seem to have the concept of door locks turning handles, almost all of them exist in the form of latches and locks, and the only decorative doorknobs exist for sliding doors, rather than twisting the door lock. So, at this time, the door can easily be closed from the inside when people are not looking, and they don't seem to have much to do other than break it down with violence.

The door of the baron's daughter's room seemed to be normal, and it was opened at once, and the baron sighed and sat down directly on a bench in the hallway, "I won't go in, you can see for yourself." Remember, though, that I want everything to be in place until they get home safely. ”

Rowe followed Geralt into the baron and his wife's room. The room is very large, Luo Xian inspected it a little, almost more than two hundred close to three hundred square meters, the room is very smooth, you can see the outside of the castle from the window here, basically there is no partition. It seems that only in the bath and convenient places are separated by screens.

In addition to a huge bed large enough to seat eight people, the room seems to have a bar and a long dining table, making it easy to host a small gathering of an intimate nature.

The floor is covered with thick animal skins, all well treated and smellless.

Geralt scanned the room, looking around with the help of sunlight and candle lighting, and after a while, he walked up to an empty wall, pointed to some outlines, and said, "Look here, there is a slight change in the color of the wood on the wall, I'm sure there was something hanging here before. ”

"Because of the shading of things, there are some differences between parts of the wood under the perennial sunlight?"

"Yes, that's what I meant. ”

Luo Xian smiled, "I think I know what it is." He gestured to a cabinet. On the top of the cabinet is a painting more than a meter wide depicting the baron and his wife.

"It's supposed to be, this cabinet is on the sunny side, and no one is going to put their own paintings here. And if there are candles on the cabinet, aren't you afraid that the painting will be burned by accident? A good painting is worth a lot these days. Finally, judging by the amplitude of the painting, it should be where we just found it. Geralt explained, affirming Roxian's opinion.

"What is this?"

The two took down the painting and immediately noticed that there was a greasy thing behind the painting.

"A hole, the wooden board was broken, and it seemed that someone wanted to cover up this very abrupt hole, so the painting was moved here at random. ”

"This side is a hole, and what is the other side?" said that it was a hole, but in fact it was two broken wooden boards, and on the other side of the board, it was obvious that a delicate pattern carving had been broken, and the pattern seemed to be part of a piece of furniture.

"The wardrobe, this is the wardrobe, the wardrobe has been broken by something. Luo first walked around the plank, went directly to the other side, reached in and touched it a few times, and somehow took out a black piece of wood and handed it to Geralt. "I don't know what the shards are, they're quite heavy. ”

Geralt took the wooden block in his hand, looked at it carefully for a moment, and then tossed the weight on his hand, "The candlestick, it's a fragment of the candlestick. In order to protect themselves from being blown over by the wind, the candelabra used by the nobles was usually made of metal or precious wood, which was heavy, and could also be used as a blunt weapon for striking if necessary. ”

"This room belongs to the Baron and his wife, and the painting has been moved here, and it must have been done by the Baron himself, but I don't understand why he didn't just replace the wardrobe and the wooden board, but moved the painting over to cover it. ”

"It takes at least a little over a month to make such a gorgeous wardrobe... This intricate pattern is very difficult to carve and requires the cooperation of skilled craftsmen and goldsmiths. It was a time of war, and carpenters, cobblers, and blacksmiths of good craftsmanship had been requisitioned by the army, and he could not find them. Geralt pointed to the wardrobe decorated with gold and silver lacquer, and said that many of the small objects on it were directly inlaid with pure gold and sterling silver, which looked extremely luxurious.

"It's really beautiful, and probably the nobles have devoted their attention to it rather than to the daily lives of the people. ”

"Since the shards of the candelabra have broken the back of the wardrobe, it proves that there must have been a fierce quarrel in this room, and the baron was covering it up, and it was getting more and more interesting. ”

Luo Xian looked around, "The room was cleaned by the baron's arrangement, and all the traces at that time must have been disposed of, and the wardrobe was covered up by the baron, so no one dared to check it, so we found the candlestick fragments that we didn't have time to deal with." However, it is difficult to find and restore the situation on that day. Pointing to a few vases filled with flowers, he said, "These flowers must have been changed by someone who came in and changed them regularly." It seems that the baron really wants his wife and daughter to come back at any time. ”

Geralt touched his nose, "It may be difficult for ordinary people, but for demon hunters, some things are just hidden, and there is no chance of being discovered. ”

Luo Xian suddenly remembered Geralt's feline-like eyes and extraordinary sense of smell, and nodded with a smile, "I'm sorry for you." ”

"Since the evidence points to the candlestick, look at where the candlestick is placed, although the damaged candlestick must have been replaced. Geralt seemed confident, and walked leisurely around the room, occasionally picking up an item or two to look at them carefully before putting them down again.

"Found it~" It didn't take long for a confident voice to appear on Geralt.

Geralt stood in front of the dining table and pointed to a tabletop, "Although it has been handled very carefully, nothing can be hidden from my eyes and nose. Here, there are a lot of wine stains, and the smell of wine seeps into the lines of the wood, and it seems that someone has broken the bottle here. The candlestick is also new, if it is a candlestick that is placed on the table all the year round, there will definitely be traces of grease and alcohol covering, but unfortunately there is no one on this one, and the one that has been replaced is the broken one. ”

Geralt stretched out his finger and twisted it on the table, then put it under his nose and sniffed, "Ephrus wine from the Towcente region, the aroma of this fine wine can remain in place for more than a week." ”

Immediately afterward, Geralt's eyes began to change visibly with the naked eye, and the yellow vertical pupils, which were already different from ordinary people, emitted a faint and visible yellow light, searching for something in the air with all his might.

"Found it, see where the remnants of the wine can take us..."

"White wolf, your trick is a bit powerful, you can even search for a specific smell without being affected by other smells. But being your friend and lover isn't a good thing, and you can find out with your nose and eyes the whereabouts of the past few weeks. Luo Xian admired Geralt's ability and was a little afraid, in front of these demon hunters, ordinary people didn't have any secrets to speak of.

Luo Xian remembered that when he was in the fire brigade, they also had fire search and rescue dogs, these guys were more expensive than people, and they were worth a lot of money, and they were millions at will.

Said a professor who came to train them on how to raise and train fire search and rescue dogs. Animals such as bears, wolves, and dogs have a special "chamber" in their noses, and they will wrap the information gas they need in it, and the number is as high as tens of thousands, hundreds of thousands. In the case of odor interference, they will release a certain amount of small indoor gas to compare and analyze with the outside world at all times, so as to ensure the accuracy of information judgment and track the target from a long distance.

"Don't worry, my friends are either demon hunters or wizards, they all have ways to shield their bodies from smell, and ordinary people have very few friends, which is one of the reasons why I am hated by people. And you don't have to worry, a skeleton of bones has no interest in me. Geralt listened to Luo Xian's words and had a rare sense of humor.

"You hurt me so much that it ruined our friendship. Although he said sad in his mouth, Luo Xian's tone was teasing.

"Let's go, let's see, where can this smell take us?"

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