The body of the murdered businessman was placed in the middle surrounded by seven carriages of the Red Hair Chamber of Commerce.
Several members of the chamber of commerce seemed to be familiar with the deceased, and they were kneeling on the grass and touching their tears. Kiel raised his chin at the crying buddies, and Mr. Orobi who followed beside him explained in a low voice: "They are relatives of the dead Shillong."
"Oh." Kyle nodded.
So he led someone to the corpse, and knelt down to check on the businessman who died last night.
The businessman's name was Neil Shillong, and he belonged to a steward of the Red Hair Chamber of Commerce. He is about the same age as Mr. Orobi, both in their thirties, and he is considered a man who is more accomplished at this age.
But at this time, his corpse was not so elegant, most of his body was not wearing any clothes, only a sheet was wrapped around his waist that was stained with a lot of blood, barely covering his lower body.
Beside Kiel, the two town guards also squatted down to check together. The others who accompanied him stood around and watched. The clerk called by Knight Rumi took out a notebook and began to record something with the pen and ink on his waist.
The baron's personal guard stood aside doing nothing, so he told Kiel and went to call the team of militiamen assigned to them.
Keir waved his hand in agreement, and then discussed with the two guards beside him.
"There is no clothing on the body, and the blood on the cloth around the waist is bright red, which is fresh blood from the wound before death."
"The wounds are on the chest. Both are fatal wounds pierced through the rib gap."
Kiel touched the wound: "It's a finger and a half wide, and the cut is very thin."
Then insert your fingers along the wound: "It's exactly one finger deep, reaching the chest. Hey, it's both."
The young guard next to him squinted his eyes: "Both are fatal wounds, and they are so clean and neat, it doesn't look like a novice. Premeditated murder?"
The sturdy guard shook his head: "It's hard to say, but the murderer didn't use a common dagger for such a narrow wound. It's too narrow."
Kiel nodded. Indeed, the blade of this dagger is very narrow, not the common one. Generally speaking, most ordinary people have a dagger for self-defense. Most of them are iron daggers made by ordinary blacksmiths. In order to have sufficient strength and usefulness, the dagger is wider, longer and thicker.
Kiel turned the body of the deceased over and checked the back of the body. There were no other wounds. Obviously, it was the two hits on the front of the chest that killed the caravan steward.
He opened his mouth and took a look inside his mouth, only to find a strong smell of wine gushing out. After waving his hand and fanning away the bad breath and the smell of alcohol, Keir looked at the other person's mouth, there was no injury or strange place inside.
He clapped his hands and stood up, and walked towards Mr. Orobi, who was talking to other caravan stewards who came back to talk: "I saw your friend, he was stabbed to death with a dagger. So, where did you find him?" dead body?"
"It's in the biggest tavern in Grass Rat Town next door. That tavern is called Burning Grassland. Several of us went to drink some wine last night, but Shillong was a bit drunk. We came back after drinking properly, but he didn't He was willing to go, and said he wanted to drink more, if he was drunk and didn't go back at night, we asked us to take him back in the morning and put him in the carriage to sober up."
Another person added: "We're all used to it, he's usually like this, but it's okay, when he's drunk, he'll just fall asleep and won't look for things, so we're all used to it. A few of us went back that night, so we didn't think about it the first time. I didn't see him back the next morning, so I went there early and carried him back when he was drunk."
"How many people went there in the morning?" Keel asked with narrowed eyes.
"Three people? Yes, three people." Mr. Orobi pointed to himself, and the two chamber managers next to him.
Kiel nodded and continued to ask: "So, after you guys finished drinking last night, were there several people who stayed together all the way from the tavern in Grass Rat Town to the caravan camp outside the town? Someone was left behind, or It’s convenient to go to the side halfway, so that you come back one step behind?”
"What? No, no!" When the few of them heard Kiel's words, they felt that the taste was wrong, and they all shook their heads: "You suspect that our own people killed him? Impossible, a caravan going out is a family People, we can only face many malicious guys if we trust each other and unite together."
"Kiel, you're not a businessman, you don't understand, if we people had evil intentions, we wouldn't have come this far. Let alone building everything we have now!"
Keir folded his arms and shrugged. "Maybe. I apologize for what I said, but I have reservations about how."
Several businessmen glared at Kiel, but they didn't dare to say anything. After all, it would be terrible if they really angered the young boy in front of him and identified them as murderers.
Maybe their journey will end in a very bad situation. And it's an extremely disreputable way in the circle.
The Red-haired Chamber of Commerce might be disbanded because of this.
Thinking of this, several people looked at each other, and everyone had some thoughts, 'I am not the murderer myself, but there is no guarantee that someone else sneaked away at night and went to the town to kill Xilong. '
He couldn't ask anything from the businessman, so Keir called other people and prepared to go to the place where the deceased was found to be killed. There are still some permits that need to be done.
After all, it is not a place in Kendall County. This is not a place where Baron Kendall can obtain the power to investigate as soon as he speaks.
Grass Rat Town has its own ruler, and Kiel met him yesterday when he came here early to make a stand. At this time, when he went to investigate the town, the first step was to visit the lord of the town. Extra fat knight.
Just in time, the baron's personal guard, Lubis, was leading a ten-member Nightingale militia team over. They also brought a few horses, including Keir's horses.
At this time, the other caravans had already packed up. For the red-haired caravan, although the stewards did not participate in the work, the other caravan employees consciously prepared the caravan's carriages and they were ready to set off at any time.
"Boss, do you want to go?" A man sitting on the driver's seat asked loudly. Obviously, this guy was not familiar with the dead chamber of commerce. personal. They either fell ill and died, or were attacked by wild animals and died, or got into trouble in other places and were beaten to death, or the most unlucky one was robbed by a large group of bandits who wanted to rob people and their goods.
These guys have already made all kinds of psychological preparations. As long as things don't fall on their heads, no one will take them seriously. That is to say, the stewards have known each other for many years, and the companion was killed, so they are very concerned.
Several caravan stewards discussed it, and decided to follow the previous decision, let Mr. Orobi stay to help with the investigation, and the others followed the baron's army and tried to walk as long as possible on the commercial roads of the western provinces. Familiarize yourself with unfamiliar trade routes and look for opportunities to make money.
As for the body of the deceased, Kiel asked the Nightingale militia squad to guard the place and set up a tent here. No matter how you look at it, this situation will not be settled in a day. The way to deal with the corpse is to put it in a big sack first, and after Kiel and the others go to the town for a while, they will find the priest of the Church of the Dead God in the town to deal with it.
I will not burn the corpse before the murderer is found out, but let the priest simply dispose of the corpse, so as not to let bad things happen to the dead corpse, and then burn the corpse before leaving, leaving only the ashes for Ouluo Mr. must bring it.
After all the arrangements were completed, it didn't take much time. The spring sun had just appeared on the horizon, and the moon on the other side of the sky hadn't even officially set.
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Keel and his party headed towards Grass Rat Town.
Next to it is the Kendall army walking around the town, and a large group of caravans following behind.
The addition of a large number of caravans and carriages made the army much larger than it actually looked. If it wasn't for knowing that there were less than 600 people capable of fighting, Kiel would have thought it was an army of thousands of people Well, even if there are thousands of people, the scale of this carriage is too big.
Close to the northwest gate of Grass Rat Town, the merchants coming and going here, and even the guards and tax collectors at the gate are all talking about this army and the caravan accompanying it.
After all, even if the people of Grass Rat Town, located on the commercial road, are used to merchants, they rarely see elite troops of this size, and many weird caravans accompanying them.
Outsiders entering and leaving the town only need to pay a copper coin to enter and exit the town at will, while locals do not need it.
Because several people came here on foot and did not bring any large luggage, the soldiers guarding the gate of the town just stared at the weapons and equipment on Kiel and the others, and asked about the purpose of Kiel and the others.
"I am the knight attendant of a knight in the army just now. This is the personal guard of our army leader, Baron Kendall. This time I came here to ask your lord to do something. Take me there."
When Kiel said this, the soldiers guarding the gate didn't even confiscate their entry tax, and they didn't dare to neglect to lead them to a tall building on the side of the town.
Kiel knew that the tall building was the mansion where the town lord knight lived.
It is said to be a mansion, but it is actually more like a localized small 'castle'. One-tenth of the town is occupied by that building. The solid wall of the adobe brick log building, which is much taller than the wooden wall of the town, surrounds the building for a week, but the main entrance is not big, only allowing a carriage to enter and exit carefully.
And there are many arrow towers on the wall of this building. Not only are there many shooting walls and perforations shot by archers and crossbowmen, but there are even throwing crossbow stones standing on the arrow towers.
Entering the heavily guarded gate, there are many soldiers guarding here, just like a small military camp.
However, the main body of the building is different. After all, this is the home of the knight lord, so some servants still come in and out here.
Kiel came here yesterday, so he wasn't surprised by the surroundings. Others who hadn't been here were curious about what the local master meant by arranging so many soldiers near his home.
Keir was also curious, but he would not ask rashly.
After all, it has nothing to do with him.
If he settled here, he must understand these things clearly, but he is just a passerby, so he is not curious.
Stopping outside a gate outside the building of the knight's mansion, the soldiers leading the way explained the situation to the attendants, and soon, the attendants who turned back came back: "My lord let them in. Oh, I have seen you, young man."
Kiel smiled at the middle-aged attendant: "Yes, I came yesterday."
The attendant didn't say much, it wasn't his place to ask.
Kiel called the baron's personal guard, the clerk, and Mr. Orobi, and the four of them walked in together under the guidance of the attendants.
Different from the rough and concise local style on the outside of the building, the decoration inside the building is much more delicate. And maybe the town was built on a commercial road, so the owner here is quite wealthy. From the outside to the restaurant where we met, there are all kinds of decorative things in different styles, but they all show the owner's financial resources and power.
Even Rubis, Baron Kendall's personal guard, has to admit that although the knight lord's family background is far inferior to Baron Kendall's, at least in terms of superficial wealth, the two are comparable.
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In the dining room, the local knight lord Rusvis-Anvina was dining with his family.
However, his family members had already had their fill, and after breakfast, they were drinking the dew and fragrant flowers that the maids picked from outside the town in the morning to make tea.
As the master of the house, the Anvina knight did not finish the meal, and the others could not leave the table to do their own things.
So I had to sit aside and talk about some new and interesting things.
It just so happened that a northern army supporting the border war in the southern provinces of the kingdom passed by yesterday. This is a rare and new thing.
Anvina Knight is tall, at least about 2.2 meters tall, and sitting is as tall as ordinary people standing, and his weight is even more amazing. Even if he is not wearing knight-specific armor, he can hold the weight of five or six ordinary people up.
Even more so in food intake.
The rest of the family had finished breakfast and rested, and he was still cutting a juicy steak with his usual dagger instead of a table knife.
Then put it into your mouth with a big mouthful, chew carefully and fully before swallowing.
He somewhat misses the taste of those monsters in the sea of grass in the western province, and what he misses even more is the fact that he can provide his huge and powerful body with energy for many days with only a small amount of monster meat.
He has long been tired of these tender meat steaks that tasted delicious, but he was born so strong, and he was born to eat so much food, otherwise he would be hungry and panic.
"Master, the knight attendant from yesterday is here again. They said they met on business."
The attendant walked up to the tall knight and whispered.
The servants who serve the knights know that as long as they are in a room, no matter how soft their voices are, the masters who are knights can hear them. When they say something that only the knights want to hear, they only need to lower their voices. , will pass the words to the knight without the other people in the room noticing.
The Anvina knight waved his hand: "Let me in."
His family was taken aback by the knight who suddenly spoke, but then saw four outsiders walking in from the restaurant door.
They all dressed very differently from those in the western province. Those who saw Keir yesterday immediately guessed that the remaining three were also those from Kendall County in the northwest province.
Kiel and the others saluted the Anvina knights in turn. Keir had communicated with this tall and fat knight who seemed scary but was actually very talkative yesterday, so he was not rude.
The other three couldn't do it. Rubis simply relied on years of habit to perform a ritual, but he was still surprised by the size of the Anvina knight.
The clerk Yi Moore was a little flustered, his legs were so weak that he almost spilled the ink from his waist, but fortunately he quickly supported him and stabilized him.
The merchant Oulobize had a surprised expression on his face, and unconsciously drew a coin circle on his chest, and uttered a prayer of warning from the Church of the God of Wealth.
Knight Anvina rolled his eyes. He knew that people who had never seen him would be shocked, so he was used to it.
"You're Keir, right? What do you want me to do?"
The tall and fat knight Anvina spoke with a very majestic and imposing voice, which made the three accompanying Kiel calm down.
Kiel smiled. He chatted with this knight for a long time yesterday, and the relationship is pretty good. The knight liked the story about how Kiel dealt with monsters. Type monsters and alien races, but have never seen what a real monster looks like.
"Master Anwena, it is like this. So this, this and this."
Kiel briefly recounted what happened in the morning, and there was nothing he couldn't say. Although the foreign businessman was murdered in his territory, it was a bit ugly, but the incident itself has not yet determined who the murderer is.
Keir bluntly stated that his opinion and support should be sought before the investigation, which made the Anvina family in the restaurant feel respected.
To be honest, there are too many rough people in this world, especially the outsiders, because they have nothing to do with the local area, so most of the outsiders act without any scruples. They often make a fuss after they come, and finally pat their butts After leaving, even if he did something good, the local nobles and lords often feel very upset.
My territory! Give me some face, will you?
What? your territory? Don't care about me! Your face? You can catch me and give you face again!
Although it is not good to investigate the murder of a businessman, but these people know that they have come to ask permission and support for the investigation in advance, which has already made the Anvina Knight feel at ease~www.mtlnovel.com~It’s a small matter! So, Pavel? Pavel, come here. The tall and fat knight Anvil waved his palm, which was more than twice the size of ordinary people, and called a young man who was drinking tea in the distance.
Pointing at this young man dressed smartly, the Anvil knight said: "This is my nephew, Pawe-Anvil. Let him follow you and help find out why the businessman was killed. People in the town look When he follows, you will know what is going on, and they will provide convenience."
"Thank you for your arrangement." Kiel saluted again.
"Bring a few people and take care of these polite northerners. Don't let the smoky things in the town hurt them. Do you understand?" Knight Anvil spoke softly, but the volume was still not small.
The knight's nephew, Mr. Pawei, immediately said that he had no problem with me: "Uncle, please trust me, they will find out what happened, and they won't be harmed."
"Well, then you all go down. After I finish eating this steak, I have to go to exercise."
After finishing speaking, the Anvina knight ignored Kiel and the others, and concentrated on eating food.
Walking out of the restaurant, Mr. Pawei asked Keel and the others to wait at the door of the house. He had to change his clothes first. The clothes he wore at home were not easy to get dirty when he went out.
Keir understands, especially for shoes, that the dirt roads on the streets outside are not easy to walk on, the streets near the knight's mansion are okay, the ground is all paved with smashed pebbles, but the rest of the town is not.
Sewage flowing across is the basis. You have to be careful with half-palm-thick silt, and don’t take it seriously when you see feces and urine.
To walk in ordinary villages and towns, you have to have a big heart.
Fortunately, Keir doesn't have a heart, so he never puts these things in his 'heart'.