Captain Lades came to the city today not on vacation, but was sent to find someone to help repair a broken steam engine in the Red Water Camp.
Hearing that Captain Lades was also a member of the Redwater Camp, Shade asked him about the First Company of the Redwater Camp - Lieutenant Suwton, who Rezia asked Shade to help investigate.
Captain Ladds was not very wary of Shad, and told him directly that Lieutenant Suwton recently won a large sum of gold pounds playing cards with others in the city, and some people even saw him smoking cigars outside the camp when he was on duty at night. .
"Very expensive cigars?"
Shad asked.
"Are there any cheap cigars?"
Captain Ladds asked curiously.
So, the matter that Leiziya asked Xia De to investigate was simply completed in this way.
Captain Lades was very familiar with the school set up in the castle, and when he heard that Shade was looking for someone, he offered to help him lead the way. . Anyway, he has already found the person he was looking for, and just now he was thinking of finding a tavern in the city to sit down before returning to the team in the evening.
Now that I met Xia De, it's okay to help.
Although it is called "Mechanical College", the folklore major in the school is not small at all. With Captain Lades in military uniform leading the way, the two walked through the academy without any hindrance.
Over the scholars walking in the castle with books, passing by the young students discussing their homework and grades, and finally hanging on the east side of the third floor of the castle is the slightly narrow single-person "Folklore-No. In the office, they met Professor John Dunn.
Professor Dunn is a middle-aged man who has no hair but looks only in his forties. Although the clothes are a little rough, but the eyes behind the pair of gold-rimmed glasses are very sharp.
He was also somewhat surprised to see an officer visiting with a stranger, and rose to welcome him. But after hearing Xia De's self-introduction, and talking about Grandma Cassandra, the professor immediately understood:
"Good afternoon, Mr. Watson, Captain Rudds. So you are Ms. Cassandra's people. Well, please sit down. The matter is as it is."
He also regarded the captain as a person investigating the whereabouts of the antiques. The captain was fine in the afternoon, and seeing that Xia De did not object, he also sat down and listened.
"Our college's folklore major has a good relationship with Cassandra Auction House. In other words, most of the college's folklore major is sponsored by Cassandra Auction House."
Speaking of this matter, the professor seemed very calm:
"Our relationship with Cassandra Auction House has been around for more than 100 years, and the graduates are also very popular with the auction house. Not long ago, I got a very good bronze jar, and the antique was heard Ms. Cassandra, who got the news, bought it. She was supposed to hand over the bronze jar to the auction house this week, but the jar was accidentally stolen."
"Stolen? Any leads?"
Xia De took out his portable notebook and prepared to record.
The professor nodded:
"That bronze pot must still be in the academy, because it's probably and...well."
The professor looked around:
"Probably as tall as this captain. To move this kind of cargo in and out, it needs to be registered, and we're pretty sure it wasn't shipped."
"Why didn't you call the police?"
Captain Lades asked curiously.
"After all, it's a theft within the academy, and it's not good for us to spread it out, and..."
The professor's eyes wandered for a moment:
"The way to get that antique is, some, yes, just some... not in accordance with the terms of the mandatory state rules generally followed by the general public... You understand?"
Both Shad and Captain Ladds nodded, aka illegal, but neither cared about it:
"So besides knowing that the pot must be in this castle, is there any other clue?"
Xia De asked again.
"I know that I shouldn't doubt my students casually, but Mr. Henry Val, who is about to graduate in two years, is very suspicious. You can ask him for investigation. Your identities are hired by Cassandra Auction House Detective. I've already said hello in advance in the academy, you can walk around here as you like."
Henry Wall is a 22-year-old student of folklore at Fort Midhill Mechanical College. He was born in a wealthy farmer family in the northern countryside of Fort Midhill. But two years ago, due to some reasons, the young students who were used to a rich life due to their family’s decline, still maintained their original standard of living after that, and were found by the college in the winter of 1851 to sell illegal drug.
After being given a stern warning and ordered to repeat for a year, young Henry Wall is back to normal. As for doubting him, it was because before the bronze jar was stolen, someone saw him appearing sneakily near Professor Dunn's office, and when he was found by the professor for questioning, he acted abnormally
state.
"I can't directly ask my own students if they are thieves."
Professor Dunn said helplessly:
"To be honest, I don't want to believe that my students are thieves, so I asked Ms. Cassandra to send a powerful helper to help me investigate. I don't know how much Ms. Cassandra spent to invite you, but as long as I can find I can give you five pounds each for that bronze pot."
The folklore professor looks very well off.
"Very well, Professor."
He wanted to ask about the "Twin Gods" before investigating, but Professor Dunn seemed very busy, so he asked Xia De to come to him after investigating the antique theft.
So Shad and Captain Ladds left the professor's office, and then found Mr. Henry Wall in the large library in the basement of the college.
This is a young man with yellow hair, wearing a pair of glasses like the professor, and wearing his own clothes instead of the college uniform. From his clothes, it can't be seen that his family has fallen into poverty.
When Shad and Captain Lades saw him, the young man was looking for books in the "Folklore and Culture" bookshelf. Seeing the two coming, he put back the book that he wanted to take out. Shad Glancing at the title of the book, it said "Legends and Anecdotes: Vampires in the Shadows" on the spine.
This should belong to popular novels or urban rumors.
"Gentlemen, what can I do?"
The young man with yellow hair asked, his tone a little impatient. He looked unusually tired, with dark circles under his eyes.
"We're hired by Cassandra Auctions to investigate the theft of antiques and want to question every student who has been in the professor's office this past weekend."
Xia De said, looking behind the person who was talking to him. Captain Lades and this Mr. Henry Val certainly couldn't see it, but he clearly saw the soul of a young woman lying on his back.
It was an evil spirit, but its power was not strong, so it was not to the extent that ordinary people could see it during the day. Seeing Xia De looking at her, the evil spirit wanted to growl at Xia De, but after being glared at by Xia De, he honestly stopped moving.
"There are so many evil spirits in Castle Midhill."
Xia De thought in his heart.
"No problem, what do you want to ask?"
Mr. Val said that nothing unusual could be seen from the expression. Shad winked at Captain Lades and asked him to help record, then asked:
"You went to the professor's office on the weekend. The professor said that you were asking about the end-of-year exam. At that time, did you see the big bronze pot in the corner?"
"I see, that thing is so big, it's hard not to notice it."
"Did you ask about that jar?"
"Yes, I asked, I'm curious about it."
"So, have you told anyone else about the bronze pot?"
The young man thought a little impatiently:
"I think I mentioned it at Barbara Jelling's weekend party, but I don't remember anyone who heard me say it, but not less than a bunch of guys. "
"A stack" also refers to the number 14 in the common language of De La Rion. It is said that this is because the original canned fish was sold in bundles of 14.
"No problem, then bother you."
Shad said, greeted Captain Lades and bid farewell to Mr. Val. After leaving the row of bookshelves, Xia De glanced back to confirm that the other party had not followed.
And Captain Lades whispered at this time:
"There's something wrong with that young man~www.mtlnovel.com~ His eyes are a bit too fierce. It's like... I've seen this kind of eyes too much, especially most of the students here don't have much The circumstances that society went through, Henry Val, he definitely saw blood."
The captain said with certainty that before the title of "Captain of Eight Guns", he actually came up from ordinary soldiers, so this judgment should be no problem.
"Ever seen blood?"
Shad nodded. The evil spirit he saw entangled Henry Val and was destroying his vitality was probably the source of "seeing blood":
"Captain, can you keep an eye on him for a while? Observe whether he leaves the library, and if he does, try to find out where he has gone."
"Do you have any other leads to investigate?"
Captain Lades asked curiously.
"Yes, I'm a professional detective, and I haven't encountered any unsolvable commissions so far."
Shad smiled and tapped his chest, and Captain Lades recalled the scene where Shad helped a woman who lost her child find her child on the street of Tobesk a few months ago. At that time, Xia De also like
It was as if he observed some clues out of thin air, and found the alley where the prisoner was with almost no detours.
"Well, I can still ask other students about the bronze pot here."
The captain fully trusted Shad.
"Okay. Oh, and also to ask if there have been any homicides at this school in recent weeks."
Shad said, Captain Lades frowned slightly:
"You mean...no problem, leave it to me."