"I didn't say that, Don Juan," Salvatore couldn't help complaining, "Isn't it too quiet here?"
He just walked all the way from the gate, but he didn't find a living person.
Not to mention Annan and the players, not even the servants and butlers.
What's more, the whole manor was pitch black, even the lights were not turned on...
From the gate of the manor to the inside of the house, it was pitch black. Only the restaurant is lit.
Yes, there was only light in the room where Annan and the corpse were.
Feeling in the dark, he walked all the way in a panic, and then pushed the dining room away—immediately he found a pale and quiet boy like a puppet and a fresh corpse that had just died under the dim light.
And Annan still looked at him without saying a word, with a weird smile on the corner of his mouth.
Those icy blue pupils made Salvatore's heart instantly cold.
He felt that he was almost scared and the erosion deepened...
"At least you turned on the light? Are you saving gas for His Majesty the Viscount? The price of green fire is not expensive, is it?"
Salvatore couldn't help complaining.
Under his remonstrance, Annan reluctantly turned on all the lights in the manor...
"I just don't want others to know that there are people in this manor."
Annan sighed, and explained patiently: "I have to stay here and look at the corpse. This is the most important evidence. But I don't want to just look at the corpse and let other important things in the manor disappear. fly… "
For example, things like cash, jewelry, or tokens.
Of course, Annan did not say this.
On the contrary, Salvatore was surprised: "What, didn't you really kill him?"
From this sentence, it can be seen that although Salvatore did not see through Annan's nesting dolls, he had an inexplicable insight into some of his inner personality habits...
Annan just patted the seat beside him calmly, motioning for Salvatore to sit next to him.
Afterwards, he explained in a low voice: "It is true that I killed it, but the problem is...
"He is a follower of the rotten man."
Salvatore was taken aback suddenly when he heard this.
He slowly looked at Viscount Barber, his eyes gradually becoming enlightened.
"...I see, I see."
He immediately asked Annan, "Have you tortured Alvin?"
I used to call him Lord Viscount, but now I call him Alvin.
Annan smiled silently, and responded, "It seems that you knew something from the beginning. You just didn't know that he was a rotten man."
"That's natural. It's not a secret that the Church of the Rotten is planning to invade the kingdom. After all, His Majesty is so old... Or, when every ruler's life span is approaching, the members of the Church of the Rotten will jump out of nowhere. It's like being a salesman.
"I just didn't expect that there could be people like them among the nobles..."
Salvatore sighed.
Annan watched his reaction and had a guess in his mind.
Could it be that the Black Tower already knew about the plan of the Church of the Rotten Man
So Annan asked, "Then do you know which ceremony they plan to use?"
He started with Wang Zha.
——It turned out to blow up the silly roe deer.
"You're talking about the 'Multiple Brothers Killing' ceremony, I know that too."
Salvatore replied straightforwardly: "This seemingly abnormal heir war happened too suddenly. At the very beginning, we suspected that this might be a part or a precursor of some kind of ceremony, and in the possible ceremony , the most likely is the life-extending ceremony of 'Multiple Sons Killing'.
"It's just that the kingdom's intelligence department has never been able to find even a single person involved in the Church of the Rotten Man, so it's impossible to be sure... But His Majesty is very smart, and I think he should know it in his own mind."
Hearing this, Annan was silent for a moment.
... Salvatore, an honest boy, proved to Annan what is free giving with practical actions.
Annan just asked casually, and this honest boy leaked a lot of information.
Now he can easily analyze a bunch of heavyweight news from Salvatore's words...
Annan sighed: "That's right, I did kill the Viscount. But don't disclose this information for now."
"You don't need to say much, I understand."
Salvatore nodded slowly: "You are indeed a wise and kind person, Don Juan."
Wait, what do you know
Annan was a little dazed.
But there was no emotion on his face, he just looked away silently.
Waiting for further explanation from Salvatore.
"After all, he is a viscount, and he is also a vassal of your grandfather. If he is killed by you, the official lord of the North Sea Territory and a direct descendant of the lord, it means that he has committed a felony that can be sentenced to death.
"Then his grandson will immediately become a sinner and be executed together. And he... knows nothing, has done nothing wrong. His only crime is that he is the grandson of Alvin Barber."
… Speaking of which, it seems that he does have a grandson.
But didn't he die in the fire
Annan heard the words and asked, "Where is his grandson now?"
"Church school, I've looked into it."
Salvatore replied: "He usually lives in a missionary school and only goes home on weekends. And this also explains another question...why was he sent to a missionary school?"
Annan nodded.
After accumulating common sense for a while, he was able to understand the hidden meaning of Salvatore's words.
This is not to say that church schools are bad... at least the safety issue can still be guaranteed. Mission schools are even safer than noble mansions. After all, no one will try to attack the Church of the Righteous God.
However, children who graduate from church schools can directly join the church through internal channels if they perform well. And skip the preparatory stage of doing chores like a deacon, and start directly as a priest—that is, a formal priest who can use divine magic.
In the situation where good classmates and friends have joined the church and got a decent and stable job, it is not common for children who are willing to go out alone to find a job.
Therefore, ordinary nobles, in order to prevent their children from joining the church when they become adults. They will not be allowed to enter missionary schools "to meet friends who do not match their status". Instead, some excellent tutors will be invited to provide one-on-one tutoring.
But Viscount Barbour was different.
He is willing to send his grandson to study in missionary schools... Many people also praise his devotion to the Silver Lord.
— But the problem was that Annan knew that Alvin Barber was not a follower of Silver Lord at all.
"This grandson of Viscount Barber should also be his sacrifice to the rotten man. The same should be true of his two previous sons, so he can live for so long... It is precisely because of this that he doesn't need to think about the children at all. Educational issues, and there is no need to consider his friendship issues... "
Salvatore analyzed.
Old Alvin only needs to consider "safety issues".
In other words, the freshness of the sacrifice.
Salvatore looked at Annan with some confusion: "No matter who you claim the Viscount was killed by, because I am here, there will be no difference in the handling of other follow-up matters.
"I can help you pass this important information to the Black Tower, and I can also escort your witnesses and physical evidence, and I can also testify for you... and according to the kingdom's law, you don't need to bear any responsibility for killing guilty nobles and priests.
"The only difference is that Viscount Barber's grandson, the real innocent in this case, lives or dies. If you claim that the Viscount was killed by you, then whether he intends to murder the heir to the royal family The great crimes of the Throne, or the factual 'minor crimes' of trying to murder you, the lord and lord, would get his grandson sentenced to death along with it...
"But if you claim that old Alvin was murdered, then not only will his grandson not be convicted, but he will be the only surviving heir, lucky enough to get Roseburg. The irony is that he was originally only used as livestock, as a Living as a sacrifice is simply a tool."
Salvatore sighed, and murmured in a low voice: "You must be complaining about him.
"My feeling is right, you are indeed a gentle person..."
… Wait a moment
Annan was a little taken aback when he heard his analysis.
What you analyzed seems to make a lot of sense
Do I really think so in my heart
— Stop, what did I think in the first place