Chapter 473 Let the Demon Hunter Investigate the Demon Hunter

In the small and dim interrogation room, water droplets on the moss slid down the damp walls, just like sweat dripping from Aigalan's forehead.

At this moment, his hands and feet were tied to a chair, and the chair was nailed to the ground.

He had been struggling for a long time, but it had no effect other than the pain of the leather rope rubbing against his skin.

The burning pain on his skin made Aigalang couldn't help but hum softly.

He really couldn't understand why he was the only one who came on the day of the agreed attack?

Where the hell did those damn cowards go?

The answer is simple. Except for the boss Favaleri, all his accomplices were arrested.

Before the Kush boys arrived, Jilo rode day and night to Autumn Dusk Island and caught all three demon hunters in two days.

Through the small window behind Aigalan, Horn could see him twisting his body anxiously.

"You did a good job this time." Horn walked around Jilo as if he was meeting him for the first time. "When did you become so reliable?"

"It's all thanks to your correct leadership, Saint Sun. Without your correct leadership, I..."

"Hey, hey, hey, okay, okay, who did you learn this from?" Horn quickly interrupted Jilo's words. He looked at Jilo's smiling expression and immediately knew what he was doing.

"What are Boussac and Armand doing... How did you come up with the idea of ​​investigating the day-paid farmhands?"

"Your Majesty, for others, trying to identify a witcher is like trying to find a grain of rice among wheat grains, but for a witcher, a disguised witcher is more conspicuous than a green bean among a pile of red beans."

Ji Luo looked at Aigalang who was still puzzled in the interrogation room and smiled: "Since you have confirmed that there are demon hunters on the island, it will be much easier.

Just find the occupational group with the largest population and the fastest personnel turnover on the island.

Then find the job with the highest daily salary among the group, and screen out the people who are the most capable, the most diligent, and the most stingy, and you will soon find their traces.

I know them too well. With the wages on the island, it is impossible for them to resist taking part-time jobs.

The only exception was this guy, who was actually working as a construction worker with a low daily wage, which led to today's attack.

And that boss reacted so quickly, running away first, and then pushing this guy out to block the attack, really letting him escape from Qiumu Island."

"How did they get in?" Rafael, who was in charge of this, asked quickly.

"This actually has nothing to do with the checkpoint." Ji Luo touched the back of his head. "According to the confession, they came from a mountain tunnel. It is said that it can go directly from Kush Territory to Daze Township, bypassing the Long Road of Blood and Sweat."

Horn and Jeanna looked at each other and instantly remembered what Shilov had mentioned before, that a group of demon hunters suddenly broke into the island and took away all the information.

The group of demon hunters must have come in through this path.

"We have taken them to look for it, and they should find it soon."

"Okay." Horn closed the small window and sat back at the table. "Report to me when you find it. I will personally lead the investigation."

"Yes."

"Have all those Kush kids gone to Frick High School?" After solving the witcher's problem, Jeanna remembered what happened to those children.

"Everyone is here and they are checking us in. There are no casualties." Pasrick happened to walk in and heard what Jeanne said, and he answered immediately.

"Why did they come to assassinate these Kush brothers?" Jeanne asked Gillot who was standing beside her.

Ji Luo quickly turned around and bowed before saying, "According to them, the mastermind behind this incident is the Osra family from the Thorn Garden. They spent 50 gold pounds to hire them in order to destroy your relationship with the Kush nobles."

"Destroy the relationship between me and Knight Kush? The Osra family?" Horn felt that the name sounded familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had heard it.

Bonard, who was standing next to him, saw Horn's confusion and immediately stepped forward to explain: "The Osra family is the leader of the northern nobles. Although their fiefdom only has two counties in the Thorn Garden, their sphere of influence spans both the Thorn Garden and the Gravel Plain.

The Blue Bee Dynasty gave them many privileges, and almost all northerners followed his lead. "

Under the rule of the empire, the administrative unit under the province was called a "territory".

For example, the Kaimu Province where Horn is located has three territories: Thousand River Valley, Gravel Plain and Black Snake Bay.

Horn doesn't even have the strength of two counties, but the Osra family's sphere of influence spans two territories.

If Eagle Foot Bay in the northwest is included, then the power of the northern nobles will be completely divided.

At present, the Kingdom of Leia can be roughly divided into three groups: Longsong nobles, northern nobles, and manor nobles. The Blue Bee Royal Family and Longsong nobles control the two most fertile places, Dawn Island and River Island, while the manor nobles are a general term for nobles who do not belong to either faction.

Windmill Land, Fairy Stone Farm and Thousand River Valley all belong to the group of manor nobles, but they are far less close and united than the first two.

"Then what do they have to do with us? He is a staunch supporter of the Pope?" Horn asked in confusion.

"Have you forgotten the Countess Marika whom you killed on the battlefield?" Bonard drew the Osla family emblem of a broken-horned bull on a piece of paper and handed it to Horn. "The Osla family motto is that debts must be repaid and grudges must be avenged."

"What it means is that if I fight with their family, I am not allowed to kill their family members. How is that logic?" Jeanna, who was following nearby, couldn't help but curse.

"If we don't kill them, they will surrender and pay the ransom." Bonard shrugged. "This is also part of repaying a debt."

"It seems that the Osla family and the Blue Bee family have a very good relationship." Horn twisted the crossbow arrow in his hand and asked casually.

"No, on the contrary, their relationship is not good, and they can even be considered enemies." Although he was born into a low-level knight family in France, Bonard had worked as a secretary monk in the church after all, and he was quite familiar with the grievances between the nobles of Leia.

"why?"

"This all starts with the war of succession." Holding the book in his arms, Bonard told the story.

“Back then, the territory of the Duke of Blue Bee, King Virgie Newman, was located at the northern end of Dawn Island, bordering the Osra family.

When he launched the rebellion, he received strong support and marriage from the Osra family.

So King Fergie Newman once promised that if he ascended the throne, he would appoint Duke Frerich of the Osla family as the prime minister. "

"But he broke his promise," Horn followed up.

Bonard looked at Horn in surprise: "Yes, you guessed it right. The old king broke his promise after he came to power... How did you guess it?"

Isn't this nonsense?
From this description alone, Horn could easily guess that the Blue Bee family was weak to begin with, and had to rely on the joint efforts of other nobles and funding from the Osla family to come to power.

If someone from the Osra family were to become prime minister, the two sides could form an alliance through marriage, the royal family would owe them a favor, and they could even take control of the finances.

Two generations later, will the name of Changge City be Brumby (Blue Bee) or Osra?

"Don't worry about how I guessed it, just keep talking."

After looking at Horn for several times, Bonard continued, "After being rejected, the Duke of the Osla family made a second choice, hoping to obtain a fiefdom on Heshang Island and become a member of the Changge nobility.

This move was opposed by the Changge nobles of Heshang Island, and they eventually gave the Osla family a piece of land at the bottom of the river, excluding the river water and fish.

At that time, the patriarch of the Osla family, Duke Freilich, felt teased and humiliated. In a fit of rage, he even refused the appointment as the royal finance minister and ran back to the family fiefdom.

Because of this incident, the Blue Bee family also made a series of compensations and concessions, giving the Osra family many fiefs and privileges, and even part of the royal coinage rights, allowing them to mint gold pounds.

However, the feud has been formed, and the two have always had a relationship that is superficially harmonious but spiritually distant.

Otherwise, the Osra family would not have remained neutral in this Leia civil war, watching the Blue Bee royal family fight to the point of bloodshed."

Horn understood.

It's the old story of how local tyrants sponsor their agents to take control of the central government, and after they succeed, they think they can rise to prominence in one fell swoop.

The new royal family of Blue Bee feared that the Osra family would interfere with the monarch's power, and the old Goldfinch Banner nobles of the Central Core feared that he would bring the northern nobles into their sphere of influence.

The new monarch and his old ministers hit it off and kicked the local tyrant out of the core ruling circle.

There is nothing new under the sun.

In any case, since it was this wealthy duke who made the offer, how could there be only 50 gold pounds? Perhaps they only caught one of them.

Horn thought that there couldn't be only a few big and small cats like these, and he had to continue to catch the rest of the witchers who were hiding or sneaking in.

"Announce to the public that the demon hunter has been captured, then continue the secret investigation and increase vigilance." After walking around outside the interrogation room four or five times, Horn looked up again.

"Dispatch the Cheka and a Guards Corps to garrison on Autumn Dusk Island."

"Speed ​​up the training of the Night Watchmen, triple the number of Night Watchmen on Autumn Dusk Island, and give priority to recruiting from the Skitarii."

“The number of military police will also be tripled, with priority given to recruiting from military families.”

"Yes, Your Majesty."

(End of this chapter)