Arcane Lord

Since Xia Duo has completed the task target of at least 400 gold coins, his mentality is very different at this moment. If the murderer can be investigated, it would be best to complete more targets.

And if there is still no result, it is not a loss. Mrs. Patty promised that even if there is no result, there will be a reward, but the murderer is not found.

But Kaili is different. The investigation into the cause of death has been preempted by Sha Duo, or has been given up by Mrs. Patty. Therefore, he can only seize Mrs. Patty's previous guarantee and try to get as many gold coins as possible.

When checking the secret compartment, Kaili reached out directly to grab the stack of parchment documents. As for the gold coins and the inconspicuous little statue, he didn't pay attention to it.

At least it is not more valuable than the written documents.

Seeing Kaili being so active, Xia Duo felt a little want to laugh. He didn't know the value of those parchments, but he recognized the small wooden carving.

He once owned one, which he brought back after killing Old Neil. In the end, he sold it for 500 gold coins, and these 500 gold coins were definitely not its true value.

Kaili went to get the paperwork, and Xia Duo went to get the small wooden sculpture.

…

Putting the wood carving close to his eyes and facing the light outside the window, Xia Duo squinted and observed the edge of the wood carving. Sure enough, there was a thin layer of silver light.

It’s the same material as the small wooden sculpture he got before!

Although the shape is different from the previous one, it can still be seen that she is a heroic woman. The carving skills do not seem to be very exquisite, and the face is a bit blurry, but the eyes are particularly expressive.

Xia Duo was particularly impressed by these eyes, and he recognized them at a glance this time, but what he couldn't figure out was that if he could carve such expressive eyes, why not carve the other parts better as well?

Is it the sculptor's bad taste? Or is there anything else you would like to do?

Xia Duo knew that, except for Turner, the middleman who used the leather shop as a selling point for stolen goods, all the masked men he met during the previous Moon Festival knew this kind of small wood carving.

Now, I see this kind of small wooden sculpture in the secret room of Fairbus Villa. Is there any connection between them?

Thinking like this, Master Kaili had already finished reading the stack of documents. When he saw Xia Duo holding the small wooden carving, he was lost in thought. He thought Xia Duo had found some clues, and his heart tightened, "Hey, Xia Duo, let me take a look at that wooden carving. "

Sha Duo motioned for him to bring the documents over. Master Kaili looked reluctant, but handed them over anyway. Sha Duo took the stack of documents and threw the small wooden sculpture casually.

The small wooden carving itself has no clues. If Xia Duo didn't know that there was another small wooden carving, or even passed through multiple hands, and was pursued by a mysterious masked man, he would probably pay attention to these secretly preserved documents and materials like Kaili did.

In fact, when Kaili saw Shado throwing the small wooden sculpture so casually, he regretted it, because he had actually found clues in the pile of books, although it might not necessarily point to the cause of Fairbus' death. , and the murderer, but if you have clues, you can exchange money!

So, Xia Duo saw Kaili taking the small wooden sculpture and running out of the study. At this moment, he didn't understand what Kaili meant, but when he saw a certain page in the document, he understood.

This stack of documents is not a land deed or contract, it is just a stack of ordinary letters, except for a few pieces of geographical information about the Green Pearl Forest pressed at the top.

There are also cost estimates for development later. It seems that after the orcs' nest is cleared, Savile Territory is about to undergo major development.

But that’s not the point. The point is the letters that follow. They seem to be daily greetings and family gossip, but Nese is not the Earth. People on Earth may write letters for trivial things, but in Nese——

It's okay if it's just in Savile Territory, but if it's sent to other territories, usually you can only entrust the caravan guards to help deliver it.

Regardless of whether it will actually be delivered, the price is very good, and most people rarely need to send it to other areas.

Are these letters from Fairbus sent from other territories, just for trivial matters? Also create a special secret compartment for storage?

To this, Xia Duo's first reaction was that this guy might have been a spy, and then he was killed somehow. He might have leaked some secrets, and then he was killed by his master.

While checking these letters, Xia Duo imagined the spy drama in his mind, until he turned to this one——

"Friend Greg: If I feel that my health is getting worse day by day, I may have to go to the heaven of the Lord of Glory soon. What you said before has been that I have been trying for a long time, but it has no effect. Is that right? I have no doubts about it. , just the ramblings of an old man who longs for youth..."

The handwriting seems to have been written by Fairbus, and there are traces of alterations on it. I don't know if it was a scrapped manuscript, or if the person died before sending it out.

Continue reading below. In the letter, Fairbus asked his old friend to help take care of his son, but he wanted to leave his property to Mrs. Patty.

"Tsk tsk——"

Chateau couldn't help but sigh, what kind of ecstasy did Mrs. Patty pour into Ferbus, so that neither of the two wills planned to leave any property to her son.

But considering that Mrs. Patty was so anxious for revenge after Fairbus' death, he seemed to understand something again, so he could only sigh and continue reading.

The following content is just some memories, especially the memories of Mrs. Patty, but the last content is a bit scary——

"What my old friends gave me has expired. I can no longer resist their control over me. They want it, but I will not give in.

"I can

"My Lord! I have turned my back on your way after all!"

A large area of ​​writing has been erased. At this moment, Xia Duo feels as if there are more than a dozen cats scratching him in his heart. The key parts are gone when he sees them. This is really worrying.

This letter is very important, no wonder Kaili wanted to rush out just now.

Just as I was thinking about it, there was the sound of footsteps coming from the direction of the stairs. The sound belonged to Mrs. Patty.

It was really difficult for her to go upstairs, downstairs, and back upstairs again. Xia Duo might want to read the letter, so she took a few steps towards the door.

"Lord Shadow, I-" Mrs. Patty's breath was a little short, her eyes fixed on the pile of letters in Shadow's hand.

"I've seen it all, take it!"

Mrs. Patty grabbed the letter and flipped through it one by one until she reached the one written by Fairbus. Mrs. Patty's tears fell again, "It's him! It's him! Thank you, Mr. Shada!" "

"..."

This time, Xia Duo saw Kaili rolling his eyes very clearly, and Mrs. Patty quickly reacted and turned around to thank Kaili. Kaili's face looked better now.

"Mrs. Patty, I don't know what you are going to do next. I still have a key experiment to do in the Mage Tower, so I can't delay it any longer."

Chateau was ready to withdraw. Although he was curious about who the "they" in Ferbers' letter were, this matter was obviously beyond Chateau's expectations.

He originally thought that it was just an ordinary businessman who was killed, but later he discovered that the death was strange and there were suspected traces of magic. For the sake of gold coins, Xia Duo stayed.

But now, it seems that there is an organization and premeditation behind this incident, and Xia Duo does not want to participate.