Mystery: I Married the Queen of Mystery

51 Henry Street, Gahr Herb Shop.

Just as Audis had expected, Max came early in the morning to question him: "I just reminded you a few days ago to restrain yourself a bit, but I didn't expect you to run to King's Avenue last night and set a fire…"

Max was afraid that his voice would be too loud and be heard by others. He looked out the window at the yard to make sure no one was outside before lowering his voice: "Do you know that it's only a few kilometers from the Sodorak Palace? And you killed someone in front of so many people!"

He sighed and added: "Captain Ikonse is very angry about this, and Archbishop Horamick Haydn has also expressed his disappointment…"

Audis sat in his chair, first filling his pipe with tobacco, and then taking out two large packs of cigarettes from the drawer: "Your favorite Wild Horse brand cigarettes, these two packs are enough for you for a month."

"Don't interrupt!" Max's momentum of scolding was interrupted. He finally sighed and said: "You must report this kind of thing."

"If I report it, would you let me do it freely?" Audis looked at Max and said: "When the 3N Party in Backlund hurts those innocent people and handles those dirty things for the nobles, why didn't I see you get so angry?"

Max sat down opposite Audis with some helplessness: "Actually, everyone in their hearts fully supports your actions last night, but of course these words cannot be said from the mouths of official Beyonders."

"That's good. Those words you said just now are fine for scolding in front of outsiders," Audis said. "Now it's just the two of us, there's no need to get so angry."

Max smiled: "You must think that the 'Heart of Machinery' will help you hide it, that's why you're so bold, right?"

Without waiting for Audis to answer, Max said seriously: "You must report it in the future. If Archbishop Horamick has any objections to you, your situation will change.

"And this kind of thing is too dangerous! You're just a Sequence 8!"

"I know." Audis also knew that Max was indeed worried about his safety, so he said seriously: "I'm not some 'guardian of justice'. This kind of public welfare undertaking is just something I do occasionally."

Max smiled: "Public welfare undertaking, these descriptions are quite appropriate."

He reached out and took the two large packs of cigarettes that Audis had bought for him: "I won't take your cigarettes for nothing."

As he spoke, he took out a thin folder from his bag: "In order to avoid attracting the attention of others, I only found these basic information."

Audis opened the file and glanced at it. It was the information of the MI9 member that he had asked Max to investigate before.

When Audis negotiated with Danitz before, he noticed that one of Danitz's subordinates looked at Audis with the wrong look, seemingly with strong anger and hatred.

Although Audis didn't know him, he only felt at ease after investigating the other party's background.

Audis saw that the MI9 member was called Coreman Donahue, the son of Earl Donahue, or rather, the earl's illegitimate son.

Many nobles' illegitimate sons serve in MI9 and the East Balam military, and many "second sons" serve as officers in them.

Relatively speaking, these departments are more difficult and dangerous. Nobles rarely arrange for their heirs to work or train in these places. They prefer to arrange their heirs in the Ministry of Defense.

Audrey's brother Alfred is a good example. According to convention, the title of Earl Hall will definitely be inherited by the eldest son, Hibbert. Then, in order to avoid suspicion and show that he has no idea about the title and family property, Alfred went to serve in the Southern Continent.

Alfred's approach was supported by his father and brother. Using the influence of Earl Hall, he has already made good progress in the East Balam military, the largest colonial army in the Kingdom of Loen.

The so-called "second son" is not necessarily the second son of a noble, but refers to a son without legal inheritance rights.

Some of the more outstanding illegitimate sons of nobles can also receive similar treatment to Alfred.

Coreman belonged to this kind of situation. He was arranged by his father to work in MI9 and is currently one of the action team leaders of the Action Division, leading three action teams.

Audis flipped through the information provided by Max before saying: "I haven't offended this guy, nor have I offended his father."

Max had already opened the cigarette, took out one and smoked it: "He also has a younger brother with the same father and mother."

Audis glanced at the information. Coreman's younger brother was called Beres Donahue: "I haven't offended his brother either."

"You haven't offended his brother," Max said with a smile. "But you killed him!"

Audis thought for a moment and understood: "Among the Beyonders protecting Capim, is there one named Beres?"

He thought about it for a while, and it was only possible that he had killed Coreman's younger brother at that time.

Max took a puff of cigarette, nodded first, and then said: "I asked someone to inquire about Beres's situation. Under Coreman's care, he once worked as a field agent for MI9.

"Two years ago, he was fired for work mistakes and was later hired by Capim to be a bodyguard.

"It's worth noting that no one knows where he made a mistake that led to his dismissal. It is said that Coreman did not intercede for him, and this matter did not affect Coreman's career."

Audis closed the file, lit the tobacco in his pipe, took a puff, and smiled: "If we start from this direction, we will definitely be able to find a lot of things.

"However, Archbishop Horamick's instructions are not to take the initiative to investigate, so when the opportunity is right, I can only let Coreman take the initiative to come to me and see if I can obtain further information."

The other party is an action team leader and has three action teams under his command, so he should be a Sequence 6. Audis believes that he should at least wait until he is Sequence 7 before doing anything.

Moreover, Audis actually doesn't want further investigation. With the "God's perspective", he knows that this is related to the actions the royal family is taking…

Audis suddenly thought that he could use Coreman to offend the royal family, and then seek the protection of the Church of Steam and Machinery, using this as a reason to leave Backlund.

However, the risk of manipulating this plan is very high. If pushed too hard, the royal family will really kill people to silence them, even the people of the Church.

Moreover, if he doesn't handle it well, and the Church of Steam and Machinery sends him to the Intis Republic, the headquarters of the Church to take refuge, then it will be fun.

He has to carefully plan it and seek a suitable opportunity to implement the plan.

Seeing that Audis didn't speak, Max thought that he was pondering how to use Coreman to obtain clues, so Max said: "This matter is very dangerous, don't rush."

"I know." Audis took a puff of his pipe, the corner of his mouth raised, revealing a shallow smile.

After seeing Max off, Audis took out the manuscript of "Essentials of Fighting" from the "Knowledge Wilderness", looked at it briefly, and began to ponder what channel to use to publish it?

Audis intends that since he has written it, he must publish it, and because there is a summary of the battle with Chebman inside, then the author's signature must be Le Roux.

This is the most difficult part. Now the Punishers are looking for Le Roux everywhere. Publishing a book in the name of Le Roux at this time is tantamount to throwing himself into the net.

After thinking for a long time, Audis decided to ask the professional "Magician" Miss at the Tarot Gathering in the afternoon.

…

North District, Government Avenue.

Hugh Dillon received a new commission to investigate where an official's wife had arranged her mistress.

On Monday morning, Hugh took a public carriage to Government Avenue to begin today's tracking and surveillance.

On the carriage, she heard the news published in the Daily Observer.

She heard a middle-aged man holding a newspaper say: "These nobles are really getting more and more excessive."

The man next to him echoed: "Yes, I didn't expect that there has always been such a fighting arena in Backlund."

People who had read the newspaper started discussing: "There must be ugly things hidden there that the nobles are most unwilling to let people know. What is reported is definitely only a small part."

"Thanks to that person named Le Roux for letting us know these things."

"My neighbor has a very beautiful daughter, but she suddenly disappeared last year. It must have been done by this group of hateful nobles."

"Why does only the Daily Observer have such reports?"

"What else could it be? The other newspapers must have been bought by that noble, these cowards."

"…"

Some people hadn't read the newspaper yet, so they asked questions. Hugh roughly understood what was going on.

Last night, a man named Le Roux sent the evidence of Viscount Vede's son Bishop's crimes to major newspapers and the Backlund Police Department.

But in the end, only the Daily Observer made the evidence public.

At first, Hugh didn't take it too seriously, because this kind of report couldn't hurt a noble at all.

When she started her work, she realized that today was different from usual.

Many government departments are located on Government Avenue, or rather, the original name of this avenue is no longer known. People call it "Government Avenue".

Hugh found that today's postmen seemed particularly busy, delivering a large sack of letters to the City Hall, Police Department, etc. about every hour.

She didn't actively inquire, but from the conversations between the postman and the government officials, she learned that some of the letters were questioning the city hall: why was there still a fighting arena in Backlund?

Some questioned the police department: why hadn't they investigated Bishop before? Others warned them not to mistreat the hero, Lelouch, after his arrest.

The letters delivered in the morning were mostly telegrams of inquiry, while those in the afternoon became urgent letters. She believed that by tomorrow, even more regular mail would flood in.

It was said that the Parliament Building had also received many letters, suggesting further restrictions on the power of the nobility and the establishment of an investigation team to seriously investigate Viscount Veder and others.

Also, major newspapers had received many letters. The Daily Observer, in addition to receiving many letters praising their truthful reporting, also received many subscription orders.

Other newspapers, however, received many letters of criticism and cancellation notices.

All of this surprised Hieu somewhat. That report seemed to have awakened something, causing the people to spontaneously denounce the nobleman and the functional departments of the government.

Hieu sighed: Backlund has changed, the people here have changed! First, there emerged "Robin Hoods", "Leaders", and heroes like Byron who dared to punish Karpin, and now there has emerged a hero who dares to expose the scandals of the nobility!

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