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Fan Ning could see that Marseille's expression was still a little anxious, but also a little hopeful and happy. Even if there was a competition, maybe... the latter would have the upper hand?

"So it's a pity." Masenegu sighed after he finished speaking, "My commission is over, the reward has been settled, and the recommendation bounty will be received immediately, but it is still a pity."

Fan Ning listened to him emphasizing the beginning and end of his sentence twice, and couldn't help but smile and asked:

"So your affairs are over? What are you regretting?"

It stands to reason that his escort duties have been successfully completed. Now that the money has been obtained and the inspection team has arrived earlier than expected, there should be no problem from his point of view.

"It's over, but not completely over." Marseille poured himself a glass of wine. "Strictly speaking, the last dinner at the end of the trip has not officially started yet. The Chretien family is currently in our I repeatedly oscillate between my current employer and my former employer. When I met such a person and was caught, I also oscillated between something that had something to do with me and something that had nothing to do with me... So there was a little bit of joy mixed into tonight's pleasant things. Not very pleasant impurities…”

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"So why do you look like you are looking for something?" Fan Ning asked, "Is there anything important that can alleviate the unpleasantness left with me?"

A few seconds later, Masenegu's eyes stopped at one place, and his tone became more worried:

"You've been shopping all afternoon, but why haven't you changed your guitar yet? Didn't I advance you two hundred in advance——"

"Knight Commander of Marseille, if you can't invite anyone, don't waste any more time." Hearing the two people inside having a nonsensical conversation, Bishop Carlestini outside the door was completely impatient. "It seems Mr. Scheler's reputation is greater than I expected, and he is indeed a bard with a 'great' quality. The inspector general and I came to visit him in person, which can always show his sincerity. "

"No one understands sincerity better than you. It's annoying to have two of you come here even if you have one." Fan Ning responded jokingly, and then casually explained to Luna and An beside him without any concealment, "You guys go with me first." Mr. Walter is familiar with it, I will go out to see what happened to your father. "

The next moment, he finally met this large group of people outside the box.

There are faces that have long been familiar or have just been seen, including Inspector He Meng, investigator Anna, the man in red from the church, Calestini... There are also some that Fan Ning has never seen before, Prince Eleanor, the person in charge of the Opera House, "Miss Cuckoo" Renilla in a bright orange dress, and the latter's teacher, the great troubadour and director of the Festival Concert Hall, Senesino.

Obviously, during the time when Fan Ning and Walter were talking, He Meng had also almost understood some of the things that happened in the famous singer selection competition in the revolving restaurant on the top floor.

——A Miss Nightingale appeared in the middle of the performance and made a big splash. The reason was that the work of the teacher behind it, Scheler, directly alarmed the master. On the spot, his favorite disciple, Miss Kuci, came to give a gift. That’s why there was a search for people backstage just after the performance. A human scene. Anna also followed the vague impression and found the recommendation letter in the "low credibility group" during this period.

"Is this Miss Nightingale's teacher? No, this person... the voice that spoke at the door just now is indeed the one from before..."

Miss Cuckoo Renilla saw Fan Ning walking out, and the strangeness in her eyes fleetingly disappeared.

In this short period of time, Fan Ning, who felt the gaze, met her eyes, and then quickly glanced at other people.

Why does this young and beautiful woman feel so familiar? But it seems that no one of female gender can match the number...

"So what shocking thing did you do?"

Fan Ning suppressed the question quietly in his heart, lay down on a rocking chair, and hugged An's spare plywood guitar. His half-smiling tone fully showed his slight impatience at being disturbed:

"It takes just one concert to blow up so many people from the church. It's so difficult that normal people can't do it..."

I saw Chretien, Troy and his son, and nearly a dozen people who were obviously caravans, standing next to several clergymen with pale faces. Although no restrictions had been imposed on them yet, they were obviously He looked like he had committed a crime and was about to be taken away.

Hearing this, Trova choked and replied: "Mr. Scheler, it's the 'Seven Blessings'..."

His expression was a mixture of fear and embarrassment. The former was easy to understand, but the latter... It was precisely because the escort of this expensive extraordinary item was a "secret private job" undertaken by the Chretien family, and the "guide" was not informed frankly in advance. Later, he did not take the initiative to explain to Marseille and Scheele.

Luna and An Zai in the room pricked up their ears to listen to what was going on outside, but they were still a little unclear. Because they were worried about the secret being leaked and being robbed by gangs when escorting the "Seven Blessings", only Chretien and his eldest son Troy knew the details.

"Seven Blessings?" Masenegu was confused. He had just rushed into the room in a hurry, and only now did he know the details. "Didn't you already deliver this thing in advance? Could it be that you are cheating?" church……"

"How dare I lie to the church." Trowa had beads of sweat dripping from his forehead. "But they said someone pretended to be the church and deceived me."

really. Fanning heard this and was fully understood or confirmed.

There was something wrong with the "flower-touched man" wearing the flower cloak. He knew the caravan's trajectory and the commission price in advance, and then intercepted the "Seven Blessings" that were supposed to be delivered to a certain delivery point in Tia City in advance.

This is indeed considered "cheating", but it is indeed difficult for the caravan to identify or question it.

The church is high in the minds of the people, and the clergy's dress, temperament and even extraordinary abilities are all proof to them. More importantly... various business rules are originally formed to prevent the risk of "taking goods without paying for them" , and the remuneration in real money and silver was directly in front of you at that time, what else could you do to others?

As for Fan Ning, although he had an intuition that something was wrong at the time, the matter was unclear and had nothing to do with him, so he did not take action.

I was originally wary of the invisible influence of the "apostle" and could not do anything to change the course of things for no reason. However, when I saw Luna in danger, I casually acted with the purpose of strengthening her character and "exposing Chi Xiang's extraordinary abilities". It was just a move.

Fan Ning, who had figured out the whole story in a blink of an eye, nodded calmly to show his understanding: "Oh, it turns out that person is a liar. Don't your church personnel in the Southern Continent have anti-counterfeiting measures?"

His words tacitly acknowledged the fact that he had dealt with the "flower-touched person".

Now that a dozen people have been controlled here, in just over an hour, the Bishop of the Knower will definitely be able to figure out what happened that day from the ignorant, and the people in the caravan do not dare to avoid it and there is no need to avoid it. without mentioning it.

So it can be assumed that everyone present knows the famous scene of "Scheller dunks on the guitar".

"How about dividing the troops into two groups?" Marseille Negu proposed in a serious tone, "This matter is a serious matter, but if you are doing it in such a haphazard manner, the efficiency is too low. I will teach you to continue to understand the 'Seven Blessings' in detail. , the officers of the Special Inspection Department can almost start to inspect our Mr. Scheler, there happen to be two rooms in here..."

"Shut up." Bishop Carlestini shouted gloomily.

The group of "guides" is loosely managed by the Special Patrol Office and has only a small official endorsement. They are neither close associates of the Special Patrol Office nor have any affiliation with the church. On the contrary, they have considerable influence on Fanghui Temple. Some are pagans.

The red-cloaked bishop glanced coldly at this guy who was watching the excitement and said: "Do you think you can get away with it? Originally, I was going to let you wait for the summons on your own. After saying a few nonsense, I will directly put you and Take them away together."

The gap between the enlightened ones and the middle-level knowledgeable ones is so huge, and the "candle" and "pool" studied in Fanghui Temple have both spiritual and sensory abilities. This oppression makes Masai Negu feel that he is seeing Mao Jinxing quickly smiled and closed his mouth.

"The capital is out, how about this." Fan Ning leaned lazily on the rocking chair and spoke, making everyone's eyes turn to him.

He slowly shook Miss Nightingale's folding fan, enjoying the cool breeze and the fragrance of flowers blowing in his face, as if he was "here he came" and acted as a peacemaker: "Didn't you accept Chretien 2000?" What about the £100 deposit? Since they messed up, don’t give it back to him. Just keep the flowers yourself..."

"Mr. Scheler, don't be joking. The church is not a chamber of commerce." Calestini's attitude towards Fan Ning was obviously more polite than that of Marseille. The extraordinary strength of this troubadour was still uncertain, but with Lu Master Kurt's judgment came first, and his musical attainments were obviously great.

"The 'Sevenfold Blessing' is a core necessity for holding the 'Flower Ceremony'. Now it is lost during the escort and nourishment. The church must find out who is pretending to be a priest and took it away. It must also find out what happened in this process. She was deceived out of sheer greed for money, or the caravan or 'guide' had colluded with him..."

"In order to help us investigate the caravan, Mr. Scheler also please cooperate with us to add some information before the investigation, such as the details of the encounter with the imposter, such as how you got acquainted with the caravan and decided to go with it. , If you can provide valuable clues, we might not be able to give you some reward."

"You guys are really familiar with each other." Fan Ning had an unreasonable look on his face, "I told you not to disturb me a long time ago. Why, I walked out and took a look and then I asked you to cooperate with your work? "

"I'm just a troubadour, understand? One who reads poetry and sings, not a 'guide'. I'm not interested in money. It has nothing to do with me if the 'Seven Blessings' is lost, nor do the two churches in the Western Continent. You guys are so familiar..."

"Yes, your statement of 'being greedy for money and being deceived' is quite outrageous." Masai Negu couldn't help but nodded again and again, "You are the one who issued the escort nourishment commission. The deposit is a negative constraint, and the remuneration is a positive incentive. Others accept it. If it’s not for money, then what is it for?”

He made a suggestion in a serious tone: "In my opinion, you should not keep talking about 'imposter'. This will limit the investigation ideas of the officers. Think about it this way: Where can I find someone with good image and temperament?" Is it someone with knowledge who is inspired by the high-ranking Chi? ...Obviously he is one of your own. A certain cleric had his own ideas, and his ideas were quite unique, so he intercepted them and ran away. I suggest You'd better check if there are two boxes of gold pounds missing from the safe in the church..."

The livid Bishop Carlestini was about to have a fit when He Meng took a step forward.

From the beginning to the end, the inspector was silently understanding all the ins and outs and observing everyone's conversations, especially the words and deeds of the troubadour Scheler.

At this time, he laughed twice: "The knight commander of Missing City, Masennegu, is an outsider who has a good record of cooperation with our office. I think his suggestion makes sense: Mr. Bishop, Let my subordinates take the caravan back for interrogation first, and then work with me to conduct an investigation and interview with Mr. Scheele and discuss the subsequent audition arrangements... After a few days, we have preliminary investigation results, and then we will refer to the supplementary information of these two parties. The message is not too late, the leader has also intervened in this year’s flower festival, and I won’t let you mess it up when the time comes..."

I finally came into contact with a troubadour with no factional background in the distant southern country. It is very likely that he is a person worthy of further support. He has a perverse personality and does not give face or offend people everywhere. In a sense, it is not only harmless, but Maybe that's a good thing.

"Then I'm sorry for your concern, Inspector General." Carlestini's expression temporarily faded, he glanced at Massenego who was still nodding his head, and then gave orders to his subordinates, "Bring back the main parties involved in these caravans. ”

As he waved his hand, huge illusory petals bloomed from the feet of Chretien, Trois and the others, instantly wrapping them into red "mummies".

"Master Bishop, I really don't know anything!"

"That person is a liar. That person used 8,000 pounds to cheat me! I didn't expect that I would be fooled by such a clumsy trick! Why don't I return the money to you!"

The slippery feeling of restraint made these people's faces turn pale with fear, and they begged for mercy.

"Dad!" "Teacher!" "Teacher, what's going on?"

The tense atmosphere and screams caused the three people who Fan Ning had told to wait inside to run out.

"Commander Walter?"

The group of people had just talked for a long time in the top-floor restaurant, and learned that Scheler had a soprano student, and that he had accompanied a "lost color" little girl to the box of the concert hall, but... what happened? Why did Walter, who had just finished the performance, come here and call him teacher?

Bishop Carlestini was also thinking doubtfully when he suddenly felt a strong wave of inspiration. His face suddenly changed and he shouted: "Schele, what are you doing?"

I saw his fingers flicking up and down on the guitar, bringing out a series of precise and intense chord strums. The secret contained in it sounded extremely profound and difficult to understand, at least it was a high-level gnosis that he had never studied before!

Fan Ning vibrated the extraordinary purple string, and while his inspiration was consumed and burning, he only felt that under the inspiration of the divinity of the "key" left by Nasqiong, the illusory petals seemed to have turned into a group of mixed knots. The living thread ball, and with a little effort, I found the key piece required for disassembly, just grab it and pull it——

The huge light petals on Chretien and Trois instantly turned into powder with a strange fragrance!

The special string that Qiong reserved in order to allow Fan Ning to escape was designed to be used to dismantle the restrictive chengyu secret technique of the third level of Xu Xiao.

At this moment, dealing with this bishop who only understood the limit of the first level, Fan Ning felt that it was easier than untying the laces.

And the next second, He Meng and Calestini blurted out questions to Scheler, leaving all the knowledgeable people present including Massenego and Walter completely stunned:

"You are actually the Deep One!?!?"