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Which nobleman is the most suspicious? This is a really weird topic, but Benjamin has also heard of topics that are many times weirder than this. People who drink too much think like green-skinned, neurotic, blood-sucking ducks, and you have absolutely no idea what that is.

The tavern owner added some wood to the fireplace, and then added some free wine to the few people left on the table, standing silently listening to their gossip.

"And among the twelve nobles living here, seven have fought with the great To'o I, and three have family histories dating back even before the establishment of the empire, if the newly migrated Hyman family is also included. Of course, so does the Earl of Guise." Old Todd said with a mysterious face, "You know, the older the nobility, the more evil it is, so there are more strange things in this city than you think. Much more. You are still too young."

"Like what?" asked the new waiter, Barrett.

"When I was young, I used to be a servant at the Earl of Guise's house." Old Todd took a sip of wine. "The current Lord Earl was only a minor boy, about the same age as Carl. He had two My brother and a sister, the old earl is also in good health, and he seems to have no problem living at least another four or fifty years, so this title was originally not his turn to inherit. However, when our Lord Earl becomes an adult, His two older brothers died suddenly one after another, the old earl was losing weight, and soon he was dying, and his sister was never seen again."

"Is he dead?" Carl asked.

"I don't know, what was announced at the time was disappearance. Don't spread the word about what I said next!" Old Todd took another sip. "When I was young, I was in charge of the stables at the earl's house. It's not my fault. I was quite good at taking care of the horses. Whether it was a war horse or a gelding horse, I could handle it with ease, so I was very popular with the old earl at that time. Favor. The old earl also said that he wanted to promote me as his eldest son's knight attendant. Unfortunately, not long after he finished saying this, the heroic eldest son died. The cause of death was something that the doctor had never seen before. Disease, even the powerful healing potions made by mages are not good."

"The second son also died of the same disease not long ago. The old earl was very sad, and the whole family was panicking. Servants like us didn't dare to breathe loudly during that time. Strange things happened one after another, and some people swore that they saw There are black cats wandering in the attic, but when they try to catch them, they always disappear."

"You must know that most black things are evil, and black cats are the most terrifying creatures among them." Old Todd looked around and was satisfied that everyone's attention was focused on him, "The old earl didn't work either. I don’t know if it’s because of excessive sadness. When the old earl was buried, the two branches of the Guise family also came to participate. It seemed that they wanted to play some tricks on the inheritance of the title, but we were caught by our very Young Lord Earl, deal with it easily."

"I don't know what they talked about at the time. Anyway, the few people who came from the family branch that day all rode their horses from the stables with pale faces and ran away without looking back, as if they were afraid of something. And since the old earl was buried After that, we servants never saw the Count's elder sister again. Later, in the witness of the mayor, the Count successfully inherited the title and married the daughter of Viscount Palm, this ancient family. He slowly regained his vigor. However, on the full moon night, strange things often happen. Some servants saw the earl's sister wandering in the garden wearing a white robe, and some servants heard it and didn't know where. There are ethereal singing. And I have seen even more terrible things with my own eyes."

"What's the matter?" Carl asked nervously.

"Two brown warhorses gave birth to a black foal! I've never seen anything more peculiar than this in my life!" said old Todd with wide-eyed eyes, and then burped again. " Therefore, if there is a collusion between the nobles and the devil, the Earl of Guise is the most suspect."

"Not necessarily." Hobert, who was already a little sleepy, retorted, "I think Viscount Palm is the most suspicious. I have seen him with my own eyes, and I am quite close to the Viscount, right next to him. He was leading his servants to buy jewelry in the jewelry store called 'Conquering Woman' not far from here, and I happened to be there."

"I heard that the things in there are very expensive." Harriet, who was doing the accounting, suddenly raised her head and said.

"It's expensive, but it's still worth it as a tenth wedding anniversary gift." Hobert said triumphantly.

"Your wife is so happy!" Harriet said longingly, then turned to look at Benjamin again, "Someone wouldn't be so willing."

The tavern owner shook his head with a wry smile, and quickly covered up the topic, "Why is Viscount Palm so suspicious?"

"He walked up to me and I immediately smelled a scent of roses and black tea," Hobart said in a low voice.

"This is normal. Everyone knows that nobles like to spray perfume and wear perfume. They always spray their own fragrance, as if this can show their status as a superior person." Old Todd snorted disdainfully. , "To me, it's more like a roast chicken stuffed with spices."

"No, the strange thing is not the smell, but the stink," Hobart added. "At that time, when I smelled it carefully, I smelled a very subtle smell of corruption from the Viscount."

"Maybe it's because the Viscount doesn't like bathing," Barrett said. "I understand that a lot of people don't like bathing."

"No, that subtle rotten smell is very different from the smell of people who don't bathe," Hobart explained. "It's more like the smell that comes from dead people. I have a very good nose. You can't smell it wrong!"

Immediately after ~www.wuxiaspot.com~ they chatted from Viscount Palm to Baron Richard, who was obsessed with drama, and from Baron Richard to Countess Teresa, who was a widow. It was said over and over again, as if every nobleman behaved very strangely.

"So, what about the Heyman family?" Benjamin heard his new employee ask again.

"Didn't this family come from St. Watts? They've lived in this city for less than fifty years, and they're not really aristocrats here." Hobart said, "In Holy Arathor, if you If you haven't lived in a certain place for generations since your grandparents, then you're not a person from that place at all."

His words were approved by everyone (except the outsider).

"Why doesn't the Magic Association also establish a branch in our city?" Karl asked curiously, sitting aside, "I think if there is an association's magic tower in the town, there should not be so many strange things happening. And , our city of San Nino is also very big, not worse than St. Watt."

"Because these two equally fertile cities are too close, people are used to calling them the 'city of twins', like a pair of twins." Benjamin answered his son's question, "And the master above is not To build two magic towers at such a close distance, it is not necessary for a mage."

In the middle of the moon, Benjamin led his wife and son to the house. He said goodbye to Barrett at the entrance of the tavern. "It's very late. There is no need to clean up the garbage. It will be too late to deal with it tomorrow."

"Okay, no problem." Barrett nodded and turned to close the door of the tavern.

Hope this guy gets a good night's sleep in an unfamiliar place, Benjamin thought.

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