The Mysterious World Under Steampunk

Leo felt that Solander should not have told the truth, and must have concealed something. According to the importance the Otter Federation attached to the case of Smiling Todd, it would certainly not be easy for an ordinary local police to detect these people who have been banned for many years. Things, if it was really so easy for people to discover these secrets, then this news would not have been hidden for such a long time.

"What's your last name?" Thinking of this, Leo suddenly asked the other party an inexplicable question.

Solander was stunned for a moment when he heard the words, and then said displeasedly: "My surname has nothing to do with this case."

Although Solander didn't say anything, Leo already had the answer in his heart, and he didn't continue to ask. Then he thought about it, and he seemed to think of something, and asked again: "Is Rudolf Hans from the founding father?" Hans?"

Solander nodded.

At this moment, Leo wondered why the Otter Federation tried its best to suppress the case of the smiling Todd, and completely blocked the dissemination of relevant news. They are probably all trying to protect the reputation of the family of the fathers of the country.

There are a total of five meritorious families in the Oeter Federation. These five families have made great contributions in the process of establishing the Otter Federation. Therefore, after the founding of the country, the five major families also obtained some privileges and the asylum of the country, but at the same time It is also restricted by politics. After all, the Otto Federation government does not want the five major families to use their prestige to gain more power and go back to the old path of the aristocratic country.

Although the five major families have already withdrawn from the Otter Federation politically, with the help of privileges and prestige, they were able to have great wealth within the kingdom, and use this wealth to expand their influence, indirectly affecting the government and parliament and courts, etc.

In addition to the federal government, the Otter Federation suppressed the smiling Todd. I am afraid that the Hans family is also behind the scenes.

"Is that smiling Todd still alive?" Leo asked doubtfully again.

"I don't know." Solander gave a simple answer. Although the answer was quick, Leo could hear the truth.

Leo looked down at the design drawing of the manor in his hand again, and quickly compared it with what he thought of in his mind. Although there was a big difference between the two, the core structure was the same, and when he thought of other things, Leo couldn't help muttering in a low voice, "It's a tower again?"

The reason why Leo frowned at the first sight of the design drawing was entirely because after seeing the design drawing, he stripped off the design content and kept the content that might be related to the mysticism. I saw a weird pattern, and the core part of this pattern is very similar to the structure of the tower wizard circle, so similar that it can be recognized at a glance.

Reminiscent of the space rift in that book leading to this world, he has reason to believe that a tower wizard once came to this world and left some inherited knowledge in this world.

While Leo was meditating, Solander seemed to become a little impatient, and asked again: "Excuse me, can I dig into these places?"

Leo recovered from his contemplation, shook his head, and said, "No need, you don't need to dig those places anymore, because it's useless if you dig."

"Why?" Solander asked puzzled.

Leo said with certainty: "I can tell you with certainty that things should be buried in those places, but those things should have been dug up by the person who handled the case together with the bones buried in the manor before."

Solander's face became extremely gloomy, because she had already considered several situations before she came, and now Leo said the worst situation, but it was also the situation she thought was most likely to happen, the reason why she Still taking this trip, it is entirely with a fluke mentality, what if luck is good?

At this time, Solander suddenly thought of a doubt, and asked, "Your Excellency Leo, how do you know that there are things buried in those places and have been dug away?"

Leo explained: "You have aroused my interest in the disappearance of the Monte family, and you should have heard that some weird things happened in this manor. I naturally want to investigate."

Solander didn't doubt Leo's explanation. In fact, she felt lucky because of the weird things that happened in the old Monte Manor that she had heard in the past few days. Things that haven't been cleaned up.

Leo asked suspiciously: "I remember that the agency that handled this case mentioned in the newspapers back then was the City Police Department, and the things should have been confiscated by the City Police Department. Why don't you go somewhere..."

"No." Solander shook his head and said, "There is no evidence related to that year in the evidence room of the police station. It is said that a fire broke out in the police station more than ten years ago, and the entire police station was burned down. , The physical evidence room is also in it, and naturally all the things in it are missing, if the location of the archives room is not in the court, I am afraid it will be burned as well."

"What a fire by coincidence." Leo said something in his words, and then asked: "Although some physical evidence was burned, what about those bones? It's impossible for those bones to be placed in the physical evidence room, right?"

Solander pondered for a moment, then said: "There is no relevant record, but according to the rules, the bones will be returned to the relatives who find the bones after the forensics work is completed, and those whose relatives are not found will be buried in the cemetery."

Leo said: "Those bones are from the church army of the religious war that year. They should have no relatives, so are they all buried in the cemetery?"

"What? Church army?" Solander was stunned, looking at Leo suspiciously.

"Don't you know?" Leo asked back, and before the other party spoke, he told some of the things he had investigated and the speculation based on these things.

After listening, Solander showed a strange look, and looked at Leo again.

After returning from Monte Manor that day, Solander used his relationship to inquire about the identities of Leo and Sylvia, because judging from their performance at the time, they should not be ordinary rich people.

And the result of the investigation is not unexpected. The two are indeed not ordinary rich people, but rich people who have mastered amazing wealth, and their status is probably definitely among the nobles, because according to her understanding of the Commonwealth Bank, The status of its senior member is not something that can be obtained only by having money.

In addition to the fact that the two are rich, she also found out that the two are from a small country in the mountains. For the Otter Federation, which is located in the political center of the New World, that small country in the mountains can be called a barbaric country, unless it is a special diplomat and others. Scholars engaged in research, otherwise few people would know the existence of that small country, so more detailed information about the two of them would naturally not be investigated.

Solander didn't feel anything unusual at the time, but now she has some doubts about the identities of the two, because in some of the cases she came into contact with related to foreigners, many foreign immigrants from non-allied countries passed through the Those who obtained the status of an ally and then used this as a springboard to immigrate to the Oeter Federation, there are also some people with special purposes who will use this method to sneak into the Oeter Federation.

Now Leo and Sylvia suddenly appeared in Beiruk City, bought this manor that no one cared about for more than ten years, and found so many things related to the case in such a short period of time, No matter how you look at it, it makes people feel weird, and it definitely doesn't make sense just by being interested.

Thinking of this, Solander didn't intend to stay any longer. She took the design drawing from Leo, then turned and left. She planned to investigate the identities of Leo and Sylvia carefully after she went back. Maybe she could Investigate something useful.

Solander's actions made Leo a little strange. He could easily see that Solander's attitude had changed, but he didn't know why Solander suddenly became wary of him.

However, he didn't show too much concern about it, but when Sorant was about to walk out the door, he suddenly asked, "Is the smiling Todd still alive?"

Solander stopped in his tracks, turned his head and questioned, "Of course he is dead. The Supreme Court sentenced him to death at that time, and he executed it immediately."

"Are you sure." Leo said emphatically.

Solander didn't answer, but the expression on his face became more serious.

Leo reminded again: "Since Rudolf Hans is a famous architect, then the buildings and manors he designed should be more than this one, there must be other buildings and manors, I think you should start from here If we collect and investigate, we may be able to make some breakthroughs in the case.”

Regarding Leo's reminder, Solander was noncommittal, just looked at Leo, and walked out of the room.

After Solander left, Leo took out some papers from the bookshelf beside him, spread them on the table, and quickly drew the complete design drawing he had just seen.

After drawing it, he didn't stop, but on another piece of white paper, he re-drawn a wizard-like magic circle structure diagram stripped of redundant content.

This is not over yet, he rearranged the previously stripped parts, drew them on different small pieces of paper, and then superimposed these drawings and spread them on the mirror in the study room. Through the light of the mirror, the paper The patterns on the map overlapped, and he also carefully analyzed the blueprint.

In the process of analyzing the drawings, he kept removing the small pieces of paper or moving their positions, and a smile gradually appeared on his face as the number of overlapping small pieces of paper decreased.

At this time, Sylvia, who had already dealt with some banquet matters, came to the study. After seeing the situation in the study, she couldn't help asking curiously: "What did you say just now? Was the blueprint brought by that female police detective?" ?”

"It's lucky, she gave us a lot of help." Leo put the blueprint on the table, and then told what he had just talked with Solander and what he found about the manor design blueprint.

"There is a tower wizard's magic circle here?" Sylvia couldn't help but asked in surprise.

"It's not the tower wizard's magic circle, it's a brand-new system transformed from the tower wizard's magic circle." Leo said with a smile: "I have always been unable to understand the mysterious power of this world, and my research has also stagnated. This blueprint It can just give me a reference. If I can analyze the details of the transformation, maybe I can find out the mystery of the difference between the mysterious power of this world and the mysterious power of Velen World, and then deduce the method for us to fully exert our power in this world. "

Sylvia smiled and said, "This is good news."

Leo said again: "Your thinking is right. Mystic knowledge is strictly controlled in this world. Only the rich and powerful of the upper class and the top of the church can get in touch. We really need to join in if we want to get in touch with this knowledge."

Sylvia smiled and said nothing.

Leo asked: "I remember that among the guests you invited this time is a member of the Hans family?"

"Yes, his name is Bojie Hans. He is the president of the Hunting Association. Hunting in this world is a kind of activity that the upper class dignitaries like. If you can join the Hunting Association, it is equivalent to getting a ticket from the upper class. Tickets." Sylvia explained, and then she thought of what Leo said before, and said, "You are going to start with him and infiltrate the Hans family."

Leo nodded, and said: "That Rudolf Hans may have mastered some mysterious knowledge, so the source of his mysterious knowledge may come from the Hans family. Naturally, this clue cannot be let go, not only Hans The Si family, and the other four founding father families of the Otter Federation should not be missed, find an opportunity to get in touch with them."

Sylvia thought for a while and said, "If you want to get in touch with Bojie Hans, you'd better start with his hobbies."

"You mean hunting?"

Sylvia shook her head and said, "It's a gun."

Leo showed a thoughtful look, and then asked Sylvia to send someone to buy some materials, and then took these materials to the basement, and asked Sylvia not to disturb him for the next two days.

Because the gunpowder in this world is very stable and not as uncontrollable as the Vinylon world, the development of firearms in this world far exceeds that of the Vinylon world. The armies of almost all countries use firearms as their main weapons, and most countries The police and other law enforcement departments in China also use firearms to conduct crimes, and the circulation of firearms among the people is also very large.

It’s just that I don’t know whether it’s because of the way of thinking, or because of other unknown reasons. The types of firearms in this world are not as amazing as the number. It can be said that they are very few. Overall, there are only two types, one is shotguns , one is a cannon, and both firearms have similar characteristics, such as a thick and heavy barrel, such as a short range, such as a large range of lethality, and so on.

In this world, the gunpowder weapon manufacturing concept is almost the cannon concept, stuff more gunpowder into the ammunition, create more ammunition fragments, make the barrel of the ammunition thicker, longer, bigger, etc., like this world The shotgun is not held by a single person, and it can be fired at any time. A bracket needs to be added to support the barrel. The bullets fired are also projectile-shaped and will explode. Basically, the prey is not directly killed by the design, but by the explosion of the ammunition. shock waves or debris.