Leo felt that Solander was not telling the truth and must be hiding something. According to the importance the Ott Federation attached to the case of Smiling Todd, it would definitely not be easy for an ordinary local police detective to find out these people who had been banned for many years.

If it were really so easy for people to discover these secrets, then the news wouldn't have been hidden for so long.

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

When Solander heard this, he was stunned for a moment, and then said unhappily: "My last name has nothing to do with this case."

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

Hansi?"

Solander nodded.

At this moment, Leo wondered why the Otter Federation tried their best to suppress the case of Smiling Todd, and also completely blocked the spread of relevant information. They were probably all trying to protect the reputation of the founding family that protects the country.

There are a total of five founding families in the Otter Federation. These five families are all families that made great contributions in the process of founding the Otter Federation. Therefore, after the founding of the country, the five major families also obtained some privileges and asylum from the country, but at the same time

It is also subject to political restrictions. After all, the Ott federal government does not want the five major families to use their reputation to gain more power and go back to the old path of aristocratic countries.

Although politically the five major families have already withdrawn from the Otter Federation, with the help of privileges and prestige, they have been able to possess great wealth within the kingdom, and use this wealth to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

and courts and other institutions.

In addition to the federal government, the Hans family may also be behind the scenes of the Otter Federation suppressing the smiling Todd.

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

"I don't know." Solander gave a simple answer. Although he answered quickly, Leo could tell it was the truth.

Leo looked down at the manor design drawing in his hand again, and quickly compared it with what he had thought of. Although there was a big difference between the two, the core structure was the same. When thinking about other things,

Leo couldn't help but murmured in a low voice, "A high tower again?"

The reason why Leo frowned when he saw the design drawing was entirely because after he saw the design drawing, he stripped off the design aspects and retained the content that may be related to mysticism.

I saw a strange pattern, and the core part of this pattern was very similar to the structure of the tower wizard's circle, so similar that it could be recognized at a glance.

Reminiscing that the space rift in that book leads 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 these places?"

Leo recovered from his contemplation, shook his head and said, "It's not necessary. You don't need to dig those places anymore, because it's useless if you dig them."

"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 people who originally handled the case together with the bones that were previously buried in the manor."

Solander's face became extremely gloomy, because she had already considered several situations before she came, and now Leo was talking about the worst situation, but it was also the situation she thought was most likely to happen. The reason why she

I still took this trip with a bit of luck. What if I got lucky?

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

Leo explained: "You aroused my interest in the disappearance of the Monte family, and you should also have heard that there are some strange things happening in this manor, so I naturally want to investigate."

Solander did not doubt Leo's explanation. In fact, she was lucky because she had heard about the strange things that happened in the old Monte Manor in the past few days. These rumors made her think that maybe there were still remnants of the old Monte Manor.

Nothing has been cleaned up.

Leo asked doubtfully: "I remember that the newspaper mentioned that the agency handling this case was the city police station. The things should have been taken away by the city police station. 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 there was a fire in the police station more than ten years ago, and the entire police station was burned down.

, the evidence room is also among them, and the contents in it are naturally missing. If the archives room were not located in the court, I am afraid it would have been burned down as well."

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

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

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

"What? Church army?" Solander was stunned and looked at Leo in confusion.

"Don't you know?" Leo asked back. Before the other party spoke, he told some of the things he had investigated and the speculations 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 connections to find out the identities of Leo and Sylvia, because judging from their performances at the time, they were not ordinary rich people.

The result of the inquiry was not unexpected. The two of them were indeed not ordinary rich people, but rich men with astonishing wealth. Their status was probably among the nobility, because according to her knowledge of the Commonwealth Bank,

The status of its senior members cannot be obtained just by having money.

In addition to the two being rich, she also found out that the two were from a small country in the mountains. For the Ott Federation, which is located in the political center of the New World, that small country in the mountains can be called a wilderness, unless there are specialized diplomats and other

Scholars engaged in research, otherwise few people would know about the existence of that small country, so more detailed information about the two people would naturally not be investigated.

Solander didn't feel anything unusual at that time, but now she has some doubts about the identity of the two people, because in some cases related to foreigners she came into contact with, many foreign immigrants from non-allied countries came through

After obtaining the status of an ally and then using this as a springboard to immigrate to the Otter Federation, there are also some people with special purposes who will use this method to sneak into the Otter Federation.

Now Leo and Sylvia suddenly appeared in the city of Beiluq, bought this manor that had been ignored 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 cannot be explained by just saying interest.

Thinking of this, Solander had no intention of staying any longer. She took the design drawing from Leo's hand, then turned and left. She planned to carefully investigate the identities of Leo and Sylvia after she went back, and maybe she could

Investigate something useful.

Solander's behavior made Leo a little strange. He easily saw some changes in Solander's attitude, but he didn't know why Solander suddenly became wary of him.

However, he did not show too much concern about this, but when Solant was about to walk out the door, he suddenly asked: "Is smiling Todd still alive?"

Solander stopped, turned his head and asked: "Of course he is dead. The Supreme Court sentenced him to death at that time, and he will be executed immediately."

"Are you sure?" Leo said with emphasis.

Solander did not answer, but the expression on his face became more serious.

Leo reminded again: "Since Rudolf Hans is a well-known architectural designer, he should have designed more than this building and manor. There must be other buildings and manors. I think you should start from this

If we collect and investigate, we may be able to make some breakthroughs in the case."

Regarding Leo's reminder, Solander did not comment, just looked at Leo and walked out of the room.

After Solander left, Leo took out some paper from the bookshelf nearby, spread it on the table, and quickly drew the complete design drawing he just saw.

After drawing it, he did not stop, but on another piece of white paper, he drew a new diagram of the wizard-like array structure with the redundant content stripped away.

This was not over yet. He rearranged the previously stripped parts and drew them on different small pieces of paper. Then he superimposed these drawings and spread them on the mirror in the study. Through the light of the mirror, the paper

The patterns on it overlapped, and he carefully analyzed the drawing.

In the process of analyzing the drawings, he kept moving the small pieces of paper away or moving them, 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 handled some banquet matters, came to the study. After seeing the situation in the study, she couldn't help but curiously asked: "What did you just say? Did the female detective bring that drawing?"

?”

"We're lucky, she gave us a lot of help." Leo put the drawings on the table, and then told what he had just talked with Solander and what he discovered about the manor design drawings.

"Is there 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 based on 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 stagnated. This drawing

It can give me a reference. If I can analyze the details of the transformation, maybe I can find out the difference between the mysterious power of this world and the mysterious power of the 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 added: "Your idea is right. The control of occult knowledge in this world is very strict. Only the dignitaries of the upper class and the top leaders of the church can access it. If we want to access this knowledge, we really need to join in."

Sylvia smiled and said nothing.

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

"Yes, his name is Berger Hans, and he is the president of the Hunting Association. Hunting in this world is an activity favored by the upper class. If you can join the Hunting Association, it is equivalent to getting a ticket to the upper class.

Ticket." Sylvia explained, and then she thought of what Leo said before, and said: "You are planning to start from 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 Outer Federation cannot be missed and look for opportunities to get in touch with them."

Sylvia thought for a while and said: "If you want to get in touch with Berger Hans, it's best to start with his hobbies."

"You mean hunting?"

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

Leo showed a thoughtful look, and then asked Sylvia to send someone to buy some materials. He then took the 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 Velen world, the development of firearms in this world far exceeds that of the Velen world. The armies of almost all countries use firearms as their main weapons, and most countries

The police and other law enforcement agencies also use firearms to carry out law enforcement. Among the private sector, the circulation of firearms is also very large.

It’s just that I don’t know whether it’s because of the thinking or other unknown reasons, but 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 the shotgun.

, one is artillery, both types of firearms have similar characteristics, such as thick and thick barrels, short range, large range of lethality, etc.

The gunpowder weapon manufacturing concepts in this world are almost all cannon concepts. Put more gunpowder into the ammunition, create more ammunition fragments, and make the barrel of the ammunition thicker, longer, larger, etc., like this world

The shotgun is not held by one person and can be fired at any time. It needs to add a bracket to support the barrel. The bullets fired are also pellets and will explode. Basically, the prey does not die directly from the design, but from the explosion of the ammunition.
Chapter completed!