Chapter 316
After Pulino sent Xialan back to the room, he politely retreated. After confirming that the other party disappeared from the perceived detection range, Xialan barely relaxed his tense nerves and sootheed the other party's sense of depression on the mental level. Xialan calmed down and began to think carefully about the countermeasures to face Viscount Morroen in Via Castle.
During this meeting, he and Viscount Morrown had a showdown with each other through alternative dialogues.
Although Xia Lan reached a brief peace with Viscount Morrown with the threat of defeat, once the ancestors agreed that this key foreign enemy would resolve, the opponent's spearhead would immediately turn to them. At that time, Xia Lan believed that Viscount Morrown would definitely have the means to deal with them!
If they were unwilling to sit and wait for death, the only chance they could fight for was the period when Viscount Moroen and his ancestors decided to completely decide the outcome!
But will Viscount Moroen give him a chance to turn over? No, absolutely not. He could almost conclude that every move in his daily life will be within the scope of surveillance and control of Viscount Moroen, and any rash move will attract the attention of the other party.
How to get rid of the current difficulties has also become a problem he faces.
He raised his right hand, opened his palm, bent his fingers gently, clenched, and a surging sense of power appeared in his fist, but Xia Lan felt a deep feeling of paleness and weakness.
When he thought he had entered the state of superiority and stood at a height that was beyond reach for others, he suddenly realized his insignificance. The power he was proud of was so ridiculous in front of a stronger enemy. Every time, he had to work hard and do his best to defeat his opponent by chance. Life was dancing on the tip of the knife. Under his feet was an endless abyss. If he took a wrong step, he would die without a burial place!
Cruel? Tired? And does he have a choice?
Few people experience the feeling of passing by death. Most of the people who experience it will feel the value of life. Xia Lan is different because he has had too many such experiences, and the number of times has already numb him.
This is true for many things, and once you start getting used to it, you will gradually become numb.
The body that has lost its soul is empty like a walking corpse. The trajectory of destiny in life is engraved in the established manipulation route, without freedom or self.
The system's faint task text appears in front of the retina, and the word "complete" is still not displayed at the rear of the retina. This is just the third ring. The more rings there are in the future, the more danger it means. Xia Lan is already in a panic and embarrassed, even if he has many plans. However, before the plan is successful, everything will be dreams, and everything will not go well. Changes and accidents will always happen suddenly without expectation, and they are caught off guard and cannot adapt to the situation in time. The consequences can be imagined.
It seems that the surface of the scenery is actually vulnerable. This is a fact, a cold and cruel fact!
Absent-mindedly, I stood up from the sofa and walked towards the windowsill. My deep eyes were empty and I looked at the dark and strange castle in the night sky. The castle was very quiet. Occasionally, I could see the guards patrolling with torches in the cold wind. The climate has been peaceful for too long during this period, and perhaps it has just covered up the coming violent storm. This winter and this season, wind and snow are the only main theme.
The closed castle gate suddenly opened in the distance, and Xia Lan saw a familiar blood-red figure galloping in, and a team of solemn cavalry was closely followed by him.
Is something big happening to Eckhart? Guards? Querofi?
Xia Lan, who recognized the blood-red figure at a glance, subconsciously reacted in her mind.
...
"Sir Viscount, Eckhart is back."
At the same time, in Viscount Morrown's study, Priino, who was staying in the shadow of the bookcase, moved his ears and spoke out loud and interrupted Viscount Morrown's conversation with Segreg.
"Hmm? So fast?" Viscount Morrown's attention turned to Prino in surprise.
"Yes, he is on his way here now." Priino said in a low voice.
As soon as he finished speaking, Priino closed his mouth, turned his head and looked towards the door of the study, because he had a keen sense of perception that Eckhart had already noticed Eckhart's tracks!
Dongdongdongdongdong-
The door rings in time.
"Come in."
Viscount Moroen said with a stern expression.
Eckhart, wearing armor and military uniform, pushed the door and entered. Every step he took on the ground would cause the sound of armor on his body to collided. The blood-red cloak rose slightly, and his solemn face was full of solemnity.
"Report to Lord Viscount, I'm back." Eckhart stopped in front of Viscount Morrown's steps and saluted respectfully.
"Eckhart, has the matter of Songlan Manor been resolved?" Viscount Morrown said in a deep voice.
"Yes, it's a pity that we were one step late. When our subordinates led the Guards to Songlan Manor to conduct an investigation, they found that there were no signs of Besarro and Orlandert in Songlan Manor!" Eckhart said.
"They are gone?" Viscount Morrown said with a serious expression: "Where are the others in Songlan Manor?"
"They are all dead! They include all the servants and guards of Songlan Manor and the guards' personnel!" Eckhart said.
"All of them are dead?" Viscount Moroen said in shock.
"Yes! And the strangest problem is that they all died in the same place at the same time! Not only that, there was no trace of scars or struggles on the bodies of the deceased. In the preliminary investigation, their cause of death was poisoning." Eckhart said.
"Where did they die at the same time?" Pulino asked at this time.
"The banquet hall of the manor." Eckhart said.
Priino nodded and thoughtfully said: "At that time, there was the power to let everyone gather in the banquet hall, and there was only one person who killed them silently through poison..."
"Berzaro!" Segreg, who was silent on the side, gasped and said in a cold air.
Viscount Morrown's face changed in a volatile manner. After a long time, he said to Eckhart: "What other strange situations have you discovered?"
"There is one thing that Gner's cause of death is a bit weird," Eckhart said. "Because he did not really die of poisoning, but a small piercing piercing on the back of his neck. If I hadn't discovered this accidentally, I'm afraid his real cause of death would have made me ignore it!"
"Puncture puncture?" Viscount Morrown frowned.
"According to the wound, Gner should have been stabbed into the back of his neck with a needle-shaped weapon, causing death." Eckhart said.
"But Besaro is not a person who makes good use of needle weapons. Eckhart, do you want to say that?" Priino looked over and said.
"Using needle-like weapons generally belongs to assassination techniques. Although Besaro, who is good at using swords, can use this kind of concealment method to clear his suspicion, judging from Gner's scars, it is difficult for even Besaro to successfully use this fine assassination technique!" Eckhart said: "The main point is that the scars will not lie! If a person who is good at using swords uses other weapons to kill people, the scars caused will more or less leave the shadow of swordsmanship. This is the instinct of using swordsmanship deeply in their bones, let alone Besaro, who is the upper swordsman. But I did not see the shadow of swordsmanship in the scars on Gner's corpse, but instead saw the shadow of using short-blade daggers!"
"You mean someone else who killed Gner?" Plino said.
"That's right!" Eckhat decided.
"If the murderer who killed everyone in Songlan Manor was not Berzaro but some kind of conspiracy to frame the blame..." Segreg said in great terror.
"The ancestors' public agreement!" Viscount Moroen instantly thought of them who gathered to Querofi during this period!
"We have no evidence to prove that it was them! Besides, this may be the act of Bessaro deliberately trying to guide us in thinking wrongly! With Bessaro's power in Querofi over the years, it would not be difficult if he wanted to hire an assassin with skillful assassination methods!" Priino said calmly.
Eckhart glanced at Priino intentionally or unintentionally. He was wondering something. Why did Priino keep staring at the suspicion of Bessaro? Is there any conflict between them that they don’t know?
"You all retreat, I want to be alone!"
Viscount Morrown suddenly said with his forehead.
Priino, Eckhart, and Segreg looked at each other, then nodded and left.
After they all left, Viscount Morrown sighed deeply.
Chapter completed!