Li Huailin came to Sardinla City once again, along with Legg and a dozen guards. Reggie, who had just woken up, also followed. As soon as they arrived in the city, they immediately attracted the attention of the city guards. Of course, this group of more than a dozen people was obviously a soldier. Of course, the city guards had to ask about the situation. When they heard that it was the Duke of Aquitaine, the city guards were very nervous.
"Has this matter alarmed the palace?" The city guard captain asked carefully. Of course, he thought that the matter here had alarmed the emperor, so the emperor sent Li Huailin to see the situation.
"Not yet." Li Huailin said, "It's just that this person named Karl owes me a huge debt, and now he's disappeared. Do you think I should come to find him?"
"Duke, what do you mean by disappeared?" the city guard captain asked curiously.
"Didn't this rich merchant go missing?" Li Huailin asked curiously.
"He didn't go missing." The city guard captain said curiously, "It was indeed reported as a missing person case, but we immediately found the body of this person named Karl outside the city … This is a murder case."
"Huh?" Li Huailin was slightly stunned. "Found the body? Why didn't I know about this? "
"This … Duke didn't tell us to report it to you …" the city guard captain said awkwardly. Who knew that you were paying attention to this matter?
"This guy is already dead? How did he die? "Li Huailin asked.
"There are no external injuries. It looks like … he was poisoned to death," the city guard captain replied.
"Poisoned to death? Where's the body? "Li Huailin asked.
"His wife is going back. She's probably at his house now," the city guard captain replied.
"Let's go. I have some questions to ask his wife," Li Huailin said.
Of course, the city guards couldn't stop Li Huailin. Li Huailin quickly arrived at Karl's house. As soon as he reached the door, Li Huailin saw a middle-aged NPC in a noble's robe waiting for him. Needless to say, this NPC was Sardinla City's City Lord.
As expected, when he saw Li Huailin appear, Yocutt's Castellan immediately rushed over to greet him. "Your Grace, I am the castellan of Sardinla City, Rosaith Yocutt. Welcome, Your Grace." With Li Huailin's current status in the Human Empire, the local lords would have to greet him wherever he went. Otherwise, it would not be a small matter.
"Greetings, York City Lord." Li Huailin also casually greeted him, then briefly introduced his purpose this time.
"This …" When he heard that Li Huailin was here to investigate the murder case, Yocutt's Castellan was visibly nervous. Of course, it wasn't because he was the murderer, but because he was worried about his own future.
"Don't worry, this is a private matter. I won't report it after the investigation is completed. Anthony doesn't have the time to care about a murder case here," Li Huailin said.
"Yes, yes. Thank you, Your Grace." Yocutt's Castellan instantly understood what Li Huailin meant. He wiped his sweat slightly. Although he said that … he was still a little worried.
Of course, Li Huailin did not care what Yocutt was thinking. He directly led his people in. There were quite a lot of people in the hall. Li Huailin clearly saw a coffin placed in the middle of the hall. Next to the coffin, a guy who looked like a clergyman was chanting to the people inside. Of course, Li Huailin also saw a middle-aged woman in black and a young man in black sitting next to them. From their tear-stained faces, Li Huailin quickly understood their identities.
"Castellan, you must catch the murderer who killed my husband." Seeing Yocutt, Yocutt's wife, Cassandra, immediately stood up and could not help but cry again.
"Your Grace, this is Carl's wife, Cassandra." Then, he said to Cassandra, "This is the Duke of the Nasser Empire, Lord Ruolin. He has some questions for you. You must answer them truthfully." Li Huailin nodded. Then, he said to Cassandra, "This is the Duke of the Nasser Empire.
Cassandra seemed to be shocked by Li Huailin's name. After all, the Duke of the Nasser Empire was a super high-ranking official. Yocutt's Castellan and her husband had some friendship, but she had never seen such a high-ranking noble like a duke. She immediately knelt before Li Huailin. "Your Grace, this commoner will tell you everything she knows."
"How long have you and your husband been married?" Li Huailin suddenly asked.
"Uh … twelve years," Cassandra immediately replied. "After a year of marriage, we gave birth to little Curt. Little Curt is now eleven years old, so we've been married for twelve years."
Cassandra pointed at the young man beside her. Of course, it was her and Carl's son. His name was Curt, and he was eleven years old.
"Yes." Yocutt's Castellan also said, "In fact, I have a private friendship with Carl. I even attended their wedding. It should be twelve years ago."
"Okay." Li Huailin nodded and asked again, "Do you know what your husband used to do? Did he ever work as a butler for a noble? "
"Huh?" Cassandra was slightly stunned. "Your Grace, this … My master used to be the son of the manager of the Butterfly Orchid Chamber of Commerce. A long time ago, he left the Chamber of Commerce and set up his own business. Then, he gradually made his fortune. My master has always been a businessman. I've never heard of a noble master's butler."
"Really?" Li Huailin nodded slightly. "But when I came a few days ago, he personally told me that he used to be Count Chittallera's butler."
"Count Chittallera? Who is he?" Cassandra was obviously stunned. "Your Highness, I've never heard Carl mention this name. Indeed, we have some interactions with nobles, but they are basically local nobles. However, we haven't been able to come into contact with a noble as big as a count."
"Yes, Your Grace." Yocutt's Castellan also said, "I've never heard of the name Count Chittallera either. I don't remember that our empire has a count called Count Chittallera either … Did Your Grace remember the wrong name?"
Yocutt was not lying. Li Huailin had investigated before. Count Chittallera's title had indeed been inherited by a relative of Chittallera, but he had changed his name. Now, not many people knew about Count Chittallera.
"Understood." Li Huailin nodded slightly. This sounded very strange, but it was not very strange. In fact, when Li Huailin heard that Karl was dead, he also thought of something. That was, this Karl was actually a substitute. Someone gave him the information, and then he pretended to be Earl Guitalera's butler. However, Li Huailin didn't know whether it was true or not because there were not many people who knew about Earl Guitalera. Of course, he didn't know what Earl Guitalera's butler looked like. The current situation was, of course, that Karl was silenced.
"Do any of you know how to perform autopsies?" Li Huailin turned and asked.
"This … Marshal, I know a little." Reggie raised his hand.
"Then take a look at how Carl died and see if there are any clues," Li Huailin said.
"Yes." Reggie nodded and immediately walked toward Carl's corpse. Cassandra hesitated for a moment, but she did not dare to stop him. After all, he was the duke, and she did not dare to offend him.
Reggie looked at Carl's corpse, mainly at his complexion. Then he opened his eyelids and said, "Marshal, this corpse's face is pale, but his eyeballs are a little black. It looks like he was poisoned, but I've never seen this kind of poison before …"
As he spoke, Reggie was about to flip Carl's corpse to see what was happening on the back of the corpse. But before he could do anything, a scream suddenly came from the side. Everyone turned around and saw that Carl's son, Curt, had suddenly fallen to the ground and was moaning in pain.
"Little Curt!" Of course, Cassandra immediately rushed over to check on her son. Li Huailin was also slightly stunned. He asked, "What happened?"
"I don't know. Little Curt has been feeling a little uncomfortable since the morning … Huh?" As he spoke, Little Curt, who was on the ground, suddenly began to twitch. It looked very serious. Not only that, but his abdomen seemed to have suddenly started to swell, and he felt like a balloon that had been inflated.
With a bang, before anyone could react, black smoke suddenly emerged from Little Curt's body. Cassandra, who was beside him, did not react at all and was immediately enveloped by the black smoke. After only three seconds, Cassandra suddenly spat out a mouthful of black blood and fell directly onto Little Curt's body.
"It's … poisonous!" The people around were frightened. Not only was it poisonous, but it was also very poisonous. The surrounding crowd immediately screamed and scattered.
"Protect the Marshal!" Reggie jumped back to Li Huailin's side in an instant and immediately pulled Li Huailin back.
"Alright, you guys stay away. I'm fine." Of course, Li Huailin was not afraid. The thing he was least afraid of was poison attacks. He was healing himself, so how could he be afraid? The priest who was praying reacted quickly. He raised the priest's staff in front of him, and a golden light flashed on his body. It seemed like he had used some kind of detoxification spell. As expected, the black smoke was immediately controlled.
"Damn it, they're really looking for trouble. They just came here to ask a few questions, and they're already silenced in front of me. Legg, immediately lead a team to seal off the scene and detain everyone inside," Li Huailin immediately said.
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