When the Saint comes, she does not collect food

#475 - Let the witcher check the witcher

In the cramped and dimly lit interrogation room, droplets of water on the moss trickled down the damp walls, much like the sweat dripping from Aigron's forehead.

At this moment, his hands and feet were bound to a chair, which was nailed to the floor.

He had struggled for a long time, but all he gained was the pain of the leather ropes rubbing against his skin.

The burning pain on his skin made Aigron groan softly.

He really couldn't understand why, on the agreed-upon day of the attack, he was the only one who showed up?

Where did all those damned cowards go?

The answer was simple: except for that Favarelli boss, all of his accomplices had been captured.

Before the Kush youths arrived, Gilo had traveled day and night, riding his horse to Autumn Dusk Island, and in two days, he had ferreted out all three witchers.

Through the small dark hole behind Aigron, Horn could see him anxiously twisting his body.

"You did a good job this time." Horn circled Gilo as if seeing him for the first time. "When did you become so reliable?"

"It's all thanks to your correct leadership, Holy Grandson. Without your correct leadership, I..."

"Hey, hey, hey, enough, enough. Who did you learn that from?" Horn quickly interrupted Gilo. He looked at Gilo's silent smile and immediately knew.

"What are Busak and Armand up to... How did you think of checking the day laborers?"

"Your Grace, for others, identifying a witcher is like finding a grain of rice in a pile of wheat, but for witchers, a disguised witcher is more conspicuous than a green bean in a pile of red beans."

Gilo looked at Aigron in the interrogation room, still puzzled, and smiled, "You've already confirmed that there are witchers on the island, so it's much easier.

Just find the occupational group with the largest number of people and the fastest turnover on the island.

Then find the highest-paying day job in that group, and screen for the most capable, hardworking, and frugal people, and you can quickly find their tracks.

I know them too well. With the wages on the island, it's impossible for them to resist doing side jobs.

The only exception is this kid, who is actually working as a construction worker with a lower daily wage, which led to today's attack.

And that boss, his reaction was so quick, he ran away in advance and pushed this kid out as a shield, he really escaped Autumn Dusk Island."

"How did they get in?" Rafael, who was in charge of this aspect, quickly asked.

"It actually has nothing to do with the checkpoints." Gilo scratched the back of his head. "According to the confession, they came through a mountain tunnel, which is said to lead directly from Kush territory to Great Marsh Village, bypassing the Blood and Sweat Road."

Horn and Jeanne exchanged glances and immediately remembered that Sylv had previously mentioned that a group of witchers suddenly broke into the island and took away all the information.

That group of witchers should have come in through this path.

"We've already押着them to find it, we should be able to find it soon."

"Good." Horn closed the small window and sat back at the table. "Report to me after you find it, I will personally preside over the investigation."

"Yes."

"Have those Kush children all arrived at Flick Academy?" After solving the problem of the witchers, Jeanne thought of the children's experiences.

"They've all arrived and are currently checking in, no casualties." Paslik happened to walk in, heard Jeanne's words, and immediately answered.

"What exactly are they trying to accomplish by assassinating these Kush children?" Jeanne asked Gilo, who was standing nearby.

Gilo quickly turned around and bowed before saying, "According to them, the mastermind behind this is the Osla family of the Thorns Garden. They spent 50 pounds to hire them, with the aim of damaging your relationship with the Kush nobles."

"Damage my relationship with the Kush knights? The Osla family?" Horn felt that the name sounded familiar, but he couldn't remember where he had heard it.

Bonnerd, who was next to Horn, immediately stepped forward to explain when he saw Horn's confusion: "The Osla family is the leader of the northern nobles. Although their fiefdom only consists of two counties in the Thorns Garden, their sphere of influence spans both the Thorns Garden and the Shattered Stone Plain.

The Blue Wasp Dynasty has given them many privileges, and the northerners almost all follow their lead."

Under the empire's rule, the administrative unit under the province is called a "fiefdom."

For example, Horn's Armorwood Province has three fiefdoms: Thousand River Valley, Shattered Stone Plain, and Black Serpent Bay.

Horn doesn't even have the strength of two counties, but the Osla family's sphere of influence can span two fiefdoms.

If you include Eaglefoot Bay in the northwest, then the power of the northern nobles is completely divided.

Currently, the Leia Kingdom can be roughly divided into three factions: the Longsong nobles, the northern nobles, and the manor nobles.

The Blue Wasp royal family and the Longsong nobles control the richest Dawn Island and River Isle, while the manor nobles are the collective name for the nobles who do not belong to either faction.

Including Windmill Land, Fairy Stone Field, and Thousand River Valley, they all belong to the manor nobles, but they are far less close and united than the former two.

"Then what is their relationship with us? Are they staunch supporters of the Pope?" Horn asked inexplicably.

"Have you forgotten the Countess Marika you killed on the battlefield?" Bonnerd drew the broken horn family crest of the Osla family on a piece of paper and handed it to Horn. "The Osla family motto is to repay debts and avenge grudges."

"So you mean if I fight with their family, I'm not allowed to kill their family members? What kind of logic is that?" Jeanne, who was following along, couldn't help but scold.

"If you don't kill them, they will surrender themselves and pay a ransom." Bonnerd shrugged. "This is also part of repaying debts."

"It seems that the Osla family and the Blue Wasp family have a very good relationship." Horn twirled the arrow shaft of the crossbow in his hand, as if asking unconsciously.

"No, quite the opposite, their relationship is not good, they can even be considered enemies." Although he came from a low-level knight family in Fran, Bonnerd had worked as a secretary monk in the church, and he knew quite a bit about the grievances between the nobles of Leia.

"Why?"

"This has to start with the war of succession back then." Holding the book in his arms, Bonnerd narrated slowly.

"Back then, the Duke of Blue Wasp, who was also King Virgil Newman, was located at the northern end of Dawn Island, bordering the Osla family.

When he launched the rebellion, he received strong support and a marriage alliance from the Osla family.

Therefore, King Virgil Newman once promised that if he ascended the throne, he would appoint Duke Freireich of the Osla family as the palace minister."

"But he broke his promise." Horn followed up.

Bonnerd looked at Horn in surprise: "Yes, you guessed it, that old king broke his promise after he came to power... How did you guess that?"

Isn't that obvious?

From this narrative alone, Horn could guess with his ass that the Blue Wasp family was weak, and they had to rely on the joint efforts of other nobles and the funding of the Osla family to come to power.

If the Osla family became the palace minister, the two sides would also be married, the royal family would owe favors, and even control the finances.

Two generations later, would Longsong City be surnamed Blueby (Blue Wasp) or Osla?

"Never mind how I guessed it, you continue."

After looking at Horn several times, Bonnerd continued: "After being rejected, the Duke of the Osla family retreated and hoped to obtain a fiefdom on River Isle and become a member of the Longsong nobles.

This move was opposed by the Longsong nobles of River Isle, and eventually they gave the Osla family a piece of land at the bottom of the river, not including the river water and fish.

At that time, Duke Freireich, the patriarch of the Osla family, felt ridiculed and humiliated. In a fit of anger, he even rejected the appointment of the royal finance minister and ran back to the family fiefdom.

Because of this incident, the Blue Wasp family also made a series of compensations and concessions, giving the Osla family many fiefdoms and privileges, even a part of the royal coinage rights, allowing them to mint gold pounds.

However, this grudge has been formed, and the two have always been at odds with each other.

Otherwise, in this Leia civil war, the Osla family would not have remained neutral, watching the Blue Wasp royal family fight to the death."

Horn understood.

It's just the old story of local powerhouses funding agents to enter the central government, and then thinking that they can rise to the top in one fell swoop after success.

The new Blue Wasp royal family is afraid that the Osla family will interfere with the monarch's power, and the old Goldfinch nobles in the central government are afraid that he will bring the northern nobles into their sphere of influence.

The new monarch and the old ministers hit it off and kicked this local powerhouse out of the core ruling circle again.

There is nothing new under the sun.

In any case, since this wealthy duke took action, how could it only be 50 pounds? They probably only caught one of them.

Horn believed that it was impossible for there to be only these three kittens and puppies, and they must continue to completely catch the remaining hidden witchers or those who are secretly sneaking in.

"Announce to the outside world that the witchers have been captured, and then continue the secret investigation and strengthen vigilance." After walking around the interrogation room four or five times, Horn raised his head again.

"Allocate the Cheka and a guard regiment to station on Autumn Dusk Island."

"Speed up the training of the night watchmen, triple the original number of night watchmen on Autumn Dusk Island, and give priority to recruiting from the Guardian Army."

"Also double the number of military police, and give priority to recruiting from military families."

"Yes, Your Grace."