"How's your question, everyone?" Roy leaned against the wall outside the teaching building of the Department of Natural History, glanced at the flustered students, and then turned to his fellow demon hunter with a serious face next to him.

Oakes shaved the gap between his teeth with his blackened thumbnail, and then sighed helplessly, "There are 35 undergraduate and master students in the Department of Natural History, we asked them one by one, unfortunately, we didn't find any suspects. "

"A group of domesticated sheep, honest people, nerds..." Lei Suo added, stroking his shiny bald head with one hand. Who has a crush on who in the department, all of them are completely clean. The Axii seal has not been used yet, and I suspect that this group of Oxenfurt students are not as courageous as Karl..."

Leto said as he stroked the soft hair of the little boy.

Most of the pampered intellectuals in the Natural History Department of Oxenfurt have never seen blood since birth, and their psychological quality may not be as good as Karl, who has experienced family ruin and lived in the wilderness with a witcher for a while.

"So Linus Pete's other assistant, Ben's suspicion is also removed?"

Lesso nodded, "Although Ben was a little cautious and did some behaviors to exclude Whishaw, the murder that happened in the suburban house had nothing to do with him."

"Then the situation is very clear now..." The young witcher breathed out, smiled at his companions,

"Did you find anything there?"

"Cantila and I got a clue from a vendor in the Niubao Market."

So the two of them repeated what the fishmonger had said.

Several demon hunters pondered for a moment after hearing this, but before they could speak, Linus Pete suddenly came out from behind, "Have the two punks inquired about Whishaw's identity information?" The Oxenfurt's The thin cheeks of the tutor of the master's student tensed for a moment, and then he looked confused, "Why should they pay attention to an honest and poor student?"

"Professor, it's obvious." Fliers lifted his sunglasses, and a ray of light shot out of his gray-green pupils, "The two guys are definitely not interested in a poor student from a poor background, but Whishaw in the cow There is a long-term and large purchase business in the Fort market, and they are eyeing this transaction. Want to get a share of it?"

"I agree with Fulius." On the other side, Serrit took over the conversation and glanced at everyone in the field, "When I was in the south, I had a lot of dealings with local hooligans. They were a group of idlers with bad personalities. The "poor people" in China are good at using all kinds of despicable means to extort money from merchants, and the most obsessed thing is the golden crown. As long as you have money, you can do anything!"

"Your students don't hire bodyguards like big businessmen to protect them, and they don't have a prominent family background. Isn't this soft persimmon the best target for extortion?"

After listening to the analysis, Linus Pete twitched the corners of his mouth, his pupils shrank into a slit behind the thick glasses, then his body trembled slightly, his saliva flew and he roared,

"Bastards! But how dare they, how can they play tricks on students in the town of Oxenfurt, the academic center of the North?!"

The local residents have always maintained a basic respect for the students who come out of the college island. On the one hand, they are concerned about the power of the Niubao College behind the students; on the other hand, no one wants to offend a possible big shot in the future.

Those who dare to attack students are very few.

"These gangsters have a certain eye for being able to hang out in Oxenfurt," Oakes said, "so instead of doing it in town, they raided their home in suburban Whishaw, ten miles away. Remember? , The two corpses found in that house yesterday were covered with traces of torture, which to a certain extent verified our thinking—the punks want to get more 'delicious fat' from Whishaw."

Linus Pete lowered his head, with a troubled expression on his face, "But I have lived in Niubao Town for decades, and I have been raising that group of rare animals for more than ten years. Before Whishaw went to school, I and a few others had already Graduated students have been buying meat from the Niubao Market for quite some time, so why didn't those bandits make a move earlier or later, and why did they attack him at this time?"

"Who knows?" Roy shrugged, "Maybe they are just short of money."

Reso said, "There are also other possibilities, and the murderer is someone else. After all, so far we have only made simple inferences and have not obtained conclusive evidence."

"But those gangsters are the most suspicious, so we must keep an eye on them."

……

"By the way, the fish seller vaguely mentioned that the two gangsters belong to the same organization..." Roy said in an uncertain tone as his eyes turned, "It seems to be called the Wild Boar Army?"

"What is the Wild Boar Army?" Everyone was confused after hearing this. "A small local gang like the Rat Gang? Do you remember that, Mr. Linus."

"Redanian Wild Boar Army," the Niubao scholar raised his eyebrows, with a look of boredom and disdain, "I think everyone in Oxenfurt has heard of the name of this organization."

"Tell me more about it?"

"A low-level organization founded by the descendants of fallen nobles around Oxenfurt and Novigrad... This organization has been engaged in some bastard things and collecting protection fees in recent years, but it is limited to small troubles To the extent... I didn't expect them to dare to attack Oxenfurt's students this time."

"Mr. Linus, do you know where the base of the Wild Boar Army is? The addresses of some important members are also fine." Roy paused, and he planned to take the initiative. "They didn't go to the market to harass the merchants in the past two days. Xiao got important news from his mouth..."

Linus Pete pinched his temples in distress. He is a true scholar, and he devotes most of his energy to the protection of rare animals, and has little interest in paying attention to the addresses of punks.

"Sorry, I don't know much, I only heard that most of the Wild Boar Army are peasant children from the surrounding suburbs."

Everyone was not too surprised.

"What do you think about the next move?" The bald man looked around with amber pupils.

"How about I arrange it?"

"Tell me, kid." The crowd encouraged,

The dark gold's eyes glanced over Lei Suo, the Oaks brothers, Frius' master and apprentice, and Cantila one by one.

"Ochs, Serrit, Lei Suo, if you don't mind, you go to the taverns, hotels, and brothels in the town to inquire about the situation of the wild boar army."

"Don't worry!" Oakes patted his chest carelessly, "waiting for our good news."

"If you find any suspicious people who are sneaking around, you can try to follow the clues," Roy gently folded his fingers together, "find their base...but don't take out the sword behind the sheath easily."

He emphasized in a deep voice, "This is Oxenfurt, a holy place for exchanging knowledge, don't kill people casually."

He didn't want to have a lot of nicknames like Oxenfurt Butcher on his head for no reason. If he wanted to kill, he should at least grasp the opponent's handle and get the evidence.

Linus Pete was grateful when he heard the words, thinking that the other party was thinking of him.

Roy nodded, turned to the other side,

"Candilla, Your Excellency Owl, and Little Carl, you stay with Professor Linus to protect his safety."

The combination of the woman, the child, and the cat-pie witcher readily agreed.

"In case the wild boar army tortures some secrets from Whishaw's mouth..." Roy stared at the pupils of the Niubao scholar, "It's not only your Excellency, but even the rare zoo you have worked so hard to build is also in danger."

Linus Pete's face suddenly changed. For the animals raised, the expenses these years have been astronomical. In a sense, they are indeed more valuable than real money.

Could this be the plan of those bastards?

"Roy, you still forgot about him!" Oakes' muscular arms wrapped around the junior's neck fiercely, with an unfriendly expression on his face,

"Cough, cough..." Roy blushed from being restrained, "As for me, I can move freely, and I can transfer to wherever I need manpower!"

"Huh?!" The three pairs of amber animal pupils showed a fierce light, "Boy, you commanded very neatly. You made our arrangements clearly, but you hid aside and slacked off. In broad daylight, did you start dreaming?"

"Okay... Huh——" Roy struggled for a long time to break free from the choke of the hooded demon hunter, and let out a long sigh of relief, "I'm staying outside the academy island, is this okay?!"

Chapter 11 Ogierd Everec

A building in the northwest of Oxenfurt Town, next to the mouth of the sea.

Behind the dark iron door is a spacious hall.

Empty wine bottles and food scraps were piled all over the floor, and the air smelled sour of overnight fermentation of meat and wine.Apparently, there had been a big orgy in the house not long ago.

After the carnival, most of the guests left, leaving only one drunk man in the hall, lying in the middle of a pile of wine bottles, smashing his mouth and snoring loudly.

He was probably in his twenties, with an odd mohawk, and was shaved slickly except for a ponytail of black hair on top of his head.

His strong body was wrapped in an open-chested sleeveless leather jacket with delicate patterns on it, revealing well-developed chest muscles and arm muscles, while his face had fierce and cold features, which were not good at first glance.

"Hi..." the man hiccupped, spit out the stench of alcohol, and murmured dreamily, "I, Vlodimi... want to revive... Hiccup... revive the Everec family! "

"call……"

"call……"

The door was suddenly pushed open, and a fat man over two meters tall strode in. He came to the drunk man panting, and shook his arm.

"Boss Flodimy, wake up, something is wrong!"

"call……"

"If we continue to sleep, our plan will come to naught!" The man anxiously rubbed his hands, picked up a wine bottle, and poured the remaining wine on the drunk's face.

"Huh...uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu sit up from the floor and glaring angrily.

"Who dares to tease me?! Tired of work?!"

"Boss Vlodimi, it's me, Barrel Punk," said the fat man with a hint of timidity in his eyes. "I have something important to report, and I didn't mean to disturb your sleep."

"What's the matter?!" Vlodimi muttered, rubbing his swollen cheeks from the hangover, snatched the wine bottle from the strong man's hand, shook it, and poured the pitiful few drops of wine on the bottom of the bottle. on the tongue. "Woke up my dream, if the answer doesn't satisfy me... don't even think about getting a share of this business!"

"An accident happened at Oxenfurt College... A brother sent back news this morning that Linus Pete had summoned all the students of the natural history department to question one by one. Whishaw's body must have been found."

Upon hearing this, Vlodimi patted "Barrel"'s bloated belly with the back of his hand,

"My dear cousin, this kind of trivial matter makes your head smoke with panic, and you can't hold your breath when you are so big?" Vlodimi said lightly, leaning against the wall with one hand on his hip , "It's been a week, counting the time, no matter how slow the school is, they should find some traces. But believe me, they can't ask useful words, let alone affect the actions of the gang..." Vlodimi Said, "And the medicine purchased by the gang in Novigrad was delivered last night, and now there is only a suitable opportunity."

Flodimi said longingly, "When we deliver the 'goods' to the big man, the brothers will have nothing to worry about for several years. The great Everik family will also be able to survive the crisis smoothly..." Frodimi "And my dearest brother won't be struggling with money anymore," Lodimi said with a smile.

"Boss Vlodimi..." Wooden said hesitantly, "but I heard that the witcher was also involved in this matter. Those freaks have been rumored to be miraculous, and I'm afraid they will find some clues, and when the time comes The time plan was shattered..."

"Shut your crow's mouth!" Flodimi's face was serious, his eyes were fierce, like a lion waking up, his originally lazy attitude became extremely serious, "When did Oxenfurt come? Demon hunter, no one has informed me that the brothers have become so slack?"

The brawny wooden barrel groaned inwardly, whoever held a celebration banquet in advance last night.

"Yesterday... I just entered the town yesterday."

"Don't come early, don't come late, it's just this time to make trouble!" Vlodimi took a deep breath, and walked a few steps in place, "Wooden, you immediately go to the gang to find some clever brothers, give I went to watch outside the Philosopher's Gate and report the situation to me at any time. As long as the demon hunters haven't discovered our real target, then don't worry about them! Otherwise, we must act first and let these mutants have a taste of the wild boar army. sharp."

Barrel Punk was a little nervous. He had heard many unbelievable rumors. About the demon hunter, he washed the city of Lello with one enemy and a hundred blood, and killed the town of Bravikan. Only forty or fifty brothers in the gang can really deal with it. ?

"Boss Vlodimi, should I inform my elder brother first and listen to his opinion?"

"Our dearest brother still has to contact the big boss, and he can't get away. I will notify him when he comes back. Now everything is subject to my order, understand?"

……

At the same time, outside the town of Oxenfurt, the Everec family estate was in full bloom.

A man and a woman are strolling arm in arm among the flowers and green grass.

The man was tall, with a handsome and tough face, and a reddish-brown beard, full of masculinity.The woman has a petite body, small and delicate features, white and delicate skin, and black and lustrous hair.

Her appearance is as beautiful as a character in a painting, and even the blooming flowers are eclipsed in front of her.

The couple sometimes get close to each other, touch their wrists lightly, and sometimes separate, enjoying the faint ambiguous atmosphere.

Ogierd Eifric suddenly plucked a purple rose on the side of the road, put it in the black and smooth hair of the woman beside him, and looked at her affectionately.

As a playboy in the eyes of others, the eldest son of the Everick family, his tenderness can only be shown to this woman in front of him—Alice Beerwitz, a rich daughter, his fiancée, and also the love of his life woman.

"Honey," Alice held the man's hand, looking back at Ogild with big black jewel-like eyes, "I have something to talk to you about." The woman hesitated for a moment, "Father...Father..."

"Father-in-law asked you to ask me about my debt again?" Ogierd let go of the purple rose in his hand, turned his back and said in a dispirited voice, "Tell him that I'm negotiating a deal with a big man in Novigrad... ..."

"When this business is done, I will pay off all the debts at once, and the Everec family will surely make a comeback."

As Ogierd said, he couldn't help but sighed.

Once upon a time, the brave Ifric family, who was born in a nomadic people, made brilliant military exploits for Redania, and became a nobleman by virtue of this.

The power of the family is in full swing, and countless people fawn on them and please them.The Everec name was as popular in Oxenfurt as it was in Novigrad.

But time has passed, and after several generations, the Ifric family has become more and more declining. Especially in recent years, it has suffered a series of serious blows. The family's land seems to be cursed by bad luck. The wheat production of other people's family is increasing year by year. There is almost no harvest in the year, and the money has been repaid.

To make matters worse, he was deceived by someone who invested in a sawmill not long ago. Not only did he lose all his money, but he also owed a foreign debt.

Even the fiancée's family members began to point fingers and dislike him.

But the nightmare was coming to an end, and thinking of the recent plan, Ogierd's resentment eased.

"Sorry, dear, I shouldn't break your heart at this time." Alice shook her head, thinking that the man she loved so much was just comforting herself.

"But my father has been very worried about this debt. You know he is a businessman, he has some vulgar habits in money, and he values ​​​​profit too much. And I think..." Alice pursed her red lips, "He seems to care about our There is a lot of disagreement about the marriage, I'm afraid..."

Upon hearing this, Ogierd hugged his distressed lover fiercely, "No one can take you away from me!"

"Don't worry, I won't leave you..." Alice leaned into his arms, her eyes were gentle, and she said emotionally, "No matter what others say, I will always only love you alone."

"Please also believe me, I can pay off this debt in a week at most, and let you live a happier life than the princess."

"What kind of business is that? It won't be the same business as before, right?" Alice's pretty face flashed a trace of worry, and another thing came to her mind - the Everick family has a "random army" Redani The sub-wild boar army, when Ogierd was young and stubborn, he led this team to plunder the farmers and passing caravans in the Oxenfurt area.

But he's been washing his hands for years.

The brothers under him started another "business" that was not on the table.

"You don't worry too much, it's a serious business," Ogierd pressed his lover's slender left hand to his chest with his big rough hand, kissed her dark hair lightly, looked at the delicate and beautiful flowers in the manor, his expression was extremely excited, "A big collector in Novigrad took a fancy to a few collections. I will take the brothers in the gang to 'buy' them for him, and send them along."

"Father-in-law and mother-in-law are both businessmen. You should also know how wealthy the upstarts in Liberty City are. The reward is a lot of money, which is enough for the Everick family to survive the financial crisis."

As he said that, a bright future flashed before Ogierd's eyes. After the debt was settled, the balance was enough to satisfy the greedy appetite of his father-in-law and mother-in-law.

"At that time, I will hold a grand wedding for you that you will never forget! I swear!"

"Hmm!" Alice smiled sweetly and leaned into her lover's arms.

in the shade.

The gorgeous petals fluttered in the wind, and the two intimate figures gradually merged into one.

Chapter 12 Stalking and Misleading

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