Chapter 150 - Where He Went
Chapter 150 - Where He Went
Ning Fei left behind the devil's curse of "dying every Monday" and disappeared into the night on the strong wind. No one in the palace could catch up with him.
No matter how good Duan Yunhong's physical skills are, he can only chase him to the outside of the palace gate. Before he could even say "wait a minute" Ning Fei had already disappeared. Duan Yunhong stood silently at the door for a while, until the night wind seemed to penetrate his clothes and soak into his skin, and then he came to his senses.
Then he quickly walked down the stairs, called for a carriage and left, completely forgetting the palace, the banquet, and the future saint.
The palace was in chaos. The scene was in chaos and people were in a state of confusion. The Queen's birthday ended like this, and everyone was angry, confused and worried. The royal family, the church, and other nobles cursed Ning Fei in public, believing that what he said was just a scare tactic. But secretly, everyone was panicking. Especially Miyal, who had just provoked Ning Fei in person and did not have the status and self-control of a priest, and now his face turned pale.
"Hurry up and get up! What's the matter with you lying on the ground? Are you going to give in to the devil?!"
The priest who stood up first scolded Miyal, then looked at everyone, and shouted with a stern face: "Don't believe the devil's words. This is all the devil's trick to deceive people. His purpose is to make people suspicious of each other and kill each other! Think about it, if someone's name really appeared in the square, it would only attract endless resentment, right?"
Another priest looked at the king and said, "Your Majesty, we will send someone to exorcise the demon immediately. You don't have to be frightened or believe what the devil says."
Thanks to the speeches (performances) of the two priests, the panic on the nobles' faces finally subsided a little.
"Okay, thank you for your contribution to peace. I'll wait for your good news." The king was messing around with his hair and clothes. He was so anxious that he messed up his hands. But he had to keep a straight face for the sake of face. "But he can control the wind like that. Does the church have any good way to suppress him?"
"He only has such inhuman and terrifying abilities with the help of the devil's power. However, devils are afraid of light. There are several people in the church who are favored by the God of Light and are born with the ability to learn light magic. As long as the church sends these people, the civilians who are bent on by the devil will definitely be exposed!" The priest vowed, "Your Majesty, the devil's followers are all bloodthirsty creatures. If the devil is not eliminated in time, it will cause greater disasters in the country. Please lend the heavy crossbowmen to the church to help us!"
"...Okay, in my name, I will lend the church twenty heavy crossbowmen." The king stressed, "We must be quick! This devil has defied the royal family and should be executed according to the law. We must not let him actually kill anyone in seven days!"
The priest naturally promised, and then left the scene with the church members. Miyal was still on his feet and was half-lifted and half-dragged away from the banquet by the church's followers. It was only then that he realized that Earl Andrew had disappeared.
The king watched the church group leave angrily, and he was actually feeling doubtful.
Not to mention the king, almost all the nobles were thinking: I haven’t offended that man, I don’t even know him, he won’t come to kill me the first time.
——Besides, the church will send a large number of troops to exorcise demons, so they should be able to stop him...
——If it really doesn’t work, please close the doors and windows of the house and find a few more guards to protect me.
Various thoughts were circulating in the minds of the powerful and wealthy, but most of them still regarded the royal family as their backbone, or simply did not want to lose face, and still forced themselves not to leave the banquet immediately and hide at home.
At this moment, the Duke of Bartley, whose legs were banged and he couldn't get up, finally got up slowly with the help of his followers. He looked around and realized that someone was missing from his family as well.
What about Seris?
Seris wanted to inform Ning Fei, and took advantage of his father's inattention to run away.
The one who arrived at Ning Fei's house earlier than him was Duan Yunhong.
But no matter how fast his carriage ran, it still couldn't catch up with Ning Fei who was riding on the wind. When Duan Yunhong's carriage stopped at the door of Ning Fei's house, the door was already open. Ning Fei himself was not seen, but a few kids were trotting and moving things out.
A waiter told Duan Yunhong that the short-haired "little boy" who was ten years old was Ning Fei's servant - Sha Lai.
Duan Yunhong saw at a glance that Shalai was holding a purple velvet box, which was the box that contained the gift for Ning Fei. The man jumped off the carriage and grabbed the tomboy: "Are you stealing other people's things?"
Sha Lai struggled subconsciously, but no matter how strong she was, she was just a kid from a commoner's street. She immediately hugged the box and glared at Duan Yunhong with a wary look on her face: "What do you mean by stealing? This is mine. What do you want to do?!"
"Bullshit. This is something I gave to Ning Fei, and the little robber stole it from him?" Duan Yunhong glanced at the other teenagers who were waiting for an opportunity to make a move, and realized something, "Ning Fei is not here?"
Shalai struggled, "I don't know what you are talking about, let me go!"
The other young men wanted to come up and rob him, but the guards of the Earl's Palace drew their swords. Duan Yunhong lifted Sha Lai higher: "I am not Ning Fei's enemy, and I am too lazy to deal with you. Answer the question honestly - has he run away?"
"I don't know!" Shalai still gave the same answer, "You can take anything from this house, whoever gets it will own it!"
Duan Yunhong took off the gemstone brooch on his chest and stuffed it into her arms: "He told you to take it? Do you know where he hid it?"
Shalai rolled his eyes and only answered half of the question: "He left and told me to leave quickly, or else I would be killed. Anyway, he didn't want anything in the house anymore, so I just took some."
"He's right. Someone will come to hunt him down soon. If you stay here for the sake of money, it's normal for you to be implicated." Duan Yunhong said coldly, "Can you contact him? Tell him to come find 'Duan'."
Shalai didn't understand "Duan", but still replied: "I really don't know where he went. If you see him, I will help you tell you. But I will only say this one sentence, I don't care how he reacts."
"I don't expect you to have much weight in front of him." Duan Yunhong sneered and threw her back to the ground. "Run. You are Ning Fei's servant. If they can't find Ning Fei, they will look for you, torture you, and make you live a life worse than death."
Seeing that he certainly didn't seem to be seeking revenge, Sha Lai asked curiously, "What did Ning Fei do? He came back in a hurry and took almost nothing with him. Did he offend any nobles or church members again?"
"'Again'?" Duan Yunhong recalled what Ning Fei said about killing two people sent by the church to burn, kill and plunder, and asked, "Do people often come to seek revenge?"
"Yes, but they were just some small thugs." Shalai replied, "They are not small thugs this time?"
"Tsk, it has nothing to do with you, get out of here." Duan Yunhong was too lazy to reply. He glanced at the box in Shalai's arms again and couldn't help asking: "Did you see what he took away? Was there a gift from Count Andrew?"
"Ah? What Andrew?" Shalai was confused. She was so lazy when helping Ning Fei collect gifts that she completely forgot who sent them, let alone the sources of the things Ning Fei used.
"Tsk, get out of here." Duan Yunhong realized that he could not rely on this little brat at all, so he turned around and returned to the carriage.
Shalai looked puzzled when he saw this man, who was obviously a noble, suddenly appear and then suddenly return to the carriage. But she really didn't have much time, so she immediately ran to a small cart not far away with the things in her arms, piled the things on the cart, and continued running back and forth. The other teenagers with her were also carrying things, and two were watching beside the car. Obviously, they planned to take more and take it away.
The noise soon attracted the attention of surrounding residents. They opened the door to observe the situation, and soon joined the "zero-dollar shopping" trip. The residents asked what happened in Shalai and where Dr. Ning, who lived there, had gone. His hands were not idle, and he kept putting valuable-looking things into his clothes. Shalai didn't answer, but just quickened his pace and moved the things one by one. Apart from Ning Fei, she knew best what was the most valuable in this house. Only when the cart was full and piled high did the boys and Shalai carry the things and push the cart away together.
During this period, Seris also came. But he hurriedly jumped off the carriage, squeezed into Ning Fei's house among the civilians, and after confirming that Ning Fei was not there, he left quickly.
Only Duan Yunhong's carriage was parked in the shadow of the street not far away.
It turns out that although the church is shouting loudly, it is actually quite slow to take action. Almost three hours had passed since Duan Yunhong arrived here, and it was already late at night when the demon-hunting team finally arrived.
There were so many people coming that the streets were filled to the brim, with no end in sight. Moreover, although they were a team from the church, they had no sympathy for the people who were resting. The sounds of iron hooves, carriages and footsteps spread throughout the civilian streets, preventing the residents from sleeping. They all leaned through windows and door cracks to watch. Under the moonlight, troops wearing armor and carrying sharp swords walked through the streets. The atmosphere was so solemn and murderous that people dared not speak.
However, they came up empty-handed.
Not to mention that Ning Fei was not here, the things in Ning Fei's house were almost empty. Those people in Shalai had left long ago, leaving only some other neighbors who were unaware of the situation and were frantically trying to empty the house. The people from the church drove these people away, threw them out the door roughly, and then tried to go into the house to look for some clues about Ning Fei, but naturally they didn't find anything useful.
The demon-hunting team began to break into nearby houses again, asking and even searching without permission to see if Ning Fei was hiding inside. After all the efforts were in vain, a man who looked like a knight loudly read a document at the door of Ning Fei's house. The general idea is that Ning Fei is possessed by the devil and has lost all humanity, killing people everywhere; anyone who sees him is obliged to capture, kill, and report him to the church; anyone who helps him has been bewitched by the devil and must also be purified by the church.
Then, the church piled the remaining wooden furniture, clothes, fabrics and other items in the house onto the street and set them on fire, also under the name of "purifying the breath left by the devil."
The raging flames lit up the streets, serving as both a warning and a deterrent.
The church is telling people that whoever dares to shelter and help Ning Fei will end up like these old furniture.
However, the church members did not wait until the fire was burned out. They evacuated before the fire was reduced. These people didn't care at all whether the fire would be extinguished successfully or whether it would spread to other places on the civilian street. They said Ning Fei was the devil, but it was they themselves who caused chaos in the civilian streets late at night and even threatened with fire.
Not far away, Count Andrew's carriage was still parked in the darkness. Duan Yunhong looked at the fire that was higher than the roof and sneered silently.
"Let's go."
***
The carriage drove back to Count Andrew's castle and the butler came to greet him. Duan Yunhong was just about to give instructions regarding Ning Fei when he heard the butler report that someone from Miar had come to invite Earl Andrew to the church's manor for a meeting.
You can tell with your toes what that stupid thing is trying to do.
Duan Yunhong didn't even bother to ask a few more questions. He just glanced at the follower from the church and walked straight past him into the depths of the castle.
"No."
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