Chapter 22 Case File 1: Botanical Garden Mystery (4)
"Hiss!" Jiang You gasped. "He lost his wealth, status, dreams, and the scholar status he was about to obtain... It seems that Holly is the one who suffered the most in this whole case!"
"So, is there a conflict between Holly and Holland?" Andre asked after pondering for a moment.
Aunt Talia shook her head. "No, Holland is younger and more senior. Holly has always been very kind to him. Whenever he comes back from school, he always brings him some toys or novelties. Holland likes him very much."
"In that case, Holly should have no motive to commit the crime... In comparison, Holland's sister-in-law Pertmin has benefited a lot! According to the general rules of detective novels, whoever benefits the most from the case is the most suspicious!" Jiangyou read a lot of detective novels when he was bedridden in his previous life!
"Okay, I got it." Andre stood up, "Jericho, let's go."
"Master? Where are we going?"
"In the dungeon of the Kingdom Knights, interrogate Holly Ho Axe." Andre's eyes seemed to be burning with fire. "It's time for us to take office."
The tall and handsome black-haired knight strode away with his long legs, and his skinny attendant trotted after him. Somehow, this reminded Jiang You of the "Don Quixote" she had read before... Well, I hope this knight is worthy of his name and can be reliable!
"Is this Andrei really reliable?" Aunt Wolf clearly had the same doubt. She sighed deeply, "I was originally thinking of introducing Holly to you. He grows a wide variety of delicious fruits and vegetables. Whether it's wheat, green plums, mung beans, soybeans... he has them all!
"Even the roses in my yard were planted by him."
"..." Jiangyou recalled the melancholy look in Aunt Wolf's eyes when she gave her the flower petals a few days ago, as well as the scene she had just seen from the soul fire, and she suddenly understood.
To Aunt Wolf, Holly must be like her own son... Her own 'son' was framed and arrested as a murderer. He was about to lose everything. He fell from a gifted talent to the bottom and became a worthless criminal with nothing. No one could accept this.
Of course, for Jiang You, a good food supplier became a prisoner, and the business was about to fall through before the discussion even started... This kind of thing was simply intolerable to her!
Just kidding, with the tiny amount of produce in her backyard, she could only make some tasting dishes for Aunt Wolf. If she wanted to make enough to open the [Brewery Workshop], she had to find a stable and reliable supplier.
The wolf with a bow tie and the skeleton sighed together, one lamenting the unfairness of fate, while the other worried about his business that hadn't even started yet. Even the soul fire in his eyes dimmed a little.
After a while, Jiang You asked, "Do you have any other ingredients? I'll go make something to eat. Man is like iron and rice is like steel. No matter what problem you have, you need to eat a full stomach before you can solve it!"
Aunt Wolf's eyes lit up. "Make that! Lotus seed and mung bean paste! And some rose honey!"
"Okay!"
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The knights of the First Battalion of the Kingdom Knights' Eston West City Branch were still waiting under the scorching sun for the deputy commander who had not yet arrived.
To protect against bandits, there were no buildings or trees outside the city gates to block the view. The only thing that could block the sunlight was the city wall itself. As the sun rose, the shadow of the city wall gradually shrank. The knights, each clad in metal armor, looked no different from canned human flesh exposed to the sun.
It was not easy to maintain a decent appearance under such conditions. Fortunately, the visibility at the city gate was good and there was no pedestrian in the morning. Captain Peru fa Pertxu arranged for sentries to keep watch and asked his men to hide in the shade under the city wall.
Vice Captain Huipa Fa Dila had just sent his trusted soldiers back to "take care of" the matter of that unfortunate Haff child. He now deeply regretted his blindness to money and his trust in Pertmin's lies. If he had known that a new deputy commander would be sent in soon, he would never have gotten involved in the mess of the Axe family's internal strife.
Those Hafu people are not reliable guys. There are many dirty things happening in the big family. He has heard many versions of the story. He doesn't want to be dragged into it by these bad-intentioned little guys.
The status of the Kingdom's Knights in the Duchy of Huntington was high. Becoming a knight allowed commoners to rise from "Horse" to "French," becoming part of the lowest privileged class. Furthermore, knights lived and ate in the barracks, received salaries, and their uniforms and armor were all provided by the royal family, meaning they never had to spend their own money.
Even though the Kingdom Knights have to deal with everything from wars to petty thefts, and have a lot of work to do...the benefits and status are first-rate!
These knights, responsible for the safety of the city and constantly on patrol, were considered high-ranking officials in the eyes of the city's merchants. If they got tired of patrolling and felt craving for something, they'd grab a bag of fruit and a couple of glasses of wine. It was a blessing for the merchants, and no one dared to ask them for money.
Huipa was used to bullying others by taking advantage of chicken feathers, and now he didn't want to lose his golden rice bowl for a little profit... He knew which was more important, eating one meal or eating for a lifetime.
Captain Piru was worried because Andre Lu Huntington hadn't shown up yet. He was afraid that if he failed to stop the man, the sly guy would enter the city and cause trouble... If that happened, the city lord would definitely be furious and make him pay for it.
The lord of the western city of Eston was Baron Augustin von Neumann, a relative of the German royal family. Although his direct lineage to the German royal family had been cut off, he was still considered a member of the increasingly declining German royal family by virtue of his title.
Not to mention, he also invested on both sides, spending a lot of effort and money to support his son-in-law to enter the Kingdom Parliament. He can be said to be a politician with a keen sense of smell.
The former German Kingdom could be considered a dual constitutional monarchy. The German King remained the supreme ruler of the land, and the Kingdom's Parliament was composed of one-third royal nobles, two-thirds scholars, priests, kingdom knights, and commoners. The Parliament did impose certain constraints on royal power, but overall, it served as an advisory and decision-making body under the king.
This system remained in place after King German's death and the throne remained vacant until Grand Duke Huntington ascended the throne. However, the parliament also experienced many turmoil and a lot of new blood was replaced.
King Huntington's foundation in the former Kingdom of Delman was unstable. Therefore, a strange situation has been formed in the Principality of Huntington today, in which the king, the old royal family and the kingdom's parliament are in a three-way confrontation and are competing with each other.
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