Chapter 26 Case File 1: Botanical Garden Mystery (8)
Andre didn't have to wait long.
He leaned against the desk of the Winchester clerk and just finished drinking the slightly overscalding cup of black tea in a cool and domineering manner when the Winchester clerk sent Holly back - along with a pick-up slip for the evidence [Night Flower Magic Dish].
Andrei took the delivery note, looked at it, and called out to the two anxious captains and vice-captains standing outside the door, "You two, take your men and collect these [Night Flower Magic Dishes] and return them to where they came from. If one is missing, broken, or injured... I'll make you pay!"
Bilu and Huipa hurriedly took the order and ran away.
"Prepare a carriage, call a clerk, and have him come with me to conduct the on-site investigation and re-record his statement." Andrei casually ordered. He brought the bruised and battered Hafu boy to him and took a look. "Was he beaten in prison before?"
"Yeah..." Holly nodded.
"You won't die. Just go back and apply some medicine." Andre looked at Winchester, who was still standing there motionless, and frowned almost imperceptibly: "What's wrong?"
"Do you think it's appropriate for me to go?" Winchester smiled gently, "I'm also a clerk."
Andre looked at him intently, then suddenly laughed. He patted Winchester's shoulder affectionately and said, "Very good, it's a bit of a waste of talent for the chief clerk to do these trivial things himself, but why wouldn't I welcome you? Please!"
A group of people rushed to the old house of Ax outside the city. Andre, Holly and Winchester's chief clerk rode in a carriage, while the knights of the first brigade followed behind with two carts full of dark night flower magic dishes, which seemed to be a bit ostentatious.
——Of course, the knights of the first brigade were filled with resentment.
"It's not a wise move to stir up blood and gore when you first arrive here." Chief Clerk Winchester withdrew his gaze from the car window and sat up straight.
Opposite him, a newly appointed vice-captain of the Knights Templar was sitting with his legs crossed and his eyes closed, resting. He had his hands behind his head, looking as nonchalant as a gangster.
"Oh, really?" he replied nonchalantly. "It doesn't matter. I don't care about that. As long as they can do the job, that's all."
The carriage fell into deathly silence again. Holly was sandwiched between the two men, looking at one and then the other, feeling that neither of them was someone he could afford to offend, so in the end he could only shrink himself a little smaller.
"By the way," said the Winchester clerk suddenly, "where is your horse?"
Andre didn't answer, but the corners of his mouth rose slightly, as if he was in a good mood.
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At the same time, Andre's loyal follower Jericho was leading Andre's tall horse and standing in front of Takuyu's soy sauce shop... oh, no, in front of the brewing workshop.
"Any news about the interrogation?" Jiang You rushed out of Auntie Wolf's house and was caught off guard by the sleek, black, shiny horse. "Wow! Is this handsome guy, no, this handsome horse, Andre's?"
Jericho nodded. "The young master has verified that Holly is indeed not the murderer. The young master is going to take Holly back to the Axe mansion for investigation. I hope you two will come too."
He nodded to Jiang You and Auntie Wolf behind him and said, "The journey is quite long. You two can ride this horse."
"Can I really ride it?!" Jiang You asked excitedly. She couldn't help but walk forward and look up at the huge horse. Her skeleton was about 1.6 meters tall, and this horse was even 20 centimeters taller than her!
They say an animal resembles its owner, and it certainly resembled its master, both sporting flowing, glossy black manes and imposing, muscular bodies. Aside from a white streak on the bridge of its nose and a thick layer of white mane covering the lower half of its knees, the rest of the horse was a deep black like the night sky.
This horse looks extremely powerful, its physique alone is like a small tank. At first glance, it looks 80% similar to the Belgian draft horse she saw on the Internet in her previous life!
"Of course." Just as Jericho finished speaking, he saw Dama snort heavily, open his mouth and take a bite of Jiangyou's skull.
Takumi Yu: “!!!”
She covered her skull and took a few steps back, looking at the handsome horse in disbelief: "How could you do this!"
The big horse pawed its hooves impatiently a few times and snorted, as if it was very dissatisfied with its master asking it to carry a skeleton... and a wolf.
"Diego!" Jericho shouted, "No."
"Wait a minute, does it eat soybeans?" asked Jiangyou.
"Food." Before Jericho finished his words, he saw the white skeleton trotting into the house from the back door. When it came out again, there was an oil-paper bag in its paws.
"Diego, right~" Jiang You called out as he took out a handful of fried soybeans from the oil-paper bag, his eyes sparkling with soul fire: "I have delicious fried soybeans here~"
Dama leaned over with great interest, sniffed the fried soybeans in her bony claws, then opened his mouth and rolled his tongue -
"Hey hey hey be careful with my hand bones!"
Fifteen minutes later, Jericho was leading the way, holding Diego's reins and riding his mule. Diego, contented with his delicious fried soybeans, carried Aunt Wolf and the skeleton craftsman You on his back, trotting along happily, following Jericho's lead, without a trace of his earlier arrogance.
"A foodie horse raised by a foodie owner." Jiang You silently commented in his heart, "But it's really good-looking!"
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When the carriage that Andre and his companions were riding in entered the courtyard of the Axe mansion, Jiang You and his companions followed closely behind, and the two teams arrived almost one after the other.
Aunt Wolf climbed down from the horse with the help of Jericho. She turned around and saw the young man from the Haff tribe trembling out of the carriage. She immediately rushed over with a howl, "Holly! My child!"
"Nanny!" Holly was surprised and happy, and threw himself into the arms of Aunt Wolf Talia. "I thought I would never have the chance to see you again!"
Andrei stood with his hands behind his back, watching the reunion of the two wet nurses and their adopted son with great interest for a while. Then he turned his head and found that the skeleton was pulling something out of an oil-paper bag to feed his horse.
"Hey! Little Bones!" Andre couldn't help but move closer to Jiang You. "What are you feeding my horse?"
"It's just some fried soybeans! Don't worry, I didn't feed him much." Jiang You said, staring at Andrei in confusion and said strangely: "Little Bone? My name is..."
Andre glanced back at the kingdom knights who were carrying the dark night flower magic dish into the house and the clerk who was staring at them, and quietly made a gesture to Jiangyou to keep quiet.
Jiangyou realized instantly that Andre was signaling her not to reveal her identity and name.
She hesitated for a moment, then decided to go along with the offer: "Little Bones...let's just call him Little Bones. He sounds cute!"
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