"I heard it was stolen by a post office employee. It was a young man, whose name was... I forgot. Who would remember the name of such a small-time person?" Viscount Sam said. "But the document has been destroyed. It's impossible for you to get it back."
"So that's how it is. I'm very curious why someone would steal this document and how the person who stole the document was dealt with?" Wang Xiaohai asked casually, pretending to be slightly disappointed.
"I'm not interested in asking about such matters. Generally, people aren't executed. If they're recycled, they're sent to the Sean Prison Mine," Viscount Sam said. "Are you trying to find him to ask about the contents of the document? I'm afraid you've got the wrong person. If the document isn't opened according to the prescribed method, it will be damaged, and he won't know about it."
Wang Xiaohai thought to himself, "Finally, I know something about this guy Eddie. Is he in the Sean Prison Mine? Let him suffer there for a few days to train himself. If someone really wanted to kill him, they would have killed him long ago! There are always opportunities in these few days. It's not like in TV dramas where people rush over at full speed to plead for mercy before the execution!"
"I'll take your car out of the city, and after we're out of the city, I'll let you go," said Wang Xiaohai.
"Okay, driver, start now!" Viscount Sam urged, "Quick...quick, start it quickly."
"Understood." The driver signaled his assistant to shovel the coal into the furnace.
The steam locomotive let out a long whistle, started again, and slowly drove out of the city gate.
The steam locomotive stopped beside a green farmland outside the city. Wang Xiaohai opened the door and walked down, saying, "Every wrong has its perpetrator, every debt has its creditor. I will not implicate my children and clansmen at will. If you want to seek revenge on me in the future, please work hard to train your martial arts." As he spoke, he disappeared in front of everyone in a flash.
Wang Xiaohai's body flew into the air and quickly flew towards Marquis Sean's residence. He had already asked the Marquis for the address when he was in the car.
"Marquis Sean's Mansion should be the most luxurious place in this territory. Once people have money, the first thing they do is not to develop, but to enjoy." Wang Xiaohai thought while flying, and he thought of the children chasing after the car to keep warm.
It only took Wang Xiaohai a few tens of seconds to reach the sky above the Marquis' Mansion.
The Marquis was only a top-level Golden Knight, so of course he couldn't feel Wang Xiaohai's arrival. Looking down, he saw that the entire Marquis's mansion was like a small city, with villas and manors of all sizes densely packed together in this small city.
Wang Xiaohai saw the main mansion at a glance. It was right in the middle, obviously on the high steps, which meant that it was superior. He quickly landed on the steps of the main mansion of the Marquis's Mansion.
"Who?" screamed the servant guarding the door.
Twelve knights formed two teams and rushed out, surrounding Wang Xiaohai in the middle.
"The Marquis' Mansion is a restricted area, no trespassing!"
"Is Marquis Sean here?" Wang Xiaohai asked.
"You don't even need to know whether he's there or not!" The twelve knights drew their swords.
"The Twelve Knights of the Round Table?" Wang Xiaohai smiled, strode forward, and passed by everyone like the wind.
None of the twelve knights reacted in time. In a flash, Wang Xiaohai disappeared before their eyes.
In the main mansion, Marquis Sean was working in his office. There was a feather pen holder on the table and a map of the entire Marquisate of Sean hung behind him.
Wang Xiaohai was stunned. He originally wanted to chop off Marquis Sean's head with a sword, but now he hesitated and decided to ask clearly before making a decision.
"Are you Marquis Sean?" Wang Xiaohai asked.
"I am. You're an assassin from outside, right? It's not too late to start after I finish my work. After all, this job is quite important and concerns the lives of tens of thousands of people." Sean put down the quill in his hand, looked up and said to Wang Xiaohai, "I used to be a Golden Knight. Although I'm old, ordinary people are no match for me. The fact that you can break through the twelve knights proves your strength. I think with your strength, if you surrender to the Pope, you can at least be granted a title of nobility. Why do you want to be an assassin?"
"I'm not an assassin. I'm just a person who occasionally emits the light of justice. This time I came here to help a friend solve her troubles. It's not for justice," said Wang Xiaohai.
"Justice?" the Marquis said. "I believed in this when I was young. Let me ask you this: if two thousand of your people were captured by an enemy nation, and they demanded that you kill a thousand of them in exchange for their release, would you do it? If you did, would it be for justice? If you didn't, two thousand people would be killed."
"How could there be an enemy who would make such a bizarre request?" said Wang Xiaohai.
"You don't need to care whether the enemy in my hypothesis exists or not. Just answer whether you will do it or not," Sean said.
"I won't answer such unrealistic assumptions," Wang Xiaohai said. "I'm just righteous sometimes, not always stupid."
"If it were me, I would do it, ignoring the possibility that the enemy would breach their contract or go back on their word," said Marquis Sean. "Trading one thousand men for two thousand is a good deal, because the value created by two thousand men is definitely greater than that of one thousand. You have to understand that only choosing the side that benefits the most is justice! My country is no different. Even though we were at war with our neighbor a few years ago, I still maintained trade and currency exchange between the two countries, and allowed cooperative companies to exist. I won't lose my rationality because of emotion. For those in power, rational consideration is the most important thing."
"Are you looking for excuses for the crime you committed?" Wang Xiaohai said, "Are you afraid I'll kill you in the heat of the moment? If I were truly impulsive, I'd come in and kill you with a single strike of my sword without even speaking to you."
"I know you're not impulsive. Anyone who reaches the rank of Radiant Knight or above isn't a fool," Sean said. "You're stronger than me, at least above the rank of Radiant Knight. So, you can take my words as an excuse, or as a statement of fact."
"Then let me get straight to the point - did you know that the knights under your command in Clay City killed innocent women?" Wang Xiaohai asked.
"So that's what happened." Marquis Sean understood. "Regarding the documents on the special treasure, I did instruct my knights to protect them at all costs. Of course, that includes killing people. I'm not wrong. This document is more important than the lives of most civilians in my territory." Sean didn't deny it. "If you want to help me with revenge, I can call the two knights who killed the woman from Clay City. They may have been wrong, but they were also trying to protect the documents. Besides, I'm the lord, and I've pardoned their crimes. If you insist on punishing them, I can't do anything about it. After all, you're stronger than me."
"Call those two knights." Wang Xiaohai retracted the sword he was pointing at. He had promised to help Shana, so he would definitely fulfill his promise. There was no need to consider right or wrong. There would never be an answer to right or wrong. Every era and every person had different opinions, and it was impossible for everyone to think that something was right.
Marquis Sean pressed the bell button on the corner of the table.
A man in a butler's uniform came out of the side room, saluted Marquis Sean, and stood aside waiting.
"Tell the twelve knights outside the door to call over the Watson brothers who killed a civilian woman in Clay City." Marquis Sean gave orders to the butler.
"Understood, sir." The butler bowed and left the main room.
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