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Chapter 694 Weaving a Web
After dinner, Frederick went to the stable to feed the horses, while Belle Burke cleaned up the room for the night's rest.

Burkett came to the stable and Frederick asked him, "What do you know?"

"Bosco von Cooley, the eldest son of Duke Cooley, is a friend I met when I was playing football." Burkett whispered, "After escaping from the pursuit, he followed the caravan to the Principality of Franconia and was adopted by a childless couple of employees. After the fall of the Principality of Franconia, he joined the army and is now stationed at the telegraph station on Coconut Island."

"Bosgo plans to come back after retiring. Father Raum is getting old, so I'd like to ask for information first."

Frederick nodded and asked, "Did you find anything?"

Burkett whispered, "I suspect Buxar is a spy sent by the Kingdom of Piast."

"Although he tried his best to hide it when he was attending church, some small details still showed that he came from the sect in the Piast Kingdom."

"Every month a businessman comes to buy and sell things, and a few times on Sundays, he has the same situation."

"I recently heard from a maid in the castle that Buxar was speaking to the merchant in a language she couldn't understand, and one word appeared several times: 'Casimir'."

"I just reported this situation to the college yesterday and asked the college to pass it on to you."

Nowadays, every church in the Rhine Archdiocese has a telegraph. Old priests like Raum do not know how to use it, so they will arrange for young monks or priests who are about to take over to use it.

Frederick thought that it seemed that Casimir still had ambitions for this area and was infiltrating it by various means.

But Burkett's suspicion was not enough; more decisive evidence was needed.

If you want to find evidence, the most convenient way is naturally to lure the tiger away from the mountain.

Frederick asked Burkett, "Is there any way to get Buxar out of here?"

Burkett thought for a moment and said, "It is the wheat harvest season now. Last year, Count Weissen was in charge of the military grain procurement at this time. Buxar would go to Weissenburg... for public relations."

There are many ways to manipulate military rations procurement, for example, there is a price difference between first-class and second-class products, and whether 1.5-class products are calculated earlier or later depends on the words of the quartermaster. Frederick can't stop it, but he just doesn't go too far.

Frederick did not bring a telegraph on this trip, so he tinkered with the telegraph in the church.

Burkett could use a telegraph and perform some simple maintenance, but he could not modify it. He was amazed watching from the side.

During this time, Father Raum came to the telegraph room and saw them dismantling the box. He immediately asked, "What are you doing?"

He was worried that the two young men might break the equipment.

Burkett immediately replied: "Sir Bismarck, please help clean the machine."

Raum said seriously, "The monk who came to maintain it last time said something about the balance between dust and magic power. If you clean the dust carelessly, it will break down."

Frederick said nonchalantly, "That monk is just trying to scare people. They are clumsy and break small and important things when cleaning the ash without knowing why. They just keep saying that the ash and magic are in balance."

Raum knew nothing about this, so he just left it to them.

Frederick fine-tuned a few locations and soon connected the cities of Hammar and Wiesenburg.

The telegram was quickly sent back to Weissenburg from Hanma City, and then headed south to Coconut Island.

On the other side, Count Weissen was drinking when he received Frederick's telegram and was immediately frightened and broke out in a cold sweat.

He knew Buxar and had dealt with him several times, and found that this man was quite concerned about the army of the Elbe Pact Organization.

Now Frederick said that Buxa was most likely a spy, which was a big problem.

The leader just spoke, and the horses and cattle ran their legs off. The planned military grain procurement suddenly started ten days ahead of schedule, and the messengers were pulled out of their beds to inform the nobles who signed the grain sales agreement and bring samples to Wisemburg.

That morning, Buxa heard that a down-and-out nobleman and a very pretty female knight had come to the church, so he dressed up carefully and went to the church.

The church was quite quiet today. Father Raum, wearing the gorgeous robe that he only wore during festivals, sat upright in front of the altar, and Frederick was painting his portrait.

As Raum got older, his only wish was to have a portrait of himself painted, which he would then hang in the small church where he had worked hard all his life after he was embraced by the God of Light.

He prepared some money and originally planned to go to Hanma City to find a painter to paint for him.

Now, the occasional guests who come here are painters, and they can save a lot of travel and accommodation expenses.

He mentioned it at breakfast today, and Frederick, who was looking for an excuse to stay, agreed immediately.

Frederick painted very quickly. He first drew a sketch in pencil, and by the time Buxar arrived, he had already finished the line drawing on the canvas.

Bell Burke received painting education as a child and helped mix the paints.

As soon as Buxar entered the church, she stared at Belle Burke and quickly realized that she had received a good education since childhood and had been physically trained for a long time. Such a woman is particularly energetic.

He glanced at Frederick again. The man looked quiet and gentle, with an expression that said "I'm easy to bully". All he needed to do was scare him.

Just as Buxar was about to step forward, Burkett "happened" to see him about something.

Burkett said, "Mr. Steward, have you cleaned up the moldy grain in the granary? I need to purify the moldy grain, otherwise people or cattle and sheep will be poisoned if they eat it."

Buxar said unhappily, "Didn't I pull it behind the church the day before yesterday?"

Burkett said seriously: "I thought this was just the first batch, there would be more to come."

Buxar waved his hand and said, "No more."

He was eager to go over and chat with the beautiful woman and didn't want to waste time.

However, Burkett added: “I noticed that the village wells had not been purified for some time, so I was preparing to purify them in the next two days.”

"I wonder when the castle's well was last purified. If it's been a long time, we can purify it together."

Buxar was still concerned about his own problems and said impatiently, "Then you can purify together."

He was about to move forward, but Burkett didn't let him go: "Mr. Butler, why don't you take this opportunity to purify the castle? Otherwise, it's easy to get sick if you live in it."

Buxa took a deep breath and wanted to punch Burkett in the face.

But he could only think about it. Burkett was different from Raum. This young priest graduated from Oak City Seminary. It was said that he had dinner with Grand Duke Wesson. If he provoked him, he might attract the killer.

Finally, Buxar said helplessly: "Okay, okay, you go now."

What he wanted to do now was to drive away the annoying flies.

But before Burkett could leave, the sound of an implosion machine was heard outside.

A sidecar motorcycle approached from afar, with two ox-horses sitting on it, and Buxar's entourage was waving at them outside the church door.

The fishing net fell.

(End of this chapter)