Mystery: The Returner of the Stars

Chapter 234 Snowy Night, Burning Fireworks
Backlund tonight is very long, so long that many people can't see the red sun dispelling the night.

The snow began to fall again, and it came more quickly than before, and soon covered the street with a light white quilt.

Those homeless people who couldn't sleep at all, were startled by the snow, all sleepless, got up and wanted to find a warm habitat.

After searching for a while on the dark night street, I was attracted by clusters of flames. Some people, and quite a few people, were carrying firewood. In the open space, a bonfire began to rise, and on top of the fire were corpses.

A lot of people died on the streets during the day, and some people took advantage of the snowy cold night to burn their bodies overnight to avoid breeding a terrible plague.

This is a real case that happened in many remote and small places, providing valuable guidance for them living in Backlund.

Only by purifying the corpse with flames can the spread of the plague be effectively avoided.

Although the official reason given for what happened today is that the smog contained excessive amounts of toxic elements, which caused many people to fall ill and die.

The general public who originally held a negative attitude towards the official notification could not accept that the cause of death was caused by environmental problems, and they were more inclined to think that it was a kind of flu or plague that began to spread in Backlund.

And the source of the flu and the plague are those homeless people who came to Backlund from other places!
It was they who brought the plague of misfortune to Backlund!

When the vagrants who didn't know anything wanted to take advantage of the fire to keep warm, they were thrown into the burning matches by the people nearby.

This is not an isolated case. Some areas have already begun hunting down the homeless people, treating them as the source of the plague, and burning them to the stake.

Some more extreme people spread their targets to animals such as stray cats and dogs, thinking that they are also a symbol of uncleanness.

Once the fire was ignited from everywhere in Backlund, it was difficult to extinguish it.

The late night in Queens was not much different from usual, and the news of Duke Negan's death did not spread to the entire noble circle for a while.

But Hastur still knew that it was Greg who sent someone to inform him, and at the same time invited him to the villa where Duke Negan was.

At three or four o'clock in the middle of the night, Hastur was still accompanying Greck to deal with the death of Duke Negan.

Greg, who was temporarily free, took Hastur to the study and closed the door.

With a tired but hateful face, he said: "Hasta, I want to know who has been assassinating my father in the dark! You must know who it is! Tell me, we are good friends, aren't we?"

Hastur sighed, and remained silent for a while before saying: "That is not an organization to mess with. Once you say its name, it will bring you unfortunate disasters."

Greg forced a smile and said, "Hasta, you should also understand my temper. If I was afraid, I wouldn't insist on asking you this question tonight."

"Greck, I do understand your character, but you don't understand the horror of that organization. If you believe me, I will tell you the answer when the time is right. This is out of my concern for my good friend. .”

Hastur still did not choose to tell the truth to Greg, who has no hidden authority, and once he learned of the Twilight Hermit, Adam also learned of his existence.

Maybe Adam doesn't care about this little flame of revenge, but it's hard to guarantee that no one will want to snuff out this flame to prevent any accidents from happening.

Because Greg will inherit the title of Duke Negan, with the help of his uncle, he will soon become another Duke Negan in the future.

The Twilight Hermit chose to kill Duke Negan because he was in the way and could influence the tide of the times.

Hastur didn't want Greck to be the second Duke Negan.

"Hasta..."

Greg finally endured it, stretched out his hand to cover his cheek, and said in pain: "Hasta, will you help me avenge that organization?"

"meeting."

"Okay, the person who assassinated my father tonight was Lockhard Siakam, the secretary he has always trusted. Can you help me find him?"

"can."

Hastur agreed to this request. He had already thought about it. Before he left Backlund, he would throw Lockhard Siakam's head at Greck's feet.

"Hasta, I hope you won't betray my trust. I can't trust other people, including my uncle."

Greg said softly, got up and left the study.

Hastur sat alone on the sofa in the study, looking at the opened door, feeling a little complicated.

He also didn't expect that Duke Negan would be assassinated by the Twilight Hermit Society in the end.

In addition to Duke Negan's carelessness and underestimation of the enemy, there is also the Twilight Hermit who will be willing to throw away his son.

If the first assassination fails, the second assassination will be carried out immediately.

"Lockhard Siakam..."

Hastur read it twice, and was about to get up and leave the study when Earl Hall walked in.

"I came here to talk to you about something."

"Please sit down."

Earl Hall sat opposite Hasta, looked at him for a while, and said: "Although Duke Negan passed away unfortunately, your trip to South Wales has been decided. According to this situation, you will go to South Wales next year. County, do you need any help?"

"I'm short of some available funds."

Hastur unceremoniously raised his need for a sum of money.

Although the money he has saved during this period is enough for his own expenses, but who would think too much money, as much money as there is to do as big a thing, the more the better.

"This is easy to handle. I can apply for a fee for you in front of the king, but the fee will not be too much, and it should not exceed one hundred thousand gold pounds."

One hundred thousand pounds? !
This is already a lot.

Hastur felt the generosity of Earl Hall in his heart, but said in his mouth: "I will save some money. If it is not enough, I think the Grand Duke of South Wales will support me a little bit."

"That's true. You went to South Wales this time to help him share the pressure. He should indeed satisfy you if you have any needs."

After talking about this matter, Earl Hall mentioned what happened today, including the assassination of Duke Negan.

"The kingdom is currently on the cusp. There are always some people who hope that the kingdom will be as chaotic as possible. I think what happened today is all because of intentions to shake the foundation of the kingdom."

"Well, your thinking is similar to mine, but do you really think so?"

Earl Hall seemed to see through something, and seemed to be testing something.

"The death of Duke Negan may also involve a dispute between the old and the new aristocracy."

Hastur can only throw out a sharper point of view to satisfy Earl Hall's guess.

Earl Hall was silent for a while before he said, "Then do you think I am a new party or an old party?"

"The new party." Hastur gave his answer without hesitation.

Although Earl Hall is very close to Duke Negan, his series of actions are more in line with the style of the New Party.

The Duke of Negan is also very clear about this, but their Negan family is a ship that has turned around in a catastrophe, and they can only make up for it by means, but cannot change their position.

"Our Majesty the King is also a new party." Hastur gave another more weighty sentence.

Earl Hall shook his head and smiled, "No, your Majesty the King, he has his own party."

Hastur just smiled and said nothing, of course he knew that the king is the king and the party is the party, but sometimes people can't be too smart, especially when there are only two people getting along.

For him, there is no difference between the new party and the old party, as long as Earl Hall does not ask about the Twilight Hermit.

The snow outside was getting bigger and bigger, and the street was covered with a layer of two-finger-thick snow, but the burning fire was also getting bigger and bigger.

It wasn't until dawn that the flames on the bonfire were gradually extinguished, leaving only the light smoke rising to the sky along with the smoke cloud from the chimney.

No matter what major event happened yesterday, the factories that should be open today are still open, and those who can work are also going to work.

As for how many people lost overnight, no one would ask this question, because even if they asked, they would not be able to count clearly.

The focus of Backlund today is the assassination of Duke Negan last night.

The king was furious, and the prime minister also expressed his determination to severely punish the murderer.

On this day, the front page news of all the newspapers in Backlund was about this incident, as well as the arrest warrant for the murderer who assassinated Duke Negan.

The reward offered by the Negan family alone is [-] gold pounds!
This is a huge amount of wealth, not only ordinary people are tempted, even many Extraordinary people are eager to give it a try.

Because as long as you provide valuable clues, you can receive a huge bounty of hundreds to thousands of pounds.

Xio and Forsi were very moved, especially Xio, who soon became full of energy and started to go out to do errands.

Leonard and Klein, who have been working together to track down Ince Zangwill, are also very interested in this reward.

If it weren't for the need to track down Ince Zangwill now, Klein planned to go above the gray mist to divination related information, and maybe he could earn hundreds of gold pounds from the pocket of the Negan family.

……

It was already two or three o'clock in the afternoon when Hastur left Duke Negan's villa. As soon as he came back, he took a bath and then went to bed to rest.

When I woke up, it was already past nine o'clock in the evening.

He went downstairs to eat something, stroked the kitten for a while, and then returned to the room under Azshara's reluctant eyes, lay on the bed, and entered the Hall of Stars.

He is also very concerned about Lockhard Siakam's whereabouts, and there are only ten days left before the Chinese New Year, trying to send a big gift to Gleick before the Chinese New Year.

Earl Hall told him that the time to go to South Wales will be within ten days of the year.

In other words, there is not much time left for him to help deal with Lockhard Siakam.

Twilight Hermit Society, this time I will kill your member first, and use his head to tell you a word: There is a price to pay for influencing the tide of the times.

(End of this chapter)