Chapter 505: The Cause of the Incident
Hannibal knew how dangerous it was for him to fall in love with an elven slave, and when he learned that his wife was pregnant, he was both happy and worried.
Originally, Hannibal covered up the matter tightly, not wanting the outside world to know that he had married an elf and had given birth to a child.
But there is no impermeable wall in this world, and the nobles who have been spying on the wealth of the Durrant Chamber of Commerce do not know how to learn Hannibal's secrets.
Later, the news naturally reached the Holy See, which sent two cardinal archbishops, led by the nobles, to break into Hannibal's mansion and take his wife and son away.
Hannibal was busy elsewhere in the trade of a large business, and when he returned home, he saw only the mutilated bodies of his wife and children.
Because he had a child with an elf, he was considered a heretic, his property was confiscated, and he was banished from the kingdom of Vidocq. At this point, the former Durrant Chamber of Commerce fell like a dazzling meteor, and Hannibal. Durrant, the legendary businessman, has since disappeared.
"On Judgment Day of Mondoch, it turned out that the elven slave and child who were burned alive was Hannibal. Durrant's wife and son. Grand Duke Stratha sighed.
"I heard a little bit about that incident 10 years ago, but I didn't expect it to turn out like it is today." Snowwin next to him agreed and sighed.
"So, this Hannibal. Durrant killed so many nobles for revenge? Gabrielda frowned.
"It's really unreasonable, he married an elf slave as a wife without permission, and gave birth to a cursed son behind his back. Let's put it this way. This guy named Hannibal is simply innocent. Do you still have the courage to come back for revenge? Dan said in an arrogant tone.
"Prince Goldman is right, this Hannibal is a heretic at all, on the judgment day of Mondoch back then, the Federation bypassed his life because of his contribution to the Durrant Chamber of Commerce, I didn't expect that now I don't want to be grateful, I still have the face to come back, the most hateful thing is that he killed so many nobles." One wears a crown. The bloated King chimed in.
"Yes, this kind of heretic should be killed."
"To avenge the death of those nobles, you can't let this terrible guy live."
"He will be cursed by the gods and go to Infernal Hell when he dies."
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A group of aristocrats became more and more agitated as they spoke, and there they accused Hannibal of his crimes, calling him a devil, a devil, and a posture that wanted to burn him at the stake.
Ruan Chi sat there and watched coldly, feeling sick when he looked at the faces of these people.
Seriously, if you hadn't heard about Hannibal's past. Ruan Chi's thoughts are similar to those of these nobles.
Hannibal once used the power of the Ring of Illusion to make Ruan Chi "kill" his mother once in the nightmare world. Ruan Chi was really angry at that time.
However, now that he heard Hannibal's story and the faces of these nobles in front of him, Ruan Chi felt that these nobles were even more hateful than Hannibal.
If it weren't for the events of that year, if it weren't for the nobles who coveted Hannibal's fortune and reported the news there and led people to make trouble, Hannibal might not have come to this day.
In the end, the culprits are the ugly guys in front of them.
Of course, Ruan Chi was unhappy, but he had no intention of giving Hannibal to stand up and speak, and he basically sat there and watched the whole meeting, without any intention of speaking at all.
The meeting against Hannibal ended up going on for a morning, and by the time Nguyen Chi left, it was already lunchtime.
Although Grand Duke Stratha kept Ruan Chi to stay for lunch, Ruan Chi was not interested in this and refused without face.
On the spot, those nobles once again looked envious and jealous.
Nima, even refused the personal invitation of the Grand Duke of Strathra? This guy really didn't know how to lift, and almost all the nobles present at the time shouted in their hearts.
"It's a pity, why did you refuse Archduke Strathra's invitation, do you know how many people in the Federation want to meet his old man without a chance? Would it be too silly for you to refuse like that? β
Coming out of the conference hall, Shirley didn't know how many times she complained.
"Didn't I tell you to stay and eat with him at the time? It's up to you to go. Ruan Chi rolled his eyes and said.
"What do you know, I'm afraid that you're not familiar with life outside alone......" Shirley said hurriedly, her expression panicked.
Ruan Chi knew at a glance that she was not right, but he just smiled and didn't break her.
At noon, the meal was still eaten at the mansion of the Grand Duke of Strathra, anyway, Diana's girl helped arrange it, and she didn't eat it in vain.
Diana, the girl, originally wanted to come along, but her father, Grand Duke Strathra, wouldn't let her go, and before Ruan Chi left, she still remembered her pitiful eyes at that time.
First go back to the room to find Jialan and An Peiqi, and then the four of them walked towards the banquet hall of the Grand Duke Stralla's mansion to greet VIPs.
I have to say that Diana's house is really big, the garden alone is two hectares in size, and the vegetation rockery fountain is everywhere, and the palatial Cheng dΓΉ is comparable to the royal palace.
Because the road was so far that it was necessary to use a carriage to get in and out, it took Ruan Chi half an hour to go from the room where he stayed last night to the place where he ate.
"So, what the hell is a rich person really idle, just having a meal at his own house, and actually taking a carriage for half an hour?" Walking down from the carriage, Ruan Chi was not busy and vomited.
"But how many people want to become nobles, after all, it is better to be a nobleman than a commoner." Shirley covered her mouth and smiled.
"Since you think the nobles are good, why do you want to be the captain of the guard? Wouldn't it be nice to stay at home and get married? Ruan Chi looked at her strangely and said.
"You're right, I know it's a bit of a contradiction, but I really don't want to live the life of a lady who feels like I'm trapped in a cage." Shirley said quietly.
Ruan Chi couldn't understand Shirley's thoughts, but he wasn't prepared to understand deeply anyway, after getting out of the carriage, under the guidance of those maids. Walk through a large courtyard. Finally, we arrived at the banquet hall where we had lunch.
Although it was only a lunch. But for the nobles, it is not simple at all, looking at the luxurious banquet hall in front of him, and a group of neatly dressed and oily-faced nobles dangling there, Ruan Chi couldn't help but regret a little.
"I knew that Diana girl would bring the food to my room......," Ruan Chi said.
"Come on, it's just a meal, just leave as soon as you're done." Shirley didn't feel uncomfortable, because she was a nobleman herself. It's easy to get used to this kind of scene.
Fortunately, the way of lunch was a buffet, and Ruan Chi found a corner that was relatively not so easy to attract attention and sat down, and asked Jialan and An Peiqi to bring the food.
After waiting for a while, Jialan came back first and put a bunch of barbecue meat in front of Ruan Chi, after getting along for such a while, she had a good grasp of Ruan Chi's taste.
Ruan Chi grabbed a piece and put it in his mouth to take a bite, and then said to Jialan, "You can also sit down and eat!" β
Jialan was slightly stunned, didn't say anything, and sat down directly next to Ruan Chi.
Shirley sat across from each other and stole a glance at the two. muttered in her heart, in fact, she was to Ruan Chi. The relationship between Jialan and An Peiqi is also curious.
On the surface, Jialan and An Peiqi seem to be Ruan Chi's maids, but the tone and attitude of the three of them do not feel this way at all.
Reminiscent of the strange demonization transformation of Jialan and An Peiqi when they were in the Night Demon Wetland, Shirley was even more curious about the identities of the two girls.
But Shirley understood that even if he asked Ruan Chi this kind of question, he probably wouldn't answer it, thinking of this, Shirley still silently gave up this plan.
Jialan had eaten almost half of the barbecue she had brought back, but Ruan Chi noticed at this time that An Peiqi, who had also gone out to get food, had not returned.
Jialan seemed to notice something, put down the knife and fork in her hand and stood up and said lightly: "I'll go find Sister An Peiqi!" β
"Hmmm! Go ahead! Ruan Chi nodded.
As soon as Jialan left, Shirley secretly came over and asked, "That, Ruan Chi, after eating this lunch, what are your plans next?" β
"What are you going to do?" Ruan Chi kept stuffing meat into his mouth, and looked at her strangely, not understanding why she suddenly asked.
Shirley coughed lightly, and then whispered, "Now that the hollow murder case has been solved, I have no reason to ask you to stay and help me, so, I want to know what you plan to do next?" β
"Of course it's going home......" As soon as Ruan Chi spoke, he suddenly thought of something, and looked at Shirley again, "Wait, you just said that the case has been solved, what do you mean?" Didn't Hannibal's men fail to catch? β
"Although the person has not been caught, but since the murderer has been determined to be Hannibal, and the dream circus controlled behind his back, it will not be difficult to arrest him in the future." Shirley laughed.
"Isn't it difficult? Hehe, you were obviously busy before, and now why did things suddenly become what you call 'not a difficult thing'? β
"You may not know this, the reason why we couldn't catch people before was because we didn't know who the murderer was, and we wasted a lot of manpower and material resources by looking for a needle in a haystack. Now that it is known that it is Hannibal, with the intelligence network of the Federation, as long as the wanted warrant is released, unless Hannibal escapes from the Terran territory, he will inevitably be arrested within half a month. Shirley said in a very affirmative tone.
"You seem to have a point." Ruan Chi nodded when he heard this, indeed, if the Federation released the news, it is estimated that the entire Free Federation would be wanted by Hannibal.
At that time, Hannibal could not stay in the wild forever except to leave the Terrans unless he did not eat or drink, and as long as he really planned to leave the Terran realm, he would either use the interracial teleportation array or cross the racial border.
But no matter what the means, Hannibal will attract the attention of all parties as soon as he leaves the country, and at that time, as long as the Federation sends one or two god-level masters like St. Snoven of the Storm, Hannibal will naturally be unable to fly.
"No, if Hannibal falls into the hands of the Confederacy, your credit will be lost." Ruan Chi suddenly looked at Shirley and smiled.
"You don't have to worry about this, in fact, after last night's battle in the Daredevil Wetland, you have already won a lot of credit for me." Shirley said.
"Huh? How do you say that? β
"It's all because you seriously injured Hannibal, and now that Hannibal has lost an arm, his combat effectiveness will definitely be greatly reduced, and it will definitely be of great help to the next arrest operation, and you are the adventurer I invited back, so the credit will naturally go to my head."
"Hey, how can the credit be on your head, take me?" Ruan Chi felt that something was wrong when he heard this, so he hurriedly put down his knife and fork and shouted, "Didn't you say that the Free Federation issued a bounty to the Adventurer's Union?" Since I helped you seriously injure Hannibal, then a part of the prize money should belong to me. β
"Did I hear me right? You seem to have said you don't care much about those bonuses. β
"This ......"
"Is there one? Have I ever said anything like that? Ruan Chi decided to play dumb.
Shirley had never seen such a cheeky person, but she was angry, but she didn't mind him mentioning the issue of remuneration, so she patted her chest and said, "Don't worry, you will definitely be indispensable in terms of money, and I will do my best to apply for you on the adventurer's union." β
"You're not ungrateful." Ruan Chi pursed his lips, relieved himself and grabbed his knife and fork again to prepare to continue his lunch.
"Strange, why did you two maids go for so long and haven't come back?" Shirley said suddenly.
"You say that, it seems like a bit of a long time."
"I'll go find them."
"Wait, I'll go too." Ruan Chi thought about it and decided to go with him.
The two walked to the banquet hall where the food was placed, but there was no place for Jialan and An Peiqi, but Shirley spoke carefully, and the courtyard outside the banquet hall seemed to have gathered a lot of people.
"They're there!"
Ruan Chi saw the names on the top of Jialan and An Peiqi in the crowd from a distance, and walked out without saying a word, and Shirley naturally followed quickly.
There were indeed a lot of people gathered outside the courtyard, they seemed to be nobles who had been enjoying lunch in the banquet hall, and they didn't know why these guys suddenly ran out.
As soon as Ruan Chi got closer, he knew what was probably going on, because he was in the crowd and saw Goldman.
Didn't this guy dine with Grand Duke Strathra? How did you get here?
Seeing Goldman, Ruan Chi felt a strangeness, as the crown prince of the third power of the Federation, Goldman was also among the invitations of the Grand Duke of Strathra.
But now it appears here, and it seems that it is still with Jialan and An Peiqi.
Ruan Chi heard the guy's cheap laughter from a distance.
"I just wanted to invite two beautiful young ladies to lunch together, and everyone said, it's rare and wrong to do this?" Dan said with an innocent expression to the nobles who were watching around him.
An Peiqi was surrounded in the middle, with a look of shame and anger on her face, and Jialan was also beside her, although her face was expressionless, Ruan Chi could feel the killing intent in her eyes from afar.
Although Ruan Chi didn't mind Jialan killing Goldman here, this was Diana's place after all, and Ruan Chi didn't want to make trouble here if he could.
Pushing away the crowd of onlookers and walking in, Ruan Chi deliberately shouted, "Hey, Prince Goldman, why are you molesting my maid here?" Doesn't your ass hurt anymore? (To be continued......)