Soul echo

Chapter 373
Upon receiving the news of Zhong Ye's visit, Marcus ran out of the lord's manor panting, "You, you, why are you here?"

Zhong Ye smiled at Marcus, "I want to know something from the lord of Schwenningen. If possible, I hope you can introduce us."

"Father, he doesn't have time for now..." Marcus looked at Zhong Ye and the others with a complicated expression, and shook his head, "I'm afraid I don't have time to meet with you."

"Then I don't know when the lord will have time?" Lily who was standing aside asked with a smile.

Her words made Marcus stunned, as if he hadn't prepared the answer to this question.

Logically speaking, they should be able to understand what he said earlier, his father didn't want to see them - no matter when.

However, who would have thought that they would ask him with a straight face, 'When will I have time'?
Marcus was silent for a moment, then shook his head and said, "I'm sorry, I don't know...Father, he just asked me to tell you that he doesn't have time for now."

"No time? Actually, you don't want to see us?" Lilian snorted softly, and said in a strange way, "Has the lord already guessed our identities? Do you know that the teacher is Zhong Ye, the famous 'Reporting Bird'?
"Let me tell you, it's not that the teacher brought disasters to those places, but the disasters already existed there. The teacher just detonated those hidden dangers in advance. If there is no teacher, hehe, who knows those places What will happen?"

Listening to Lilian's words, Marcus fell into a daze again, moving his lips timidly, but couldn't say a word of rebuttal.

In the end, it was Zhong Ye who persuaded him in a harmonious voice: "You can rest assured, we don't want to trouble your father, we just want to know something."

At least for now, it depends on the situation as to whether he will cause trouble for him in the future.

"Then... let me ask my father..."

Marcus glanced at Zhong Ye and the others, bowed his head and ran back with small steps.

Zhong Ye and the others waited outside the door for more than ten minutes before a deacon came out and invited them into the manor.

They were taken to a room by the deacon. Before leaving, the deacon explained to them that the lord of Schwenningen was still busy and needed them to wait here for a while. When the lord finished his work, he would come to see them. During this period, this room Whatever they use.

"Chong, what do you think?"

After the deacon left, Lily couldn't wait to ask.

Lilian also cast her eyes on Zhong Ye. Now everyone can see that the lord of Schwenningen doesn't want to see them, but they don't know the reason.

It is difficult for others to know whether he is afraid of Zhong Ye's reputation or whether he is guilty and timid.

Zhong Ye shook his head: "There is too little information, it's hard to judge."

Immediately, he said meaningfully: "But Marcus... the actual character may not be as pure as it appears on the surface."

As he spoke, he slowly turned his head and looked towards the door.

Lily and Lilian also looked over. Immediately afterwards, they heard footsteps coming from outside, and a robust middle-aged man with gray temples pushed the door open and entered.

Behind this middle-aged man, there are two young people, one is Marcus, and the other looks like his elder brother.

Zhong Ye and the others got up immediately and saluted first, showing all the courtesy.

This also surprised the middle-aged man and his eldest son. After hearing what Marcus said, the two of them originally thought that Zhong Ye and the others were unreasonable people, but they didn't expect to be so polite—that young man Women still perform simple aristocratic rituals.

Since the other party has already saluted, he can't be rude.

The middle-aged man took his two sons to salute Zhong Ye and the others before taking his seat.

After taking his seat, the middle-aged man spoke first: "You are the famous His Excellency Zhong Ye, right? Because I was too busy before, I apologize for keeping you waiting for a long time.

"Before that, you saved Marcus. I really don't know how to thank you."

"You're welcome, it's all easy."

Zhong Ye shook his head with a smile, then changed the subject abruptly, and said seriously: "My lord, to tell you the truth, we actually came to visit you this time because we wanted to ask you something, I wonder if you can tell the truth ?”

"Oh?" The middle-aged man leaned back, putting one hand on the armrest, "What's the matter?"

His two sons stood on the left and right sides behind the chair, but one was as strong as him, and the other was delicate and feminine.

Zhong Ye glanced over the faces of these three people, leaned his upper body forward slightly, supported his body with his hands and elbows, and said seriously: "I want to ask, do you know, my lord, that there is a ship that sails on the Neckar River that never carries The mysterious big ship of outsiders? I received news that the ship was actually a ship used by a group of human traffickers to transport people.

"I heard from the residents of Schwenningen that you, my lord, also have a big ship, and that big ship of yours often sails on the Neckar.

"I want to ask, sir, have you heard about that ship? If so, can you tell us?"

Under the hint of Zhong Ye's words, the heartbeat of the lord and his eldest son sped up slightly, but Marcus did not change at all, whether it was heartbeat or breathing.

The middle-aged man took a few deep breaths pretending to be angry, turned his face cold, and asked seriously, "Your Excellency Zhong Ye, are you doubting me?"

"Yes, I think you are suspicious."

What surprised the middle-aged man was that Zhong Ye didn't deny it, but admitted it openly!
"According to the information I got, the transportation route of the group of traffickers extended from the Hallstatt City-State Alliance, and their buyers were within the Rhine Kingdom."

Having said this, Zhong Ye deliberately paused, and then heard the violent heartbeat of the eldest son of the lord.

"We walked all the way from Tubingen along the river bank, and encountered other towns on the way, but we didn't find any suspicious traces in those towns—some towns didn't even have a slightly larger dock, and there was no way for that kind of big ship to dock .

"This is almost the source of the Neckar River, and Lord Lord, you happen to own a big ship, and you can bring back a lot of goods and wealth every time you sail, but as a town with no special products, there should be no way for merchant ships from your place Bring some particularly rare goods to other places.

"Even if you can sell all the way and buy all the way, the Neckar River only passes through so many towns, and I haven't heard of other people getting rich from it. In this way, your suspiciousness will greatly increase."

After listening, the middle-aged man breathed a sigh of relief, with a smile on the corner of his mouth: "So, you have no evidence to prove that we used that boat to help those traffickers to traffic people. It's just a guess?"

"That's right." Zhong Ye nodded slightly, "That's why I came here, and I'm asking the lord about this matter."

The middle-aged man never expected that Zhong Ye would be open and honest, blatantly saying that he was here to investigate him, and wanted to get an answer from him.

Because he had never experienced such a thing before, nor expected it, the middle-aged man was silent for a long time before he came back to his senses.

"Of course not, we're just doing business normally." The middle-aged man shook his head in denial.

Without changing his face, Zhong Ye nodded to them, got up and saluted again.

"In this case, thank you Lord Lord for your cooperation. We still have things to do, so we can't stay for long, so we will leave first."

After Zhong Ye and the others left, the middle-aged man was still a little dazed, and he couldn't believe that Zhong Ye and the others really left just like that.

So he was alert again.

Could it be that Zhong Ye's purpose is only to 'enter the manor'?What spells can they use as long as they enter the manor?
The lord of Schwenningen was puzzled, but Zhong Ye did not do anything, and directly took Lilian and the others out of the lord's manor.

After leaving the manor, Lily and Lilian said in unison: "There is a problem!"

Even they can see that there is a problem, they don't believe that Zhong Ye can't see it.

Zhong Ye nodded slightly, and said: "The whole family has problems, whether it is the lord, or his eldest son and second son, among them, Marcus should be the one with the biggest problem."

When he tested them with words, Marcus alone had no change in heartbeat or breathing rate!
(End of this chapter)