Chapter 234 Snowy night, burning fireworks
Tonight was very long in Backlund, so long that many people could not see the red sun dispelling the darkness.
The snow began to fall again, more quickly than before, and soon the street was covered with a light white quilt.
The homeless people who had trouble sleeping were disturbed by the snow and lost all sleep. They got up to find a warm place to live.
After searching on the dark street for a while, I was attracted by the light of the fire. Someone, and quite a few of them, were carrying firewood. In the open space, a bonfire began to rise, and on top of the fire were corpses.
Many people died on the streets during the day, and some people took advantage of the cold snowy night to burn their bodies overnight to avoid the spread of the terrible plague.
This is a real case that happened in many remote and small places, and it provides valuable guidance for them living in Backlund.
Only by purifying corpses with flames can the spread of 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 become sick and die.
The general public, who originally had a negative attitude towards official reports, simply could not accept that the cause of death was caused by environmental problems. They were more inclined to believe that it was a type of influenza or plague that had begun to spread in Backlund.
The source of influenza and plague is the homeless people who come to Backlund from other places!
It was they who brought the plague that spread misfortune to Backlund!
When the homeless homeless people who didn't know anything wanted to borrow some light from the fire to keep warm, they were thrown into the burning pyre by the people nearby.
This is not an isolated case. Some areas have begun to hunt down homeless vagrants, treating them as the source of the plague, and burning them at the stake.
Some more extreme people have spread their targets to animals such as stray cats and stray dogs, believing that they are also symbols of uncleanness.
Once the fire is ignited from everywhere in Backlund, it is difficult to extinguish it.
The Queens District late at night was not much different from usual. The news of Duke Negan's death did not spread throughout the aristocratic circle for a while.
But Hastur still knew. It was Greco who sent someone to inform him and also invited him to the villa where Duke Negan was staying.
At three or four o'clock in the night, Hastur still accompanied Greco to deal with some matters surrounding Duke Negan's death.
Grek, who was temporarily free, took Hastur to the study and closed the door.
With a face full of exhaustion but full of hatred, he said: "Hasta, I want to know who is assassinating my father in the dark! You must know who it is! Tell me, we are good friends, aren't we?"
Hastur sighed and was silent for a while before saying: "That is not an organization that is easy to mess with. Once you say its name, it will bring unfortunate disasters to you."
Greco forced a smile and said: "Hasta, you should also understand my temper. If I were afraid, I would not insist on asking you this question tonight."
"Grek, I do understand your character, but you don't understand the horror of that organization. If you believe me, when the time is right, I will tell you the answer. This is out of concern for my good friend. ”
Hastur still did not choose to tell the truth about Grek. Grek had no secret authority. Once he learned about the Twilight Hermits, Adam also learned about his existence.
Maybe Adam didn't care about this little flame of revenge, but there was no guarantee that no one would want to extinguish this flame to prevent any accidents from happening.
Because Greg will inherit the title of Duke Negan, and 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 Duke Negan was in the way and could affect the tide of the times.
Hastur doesn't want Grek to become the second Duke Negan.
"Hasta..."
Greco finally endured it, put his hand to cover his cheek, and said painfully: "Hasta, will you help me take revenge on that organization?"
"meeting."
"Okay, the person who assassinated my father tonight was his always trusted secretary Lockhard Siakam. Can you help me find him?"
"Can."
Hastur agreed to this request. He had already thought about throwing Lockhard Siakam's head at Greco's feet before leaving Backlund.
"Hasta, I hope you will not betray my trust. I can no longer trust others, including my uncle."
Greg whispered, stood up and left the study.
Hastur was sitting alone on the sofa in the study, looking at the opened door, with a similarly complicated mood.
He also did not expect that Duke Negan would eventually die under the assassination of the Twilight Hermits.
In addition to Duke Negan's carelessness and underestimation of the enemy, there is also the Twilight Hermit who is willing to abandon 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 because I want to talk to you about something."
"Please take a seat."
Earl Hall sat opposite Hastur and looked at him for a while before saying: "Although Duke Negan passed away unfortunately, your trip to South Wales has been decided. According to this situation, you will go to South Wales after the year." County, do you need any help?"
"I lack some funds to use."
Hastur bluntly stated that he needed some money.
Although the money he had saved during this period was enough for his own expenses, who would think it was too much money? You can do as many things as you have money. The more of these things, the better.
"This is easy to handle. I can help you apply for a fee in front of the king, but the fee will not be too much. It should not exceed one hundred thousand gold pounds."
One hundred thousand gold pounds? !
This is already a lot.
Hastur sighed inwardly at Earl Hall's generosity, but said in his mouth: "I will save some flowers. If it is not enough, I think the Grand Duke of Southwell will also support me a little."
"That's true. You are going to South Wales this time to help him share the pressure. If you have any needs, he should indeed satisfy you."
After talking about this matter, Earl Hall mentioned what happened today, including the assassination of Duke Negan.
"The kingdom is currently on the cusp of a storm. There are always some people who hope that the kingdom will become more chaotic. I think what happened today is all about people with well-intentioned intentions to shake the foundation of the kingdom."
"Well, your thoughts are similar to mine, but do you really think so?"
Earl Hall seemed to have seen through something, and seemed to be testing something.
"The death of Duke Negan may also involve the dispute between the old and the new parties of the aristocracy."
Hastur could only come up with a sharper point of view to satisfy Earl Hall's speculation.
Earl Hall was silent for a while and then said: "Then do you think I am a new party or an old party?"
"New Party." Hasta gave his answer without hesitation.
Although Earl Hall is very close to Duke Negan, his series of actions are more in line with the new party's style.
Duke Negan also knows this very well, but his Negan family is in danger of turning around, and can only make up for it through means, but cannot change its position.
"Our King is also a new party." Hasta gave another more weighty sentence.
Earl Hall shook his head and smiled: "No, our King, he is a party of his own."
Hastur just smiled and said nothing. Of course he knew that the king was the king and the party was the party, but sometimes people can't appear too smart, especially when there are only two people getting along.
To him, there was no difference between the new party and the old party, as long as Earl Hall did not ask about the Twilight Hermits.
The snow was falling harder and harder outside, and the streets were covered with a two-finger-thick layer of snow, but the burning fire was also getting bigger and bigger.
It wasn't until dawn that the flames on the bonfire gradually extinguished, leaving only curls of light smoke rushing into the sky along with the smoke clouds discharged from the chimneys.
No matter what happened yesterday, the factories that should be operating today are still operating, and those who can work are going to work.
As for how many people have been lost overnight, no one will ask this question, because even if they ask, they can't count clearly.
The focus of Backlund's attention 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 newspapers in Backlund was about this incident, as well as the arrest warrant for the murderer of Duke Negan.
The reward offered by the Negan family alone is worth 100,000 gold pounds!
This is a huge wealth, and not only ordinary people are excited, but also many extraordinary people are eager to try it.
Because as long as you provide valuable clues, you can receive huge rewards ranging from hundreds to thousands of gold pounds.
Xio and Forsi were very excited, especially Xio, who soon became full of energy and started going 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, Klein would have planned to go above the gray mist to divine relevant information, and he might also be able to earn hundreds of gold pounds from the pockets of the Negan family.
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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 after nine o'clock in the evening.
He went downstairs to eat something, petted the kitten for a while, and then returned to the room under Azshara's reluctant eyes, lay on the bed, and entered the palace of stars.
He is also very concerned about the whereabouts of Lockhard Siakam. There are only about ten days left before the New Year, and he strives to give a big gift to Greg before the New Year.
Earl Hall told him that he would leave for South Wales within ten days of the year.
In other words, there is not much time left for him to help deal with Lockhard Siakam.
Twilight Hermits, this time I will kill one of your members first and use his head to tell you something: There is a price to pay for influencing the tide of the times.