thefictionvixens Chapter 410: The Core of the Venomous Snake
Chapter 410: The Core of the Venomous Snake
Chapter 410 The Core of the Venomous Snake
Through the bird's eye, Li saw the baron's steward giving alms to the homeless.
The bird tilted its head, and Li, who was attached to it, quickly returned to its body.
Lee suddenly opened his eyes, startling Theresa.
Theresa hid her hands behind her back so Lee wouldn't notice and plucked his eyebrows.
"Theresa?"
"Hey~ Li, did you find anything?"
“…I discovered there’s something wrong with the Baron’s butler.”
Li told Theresa about the scene in which the housekeeper gave out change. Theresa thought about it but couldn't understand what Li meant.
It is very common for the housekeeper to give out change. People with enough money basically do this.
Seeing Theresa's confused look, Li simply stood up and picked up some sundries from around.
Li put two candlesticks and a small box for storing utensils in Theresa's hands.
In order to prevent things from falling to the ground and breaking, Theresa could only hold her hands tightly.
"Lee, what are you giving me these for?"
"Just take it!"
Lee folded his coat into a square and placed it on top of the pile of things Theresa was holding. Theresa held it in place with her chin, as it was now difficult for her to move.
After doing all this, Li took out a handful of change and put it in Theresa's side pocket. Then, Li sat back in his original position, looked at the staggering Theresa and gave orders.
"Now, I am a homeless person, you take out the money and hand it to me."
Theresa subconsciously wanted to put the things down, but Li raised his hand and gestured to stop her.
Theresa was confused at first, then her eyes lit up and she understood Li's intention.
Theresa lifted one leg to support the shaky object, then managed to free one hand to touch the coins.
Theresa had a good ability to balance, and after handing the money to Li, she didn't drop the item in her hand.
"Li, is this what the butler you saw did?"
Li nodded, confirming Theresa's speculation.
"This is wrong! If the butler really took so much stuff, he wouldn't have to give alms to the homeless!"
People of the Baron's butler's status do have the habit of giving out small change, but they only do this in their spare time.
"Completing the butler's mission is more important than anything else! Unless he has other reasons to give alms to the homeless!"
Li and Theresa looked at each other, and the ideas in their minds connected into a line.
"That wanderer must know something!"
After getting the clue, Lee and Theresa were in no mood to endure any longer, so they left the church together and prepared to find the homeless man to inquire about the situation.
Ten minutes later, two quick-walking figures came up to the homeless man.
The disheveled man raised his head and saw the most charitable nun in the church at a glance.
"Mother Teresa! Your arrival brings bright sunshine, and my heart is as happy as the singing of a yellow oriole!"
Li didn't expect that this wanderer had some literary skills and he immediately gave such a praise.
But Theresa was not surprised. The wanderer in front of her might be a bard. His works were not appreciated by the nobles, so he naturally fell into poverty.
An artistic bard like him, even if he is in good health, would not want to work in a factory. Living on the streets is just asking for trouble.
"Thank you for your praise. The goddess will protect you."
Theresa performed a quick religious ceremony and then asked her doubts.
"Do you know Baron Fox's butler?"
After Theresa asked this question, the man in front of her suddenly shrank his pupils.
The next moment, the man concealed his panic with his superb acting skills.
But his performance couldn't fool Li and Theresa at all.
"I've met all kinds of people while I was at almshouse. Your emotions have betrayed you!"
Theresa winked at Lee.
Li looked around and saw that no one was paying attention to this side, so he reached out and picked up the homeless person.
The wanderer opened his mouth to howl, but found that his mouth was not responding.
Not only his mouth, but his entire body had lost strength and he could only let Li drag him to walk.
Li found a secluded corner and threw the man directly to the ground.
The man looked at the male and female evil spirits in front of him with unfriendly eyes, and lamented in his heart that he was finished.
"Tell me everything you know!"
The man trembled with fear and then began to talk nonsense.
"That kind steward often gives alms to a poor man like me. He is a good man, a philanthropic father, and a good steward to the noble lord."
Li kicked the man who kept talking nonsense in the face, and then asked viciously.
"I want to know the evil deeds that Baron Fox has entrusted to you!"
The man with swollen cheeks looked up at Li for a long while, then snorted with disdain.
"Weize Li, I know you. You are the son of Weize Rose, the creator and founder of the new rules of the North."
Li knew that the man in front of him was no ordinary person!
Li looked at the man seriously, then condensed a ball of water in his hand.
Li slammed the water ball onto the man's face to wash away the dirt on his body.
“…It’s you!”
After his hair and cheeks were washed clean by the water ball, Li discovered that the man in front of him was the same person he remembered.
Li still remembers that in the dream world, there was a villain who liked to play with snakes. He caused all kinds of trouble in the early stage and died miserably in the later stage.
The wanderer in front of him who was connected with Baron Fox turned out to be Viper!
Viper looked at Li in surprise. He was sure that they had no previous dealings with each other, so why did Li look at him as if he were an old friend?
Viper subconsciously activated his magic and condensed a magic snake in his hand. He wanted to try to sneak attack Li, but found that Li was looking at him with a playful expression.
Viper's strength is not very strong, but his perception is very sharp.
Viper judged that if he took action, he would probably die at Li's hands.
"Okay, I'll tell you everything you want to know."
"Tell me what bad things Baron Fox has done."
Viper thought for a moment and then told the story of the bad things Fox had done.
"Hire a group of people to spread the slag on the newly opened river bend."
"anything else?"
"…capture the homeless man who witnessed the action that night and lock him up in a barn on the outskirts of the city."
"Do you know that the man is dead?"
Hearing this, Theresa interrupted directly.
Theresa looked at Viper with resentment, and Viper felt guilty when she stared at him.
“…I didn’t kill him. I just arrested him. What happened afterwards has nothing to do with me.”
Lee stopped Theresa who was about to rush forward to hit someone, and asked Viper the last question.
"Just seeing the slag dumping shouldn't be enough to silence him. What else did Baron Fox do?"
The venomous snake stared at Li with the eyes of a cold-blooded animal and made a hissing sound in its throat.
"Baron Fox, he's trading potions~"