Although Miss Rabbit was anxious to go back to develop the steel industry, she still stayed in Yanxue City for one more day to attend the funeral of Marquis Cullen.
At dawn the next morning, Hells led the nobles out of the city gate and headed north to the Baisong River, about ten miles away from Yanxue City.
The guards of the Figuerola family pushed the ash wooden boat containing the body of Marquis Cullen into the river and piled it with rosin and branches.
Quintus, the high priest of the Silver Moon Church, personally presided over the funeral for the Lord of the West.
He placed an amulet on the corpse's chest and began to pray loudly.
The nobles on the river bank looked solemn and no one said a word.
When the high priest finished speaking the last word, Hells stepped forward, took the torch from the guard, lit the wooden boat, and watched it float down the river.
Under the influence of rosin and branches, the flames quickly spread and soon engulfed the entire boat.
Staring at the flames on the river, the female lord felt a sense of sadness in her heart. She recalled the day when she first met Marquis Cullen. The latter was sitting on the main seat at the other end of the long table, his waist straight and his face majestic.
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Then Miss Rabbit also thought of her stepmother Vanessa and her brother Blanco.
She had not seen these two people for almost two years. In order to compete for the position of the head of the Arias family, the two sides were at war with each other and even fought each other.
The girl was once very disgusted with the mother and son, but she didn't know if it was because a long time had passed. This disgust gradually disappeared, and the female lord remembered the time the three of them had spent together before.
She and Vanessa are not particularly close. Vanessa obviously loves her biological son more than her stepdaughter, but to be fair, Vanessa is definitely not the vicious stepmother in fairy tales.
Although he sometimes couldn't help but make fun of her, he never skimped on her food and clothing.
And it's not so much that Vanessa doesn't like Yin Leya as her stepdaughter, it's better to say that she hates the whole house and the whole family.
It was only later that Miss Rabbit figured out that in the heart of her father Ruth, her mother Yolanda was always the most loved one.
Until the last moment before his death, Russ carried the brooch that Yolanda gave him.
Although this can be said to be affectionate, it is a bit too cruel for Vanessa.
The female lord couldn't help but sigh. When she looked up again, she found that the boat had disappeared, and Hells and other nobles were preparing to return to the city.
So Miss Rabbit was about to leave, but at this time she saw Quintus coming this way.
"Sir Yin Leiya, long time no see."
"High Priest Quintus, it's been a long time indeed. I haven't congratulated you on becoming the high priest yet." The female lord looked at the man in front of her curiously.
Although Quintus put on the silver moon robe of the high priest, his face looked darker and his wrinkles seemed to be deeper.
"I actually prefer preaching in the countryside rather than becoming a high priest." Quintus said.
These words sounded a bit hypocritical, but Miss Rabbit could feel that Quintus was speaking from the bottom of his heart.
"It's a pity that the Western Territory has become increasingly unstable recently, and the church has suddenly undergone major changes. I was elected at this critical moment, so I can only grit my teeth and continue doing this. By the way, isn't Prophet Merlin here?"
"Why, do you, the Silver Moon Church, still want to send someone to compete with the Shuangxiu Church?" The female lord raised her eyebrows.
"How is it possible?" Quintus shook his head. "When it comes to performing miracles, no one in the Western Region can be the opponent of the Prophet Merlin. The church should not have pushed Adele out in the first place to humiliate herself.
"Not to mention trying to cover up the previous mistake with another mistake later."
Quintus paused for a moment, "Actually, I came to see the Prophet Merlin in the hope that the Shuangxiu Church and the Silver Moon Church can coexist peacefully in the Western Territory in the future."
"What does it mean to live in peace...?"
"It means that we don't invade each other. If possible, it's best to exchange information." Quintus said, "After all, we all have a common enemy now."
"Are you talking about Herodotus?"
"Yes, he distorted the original teachings of the church, founded the Blood Moon Society, fanned hatred in the Western Region, and gathered a large number of fanatical followers. He also used poisoning and assassination as the main means to eradicate dissidents and threatened more people to join.
They are becoming more and more dangerous."
"Well, I've heard about all the things he did some time ago, and the Blood Moon Society also attacked me once, at my birthday party. However, I have the blessing of Saturday, and the Blood Moon Society failed in the end.
Succeeded." The female lord said.
"Of course I want to catch Herodotus, but I heard that his whereabouts are very secretive. He rarely shows up and sends his subordinates to do things. So many nobles in the Western Region hate him to death, but they all use him.
There is nothing we can do.”
"Of course we know what you said..." Quintus paused here and looked around before continuing.
"If you want to eradicate the Blood Moon Society, you must capture Herodotus. As early as half a year ago, we sent a group of internal agents to pretend to join the Blood Moon Society.
"Now some of them have gained the trust of Herodotus and have collected a lot of important information, one of which is related to you. In order to show our sincerity in cooperation, I will tell you this information."
"Is it related to me?" Miss Rabbit frowned, "Did Herodotus want to assassinate me again?"
"No, to be precise, it has something to do with your family, your brother Blanco, do you still remember him?"
"uh-huh."
"Our spies lurking in the Blood Moon Society have reported back that Herodotus is planning a crazy plan recently, in which your brother and several other nobles will play important roles."
The female lord took a breath after hearing this, "Do you think Blanco and Herodotus are together now?"
Quintus nodded, "Just a week ago, they just kidnapped Pep, the head of the Welch family."
"Pep?" Miss Rabbit remembered. She seemed to have received a letter from the head of the Welch family when she first returned to the West.
Pep revealed in the letter that Vanessa contacted him again and wanted to borrow money from him, in order to please Yin Leiya, a rapidly rising upstart in the West, and to make up for the unpleasantness at the previous birthday party.
Pep also hinted in the letter that he would take this opportunity to help the female lord secretly solve this hidden danger.
As a result, Miss Rabbit wrote back and told him not to mind his own business. At that time, the female lord had no intention of eradicating the problem.
Now after hearing what Quintus said, the girl realized that this was probably a trap.
Pep was still dreaming about killing Vanessa and Blanco to claim credit from the female lord, but he probably didn't expect that the other side was also coming for him.
However, Yin Leiya remembered that she told Pep and asked him not to do anything. Why did he fall into the hands of Herodotus in the end? Did the guy not listen, or did something else happen later?
This chapter has been completed!