In the early morning, Ren came out of the room and stretched himself hard.
I worked hard all night last night to expand the underground maze even bigger and connect it to more areas in Storm City.
Most important areas in the city can now be easily reached underground.
As soon as I came out of the hotel, I heard people talking on the street.
"Have you heard? Elkann of the Vine Herbal Shop was arrested and the shop was closed down!"
"Elkan? Didn't he arrive in Storm City less than a month ago? What happened? Why did the city lord arrest him?"
"Elkan is a very nice person, how could this happen?"
"Is the tax owed and not paid?"
"Isn't that true?"
"It's not the city lord who sent someone to arrest him, it's the Cervantes family who came!"
"The Cervantes family?"
"what's the situation?"
"How did Elkann get into trouble with the Cervantes family?"
"I heard that the Cervantes family dug up a body from the backyard of the Vine Herb Shop. I don't know who it is at the moment. It should be a family member!"
"No way? How come the bodies of members of the Cervantes family were buried in the backyard of the herbal shop? Who is the dead one?"
"The Cervantes family blocked the news. No one knows who died. Anyway, Elkann was taken away."
"Oh my God! I can't believe it!"
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Everyone was talking about the Vine Herb Shop, and there were many Storm City soldiers on the streets, seemingly investigating something.
After all, the Cervantes family has great influence in Storm City. If something like this happens, all parties will definitely take it seriously.
Renn didn't care about this. Anyway, he was the most benevolent person and let them solve this matter by themselves.
The auction is today, and even though he stayed up all night, Ren didn't want to miss it.
He knew where Prince Schneider lived. After all, with such a distinguished status, he must be placed in the most luxurious hotel in Storm City. He would be surrounded by Kingdom guards and could easily find him.
Before going there, I need to go to the clothing store.
Although all kinds of clothes can be made through the system, the workbench for making armor was not brought with me when I came here. There is no need to make a temporary workbench. It is too expensive to waste time anyway.
I entered the clothing store and bought a black cloth robe, a black cloak and a hood commonly used by adventurers. After wearing it, even people who are quite familiar with it would be difficult to recognize.
As long as you lower your head, you can't see him face to face.
This kind of dressing up is actually not surprising, because many adventurers in this world will hide their true identity, and some legal professions also prefer this kind of dressing up to create a mystery. Some of the guards around the nobles will also hide their identities like this when they hire strong men.
The enemy doesn't know who they are, and will be very wary without intelligence. Those who want to deal with the protected person must think carefully, because you don't know who you will offend!
After finishing his disguise, Renn went directly to the hotel where Prince Schneider was resting.
As soon as he arrived at the door, he was stopped by the kingdom guards brought by the prince from the capital: "Stop! Show your identity!"
"Please convey to the prince that I am coming as promised last night!" Ren replied.
"Wait!" The kingdom guard immediately entered the hotel and reported to Prince Schneider. He came out after a while and said, "Follow me!"
"Thank you!" Ren entered the hotel and followed the guard to the prince's room.
When he arrived at the door, the guard said to him: "The prince is having a meal, waiting here!"
"Okay!" Renn watched the guards leave, glanced at the other four expressionless guards on the left and right of the door, took out a piece of barbecue and a bottle of juice in the corridor, and enjoyed his breakfast.
The prince came out after a while, looked at Renne and said with a smile: "This is a nice outfit. If the guard hadn't told me, I wouldn't have recognized him! Let's go! Pick up Charlotte first, and then go straight to the auction. If you can help
I will be rewarded heavily!"
"Thank you, Your Highness! I will do my best." Ren replied with his head lowered.
So he set off with Prince Schneider, pretended to be one of his entourage, temporarily left his carriage at the hotel, mounted the horse borrowed from the guard, and followed the luxurious carriage to the Jimenez family.
Here Christine, Carla, Linda, and Monica have already arrived and have joined Charlotte. Waiting for Prince Schneider to arrive, the carriages of the five major families line up and head towards the auction house.
At 8 a.m., we arrived at our destination smoothly.
These five noble ladies were not the only ones who came together. Jimenez, Brady, Barrett, Asimu, the head of the Cervantes family, and other noble members of the family also came, including Charlotte.
Especially their brothers and sisters.
Even people of the same race will compete for level 3 monster pet eggs, and the one with the highest price will get it.
No one paid attention to the inconspicuous Ren next to Prince Schneider. After all, every noble has such a protector beside him.
As a follower of Prince Schneider, Renne successfully entered the auction.
Those who came to the venue were all high-ranking officials from Storm City. Although the city lord was busy with official duties and could not come, he also allowed his family members to participate. At a glance, the scene was full of important people.
The auction started at 9 o'clock, and everyone took their seats, with the entourage and guards behind the person being protected.
Prince Schneider's seat was next to the five major families. What made him dissatisfied was that next to him was not Charlotte, but Colin Jimenez and other powerful figures from the four major families.
The five aristocratic ladies and Prince Schneider were separated by their fathers.
It seems that Bruce and Monica, the leaders of the Cervantes family, have tired expressions. It is obvious that what happened last night has affected the father and daughter.
Colin Jimenez, Joe Brady, Zeni Barrett, Howard Asimu and their daughters already know what happened last night. The five major families exchange information, and Bruce also needs their help to investigate the truth.
, catch the murderer of Madame Jacques.
After interrogation, the captured Elkann was determined to have nothing to do with this matter.
The biggest suspect now is Windley, the former herbal shop owner who transferred the herbal shop to Elkann a month ago and has already left Storm City. The time of his departure coincided with the time when Mrs. Jaconi was rumored to have "eloped" with someone.
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It is very likely that the rumors of elopement were spread by Windley in order to cover up the truth that he was seeking wealth and killing himself.
He buried the body and money in the backyard of the herbal medicine shop, probably hoping to wait until the storm had passed and then come back and quietly take them away.
Originally, the matter was done very covertly, without leaving any clues or witnesses.
Who would have thought that there would be such a change as Renn, who would dig out the box containing the body from the ground, take away all the gold and silver jewelry, and even tell the Cervantes family about it.
Windley might not be able to show up in Storm City, and he might even be wanted outside.
As for the lost gold and silver jewelry, the Cervantes family will only pursue it from Windley. Windley will not be able to get the money back at that time. Little did he know that it was Ren who took all these things away under the guise of others.
