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"Then what kind of people have come to see him in the past six months?" Abner asked, and then he smiled apologetically, "I mean, are the visiting relatives and friends of nobles, or some rough men, or some guests from far away? "

Algernon glanced at Abner coldly, "I'm not old enough to memorize meaningless things, I swear to the kings, in the past six months, except for the Duchess and His Royal Highness Sean, who have been here often, only The old king came to see his son occasionally, and His Majesty came here occasionally."

"there is none left?"

"Who else do you think there is?" Algernon asked rhetorically.

Abner shrugged, no offense intended.

"Is there anything else you need to do?" Algernon asked impatiently, and Abner felt that he had reached his limit.

So Abner smiled lightly and said: "My lords, Your Highness Xiao En has not thought about eating and drinking recently. After I earnestly questioned, I learned that His Highness has always seen the ghost of Duke Nero Margery recently. Sad and terrified. I specially invite the sword-clothed knight commander to investigate this matter."

Algernon looked serious.Sure enough, borrowing Sean's name would be useful, Abner thought to himself.

Aureas behind Abu Nayangyan, "This is Sir Aureas. From today on, he will replace the sword-clad knight commander to investigate the haunting of Duolun Palace. I hope you can help me a lot. I am just a close friend of His Highness. Come here to fight...you don't have to pay attention to me."

Abner looked at Algernon with a smile, and Algernon looked at the tall and sturdy Oreas, paused, and twitched the corners of his mouth.

Both Oreas and Wens were taken aback, but fortunately they looked at each other, and soon Wens patted Oreas on the shoulder and said solemnly, "I'll leave this to you."

Oreas narrowed his eyes slightly and nodded.Afterwards, he leaned forward and asked Abner: "My lord, is there anything else you need to investigate for the time being? If not, let's do this for now."

Abner was startled by Oreas' compliment, almost couldn't control his laughter, cleared his throat, and said to Algernon, "Then please take us to see the place where the Duke lived before his death."

With a stiff face, Algernon asked the guard to get the key, and led Abner and Aureas upstairs.This White Gull Tower is not only dilapidated on the outside, but also outdated on the inside. In the corner, there is a wooden table with a broken leg that was gnawed badly by mice. The old brocade hanging on the wall is covered with dust. The hall looks crooked and disturbing.

"Hmph, don't look around." Algernon frowned when he saw Abner looking around.

"Didn't His Majesty send someone to fix it?"

"Hmph, I think His Majesty probably forgot about this place. The four kingdoms under the 'Covenant of the Four Kings' are as stable as pinnacles, so there is no need to guard the frontier. I think if one day the Death God Island and the Cloud Blood Desolation Monsters are coming, we can play with them with spears/guns."

Abner asked: "I've only heard about the monsters on Death God Island, how come there are also monsters on Cloud Blood Desolation?"

"When we brought the unconscious Duke back, the Duke said in a daze that he had killed a monster there, but we didn't see any monster corpses on the Cloud Blood Desert. Of course, no matter who is on the damn cloud If you stay in the Blood Barren for a whole day, it will become abnormal. Until now, my cowardly subordinates insist that the Silver Tower is haunted."

"Haunted?"

Algernon glanced at Abner, and said coldly: "On the first morning when these bastards came, they were so frightened that they could not stand still for a few days when they saw the Cloud and Blood Desolation through the window. So they told me that there were people in the tower at night. When they cried, I immediately told them to go home and find their mother."

Abner: "..."

The big lock on the Duke's bedroom door was extremely heavy, and a thick layer of dust had accumulated on it.Algernon dusted the lock before inserting the key into the hole.

Pushing open the door, a strong smell of dust mixed with the smell of tide came blowing in.The room is not big, but it is very long and well ventilated. The furnishings in the room are still complete, and the printed silk quilt is still laid flat, as if waiting for the owner to return.Abner saw the harp on the bed at a glance, and stepped forward to pick it up. The strings of the harp, which had not been moved for three years, looked quite old. He put down the harp, and said to Algernon, "Wipe the harp, and then clean the harp again." Oil it up."

"The Duke himself oiled it before his lifetime, and we were never allowed to touch it." Algernon twitched the corner of his mouth.

Abner looked at Algernon's big rough hand, "Bring a piece of linen," he ordered.

When Algernon turned to get the sackcloth, Abner looked around the room, and the Duke left nothing else of interest.

"In the past three years since the Duke's death, no one has been in this room except us?" Algernon brought the sackcloth, and Abner carefully wiped the body of the piano clean.

"The Duchess is here."

"To nostalgia?"

"No, come to ask for this piano."

Abner paused, "You didn't give it to her?" The Duchess should know about the Duke and Adrian.

"His Majesty the King has requested that no one be allowed to take anything from here." Algernon stared closely at the harp in Abner's hand.

Abner raised his eyebrows, put the piano down after wiping it, and spread his hands, "I'm just bringing some dust home."

Algernon: "..."

"Okay, I've read it, let's go. I'm really sorry for your trouble today, my lord." Abner signaled Oreas to go out.

A group of people rode back, and Rich went back to the old house halfway to visit his parents. He estimated that he would not return to Duolun Palace at night, and the other four rode on their way.

Abner briefly described what he had seen and heard to Wins. Wins stared wide-eyed, opened his mouth and was speechless for a long time.

After a long time, he asked, "You just went to the Duke's bedroom, what did you find?"

"No, I just took the opportunity to see how luxurious the Duke's bedroom is," said Abner, "it's really grand."

Wins: "..."

"Just kidding," Abner shrugged, "I just wanted to ask Algernon some questions in another place."

"You can't trust the guards there?"

"To be precise, I don't believe anyone, except that Algernon looks a little stupid."

"..."

Wen Si scratched his head: "You say Rich's cousin... Fortunately, Rich is not here, otherwise no one will be able to go back tonight."

Abner casually hummed a ditty, "The thing that bothers me the most now is, where did Adrian go?"

"Hmph, if we know this, we still need to wander around here? The Duke is really indulgent, don't ask anything, as long as he comes back within three days."

"Adrien shouldn't be lying, because he left his Aegean behind. And he is confident that he will come back in three days. Even if there are some accidents, these three years are enough for him to wander around the four countries a few times. He was supposed to come back to see the Duke. But he didn't, so there's a good chance...he's dead."

Vince shuddered.

"Of course this is the worst plan." Abner said lightly.

Abner narrowed his eyes, and said softly: "There are still some messy details...that make me uneasy."

When we returned to Duolun Palace, it was already late.

"Oreas' clothes have been delivered, do you want to try them?" Wen Si said.

"Of course, come, come." Abner seemed more excited than Aureas, dragged Aureas and walked into the sword clothing building.

"Aren't you afraid that Mr. Wang Fu will break your leg if you don't go back so late?" Wen Si asked.

"Father went to Black Rock City early in the morning, otherwise how dare I go out in a big way? I will go back later, at most Alvin will say a few words about me."

At this time, there was no one in the cloakroom, and Abner saw the clothes customized for Aureas neatly folded at a glance.

"This black dress looks really good, very similar to my white dress, let's try it first." Abner's eyes sparkled inexplicably.

Oreas stood still in a daze.

"It's okay, I'll teach you how to wear it, first take off the clothes on your body." Seeing Oreas' slow look, Abner felt anxious in his heart, and was about to untie his belt in a hurry.

Wins: "..."

"Abner, in fact, I have already asked someone to change Oreas' clothes." Wins looked at Abner's interest and hesitated.

Oreas held Abner's hand, chuckled, and began to undress.

Abner was busy looking at the clothes one by one, when suddenly a docile-looking servant came out the door, leaned forward and said, "Sir Oreas, please let me change your clothes."

Abner glanced at him, "You don't need it, I'll just come, you go out."

Seeing that he was the eldest son of Mr. Wang Fu, the male servant showed embarrassment, "Master, is this... not right?"

"Wins?" Abner was busy smoothing out his scrim shirt.

Wen Si nodded to the valet, "Go out."

Soon, only a close-fitting fur called Ittert was left on Aureas' whole body.

Abner frowned, "This one is off too."

Oreas narrowed his golden eyes.

"Abner, this may be a tradition at Oreas, he can wear it if he wants." Wen Si coughed lightly, feeling flustered by the heat.

"But I can't wear this kind of trousers like this," Abner's index finger had already slipped into the edge of ittert, Oreas grabbed his hand, Abner raised his head, a pair of blue-green eyes sparkled , "Oreas, take it off!"

Oreas' eyes were deep.

"Keep busy, I'll go out and blow the cold air!" Wen Si ran out like the wind, and at the same time closed the door firmly.

Wen Si touched the sweat on his forehead, with mixed feelings, "Damn..."

After a while, the door finally opened.Wen Si coughed twice, turned around, and stared slightly. Oreas came out wearing a black daily attire. He knew that Oreas had a good background, but he didn't expect that he would be more handsome after wearing slim-fitting clothes. Amazing.

"Not bad?" Abner came out with another shirt and pajamas in his arms.

Wins had to admit, it was really good.

Abner smiled, handed the clothes in his hand to Oreas, and said to Wens: "Arrange a bed for Oreas, I can only wrong him to become a cat."

"Really?" Wins saw Oreas frowning, but Abner didn't seem to see it.

"Could it be that you don't even give me a place to sleep?" Abner twitched his mouth.

"Of course not." Winston paused and shrugged. "I'll ask someone to arrange it."

The maid arrived soon, called Aureas "Sir" respectfully, and then led him to the bedroom.

Before leaving, Oreas rubbed Abner's head vigorously and left.

Aureas walked away, Abner and Wens fell silent for a moment, and suddenly Abner spoke first: "My lords, I really don't know what kind of place Aureas lives in."

"what happened?"

"They all wore something called ittert, and they just had a hard time convincing him to take it off."

"Cough cough."

"When you put on your pants, you still ask me if I put them on directly?"

"Cough cough."

"Do you have a sore throat?"

"Ahem, a little bit."

"Drink more mint tea."

"..."

Wen Si hesitated to speak, and finally couldn't help asking: "Did you help him dress one by one?"

"I'm not a manservant, and it's not like he has no hands. I just tell him how to wear it."

"Is he so generous to take off in front of you, and then put on his clothes?"

"Could it be that he wants to swear to the death like a little girl protecting her chastity?"

"..."

Wen Si scratched his head, trying his best to express his thoughts tactfully, "Look, it's so hot, and the cloakroom is not ventilated, you won't feel a little... awkward when you change his clothes?"

"What's the matter with the two big men? I'm going back, otherwise Alvin will scold me to death..." Abner patted Wen Si on the shoulder and left quickly.

Wins watched Abner's back pass through the darkness, past the alcove illuminated by candlelight, and Abner's ears turned red.

The author says:

Wins: My three views of a straight man of steel have been greatly impacted...