Lord of Rot

Chapter 492 White Crow Valley

When Li Qi arrived at the first floor of the big library, it was just dark outside.

Several scholars pushed the ladder to the glazed chandelier, climbed up the ladder with lighted candles in their hands, and placed the candles in the glazed chandelier.

Candles were placed one by one until the first floor of the large library was completely lit by candlelight.

There were also several familiar scholars in charge of the third floor who nodded and greeted Li Qi after seeing him. The young apprentices also looked at Li Qi curiously. Recently, a nobleman who was reading and forgetting to eat and sleep came to the big library. It has been known to everyone for a long time. .

Li Qi also nodded in response.

Leaving the big library, he touched the location of the gem. In addition to reading in recent days, he was also trying to get close to the giant's bones.

At the beginning, some scholars would stare at Li Qi, and Li Qi thought that touching was prohibited. But when he actually touched the giant's bones with his hands, no one came to stop him. Li Qi finally understood that in their eyes, It's really interesting how sneaky I am.

No one cares, so feel free to touch it.

The Thunder Gems have been reacting, but not much, and if the giant can come back from the dead, maybe the mystery can be solved.

However, to use massive amounts of gold to build a giant, it would be better to directly ask the original owner who gave the gems, and it might be easier to get the answer.

So after studying for a few days with no results, Li Qi completely put down his thoughts and continued reading.

The main road of the royal capital.

The streets are not lit up with candles at night. Compared to the Porcupine Collar, which is trying to use fire and water lanterns to bring light to the territory at night, only some areas here are lit with torches. Except for the bustling streets of brothels, most other places are It was completely dark.

Darkness had no effect on Li Qi.

The spring wind is blowing, and the temperature in the Royal Capital, which is further north than Donggang City, has finally warmed up in the past few days, and people will not shiver at night.

A short figure came over, and Li Qi suddenly became energetic and followed the other person away.

After a while, we stopped in front of a house.

Li Qi pushed open the door and entered.

"Good night, my lord" Allen bent down.

"What information did you find out?" Li Qi rubbed his head, pulled up a chair and sat down. The legs of the chair rubbed against the ground, making a sharp and harsh sound.

Allen looked at Li Qi, who was in poor condition, and poured him a cup of tea: "Pede, who you asked me to follow and investigate, has been living in a solitary life recently. He occasionally rides a carriage to the noble manor. The little mice can't get it." What useful information.”

He placed two pieces of paper on the table in front of Li Qi: "This is the information about which nobles Pei De has met in recent days."

After just one glance, Li Qi looked away.

The content is useless. Peide is just a male favorite, and he has no control over real national affairs. Things that require him to take off his pants to complete are all conspiracy and conspiracy that cannot be put on the table, let alone important.

Li Qi was curious about who deceived Red Rose into going to the dance, and judging from Pei De's performance, his target was Red Rose from the beginning.

The queen was also at the ball. According to his guess, the queen knew the list of all participants. Does that mean that the queen found her son's boyfriend to have sex with her son's fiancée?

My dear son, your hat is crooked. Come here, mommy will help you put it straight.

Something was wrong. Strictly speaking, the boyfriend and the fiancée were double cuckolds. Li Qi suddenly brainstormed for a while, and his head, which had just felt better, became swollen and painful again.

"Find an opportunity to catch him," he said immediately. "Remember to be secretive, don't be discovered by others, and ask him carefully what he plans to do."

The city was full of fish and dragons, and a large number of nobles came. It was just a male favorite who was missing. Even if the male favorite belonged to the king, it didn't matter if he was missing.

"Yes"

"As for the activity funds, just fly a message directly to Desert Leiweng City. I will write a letter to Lisu later."

Due to the shortage of development funds in several other places, only Leiweng City has accumulated funds for many generations and is considered the richest area in Li Qi's hands.

"Thank you, sir!" Alan was surprised.

"If there is a danger of being discovered, let the little mice evacuate out of the city as soon as possible. I also like those smart children. Even if they can't pry out information, they can still contribute to development in the future."

Allen lowered his head: "They will remember your kindness!"

"Sir, you asked me to track down the extraordinary person who can control rats, but I couldn't find him. He is very slippery, but he probably didn't realize that we were investigating and following him."

"Well, just pay attention at all times and don't get targeted." Li Qi was not surprised. Beast whisperers can be said to be the most difficult type of extraordinary beings to catch. All animals are their eyes. Even those who seem to be unable to fly can be surrounded by them. Who can keep an eye on a mouse or a bird in the sky if they can escape easily?

Allen raised his head and continued: "But I have already investigated the people who appeared in the tavern that day and collected some useful information."

A small pile of white paper produced by Porcupine was placed on the table.

Li Qi didn't pay attention to Allen's movement of holding a candle closer to try to illuminate himself. The darkness could not affect Li Qi's vision.

He flipped through it quickly.

There were not many big shots in the tavern. The highest-ranking ones were two Golden Bear Soldiers who came out to drink and relax on vacation.

"The guards of the Winter Family, and this, the steward in charge of the celebration?" Li Qi was keenly aware that the problem might be related to the celebration hunting.

This is a major event that happened recently, involving the death of the eldest prince, the marriage of the second prince, and the determination of the future king.

The Winter Family is responsible for managing the kingdom's hunting grounds, and their territory is in the White Crow Valley, which is also the destination of this hunting activity.

"They seem to be related by blood."

Li Qi nodded. If it was just a simple gathering of relatives to drink, it would make sense.

"Continue to gather the children who are willing to follow us. Keep an eye on everyone on the list, but catching the beast whisperer is the most important."

He always felt that something big was going to happen, and he had an unknown premonition for no reason.

Back at Bear's Castle, Li Qi fell on the bed and slept soundly, relieving his mental fatigue.

The celebratory hunt is about to begin.

The nobles got on carriages or rode horses, leading their guards towards the White Crow Valley.

If he is a normal scout and gallops with two horses, he can start early in the morning and arrive in the afternoon, and he can still have a cup of afternoon tea.

However, the team on this trip are all noble ladies and young ladies with delicate skin and tender flesh. They do not participate in hunting, but the harvest of hunting requires their applause.

Therefore, the entire team moved very slowly, even slower than when Li Qi escorted Red Rose from the East Gorge to the capital. The half-day journey would take at least a day and a half, or even two days.

……

Bode grabbed the reins, rode on the horse, and rode alongside Li Qi.

The team moved forward slowly, and even the horses were much more relaxed. They seemed to be chatting with each other. Just now, Li Qi had seen two noble horses quarreling. One horse was kicking the other horse. , threw the noble down, making people laugh, and the two angry nobles almost started a duel.

Bode turned his head, looked at Li Qi and said, "I told Stacie that you are coming to the capital."

Li Qi looked at the front of the team and asked casually: "Did she reply?"

"No, but you can write to her."

"No, she understands."

Bode curled his lips. He and Li Qi had known each other for about the same time as Staci had known Li Qi. He still remembered Li Qi crying when he was beaten by Staci when he was a child.

After growing up, when the two met again, they would always start with a fight and end with Li Qi being injured.

But I don't know what's going on between the two of them, but they suddenly seem to understand each other very well.

Obviously, Stacy and Li Qi didn't stay together as long as she did.

Li Qi added: "When this celebration is over, I will go to Linta Bay."

"Take her away?" Bode forced a sinister smile on his face.

Even if he knew he was joking, his expression would still make people feel uncomfortable.

Li Qi asked: "No?"

"Father will definitely be very grateful to you." Bode rarely complained about the father-daughter relationship in his family.

Recalling that every time the father and daughter of the Crocodile family quarreled, one shouted, "I will chop you to death," and the other said, "You can't beat me." Li Qi said, "They have a very good relationship."

Bode smiled, admitting this, otherwise he would not have allowed Stacie to remain unmarried at the age of 22.