Kumagai Junpei took his purple potion, shook it, and carefully observed the reaction of the bubbles. While doing his own thing, he said: "The ice cube in your hand is the tauren who came to me for shipment five years ago.
You sold me that thing by the way.
His name is Carl. His original name was Carl Milne, but now he has no surname and is only called Carl.
Because when he was still in the grassland, he was too cruel and even killed people in his own tribe. Later, he was driven out by his own tribe.
Then Karl went to other tribes of his own clan.
However, he refused to change his character and traveled to several tribes, committing the crime of murdering his fellow tribesmen in each tribe. In the end, he was completely expelled from his own clan.
I don’t know if you understand, but on the grassland, a sub-race has many clans, and each clan has many tribes under its name.
For example, the Tauren clan includes the Hutt, Hart, Walker, Milne and other clans.
And under the name of each clan, there will be many tribes.
People of the same clan can move between different tribes.
Let's put it this way.
The Tauren royal family is equivalent to the royal family.
Each clan of the tauren is equivalent to each big surname, and each tribe under the big name is equivalent to the main family of this surname, as well as many branches.
As long as you still have the same last name as everyone else, that doesn't matter. You are also welcome in other branches.
But if you don’t even have this surname, then no branch of the family will accept you, because you are no longer considered a ‘family member’.
Such was the case with Carl.
He committed many evil deeds and was expelled from his own clan. He completely lost the surname "Milne", so no Milne tauren tribe would accept him, which meant he had no roots.
Unless he can get a name from other tauren clans in the future, he will be equivalent to a rootless duckweed on the grassland.
So how difficult is this thing?
It’s probably equivalent to me going to Sakura Jiuwu’s family and begging them to give me a surname... ha.”
Having said this, Kumagai Junpei shook his head and laughed, "We still say that Carl is a tauren, but in fact, in the grassland, he cannot be called a tauren because he does not have a tauren clan and was directly expelled from tauren status. They
Humanoids have their own term on the grasslands - beastmen."
"Then do you know where he is at the moment?"
Li Guanqi asked.
"Of course I know."
Kumagai Junpei shrugged, "I'm probably eating meat in the Minotaur's Hall of Valor."
"Um?!"
Li Guanqi's heart sank, "What do you mean by this...?"
Hall of Valor?
In the Tauren clan, all Tauren believe that after the death of heroic warriors, their souls will ascend to the Hall of Valor and enjoy delicious food and wine with the ancestors of the clan.
It's after death!
"Robbing a bride, you know?"
Junpei Kumagai put down the medicine bottle in his hand, turned to look at Li Guanqi, and said calmly: "Karl snatched a bride in the city and raped the bride. According to the "Sakura Law", such a bad influence is definitely a death sentence.
What's more, this place is Heian Kyo.
The shogunate put in a lot of effort to maintain the 'beautiful' atmosphere in this capital.
Karl, on the other hand, broke the law in the limelight and raped his bride on their wedding day. This bad situation was directly upgraded to a public beheading.
After he was caught by the Law Enforcement Department at that time, he was publicly beheaded in Qingcao Town, Nancheng District, within a few days.
I was there to watch. The executioner first stabbed Karl through the heart and then chopped it off with a knife.
With a 'puff' sound, blood spurted out.
The cow's head fell to the ground, and if it hadn't been stuck with its horns, it would have rolled to my feet."
"He died like that?!"
Li Guanqi was stunned.
Then how could he ask Karl for questioning?
I tried my luck to get the bricks of the Ice Temple, but all my luck was used up at once?
If the follow-up clues are directly cut off, what’s the point?
"Is there anyone else who knows him well?"
Li Guanqi was unwilling to give in and quickly asked Kumagai Junpei: "For example, for example... a relative or friend? Or a mercenary who often cooperates?"
"No."
Kumagai Junpei shook his head and said calmly: "Although that guy is a minotaur, he is indeed a 'lone wolf'. He has always been alone and has never had friends. And to be honest, with his bad character, he is destined to have no friends.
, every time he comes to my place to ship goods, he has a cold attitude."
"..."
When Li Guanqi heard this, his face suddenly became extremely ugly.
Complete the ball.
He looked down at the bricks of the Ice Temple in his hands, his mood becoming increasingly complicated.
So, the clue to the Ice Temple is now broken?
"Wow!"
Suddenly, Xiaoxue's crying sounded in his mind, and he kept crying, "Xiaoxue wants to go home! Xiaoxue wants to go home!!"
"Lunmo, Shunkong, help me comfort Xiaoxue."
Li Guanqi had no choice but to shout in his mind.
"I don't have this experience either."
Being in the air means that there is nothing you can do.
"I was wrong."
The tone of the magic knife was slightly speechless, "I said before that it was too bad that the lioness could cry after living for more than a hundred years, but Xiaoxue has lived for tens of thousands of years, and she can still cry. I didn't expect it.
’s... By the way, can this thing like a temple really be called a home? When the master rises in the future, he will build a new temple for you, and your whole new home will be complete, right?"
"Wow!!"
However, Xiaoxue's cries were still sad and she paid no attention to these two "brothers".
Li Guanqi suppressed the crying in his mind, feeling quite hopeless...
"Speaking of it, Carl's behavior of snatching brides is really strange."
At this time, Kumagai Junpei raised his head, as if he was remembering something, and frowned slightly.
"oh?"
Li Guanqi's eyes narrowed, "What kind of strange method?"
"Because it shouldn't, it doesn't make sense, it's not logical."
Kumagai Junpei turned around and left the alchemy room, walked to the bar next to him, poured a glass of green soju, and after taking a sip, he said in a deep voice: "It turns out that Karl is a mercenary who lives in Heianjing.
This guy is ruthless and cautious enough.
They accept orders from all comers, protect ruins, commit murder and arson...etc., etc., they do it all.
I have made a lot of money over the decades.
Of course, the most important thing is to have accumulated a lot of connections.
With his savings and connections over the years, Carl bought a house in Qingcao Town, Nancheng District, Heian Kyo, which is also known as the "Orc Street" three years ago.
A mercenary chooses to buy a house in Ping'an Jing, where land is extremely expensive. The meaning is obvious.
Everyone in the circle felt that the guy was going to retire and decided to live a quiet life in the city.
But the strange thing is that we all can't figure out why that guy suddenly went crazy and actually snatched a bride in Ping An Jing!
This is an obvious crime!
And this is Heian Kyo!!
Not to mention he is a five-element level person. Even a seven-star person who usually flies in the sky and escapes from the earth has to walk on his two feet obediently. When entering other people's homes, he has to knock on the door first and ask if he can come in!
But Karl broke the law in the city. A year ago, he robbed a newlywed Tauren couple on the day of their wedding.
On the way to the wedding, the Tauren couple snatched the Tauren bride and ran home. It is said that Karl took the girl home and started fucking her immediately.
Because according to people from the Law Enforcement Department, when they broke into Carl's house, the bride had been stripped naked and lying on the bed, with tears streaming down her face, and there were marks on the sheets.
Carl was also naked and looked like he had just finished plowing the fields.
Hey, don't think that orcs don't care about chastity.
The tauren took a fancy to this.
After the news spread that the tauren bride had been robbed of her first night by Karl, the tauren husband, the newlywed man, immediately regretted the marriage and vetoed the marriage.
Moreover, this incident is well known to everyone.
There are only a few thousand tauren settled in Ping'an Jingli, which is a big circle, so it is probably impossible for the tauren bride to get married unless she changes to another city in her life.
Oh, that bastard Carl.
You are seeking death, and you have ruined another girl’s life.”
Having said this, Kumagai Junpei shook his head, and then his expression became more and more surprised.
"But the strange place is right here.
3 years ago, Carl just bought a house in the city, and then he never took any employment orders. He lived alone quietly for 2 years. He looked like he was retired and wanted to start a quiet life.
A new life.
But a year ago, on the wedding day of the tauren couple, he suddenly ran to steal the bride and commit a crime. Is this logical? This is completely illogical!
Karl is a different-blooded warrior at the peak of the Five Elements level!
Of course it's a little lacking compared to the previous one, but isn't it so much more than the lower one?
That is to say, he can only buy a small house in Ping'an Jing, where land is extremely expensive. If it were in another city, a different-blooded warrior at the peak of the Five Elements level would at least live in a castle, which could be more luxurious than the city lord's palace. How could he be short of women?
?
Not lacking at all!
What's more, although Karl is not a king-blooded tauren, he is actually of the higher blood level. Except for the bull's head, the rest of his body is humanoid.
And the tauren bride he raped was the lowest-blooded tauren. Not only did she have a bull's head on her head, but her legs were also made of cow's hooves.
Karl raped this female tauren... Well, it's hard to describe.
What kind of behavior is this?
This is equivalent to us humans, a middle-aged man who is not too handsome, but not too ugly. He has just spent decades of savings to buy a house in Ping'an Jing. He is a successful little man and is ready to retire and enjoy life.
.
If a man like him wants women, he can call hundreds of them with just a flick of his finger.
However, within two years of his retirement, he raped an ugly girl and risked his own life just for the ugly girl.
Brother, you say."
At this point, Kumagai Junpei looked at Li Guanqi and said in surprise: "Is this so reasonable?"
"unreasonable."
Li Guanqi frowned slightly, looking thoughtful.
When something goes wrong, there must be a monster.
There must be some unknown truth hidden in this matter.
"bite!"
"Trigger task conditions."
"You've been given a new detective mission."
——[The Mystery of the Minotaur]——
Mission introduction:
From all aspects, Carl, the minotaur mercenary at the peak of the Five Elements level, has no reason to violate a minotaur woman of lower bloodline, not to mention that this is Heian Kyo, the capital of the Sakura shogunate. This female minotaur was raped on her wedding day.
, the resulting negative impact resulted in Karl being beheaded in public.
This matter is illogical and there must be some kind of truth hidden behind it.
Why not do some detective work and figure out the real ins and outs of this matter.
Mission requirement: Find out the truth behind this matter.
Mission time limit: 24 hours.
Mission reward: a green talent.
[Quick thinking (green): You have a sharp mind and amazing insight. You can easily peel off the cocoons of a thing and find the truth hidden behind it. 】
(Note: When this talent is first obtained, the soul strength will automatically increase by one level. After that, every time the quality of this talent is improved, the soul will increase by one level)
"oh?"
Li Guanqi raised his eyebrows.
24 hours time limit, racing against time...
Speaking of which, this mission reward is almost equivalent to [a soul upgrade].
But even if this mission does not appear, Li Guanqi still has to find the truth behind it, because where did Carl get the ice temple brick in his hand? He must find the answer to this question.
There is only one breakthrough in the matter of the minotaur Karl.
"What's the name of the female minotaur who was raped by Karl on the wedding night? Do you know where she is now?"
Li Guanqi looked at Kumagai Junpei and asked seriously.
"Why do you ask?"
Kumagai Junpei was stunned.
"Just pure curiosity."
Li Guanqi smiled and said, "As you said, this matter is very illogical, so I am very curious about what is the reason that makes Karl do such a completely unreasonable thing. After all, a Tauren at the peak of the Five Elements level cannot
The truth suddenly comes to mind, doesn't it?"
"really."
Kumagai Junpei nodded, "Tauren are not werewolves. They will lose their minds on full moon nights and either kill like crazy or look for people to mate like crazy. I have seen a werewolf, and he..."
"So you know what?"
Before he could start the conversation, Li Guanqi immediately brought the topic back, "What's going on with the female tauren who was raped by Karl?"
"Of course I know."
Kumagai Junpei nodded, then took another sip of the soju in the cup, and said with emotion: "That female tauren was badly harmed by Karl. Her name is Brianna, her clan is Mosul, she is very low-class.
I said before that the Tauren clan values chastity very much, and Brianna's tutor is even more pathological. It's pathological. It's completely over the top.
Brianna was raped by Karl, and the man had a grudge and refused to marry her. What can outsiders say?
Moral accusation?
To be honest, the moral accusations may not be worth it, after all, not many men can stand this thing.
In short, after this incident, the man regretted the marriage and refused to marry, and outsiders had nothing to say.
But what about Brianna’s parents?
Her parents actually kicked Brianna out of the house because they thought she was disgraceful because she was raped.
This was done..."
Having said this, Kumagai Junpei drank the soju in his cup, shook his head and sighed, "It's too ridiculous, isn't it?"
"It's so unlucky to have parents like this."
Li Guanqi frowned slightly.
"That's right."
Kumagai Junpei put the wine glass on the table and smiled helplessly, "To be honest, if it weren't for the fact that the female tauren's appearance really doesn't suit my taste...if she was prettier, I would have taken her over and used her as a maid or something.
It's a pity..."
It's a pity that the appearance is not enough.
Li Guanqi was speechless for a moment.
In this face-based world... In all the countries in the world, the most popular orcs are those with royal ancestry, like Sophia, a guy who only has animal features, but has a beautiful face and a complete human form.
"So, where is this female tauren named Brianna now?"
Li Guanqi looked at Kumagai Junpei and asked again.
"Nancheng District, Flower Town."
Kumagai Junpei turned around and pointed to a back door, "Push that door open and walk straight to the end of the alley. After walking out of the alley, ignore the forks in the road and keep walking forward. Once you see the sign of Chen Liao Ding,
Turn right, then continue walking straight, and you will reach Hanayi Town. Then, you can ask any passerby where the Flower Orphanage is."
"The Hanara Orphanage in Hanage Town?"
Li Guanqi was a little surprised, "You mean, Brianna is in Hualuo Orphanage?"
"She opened the Hualuo Orphanage."
Kumagai Junping said calmly: "As I said before, Carl is a lone wolf, alone with no relatives or friends, so after he was beheaded, according to the "Sakura Law", half of his property was confiscated and the other half was used for
Compensate victims.
That's Brianna.
Therefore, Brianna, a one-dimensional female tauren, directly obtained half of Karl's family wealth and transformed into a little rich woman.
After she was kicked out of her home by her parents, she moved to Hanayi Town and opened an orphanage to adopt orphans who had no parents or were abandoned by their parents. Of course, most of them were orc children.
I remember what I heard a while ago...that there are more than 20 orphans in the orphanage now, right?"
"ah?"
When Li Guanqi heard this, he was startled at first, and then his eyes gradually turned strange when he looked at Kumagai Junpei, "Then you don't need to worry about her situation, and you still want to accept her as a maid? What do you think...
Are you sure that’s all?”
"I don't like Carl's money."
Junpei Kumagai, a Liuhe-level warrior of different blood, did not seem to feel any offence, and just said calmly: "It is Brianna who has gained property, so she needs more protection.
After all, in this safe capital, although the laws are strict, as long as they don't expose it to the public, the people in the law enforcement department don't bother to worry so much.
For example, with your spell master's methods, if you want to do something, it is easy to do it, but if the people from the law enforcement department want to trace it afterwards, it will be a troublesome job."
"Is that so?"
Li Guanqi raised his eyebrows, "But Brianna is still alive and well. According to you, she should have been finished long ago."
"Everything has to come sooner or later."
Kumagai Junpei waved his hand and sneered: "It has only been one year since the Carl incident. The rape of the bride was too bad and received too much attention. The limelight of this incident has not completely passed yet.
When the limelight is completely over, Brianna's safety problem will be hard to say. Even if there is no problem with safety, there are too many ways to kill a one-level tauren in this city."
"That's true."
Li Guanqi's eyes narrowed slightly.
There is no need to explain the embarrassing things in the world in a straightforward manner, everyone understands them.
"I thought the laws in a capital-level city like Heiankyo could be more just."
Li Guanqi shook his head and sighed, "It turns out it's the same everywhere."
"Every outsider thinks so."
Kumagai Junpei smiled, picked up the flask, and poured himself another cup of soju, "Law is a type of rule, and rules have always been used by the strong to restrain the weak, and never used to restrain themselves...
Oh, by the way, do you want a drink?"
"No."
Li Guanqi turned and left, "Thank you for the message, I'm going to go find Brianna to ask something now."
Sofia, who was standing nearby and remained silent from beginning to end, saw this and followed suit.
"I hope you get what you want."
Kumagai Junpei raised his glass and watched Li Guanqi leave, then turned his head and looked through the window at the prosperous night scene of the distant streets of Heian Kyo.
The brightly lit streets intertwined with each other and criss-crossed each other, forming the night decoration of the shogunate capital. In the far corner of the city, there were even fireworks. The gorgeous light directly illuminated half of the night sky. It was beautiful.
Magnificent.
"Here's to this damn city."
Kumagai Junpei raised his head and drank the wine in the cup.
