Chapter 665 Poison Testing
".—Mr. Mario, this is probably the situation~"
Outside the door of a small room near the kitchen in the backyard of Lavati Commercial Guild's residence, seven or eight servants huddled together, answering questions from the guild leader Mario one by one.
Looking at the four bodies lying in the hut, Mario felt frightened——
Mario stayed in the guild mansion late last night because he was drunk. After being sent back to the room by the servant, he lay down on the bed. Before dawn, the housekeeper Bailey hurriedly knocked on the wooden door of the bedroom, waking him up from his sleep.
When Mario opened the door and was about to lose his temper, the steward's words frightened him. The steward and four servants died in a small room in the backyard.
After hearing this, Mario felt comfortable for a moment, then wrapped himself in his robe and went to the backyard with the housekeeper.
When he walked to the door of the cabin, the smell of alcohol mixed with the smell of blood made Mario's stomach churn.
Pushing aside the servants surrounding the door, Mario walked in. What he saw in front of him made him take a breath of cold air - the blood flowing from the mouth, nose, eyes and ears of the housekeeper and several servants was black in color and had long solidified. It is not difficult to infer from their frightened expressions that several of them must have experienced some torture before their death.
Since the servants in the kitchen found out that it had been several hours since their deaths, the bodies lying on the ground were already stiff.
Subsequently, Mario ordered the butler to summon all the servants and question them one by one.
According to the servant who first discovered the body, when the work in the hall and the kitchen had been tidied up, it was already a few hours before the banquet ended, and the servant planned to report to the guild steward. When he pushed open the wooden door of the hut next to the kitchen, several people inside had already fallen to the ground lifeless. The frightened servant quickly ran out and told the other people in the kitchen that something like this had happened. The head kitchen manager immediately found the deputy steward of the guild, who then approached Mario's personal butler Bailey and asked him to make a decision. But the matter was so important that Butler Bailey had to wake up Mario, who was already asleep, and ask him to handle the matter.
When Mario came to the backyard, the door of the cabin was already crowded with people.
Looking at the food and wine on the table and the spilled wine glasses, Mario did not step forward to check. But his intuition told him that the thing that caused the deaths of these guys in front of him was in this room.
Hence, he immediately ordered all the servants and servants to gather in the backyard, sealed the hut, and decided to inform Art about the matter and invite him to come and decide the matter.
Mario was a smart man, and the death of the guild steward and these servants was nothing. However, these guys became scapegoats last night, which made Mario deeply uneasy. Obviously, the poisoner would never take action against a few insignificant servants. It was just a coincidence that he happened to be bumped into by these unlucky guys.
If someone really plans to attack last night's guests, it means that the current situation has become dangerous and the enemy has already started to take action. "..·If this is the case, then we should take action!"
In the hall of the mansion where Art was, just after listening to the message brought by Butler Bailey, Art squeezed the armrest of the chair and said, his bloodshot eyes also showed a murderous look at this time.
"This old guy, the Duke of Lombardy, was beaten by us on the battlefield and now he wants to get rid of us through such shameless means. Sir, we can't wait any longer!"
Angus, who was sitting aside, turned red with anger after hearing this. Yesterday's hangover gave him a splitting headache now, and he kept slapping the back of his neck.
After a while, Art stood up and said to Butler Bailey: "Go back and tell Mr. Mario that I will leave for the guild as soon as possible. In addition, this matter must not be publicized to the outside world, and merchants in other city-states must not know what happened last night~"
"Yes, Lord Earl, I will definitely tell my master. Then I will resign first." After the butler said this, he bent down and left.
"Send Butler Bailey out." Art ordered the guard outside the door. After the butler left, Art walked back and forth in the hall, rubbing his painful forehead from time to time. The hangover and nightmares all night made him a little uneasy at this time.
Looking at Art's tired and painful expression, Ron was a little worried about Art's health. So I suggested, "Master, how about I ask the girls from last night to rub your shoulders and neck, which should make you feel better."
"Girl! What girl?" Art suddenly stopped and asked loudly.
Angus also stood up from his seat after hearing this, staggered to Ron's side, and said softly: "Hey, hey, brother Ron, you are so thoughtful. Look at me, I blocked the wine for you last night, and now my head is about to explode! Shouldn't you also arrange for a girl to rub my shoulders and neck~"
"Lord Angus, this was specially arranged for me by the guild leader last night. Why are you joining in the fun?" Ron curled his lips and ignored Angus.
"You~" Angus touched his forehead and sat back on the chair.
"Ron, where did the girl come from? When did Master Mario arrange for the girl?" Art suddenly walked up to Ron and asked again.
"Ahem~" Ron cleared his throat, not taking it seriously, and said jokingly: "Master, Mr. Mario is really interesting. He picked five of the most beautiful girls in Lavati to warm your bed. They were delivered by Butler Bailey last night~"
"Damn it!" Art yelled. "Ron, didn't I tell you a long time ago not to let those strange women into my bed?"
Matt was already furious, but Ron stood motionless, as if it had nothing to do with him.
"Sir, you can't blame Ron for this. If you want to blame, you can only blame yourself~" Angus covered his forehead with one hand and raised his eyebrows to look at Art.
"Sergeant, you~" Art was so angry that Angus was speechless.
Seeing this, Angus continued: "If you had drank less last night, naturally this kind of thing wouldn't have happened. Now, I'll see how you deal with our countess when you go back~"
"You!" Art pointed at Angus, wanting to go up and gag him.
Ron on the side felt happy when he saw the two of them talking to each other.
"Where are the people?" Suddenly, Art changed the topic and asked Ron.
"Well, sir, it's like this. When Butler Bailey sent those girls here last night, you were already drunk and unconscious. So I arranged them in the room next to you and waited for your response~" Ron glanced at Art subconsciously.
Matt pinched the bridge of his nose and shook his head, trying to relieve the headache.
"What? Arrange it in the room next to it?" Art suddenly reacted. "Didn't you say earlier that they were here to warm my bed?"
Ron shrugged and said, "Yes, Mr. Mario did ask them to warm your bed. However, Madam told me before we went out, absolutely You can’t let any woman climb into your bed, otherwise she will definitely take my skin off in the future. So, I put them in another room.”
"Master, I didn't say anything, I left you and Lord Angus to finish talking~" Ron glanced at Angus next to him.
"Then I'll be relieved~" Art breathed a long sigh of relief, fearing that his image would be ruined in front of his confidants because of a few Lombard girls.
"Master, what should I do with those girls? Butler Bailey said that they are the most beautiful girls in Lavati."
"Sir, these girls are indeed very good-looking, and they usually receive dignitaries. In my opinion, we might as well develop them into our eagle eyes in Lavati to find out information for us——.——
Ron woke up Art with one word.
After many years of accompanying Art, Ron's vision became more and more broad, and he considered things more comprehensively.
Therefore, Ye Te accepted Ron's proposal and planned to develop these five Lavati girls into Ye Te's eagle eyes in Lavati, directly at Ron's disposal.
Of course, in return, these people will be protected by Art, and will also receive considerable rewards based on the potential value of each piece of information. For a helpless woman who completely relies on her body in exchange for money, this is absolutely very attractive.
Hence, when Ron told a few people the news, the five girls who were at a loss in the room agreed to Ron's request.
After seeing off a few people, Art and his group also rushed towards Lavati Commercial Guild under the escort of the guards. "...-Quickly, quickly, take these old hens to the backyard. You two, go and pick up the chickens at the door. I caught an old yellow dog and sent it to the backyard together~"
Inside the gate of Lavati Commercial Guild, Mario's personal butler gave some instructions to a few servants and then walked towards the backyard with a few handymen.
"Mr. Bailey, what do you think the earl asked us to catch some chickens for?" The handyman walking aside glanced at the fat and big old hen in his arms and was filled with reluctance.
"You know nothing!" The butler slapped the handyman on the head, "There's so much nonsense, hurry up and catch up! You bastard will have a hard time delaying the Earl's business!"
In the small room next to the kitchen in Lavati's backyard, several guards around Art turned the four bodies in the room over and laid them flat on the ground. Then he took out the food on the table and placed it neatly on the ground. Then, a guard filled a wooden bowl with a bowl of wine from an oak barrel and took it out.
Seeing that everything was ready, Art nodded to Ron beside him.
"Bring all the chickens!" Ron said to a few handymen on the side,
At's guards took the four old hens and placed them next to the wooden bowls on the ground. After a while, several old hens began to peck at the stew and other food in the bowl.
Art, Mario and others standing not far away were watching the scene in front of them quietly.
After a few old hens had eaten several bites, the guards put them into the cages prepared in advance.
After the cage was closed, Ron shouted to the servant: "Bring that dog over here!"
Looking at the stinking stray dogs, everyone standing in the yard and watching covered their mouths and noses.
"You two, hold this little beast down!" Ron ordered to the two guards beside him.
"Yes!" Two guards came forward, one of them pressed the old yellow dog to the ground, and the other forcefully opened the yellow dog's mouth.
After controlling this guy, Ron picked up the bowl of wine on the ground and walked straight towards the yellow dog.
Sensing the danger, the old yellow dog struggled desperately on the ground, crying constantly ~
Looking at the old yellow dog's dark throat, Ron poured all the liquid in the bowl without hesitation. Then, the guard pinched the old yellow dog's mouth and forcefully poured the wine into it. Then the two tied the old yellow dog to a pillar on one side and kept far away.
· A group of people moved their eyes back and forth between a few old hens and the old yellow dog, observing their reactions.
After a while, the old yellow dog's feet weakened and he collapsed on the ground. Then his nose and eyes began to bleed, and he kept kicking his hind legs. After several lamentations, he remained motionless. The whole process took less than a mouthful of food~
"Count Art, this~" Mario wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.
「The wine is poisonous.」