Chapter 680 The Selfish Person
The situation described by Little Sam doesn't sound wrong and is consistent with what is normal during a fire.
The reason why Peter insisted on communicating with the other party alone was simple.
When he was communicating with the old farmer, Peter noticed that the words "nervous", "anxious" and "fear" appeared abnormally in little Sam's "status" list.
There's a problem!
There's a big problem!
When other farmers are near Pate, their status is [Awe].
It is normal to have such a reaction, because they saw Pet and Prince Vladin appear together with their own eyes, and they have already determined that Pet is the kind of big shot they cannot afford to offend.
But reactions like nervousness and anxiety are not normal!
This means little Sam is afraid of Pet!
What is he afraid of?
After creating an environment for alone communication, Peter continued to put pressure on little Sam with his eyes.
Then he suddenly said:
"Little Sam, you know what?"
"I am a mage. Through magic, I can know whether others have lied to me."
"What are you trying to hide?"
After saying that, Peter raised his hand and performed an arcane spark trick to prove his identity.
The cold sweat on little Sam's forehead suddenly fell down.
"I...I...I..."
His voice was trembling and out of tune.
Peter continued to threaten: "According to the investigation of the Glow God Religion, there are cultists behind this fire. If someone does something bad and interferes with the investigation, he will be regarded as an accomplice of the cultists." ”
"You should know what happens to cultists after they are captured, right?"
Little Sam was sweating profusely.
Of course he knows.
Cultists have no human rights and will be burned at the stake if caught.
Although Bate was not a member of the Glow God Cult at all, the so-called interference in the investigation was an excuse that Bate made up temporarily.
But little Sam is just an ordinary young farmer. He doesn't know any of this at all. Due to Pete's identity, he will only regard them as true.
Under Pat's threat, little Sam's psychological defense quickly collapsed.
Trembling explained:
"Sir! I was wrong! I shouldn't have lied!"
"Listen to my explanation!"
"I... I rushed into the fire and didn't save anyone... I thought at the time that there must be a lot of gold in the packages that the Marquis brought back. Since the manor was about to be burned down, I took advantage of the chaos and stole it. Some, no one should be able to discover..."
"I really know I was wrong!"
[The progress of finding out the truth has been advanced. 】
Novin's guidance came.
Peter raised his eyebrows.
He found the right person.
Little Sam might just hold an important clue!
"Go on, what did you do?"
Peter said calmly.
"You can rest assured."
"As long as you honestly explain what you have done and do not affect the follow-up investigation of the Glow God Religion, then you will be fine."
By frantically tearing the tiger skin of the Glow God Cult as a banner, and coupled with his identity as a mage, Pett bluffed the opponent into believing him.
Little Sam said dejectedly:
"I lost my head. After rushing into the fire, I found the packages brought back by the Marquis in the thick smoke. They were about to burn."
"I tore open the package and found... there were a lot of investment certificates from the gilt club inside."
"I've heard of the Gilded Club, which is where the richest man, Mr. Meng, created his wealth. It is said that each such investment certificate is worth a fortune. Someone in the market in the royal capital offered hundreds of gold coins to buy them."
"I grabbed a handful of investment certificates, put them all in my arms, and then stumbled out of the fire scene. I hid them all under the bed at my house without letting anyone know."
"Sir, I really know I was wrong! I told you everything I did. Please, don't treat me as an accomplice of a cultist!"
…
"bite"
[Fire at the Marquis Manor - The truth has been found out, and important clues have been obtained: the missing gold coins]
[Current progress: 67%]
[Number of important clues not yet collected: 1]
Peter's face remained calm.
There was already a storm in my heart.
No matter how hard you try, you won't be able to find anything, and it won't take any effort at all!
He didn't expect that the key breakthrough would come from a selfish farmer!
This is the closest relationship between the Gilt Club and cultists!
According to Little Sam's words, he took him out of the fire scene and secretly hid the investment certificate of the Gilt Club.
The Marquis of Madison returned to the manor unexpectedly and unexpectedly, bringing with him a large amount of investment certificates!
Follow the original "track".
If this fire burns down the entire manor, then these investment certificates will also be completely burned to ashes.
But now there's a huge hole in this plan!
Selfish little Sam accidentally discovered the unburned investment certificates. He recognized these items and took them out of the fire, saving them from the fate of being burned to ashes!
[The missing gold coins: When Marquis Madison returned to the manor, he brought with him a large number of investors’ investment certificates for the Gilt Club in Greenport. 】
While Novin was giving guidance, Peter had already found little Sam's home and dug out the crumpled investment certificates from under his bed.
Just as the guidelines describe.
Many of the investors of these certificates have surnames that look like goblins, such as Wrench, Coin, Money Bag, Button, or Twist, Kaka, Roll, Yaoyao, etc.
Usually, only goblins would give themselves such perfunctory names. Many goblins' surnames are even randomly given by themselves after they are born and can read. Unlike humans and dwarves, they tend to inherit the surnames of their ancestors.
These certificates also have a common feature:
That is, their amounts are extremely huge!
Pete roughly checked and found that the lowest investment amount was as much as 1,500 gold coins, and the highest was even as high as 5,000 gold!
If he really wanted to exchange all this money, Pete felt that he would instantly become the richest man in the Kingdom of Reyak!
Found two important clues in succession!
Pete was about to communicate with Lena about the things he had just found, and a crisp "ding" sound rang in his ears three times.
[Marquis Manor Fire - The truth is revealed, and an important clue has been obtained: the missing "dead\
