Nok never thought that he would just take a nap, and when he woke up, half of his home would be gone.
Two younger siblings also disappeared mysteriously.
Fortunately, after investigation, no body was found in the fire scene.
This proves that Ashley and Hawks did not perish in the flames.
But where did the two of them go?
The patrolmen investigated all night but had no clue.
The main reason was that Hawkes hid his whereabouts at that time and then found a carriage to go to the port.
The driver of the carriage spent the night at the port again.
Therefore, even if the police station investigated, they found no trace of the two of them.
However, it was surprising that Ashley's body was not in the fire scene.
But where was her body? Perhaps only the mysterious person who suddenly appeared knew.
Nok knelt down in the church absentmindedly, praying devoutly to the Holy Lord, asking him to protect the safety of the missing Ashley and Hawks.
Behind him knelt Lillian and her children.
Also praying for the two missing children.
Lillian even blamed herself and thought it was her fault.
If she had not let the two children go shopping, then the two children would not have disappeared.
Concerned neighbors and police officers have evacuated.
But Nok and others didn't know that their small building had been visited last night.
Although the things were not lost, they were carefully turned over.
They even found the secret compartment where Nok had hidden his money, and put something that didn't belong to Nok in the secret compartment.
noon.
"Brother, eldest sister, it's time to eat."
Clowell carried the bread he bought on credit and shouted to Nok and Lillian who were kneeling in the church.
But the two of them turned a deaf ear to Colowell's shouting, and still knelt in front of the statue of the Virgin, praying and repenting.
It was Nok who prayed and Lillian who repented.
Seeing the two people who were unmoved, Crowell felt very irritated. He glanced at the twin brothers who had moved closer to him because they were hungry, but were drooling but did not move while looking at the bread, and he suddenly became furious.
Colowell was angry and scolded: "That's enough for you two! The sky is not falling!"
"When Father John left, none of us fell down. Now it's just a fire. You just show it to anyone as if you're going to die! The whereabouts of Ashley and Hawks are unknown. You don't really expect outsiders. Will you do your best to help us?"
"The only one we can rely on is ourselves!"
"Look at what you look like now! Do you think that you are atoneing for your sins or doing something wrong to yourself?"
"No! It's me, Hywel and Avril who are doing this to you! You can survive without eating, but Hywel and Avril can't! If you don't eat, we will!"
"Havel and Avril come here, let's eat. We are so greedy for these two sick-brained guys!"
After cursing, Colowell held the basket in one hand and held Avril in the other as he walked towards the bench next to him.
Haywell looked at his elder brothers and sisters who were kneeling on the ground like statues at a loss, and then looked at Crowell who was already sitting on the side holding bread, tearing it into pieces and feeding it to Avril, and finally decided to fill his stomach first. .
But until the three little ones finished eating, the two older ones on the ground still maintained their previous posture and remained motionless.
Crowell didn't know whether to admire the two's perseverance or to be angry that they were too stubborn.
At this moment, there was a loud and chaotic noise at the gate.
Clowell frowned and glanced at the door, lowered his head and ordered Hewel and Avril: "You two go to the eldest brother. No matter what happens, don't come out by yourself. Do you understand?"
Haywell held his sister's hand and nodded vigorously: "I understand, brother Clowell."
"Be good." Clowell reached out and touched Haywell's little head, then turned and walked towards the door.
Haywell took Avril's hand and came behind Nok. After a moment's hesitation, he pulled his sister to kneel down next to Lilian.
Although he couldn't understand why he kept kneeling when he was so tired.
But both brothers and sisters were kneeling, and it was not easy for them to stand.
It doesn’t matter if you don’t understand, just follow it.
Not long after the Haywell brothers knelt down, a group of patrol policemen rushed in under the leadership of Commissioner Allen.
Colowell, who had just left the house, was grabbed by the patrolman's arm and pushed in. Behind the patrolman was a group of onlookers.
These people are not nearby neighbors, but people who follow the patrol police along the way.
"Nock Lane, you're under arrest! Here's the arrest and search warrant!"
Allen stood proudly in the center of the church, shouting loudly to the figure kneeling in front.
"What!"
The melon-eating crowd was shocked.
Although they didn't know who Nock Lane was, there was only a young figure and three children in the church.
No matter which one was arrested, they were shocked enough.
Nok didn't move, but Lillian was frightened by these words.
She scrambled to get up from the ground, but due to kneeling all morning, her hands and feet were numb and she couldn't stand firm for a while, almost falling to the ground.
Fortunately, the Haiwell brothers and sisters who got up helped her, thus avoiding the fate of falling.
"Mr. Director, have you made a mistake! We are the victims! You didn't investigate the cause of the fire or trace the traces of my missing brothers and sisters. Instead, you came to arrest my brother who had just recovered. That's how you behave. It’s from the director!”
Lilian, who was already feeling guilty about the disappearance of Ashley and the others, could not tolerate another incident at home.
Therefore, she didn't care at all what kind of official the director in front of her was, she just wanted to be an old hen protecting the chickens!
Seeing Lillian who dared to question him, Allen wanted to catch this rude woman and give her a good beating.
But considering the melon-eating crowd behind him, he still suppressed the anger in his heart.
"Young lady, please do not hinder our law enforcement. We are the kingdom's law enforcement agencies and representatives of justice. We will not wrongly accuse a good person, and we will not let any bad person go."
"We have an arrest warrant and a search warrant signed by your honor, which proves that we have preliminary evidence of Nock Lane's crime."
“Based on the on-site investigation, we found that the fire in the monastery yesterday was deliberately set, and the arsonist was an insider of the monastery.
Based on the clues we have, we have reason to suspect that Knock Lane directed and acted the scene of the monastery fire in order to cause riots and at the same time secretly transport the orphans from the monastery and sell them to slave traders in exchange for property..."
"absurd!"
Before Alan Covert could finish his words, an angry shout interrupted him.
Markrem, Su Lina and other nearby neighbors squeezed through the crowd and broke in.
Markrem pointed at Allen's nose and cursed: "You are making a false accusation! I can prove that Father Ryan was in a coma when the monastery caught fire! How could he be the culprit of arson!"
"That's right!" Aunt Su Lina also stood up and defended Nok loudly: "Not only did he accuse Ryan of arson, but he also accused him of selling his younger brothers and sisters! You know how much he did to prevent the children from starving. Work hard!”
Su Lina's words were recognized by the surrounding neighbors. They all spoke up to defend Nok.
Allen didn't expect so many people to speak up for Knock Lane.
Isn’t the monastery isolated?
How did this group of people appear?
He shouted angrily: "Shut up to me! I don't care what you think, but before the law, justice cannot be questioned! Don't you believe that he will commit a crime? Then I will find out the evidence and give it to you." look!"
"Mr. Doctor, you don't believe me, so let's take these neighbors and follow my people to have a look and see what we can find, lest you later say that our police station framed me!"
"Do you think you are testifying for justice? When bad people want to deceive you, there are many ways!"
"Sergeant Domir, take some guys and go to the backyard with these neighbors and search Nook Lane's residence for me carefully! You must be careful and don't miss any suspicious place. Criminals like to hide evidence in the most secret places. The place!"
"I searched every piece of wall panel carefully!"
"Yes! Mr. Director!"
Sheriff Domir, who was named, led a dozen of his men, squeezed through the crowd, and headed towards the small building in the backyard.
"Please, everyone. If you don't follow us quickly, we will soon say that the evidence we found is false."
Markrem and others looked at the arrogant Allen, and finally separated a few people to follow.
There was an eerie silence in the church for a while.
But what's even more weird is that Nok didn't move or pay attention to anyone from beginning to end.
Half an hour later, the excited Chief Domir came back with a group of equally high-spirited patrol officers.
Following behind were a group of neighbors with complicated expressions.
Seeing the completely different looks on both sides, Markrem and Aunt Su Lina felt bad.
really.
"Director, we found the evidence! I didn't expect this guy to hide so deeply. He actually hid something in a secret compartment on the wall under the bed. Fortunately, with your wise reminder, we didn't ignore that place. Moreover, we We also found gold coins hidden in books from his study! There were even some banned books that were classified as contraband by the kingdom.”
Sheriff Domir's words caused an uproar among the crowd.
Lilian's eyes widened even more, with doubt written all over her face.
"Chief Domir, let's show the evidence to everyone! Otherwise, everyone will say that our police department wrongly accused a good person."
"Yes! Mr. Director."
Domir took the bag in his hand and began to take out the "evidences".
"Look, everyone. The evidence we found in Nock Lane's bedroom."
"First of all, we found this money bag from the secret compartment under the prisoner's bed. It contains a full fifty gold coins! Fifty gold coins! It is twice as much as the salary of one of my police chiefs in a year! He I don’t need to tell you where the priest of a dilapidated church earned this money, you can guess it, right?”
"There is also this, which was hidden in the secret room with the money bag. A blood-stained lady's handkerchief! There is also a blood-stained necklace! We have reason to suspect that in addition to human trafficking, Nook Lane may also The murder of one or more women.”
"And these are the banned books we found in his study and the gold coins hidden in the books. There are ten more! There is also a scabbard hidden in the secret room of the study. The scabbard is very exquisite. At first glance, it looks like it belongs to the upper class nobles.”
"Therefore, taking all of the above into account, we have reason to suspect that Nock Lane is a criminal who has engaged in multiple crimes."
boom!
After hearing what Sheriff Domir said, the people and neighbors were in an uproar.
