"Jayne! Jayne! My dearest nephew..."
When Mavey came to the door of the villa, he heard heart-rending shouts coming from inside. In the hall, a man in a red coat knelt in front of two coffins, crying bitterly, calling for Baron Wallas's death. The name, the hoarse cry was high and low, as if I would be out of breath in the next second.
"He is Baron Staley." said Fat Orange, squatting on Ma Wei's shoulder.
I cried quite loudly, but I didn’t know how much was true and how much was false.
With this thought in mind, Mavey walked into the hall and stood aside. When the beautiful woman wearing a black veil saw him, she immediately said: "Father Mavey, this is my uncle, Baron Staley...Uncle , this is Father Mawei, I plan to let him preside over Jayne’s funeral.”
The crying gradually became smaller, and the sad Baron Staley seemed to suppress his collapse. He wiped the tears from the corners of his eyes with his sleeves, turned around, and looked at Ma Wei from top to bottom.
When he looked at Ma Wei, Ma Wei also looked at him.
He has a face with a Chinese character, rough skin, white skin with a sickly red color like bloodshot eyes, a hooked nose, a mustache, and his hair is neatly combed and styled to one side...
Baron Staley is not young, he is forty-five years old this year, but he looks like an old man in his fifties or sixties, with his face full of vicissitudes of life.
If time is a butcher's knife, then this knife must be a critical hit on Baron Staley's body.
"Hello, Father Marvey."
Baron Staley sniffed and said in a hoarse voice: "I have already heard what happened. Shefna has told you what happened. It is absolutely appropriate for you to preside over Jayne's funeral."
"I'm sorry about Baron Wallas." Ma Weidan responded: "Your Excellency just cried so loudly, you must have a very good relationship with Baron Wallas."
"He is my nephew..." Baron Staley's eyes turned red and he choked up: "Jayne is my brother's only son. As his uncle, I love him very much and am willing to do anything for him."
Ma Wei glanced at the real pocket watch in his hand. The red pointer turned clockwise, bypassed the white dial, and stopped at 8 o'clock. This proved...
Except for the fact that blood relationship cannot be changed, nothing Baron Staley said just now is true.
Oh no, maybe if you love him, it's true. After all, the painful crying just now is not something ordinary people can perform.
"There are still preparations for the funeral. Uncle, please go to the living room with Father Mavey to wait." The beautiful woman said.
"good."
In the afternoon, gentlemen and nobles living around the town of Tara who received the news of Baron Wallas's death arrived one after another. The formerly depressed and quiet manor became increasingly lively, and there were also many businessmen among them. On the surface, they were Come to the funeral to mourn Baron Wallas, actually...
It was to see if the beautiful woman or Baron Staley had any idea of selling off the land and assets so as to make a profit from it.
In the living room, Mavey and Baron Staley did not appear for the time being. Baron Wallas's coffin had been carried onto the carriage and was ready to be buried with aristocratic etiquette.
"I heard that you are the owner of the Black Swan Dance Company?"
"Yes, the Black Swan Dance Company encountered a business crisis, so I contributed money to help them." Baron Staley said: "Unfortunately, Miss Jinna from the Black Swan Dance Company disappeared a few days ago. She seemed to have been raped by bad guys. She was taken away and her whereabouts have not yet been found. Father, have you seen her?"
Mavey nodded, "I did meet Miss Jinna at the Winter Celebration in Tobolsk... Don't you know anything about Miss Jinna's origins?"
"In my opinion, funding the Black Swan Dance Company was just a business, so I didn't ask too much."
"Then have you ever heard of the Free Society?" Mavey observed Baron Staley's facial expression while playing with the real pocket watch.
"Of course I have heard of it. The Free Association is very famous in the aristocratic circle." Baron Staley said disapprovingly: "Those who join the Free Association can get their help, whether you encounter a business crisis or encounter a crisis." When you encounter troubles that are difficult to solve, the Free Association can help you. This is a secret gathering organization. It is very mysterious and I don’t know much about it.”
The red pointer bypasses the white dial and stops at 8 o'clock.
Baron Staley's answer was still a lie.
"As far as I know, Miss Jin Na is a member of the Free Association." Ma Wei said nonsensically: "Her disappearance may be related to the Free Association."
"Really?" Baron Staley was slightly startled: "Then I really don't know very well... Father Mavey, you seem to know Miss Jinna quite well. Do you also..."
"No, I'm not a Freelancer."
"You seem to be very interested in the Freedom Society."
Ma Wei smiled, threw a mint leaf into his mouth, and said, "Yes, as you just said, who wouldn't want to join an organization that can help you get out of any trouble? I have always wanted to find a guide. pity...."
Baron Staley picked up the tea cup, blew away the hot air floating on it, and said something that shocked Ma Wei: "Your Excellency has been a member of the Free Association for a long time, hasn't he?"
As soon as these words came out, not only Ma Wei, but also the two people who were listening, Lai Wen and Daniel, were stunned. They looked at Ma Wei at the same time, and their eyes became extremely weird.
Ma Wei frowned and looked at Baron Staley coldly: "What are you talking about?"
"Sorry, I lied just now. In fact, I know a lot about the Freedom Association."
Putting down the tea cup, Baron Staley changed the subject: "Because I know a friend who has joined the Free Association. Not only...not only my friend, but also my nephew, Baron Wallas, is also a member of the Free Association."
His eyelids twitched, Ma Wei didn't believe what Baron Staley said, but when he lowered his head and looked at the real pocket watch...
I found the red pointer stopped at 3 o'clock.
What Baron Staley just said was not a lie.
"Your Excellency may have misunderstood. I am not a member of the Free Association at all."
"Don't lie to me, there is no one else here." Baron Staley shook his head and smiled: "Yes or no, you know it in your heart."
How could I be a member of the Free Society?
I fully know the memory of the original person. Don’t I still know whether he joined the Free Association?
Absolutely not!
Ma Wei silently asked the real pocket watch in his mind, trying to draw a definite conclusion, but the real pocket watch gave the conclusion...
is correct.
This thing is broken, Ma Wei had this idea in his mind.
Absolutely ridiculous!
Is he a member of the Free Association?
Are you kidding...
In the 26 years since his birth to today, he, Marvie Enders, can remember all his memories clearly except for his unclear childhood memories!
If he was a member of the Free Association, and after he returned to the Kingdom of Windsor three years ago and accepted the royal badge of honor from King Rhodes IV, why would members of the Free Association come to him and want to invite him to join the Free Association?
This is simply a contradictory fact with a logical conflict!
"I can't be a member of the Free Association." Ma Wei put away his pocket watch and said firmly: "Where did you get your information?"
"My friend said that his name is Killian Kennedy. He is from Windsor. He once had business dealings with our family. I even exchanged letters with him not long ago." Baron Staley shrugged: "The letter It says that your name is on the list of members of the Free Association, which proves that you are indeed a member of the Free Association."
"Ah...."
Ma Wei sneered: "Baron Staley, if I remember correctly, today is the first time we have met."
"Yes, the first time we met."
"Then let me ask you, why did you ask Killian Kennedy about me in the letter?" Mavey narrowed his eyes: "This makes no sense at all, unless... you have been targeting me from the beginning. , and the person who is targeting me happens to be the Free Association, so you are a member of the Free Association."
"No, no, no, I didn't take the initiative to ask about the things in the letter, but Killian told me specifically." Baron Staley said quickly: "He told me about you, Father, so that I could secretly help you. , so I rushed here just to see if there is anything you need my help with."
"you...."
Dongdong!
A knock on the door interrupted Mavey, and the butler walked into the living room, bowed and said, "Father Mavey, Baron Staley, and the guests are all here. Madam asked me to ask them to preside over the funeral."
"okay, I get it."
Ma Wei nodded and temporarily suspended the conversation with Baron Staly.
According to the normal funeral process, before death, the deceased should call the priest of the church to say the last prayer and perform deathbed confession. However, Baron Wallas died violently and could not perform the final prayer. Therefore, after washing the body, Ma Wei He smeared animal fat on his forehead, limbs, torso and other parts, hoping that his soul could resist the temptation of the devil, and then stuffed a piece of pancake into the mouth of the corpse as a 'sacrament', which was the so-called travel fare, so that the soul of the deceased could enter the gods. The kingdom rests.
Ma Wei has done these tedious tasks countless times. He has long been indifferent to corpses. Looking at Baron Wallas who was put in a body bag and placed in a coffin, he was full of doubts about his joining the Free Association. Only relevant members of the Free Association can answer his questions.
Of course, he can also rely on Buggy, the god of truth.
On the way to the cemetery, Ma Wei walked at the front of the team. Lai Wen approached quietly and asked in a low voice: "Boss, are you really a member of the Free Association?"
"I'm not."
"Why did Baron Staley say your name was on the list?"
This is exactly what I don't understand...
Sighing, Mavey took out the real pocket watch and whispered: "I, Mavey Enders, the founder of the Church of Truth, I did not join the Free Association."
mistake.
"My name is on the list of Free Association members."
correct.
"Look!" The messenger's eyes widened: "Boss, you are indeed a member of the Free Association!"
"No hurries?"
Ma Wei said in a deep voice: "There is one more important thing that I haven't asked yet."
As he spoke, Ma Wei clenched his pocket watch and muttered in his mind: "I didn't take the initiative to join the Free Association."
The red pointer jumped and stopped at the 3 o'clock position.
correct!
"My name was written on the list by someone else."
correct!
"call...."
Seeing the conclusion given by the real pocket watch, Ma Wei breathed a sigh of relief: "The situation is getting more and more complicated... Someone wrote my name on the membership list of the Free Association..."
What does the other party want to do?
Why do this?
Ma Wei looked at Baron Staley who was walking behind with a gloomy face, and a thought suddenly appeared in his mind.
