Linlin secretly followed, not daring to get too close.
If she got too close, that succubus would definitely discover her!
Just like Linlin would not hesitate to throw her into the city guard station.
If Linlin was discovered by her, she would not hesitate to expose Linlin either.
This also led to the need to maintain a distance. Linlin couldn’t even hear what they were talking about, even if she strained her ears.
The two jailers looked at each other and silently pressed down on the succubus.
Logically speaking, Mavis was not qualified to request the succubus.
But unfortunately, Mavis never made sense.
The two of them took action, and then each received a slap, and they became honest.
Of course, they didn’t really think they could beat Mavis, but rather to express an attitude: I tried, but I couldn’t beat her.
At least their boss looked at them with sympathy after seeing their swollen faces.
Then…
He pretended not to see Mavis committing the crime and avoided it.
There was no way, the two of them could only follow Mavis and take on the task that originally didn’t belong to them.
Mavis, as a member of the city guard, forcibly took over the work of the Silver Codex, was there a problem?
She didn’t think there was a problem, uh.
Because they were dragging this succubus named Alice, their speed was a bit slow.
Passersby saw the prisoner who was wrapped so tightly that they couldn’t even tell their gender and started to talk about it.
“Is that a demon? Wrapped up like that?”
“No, no, no, demons are under the control of the Silver Codex, that set of plate armor belongs to the city guard, it should be someone who has committed heinous crimes, they look too fierce, so they must be wrapped up.”
“You’re all wrong, I think there’s a succubus under that disguise!”
“Succubus, succubus, you see everything as a succubus, is that all you have in your mind?”
“I don’t care, I’ll treat anything that doesn’t show its face as a succubus.”
“You, you’re amazing…”
Arriving near the Brown family, there seemed to be some excitement ahead.
Just coincidentally, this was the destination, so Mavis went up to join in the fun.
“Beat him! Beat him for this young master! Beat him to death, what is he? Scream! Keep screaming! Ah…”
A richly dressed young man roared while having servants apply medicine.
“What happened?” Mavis patted a bystander.
His neck sank, it hurt a bit, the man was angry, turned his head, the angry emotions instantly suppressed, and he pulled out a smile to explain:
“That man named Marton had a conflict with Young Master Brown, he’s quite skilled, grabbed Young Master Brown and beat him up.
But then he was ganged up on by the Brown family’s guards, that’s how it is now. I’m not too sure about the rest.”
“Marton?” Mavis repeated the name. “It sounds a bit familiar, but I’m too lazy to think about it.”
Just then.
“Don’t hurt my son!”
“Grandson! I’m here to save you!”
Hans and Jim drilled out of the crowd, ambushed the Brown family’s guards, instantly repelling several people, and then helped up the bruised and swollen Marton, confronting the other guards.
“Son, are you okay?” Jim asked worriedly.
“Grandson, consider that you owe me, if this fight is fought, I guess I’ll lose my job.” Hans joked.
Jim glared at him, they fought, and he still put pressure on his brother.
Of course, Jim was more concerned about why his title was “Grandson”, wouldn’t that lower his seniority for no reason?
But there were so many people, he couldn’t directly refute his brother.
“Cough cough.” Marton was helped up slowly, he didn’t wear plate armor, so he was beaten until his nose was bruised and his face was swollen.
The other two didn’t wear it either, because this was a private matter, at most a civil dispute, detention.
But wearing plate armor, representing the identity of the city guard and causing trouble, using public office for personal revenge, the Inquisition would intervene.
“Grandson, tell us the specific reason, if this thing is bullying you, we’ll beat him until he’s crawling on the ground looking for his teeth.” Hans deliberately judged the situation.
Jim was speechless, although Hans wasn’t wrong, but his brother was beaten, and he still had to talk about reason, it was a bit demoralizing.
Of course, there were only three of them, so there was no morale to speak of.
“Let me tell you!” Young Master Brown understood the importance of public opinion and immediately explained to the surrounding people:
“Last night, this inexplicable man came to my house and said he was looking for Miss Alice, but the only Alice in my house is my wife.
My wife was out at the time, so I told him not to come again.
Half an hour ago, he came again, squatted at my door, and gave me a punch without saying a word, and then beat me.
You all be the judge, isn’t he provoking trouble?”
“That’s because you deserve it! You beast!” Marton’s gums were full of blood, but he still roared.
Young Master Brown laughed in anger. “I’m a beast? My family’s equipment repair liquid is the most affordable and best in the city, and I myself am conscientious and have never overstepped the line, never evaded taxes.
Come, you say, say it loudly. If you don’t slander me, I’ll see what you can say?”
Everyone looked at Marton, Jim blindly protected his brother, because he knew that Marton was usually a good person, except for being a bit love-brained, he had no shortcomings.
But he was still curious about why Marton beat someone, there must be a reason.
“Alice, the third young lady of the Brown family, is my lover! And you! You disregard ethics and forcibly marry her! Aren’t you afraid of retribution? You beast.”
“Oh!” ×N.
What exciting words, the crowd had a great time and looked at Young Master Brown with disdain.
Young Master Brown was directly stunned and recovered after a while.
“Hehe, exposed, can’t say anything? Beast! Hiss…” Marton sneered, accidentally pulling on his wound.
After sorting out his thoughts, Young Master Brown more or less guessed the cause and effect, his face sank, and he closed his eyes.
Just when the crowd thought he had accepted reality.
He slowly opened his eyes, his eyes full of determination.
“First, as I said before, there is only one person named Alice in the Brown family. Alice is my wife, I don’t deny…”
“Heh.” Marton sneered.
“But!” Brown lengthened his tone to attract the attention of the crowd, “There is no third young lady named Alice in the Brown family!”
Some people who didn’t listen carefully were confused.
“Are they contradicting each other?”
“I don’t care, whoever speaks last, I’ll believe them.”
“Are you playing logic here? Words are not proof.”
Marton nodded upon hearing this and repeated:
“Words are not proof, who knows if you’ve rehearsed your statements in advance? Let Miss Alice come out and let her speak!”
“So do you have any evidence?” Young Master Brown sneered.
“Any Tom, d*ck, or Harry can come up and slander me, ask me to provide evidence instead of proving it himself, then should I still do business?
But I’m a kind person, so today I’ll demonstrate what it means to provide evidence for you, the slanderer.
Alice doesn’t know where she went, she hasn’t come back yet.
But I can let my father’s daughter, who is also the only daughter of the Brown family, come out to meet you. Someone, please invite the third young lady.”
Some of the crowd who could only hear clearly but couldn’t see clearly jumped up one after another, wanting to see how beautiful the woman who caused her brother to commit a crime and two men to fight over was.
Marton was slightly puzzled, wasn’t the third young lady Alice?
Until…
Thump, thump!
The ground was shaking.
“Here she comes, what’s the matter?”
How to describe it, this third young lady could occupy three seats alone when grabbing seats in the library.
Everyone petrified one after another, looking at Marton, thinking: Your taste is quite heavy.
Marton became angry and embarrassed. “You’re playing me, this is not Alice at all!”
“Yes, she is not Alice, but she is indeed the third young lady of the Brown family! The only young lady of the Brown family, Anloni Brown!”
“The one I’m looking for is Alice, you’re playing me? Let Alice come out to see me!”
Clap!
Young Master Brown slammed the medicine bottle heavily on the ground, suppressing some of the whispers.
“Again and again, are you going to say that my whole family, and even all my friends in the Brown family are deceiving you?
This is the third young lady of the Brown family!
A slanderer and a troublemaker! I’m tired of your unreasonable behavior, see you in court! If I’m guilty, let the judge judge me, instead of letting you make a scene here!”
Some smart people saw some clues.
If neither of them was lying, then only one person could have lied, and that was Alice, who had never appeared.
Alice was Young Master Brown’s wife, and Alice was Marton’s lover.
On the surface, it seemed extremely conflicting, but what if Alice was a dissolute person full of lies?
Then everything made sense.
As Young Master Brown’s wife, she secretly seduced the young and vigorous Marton and falsely claimed to be the third young lady of the Brown family.
The only thing that needs to be sighed is that this woman was able to do it until now before being exposed, she must have some tricks.
At the same time, Young Master Brown intentionally or unintentionally diverted the topic from Alice, focusing the crowd’s attention on Marton making up lies, which meant to cover up the family scandal.
This guess was almost right.
Jim and Hans heard some meaning and looked at the two with somewhat complicated expressions.
They inexplicably felt like they saw large grasslands on top of two people’s heads.
Mavis, who had been watching the fun for a long time on the side, suddenly paused. “Alice, Alice, is this you talking about?”
Mavis’s voice was not loud, but it still attracted everyone’s attention.
Everyone looked together at the person who was tightly wrapped, chained, person?
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