Chapter 306 Gavin and Buffy
Game time PM13:23
Red Garden, Study Room
"Haha, hahahaha, it turns out I didn't come! It turns out I didn't come!"
The Grand Duke Buffy Marshall laughed with joy, He raised the wine glass filled with amber liquid in front of him to greet Gawen: "Since His Majesty the Emperor, who should have received the news long ago, has not summoned me and other lords to the Hall of Purple Jiu until now, it proves that things are indeed as you said. That’s it! Miss Jiawen, please accept my sincere gratitude~”
"There is no need to thank me, Your Excellency the Duke."
Gawen didn't even touch the expensive glass of wine in front of her. She just glanced at the other party lightly and said softly: "The situation is probably what I said before. I have made it clear to you, and even stayed with you to prove that Mr. Fudge is not too stupid, so you should not have anything more Are you worried?”
“No, my dear lady.” Archduke Marshall put down his wine glass, and the calmness and grace before had returned to his face: “No matter whether our Majesty wants to add insult to injury. Do you want to give me help in times of need? Do you want to sell me Buffy Marshall a huge favor? Or do you want to take the lead in melonizing my land and wealth in 'The Trial'? No matter how much money is spent, he will not remain indifferent after verifying the authenticity of the 'evidence'. If the things provided by the little girl are indeed confirmed, then the old Clairvaux who was the first to get the news can only make a decision of 'Call me. "Come to the Three Color Courtyard to drink tea," "Come to the Red Courtyard to drink tea with me," or "Gather everyone to the Purple Jiu Hall to drink tea together." I'm doing nothing right now, so..."
"So, everything I just told you and the intelligence of Butler Fudge have been proven."
Gawen didn't know. I took out a cup of black tea still exuding steam from somewhere, and took a sip gracefully: "Have you thought about what to do next?"
The bright silver energy flashed across Marshall's body, not only making his wrinkled aristocratic robes clean and straight again, but also smoothing his slightly messy hair. This man regained his dignity and Take back destiny The lord in his hand smiled gently: "Of course, otherwise it would be too disappointing for your help to the Marshall family."
"As long as you know it, Your Excellency the Duke." Gawen tapped the cup twice. Along, reminder : "I just want to get a result that 'the Marshall family is unharmed'. This has nothing to do with my personal attitude and position, so you don't need to make unnecessary temptations and overtures to me. I'm just doing a similar job." Regarding entry examinations and the like, the outcome of the Marshall family after this incident is the answer sheet, nothing more.”
Maybe the Grand Duke of Marshall did not fully understand the meaning of this passage, but it does not matter. He smiled and bowed to Jiawen: "It doesn't matter, because it is my attitude and position to show kindness to Miss Jiawen or someone behind you. I must thank you. As for testing... among us smart people If you want to avoid going around in circles, I asked directly. I am very interested in how you know that I do send hunting groups to capture slaves all year round."
"Did you know, Your Excellency the Duke? .”
Gawen was concentrating on stirring the black tea in front of her, and said calmly: "You have inadvertently revealed to me the fact that 'Buffy Marshall has other reasons', whether it is because of his recent death. The excitement of escaping is still due to the joy that the situation has suddenly turned around. Please control your emotions and don't let yourself become full of loopholes. By the way... don't say that you are a smart person. "
The Grand Duke of Marshall suddenly froze, and his expression became cloudy and uncertain.
“Let me explain, so far, I only know about the slave trade about the Marshall family, and I heard it from the boss.” The corners of Gawen’s mouth curled up slightly, and her disguised brown eyes But there was no smile at all: "Really smart people can feel something from that sentence, so there is no need for you to doubt me."
The passive and embarrassed Grand Duke of Marshall could only smile bitterly. He nodded: "Then..."
"I can't tell you who the person behind me is, and the reason why I helped you is still unknown."
Gawen interrupted like a prophet. He ignored him and shrugged: "Of course, I personally believe in fair trade, so I won't rule out the possibility that the boss will ask you to return this favor in the future, but what I hope you do now is just to get rid of this 'disaster' safely." It’s just a matter of time.”
"The Marshall family will certainly remember this kindness." The well-hidden worry in Grand Duke Marshall's eyes finally disappeared. He solemnly nodded to Gawen and said word by word: "You can trust me. "
Although it was just a normal sentence, Gawen, who had always been calm and calm, suddenly showed a look of astonishment and glanced at the Archduke Marshall strangely: "You are lying. "
The latter was also stunned: "What are you..."
"No, in this world, ninety percent of nonsense like 'remember the kindness' is nonsense. Nonsense, I have told the same lie countless times." Gawen casually interrupted the second half of Marshall's sentence, and then frowned slightly: "But the problem is... no, forget it, you. Do you mind telling me your future plans?”
The Archduke of Marshall felt that the man in front of him was a bit suspicious, and didn’t think much about it... At least on the surface, he didn’t think much about it, and just followed the other person’s words. The head said: "Of course I don't mind, but before that I need to confirm a few things. You just said that you arrived in Mercury City yesterday morning, right?"
"Yes, and in order to save time, I went to the Mage Guild in Kasha City that afternoon and teleported here." Gawen nodded slightly, and then added: "It cost a lot of money."
Marshall The Grand Duke nodded. He naturally guessed that Jiawen could do this. To arrive here from the Marshall Territory so quickly, some unconventional means must have been used. One of the methods is the single-person teleportation service of the Mage Guild. However, because the [Resment Composite Resonance Array] for in-vivo teleportation is too expensive to build, And as the core of the magic circle, the consumption The production of [Keystone] is extremely low, so this function is usually not open to people outside the top management of the Mage Union. Of course, Buffy Marshall, one of the eight Dukes of the Violet Empire, is qualified for this, but in his life I haven't used it once, for no other reason than that. Expensive...
A one-way teleportation requires five archmages or a magister majoring in the space department, which consumes more than 80% of the magic power and a large amount of casting materials. In addition, there are key stones and magic circles. The consumption/maintenance fees add up to at least 100,000 gold coins!
Two days ago, the Archduke of Marshall had the idea of having his cronies secretly send information back to his territory. Unfortunately, he and everyone around him had been put under house arrest in disguise, and until now, he has been unable to leave Chi. Half a step forward, and the fact that the dead girl's mentor turned out to be Tarasha who was stationed in the Salamoen Mage Guild, this possibility has been fundamentally eliminated.
Although one hundred thousand gold coins is not a huge amount of money for the Grand Duke of Marshall, this 'Ms. Gavin' and the person behind her who he has never met are actually willing to do this for the Marshall family. To a certain extent...
[If I really have to repay this favor in the future, it won’t be easy. 】
The Grand Duke of Marshall thought so.
Then Jiawen quickly dismissed this concern for him.
“By the way, I originally wanted to leave it to the end, but now that we’ve reached this point...”
Jia Wen took out a light golden, twinkling card from her bag. A piece of paper with several magic patterns was placed on the table and he said calmly: "Please sign." Grand Duke Marshall nodded and took the piece of paper. He was very familiar with this kind of general certificate of the gold coin chamber of commerce. , so...
“Two hundred thousand!?”
The Grand Duke, who is sitting on a large amount of wealth, can no longer remain calm after seeing the above number. He had already taken out The Grand Duke of Marshall, who was about to sign with a quill, was stunned. Looking at Jia Wen, it took a while before he could hold back a sentence: "...The transmission fee has increased?"
"It's my first time to use it myself, so I don't know how much it originally cost." Wen shook her head honestly, and took out a bag from somewhere. A small iron pot filled the cup in front of me with black tea: "The teleportation fee is only one hundred thousand, but in most cases the Mage Guild does not open teleportation services to unknown people like me, so I did a little bit Do some, of course, if you think it’s too much You can refuse to reimburse this amount. After all, this is just my personal behavior, but you have to return this voucher to me. My boss probably won’t mind reimbursing this small amount~"
Then Jia Wen Then he extended his right hand to the Grand Duke Chong Marshall.
Of course, the latter returned the voucher to Gavin, but when the 'check' returned to Gavin's hand, there was already an extra signature on it: Buffy Monterey Marshall, plus another although it is not necessary. But the identity brand that can increase its credibility is simply a magic seal that cannot be copied.
“Thank you for your generosity.”
Gawen calmly received the gold coin chamber of commerce certificate that had been confirmed to be valid (system certification) into her bag, and then said to the Grand Duke of Marshall seriously: “ But I still want to emphasize again that although this matter is related to my mission, using the expensive transmission method of the Mage Guild is not the boss's instruction, it is just my personal behavior."
"Of course I understand. , Miss Jiawen~" Marshall showed an elegant smile that didn't look like being taken advantage of at all, and then took out a voucher of the same specification and pushed it in front of Jiawen: "This two hundred and fifty thousand... no, these fifty thousand gold coins This is also my personal gratitude to you, and has nothing to do with the favor I owe to that boss.”
Jiawen raised her eyebrows and reached out to take the [Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce General Voucher (containing 50,000 yuan)]. Gold coins)], showing a warm smile: "It's disrespectful."
"Well deserved."
The Grand Duke of Marshall shook his head and smiled: "Since you already know about my 'little side job', you should also know that this little money is not worth it to me. What? Outsiders think that the Hussein family is the richest family in the entire empire, including the royal family, but few people know that the savings of the Marshall family are at least ten times that of the Hussein family. What's more, I think your friendship is far away. More than this price."
"No, my friendship is very cheap."
Jia Wen lowered her head and sipped the black tea, revealing a look that was very inconsistent with her current appearance. Putting it on a woman's face will definitely bring a very amazing smile: "Let's continue the topic just now. I did go to Mercury City yesterday morning to remind Mr. Fudge, and then what?"
"If my estimate Yes, the joint investigation team from the other eight major families should have arrived last night." Archduke Marshall touched the stubble on his chin and narrowed his eyes: "In that case, Fudge will only have time to deal with those with the most serious nature. There is a serious hidden danger, but the little girl named Futaba from Fire Claw has given a lot of evidence. The Prince Ribo you mentioned before is very good at making appearances. In other families, especially that bastard Baroka and In front of the direct descendant of that little girl from the Crystal Wolf family, he will never act too perfunctory, that is to say..."
Gawen nodded: "That is to say, the two Dukes who are more...sorry, more fair and kind-hearted will definitely let their subordinates spare no effort to verify and investigate. His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also knows this, so in order not to fall behind, he will do anything I should investigate more responsibly in Mercury City, and Mr. Fudge got the news too late, and I don’t know what the little girl named Futaba provided. According to the content of the evidence, it is impossible to cover up or eliminate all loopholes in a short period of time, so although the investigation team cannot find anything decisive, some relatively small evidence is likely to be found, right? "
< br>"Yes, I really didn't expect that man named Ned to be able to investigate so many things before he died. There is a lot of content in the large amount of evidence he collected that even I I can’t even remember it.” Archduke Marshall sighed and showed his hands to Gawen: “If these things are announced in the second supreme meeting, the people of Fire Claw will definitely not let this go, so I will make full preparations before the investigation team comes back, and then guide this matter in another direction..."
Gawen blinked: "For example?"
"A person who is very likely to be dead now, and..."
The Archduke of Marshall poured himself some more wine and raised his glass: "Although a large number of people are still alive, they can be there at any time. Anyone who can die, they are all perfect scapegoats, and I will decide who can devote themselves to the Marshall family based on the evidence found by the investigation team."
"Sounds good."
Gawen nodded slightly, then put away the tea set and stood up: "Then, if everything goes well, you will never see me again for a long time...or maybe never. ."
"So, what if it doesn't go well?"
The Grand Duke Marshall smiled elegantly and stood up to say goodbye: "How can I find you?"
“No need.”
Gawen said without looking back: "I will come to you then."
"Haha, then I can't say 'goodbye'?"
"It doesn't matter, I hope you won’t see me again in a short time..."
Chapter 303: The End
(End of this chapter)