After sharing some interesting things and scandals between nobles, Audrey stopped writing and put on a serious reminiscence.

Relying on the excellent memory of the "audience", she sorted out the fragments and occasional teachings of her father, Earl Hall, and some of the news heard at banquets, balls, and salons, and organized them into paragraphs.

After typing the draft, Audrey wrote:

"As to the political situation in Beckland, which you have inquired about, it is not my sphere of interest, and I can only describe to you by impression, the details of which I know by chance. ”

"Just some time ago, my father told me that after the repeal of the Grain Act, the price of grain plummeted, and the rent standards for fields and pastures also fell off a cliff. ”

"You know, Duke Negan is the nobleman who owns the most land outside the royal family, claiming to have more than £12 million in fields, pastures and hills, and last year his rent income reached the highest level ever, £1,300,000, and this year, the foreseeable total rent income is £850,000, a drop of £450,000, which is more than I can share. ”

"I don't need any more explanation, my dear brother, you must know that most of the old-fashioned nobles are proud of their own land, they are mainly based on land rent, and decency is more than everything, and even if they are in debt, they have to maintain a life worthy of their position, the cost of repairing the castle in ten thousand pounds a year, the cost of clothing and jewelry in the tens of thousands of pounds a year, and the constant hunting activities, social banquets, the occasional grand wedding, lavish funerals, etc., etc., etc. ”

"As a result of the severe decline in land rent, and as far as I know, some of the nobility were in financial difficulties, for which the Earl of Wolf sold 840,000 acres of land in the countryside for 290,000 gold pounds, and Viscount Conrad sold his collection worth 55,000 gold pounds to the National Gallery. ”

"Except for a small number of bold nobles who have long since shifted their focus to steel, coal, railroads, banking, rubber, and other industries, everyone else has suffered serious damage in this Corn Bill turmoil, let us praise our dear Earl Hall here!"

"My father told me that the financial constraints would reduce the aristocracy's control over party politics over the seats in the House of Commons, and that it is conceivable that the number of members of parliament from the landed aristocracy would be much smaller in the next year's election. ”

In order to raise funds, the Conservatives and the New Party promised that whoever had no criminal record and donated enough money would seek a knighthood for each other, provided that the gentleman had a minimum land area to match the title, of course. ”

"An example is that the wealthy Mr. Hinderas purchased the minimum 600,000 acres of land required for the baronial title, and then donated 100,000 gold pounds to the Carlton Club, 400,000 pounds to the Conservative Party, and a total of 300,000 pounds to charitable activities, and finally succeeded in obtaining the crown of His Majesty the King, and became the honorable Mr. Baron, and in this regard, I have heard that there is a price list, from 300,000 pounds for the baron, and 70 to 1,000,000 pounds for the hereditary baron, there is no clear answer for the viscount and the earl, but I think it is certainly enough exaggeration. ”

......

In this year, many aristocrats with financial problems began to seriously consider the possibility of friendship with wealthy merchants, and in just two months, there were three similar marriages, and the bride's dowry was very coveted. ”

"In addition, the workers who marched against the Grain Act did get the price of food lowered, but their quality of life did not improve, or even worse, because bankrupt farmers moved into the cities and grabbed jobs with low wage demands, and wages of the working class fell rapidly. ”

"I remember the day, after all these things, my father asked me, who do you think is the winner of this Grain Act?"

"Dear Alfred, you must know the answer, and you will surely be able to earn a hereditary knighthood by your own efforts. ”

............

Hugh Dilcha and Furth Wall, who had received Audrey's reply, were returning to the Beckland Bridge area in a horse-drawn carriage.

The blond-haired Hugh looked out the window, his eyes so bright that they seemed to be two flames burning.

She kept muttering the word "450 pounds" to herself, as if she were reciting a mantra, and with each repetition she gained courage and strength.

"Duckholm hasn't come to us today, tell us about the recent investigation, let's go straight to his house!" Suddenly, Hugh turned to look at Folth.

Duckholm is the leader of a gang in Beckland's East End, controlling many beggars and thieves.

Although he was always kind, with a friendly smile on his round face, Hugh knew that this was a cruel and vicious villain, and that he had once stepped on the hand of a thirteen or fourteen-year-old thief because he had secretly harvested it.

Hugh wouldn't even want to see Duckholm if it weren't for the necessity, but he was one of the people who knew the city's homeless people best.

Foirth pushed the slightly curly brown hair behind his ear and said:

"As long as I don't delay my lunch. ”

"No problem! maybe I'll treat you to an Indisian dinner after this week!" Hugh promised feeling very good.

"Do I have to thank God for that?" Forth asked amusefully.

Unlike Hugh, she is a shallow believer in the god of steam and machines.

As they spoke, the two girls took another public carriage to Beckland's East End and found Duckholm's home.

It's a townhouse in a narrow alley with green plants on the walls and a messy environment outside.

Hugh walked to the door, raised his right hand, and tapped the door a few times with a distinctive rhythm.

There was a creak, and the door that hadn't been closed opened back with her knock.

Hugh's slightly confused expression instantly turned serious, like a fried lion.

She pulled out the triangular thorn she had with her, carefully pushed the door open, and walked inside.

Furth also changed his nonchalant state, and out of nowhere he found a dagger.

None of them smelled anything strange, but their experience made them keenly aware that something was wrong.

One, two, three, Hugh and Foirth entered Duckholm's home.

Then they saw the pale severed arm on the gas lamp, the heart, liver, spleen, lungs and kidneys on the coffee table, and saw one flesh after another sprinkled on the floor and hung on the coat rack!

The bones were shaved clean and stacked in a mess in front of the doorway.

And among the white bones, there is a head with empty eyes, and it is Darkholm.

His round face still maintained a kind smile, as if everything was normal, and the interior of the house did not smell of blood, not the slightest.

As a former clinic doctor, later best-selling author, and Sequence 9 Extraordinary, Forthth had seen an even more disgusting death scene than this, and while she slapped Hugh, who was tense and vomiting, she looked around and said in a deep voice:

"Chillinges?"

"He found out that Duckholm was investigating the missing homeless man, so he followed him back and went straight to the door?"

"Or maybe Duckholm found out where he was, but he found out?"

Hugh held back the nauseous throbbing, nodded with a solemn expression, and said:

"A pirate general known for his ferocity and cunning...... And the weirdness here is also in line with the performance of his magical item. ”

"Cunning......," Furth blurted out as he was suddenly startled, "Will he still be waiting nearby, trying to ambush and investigate his main messenger?"

Hugh was stunned for a moment, and then replied in a little panic:

"Quite possibly!"

That's the "Wind Favorer" of Sequence 6, a great pirate with a magical item in his possession, and the two of them only have Sequence 9!

This belongs to the very simple and easy contrast!

......

In the house opposite Darkholm's house, a man in his thirties with a distinctive wide chin and dark green eyes stood by the window, watching coldly as Hugh and Foirth pushed open the door and slowly stepped inside.

This is exactly what "Lieutenant General of the Hurricane" Zielingus!

The black glove on his left palm suddenly squirmed as if it were alive, and a layer of dark golden fine scales appeared on the surface.

Ziringus grimaced a cruel expression, and his dark green eyes turned into pale golden, merciless vertical pupils.

......

Fowl's thoughts turned, and he hurriedly pulled Hugh to the other side, avoiding the area directly facing the door.

Then, with a bite of her white teeth, she removed a string of bracelets hidden by the ruffles on her cuffs.

The silver bracelet was topped with three rough dark cyan stones, the surface of which was full of burn marks and unevenness.

Furth snapped off a stone and whispered in Old Hermes:

"Door!"

She held on to Hugh Dilcha and watched as the stone glowed with an illusory light blue.

The figures of the two ladies then blurred, almost invisible.

They saw things that were indescribable, even so transparent that they didn't seem to exist, and they saw one after another different colors of clear light containing endless knowledge, and they entered the mysterious spiritual realm.

In that strange world above reality, Furth pulled Hugh to take a step in a certain direction.

After three breaths, they were out of the transparent and illusory state, back to reality, back to Bakeland.

However, the place where they live is no longer Duckholm's home, but an uninhabited cemetery.

......

Wearing a fine-scaled glove, Zilingers quietly appeared in Darkholm's doorway, his gaze coldly swept inside.

He was stunned for a moment, frowned slightly, and said to himself:

"'Traveler'?"

............

In the cemetery.

"What's next?" said Furth, gasping in distress and fear.

The bracelet was another magical item she had acquired during her adventure in obtaining the recipe and materials for the Apprentice, and it had no hidden danger other than the strange, indistinct whispers that she would hear every month at the full moon.

Originally, there were five stones on the bracelet, all of which allowed her to travel through the spirit realm and do something similar to teleportation, but now, there were only two left.

After calming down his heart and spirit, he nodded solemnly and said:

"Notify Miss Audrey first, and then, then call the police!"