It is said that women are fickle, but in fact, men are the same.

Auston also swore to Chen Luo yesterday that he came to the City Lord's Mansion to find him when he encountered something, and today he looked like a teacher asking for guilt, and if he was an ordinary person, he might really be scared by him.

It's a pity that Chen Luo has seen a lot of this kind of formation.

Chen Luo looked at Auston and said, "The City Lord asked me to come over today, is it just to talk to me about this?"

Alston leaned back on the couch, looked at him with a hint of strangeness, and said, "You are the first young man to talk to me like that. ”

Chen Luo shook his head and smiled, if Auston wanted to suppress him as a city lord or a high-level magician, then he was afraid that he had miscalculated.

Senior magician Chen Luo has seen a lot, even Anglus, the president of the Magic Association of Apor City, has to call him Your Excellency when he sees him, and talk to him politely, a senior magician like Auston usually respects him as an adult, how could he be frightened by Auston?

"Just kidding. Auston smiled and said, "Sasha is my daughter, I only have one daughter, she can be a little willful sometimes, I hope that in school, Blair can tolerate her more." ”

Chen Luo nodded and said, "We are all students of Teacher Britney, and we should tolerate and take care of each other. ”

At the mention of Teacher Britney, Auston also showed a hint of admiration on his face, and said, "Your teacher is an amazing person. ”

Chen Luo's face showed surprise, "The city lord knows about Teacher Britney?"

Auston smiled and said, "Since she didn't tell you, I can't say it either." ”

Auston's words aroused Chen Luo's curiosity.

He was about to knock on the side to ask again, but suddenly there was a sound of hurried footsteps outside the door, and soon, as soon as he met him, the senior magician named Carter walked in and said to Alston, "Lord of the city, the tax collector is here, I am afraid you will come out to meet ......"

The look of surprise on Auston's face flashed, he stood up, and after slightly signaling to Chen Luo, he walked out slowly.

After Auston left, Chen Luo also stood up, and when he walked out of the room, he saw that there were already many people standing in the courtyard.

I don't know when, Isabella's mother and the noble ladies had already come out of the garden, looking at a certain part of the courtyard, each with worry and panic on their faces.

In the courtyard, several people wearing special medals on their chests stood there, and one of the leaders looked at Auston and said expressionlessly: "Auston City Lord, someone has reported that you have violated the laws of the kingdom in taxes, and you need to be investigated by us." ”

Auston looked at the man and asked indifferently, "Lord Tax Collector, the tax in Apo City is controlled by the Minister of Finance, I'm afraid you're looking for the wrong person, right?"

A fat man dressed very exaggeratedly walked in from the outside, the fat on his face was stacked, and said with a smile: "Auston City Lord, the Minister of Finance only collects taxes, but how much taxes to collect and what taxes to collect, but only the city lord can decide......

"Damn, when did Walter hear about taxes?"

"He pretended to be the queen's own brother, and he did whatever he wanted in the city of Apo, indiscriminately raising taxes, how many times did the city lord turn his face with him because of this matter, and he actually slandered the city lord in turn!"

"I heard that the tax collector this time is Walter's friend in the royal capital, and they actually colluded to frame the city lord......

......

Listening to everyone's whispered discussions, Chen Luo quickly figured out the ins and outs of the matter.

As the lord of Apo, Auston was divided into powers and could not control the finances and military affairs alone, but nominally, he was still the boss of the finance minister and the sheriff, and the finance minister and the sheriff were in charge of the specific implementation, and the decrees related to taxation and law and order were decided by the lord of the city.

It is nothing more than that Auston did not prohibit the misconduct of the Chancellor of the Exchequer in the face of the queen and the king, which can be regarded as a dereliction of duty on his part as the lord of the city.

Of course, the Chancellor of the Exchequer was clearly not satisfied with this result, and he took advantage of the tax officer's inspection of the taxes to make a rake, and wanted to drag Alston into the water completely, and it was clear that the tax collector was his friend, and he himself was prepared to get out of this matter......

They did it at Isabella's mother's birthday party, not only to put Auston in the quagmire, but also to make him lose face in front of these nobles.

Aina Kravis pursed her white lips, looked at Isabella, and said, "Sasha, take your friends to the backyard first." ”

Isabella's face was full of worry, although she really wanted to stay here, she was still obedient and walked towards the back with Chen Luo and the others.

Lola's face was pale, and as she walked, she said, "Those people are the tax ministers from the royal capital, will Uncle Auston be arrested?"

"Don't talk nonsense, Laura!" Donna looked at her and said, "It's just an investigation, Uncle Auston won't be anything." ”

"However, I heard from them that the tax collector is a friend of the Chancellor of the Exchequer......"

Donna angrily said, "Laura, shut up!"

Isabella's footsteps stopped, and her face turned even paler.

At this moment, her cold little hand was grasped by another warm hand, Chen Luo looked at her and said, "You guys are waiting here, I'll go to the front and have a look." ”

Isabella's lips moved, and before she could speak, Chen Luo smiled slightly and said, "Don't worry, there is a friend of mine among those tax officials, I'll go and find out the situation......

Donna was pleasantly surprised: "Brother Blair, do you still have friends who are tax collectors?"

Chen Luo nodded and said, "I also just knew, don't worry, our relationship is not bad, we should be able to help Lord Auston say a few words......"

With that, he patted the back of Isabella's hand lightly, turned around and walked back.

Isabella looked at his back, and her heart suddenly settled down inexplicably.

Chen Luo walked back to the front yard and saw the Chancellor of the Exchequer sitting proudly in his chair, the tax collector, who was asking Auston some questions, including Isabella's mother, everyone's attention was on them, no one noticed, Chen Luo went and went back again.

Chen Luo walked to a corner, looked at a person, and smiled, "President Calvin." ”

Calvin turned his head, a hint of surprise appeared on his face, and said, "Lord Blair, why are you here?"

Chen Luo looked at the other side and said, "The City Lord is the father of a friend of mine. ”

Calvin then remembered and said, "I almost forgot that Miss Isabella was your friend." ”

Chen Luo looked at him and asked, "Why is President Calvin here?"

Calvin smiled and said, "This time the tax officer is a vice president of the headquarters of the Mathematical Society, and the branches in various places should cooperate with them to complete the tax audit. ”

Chen Luo asked, "Shouldn't you go to the Minister of Finance for this kind of thing?"

Calvin said: "Lord Blair does not know that although the Chancellor of the Exchequer is in charge of finances, he is also a subordinate of the city lord, and all the decrees on taxation in Apo City are issued by the city lord of Auston......"

Chen Luo tugged at the corners of his mouth, looked into his eyes, and asked, "President Calvin, do you believe this sentence yourself?"

Calvin showed embarrassment on his face, and there was a trace of shame, he didn't dare to look at Chen Luo, lowered his head and said: "Your Excellency Blair, we are just scholars, not tax officials, and we can't interfere in the affairs of the kingdom." ”

After a pause in his tone, as if he had made some difficult decision, he spoke again: "However, I will do my best to intercede for Lord Auston at the Vice President's ......"

In political matters, Calvin did not intend to meddle.

But Lord Blair, saving the Lorraine mathematical community and the Apor City Mathematical Association from danger, has made great contributions to the development of mathematics, and even his president was promoted because of Blair, if he doesn't do anything in this matter, Calvin can't help it.

"There's no need to intercede. Chen Luo shook his head, leaned close to Calvin's ear, and said in a low voice: "It's just that the Chancellor of the Exchequer makes me very unhappy, and I don't want to see him in Arpo City in the future." ”

This sentence was said very arrogantly, but after Calvin heard it, he raised his head suddenly, and his body trembled uncontrollably.

The voice was low, unlike what he had just heard, but it gave Calvin a familiarity that came from the depths of his soul.

This is the voice of God!

He looked at Chen Luo, his voice trembling: "You, you are ......"

Chen Luo looked at him calmly and did not speak.

Calvin took a deep breath and forcibly calmed himself, he never thought that the gods and demons in the mathematical world were actually one person!

The Elder had said that he would do whatever it took to meet any request made by Roselle.

After calming down, he looked at Chen Luo and said seriously: "Don't worry, my lord, although there are two senior magicians by the Chancellor's side, I will gather all the masters of the branch and make Walter disappear completely tonight......"

"......" Chen Luo looked at him in a daze and said, "I didn't mean that......"

Calvin nodded and said, "Carl Wenbai, all this has nothing to do with adults, this is what the Mathematical Association means!"

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