"If that's the case, then can you promise me one thing? If you agree, I'm willing to pay 10% less rent. Elizabeth said with a straight face.

Seeing that the "gold worshipper" who had just heard half of the inheritance and her eyes lit up, she was willing to take out one-fifth of her income to beg herself, which surprised Tang Ning, so he asked curiously: "Tell me what is the matter first, and I'll see if I can do it." ”

"I'm sure you'll be able to do it, and that's to ask them a few words in person before killing these two scoundrels, and if it's really them who killed my parents, then I'm going to kill them with my own hands!" Elizabeth said hatefully.

"Don't worry, there is absolutely no problem with this, and you don't need to take out that 10% of the ground rent, as long as you cooperate with me, I will help you do this for free!" Tang Ning patted his chest and reassured.

"Okay, then let's close it now!" As she spoke, Elizabeth raised her right palm and high-fived Downing.

After confirming the partnership, Elizabeth remembered one more thing, and said to Downing: "By the way, don't let Maria know about it, she's too young to leak her mouth." In addition, when you are in front of her, try not to talk as much as possible, so as not to be discovered by her. ”

Feeling Elizabeth's concern for herself, Tang Ning happily agreed: "Don't worry, I will pay attention." Is there anything else you need to remind me of? ”

Elizabeth thought for a moment, then said, "Well, there's one more thing, and that's that I have to go to London with you personally!" ”

This request really surprised Tang Ning: "Huh?! You're coming with me to London? What are you going to do? ”

Elizabeth replied confidently: "Of course I have to go, I have to take my share as soon as you receive the rent, otherwise I will not be at ease, and the place where you want to get rid of Uncle Terry and them should also be in London, right?" ”

"Well, well, let's go together tomorrow, but what about Mary? You can't leave her here alone, do you want to take her with you? Tang Ning asked with some embarrassment.

"It's easy to do, I can let Lydia stay with her for two days, by the way, Lydia is the maid we hired during this time." Elizabeth explained.

So the next day, when Elizabeth explained to Lydia and Maria the precautions for the past two days at home, Downing quietly slipped out to meet Terry, and as soon as they met, Terry couldn't wait to ask him, "How's that, how's that?" Did you show your feet? ”

Tang Ning said in his heart that it would be difficult for me not to show my feet at your level of arrangement, but it makes no sense to tell them these things now, so Tang Ning replied lightly: "It's okay, they didn't see it at all, I will go to London this afternoon to go through the inheritance procedures with Gardiner." ”

"That's good, as long as we pass this last hurdle, we're completely done!" Terry said excitedly.

"But will Gardiner agree to me suddenly changing who I want to renew?" Downing asked a question he had never been able to figure out.

And Terry replied confidently: "Don't worry, Gardiner will definitely agree, because this time I asked Mark to prepare twice the rent under normal circumstances, and the rent is proportional to his commission, if you are Gardiner, I don't think you will refuse to double your commission, right?" ”

"Huh?! Twice the ground rent? That's—That's too much, isn't it? Tang Ning couldn't help but exclaim.

"If it's not much, how could Gardiner change the rental object at will? And not to mention twice as much, even if it's ten times, it doesn't matter to us, you'll pay me back afterwards anyway, right? Mr. Subi? Eventually, Terry's expression began to turn extremely cold.

Tang Ning pretended to be scared and nodded repeatedly: "Of course, of course, I will definitely return the money to you as soon as possible." ”

"Eh, that's right, anyway, you've already got such a big house, and you don't have to lose. Well, don't stay here too long, it's not good to be noticed. Terry urged Downing.

Looking at the smoke and dust outside, Elizabeth in the carriage complained while covering her mouth and nose: "It's good everywhere in London, but this fog is so big that you can't even see the Thames, no wonder it's called the fog capital!" ”

During this period, although the smog situation in London had not reached its peak in 1952, it was already quite serious, because at this time, whether it was home heating or factory operation, coal was used as raw material, and at this time there was a lack of treatment measures, so it formed a "spectacle" like London in fog!

As for Elizabeth's remark that the Thames could not be seen clearly, Downing felt that this was a good thing, because at this time, the Thames River was directly discharged into the river due to untreated industrial sewage, which turned the originally clear and pleasant "mother river" into a stinky sewage river. 1858 was the "Stinky Year" of the Thames. In June of that year, the stench was so appalling that even the windows of the riverside parliament building had to be hung with sheets soaked in disinfectant. In 1878, the cruise ship "Alice's Son" sank on the river, killing 640 people, many of whom did not drown, but drank from polluted water......

After crossing the Thames, there are still a lot of horse-drawn carriages shuttling back and forth on the street, so the speed of the car can only maintain turtle speed, and the sound of selling and bargaining lingers around, which seems very noisy. From time to time, dirty children pounced on the carriage with baskets on their backs to sell goods, and the stench of the carriage came through the windows of the carriage......

Just when Downing was glad that he didn't live in London, but in the village of Lane, a suburb of London with much better air quality, the carriage came to the door of his uncle Jardiner's house.

Mr. Gardiner is a lawyer, and although his annual income is not low, he still cannot afford to live in the East End, which is a wealthy area, so he lives in the transition zone between "upper class London" and "lower class London". The security environment in this place is quite good, at least there are usually few incidents of street robberies, but hygiene should not be too particular.

Outside the curtains of the houses are the sewage-ridden streets, and a few streets away are the real slums, nicknamed "crows' nests", where homeless people roam at night and orphans rummage through the garbage heaps for food. Still, if you pull down the curtains, this place is at least a place where you can sleep peacefully.