Seeing the men and women coming out of the living room, Abner was visibly stunned for a moment, and blurted out, "Mr. Scudder, Mrs. Scud, why are you here?" ”

These two men were the same people who met Abner when he took a passenger ship from East Chester County to Bakeland! The "gold coins of Solomon" were found from their dead son.

Honestly, since Cullen told him that the so-called "tenants" were people he knew, he had guessed Sharon and Marić, Lina and Talim, Hugh and Forthth, and even Roman and Susan...... But I didn't expect it to be these two people anyway.

Abner remembered that Mr. Scudder was the manager of a maritime trading company who, on his way back from the Rorsted Islands, rescued a mysterious old man who led him to find an island where the treasure was hidden. The shareholders on the ship did not heed the old man's advice before leaving, and took Mr. Scudder and the others to open a door and see the frescoes inside......

After that, all of them began to suffer from bad luck, and even many of their children suffered from various diseases.

And the "Gold Solomon Coins", which had helped him many times, were also brought out of that small island.

Mr. Scudder, who was dressed in a white shirt and black vest, and his hair was neatly groomed, first saluted Abner before he said respectfully, "Detective Brian, we are now servants of the Mother Earth God Church, and Mr. Karen has arranged for the two of us to work in this villa...... He has told us to be there for you. ”

"Wait...... I think you seem to be believers in the 'steam' church, right? Abner interrupted. He was very impressed by this, and he also complained about why he, a steam believer, wanted to do sea trade.

"Yes, you also suggested that as soon as we came to Beckland, we should go to the church of St. Hillland and pray and tell the priest what had happened......"

Speaking of this, Mr. Scudder's face became obviously complicated, he sighed, and continued: "It's a pity that the Steam Church didn't pay attention, and Harriet and I are still riddled with bad luck, and we were even caught by the gangs and almost sold to slave traders......"

"The gangster you're talking about, could it be ......" Abner's heart moved, and he suddenly had a guess. And he felt that the Steam Church, or the "Mechanical Heart", might not have paid attention to it, but the two of them ordinary people didn't know it.

"Yes, it's Vincennes Labor & Services and the Black Skull behind it! Here, I want to thank you sincerely, Detective Brian. If you hadn't infiltrated the company and solved this case, Harriet and I don't know what would have befallen us...... Unfortunately, we were all unconscious, and we didn't see you fighting the many villains. ”

Mr. Scudder had a look of gratitude in his eyes. And Mrs. Scudder, who was beside him, saluted again, thanking Abner for his kindness.

The corners of Abner's mouth twitched, he had a fart "heroic posture", obviously "playing soy sauce" with Judy outside that company the whole time...... Cullen was the only one who did it all the time.

In order to hide his embarrassment, Abner took a deep breath and changed the subject: "Then how did you become servants of the Earth Church?" Still here? ”

"Detective Brian, that's right. After we were rescued by you, we lost all our belongings and had to wander around the East End in search of work...... However, I was still unlucky and never found a job opportunity that suited me...... But last weekend night, just as we were numbly walking through the streets of the East End, and we were about to lose it, we were finally favored by fate and met Mr. Cullen and Miss Judy. ”

As he spoke, Mr. Scudder reverently drew a stick figure of the Mother Earth Goddess on his chest and recited in a low voice:

"Thank you, the source of life!"

"Praise be to you, Mother of all things!"

……

Bishop Utravsky is very good at business...... Abner was convinced that Karen and Judy did not have the ability to infect them, and that they must have brought the Scuds back to Harvest Chapel.

However, they did get lucky, and they happened to meet Judy and Cullen who were investigating the case at night......

Abner was thinking about it when he heard Mr. Scudder continue: "Mother God redeemed me and Harriet, so I decided to become a servant of Mother God and spread His love to everyone who needed it.

"Harriet and I have been helping Mr. Cullen with some news until yesterday, and we were not here until yesterday to assist you in taking care of this villa as a manservant and a maid."

"I see...... "Abner nodded at first, and then after thinking about it for a while, he asked a very realistic question: "Who pays for your salary and the daily expenses of the villa?" "It can't be me, can it? I thought that Karen had found two gold owners, but who would have thought that there would be two poor ghosts......

"Reimbursed by the church...... Of course, the monthly budget, settlements and final accounts must be signed by you before they are submitted to Bishop Utrawski. So saying, Mr. Scudder took a slip listing all the expenses and handed it to Abner, after all, he was a man who had been the manager of a maritime trading company, and his business ability was not bad.

Abner gave him a cursory look and put it aside, as long as he didn't pay for it anyway, as for whether the Scudders would take the opportunity to make some extra money? He felt that he didn't have to bother to calculate it himself, and that it would be good to use the "notarization" ability of the "Halo of Light" ring to draw up a contract when the time came.

Abner then asked Skader about the details of the garden house, and learned that because many of the furniture and necessary items had been removed or destroyed before the handover, it would take some time to repair and buy the necessary supplies, and it would not be ready for immediate occupancy, and at the current pace, it would not be ready until at least next Monday or Tuesday.

"Well, when we move in next week, we'll have a party in our new home and invite all my friends...... It's just the right time to design it and let Hugh find the "Blood Feast" that he has done by himself. ”

……

In an old apartment in the south area of the bridge, "Witch" Lina is flipping through today's newspapers, and her focus is undoubtedly on the headlines of "Heroic Detective Captures the Real Murderer of the Prince's Assassination".

"Hehe, this newspaper is also overly compiled, saying that the 'real murderer' is a burly man over 1.8 meters tall, and the hero detective relies on his wits to maneuver with him, and finally uses the environment to defeat him...... Tsk, I wonder what Rey would have thought if he was still alive and saw this newspaper? Lina watched with great amusement.

Sitting across from her was the former police officer Xiao Ke, who looked at the smiling witch and asked with some concern, "Are you really okay?" The Count of Lorena has now been put to death...... How can you still laugh? ”

"Witch" Lina glanced at him when she heard this, and said casually: "I told him before that the suffering I suffered in the Witch Sect is equivalent to repaying his kindness...... We don't owe each other anymore. ”

"Then why are you so sad and angry with Prince Edsak? As if to break with him? Shoko asked, puzzled.

Hearing Edsak's name, Lina's expression softened and she sighed, "My presence will only cause him untold trouble...... It's for his good to take the opportunity to stay away from him...... After all, he's my only friend. ”

"Am I not your friend too?" Shaw Ke retorted with some unhappiness when he heard this.

"You? You can only be my future sister! Lina glanced at him with a smirk, and then before he could react, she changed the topic and said, "You've been a 'vigilante' lately, assassinating many gang leaders, and it's time to stop." I've heard they've found the Extraordinary and are planning to ambush you. ”

"But what about the 'assassin'?" Shoko did not have the consciousness to be diverted from the topic, but only raised his own questions.

"The 'Assassin' is all about planning and then acting, killing with one blow! An assassin like you, who goes up and takes care of injustice, has not died until now, and it can only be said that it is luck. Lina sighed, she looked at the current Xiao Ke as if she saw her former self, she was so naïve.

Knowing that Sequence 7 would become a "witch", he still chose this extraordinary path, just to be able to become stronger and control his own destiny.

Thinking so in her heart, she glanced at the newspaper on the side, rolled her eyes, and said to Xiao Ke with a smile: "The Pain Witch Rey should have been killed by this heroic detective, since you are quite taken care of by Inspector Vane, and now that he has taken revenge, should you go to the door to thank this Mr. Detective?" ”

Xiao Ke was stunned for a moment, then nodded and agreed: "That's right, I have to pay a visit." ”

"Then when you go, give him this 'necklace' as a thank you gift." Lina said, pulling out a box from a drawer beside her and handing it to Shoko.

Xiao Ke subconsciously took it, then opened it to take a look, his eyes widened instantly, and said, "Isn't this the necklace I handed over to you?" It's an extraordinary item...... Are you willing to give it away? ”

The corners of Lina's mouth hooked slightly, but she didn't reply, she only thought in her heart: No matter who is planning behind it, this necklace can't be kept anymore, otherwise I'm afraid it will fall deeper and deeper, even if it helped me before...... And since that 'Hero Detective' can get credit every time, obviously has a good background, let's let him or the existence behind him do the headache for me.

……

It's Sunday in the blink of an eye, and after two days of headlines, Abner's "hero" popularity has finally decreased, and he has a chance to go out wearing a "clown mask".

He went to the garden house in Joewood to check on the progress of the renovation before walking to the "folk herb shop" not far from the Tasok River.

And Darkwell's chubby face soon caught his eye.