Hardy soon found the city's 'Lord's House'.

Actually, it's easy to find, normally speaking, the tallest building is.

At this time, it was already night, and it was dark except for the bright lights of the two central shopping streets.

But the lord's mansion was still very bright, because the news of the arrival of the new master had been received, and the maids inside were hurrying to clean up.

With more than two hundred people, Hardy stopped at the gate of the Lord's Mansion Manor.

Several manor guards immediately came over and knelt down on one knee to meet the new owner.

Rogge sent someone to take over the security of the entire estate, while Hardy went into the gazebo in the garden and sat down, waiting for the security check to end.

Marlock led the cavalry regiment to a few hundred meters west of the manor, where the city's barracks were located, and Marlock was ready to take over.

Soon, more than a hundred people had inspected the entire manor, and then invited Hardy into the manor's castle.

The main hall was lit with more than a dozen candles, which was very bright.

Hardy sat under the throne on a high seat, looking at the two fat men below.

"Treasurer, sheriff! Add a butler and three people can manage the whole city in an orderly manner. Hardy held the handle of the seat with his left hand, his palm on his cheek, and his bright eyes seemed to be full of warm smiles: "It seems that you are all very capable." ”

The two fat men were covered in sweat, and the clothes on their backs were almost soaked.

Hardy moved his gaze to the fat man with slightly darker skin: "Finance officer, how much is the annual and monthly tax revenue in Hucaro City?" ”

"The monthly tax of about thirty-one gold coins, after deducting the expenses of the castle personnel, the administrative staff, the expenses of the city guard, and the taxes handed over to the Jeanne family, there is still a net income of eight gold coins."

Then a year is about 96 gold coins, and it has been sixteen years since Lady Sisi left the fiefdom, and according to the income of 90 gold coins a year, there should be 1440 gold coins in the castle now.

"So where have all these gold coins been put all these years?"

The treasurer's face trembled even more: "It's in the treasury behind the castle." ”

Hardy motioned to Rog next to him, who immediately led a few soldiers out of the main hall.

During this period, the treasurer's face became paler and paler, and his body trembled even more.

And the sheriff next to him didn't get much better.

Hardy just looked at them, didn't speak, and waited.

And in the process, the expressions of these two are getting more and more ugly, especially the financial officer, whose body has a tendency to crumble.

After waiting for a while, Rogge and a few soldiers came in with two small boxes.

When they opened the chest, it was indeed full of gold coins, but the problem was ...... These two boxes are small, and even if they are full, there are not many pieces.

Hardy looked at the two small boxes on the ground, smiled, and said to Rogge, "Help me count them." ”

Several soldiers began to pluck the gold coins, and soon they calculated: "Master, count twice, one hundred and fifty-four gold coins." ”

"That's a bit of a lot." Hardy looked at the treasurer and asked with some puzzlement, "Why don't you make a fake account?" Maybe you can confuse the past by quoting a fake number that can match the numbers of these gold coins? ”

The financial officer knelt down directly, he looked up at Hadi, sweating like rain: "Your Excellency Hadi, you can't hide it, the taxes of Hucaro City, as long as you check it, you can hide it for a few days, but it will soon be exposed." ”

Hardy turned his gaze to the sheriff again: "He's making false accounts, so he's afraid, so what are you afraid of?" ”

The sheriff also knelt down: "I also took the money from the butler of Evre." ”

When Hardy heard this, he finally couldn't help laughing: "How much did you both take?" ”

The two were silent for a long time.

Hardy was not in a hurry and waited quietly for them.

In the end, it was the treasurer who spoke: "Butler Eiffel gives us two gold coins a month, and in the past sixteen years, we have received about 190 gold coins each. ”

"Yes, I remember it so clearly." Hardy stood up and walked over to the two local officials: "That is, the rest was eaten by the butler Evre." ”

The two bowed their heads and acquiesced.

Hardy said to Rogge: "Go and ask the maid where Ever's home is, take dozens of brothers to tie him up, if you resist, you can do it, but pay attention to proportion." Then he cleaned up all the gold coins in his house. ”

Rogge smirked and turned to leave.

Hadi looked at the two officials again: "As for the two of you, for your honesty's sake, go back first, and come back to me tomorrow to listen to my punishment for you." ”

The two officials wept and left the castle.

Something more terrible than punishment is not knowing what kind of punishment you will face.

Then Hardy looked at the maid next to him and asked, "Who is the head maid here?" ”

"Master, there used to be a head maid here." A middle-aged maid who looked like a middle-aged woman stood up and whispered, "But after Miss Sissi got married, she took the head maid away. After that, the position of head maid was never set up. Butler Eiffel didn't say anything about setting it up. ”

Of course, the housekeeper will not take the initiative to help set up the temporary head maid, so wouldn't it be to find someone to share his 'power'!

"Then take me to rest."

"Please follow me."

Hardy followed the maid up to the third floor, opened the largest room and looked inside, and then his face stiffened.

Because...... It's a boudoir with very little femininity.

Pink and red futons, and a lot of small and cute furniture, support the romantic girly style.

"These are all things from Miss Sissi more than ten years ago." The maid explained: "We have always kept and cleaned well, so it is still very new. ”

"Isn't there any other bedding?"

"This used to be Miss Sissi's fiefdom, and we thought she would come back, so we didn't buy any more men's things."

"Okay, let's go to sleep first."

Hardy didn't mind that either.

After all, people who can live in a college dormitory for four years will not care about these small details.

He was lying on the pink bed, feeling the futon silky smooth, which felt a little strange at first, but after some time getting used to it, it was actually quite comfortable.

Then I woke up to dawn.

The next morning, Hardy descended from the third floor to the main hall and saw the treasurer and sheriff waiting.

And next to it, there was an old man tied up, with a blue nose and swollen face.

At the same time, there are a few more boxes in the main hall.

After waiting for Hardy to sit on the main seat, Rogge came over and reported: "Master, the man has been kidnapped, but we searched all night, and we only found more than 200 gold coins. ”

Hardy looked at Evre, a playful expression.

And Ever gritted his teeth and looked at Hardy angrily: "Why do you want to arrest me, this money is what I deserve." ”

"It's useless for you to tell me this." Hardy sighed and said, "I will send you, along with more than two hundred gold coins, to Jeanne Manor, to Madame Sissi, and I will also tell her what happened." ”

Ever's face turned white at once, and he cried out in horror: "No, what is the difference between your behavior and that of a demon!" ”

(End of chapter)