Cold rain was pouring down.

A thicker fog surrounded it, and the yellow light from the headlights looked weak and weak.

"Sir......" Fred chattered his teeth and his breathing was sloppy, "You, who are you?" ”

"Mr. Davis," Julien asked calmly and gently, "you don't want the Times reporter to know that you are a murderer, do you?" ”

Fred's face turned pale.

"What do you need?" He asked, the muzzle of the gun continued to be pressed against Yu Lian's head, "Or, just make a price." ”

As long as he can't talk, he will shoot.

"It doesn't seem like a good place to do business." Yu Lian patted the fog on his coat.

Business?

Hearing this word, Fred breathed a sigh of relief.

Sure enough, as I judged, this is a poor guy who came to ask for money, and it is easiest to deal with this kind of person.

"Go inside, I'll drive the horses."

"I hope you don't tease me."

Fred returned to the carriage, and Julien picked up the horsewhip.

The carriage continued on its road with a bump, the wet building receding, and the night shadow of the street lamps outside the carriage and the lights of the carriage gradually blended together.

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Suburb, deserted mansions.

Looking at the dead trees, the gray walls, and the lifeless pond in front of him, Fred regretted it a little.

"Sir......" he turned his head to look at Yu Lian, "can't you change places?" ”

Yu Lian didn't speak, and directly pushed open the rusty iron door.

Despicable Outlander...... Fred tore off his tie, which was breathing a little uncomfortable.

After confirming that the stone sculpture of the snake girl was in his pocket, he grasped the cross hanging from his chest in one hand and the firing pistol in the other, and followed Yu Lian into the courtyard.

Of course, he was familiar with this mansion.

After Madame de Linard was killed, the estate was left uninherited, and the mansion was abandoned.

I've heard that there was a haunting here.

But Fred had a consecrated cross, so he wasn't worried.

And he didn't have time to worry that once what he had done three years ago was made public, the consequences would be serious. He needs to settle this Frenchman, and if not, then let this mansion sleep one more person who won't wake up......

The two of them entered the living room one after the other.

The broken furniture and dark curtains give the whole interior a kind of gloom that cannot be dissipated.

Fred sat down in the easy chair he used to sit in.

There is no musty and dusty smell as expected, but a faint floral scent, which is really strange.

The delicate fragrance quickly calmed Fred's mood.

He stared at Yu Lian with his eyes and said coldly: "Okay, sir." You can name the price you want. ”

"How much can you give?" Yu Lian sat on the sofa with an interested expression.

Sure enough, it's a stupid and greedy poor ghost......

After being a lawyer for so many years, Fred has seen a lot of this kind of person.

"£5,000, take the money and you'll disappear right away!" He lowered his voice and said to Yu Lian, "Under the gold standard, 1 pound gold coin contains 7.3 grams of pure gold. Whether you stay in England or return to France, or anywhere else in the world, this gold will be enough to feed and clothe you for the rest of your life. ”

In order to convince Yu Lian, he even thoughtfully replaced the imperial unit with a decimal unit of measurement.

"You're really generous!" Yu Lian smiled.

"For me, a peaceful life is the most precious." Fred felt confident in his heart, and his attitude became a lot stronger, "I don't want you to disturb me and my family, you take the money, rot this matter in your heart, and never mention it to others." ”

That being said, he knew one thing better than anyone else: human desires are endless.

If there is a first blackmail, there must be a second.

Regardless of whether the man had conclusive evidence or not, Fred would not tolerate him continuing to live.

No matter how much money he takes, he won't survive tonight.

"Well, I'll add another £5,000!" Fred said in a decisive tone, and was ready to stand up, "You go back with me to get the money, and after tonight, you will never show up again." ”

When he gets the money, he will arrange for someone to send him directly to God in Lianlian.

"Mr. Davis, I have a question."

"What?"

Fred, who had just gotten up, sat down again.

The delicate floral fragrance seems to smell better, which is strange...... He was instinctively a little alert, but suddenly his mind was dizzy, and his mind became lazy and blurry.

"Is a human life worth £10,000?" Yu Lian asked with interest.

"What do you want to say?"

Fred's gaze turned cold.

Things seem to have changed, and maybe I'm going to kill someone again tonight.

"What your ending tonight is, it's not for me to decide." Yu Lian stood up and walked to the door, "Remember what I said before I came?" I'm just inviting you over, and as for the rest of the matter, it depends on Madame's intentions......"

The moment the words fell, a mysterious and deadly mist filled the air.

The gloomy, stagnant, hazy, heavy gray mist of lead wriggled and writhing, like a devil with its mouth open, devouring everything in its path.

A woman's face flashed out of the mist.

"No, it can't be, it can't be her ......" Fred's eyes shrunk.

An indescribable fear that instantly exploded from the tail vertebrae and spread throughout the body!

The face in the gray mist, the pale complexion as snow, revealed a dead look, and the empty eyes stared strangely at the man in the easy chair.

Scarlet blood gushed out from beneath the gray mist like a burst of embankment, enveloping the space around the easy chair. The blood slowly rose, first in the ankles, then in the knees, in the lower abdomen, in the chest...... But when it reached the chest, the blood stagnated as if it had encountered some obstacle.

There is a glowing pendant of the cross.

"Ha, huh, ha......"

Fred gasped for air, looking like he was going to live for the rest of his life.

Looking at the familiar face in the mist, he suddenly laughed maniacally, laughing so much that tears and snot flowed out of his brain.

Yes, that's right, he's the ultimate bad guy.

But so what?

He relied on rhetoric to deceive Madame de Linard of many francs, and succeeded in opening a tutor's office.

He is incredibly intelligent, incomparably familiar with the terms of the law, and cold enough at heart.

Under his management, the firm's business flourished, and he soon became a popular newcomer in the British legal profession.

He was already considered promising, but after meeting the mayor's daughter, he did not hesitate to choose to abandon Madame de Linard.

Although the mayor's daughter is old and average-looking, she represents power!

In order to achieve the class leap as soon as possible, he stalked the mayor's daughter, and even did not hesitate to abandon his dignity to kneel in public, and it took great strides to barely get the favor of the newly divorced mayor's daughter.

In order to prevent Madame de Linard from doing anything bad, he even shot her directly.

Heinous, right?

But so what?

After becoming a more evil person, everything is developing in a better direction.

He became the mayor's son-in-law.

His law firm moved from the impoverished East End to Regent Street in the West End, and every day when he opened the door, he saw that it was no longer a dirty worker, but a myriad of aristocratic lords.

With his excellent professional quality and contempt for human nature, he has never lost every lawsuit he has taken on, and he has been nominated to become the vice president of the bar association!

In less than five years, he will be the president!

He can also become a parliamentarian, join a political party, run for mayor and even prime minister himself......

Power and wealth are all at your fingertips!

Guilt?

Inexistent!

In capitalist society, only those who have money and power are worthy of being called people, and the rest are just living machine parts!

"Hahaha......"

Fred laughed maniacally, his mental activity getting higher and higher.

"Madame, don't come unharmed......" he smiled contorted, looking at the bloodless face in the fog, "thanks to your franc, I am where I am today." Now I'm standing in front of you, hahaha...... I'm so stupid, the spirits are irrational things, no matter how much I say, you can't understand it, hahaha......"

It feels like this person is going crazy.

Yu Lian walked up to him and said calmly: "If you continue, she may not understand." ”

"You're stupid, aren't you?" Fred sneered and turned his head to look at him, "If she understands me today, I'll give you all the money, okay?" Hahaha......"

"Nope." Yu Lian smiled and said, "I refuse you to give me money." ”

Fred snorted disdainfully, and the hand holding the gun was about to be raised.

"Mr. ......"

A gentle female voice suddenly came from the mist.

“？”

Fred's smile stiffened on his face.

In sight, a beautiful and gentle lady rose from the mist.

She leaned affectionately to Yu Lian, looked at him with a little resentment and shyness, and said, "This man has a cross on his body, and I can't kill him." ”

"Huh?"

Fred was stupid.

In any occult book in the world, the description of the evil spirit is that of a low-level creature with a low intelligence, with only a trace of instinctive activity.

Why can you talk to this thing in front of you......

Yu Lian reached out and grabbed the necklace from his chest.

“…… You? ”

Fred was stunned.

He wanted to raise his hand to shoot, but he couldn't lift up any strength.

"The furniture in the room is sprinkled with a mixture of mandala and psilocybin mushrooms." Yu Lian lowered his head and said expressionlessly, "You should smell that very faint fragrance, right?" It doesn't have a big effect, it will make your muscles relax for more than ten minutes, and then it will be fine. ”

“……”

Fred's mouth was wide open, but he couldn't speak, and he couldn't move.

"I'll go out first, madam, please feel free." Julien spoke to Madame de Linard and walked out the door.

Scarlet blood besieged again.

The air smelled of blood, musty, and rot.

"Nope! No! I ......"

Fred hysterically shouted simple syllables.

But the blood soon spread to his face and poured directly into his mouth, followed by a desperate suffocation.

The weak struggle, the miserable commotion, the scene is very happy!

Yu Lian, who walked to the courtyard, looked back.

In the miserable rain and fog of London, the mansion was crumbling and collapsing, and a fat owl blinked its large, glowing eyes in a nearby tree.

After a long commotion, all the ruins were swallowed up by the deep and gloomy pond, and not a single brick or tile was left in its place.

…… But what's reflecting?

Looks like a stone carving?