Quadruple split.

Chapter 306 Gavin and Buffy

Game time PM13:23
Red Court, Study Room
"Haha, hahahaha, I really didn't come! I really didn't come!"

Grand Duke Buffy Marshall laughed happily, and raised the wine glass full of amber liquid in front of him to greet Gavin: "Since His Majesty the Emperor, who should have heard the news long ago, has not summoned me to go to Zijiu with the other lords until now. Hall, then it proves that things are really as you said! Miss Jiawen, please accept my sincere thanks~"

"You don't have to thank me, Your Excellency."

Jia Wen didn't even touch the expensive glass of wine in front of her, but just glanced at the other party lightly, and said softly: "I probably have explained the situation to you before, and I even wanted to accompany you to prove that the Mr. Fudge is indeed not too stupid to stay until now, so you should no longer have any doubts?"

"No more, my dear lady." Grand Duke Marshall put down his wine glass, and all the calmness and demeanor before have returned to his face: "Whether our Majesty is going to make trouble or give us help, is he trying to sell me Buffy?" Marshall is a big favor, and if he wants to take the lead in dividing up my land and wealth in the 'trial', he will not be indifferent after verifying the authenticity of those 'evidences', if the things that the little girl provided are indeed obtained Confirmation, then the old Clever who got the news first could only do 'call me to the three-color courtyard for tea', 'come to the red court to find me for tea' or 'gather everyone together in the hall of purple nine drink tea' these three behaviors, and never do nothing like now, so..."

"Therefore, everything I just told you and the intelligence of that Butler Fudge have also been proved."

Jiawen took out a cup of black tea that was still steaming from nowhere, and took a sip gracefully: "Have you figured out what to do next?"

The bright silver vigor flashed across Marshall's body, not only made the wrinkled noble robe on him clean and straight again, but also smoothed his slightly messy hair, this man regained his dignity and The lord, who was held back by fate, smiled gently: "Of course, otherwise, you will be too let down for your help to the Marshall family."

"It's as good as you know, Your Excellency the Duke." Gavin tapped the rim of the cup twice, reminding: "I just came here to get a result of 'the Marshall family is unscathed', this has nothing to do with my personal attitude and position , so you don’t need to make unnecessary temptations and overtures to me, I’m just doing something like an entry assessment, and the fate of the Marshall family after this turmoil is to answer the paper, that’s all.”

Perhaps the Grand Duke Marshall did not fully understand the meaning of this passage, but this did not prevent him from giving Gavin a salute with a smile: "It doesn't matter, because it is my attitude and position to show favor to Miss Gavin or someone behind you Thank you, you must be grateful. As for the temptation... we smart people can avoid going around in circles, so I asked directly. How did you know that I did send hunting groups to capture slaves all the year round? interested."

"Do you know, Your Excellency the Duke?"

Gavin concentrated on stirring the black tea in front of her, and said lightly: "You have inadvertently revealed to me the fact that 'Buffy Marshall has other reasons', whether it's because of the fact that he just escaped from death or not." Excitement, or out of luck that the situation suddenly turned around, please control your emotions, don't let yourself become full of loopholes, and by the way...don't say that you are a smart person."

Grand Duke Marshall froze immediately, and his face became cloudy and uncertain.

"Let me explain, I only know about the slave trade about the Marshall family, and I heard it from the boss." The corners of Gavin's mouth curled up slightly, but there was no smile in her disguised brown eyes. Meaning: "Really smart people can feel something from that sentence, so there is no need for you to doubt me."

The passive and embarrassed Grand Duke Marshall could only nod with a wry smile: "Then..."

"Who is behind me is unknown, and the reason for helping you is unknown."

Gavin interrupted him like a prophet, and shrugged: "Of course, I personally believe in fair trade, so I don't rule out the possibility that the boss will ask you to repay the favor in the future, but what I want you to do now is just Just get through this 'disaster' safely."

"The Marshall family will certainly remember this kindness." The well-disguised worry in the Grand Duke Marshall's eyes finally disappeared, and he solemnly nodded to Gawen, saying each word: "You can trust me. "

Although it was just a very ordinary sentence, Gawen, who had always been calm and calm, suddenly showed a stunned expression, and gave the Grand Duke Marshall a strange look: "You are lying."

The latter was also taken aback: "What are you..."

"No, in this world, ninety-fifths of nonsense like 'remember your kindness' is nonsense. I have told the same lie countless times myself." Gavin interrupted Grand Duke Marshall casually. Half a sentence, and then slightly frowned: "But the problem is... no, forget it, would you mind telling me about your future plans?"

Grand Duke Marshall only felt that the person in front of him was a bit suspicious, and he didn't think much about it...at least on the surface, he didn't think much about it. He just followed the other person's words and said, "Of course I don't mind, but before that, I need to confirm a few things." Well, you just said that you arrived in Mercury City yesterday morning, right?"

"That's right, and in order to save time, I went to the Mage Union in Kasha City to send it over that afternoon." Gavin slightly nodded, and then added: "It cost a lot of money."

The Grand Duke of Marshall nodded. He naturally guessed that Gavin must have used some unconventional means to get here from Marshall so quickly. One of the methods was the single-person teleportation service of the Mage Union. Mente Composite Resonance Array】Its construction cost is too high, and the output of the consumable [Keystone] as the core of the array is extremely low, so this function is usually not open to people other than the high-level members of the mage union. Of course, As one of the eight dukes of the Violet Empire, Buffy Marshall has this qualification, but he has never used it once in his life. There is no other reason, mainly because it is expensive...

It takes five archmages or a magister majoring in the space department to consume more than [-]% of the magic power and a large amount of spellcasting materials for one person to teleport one way. One hundred thousand gold coins are also required!
Two days ago, the Grand Duke Marshall had the idea of ​​letting his cronies secretly send back to the territory to inform him. Unfortunately, at that time, he and everyone around him had been placed under house arrest in disguise. Until now, he was unable to leave the Red Court. In addition, the mentor of that dead girl turned out to be Tara Xia who was resident in the Salamune Mage Guild, which has fundamentally eliminated this possibility.

Although one hundred thousand gold coins is not a huge sum of money to the Grand Duke of Marshall, but this "Ms. Gavin" who I have never met and the person behind her are willing to do this for the Marshall family...

【If you really want to pay back this favor in the future, it won't be too easy. 】

Grand Duke Marshall thought so.

Then Gavin quickly dispelled this worry for him.

"By the way, I originally wanted to put it at the end, but since we've already talked about it here..."

Jiawen casually took out a pale gold note with several magic patterns on it from the luggage, and put it on the table, and said flatly, "Just sign it."

Grand Duke Marshall nodded, and took the note. He is very familiar with the general voucher of the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce, so...

"Two hundred thousand!?"

Rao, the Grand Duke, who is sitting on a lot of wealth, couldn't continue to calm down after seeing the above number. The Grand Duke Marshall, who had already taken out his quill and planned to sign, stared blankly at Gawen, and after a while Only then did he choke out a sentence: "...the transmission fee has increased?"

"It's my first time using it myself, so I don't know how much it cost." Jiawen shook her head honestly, but she didn't know where to take out a small iron pot and refilled the cup in front of her with black tea: " The teleportation fee is only [-], but in most cases, the Mage Union will not open teleportation services to an unknown person like me, so I have done a little bit. Of course, if you think it is too much, you can also refuse to reimburse it. The payment, after all, this is just my personal behavior, but you have to return this voucher to me, my boss should not mind reimbursement for this small amount of money~"

Then Gavin extended his right hand to Grand Duke Chong Marshall.

Of course, the latter returned the voucher to Gavin, but when the 'check' returned to Gavin's hand, there was already a flamboyant signature on it: Buffy Monterey Marshall, plus a But the identity brand that can increase its credibility is simply a magical seal that cannot be copied.

"Thank you for your generosity."

Gavin calmly put the certificate of the Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce that had been confirmed to be valid (system authentication) into his bag, and then said to the Grand Duke Marshall seriously: "But I still want to emphasize it again, although this matter has something to do with my mission. , but using the expensive teleportation method of the Mage Guild was not ordered by the boss, it was just my personal behavior."

"Of course I understand, Miss Gavin~" Marshall showed a refined smile that didn't look like he was being taken advantage of at all, and then took out a certificate of the same specification and pushed it in front of Gavin: "This is [-]... no, These [-] gold coins are also my personal gratitude to you, and have nothing to do with the favor owed to that boss."

Jiawen raised her eyebrows, reached out and took the [Gold Coin Chamber of Commerce General Voucher (contains 5 gold coins)] in front of her, and showed a warm smile: "It's disrespectful."

"Well deserved."

Grand Duke Marshall shook his head, and said with a smile: "Since you already know about my little side business, you should also know that this little money is nothing to me. Outsiders think that the Hussein family is The richest family in the entire empire, including the royal family, but few people know that the savings of the Marshall family are at least ten times that of his Hussein family, not to mention that I think your friendship is far more than this price."

"No, my friendship is very cheap."

Jiawen lowered her head and sipped her black tea, showing a smile that was very inconsistent with her current appearance, and would be amazing if placed on a woman's face: "Continue with the topic just now, I did go to Mercury yesterday morning The city reminded that Mr. Fudge, and then?"

"If my estimation is correct, the joint investigation team of the other eight major families should have arrived last night." Grand Duke Marshall touched the stubble on his chin, narrowed his eyes: "If that's the case, Fudge will only have time at most Get rid of the most serious hidden dangers, but the little girl named Futaba of Fire Claw gave a lot of evidence. The prince Ruibo you mentioned earlier is very good at doing superficial skills. In front of that bastard Lorca and the direct descendants of that little girl from the Crystal Wolf family, he will never be too perfunctory, that is to say..."

Gavin nodded: "That is to say, those two who are more...sorry, the Duke who is more fair and kind will definitely let his subordinates spare no effort in verifying the investigation, and His Royal Highness the Crown Prince also knows this, so in order not to lose ground, he will do whatever he can It is more responsible to investigate in Mercury City, and Mr. Fudge got the news too late, and I don't know the content of the evidence provided by the little girl named Futaba, so I can't cover up or eliminate all of them in a short time. There are loopholes, so although the investigation team can't find anything decisive, some relatively small evidence is likely to be found out, right?"

"That's right, I really didn't expect that man named Ned could investigate so many things before his death. There are a lot of evidence he collected that even I can't remember clearly." Grand Duke Marshall sighed. , Spreading his hands at Jiawen, said: "If these things are announced in the second highest meeting, the people of Firepaw will definitely not let this go, so I will make full preparations before the investigation team returns, and then put This matter leads in another direction..."

Gavin blinked: "For example?"

"A person who is very likely to be dead now, and..."

Grand Duke Marshall poured himself some more wine and raised his glass: "A large number of people who are still alive but could die at any time, they are perfect scapegoats, and I will decide which ones based on the evidence found by the investigation team May die for the Marshall family."

"sounds good."

Gavin nodded slightly, then put away the tea set and stood up: "Then, if all goes well, you will never see me again for a long time... or maybe forever."

"So, what if it doesn't go well?"

Grand Duke Marshall smiled elegantly, got up and sent him off: "How can I find you? Miss Gavin."

"Need not."

Gavin said without turning her head: "I will come to you when the time comes."

"Haha, then can't I say 'goodbye'?"

"It's okay, I hope you won't see me again in a short time..."

Chapter [-]: The End
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