Chapter 71: Maison Manor

Backlund, Queens District, on the outskirts of the northwest, where it takes more than an hour to reach by horse-drawn carriage, Meige Manor is built on the Tussock River, with beautiful surrounding scenery and flourishing flowers and trees inside.

Strange to say, the city of Backlund is cloudy and rainy all year round, and there is little sunshine time, but its suburbs are always covered with thin clouds and bright sunshine. Although they are not far apart, they present two completely different weathers. Among them, the one in the northwest The suburbs are the most obvious, and it is even one of the most famous grape-growing areas in the Northern Continent. From this area along the Tussock River to the northwest for about 50 kilometers, the weather will be close to Backlund City.

Similar situations have always puzzled meteorologists, and they could not find a suitable theory to explain the reason. Klein vaguely guessed:

In the Fourth Epoch, this was the capital of the "Tudor-Trunsost" United Empire, and the "Blood Emperor" Arista also completely abandoned humanity here and became a mad god. Therefore, the weather and terrain are permanently blocked. It is normal for small-scale changes——In this regard, Leonard Mitchell mentioned a thing or two during the free exchange of the Tarot Society.

Moreover, as an area with a long history and the earliest human activities, this "Land of Hope" is buried with an unknown number of ancient relics, all of which are likely to have a certain intangible impact on the weather.

The carriage drove into Meige Manor, passed the fountain pool and a small garden surrounded by the main house, and stopped outside the main entrance.

As soon as Klein got out of the carriage with the butler Walter, he saw Richardson, the deacon of the manor, leading two rows of servants and maids, standing by the door, waiting for the employer.

Compared with 160 Boklund Street, there are more servants here, but they are all of the second class and below.

Glancing at the neatly dressed Richardson with a new look, Klein nodded with a smile and said:

"Good job."

Without waiting for Richardson to respond, he took off his hat and handed it along with his cane to the valet Eniyuni, and asked directly:

"Is the living room ready for the ladies to chat and play cards?"

"It's ready, poker, tarot and some board games are placed, and common musical instruments such as pianos and violins have also been moved in." Richardson replied smoothly.

Klein passed the gate, nodded lightly and said:

"What about the men's smoking room?"

"Like the ladies, they are all on the second floor of the main building, separated by five rooms." Richardson gave the answer without the servants in the manor reminding him, or even thinking about it.

——In order to ensure that the first hunting activity initiated by the employer did not go wrong, he took care of every little thing. Although he was physically exhausted, he was extremely excited.

Klein asked some more about the dinner and guest rooms, and confirmed that everything was in place.

Not long after, he waited for the first batch of guests after Maison Maison changed his surname to Dantès:

The Macht family!

"This place is much bigger than my elk manor." Macht took off his coat with a smile, handed it to the servant, and praised, "I've always heard that the wine made by Maggie is very good, but I never had the chance to taste it. Today I can finally satisfy my curiosity."

"I hope I won't disappoint you." Klein smiled modestly.

As a well-known grape-growing place in the Northern Continent, the champagne, red wine, and white wine in the northwest suburb of Backlund are all of high quality, but most of the manors here belong to the nobles, and the home-brewed alcoholic beverages are basically not sold to the outside world. Therefore, almost no one has heard of it in the market, and only people in the upper class or people close to this circle know about the situation.

Maurice is one of the most representative manors here, and its self-brewed wine has been widely praised by the circle. The red wine of special years has even been offered by collectors for a bottle of hundreds of pounds.

However, Klein was able to buy such a manor with 20,000 gold pounds, and he naturally agreed to some conditions, that is, all the wines of special years will be taken away by people sent by Duke Negan.

Councilor Macht is very clear about this, and he didn't expect to drink the famous wine of collection level. Hearing this, he said with a smile:

"You can open a few more bottles,

Pour me a small glass each, and let me judge which of the remaining vintages is the most outstanding. "

As a member of the upper class, he did not drink wine from Maison Manor for the simple reason that he was a member of the New Party, and the Duke of Negan was the main patron of the Conservative Party.

"No problem." Klein immediately agreed, his eyes swept over Hazel's face next to him.

Compared with July and August, this girl is obviously much more cheerful, and she no longer shrinks from meeting strangers, and is even unwilling to participate in dinner parties and dances-this makes people who know her think she is sick.

And this is all due to "Justice" Audrey. When she met Dawn Dantès at the "Luen Charity Scholarship Fund", she mentioned twice that she had recently met Miss Hazel Macht.

At first glance, there is no problem with this kind of communication, because Hazel is a person that Audrey and Dantès are familiar with, and it is the intersection of their circles. It is a normal tendency to find topics from similar friends when chatting. However, Klein understood Miss Justice's hint, and understood that she said that he met Hazel twice at the ball and banquet, and had two follow-up treatments respectively.

After arranging the rooms of the Macht family, Klein welcomed the second batch of guests who participated in the weekend hunting activity:

Major General Qonas Kilgor and a friend he had stated in advance that he would bring along.

Klein knew this friend, but the other party didn't know Dawn Dantès. He was a steam-powered vehicle tycoon, Franmy Cage, who was also the main investor of the bicycle project. He relied on a suspected "lawyer" The lawyer bought 10% more shares from Sherlock Moriarty at a low price.

Since it's related to the "Lawyer", it's understandable to be friends with the "Fallen Earl"... Klein smiled and stepped forward, hugging Major General Qonas and Flammie Cage respectively:

"welcome."

He stepped back immediately, and said to Franmy, who had a quarter of Feysac blood, was tall and fat, and had pale blue eyes:

"I heard that your steam-powered car is very famous, why didn't you drive it?"

Before Franmi could answer, the tough-looking Qonas Kilgor had already said with a smile:

"No, you don't know him, he doesn't miss an opportunity to show off his steam-powered car.

"However, that car was too heavy. On the way there, it got stuck in the mud and couldn't be pulled out. Fortunately, I never believed in his tricks. I took a carriage and followed behind, otherwise, He has to walk the rest of the way on his legs."

"The main problem is that our roads are too bad. They need to be refurbished and rebuilt, just like a steam train needs to be laid with rails!" Flammy retorted, spreading his hands at Klein, "I originally wanted to find some from you. Investment, haha, let’s talk about it later.”

You used to invest in us, but now you ask me to invest... Only then did Klein realize one thing deeply, that is, he is quite a well-known rich man in the upper echelons of the kingdom!

Donating more than 10,000 pounds worth of shares, buying an expensive manor, and establishing a connection with the military, it looks rich!

But in fact, my current total assets are only 50,000 to 60,000 pounds, which may be only one-tenth of Miss Justice's wealth... I don't know when I will become a millionaire... Klein laughed at himself Besides, after a little thought:

"It's okay, I'm very interested in the combination of machinery and steam, I can take a look at your steam-powered car when I have time."

"It's great." Franmi smiled immediately, "If I didn't know that you donated a lot of wealth to the Church of Evernight, I would have thought you were a believer in steam."

After all, he once drew the holy triangular emblem on his chest... Klein didn't continue the topic just now, lest Qonas discover his intentions.

He pointed to the stairs and said:

"How about going to the smoking room and trying the cigars in the collection?

"Until I bought this manor, I didn't know that there was a room dedicated to storing cigars here, with constant temperature and humidity. However, you know, I can smoke, but I don't like it."

"That's right, is there a 'Chief'?" A smile appeared on Qonas Kilgor's face.

"Of course." Klein replied in the affirmative.

The main purpose of his active hunting activities is only one, and that is to hunt the major general and deputy director of MI9, so all aspects have been taken into consideration of the other party's preferences.

However, Klein didn't rush to this hunt, so he had to do it, because he still didn't have enough understanding of Qonas Kilgor, the gentleman who hides the power of a demigod, and he still had to wait for the gatherings and hunts again and again. Here, grasp the other party's behavior preferences, vigilance and belongings.

As a "magician", Klein does not perform without preparation!

…………

Jorwood District, inside a certain house.

Fors put down the book in her hand, glanced at Xio who was walking back and forth in the living room, and couldn't help asking:

"what is troubling you?"

Xio glanced at her and said:

"I'm wondering whether to immediately inform MI9 of Viscount Stratford's close contact with the strange woman, or keep it a secret until further developments occur."

"Why do you want to hide it?" Fors asked back first, and then answered by herself, "Viscount Stratford was involved in your father's death, but you usually don't have the opportunity or strength to confront him, and you are afraid of being exposed, which will affect others Mother and younger brother, and now, he may be in a better position to deal with the strange woman's accident, this is your chance, so you hesitated, right?"

Xio was silent for a while and said:

"Yes."

Fors closed the book, stared into her friend's eyes, and said seriously:

"Since you hesitated, it means that you already have a tendency in your heart."

Xio nodded slowly and said:

"Yes."

Forsi brushed her slightly curly long hair, stood up, stretched out her right hand and said:

"I already know your decision, um, need help?"

Seeing that Xio hesitated and did not answer, she smiled and said:

"I'm a Sequence 6 Extraordinary!"

Before Xio could speak, she glanced left and right again:

"If you're concerned, we can ask for additional help."

What she meant was to ask members for help in the Tarot Club.

After thinking about it, he exhaled and said:

"No need for now, the two of us will try first, uh, let's go out now, and continue to monitor Viscount Stratford."

"Now?" Forsi was stunned for a moment, "Okay, but before that, I will use the crystal ball to do a horoscope to confirm the degree of danger."

After a lot of busy work, she held the pure crystal ball in one hand and said:

"There is a certain danger."

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