Chapter 134 Looking for someone
Chapter 134 Looking for someone
"As expected of the former two pillars of the kingdom, they are willing to offer a price."
After reading the "quotation sheet" handed to her, the middle-aged woman in a brown robe smiled and said to the old man with a rose emblem embroidered on his chest:
"Lord Sam, if you don't mind, could you please tell me how much the Ryan family paid in total for you to help deliver this letter?"
"This one……"
"Haha, forget it if you don't want to talk about it. I'm just asking casually."
Looking at the old man with an embarrassed look on his face, the woman in brown robe smiled and said:
"It's your own ability to squeeze money out of the Ryan family. The teachings of our Scales of Gold Church do not oppose this kind of thing, and even encourage it.
But without me, you wouldn't be able to make this money, so as the most critical part, I ask for an additional share of your income, do you agree?"
"Agree, of course I agree!"
After cursing the money-grubber in his heart, he realized that the initiative was not in his hands. The old man named Sam had no choice but to nod repeatedly and hand over a new offer while gritting his teeth.
Seeing the brown-robed woman's eyes finally showing a look of satisfaction, the old man with eyes full of pain couldn't help but secretly breathe a sigh of relief, then bowed slightly and said respectfully:
"Master Bishop, the people from the Ryan family are outside. If it is convenient for you now..."
"Convenient, of course convenient!"
After imitating the old man's tone of voice, the brown-robed woman who looked to be in her forties laughed and said:
"Just by helping to find someone, I can earn such a generous sum of money. How can it be inconvenient for me? Come on, take me to meet the guests of the Ryan family."
"Okay, please come this way."
After leading the brown-robed woman through the long corridor of the manor and arriving at a rather hidden reception room, the old man of the Rose Family took the initiative to introduce the two parties to the people who hurriedly stood up to greet them:
“Your Excellency, these are the only remaining elder of the Ryan family, the new head of the Ryan family, and the most trusted butler of the old duke.
Everyone, the one next to me is the bishop of the Fortune-Attracting Department of the Chengjin Sect, you can call her..."
"There's no need to tell me my name, you can just call me 'Brown'."
After interrupting the old man's introduction, a middle-aged woman in a brown robe stepped forward quickly, shook hands with several people one by one, and then said with a smile:
"I heard from Earl Sam that several people contacted us in the Scales of Gold Sect because the person who was destined to inherit the title of the Ryan family was missing, and they wanted me to find his whereabouts, is that right?"
"Yep!"
Hearing the question from the brown-robed woman, the youngest of the three, the new head of the family, immediately nodded his golden hair and said with a little excitement:
"Brown... Your Excellency the Archbishop! To be honest, we really have no other options now.
The succession ceremony will be held in two days, and the invitations to the ceremony have been sent out, but the successor chosen by the old Duke ran away from the hospital this morning!
To tell you the truth, if you can help us find him within two days, we are willing to add another 50% to your gift list!"
? ! ! !
Are you crazy? How can you tell everything as soon as you meet?
After hearing the young man's words, the other two people in Ryan's family were suddenly shocked, and then looked at him in shock and anger, their eyes full of anger and blame.
The young man seemed to have reacted as well. He suddenly covered his mouth with his hand, then shook his head desperately, and said in panic:
"I…that's not what I meant to say! I didn't!"
"Haha, please don't blame him. The head of the family didn't mean to say that. It's just that I personally don't like to deceive each other, so I just used some tricks, hoping to make everyone communicate as frankly as possible."
After briefly explaining what she had done, the brown-robed woman smiled indifferently at the three people who had deep fear in their eyes, and then suggested: "As for the additional 50%, forget it. The gift list you handed over before is already generous enough. Although we in the Chengjin Sect love money very much, we are not so greedy. Just take the money you deserve."
Looking at the few people who were obviously relieved after hearing that they didn't need to pay extra, the woman in brown robe raised the corner of her mouth slightly and then added:
"It's just that... although we are very confident that we can find the new Duke, our method of finding him is a little special. I wonder if you can accept it?"
A little special?
After hearing the words of the brown-robed woman, the three members of the Ryan family couldn't help but exchange glances with each other, and finally the oldest elder of the clan asked:
"Mr. Zong, may I ask what you mean by special..."
"We need to join our Golden Scale Sect, but it's not you guys who need to join. It's the new Duke of the Ryan family."
The woman in brown robe slightly grinned, revealing a rather strange smile, like a big brown cat seeing a fat mouse coming to the door.
“I worship the cat spirit among the three holy spirits. Anyone who has used money, or even has a slight connection with money, cannot escape its perception and call.
Therefore, it is very easy to find the location of the new Duke. If Lord Cat Spirit is willing, he can even invite him directly to everyone. Even if he has run away from the royal capital, it will not delay the succession ceremony in two days.
However, as a price to pay, the new duke will be affected by Lord Cat Spirit after being locked by his power, and will have the flavor of our Scale Gold Religion on him, making it almost impossible for him to have any connection with other sects.
I don't know the price, are you willing to accept it?"
Will they be forced to join the Scales of Gold? Will they never be able to join any other sect again?
After hearing what the brown-robed woman said, the three people from the Ryan family couldn't help but exchange glances again.
Just add him, he is just a puppet duke anyway. As long as he can show up at the inheritance ceremony two days later, he can stabilize the situation of the Ryan family first. Let alone joining the Scale of Gold Church, it doesn’t matter even if he loses limbs!
But...what if the people of the Chengjin Sect have ulterior motives?
The clan is so anxious to conduct the succession ceremony because they hope to preserve some of the Ryan family's assets. Even if they can't keep it, they can still rely on the title of Duke Lionheart to get more benefits for their relatives.
And if the new duke joins the Scales of Gold Church, then there will be one more person who can play the title card. What if someone from the Scales of Gold Church secretly comes down and competes for the Ryan family's wealth?
……
"Your Excellency, please lock his position first."
After a rather intense exchange of glances, the Ryan family finally reached a consensus. The old duke's butler bowed slightly and said:
"If the new Duke hasn't gone far and is just hiding temporarily, then we can go find him ourselves. If he has already left the capital, then I'll trouble you to bring him back."
"Okay, then please give me something he used."
Not caring about the little calculations of Ryan and the other two, the woman in brown robe took two bandages still stained with ointment from the old butler, lowered her head and sniffed them, her dark brown lips trembled slightly a few times, and then she silently recited two sentences.
Then, a lazy cat's cry suddenly sounded in the reception room. The pupils of the brown-robed woman's eyes closed quickly, and then they were cut open horizontally as if they had been stabbed. Her eyeballs also swelled rapidly, turning into a pair of strange cat's eyes.
"I saw."
After blinking uncomfortably, she looked at the "marks" on the bandage that gradually spread into the distance. Her eyeballs had expanded by more than three times, and the brown-robed woman, who looked much more terrifying, smiled and said:
"There are very obvious traces. It seems that the Duke did not run far. Let me take a look at the situation around him first... Hmm... He climbed over a wall carrying something and jumped into a large field of red roses. Not far away is a rose-red six-story building..."
Wait! Why does this building look familiar?
(End of this chapter)