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Next is Earl Hall, a great nobleman who also holds real power.
According to the information given by Greco, Earl Hall is indeed considered to have a good life style and a decent conduct. It is said that he has never accepted financial bribes.
It can be regarded as a hexagonal barrel, with no shortcomings.
But no one is perfect, and excellent people like Earl Hall are no exception.
He likes to go out hunting, especially in autumn. He often goes to the large manor in the suburbs and leads a group of people into the dense forest to hunt wild animals.
Even spending a lot of money to buy a good hunting dog, Susie was given as a gift.
This is a hobby that can be broken into, and it is also a breakthrough that can be bribed.
There are always some officials who don't like mundane things like money. In this case, we can only target their hobbies.
If you like cultural relics, give them cultural relics. If you like calligraphy and painting, give them calligraphy and painting. They call it a beautiful name and let the adults evaluate it.
In addition to this, Greco also provided him with a direction, which is to pursue Audrey and become the son-in-law of Earl Hall.
In this way, Earl Hall, as his father-in-law, would give a little help in the matter of promotion to the title.
Hastur directly rejected this suggestion and prepared to attack it through the fact that Earl Hall liked hunting.
"If we can find a hound that is better than the one Earl Hall has, it will probably attract Earl Hall's attention.
Then, I can give this hound to Earl Hall, and the bribe should be completed."
"But an excellent hunting dog is worth tens of thousands of gold pounds, which is really expensive..."
Hastur thought for a while and made a decision in his mind. If there is no good hunting dog, then train one. It can also help Gray Lint digest the magic potion of the animal trainer.
At around three o'clock in the afternoon, Hastur came to Gray Lint's house and invited him to go out with him to choose a suitable pet.
Gray Lint laughed and said, "Hasta, even if you don't come to me, I'm going to have people come find you. I just recently found a group of guys selling pets. They have good breeds and are very cheap."
"Where can such a good thing come from?"
"Hey, those guys used some unfair means, and then they were detained by a friend I know. We can just go and pick it up."
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When they arrived at their destination, Hastur truly understood what Gray Lint meant by picking up leaks.
It's just black and white.
Those pet dealers used unfair means to steal high-quality pet cubs in other places, then smuggled them to Backlund and sold them to the nobles here at high prices.
This time, they were unlucky. They were targeted by Backlund's local gang and took away all the pets. They were too sure that the gang would not call the police.
Even if you call the police, there are friends in Gray Lint who can help bail him out and resolve the matter.
"Graylint, is this Baron Campbell you have been mentioning? He looks younger and more handsome than you described."
Baron Boer, a friend of Gray Linte, looks to be in his early twenties, not tall but fat, dressed in flamboyant and gorgeous clothes, wearing a dazzling gold watch on his wrist, followed by two attendants, each holding a dog leash. .
They were two ferocious-looking dogs, with shiny black hair on their backs, and only a small patch of yellow hair on the lower legs. Their eyes were sharp and ferocious. They were baring their teeth and looking at the group of people imprisoned in front of them. Pet cubs inside the cage.
From time to time, two intimidating roars were emitted, which scared the pet cubs to curl up in a circle and tremble.
These should be two Rottweilers.
"You are Gray Linte's friend, then you are my friend. You can choose these cubs today, and I promise to give you a suitable price."
"Then I won't be polite."
Gray Lint couldn't wait to start selecting, and Hastur followed behind him, slowly looking at the pet cubs.
Gray Lint is an expert in choosing pets. He only needs to choose from the pets selected by Gray Lint.
Hastur has relatively high requirements for the pets he wants. As for the selection of suitable hounds, he has given full responsibility to Gray Lint.
He followed Gray Lint for a while, then left the pet dog area and came to the cat area.
The cages containing kittens here are obviously much smaller than the dog cages next to them.
At a rough count, there were only more than twenty.
There were not many of them, and Hastur just happened to slowly observe them one by one.
He first looked at the cats' eyes and hair, then looked at their overall shape, and finally looked at their individual personalities.
In this aspect, he is still a layman and can only rely on his own feelings most of the time.
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I have to say that the quality of this batch of pets is indeed very good.
Hastur just observed the third one, and he was already a little excited.
It was a white kitten whose body was as white as snow, without any variegation. Its eyes were a deep green, like a watery emerald, and its long and gorgeous back hair was adorable. The face and behavior are also very elegant.
There was one thing that dissatisfied Hastur. This Persian cat looked a little lazy. It was coiled in the corner of the cage with its eyes slightly closed, not caring at all about what was happening in the outside world.
After looking at it for a long time, it has a bit of Forsi's shadow and the smell of salted fish.
Hastur thought to himself that the cat he raised needed to be more diligent. If it was too lazy, then he would be too busy.
That white hair doesn't look suitable for going out to inquire for information, otherwise it will be stained with mud, and cleaning it will definitely be troublesome.
Hastur ignored the white kitten and continued to observe the other cats.
After looking at two or three of them, I saw a very rich big orange. It was lying there quietly, staring at Hastur with a pair of not-so-smart eyes, raising its chin slightly, as if to say, I just It's a nobleman, and you're just a pauper.
Tsk, if you really raise this little thing, it might be even more incapable of moving than Fors.
Hastur continued to pass by, picking up left and right, and finally saw a kitten that he was quite satisfied with.
It is a little black cat with glossy black hair. When its body shakes slightly, it looks like a piece of black silk rippling. Its eyes are not the usual amber, but a faint blue.
The size is also what he likes, about the size of two palms.
After observing for a while, he should be a smart and elegant type.
It doesn't look as lazy as the first two, just a little timid.
Hastur took note of the little black cat first and continued to observe the other kittens.
After reading them all, he still felt that this little black cat was better, so he asked someone to open the cage and reach out to hold the little black cat in his hands.
It was fluffy and very light. Perhaps because of shyness, it shrank into a small ball. Occasionally, it stretched out the tip of its pink and tender tongue and licked Hastur's finger on its chin.
"really not bad."
Hastur was very satisfied with this little thing, held it in his hand, and walked towards Gray Lint who was selecting a hound.
"Hasta, have you made your choice?"
"Well, what do you think?"
Hastur held up the little black cat and handed it to Graylingt. Before Graylingt could take a closer look, the little black cat meowed and shrank into a small black ball.
Gray Linte looked at it for a while and smiled: "It's quite smart and has good spirituality. It's a good cat."
"That's it then."
About half an hour later, Gray Lint also selected a good hunting dog and a golden retriever.
Hastur thought to himself that Gray Linte probably regarded this golden retriever as Susie's replacement.
After making the selection, it was time to pay, with Gray Lint negotiating while Hastur just watched silently.
In the end, only 500 gold pounds were collected, of which the hound accounted for 400 gold pounds, the golden retriever 100 gold pounds, and the little black cat was given for free, because Hastur was a new friend he made today.
If the hound had not been young and had not been severely
If you want to do training, the price will increase several times.
According to Baron Boer, the bloodhound of that hound is very good. As long as it is specially trained by a trainer, it will be worth at least two to three thousand gold pounds.
His batch of pets were black goods, so the price would have been low. In addition to his good relationship with Gray Lint, 400 gold pounds was already considered a bargain.
Hastur had no objection to this. Compared with the hound purchased by Earl Hall, this was already considered a bargain.
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Back at his home, Hastur asked Butler Neil to hire a maid to take care of the little black cat.
He really wanted to take care of it by himself, but he was afraid that there was something he didn't do well enough, such as what food he should feed and what he should avoid in daily life.
There is so much relevant knowledge that needs to be mastered.
There are a lot of spare rooms on the second floor, so Hastur specially prepared a pet room next door as a shelter for this little black cat.
Hasta stroked the little black cat's head with his right hand and murmured: "You should also be given a name."
"If I had followed my old habits, I would have given you names like Little Black Tan and Little Black Ball."
"Meow?"
The little black cat raised his little head and didn't seem to like the name.
"Don't worry, I will give you a more elegant name, so that it will be worthy of your status as an extraordinary creature in the future, and it will also be convenient for you to walk outside."
"I haven't decided on the specific name yet... I can consider letting you come and decide your future destiny."
Hasta's eyes lit up. Zhou Zhou was indeed a good solution that could effectively resolve his difficulty in choosing.
He had been thinking about which extraordinary path he wanted this little black cat to take, and several of the extraordinary paths were very suitable, making it difficult for him to choose.
If this little black cat is allowed to make its own choice, in the future, it will not complain about its owner deciding its extraordinary path without authorization.
"You were born unable to make your own decisions. Now I will give you a chance to decide your own destiny. You must take advantage of it."
Hastur flicked the little black cat's head.
"Meow?"
The little black cat lay on his back, with his limbs pointing upward, exposing his soft belly. His blue eyes could not understand such overly complicated words.
the next day.
Butler Neil hired a special maid to take care of the little black cat.
Hastur also walked out of the study, came to the little black cat's den, picked up the little black cat, and asked the maid and the others to leave first.
After everyone left, he closed the door and placed the little black cat in the center of the floor.