At the funeral, the young wife that the old Earl Benton married in the last period of his life stood at the edge, looking a little haggard and very pale.
She stood a little helplessly on the edge of the tombstone, her fingers so white that they were almost translucent, stroking the obsidian tombstone, with a hint of loneliness in her eyes.
There was a faint wry smile on the corner of her mouth, and there seemed to be a touch of self-deprecation in her eyes.
Suldak walked up and said a few words to old Earl Benton's first wife, which was nothing more than comfort before leaving. At this time, Alan Benton also came up and expressed his gratitude to Suldak for coming to attend his father's wedding.
After the funeral, he expressed his gratitude to the fact that his mother was the first wife of the old Earl Benton, and he would officially become the patriarch of the Benton family after the funeral, saying that he hoped that Suldak could participate in the power ceremony.
Minister Allen Benton's words revealed a sense of dependence. He knew that in the city of Luyter, the first nobleman to extend an olive branch was the Ludwig family. In just this year, the Ludwig family
Under the protection of Surdak, an army of lords formed by the De family achieved great results on the battlefield of the Bailin plane.
The first thing Minister Allen Benton did after taking control of the Benton family was to take the family and tie them to the big ship Lord Suldak.
Suldak smiled and nodded.
The group of people left the cemetery and walked along the stone steps to the foot of the mountain, where everyone's magic caravan was parked.
The wives of the old Earl Benton and members of the family stood at the entrance of the cemetery, bidding farewell to the nobles attending the funeral. Behind the charming-looking Mrs. Benton, there were several young people from the Benton family standing, looking at
They behaved frivolously and kept whispering to the young people behind them.
Suldak could see that the charming Mrs. Benton might be the most marginalized, and she was also the most restless.
He didn't want to provoke such a woman, but before leaving, he saw the youngest Mrs. Benton again...
When Surdak left, he nodded slightly to her.
And this young Mrs. Benton seemed to have fallen into a self-enclosed consciousness, standing blankly in the crowd.
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When walking down the steps, several nobles following Surdak were also talking in low voices as they walked.
Without the slightest idea, Suldak, who was just a dozen meters in front, listened to the conversation between them word for word.
"It's so pitiful to be widowed at such a young age." The middle-aged nobleman with a hoarse voice sighed and said with a sense of pity. They went down the mountain not fast, but they were still out of breath and looked a little weak.
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"Speaking of which... Old Benton was really blessed in his later years!" Another nobleman also echoed.
However, the third person spoke more normally, which made Suldak feel that they had not forgotten their aristocratic status after all: "Now that old Benton is no longer around, Allen should be in charge of the Benton family next. It seems that old Benton is better."
He pushed Allen to the position of the Logistics Minister of Ruit City, and transferred the Benton family's industry to Allen bit by bit. The current Benton family still has a strong cohesion. "
"This time our tyrant attended Old Benton's funeral, obviously because he wanted to have a closer relationship with the Benton family." The nobleman who liked to agree followed.
The hoarse voice suddenly interjected: "What do you think Allen will do with these young widows of Old Benton? Since they have no heirs, will they be driven out of the Benton family?"
The noble who spoke more normally asked: "So you want to try the taste of old Benton?"
"Your suggestion... is not impossible." The hoarse voice laughed dryly.
The noble who spoke relatively normally quickly interrupted the conversation between the three of them, and said in a teasing tone: "Hey, we haven't left the Benton family cemetery yet. If you say this, you might kill old Benton."
He was so angry that he crawled out from under the tombstone...and ran to your house to find you!"
"..."
After saying this, the three of them laughed softly.
Surdak felt that the worst thing about becoming a Level 2 powerhouse was that after possessing the five senses that were beyond ordinary people, there would always be some secret words and noisy sounds that would inadvertently reach the ears.
He would hear these words whether he wanted to hear them or not. Some of them would annoy him, making him want to turn around and pick up a stick and stick it into the mouth of the hoarse noble.
He was a little curious about the names of several nobles. He turned around and glanced at Siya who was following him. Surdak hesitated to speak.
Siya was holding a parchment notebook in her arms, taking advantage of the break while going down the mountain to help herself plan her next trip.
The Janna mermaid lady has to deal with many more things every day than Suldak imagined.
Almost all the beauty products she jointly sells with Hathaway and Beatrice are prepared by her herself, and she also runs a travel agency. Each tour group needs to be reviewed by her personally. In addition, she also
She wanted to turn her share of the profits into magic crystals and let the slave traders buy them all from the Janna mermaids in the Benac city market.
Surdak banned the slave trade in Ruit City and the Ganbu Plane as early as last year, so there is no slave market in Ruit City.
However, this move did not actually affect the local nobles' purchase of slaves. They often went to the slave market in Lincheng. Therefore, there was a group of underground slave traders in Ruit City, and Siya often dealt with them. In this slave trading circle
, it is no secret that this female assistant of Lord Surdak likes to collect beautiful Janna mermaids.
In addition, Surdak's official duties at the city hall and the meetings he needs to attend at the House of Representatives will be reported to Siya first.
For some simple process matters, Siya will even sign and hand them over directly.
Only some relatively major things will be fed back to Surdak.
So although Surdak wanted to know the names of the three nobles, he thought that Thea was so busy and didn't say anything else.
Returning to the city hall, Samira, who had not slept all night last night, was lying on the long sofa in the rest area of his office to catch up on her sleep. When she heard the sound of the door opening, Samira sat up from the sofa sleepily.
Then he walked to the tea table nearby and got himself a cup of cold black tea.
Surdak walked in and asked Samira: "How is it...what did you gain last night?"
Samira was slightly startled, her hand holding the tea cup stopped in place, turned to Suldak and asked: "How did you know that I went to investigate last night?"
"Guess, I know you won't leave the question until the next day..." Surdak smiled and threw her a purple fruit, which was similar to a plum, but the taste was more sour and the flesh was a little crispy.
Samira caught the fruit easily, holding black tea in one hand, standing in a sunny place by the window, and said: "In fact, nothing was found. Everything in the cemetery looks normal, and there are no undead.
The smell is even a little too clean..."
Surdak was sitting at his desk and started to deal with today's official business. He was slightly startled when he heard Samira's words.
"Oh? So? What are your plans next?"
"The person who knows the necromancers best is of course the necromancers, so I plan to go to the abandoned mine area to ask Naomi for help. Do you think she will help me?" Samira put her hands on the window sill and asked Suldak.
road.
"It should be possible!" Surdak was not sure either.
"I'm going to find Naomi. I won't be able to return until tomorrow..."
After saying that, Samira leaned back and her body actually fell out of the window. Then she flew across the flower bed like a swift, stood firmly in the courtyard, and walked out of the inner courtyard of the city hall in a few steps...
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The early morning sunlight fell into the room through the gauze curtains blown up by the wind.
Beatrice was like an octopus, her white arms and thighs tightly wrapped around Suldak, the thin white quilt had slipped to the floor, and there was only the sound of even breathing in the room.
Suddenly there was a rapid knock on the bedroom door.
Suldak woke up from his sleep and carefully moved Beatrice's arm. Then Suldak put on his pajamas and walked to the door. When he opened the door, he saw Thea and Gary Decker standing in the west.
Next to Ya, he looked at Suldak with some embarrassment. Before Suldak could speak, Gary Decker whispered to Suldak: "Boss, last night, old Earl Benton
The body was stolen..."
Surdak's sleepiness disappeared in an instant and he asked:
"When did this happen?"
Gary Decker said quickly:
"It must have been midnight. The gravekeeper in the cemetery heard the dog barking a few times outside, so he ran outside to check the situation. As a result, he saw several gravediggers sneaking in, waiting for him to signal to Benton.
The guards of the manor and the gravediggers hurried away. When he checked the cemetery, he discovered that the grave of old Earl Benton, who had just been buried, had been dug up and the coffin was missing!"
Suldak turned around and took the leather jacket from the clothes hanger. After putting it on, he took Gary Decker to the living room.