Earl Allen Benton looked at the glass vase on the windowsill with some nostalgia. Although the flowers in the vase had withered, there was a wry smile on his face, and the wrinkles on his forehead were so deep.
"Olulia, help me take out those things..." Earl Allen Benton called softly to the young man guarding him.
With red eyes, the young man walked to the cabinet without saying a word, took out a parchment file bag from the cabinet, and then walked to Earl Allen Benton.
"Open it..." Alan Benton was very weak and struggled to speak every word.
The file bag was opened by the young man. Inside were several pieces of magic parchment, land deeds, and a gold seal.
The young man named Olulya handed over the land deed and seal to Surdak.
Each land deed has a detailed description of the area and land boundaries. Surdak counted it and found seven in total. The magic parchment at the bottom was actually not a land deed, but a letter of recommendation.
The last right that every logistics minister has before resigning is to recommend the next logistics minister. The recommendation letter that Earl Allen Benton gave to Suldak was a recommendation that had been written and signed by himself.
In the letter, the only blank space is the name of the recommender, which also means that Suldak can fill in anyone's name on it.
With the recommendation of Earl Allen Benton, Suldak can make it smoother when he promotes his own people.
This recommendation letter, the land deeds, and the official seals were probably prepared for Suldak in advance by Earl Allen Benton...
Surdak saw a map of the outskirts of Ruit hanging on the wall. This map could almost completely explain all the territory owned by the Benton family. There were large red graffiti on this map. Surdak lowered his head again.
Looking at the land deeds, I realized that all the land deeds in my hand had been obliterated on the map on the wall.
Suldak estimated that the seven land deeds in his hand accounted for at least two-thirds of the land owned by the Benton family on this map.
Earl Allen Benton looked at Suldak. There was no pleading in his eyes, but a kind of expectation before relief.
Surdak looked down at the land deeds in his hand, put them, the recommendation letter, and the official seal all into the portfolio, and then put them into the magic pocket.
"That's the end of what happened before." Suldak said to Earl Allen Benton.
Earl Allen Benton even had a sense of relief in his eyes at this moment, and whispered: "Thank you!"
Then he slowly closed his eyes, and a faint smile appeared on his face with difficulty. Surdak could clearly feel that the last trace of life in him began to disappear quietly.
Suldak hurriedly moved forward, wanting to send some power of holy light into his body, but when he grabbed Earl Allen Benton's hand, his palm didn't even have a trace of warmth. Suldak
Then he reached out to Earl Allen Benton's chest and found that his heart had stopped beating.
Then he stood up, and everyone in the room stood up and mourned for a short while towards Earl Allen Benton.
Earl Allen Benton's wife and children entered the room one after another, and the room was full of people.
Suldak took the opportunity to go out and stand in the corridor to breathe.
It seems that people in the manor have long known that Earl Allen Benton is about to die. The news of his death did not make the manor become chaotic. Even some magic caravans that were about to leave slowly stopped on the roadside, and the people in the carriages
Family members returned one after another to say their final goodbyes to Alan Benton.
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Suldak did not expect that Earl Allen Benton's last wish was that his family would burn his body to ashes, put the ashes in a jar, and then bury him in the cemetery.
The wooden platform for burning corpses was set up in the back garden. When Suldak walked to the back garden, he discovered that there were actually two burning platforms built here. They were made of very burnt-resistant and oil-rich pine branches, with some kerosene poured on them.
Each wooden platform is about three meters long and only one and a half meters wide. The wood is placed very densely and looks like a large single bed.
Surdak was a little curious about who owned the other burning platform, but he couldn't ask these busy servants.
While hesitating in the garden, Suldak spotted Marilena wearing a long black dress, a black top hat on her head, and a black gauze covering her face. The servant behind her even carried a
The suitcase looks like it is about to go on a long journey.
She walked towards the pavilion where Surdak was, bowed slightly and said hello.
It has to be said that Mrs. Marilena is the prettiest among the wives of old Earl Benton. Suldak turned to her and asked: "Mrs. Marilena, why are there two tables here?"
"The person lying on the other incineration platform is Madam Jenny..." Mrs. Marilena stood at the edge of the pavilion, looked in the direction of the incineration platform, and said calmly.
Suldak thought for a while and then remembered that Lady Jenny was the youngest lady of old Earl Benton. At the funeral of old Benton, the young woman with a beautiful face left a deep impression on him.
Later, Marilena told Suldak the story of Mrs. Jenny.
Lady Marilena said that she actually wanted to tell Suldak something she knew at the funeral of old Earl Benton, but unfortunately she didn't have the chance to say it out at the time.
Although Mrs. Jenny was not a necromancer, she was very obsessed with necromancy during her lifetime. It should be influenced by family factors. Jenny has been fond of necromancy since she was a child, and she was often exposed to some necromancy potions.
However, due to her talent, she was unable to awaken the magic pool, so she was unable to learn magic.
Old Benton met Mrs. Jenny exactly two years ago, when she fled Mukusuo with her parents and had nowhere to live, and it was Old Benton who took them in.
Later, her parents left him in the Benton family. She was originally going to marry a young member of the Benton family, but during the wedding, they discovered that the person marrying her was the old Benton.
Because of this matter, Earl Allen Benton even had an unpleasant quarrel with Old Benton. Although everyone knew that Old Benton was famous for being a romantic, due to physical reasons and considerations of family honor, everyone did not
I don’t want him to continue to marry a wife because I don’t want him to die on a woman’s belly one day.
Unfortunately, the old Earl Benton did not accept everyone's suggestions, the wedding was still held as usual, and Lady Jenny became the last wife of the old Earl Benton.
Old Benton came into contact with undead magic because of Lady Jenny, and initially because the undead potion allowed him to find his own second spring.
Later, with in-depth understanding, old Earl Benton's thoughts gradually changed. Perhaps because of the fear of death, old Benton began to have a strong interest in the immortals, although he knew that the souls of the immortals would fall into the world of the dead forever.
But immortality in another sense gave him some new ideas.
It was this young Lady Jeanne who made old Earl Benton embark on a path of no return.
This made Suldak never expect that the truth would be like this. When he saw Lady Jenny's face was too pale at Old Benton's funeral, he thought that the death of Old Earl Benton had hit her too hard.
I didn't expect that she would be a lover of necromancy.
I thought that if I knew the truth of the matter earlier, I might be able to discover Viscount Duwei's conspiracy earlier...
Surdak shook his head vigorously, throwing these thoughts behind him. There is no regret medicine in the world. This world may have two planes with different time flow rates, but that is not the reverse flow of time and space.
After Mrs. Marilena said this, she took a long breath, her eyes under the black gauze secretly glanced at Suldak, and said:
"I'm leaving here, so before I leave, I want to tell the secrets I've been holding in my heart."
Suldak turned around, glanced at her, and said casually: "Are you planning to leave the Benton family and Ruyter?"
Just watching her turn around and walk towards the yard in front, she said casually: "Well, I plan to go to the prosperous imperial capital to have a look. In this life, you always have to walk around and take a look, otherwise how will you know?
How wonderful the world outside is."
She walked and talked without looking back.
Suldak watched with his own eyes as Earl Allen Benton lay on the incineration platform, and his whole body quickly disappeared in the fire and smoke.
Sitting on the magic caravan, on the way back to Luyt City, Surdak suddenly thought that maybe one or two cremation furnaces should be built in Luyt City. This method of cremation does not require the purchase of expensive coffins.
For those poor people living at the bottom, it may be able to reduce the burden of life.
It's just that the old life concepts and customs may make it difficult for them to accept cremation, because generally speaking, only those who are judged to be heretics, demons, undead, etc. will be sent to the stake by magicians.
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Thinking of this, Suldak sighed slightly. If he wants to change some of the deep-rooted ideas of the citizens, I am afraid there is still a long way to go.
He also did not expect that Allen Benton would take this step in the end, sacrificing himself and most of his territory to continue the Benton family.
But this really saved the Benton family. The carriage was driving on the forest road, and a group of construct knights slowly walked out of the dark woods. One group after another, they slowly gathered into an entire group of construct knights.
If it weren't for what Earl Allen Benton did before his death, Suldak would have wanted to disband the Benton family and seize all the territory tonight.
The reason is that although it seems that Viscount Duwei is leading this matter, in fact the abomination is the protagonist of this plague incident, but there are some mistakes in the process of cultivating and fusing souls. Old Benton's
The soul was not completely integrated into the abomination's body, so its combat power was greatly reduced, which even affected its ability to devour.
If this abomination had a clear mind and could swallow enough souls, it might be a devastating disaster for Ruit City.
Now that things have finally calmed down, although Ruit City has suffered huge losses, Surdak has had mixed results. First of all, the plague incident has allowed Ruit City to obtain a large area of public property. Anyone who has anything to do with Viscount Duwei
Any nobles involved will be punished if they fail to do so, and according to the laws of the Green Empire, nobles can pay fines to reduce their punishment.
In this way, Surdak will be able to seize a large amount of public land. Surdak does not intend to add this part of the land to his own territory, but will turn it into the public property of Ruit City, and then this part of the land will be included in the future.
Rent it to the poor in the city at low prices to improve the living standards of the poor.
Moreover, Suldak plans to appoint Baron Martino as the new logistics minister of Ruit City.
The important position of the Minister of Logistics controls the material dispatch of the entire city and has almost the same power as the Minister of Finance. Especially at this time when urban construction is in full swing, this position must be held by one of your own to ensure that the wealth of Ruit City does not leak out.
Apparently Earl Allen Benton also knew this very well, so he gave Suldak a blank letter of recommendation.
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Gary Decker got into the carriage and sat side by side with Thea opposite Suldak.
At this moment, the sky was getting brighter, and the magic caravan was traveling through the mountain roads filled with thick fog. The wet fog smelled like grass. Carrie Decker took off his helmet and shook his hair that was wet with dew.
He took the towel handed over by Siya and wiped it carefully.
"I really hate this foggy weather, even my breath is wet..." Gary Decker complained. "I thought I would encounter resistance from the Benton family guard knights, but I didn't expect it to end like this.
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Surdak said to Gary Decker: "Let the other cavalry regiments also withdraw. Next, let me see who else is on the list Aphrodite gave us."
Thea quickly took out a piece of magic parchment from her arms, with noble names written all over it.
It must be said that Aphrodite's charm and hypnosis were simply spells created for interrogation. Even the strong-willed Viscount Duwei confessed a list of nobles under the charm and hypnosis.
"Are we just going to keep cleaning every house like this?" Siya looked at the list and asked Suldak.
Surdak nodded and said matter-of-factly: "Of course, this is the only way to get a clean city of Ruit. I don't want another plague event like this to happen again when we leave Ruit!
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"Boss, where are we going next?" Gary Decker asked.
Surdak scratched the scab on his chin and said, "Go to the Ma Li Family Manor."
Carrie Decker determined her next destination, and without waiting for the magic caravan to stop, she opened the carriage door and jumped out. She wanted to plan the Construct Knights' next course of action.
At this time, only Thea remained in the carriage. She rolled up the list on the parchment roll, raised her head and asked Suldak:
"Dak, are you leaving Luyt City? Is there any news from the military department?"
Surdak shook his head and said: "Not yet, but I think since I was the first to touch the cake on Bai Lin's plane, then when it comes time to pay the price, there will always be a lord army there.
In the Warsaw plane, help Duke Newman deal with the mess there..."