Lin Lei was convinced and walked into the living room.

"Duke Paterson, this matter seems to be very important." Linley looked at Paterson with a smile.

Paterson nodded and said: "That's natural, and I have arranged a substitute. In the eyes of others, I have long returned to the Duke's Mansion.

Apart from Bernard and my butler, I'm afraid you are the only one who knows I'm here."

"substitute?"

"Duke Paterson, why do you want to see me in such a secret way?"

Lin Lei asked with great interest.

Duke Paterson looked around and immediately closed the door to the living room.

"Come, let's talk inside."

Duke Paterson pulled Linley and walked toward the inner room of the living room. After entering the inner room, Paterson turned on the mechanism.

Only the sound of "rattling" rocks was heard, and a stone door appeared.

There is also a closed secret room inside this small building.

"Lin Lei, come in." Paterson smiled at Lin Lei.

Linley nodded and stepped inside.

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There was darkness in the secret room. Paterson lit three candles before looking at Linley with a smile.

"There is nothing I can do. Whether it is my Duke's Palace or yours, there are too many eyes on others and it is not safe." Paterson said with a long sigh of relief.

Lin Lei also knew that his mansion had always been under the watchful eyes of the Holy See of Light and Clyde's men.

Because the mansion was arranged by Clyde, and the servants were also given by Clyde.

It’s normal that there is Clyde’s eyeliner in it.

And those guards come from the Holy See of Light.

In fact, most of Linley's actions in the mansion were always exposed to the eyes of two parties.

"Duke Paterson, what we are going to talk about today seems to be very important. Tell me what it is." Linley said with a smile.

Paterson took out a magic crystal card from his arms: "Lin Lei, there are ten million gold coins in this card."

"Ten million gold coins?" Linley waited for Paterson to explain.

Paterson said helplessly: "Lin Lei, let me tell you the truth.

After my eldest brother appointed me as the 'Finance Minister' of the Kingdom of Finlay, I used the power in my hands to seek money for myself.

All along, I've done everything perfectly.

But this time, the smuggling I did with other families was too big.

With my men and horses investigating, my elder brother...may have noticed it."

Paterson was very good at keeping his word and did not expose the Debs family.

"The scale of smuggling is too large? But what does this have to do with me?" Lin Lei looked at Paterson with a smile.

Paterson said quickly: "Of course it is related. Although Clyde and I are brothers, I know very well that he will never show mercy, and I must find a way out for myself.

After all, I have done too many things over the years, and if this matter is found out, many things in the past will be found out."

"So, I want you to help me talk to Mr. Yale from the Dawson Chamber of Commerce.

I know you and Yale are good brothers." Paterson forced a smile.

"Yale?" Lin Lei understood what the other party meant.

Paterson said helplessly: "Once the incident comes to light in the future, there will be only a few forces on the entire continent who can rescue me from the royal capital of Finlay City.

And the Dawson Chamber of Commerce is definitely one of them.

The Kingdom of Finlay doesn’t dare to mess with the Dawson Chamber of Commerce yet!

And the Holy See of Light will never deal with the Dawson Chamber of Commerce because of a corruption case."

"As long as the Dawson Chamber of Commerce intervenes, I can be rescued very easily.

However, I have contacted people from the Dawson Chamber of Commerce, and they are unwilling to offend Clyde because of me." Paterson looked at Linley expectantly.

"Linley, Yale is the son of the president of the Dawson Chamber of Commerce, and his words are very useful.

And the Dawson Chamber of Commerce also values ​​you very much, so as long as you tell me, there will be no problem."

Paterson said eagerly, "If you don't save me, I'm afraid I will die in the future. Please help me. No one will know the content of your conversation with me."

"As long as you save me, ten million gold coins will be yours. Lin Lei, please."

Paterson's tone was very sincere, and his eyes were full of expectation!

These words reached Bai Ge's ears word for word.

This made Bai Ge quite surprised.

This Paterson still went to smuggle.

Different from the original work, the Debs family is not suppressed by the Dawson Chamber of Commerce because of Alice, because Lin Lei does not know Alice at all.

But the Debs family, who somehow had the wrong nerve, still cooperated with Duke Paterson to smuggle jade mines and seek huge profits.

Therefore, everything returns to the trajectory of the original plot.

How could Lin Lei hold back when his enemies came to his door?

He directly broke Paterson's neck.

Lin Lei is now at level 9 in human form and has understood the laws of wind. Killing a level 7 Paterson will not be much more difficult than killing a chicken.

After killing Paterson, Linley sprinkled some corpse powder to destroy the body and eliminate traces of it.

As for where this corpse powder comes from?

Needless to say, it was naturally a gift from Bai Ge and refined by Tang San.

"Lord Linley, walk slowly." The butler at the door of the Debs family mansion said respectfully to Linley.

Linley nodded, said goodbye to Count Juno, and entered his carriage.

"Go back." Lin Lei ordered calmly after entering the carriage.

"Yes, sir."

The seventh-level warrior of the Holy See of Light bowed to the order and immediately drove the carriage toward Lin Lei's residence.

"I spent almost fifteen minutes with Paterson." Lin Lei took out his pocket watch and took a look.

This pocket watch was one of the gifts given by many guests to congratulate Lin Lei after he was awarded the title of Marquis. Because he liked the style of this pocket watch, Lin Lei also carried it with him.

"Fifteen minutes. Count Juno and the others are almost the last batch of guests to leave. If I don't investigate carefully, no one will doubt me." Lin Lei thought to himself, "There is another problem. Paterson said that his butler knew

He wants to see someone, but he doesn’t know who he’s meeting.”

Lin Lei frowned: "But I can't believe this. Maybe Paterson's housekeeper knew that it was me that Paterson was meeting. And Paterson may have said that deliberately to reassure me."

Linley also thought of this possibility.

Paterson's Butler!

It is indeed a loophole.

And...if we investigate carefully, I'm afraid others will also find out where Lin Lei went in the last fifteen minutes. It was just that the nobles were chatting casually and leaving one after another in a scattered manner. In that scene, it was also possible to find out a certain person.

I'm afraid it's also difficult.

"At least no one saw me meeting Paterson. The waiter he saw had been killed by Paterson." Lin Lei thought to himself.

Others may at most doubt you, but there is no evidence to attack you.

On the first and second days of Paterson's disappearance, no one except Paterson's housekeeper realized anything was wrong.

In the living room of the Debs family, there were only Bernard and a middle-aged man with green hair.

"Bernard, did the Duke leave you on the night of Karan's engagement?" the green-haired middle-aged man asked. This green-haired middle-aged man is the housekeeper of Duke Paterson's Palace, 'Lodi'.

Bernard felt full of frustration.

Your Duke is gone, you ask me?

Bernard knew it, but Duke Paterson didn't even tell him who he was meeting that night, and he didn't say anything when he left. How could he, Bernard, know?

"The Duke has left. There is no Duke in my mansion." Bernard answered directly.

On the second day of the engagement ceremony, Bernard sent someone to dispose of the waiter's body. His men found no trace of Duke Paterson in the small building.

"Oh." Luo Di frowned, and then looked at Bernard, "Bernard, if you find traces of my adults, you must tell me. This matter can be light or serious. If it is serious, it may even cause death.

The smuggling of your Debs family has also been exposed."

Bernard's face couldn't help but change.
To be continued...