Chapter 38 Money

It should be said that they were lucky today, and the finance officer Russell was on vacation today. The two sisters and Russell knew each other. When they told Russell everything they encountered, the latter immediately expressed his efforts to help.

However, no matter what, the financial officer and the sheriff are two completely different positions, and their jurisdiction is incompatible. So Russell asked the three of them to wait in their living room and went to the Governor's Mansion as quickly as possible to find out the situation.

However, he went there without looking back. As mentioned earlier, the two sisters were notified of the breakfast incident. Therefore, it was still early when they arrived at the mansion in Russell. They waited in the living room for a long time, long enough for people to circle the small town of Brassian three times, but Russell still did not come back.

"Have you not come back yet?" Xingjian asked again. He couldn't remember how many times she asked this question, but Ashu Rufate still walked out of the living room and looked out. At this location, he could see outside the door of Russell's house. There was no carriage belonging to the finance officer outside. In other words, he had not come back yet.

"Maybe something has been delayed," said Ashu Rufate. "Maybe he is helping me get rid of this trouble."

Hope this is the case.

This hard waiting seems to be endless, but all they can do now is waiting.

Ashu Rufate once again picked up the book from the top of the fireplace. During the boring waiting just now, he had read the book twice. It was also a book with drawings, telling some historical stories about the Kingdom of Gruney. Although these historical stories have parts of the author's interpretation, they are generally in line with historical records. The most important content is the story of the wilderness sage Garunas. This book carefully tells his clever ideas and strategic arrangements. Although Ashu Rufate thinks that some of the content is too presumptuous, some parts are indeed worth reading.

Of course, this "worth reading" is for a foreigner like Asu Ruffat. The two sisters have long been familiar with such stories, so they have no interest in reading them at all.

A loud neighing sound came from outside, which was the neighing of many horses. They could not tell whether a carriage happened to pass by the door? At the door, the owner of the mansion, the finance officer Russell, quickly walked into the living room.

Russell was a short and thin man with a seriousness that belonged to an official on his face. When he walked into the living room, whether it was Xingke or Xingjian, he immediately stood up and looked anxiously at the protector's expression.

"It's a pity." Russell hesitated for a moment and finally opened with this sentence. Hearing these three words, the two sisters' hearts were cold.

"I want to ask...what happened." Xingke asked at the end.

"Don't worry, I'll explain to you in detail what I just encountered." Russell sat on the sofa, opposite the two sisters. "I went there to look at the case-related file as soon as possible," he said. "As you said, I saw the accusation letter written by Eo. The contents of the letter were exactly the same as what you said. In the letter, he questioned the inheritance rights of your estate."

The two sisters nodded, which was already expected.

"If this matter is as you said... it is an extremely shameless attack, a pure fraud. He will be ruined afterwards. Unfortunately, he has left the city of Bracian and ran to the royal city. The reputation here is no longer important to him. But putting aside this, as the only son of the Knight Alanster, if he is indisputable in terms of his bloodline, he is indeed qualified to object to this inheritance power. The law stipulates so. The inheritance rights of the eldest son must be respected."

Russell's eyes glanced at the two sisters. Xingke bit his lips tightly, and Xingjian's uneasiness was clearly written on his face. His eyes finally stopped on Ashu Rufate. Ashu Rufate was the only one who looked calmer.

"In short, this accusation is indeed in compliance with the law, and we know that," said Asu Ruffat. "But why is the judgment directly issued without trial?"

"It has been tried." Russell, the finance officer of Brassian City, replied.

"This is impossible!" the two sisters shouted in unison.

"The trial record, the sheriff's judgment process, and your signature of the judgment process are all available."

"Sign up? But we don't know anything at all."

"I also went to check and proofread the signature, and it took a lot of time. The signature was indeed true, and it was signed by Miss Kaqiuya himself."

"But..." Xing Ke wanted to argue, but a hand suddenly pressed on her shoulder. She turned her head and looked at Ashu Rufate who placed her hand on her shoulder. Ashu Rufate made a gesture of silence.

"In the end, I found a deacon in charge of the relevant affairs, a friend of mine." Russell continued. "I asked about this matter carefully. According to what he said, it was just a very ordinary property inheritance dispute. This dispute had great autonomy. At the same time, because this property dispute was not an irreparable type, the sheriff's judgment could be used as the final judgment without appeal..."

"Master Russell," said Asul Rufate suddenly. "We are really not interested in understanding the red tape of the law, so why not just talk about the results."

"The result is: this matter can only be handled according to the judgment for the time being, and there is no other way."

He paused. "If you can provide critical evidence as you said, you can counterclaim afterwards. Then Io will have to spit out all he gets. If he escapes or cannot compensate, our sheriff will be fully responsible for it. That's it."

"Well, you mean, we must take out ten thousand gold coins within fifty days, otherwise..."

"Otherwise the estate will be auctioned." Finance officer Russell replied, feeling a little embarrassed because he could hardly help in this incident. "The auction money is divided equally."

“It’s the same as the notice?”

"Yes. But this is temporary. When Countess Marian comes back, then Eo must spit out all the fraud gains...or..."

"Otherwise, our sheriff Falold would be dismissed?"

"I don't think so. Because I know that Io seems to be favored in the royal city and has a broad future. A mere ten thousand gold coins is really not as good as his future. Falaud's side will also cost a lot of money to get this position."

"I understand." Ashu Rufate replied. "Thank you for your help. Let's say goodbye first."

Xing asked immediately as they walked out of Russell's door.

"Why are you leaving? We obviously don't sign..."

"Dear Miss Katyuya," said Asu Ruffat. "Our Finance Officer, Lord Russell, has tried his best. He can no longer help us in this matter. So no matter how you emphasize it, it doesn't make any sense. Besides, I don't think this signature is that incomprehensible."

"Why? I obviously..."

"Do you remember what happened when Falold came to the door? At that time, he said something about the 'obligation of informing', so you have to sign the certificate."

"So that signature..." Xingjian screamed in surprise.

"It's a scam. It's mainly because you get your signature, and whether it's counterfeit or tailoring is a technical question." Asu Ruffatt replied. "A sheriff comes to inform you... I thought it was because Aunt Mary has a great face, but now I think it's a trap at the beginning."

"So say..."

"At least in terms of legal procedures, their layout is perfect, and they can't find any weaknesses that can be attacked." As Ash Rufate said. While speaking, they had returned to their carriage. "But such a complicated means... what special value does this land have that allows someone to plan to use such means?"

The two sisters looked at each other. "It probably wasn't there." They said hesitantly. After living here for so many years, they really haven't heard of any special value here.

"Is it the legendary gold mine? But there..."

"Not that." Ashrufate replied naturally. "Is there anything else? I mean, not just our land, but the entire city of Brassian, or the entire North County. There is no unique historical legend in this place...such as treasures of ancient kingdoms, mysterious ruins, and so on."

"I haven't heard of it at all." After thinking for a long time, Xingjian replied.

Is that right? Ashu Rufate pondered. This time the attack seemed to come from the fog, and he could not grasp the identity and purpose of the opponent. This is the worst situation in the battle, because it means that you can only deal with moves, and there is no chance to counterattack at all, and you can't even see what formation the opponent has set up.

"What will happen to us?" Xing Ke spoke. Although she usually looks calm and calm, she has completely lost her temper at this time. This is not a battle they are good at. Their abilities and skills have no meaning in this kind of battle.

"It looks like...we have to take out ten thousand gold coins." Ash Rufate replied.

"We don't have that much money..." Xing Ke replied with a frustrated expression. The money spent on maintaining a decent squire is definitely not a small amount. In fact, the real income of the two sisters is only enough, and it is far from being rich.

"How many?" Ashu Rufate asked.

"Five hundred..." Xingke reluctantly replied. "If you sell the gold and silver utensils, it should be enough for one thousand." She originally thought that Ash Rufate would be surprised or lamented, but the latter just nodded.

"Then we are still missing nine thousand five hundred." Ashrufate said

"This is Jin Oli, not bronze!" Xing Ke said softly. But she just said softly. At this time, she could no longer maintain the usual cold attitude towards Ashu Rufate. Unconsciously, Ashu Rufate had become the one among the three who had the idea. This kind of thing is not surprising. When a person is in vain, he can only entrust everything to others around him, especially those who are still thinking calmly.
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