Douluo's Golden Saint Cloth

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.

"Okay, I'm going back first." Luo Di left with a heavy heart.

Watching Rody's leaving figure, Bernard felt a little uneasy and immediately decided to go to the small building where Paterson had been.

In the secret building of the Debs family mansion.

Bernard walked into it alone. The body of the waiter who had died at the door of the living room of the small building had long been disposed of by Bernard. Bernard looked at the small building and frowned: "Paterson

The Duke said he wanted to meet a guest here, but he didn't go back. Could it be..."

Bernard thought of a possibility.

Not many people in the Debs family knew about the secret room in this small building. Naturally, the men who collected the bodies would not know about it, nor would they go in to investigate.

As for this secret room, Bernard told Duke Paterson, and he also told Duke Paterson that no one could eavesdrop on the discussions in the secret room.

"Impossible, that kind of thing can't happen." Bernard quickly walked into the living room, then immediately walked to the secret room mechanism and turned on the mechanism.

"Quack~~"

The 'stone door' that looked like a wall slowly opened again.

However, the secret room was empty, there was nothing.

Bernard looked confused.

…

The entire Finlay City was still peaceful, and Linley was still practicing quietly in his mansion. However, when Duke Paterson disappeared for half a month, His Majesty King Clyde, who had been quiet, finally issued an order. First, he directly arrested

They arrested the butler of the Duke's Palace, 'Lodi', and then conducted a thorough investigation into the matter on a large scale.

In the living room of Linley's mansion.

"Lord Lin Lei, Your Majesty has an order to ask Sir Lin Lei to go to the palace."

Looking at the order brought by the palace attendant in front of him, Lin Lei felt a little unsure. Why did His Majesty Clyde summon him?

"Please wait a moment. I'll change my clothes and go to the palace right away." Lin Lei replied with a smile.

The night is as black as ink.

The sound of the carriage rang on the street outside the quiet palace. Lin Lei was sitting alone in the carriage, and Beibei was lying on his lap.

Beside the carriage were a dozen knights on horses, headed by a palace attendant who was delivering orders.

Inside the carriage.

Lin Lei frowned: "Now, it's already very late, but Clyde suddenly summoned me. What on earth is he going to do?" The saying that there is no ghost in one's heart is naturally magnanimous.

But now, Linley has killed Paterson.

But lei doesn't care either.

Under Bai Ge's guidance, Lin Lei not only understood the mysteries of "fast" and "slow" in the laws of the wind system, but also the two gradually became consistent.

In addition, Bai Ge often used the forbidden curse "Dimensional Blade" to demonstrate for Lin Lei. Based on his understanding of the realm, Lin Lei was no longer weaker than the peak of the Holy Realm.

Once he transforms and steps into the Holy Realm, looking at the entire Magnolia Continent, few people can take his sword!

Clyde? It's not much more difficult than crushing an ant.

If he had to leave, Heitings wouldn't be able to keep him.

Linley is very confident about this.

At this moment, Lin Lei finally understood why Bai Ge suppressed him and asked him to practice until he reached the ninth level.

This is the saying that if you accumulate little knowledge, then a tall building will rise from the ground.

Strength is the foundation of everything!

Only those in the holy realm have the right to speak!

In the dark night, the vast palace was like a giant beast quietly entrenched on the ground. Carriages entered the palace one after another in just half an hour.

Among them were the carriages that picked up Linley, the carriages that picked up Bernard, and the carriages that picked up other nobles.

…

In the meeting hall of the palace.

In addition to the two guards at the door of the meeting hall, the meeting hall is filled with relatively high-status nobles from Finlay City, eight in total. They are Bernard, the patriarch of the Debs family, Lin Lei, the first magician in the court, and the left prime minister.

Lord Bernard, Lord Inspector Hampton...

"Linley, you're here." Duke Bernard greeted warmly.

Several nobles who had already arrived immediately came to say hello. When Lin Lei saw these nobles, he couldn't help but feel certain. It seemed that they were not looking for him alone.

"My lords, I wonder if you know why His Majesty the King is looking for us this time?" Lin Lei asked immediately.

Duke Bernard, as the left prime minister, knows a lot of information.

"We were summoned this time probably because of the disappearance of Duke Paterson." Duke Bernard replied kindly with a smile.

Bernard next to him immediately asked: "Your Excellency, Duke Paterson is missing. What is he looking for me for? I don't hold any important position in the palace?"

"Today, Your Majesty is not summoning important ministers, but to investigate the matter. Otherwise, why would I come? Why didn't the right minister come, and why did only one supervisory minister come?" Duke Bernard saw it clearly.

Bernard nodded.

But Bernard still felt a little unsure.

Ever since Paterson disappeared, Bernard has been worried in his heart. He was worried that the fact that the Debs family and Paterson were smuggling jade ore would be leaked. If this matter was leaked, the Debs family would really be doomed.

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"Your Majesty, here comes-"

Suddenly, the shrill voice of a palace waiter rang out from the side door of the meeting hall. Following respectfully by two palace waiters, Clyde walked directly to his seat and sat down.

"Meet your Majesty."

The eight nobles on the field bowed and shouted at the same time.

Clyde glanced at the eight nobles in front of him and nodded calmly: "It's almost late at night now. I didn't want to disturb you, but the disappearance of my second brother, Duke Paterson, is too important. I have to ask you to

Gather here."

"The Duke of Paterson is missing. I wonder why your Majesty summoned us?" Lin Lei asked directly.

Among the eight people below, Lin Lei is probably the only one who dares to talk to Clyde like this. Because others only look at Clyde's face, but Lin Lei actually belongs to the Holy See of Light, and is just a name in the Kingdom of Finlay.

"Lin Lei, I just want to find out the facts." Clyde smiled slightly, and then said loudly, "Bring Lodi, the butler of the Duke's Residence."

Lodi? Butler of the Duke's Palace?