I Am the Crown Prince in France

Chapter 474 The yellow mud in Poly’s crotch

"Hello, does Ms. Maria Michaela Quirino live here?" the American lawyer said first in English and then in French.

"Oh, it's me." Mrs. Paoli nodded, "Now it's Maria Michaela Paoli, and I'm married. Who are you?"

The man hurriedly handed over his business card: "My name is James Denton. I am your cousin's lawyer."

"Cousin aunt?"

The lawyer nodded: "Yes, that is Mrs. Giovanna Massimo. Do you remember her?"

Mrs. Pauli shook her head: "Sorry, I really don't remember. Oh, please come in and sit down first."

Lawyer Denton entered the room and said politely: "First of all, I have to confirm that you are from the Quirino family in the town of Padano, Ajaccio, right?"

"Yes, that's right."

"Then the heir to Mrs. Massimo's estate should be you." The lawyer took out a stack of documents from his bag. "She is the cousin of your grandmother's sister's second son..."

The lawyer talked about a long list of kinship relationships: "After her death, you are her only relative. Her estate of more than $10,000 will be inherited by you."

When Mrs. Pauli heard this number, she suddenly felt that the sun was shining brightly in her mind, the birds were singing and the flowers were fragrant, and the voice and smile of Cousin Giovanna seemed to emerge.

$10,000, that’s 50,000 livres! It was enough for her to buy a sizable manor in Corsica!

She nodded immediately, then thought of something, with a look of sadness on her face: "My cousin, when did she die? Oh, God, she was such a good person, how could she..."

"Mrs. Massimo passed away due to illness three months ago." Lawyer Denton said. "She said that when she corresponded with you many years ago, she learned that you were in London. Fortunately, you did not move."

Mrs. Paoli tried hard to recall correspondence with her relatives in the United States. After Corsica was occupied by France, many of her relatives did go to the United States to seek life.

And that $10,000 quickly helped her build an entire set of memories.

"Oh, yes, I think I wrote to my aunt."

"Then, please go to the Bank of Amsterdam as soon as possible to receive the inheritance. Of course, you can also go to Philadelphia, I would be more happy to serve you there."

Pauli, who was directing the servants to clean up the fire scene on the second floor, heard the noise and went downstairs to the living room. After his wife told him about the inheritance, she frowned a little: "We want to go to Amsterdam? Can't we do it in London?"

After all, what he is doing is to split France. There are people who want his life everywhere, and he must be vigilant at all times.

"I'm sorry, sir. Mrs. Massimo's property is all in the United States. As you know, there is no bank exchange between the United States and Britain for the time being. The nearest exchange bank is in the Netherlands."

After lawyer Denton verified Mrs. Pauly's identity, he handed her the will and other documents, agreed on a time for handling the inheritance, and then left.

Paulie looked at the documents suspiciously and asked his wife, "Do you have any impression of this aunt?"

"Yes, honey, I remember her taking me to town when I was little."

In fact, there is no Mrs. Massimo at all.

Fouche sent someone to find out that Mrs. Pauly had relatives in the United States, so he invented such a character.

No one would doubt the inheritance of real money. Mrs. Pauly quickly used autosuggestion to pin other vague memories on her "cousin aunt" and firmly believed that she had this relative.

"So you're going to the Netherlands?" Paulie asked, looking at the documents. "Maybe this is a scam."

The woman nodded: "I'll go with Mr. Pietro. It'll be fine. At worst, it's just a trip to the Netherlands. In fact, I've wanted to go there for a long time."

She knew that Paulie would never leave England - the French would probably kill him if he did. But I have never been involved in politics, so there is definitely no danger.

Paulie thought about it again and again, and finally agreed. After all, $10,000 is not a small amount.

Less than half a month after his wife left for the Netherlands, accompanied by her housekeeper, Paulie received a letter from her.

The letter was full of excitement, telling him that the inheritance was true. She had received a $10,000 money order from the United States and had cashed it. Moreover, my aunt's inheritance is far more than just cash. There is also a lot of real estate and land, but I don't know the specific value. Maybe I will go to the United States in the future.

Pauli was also very happy. After he joined the restoration movement, all his income came from funding from others, and his life was not very wealthy. Now with this inheritance from his wife, he can finally live a good life.

Not long after Mrs. Pauli received the inheritance from her "cousin aunt", a high-level meeting of the organization was held again in the secret stronghold of the Restoration Organization in Ajaccio, Corsica.

Everyone quickly finalized the details of a riot in Karges next month and sent the plan to the leader Paoli.

During the noon recess, Congressman Girolamo talked about his wife's encounter with Mrs. Pauli in Amsterdam.

"What are you doing in the Netherlands for Mrs. Paoli?" Giuseppe asked casually while drinking coffee.

"It seems to be to inherit the inheritance." Girolamo said, "She mentioned a few words to my wife. She has a distant relative in the United States who left her a large sum of money."

Seeing that no one cared, he continued: "Maybe tens of thousands of dollars, and real estate and so on. It's really a windfall."

Of course, Mrs. Pauli had never met his wife, let alone said anything. But the director of the intelligence agency gave him instructions personally, so he had to say so. As for the truth, no one could go to London to ask Mrs. Pauli whether she had told Mrs. Girolamo about the inheritance.

Yes, Girolamo was turned over by the French government a long time ago. But because he was not in a high position in the organization, he had not been of much use except for providing some peripheral intelligence.

He deliberately emphasized "a large sum of money" and "windfall" and so on, and finally made Battolio frown on the side: "This is a bit too coincidental. The money funded by Mr. Chamos was just burned, and Mrs. Pauli unexpectedly got a large inheritance?"

"What are you talking about?" Giuseppe immediately scolded, "Are you doubting Mr. Pauli?"

"Oh, no, I'm just joking."

Girolamo waved his hand quickly, but exchanged glances with the other two who went to London that time.

After the meeting, the three immediately came to Girolamo's home.

"Are you doubting that the 25,000 pounds weren't burned at all?"

"Yes, it's possible that only waste paper was burned. I don't want to doubt Mr. Paulie, but with such a large sum of money, no one can guarantee that they won't be tempted."

What he didn't say was that the money was originally intended to be distributed to people like him, so no one should even think about it!

"Then what are your plans?"

"Send someone to the Netherlands and the United States to check!"