Wizard of science

"So, sir, are you really not considering other houses?" Charles looked at Li He and asked.

"Don't think about it, just stay here." Li He affirmed.

"..." Charles was stunned, looking at Li He who was extremely persistent, and didn't know what to say for a long time.

After more than ten seconds, Charles took a deep breath and said: "Okay, if you really want to buy it, I can give you a suitable price.

"How many?"

"Five thousand gold coins..." Charles stretched out his hand and said, but before Li He could say anything, his tone changed and he curled up two fingers, "Generally, courtyards like this in other places are sold for five thousand gold coins. But due to the special circumstances of this courtyard, the maximum amount is three thousand gold coins."

"But..." Charles took the initiative to curl up a finger, "But a few years ago, the price of this courtyard was three thousand gold coins. No one has inquired about the price. Now it will definitely be reduced, to at most two thousand gold coins."

"In addition, the former owner of the courtyard said that if someone really wants to buy it, he can lower the price by 500 gold coins." Charles half-shrunk his fourth finger, "So, the deal can be done with 1,500 gold coins. This person What do you think, sir?"

"Deal." Li He responded and looked at Charles, feeling that the other person was a little too honest, not as honest as a businessman.

Thanks to the fact that he had been responsible for the accounts at Blackstone Castle before, he had a relatively good understanding of the prices of goods in the Kingdom of Fornalanza. To buy a medium-sized courtyard in the royal capital of Lunsa, five or six thousand gold coins is an average price. If the location is better, it may be even higher. Considering that the courtyard here is haunted and other reasons, one thousand five hundred gold coins is a really appropriate price.

Generally speaking, this price requires constant bargaining with merchants to get it. Unexpectedly, the other party quoted the lowest price himself.

In this regard, there was no need for him to be more hesitant and he agreed directly.

Speaking of which, he didn't worry about the price in the first place. Whether it's five thousand gold coins or fifteen hundred gold coins, he can afford it. He owns the Blackstone Castle. There are many gold coins stored in the Blackstone Castle. Although it does not make him as rich as the enemy, it can still achieve financial freedom. Just buying a house in Lensa is really not a big deal.

"Is the deal done? That's good!" Charles nodded after listening to Li He's answer, and then asked, "Excuse me, sir, when do you want to sign the purchase contract? As long as you sign the contract and pay the money, this house will be yours." It’s yours.”

"The sooner the better."

"How about tomorrow?"

"This morning."

"Ahem..." Charles almost choked on his saliva and looked at Li He in disbelief, "Sir, are you really not thinking about it anymore... After all, it's a big business of 1,500 gold coins. Can’t wait for a day?”

"I'm in a hurry."

"I..." Charles opened and closed a few times, looking like he wanted to persuade, but in the end he didn't say anything.

Finally, he nodded and said, "Okay, I'll contact the owner of this courtyard right away."

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In the blink of an eye, half an hour later.

"Meat and Spirits" hotel lobby.

It was the time between morning and noon, the hotel business was quiet, and there were almost no people.

Li He, Alex, and Ciel appeared here.

In addition to the three people, there is also a tall and thin man who is the owner of the haunted house. From the looks of it, the other person was extremely thin, with deep sunken eye sockets, and the skin on his face was almost attached to the bones, like a living skeleton. According to the other party, before he lived in the haunted house, he weighed more than two hundred kilograms. After living in the haunted house, he was tortured by invisible ghosts and became like this.

In addition, there are two elderly people, almost in their sixties.

According to Charles, he was the notary who signed the contract.

Normally, a business transaction contract does not need to be so troublesome, but after all, it involves 1,500 gold coins, which is a relatively large amount. The transaction object is a haunted house, and it is easy to live in it and regret it, so it is better to be more formal.

In addition, there is also the owner of the hotel, which weighs more than 300 pounds, sitting and watching as if joining in the fun.

Finally, there is the innkeeper’s son, a little naughty boy. Li He thought that the other party was also joining in the fun, and frowned. Although he was too lazy to teach such a naughty kid, he was not very happy to see the other party.

However, what is somewhat surprising is that the naughty boy seems not to be a bystander joining in the fun, but one of the participants who signed the contract. Charles deliberately chose to sign the contract in the hotel, and after serious discussions with the hotel owner, he specially invited the naughty kid from the kitchen. The naughty kid was a little restless at first, but Charles paid for it and asked the hotel owner to serve him a roast chicken, which he chewed until his mouth was full of oil. Then he calmed down.

And this also made Li He couldn't help but be curious.

However, he did not explore too much. He just wanted to complete the signing of the contract as soon as possible, and then enter the courtyard to carefully search for any clues that the Blood Countess might leave behind.

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"Okay, gentlemen, as long as you write your names on this contract, the deal will be established." Charles said, and sent the two parchment contracts to Li He and the tall and thin man. before.

The tall and lanky man was the first to pick up the quill and signed his name: Dally Blood.

Li He picked up the quill, but did not sign his real name. Since the battle with Hale, he had been careful to protect his information, and after thinking about it, he wrote down the pseudonym "Lynn Shock".

"Congratulations to both of you." Seeing the names signed, Charles said quickly, and then handed over a strong wooden stick that was more than one meter long and two fingers thick.

"This is it?" Li He asked with some confusion.

"What, Mr. Linn is not a native of Lunsa? Don't you know the rules of Lunsa for signing large-amount contracts?" Dali laughed and reached out to take the stick, "In this case, I'm not polite. The last part of the contract is , let me finish it."

Dali held the stick firmly and waved it, and the stick made a cracking sound. Dali's pale face was filled with blood, and he actually looked a little excited.

Holding the stick, Dali walked towards the naughty kid next to him who was munching on roast chicken. As he walked, he explained to Li He: "It's like this, Mr. Linn, in Lunsa, except for the big nobles, some relatively wealthy people People with money and merchants are more cautious when conducting large-amount transactions.

Signing a contract is necessary, but the contract is only final and may involve fraud, such as false content or forged signatures. Therefore, in addition to signing a contract, there must be a supplement. The specific way to supplement it is to find the naughtiest, most resistant, and most unbeatable kid from around here, and beat him at the contract signing site until his parents don't even recognize him.

In this way, the child will remember this incident for the rest of his life and will have a shadow of this day for the rest of his life. From this day on, as long as the naughty kid is alive, it is a living, walking contract. He is the greatest guarantee besides the written contract. "

"This kind of guarantee is really unique..." Li He couldn't help but said after hearing this.

"Indeed, but it's very effective and has been proven for hundreds of years." Dali said, walking up to the naughty boy.

The naughty kid continued to eat the roasted chicken. Dali tapped the naughty kid on the head with a wooden stick. The naughty kid raised his head with dissatisfaction and asked, "What are you doing?!"

"Did you know that I signed a contract just now? I sold the courtyard at No. 7 Greystone Street to the gentleman over there." Dali spoke and pointed to Li He.

The naughty kid glanced at it and asked angrily: "What does it have to do with me?"

"Of course it's none of your business, you have to keep this in mind."

"Why?" the naughty kid asked, rolling his eyes.

Dali laughed, and the innkeeper, the father of the naughty boy next to him, shook his head and walked into the kitchen.

"Why do you ask? Well, I'll tell you, for this!" The next moment, Dali held the stick and swung it down unceremoniously.

"Snapped!"

There was a crisp sound, followed by the screams of a naughty child like killing a pig.

"Pah!" Dali showed no mercy. He swung the wooden stick continuously and mercilessly. It was just like what he said before, he wanted to beat the naughty child until his parents would not recognize him.

The naughty child screamed for a while, then realized that no one came to save him, so he struggled to escape.

Dali chased him while shouting: "Hurry, close the door, don't let him escape..."

Dali, who was obviously extremely thin, but holding a stick, unexpectedly burst out with amazing attack power, beating the naughty child until he cried like a ghost.

"Bah bang bang!"

"Ah! It hurts! Stop hitting! Ah!"

"Pa bang..."

"Stop...stop fighting..."

Finally, the naughty child was carried into the back kitchen, crying out in pain and crying: "I remember, don't hit, I remember, don't hit..."

I have to say that this is indeed an impressive contract signing.

After the signing was completed, Li Hyuk went directly to the haunted courtyard without staying any longer.

Before setting off, the house merchant Charles stopped him and asked if he needed to hire some servants. After all, the haunted courtyard has not been inhabited for a long time, so if you want to live in it, you will definitely need to clean it up. As a house merchant, he can also help hire servants at no cost, and he will take a commission from the hired servants.

The proposal was a good one, but Alex stopped him anxiously and refused.

Alex said he alone was enough.

Charles didn't believe it, but Alex didn't explain too much. He followed Li He to No. 7 Graystone Street and quickly got busy, giving full play to the devil's power.

With super high efficiency, the entire courtyard was tidied up in the afternoon, allowing Li He to move in smoothly.

And Li He was not idle after moving in, and began to search the courtyard seriously, looking for any clues that the Blood Countess might have left behind.

The results were no different from what was expected. The clues were very secret. I searched the entire courtyard and found nothing.

In this regard, Li He was not discouraged. He analyzed carefully and continued his search while directing Alex to assist in the search.

In a flash, night falls.

I searched around again, from the front yard to the back garden pond, but still found nothing.

Li He frowned deeply, and Alex next to him was also a little frustrated.

The two stood in front of the pond, Li Hyuk looked at the pond water and meditated, and Alex looked at the pond water pretending to be meditative.

Suddenly, Alex felt something tugging inside his clothes. The next moment, a severed hand crawled out from the tuxedo, climbed onto his shoulder, and tugged on his ear.

Alexis was furious. In his opinion, this was definitely a provocative act. He turned his head and wanted to retaliate. However, he saw Li He next to him stopped looking at the pond water and turned his head slightly to look to the side.

Li He suddenly asked: "Alan, when we checked just now, did that patch of grass fall down?"

"Huh?" Alex looked over and saw a piece of weeds not far from the pond, which was falling abnormally. He blinked and replied, "It seems...it seemed like it was vertical just now, maybe it was blown by the wind. Crooked."

"But the wind won't make the grass bleed, will it?"

"Ah?!" Alex was stunned, and the next moment his eyes narrowed slightly, and he saw faint blood seeping out from the bottom of the grass.

This is!

Li He stepped closer and Alex followed quickly.

The next moment, I saw two more bodies in the grass.

Two familiar corpses.

One is that of the former owner of the courtyard, Dally Blood.

The other one was... a naughty kid who had just been beaten up by Dally Blood during the day.

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