Chapter 137

The man of destiny in this area is called Ayestoevsky, or Ayes for short.

He is a detective.

He is very poor, so he borrowed money to open a detective agency, hoping to pay off his debts as soon as possible.

A customer came to his door, a young lady.

Ayes knew that such ladies came to detectives like him usually to catch cheating husbands and their lovers.

Or some small things like catching cats and dogs, he didn't mind looking for lost pets for others.

He was ready and asked the guest to sit across the table.

"Hello, is there anything I can help you with?"

Ayes asked.

"Actually, I came to you because I want you to check the house of the richest family in the area for me. Because someone told me that he saw someone steal a bag from my house and ran away."

The lady lowered her head.

"That person didn't see it clearly. I don't really need that bag, but it's not a good thing to be targeted by a thief. It would be great if we could find out the location of the thief."

The lady raised her head.

Ayers nodded.

"I'm not sure if the thief ran to their house, but their house is the largest house in this area. If a thief ran in and hid, they might not know.

This is also for everyone's safety.

But please don't tell them about this at first, otherwise if the thief is really in their house, they might be scared.

If the thief is not in their house, but they know about it, they might be angry, which is not good for me."

said the young lady.

"Okay, I understand your request. I will try to sneak in and investigate this matter at their home. Once I have any news, I will tell you immediately."

Ayers nodded and accepted the commission.

"Thank you very much for helping me. Here is a deposit of 100 yuan. Please accept it first."

The young lady took out the money from her bag.

In order to save his precarious detective agency, Ayers could not wait to accept the money. He smiled at the young lady and said, "Thank you for choosing me. I will make you satisfied."

"If you can reply to my messages every day, I will be more satisfied. And I will give you an extra 10 yuan every day. I think you don't mind accepting this money."

The young lady stood up and said with a smile while holding her bag.

Ayers nodded.

They reached an agreement happily.

The young lady left with her bag.

After Ayers sent the lady to the door, he thought for a moment, put on his hat and cane, and prepared to visit the Green family.

"Hello, young butler, I want to visit your young master."

Ayers said to the butler Chris.

"Hello, young detective, I will go and inform my young master, please sit in the living room for a while."

Chris said.

Ayers nodded, sat in the living room, and waited for a reply.

Chris found Green.

"Ayers, the detective is looking for you. Are you going to see him?"

Chris asked.

"Yes!"

Green replied.

"Then let's go."

Chris nodded.

He walked in front to lead the way, and Green walked behind.

When they arrived at the living room, Green sat on the sofa opposite Ayers.

"Hello, what can I do for you?"

Green asked.

"Although this request is very presumptuous, I still want to ask, can I stay here for a while before leaving?"

Ayers stared at Green and asked.

The man in front of him looked pale and weak, and very weak, as if he had not seen the sun or exercised for a long time. It was completely inconsistent with the image of him who made a lot of money when he was young.

Because I only heard the rumors, I thought that the person who made a lot of money must be an old man or a middle-aged man, but I didn't expect it to be a young man.

I didn't expect that the young man didn't look like he had a lot of energy to make a lot of money.

If the person who made money before also looked like this, it would be hard to imagine how he persuaded his partners and how he got a lot of money from others.

However, the villas, manors, servants, carriages for traveling, and expensive clothes here are all real things that require money.

Since all these things are here, there is no way that there is no money here. If the person in front of me is really the owner of this place, then this person cannot be without money.

Thinking so, maybe this person has other ways to make money.

I will ask about it privately later.

"Okay, the butler will arrange a guest room for you. Just find him if you need anything."

Green nodded and replied.

"That's great, thank you very much. Is there anything I can do?"

Ayers did not expect things to go so smoothly. He showed a happy expression and asked with a smile.

"There is indeed one thing you can do, but I can't tell you now because you don't look like you will agree. Let's talk about it later."

Green replied.

Ayers nodded doubtfully, but secretly he was curious. He thought: Tell me, there is something that needs me, but you don't tell me what it is.

How can I not be curious?

Chris handed a glass of water to Green.

Green drank the glass of water and said to Ayers: "If you still don't change your attitude of wanting to know when you leave, and I judge that you may agree to that thing,

I will tell you."

"Okay then."

Ayers nodded.

"How long do you want to stay here?"

Green asked.

"How about a week first? If I don't get my work done within a week, I'll extend my stay here. If I get my work done, I'll leave and won't bother you any more."

Ayers said.

"Okay."

Green nodded.

Butler Chris asked a servant standing by to take Ayers to the guest room to get familiar with the route and take a rest, and then call him out for dinner.

The servant nodded and walked in front of Ayers, and Ayers followed him out. The

servant walked in front without looking back, and Ayers took advantage of the time when no one seemed to be paying attention to go to the living room, Green who was still sitting on the sofa, and Butler Chris next to Green.

Chris hugged Green, and Green leaned against Chris and seemed to have closed his eyes. It was strange whether he fell into a coma or fell asleep very easily.

Is his body so weak?

It's hard not to suspect that this is a puppet.

A secret magic that controls other people's bodies.

Maybe that thing can also do this.

Ayers wrote this down and planned to find a chance to check it out later.

After the servant took him away from the living room, he confirmed that he could no longer see Green and the other person behind him, and asked the servant carefully.

"Have there been any strangers here recently?"

Ayers asked.

"No, you are the only stranger here recently."

The servant shook his head.

"Has anyone here recently come to live with relatives and friends?"

Ayers asked.

"I don't know about that. There are quite a few servants here. If there are relatives and friends, there will only be more. Who will check them one by one? There is no benefit in knowing such things."

The servant said.

"Who do you think is most likely to let his relatives and friends come here?"

Ayers asked.

"Maybe the groom, who wants to show off to others because he has good horses. There are usually many people in the family, so it is not too much to invite relatives and friends to stay for a day or two.

The master did not check, so he let them succeed."

The servant seemed a little aggrieved when talking about this.

"What does the master usually do?"

Ayers felt that a very good entry point was right in front of him, so he asked.

"I don't know. It is said that he makes money. But the master doesn't go out very often. It's the housekeeper who is busy running around, going in and out of the room, conveying the master's orders, and he doesn't pay much attention to us."

The servant showed a confused expression and shook his head.

"We don't know about making money. Even if we see it, we probably can't understand it. So few people are interested in it. Why do you want to know this?"

The servant was a little puzzled.

"Because I saw the master come out today, and the image was completely different from what I imagined. I was surprised. I was a little curious and asked. If I can't tell you, forget it."

Ayes smiled and answered.

"It's normal to be curious. After all, I also think the rumors outside are outrageous. I am a servant working beside the master. I know the master better than they do."

The servant smiled, even a little proud, and puffed out his chest.

"What is the master like in your heart?"

Ayes asked.

"She lives in seclusion, is taciturn, as white as pear blossoms, as fragrant as jasmine, as beautiful as irises, as gentle as cherry blossoms, as complex as stars, and as noble as the moon."

The servant began to talk nonstop. "Is it

because he gives you a lot of money?"

Ayers went straight to the point.

"Yes, except for him, no one will give us so much money."

The servant nodded.

"Then the butler must get more wages than the outsiders?"

Ayers asked.

"The butler's status here is second only to the master. The butler's money here is probably more than the master's. It is normal for him to get more wages than us, and it is a number that we can't reach."

The servant replied.

"Hey, but how can the butler be richer than the master? Is there something wrong?"

Ayers asked.

"This matter is not something we servants can understand clearly. But I have heard some rumors. The rumors are not true. If you are interested, I can talk to you. Do you want to listen?"

the servant asked.

"I am very interested. I want to listen now."

Ayers nodded.

The servant said: "It has to start from a long time ago. Local people know that the ancestors of this rich family made a fortune.

It is said that they made a fortune because they participated in a huge war and won military merits. They got the title of nobility and a sum of money. The ancestors used the money to buy houses and fields.

The nobles who were more powerful than his ancestors saw that he had a promising future and gave him some servants."