Mermaid Reef

Word came from the hospital that Lynde Brandon was insane.

This was the blow that crushed the Brandon Shipping Company.

Those wolves who are eager for profit can't wait to split up and devour this old shipping company.

The first to call was the cooperative firm, then the bank, and finally the ship owner and sailor.

According to the news published in the newspaper, the Brandon Shipping Company will soon declare bankruptcy, sell off the property to repay the debts, and the two-year dispute over the Brandon family inheritance will no longer exist, because those relatives of the Brandon family are eager to leave this place. The farther the mess is, the better. What kind of inheritance are you fighting for? Are you fighting for a pile of debt?

To the surprise of these critics, when the time came to February 1928, there was a new follow-up to this inheritance dispute.

A woman named Caroline Brandon.

Also known as Mrs. Josie, she was old Brandon's daughter, a widow.

She has little property, has two children, and has withdrawn from London society for many years. Many people have forgotten her existence.

Now Mrs. Josie, with the money she didn't know where it came from, hired a number of well-known European accountants and lawyers in one go, forming an advisory group that amazed the critics of The Times.

The advisory group immediately began to take inventory of Brandon's property, mainly the Hangyuan Company.

They collected all kinds of effective legal documents, including transaction deeds, loan contracts, tax payment documents, etc., the most important of which was the financial situation of Brandon Shipping Company.

It can be seen that the company's operating conditions are good, some debts have not yet reached the repayment date, and more debts are actually caused by people.

For example, the managers of other shipping companies who embezzled funds and planned to take refuge in other shipping companies, such as the cooperative firms that withheld the payment for the goods, and those ship owners who were incited by those who wanted to settle the payment eagerly, and the banks that froze the liquidity of the Brandon Shipping Company... …

Whose industry can withstand such a round of combined punches?

If you don't go bankrupt, you will go bankrupt.

This incident caused a lot of trouble, and the newsboys were running around the streets with cloth bags, hoping that there would be more news about Brandon's family, so that they would not worry about not being able to sell their newspapers every day.

The newsboy's wish soon came true.

Because half of the members of this advisory group are not British, the remaining well-known British lawyers and accountants want to take advantage of this opportunity to become famous-as long as they prevent the bankruptcy of the Brandon Voyage Company and bring the Brandon family off the cliff. When the edge is pulled back, the nobles and big businessmen across Europe will line up to hire them. Who cares about offending those "big shots" who are staring at Brandon's house?

If you are really worried, then dig a little deeper, so that these big shots will no longer have a foothold in London.

After all, Mrs. Josie paid them a high salary that they couldn't even imagine.

All Londoners, including the advisory group, were curious about where Mrs. Josie's money came from.

Brandon Sr. had a penchant for funding expeditions, and it is believed that Brandon Sr.'s expeditions found shipwreck treasure at sea and traded the treasure for a large fortune, which the Brandon family has kept from the money until today .

According to British law, half of the gains from expeditions and even sea plunder must belong to the royal family.

So Mrs. Josie was targeted, and her bank account and properties under her name were checked and checked again and again, but she couldn't find any evidence.

The money seemed to have fallen from the sky and grew out of the ground.

Mrs. Josie claimed that it was paid by a well-meaning person.

——The rats on the streets of London don't believe it!

Yes, no one believed it, but no one could find out where the money came from.

Mrs. Josie's maid and cook swore with the Bible that if Mrs. Josie was so rich, they wouldn't be living in such a predicament. They couldn't even pay for Mrs. Josie's son's tuition at Oxford.

In March, Mrs. Josie solved the smuggling case first, and she paid the customs fine, but the blame belonged to the crazy Linde Brandon and the company's management staff, and these people were chased by Mrs. Josie Charged with misappropriation of funds.

After the internal worms were emptied, those forces who wanted to carve up the Burandon Shipping Company behind their backs also lost one after another, and the lawyers and agents they recruited lost their confidence.

Those unwilling to acknowledge Mrs. Josie's victory claimed they had lost to evil money.

(John: If money can't solve the problem, then ask the evil god for more money.)

The ship owner and sailors did not continue to make trouble after receiving the money, and the cooperative firm did not dare to withhold the money, otherwise they would receive a lawsuit notice the next day.

The bank does have the right to freeze liquid funds, and the advisory group can't sue these guys, but now Mrs. Josie can not use the money in the account!

She ignored these banks at all. When the operation of the Brandon Shipping Company returned to normal, what reason did the banks continue to freeze the accounts?If you insist, send another lawsuit notice!

The court is also overwhelmed. They have received hundreds of lawsuits from Mrs. Josie.

Oh, by the way, I can't actually call Mrs. Josie, but Mrs. Caroline.

Because Mrs. Josie notarized in January 1928 to renounce the inheritance of the Josie family and return to the Brandon family, her children will also change their surnames back.Those who questioned Mrs. Josie's lack of a right to sue for the Brandon family were dumbfounded.

This decision was not blocked at the time, because at the beginning everyone thought that the Brandon family was a mess and was heavily in debt. When it was discovered that the lady had reversed the situation, those relatives who wanted to fight back for the Brandon family property had already That's too late.

Of course, the influence of thousands of years of Salic succession law made judges and juries more willing to award property to a male heir, unless there was no living man in the same-grandfather descendants of the family, and the relatives of the Brandon family There are many, but it is definitely not Mrs. Caroline's turn.

But when Mrs. Caroline's advisory team appeared in court, even the court clerk was tired.

——No, let this end.

All court staff take turns to work overtime, go to work every day, listen to quarrels every day, and work until six o'clock in the evening every day. Life is enough!

Especially the justice who has been insisting on suppressing Brandon Shipping Company.

Unfortunately, he was exposed in the newspaper about the scandal of his nephew's death in the women's branch, and the gossip that he himself had been buying property for his illegitimate children was also full of rumors. This supposedly decent nobleman complained to the king Resigned.

It is not surprising that there are many nobles with illegitimate children, but if you want to sit safely in the position of chief justice, you must not be caught by your political opponents.

Everyone suspected that the revelation had something to do with Mrs. Caroline's advisory group.

Soon, the existence of John Doe was exposed.

The justice's privacy was found by John in the London Industrial Transaction Registry. It is said that this detective also found a lot of useful things for Mrs. Caroline, including Mrs. Caroline's last lawsuit in March.

About Lynd Brandon murdering her brother, the real Brandon heir.

The case happened 20 years ago. In fact, it is useless to have conclusive evidence. Even the advisory group does not approve of this lawsuit, because Lind Brandon has been determined to suffer from mental illness and automatically loses his inheritance rights.

Soon the advisory group found out that this decision was quite correct, because Lynd Brandon was missing.

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"About three days ago, someone replaced Linde with some means, and then rescued him."

Jason looked at the metal pendant in his hand, which was a strange symbol.

John had some impression of this symbol, he seemed to have seen it in Pastor Conor's notes.

"Occultist?"

"It may also be related to the Gray Butterfly Church. There will never be two groups of mystic scholars in London at the same time."

Jason picked up the second item John had brought.

The letter, the metal pendant was pressed on the letter, and then the two things were pressed together on the bed with the quilt.

The connection was established through this letter and is now severed.

"I don't want Linde to die so quickly, but I gave these people a chance." Jason crushed the metal pendant.

At the same time, the letter automatically burned to ashes.

"I'm going to find Linde?" the detective asked with a frown.

He really didn't want to take on new commissions.

But Lin De's escape was also his negligence. The bodyguards and guards he hired were deceived by such a simple means, and he was busy investigating the judge, so he didn't find out about it until three days later.

"You don't need to look for it. Mystic scholars are very good at some concealment methods. They may be hiding in any corner of the city, and you are also being watched now."

Jason turned his head and looked at the crowd outside the hospital. Some reporters were holding black cameras that looked like speakers, and some reporters were desperately asking doctors and nurses.

John was the man of the day in the papers at the end of March.

Those critics seem to have collectively lost their memory, and they tried their best to praise this detective for possessing the wonderful qualities of "bravery" and "justice" in medieval knight novels. Since then, he has been working for this lady. He contacted every member of the advisory group and personally contributed to today's situation.

It was believed that John was in love with Lady Caroline, and the tabloids invented many romances.

Some people even suspected that Mrs. Caroline's money from unknown sources was given by John.

John is not a poor boy at all. He is a Far Eastern nobleman who went to England to hide his identity as a detective because he was infatuated with Mr. Holmes after reading Sir Doyle's mystery novels. Maybe he was a prince of Turkey or India. Mountains of gems.

In particular, a bank's gemologists and auction house staff were suddenly interviewed and took away the newspaper's press fees, revealing that they had provided services to a man named John Doe.

John was dumbfounded when he saw the newspaper.

Don't say anything, when the Brandon family's affairs are over, take the money and go on vacation to hide from the limelight.

"But Lynde is alive, and for Lady Caroline..."

"As long as the court verifies murder, whether he is mad or sober, he will not be able to return to London."

Jason said calmly, "It depends on the mystic scholars have more methods, or my 'influence' is greater. According to my judgment, Linde can live for at most two years."

John was relieved.

After five months, this commission from the evil god was finally about to be completed.

John believes that the London court must want to end these troubles as soon as possible, and does not support the daily record sales of London newspapers.

"How much did you spend in total?" John couldn't help asking.

This was also a hot topic in the newspapers. Critics analyzed that Mrs. Caroline had spent at least twenty times more money than this property in order to regain the Brandon family's property.

Otherwise, why is the saying that Indian maharajas pay money so popular?

After all, apart from those princes, there is no one so rich that they pay directly with gems.

"As I said, money means nothing to me, but this drama is very good." Jason looked at the reporters who were frantically trying to squeeze in, and picked up today's newspaper again. He said casually while browsing the headlines, "Gamil also likes it, which allows us to increase our understanding of human beings."

There is a lot of knowledge involved in this matter.

Industrial disputes, legal provisions, smuggling business, and human gem identification knowledge.

Visit London every day, read books, listen to opera, try different human scents.

Look at the performances of the newspaper critics and sneak into the court to listen to the trial, how interesting!

Gemil also finally experienced the fun of watching ants fight.

According to Poseidon, whether it's a slave wrestling or a human fighting a lion, it's boring. He doesn't understand why there are evil gods who like to watch ants fight, and now Gemil understands.

The right place for ants to fight should be a human court.

Watching the court trial, Gemil was like watching a group of ants jumping desperately, and the ants tried their best to kill each other.

The emotions of the two parties were intense, the jury and the audience exclaimed against the background, and the scene of flipping and flipping was added. Isn't this more interesting than slashing with weapons?

"...A part of the money was paid by Gemil, and it was specially designated as an extra remuneration for the advisory group."

Jason looked at John and said.

Of course, John knew the outstanding performance of those lawyers and agents in court. In fact, it was because of the "mystery employer"'s continuous increase in money that the advisory group did not hesitate to take out those who wanted to carve up Brandon Shipping behind their backs. The power of the company is in shambles.

Those guys not only failed to reap the benefits, but also exposed a lot of problems. The most unlucky one has gone bankrupt and can only move out of London to live in the countryside. In the future, he can only rely on land output to maintain the dignity of the nobility.

The harder the advisory team works in court, the more they get paid.

When they have enough money to go to the United States to buy a large farm, buy a mansion in France, and eat, drink and have fun until they die, they still care about the unspoken rules of the industry, and they are afraid of offending the upper class in London and making them lose their jobs in the future ?

The most important thing is that not only is there money to be made, but also a lot of fun!

Later, the members of the advisory group said that there was no need to add more money, because there would never be a second time for such a happy thing.

"As long as you're happy," John said feebly.

Now the detective said that to Jason again.

"My commission is almost completed, I should go." John took off his hat to Jason, and then ran out quickly.

John decided to leave London overnight.

"and many more……"

Jason was dumbfounded, the final payment of the entrustment has not been paid yet.

But the detective who heard the sound ran faster.

Jason snapped his fingers.

A bag of Spanish gold coins appeared on the table in John's country house, and there was a packed suitcase next to the table.

"It's time to go," Jason whispered.

After visiting this city, it's time to change to a human city.

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The author has something to say:

Jason: I'll pay, you go to the most famous lawyer and accountant

John: Formed a team of consultants

Gemil: That ant has an outstanding record, I will add money to encourage him

The advisory group is desperately outputting like chicken blood

Newspaper: Hit, hit harder

Daily income of newsboys hits record high

John: Run decisively

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