Book of Gods and Demons

　　 The bell tower of St. Hild's Cathedral rang twelve dullly.

　　 The calendar has turned one day, and it is now August 19th, 1379 Years in the Glory Calendar.

Tulum Port, No. 47 Palm Tree Avenue, this is a rather luxurious single-family small building with white walls, red tiles, exaggerated exterior relief decoration, plus the neat palm trees in the courtyard, and the living environment is quite good.

"Even the recently popular opera actress, she can't afford to buy a house here." Joe stood outside the back door of the small building with a cigar in his mouth, whispering and shaking his fingers to calculate: "So, Yanan How much did this guy give her?"

　　 Palm Tree Street is the emerging wealthy area of ​​Tulum Port. A set of single-family small buildings here starts at a price of more than 100,000 gold marks.

　　 The Rittal family has a certain share in the old theater that was destroyed by shelling, as well as the new theater today. He knows the worth of a popular actor. Miss Velenya, as the latest opera actress to become popular, her total legal income for a year is between 3,000 and 5,000 gold marks.

　　 Compared to ordinary civilians, this is already an astronomical amount of income.

　　 just compared to the price here...

　　 Ya followed Joe, and he coughed: "Master, Miss Velenya, you can also choose to rent this house."

　　 spread his hands, and smiled: "The average rent for a mansion near Palm Tree Avenue is about five thousand gold marks a year. The annual rate of return is 5%. It is ordinary, but it is constant and long-term."

　　 Joe stayed in a daze, then shrugged his shoulders: "Wow, of course, you can also rent a house. But I rarely have this concept. I am interested in something and I always buy it directly."

　　 Lips moved, and Joe exhaled a puff of smoke.

　　 Five thousand gold marks, there is no doubt that this is also a sky-high price that ordinary people cannot afford. Therefore, the residents of Palm Street are either new wealthy businessmen with successful business, or artists with noble support behind them.

　　 opera actor, ballet actor, poet, painter, composer, pianist...

　　 Many well-known art celebrities in Tulum Port live here. Palm Street is the most artistic street in Tulum Port, not only because it is adjacent to the New Opera House.

　　 stood a little farther, paying attention to hiding his body in the shadow of the trees at all times, Segens coughed slightly:

"A ignorant young woman who once became famous, quickly became famous, vanity and enjoyment, especially to maintain the pomp among her peers, how could she reject a mansion that is too extravagant and wasteful for her? So, she It should be rented out with all the annual income."

　　 sighed softly, Sagans grumbled with unforgettable grievances:

"What followed was naturally a tight money bag, a personal finance that would be stretched for a set of high-end cosmetics. Damn aristocrats, they knew it was tempting and depraved, and they would definitely take advantage of it. Miss Velenya , Actually fell into Yanan’s lover? Do you believe that they will be true love?"

　　 shook his head, and Sagans muttered in disgust: "No, how could it be love? His age is enough to be her father!"

　　 "A shameful bargain, a shameless bargain... Great Mu, look, look, this is the nobleman of the Kingdom of Saint Xia. This is the so-called true face of the most devout believer to you!"

　　 Joe sighed in his heart, how much resentment there is in Mr. Skeins' heart.

　　 But from this it can be seen how popular this Miss Velenya has become in Tulum recently, even Mr. Skeins has become her loyal fan.

　　 The ghost face shopkeeper quietly pushed open the complicated and exquisite back door made of bronze hollow carvings, and beckoned to Joe.

　　 Joe walked into the mansion, surrounded by Ya, Sagans, and a group of guards.

　　 In the kennel by the back door, two large boxing lion dogs collapsed to the ground, their long tongues drooping out of their mouths, snoring lowly. In the small room next to the kennel, a servant on duty at night also fell into a coma.

　　 Followed the path between the palm trees and walked all the way into the small building in the middle of the courtyard. The whole mansion was quiet, and there was no sound. There was heavy snoring in several servants' rooms, and both the servants and the servants were asleep.

　　 "Nice work, Grimace Shopkeeper!" Joe exclaimed sincerely: "It is a good thing for everyone, especially Miss Valenya, to take away the information without disturbing anyone."

　　Think about it, according to Yanan's account, for this information, the Kingdom of Saint Xia prepared the squadron headed by four first-class battleships in the open sea, and Joe couldn't help but sink.

　　 This matter will not end so easily.

　　 Follow the stairs, go straight to the second floor, and follow the corridor to the living room at the end. Here, there is another curved staircase that leads to the third floor of the host’s daily living.

　　 The largest living room on the third floor, the floor-to-ceiling windows facing the pier are all open, the heavy velvet curtains are put away, and only the soft and translucent gauze curtains are put down.

　　 The night wind blows the curtains, and the fragrance floats. On the big soft sofa in the living room, a few slender and charming girls lie there arrogantly.

　　 Several silver hookahs were placed on the ground, and the long hose was slumped on the ground. In the cigarette holder, wisps of smoke mixed with spices came out.

　　 The air is a bit turbid, and an ambiguous haze echoes in the room.

　　 The clothes of several girls were extremely cool, and their teeth whistled softly, while S Gengsi turned his head and sternly ordered a group of guards to stand in the corridor outside, and they were forbidden to walk in half a step.

　　 Joe took a deep look at the girl who was lying on the sofa with a satin-like black hair.

　　 The three-dimensional facial features are strong, the ivory skin reflects a faint light under the dim light, and the slender white body, the fingernails and toe nails are coated with a layer of light pink nail polish.

　　 Joe just a few days ago, under the pressure of Liya, accompanied her to watch a recent hit "Merchant of Nice" opera. He recognized this as the heroine of "Merchant of Nice" Velenya.

　　 A very delicate beauty.

Thinking about the honor of Your Excellency Yanan and his age, Qiao gave a soft whistle: "Using the lines of "The Merchant of Nice", this is a filthy world. Which flower can be Silt but not stained?"

　　 Shaking his head, Joe walked straight through the living room and into Velenya's bedroom.

　　According to Yanan's confession, at the bedside of Velenya's bedroom, Joe slid a huge oil painting of "Water Lilies" more than six feet aside, revealing a three-foot safe behind.

　　 is still the familiar mountain-patterned coat of arms, Qiao smiled and entered the eighteen-digit code that Yanan confessed.

　　 Pulling open the heavy safe door, there is a thick leather briefcase one and a half feet long, one foot wide, and half a foot thick.

　　 Joe took out the briefcase and carefully examined the two small padlocks on the briefcase.

The padlock was intact, and the secret notes that Yanan confessed were also intact. Obviously, after Yanan handed over the information to Ms. Velenya, the beautiful girl did not have any undue curiosity about the briefcase. heart.

　　 "The benevolent Muteste is here. This is good for her and for us." Joe patted the briefcase lightly.

　　 Then, he curiously flipped through the other things in the safe.

　　 A travel passport, then a stack of blank traveler’s checks, a dozen small boxes, which contain a few very good gemstone jewelry, according to the market price, about 30,000 gold marks.

　　 A velvet purse, containing less than a hundred gold coins, mixed with several large gold pounds minted by the Mint Bureau of the Ice Sea Kingdom. Beside the purse, there is a delicate small wallet, which contains more than 700 gold mark notes.

　　 That's all.

　　 An opera actress who just made her debut in Tulum Harbour and became a hit, she has all her wealth.

　　 "Do you need an advanced prescription for a potion of strength?" Laplace's voice sounded in time.

　　 "Oh, no, I'm a policeman, not a thief!" Joe hurriedly rejected Laplace's offer.

After taking a serious look at the safe, which appeared to be a bit empty, Joe was about to close the safe door, his fingers shook suddenly inexplicably, and his pupils suddenly became pale. In red, the three-circle and six-pointed star magic circle in the depths of the pupils slowly revolved again.

Joe's hand swayed from side to side in the safe, and then he grabbed it towards the dark whirlpool of light in his field of vision. With a click, a hidden door in the safe was activated. It was in the safe. There is actually a layer of mezzanine for the internal advancement.

　　 In this mezzanine, there are piles of new gold mark banknotes stuffed with nearly a hundred two-pound gold nuggets neatly stacked together. On top of these banknotes and gold, there is a milky white crystal ball upright.

　　 Joe looked at the crystal ball with deep eyes, and looked at this wealth with a total value of more than one million gold marks.

　　 This crystal ball looks ordinary at first glance. Only in the crimson field of vision, Joe can see the unfathomable force in this crystal ball like a deep pool. Deep, twisted, like a small passage leading to an unfathomable existence.

　　 Joe closed his eyes, took a deep breath, then opened his eyes again, and the red light in his eyes disappeared.

　　 "Wow!" Joe whispered with emotion: "Our Miss Velenya, it seems that more than a simple opera actress..."

　　 Laplacian's unique, shrill laughter resembling a parrot fish gnawing on the coral reverberated.

　　 "Isn't it... If you are willing to pay a small amount of money, I can even tell you..." Laplace's words stopped abruptly, apparently deliberately catching Joe's appetite.

　　 "Oh, I don't want to know." Joe shook his head, closed the secret door again, restored the safe, returned the painting to its original position, and then strode out with the safe.

　　 An hour and a half later, surrounded by a large group of family guards, Joe finally returned home.