Even as winter approaches, the manor's well-manicured gardens still look good.
It is not easy to maintain a perfect garden with a large area. It not only requires high maintenance costs, but also requires full taste and correct vegetation selection. Salomon was very satisfied with the results of the work of the Crawford family's housekeeper and gardener. At Laura's request, the old housekeeper who had served the Crawford family for three generations agreed to help the mystic renovate the house that had not been opened for decades. Managed walled gardens and greenhouses - the butler was a thoroughly English man who insisted that gardening was a way of expressing his master's taste. To this end, he gave several books published by the Royal Horticultural Society to Salomon, entrusted the mystic to pass them to Dinah, and expressed regret that he could not teach the housekeeper step by step how to choose vegetation and vegetation shapes.
The old housekeeper did not change the appearance of the 125 acres of land adjacent to the Thames River. Instead, he directed the engineering team to clear the weeds and shrubs on the forest trails to a minimum, and cut down the new young trees for riding horses to the forest clearings in the early morning or evening. use.
"I'm sorry that I decided this matter without authorization." The old butler said without apology. He insisted that the forest paths strewn with fallen leaves would help improve the aesthetic level of the manor owner.
"I have to protest against the revised plan submitted by your housekeeper. She is still too young to understand the importance of gardening." The old housekeeper frowned and pointed to the front yard. He was extremely satisfied with the newly erected marble sculpture in the shape of a girl, but he was not so satisfied with the four cornerstones at the intersection in the front yard. "I think it is an extremely stupid decision to place an anti-aircraft missile tower in the front yard. Mines and electrified barbed wire should not be placed along the river. This is a destruction of the beautiful scenery. My opinion on the construction map goes beyond that. Sir, you should understand that I am say something."
"Perhaps my safety is more important to Dinah than the view." Salomon shrugged.
Dinah and Tita formulated an extremely strict security plan for the manor, trying to transform the manor into an easy-to-defend but difficult-to-attack fortress. They planned to replace the iron gate of the main driveway, which was originally used to block uninvited guests, with two thick steel gates, then erect two searchlights on both sides of the gate for night exploration, and arrange sentry machine gun towers on the reinforced front wall. . Not only that, they plan to place an anti-aircraft missile tower on the marble base in the front yard. If possible, they also want to build a bunker, arrange the forest clearing into a military camp, and widen the forest path to allow tanks to pass through. road - if Salomon hadn't rejected this plan, they would have dug up the garden ground in the front yard now and installed a heavy bolter machine gun with a caliber as big as a human head into the bunker.
But Salomon still agreed to Dinah and Tita's plan to build a secret tunnel.
The engineering team will build a tunnel under the manor that leads directly to the riverside clearing. At the end of the tunnel is a helipad hidden underground, where an assault transport boat is docked. If someone were to attack the estate, gunships with powerful firepower, Sisterhood patrols equipped with motorcycles, and bio-modified bloodhounds would be enough to solve most problems. Even if the enemy cannot be beaten back then, a heavy tank hidden under the fountain in the front yard will crush all enemy illusions.
The old butler looked at Salomon as if he were a fool. He still couldn't understand why some people thought that an anti-aircraft rocket tower was more suitable as a landscape than a marble sculpture. "This is not the sort of thing that would welcome a guest, sir."
"I think so too. But considering that the guests I interact with are not ordinary people, I think Dinah's considerations are reasonable." Salomon shook the old housekeeper's hand, "Thank you for your help, sir. Just a moment. The gunboat will take you back to Crawford Manor, where our chef will prepare a delicious French dinner for you and your wife.”
"Your butler also needs to learn. Not only taking care of the housework, but also how to manage the family property is a course that needs to be learned. If you need family trust business, I can recommend you the one currently serving the Crawford family. The trust gene." The old housekeeper hesitated for a while, and then returned to the topic, "I have another thing, and that is Dame Crawford...that is, Laura. When will she finish her work and return to the UK? After Anna disappeared, she needed to decide many matters in the Crawford family. She is now a Baroness and she needs to meet the Queen."
Salomon pursed his lips, almost forgetting that Anna and her brother Constantine were still in prison.
Since he handed over the work of digging up the Holy Trinity to the intelligence department, he has never inquired about the progress, let alone interrogated the two people in person. There was no seal on the Holy Trinity files, so he didn't bother to check. At most, it was related to international financial organizations and Jewish consortiums. At worst, it was similar to the Knights Templar before its destruction, and its operating philosophy was different from that of the Albigensian Crusaders. Not much. In the final analysis, it is still a mortal organization hidden behind the scenes. It cannot pose a threat to the immortal city with high-tech weapons and equipment. It can only touch the surface of the magical world and is not worth investing too much energy at all.
"She is still busy cooperating with us to remove this organization's stronghold." Salomon found a more reasonable excuse, "Almost all the media that usually slander the Crawford family are wealthy industries, and we are using financial means - Well, there are a few less-than-honest ways to do it - buying up the media and making them our mouthpieces to clear Sir Richard Crawford's name. Soon we'll be off on another adventure. Says Maybe after that mission she had the idea of returning to the manor."
"You are the Baroness's adventure partner. I hope you can change the Baroness's mind." He said, "Although I cannot find out your background information, I can infer something from those decoration plans. Whether it is you Either your wealth or your power is enough to change many things. Mr. Richard once mentioned to me that according to my investigation, Mr. Richard’s death is inseparable from that organization. I have never been able to tell this. Baroness, because I am worried that she is too impulsive. But now she has begun to face that organization, so I would like to ask you to protect the safety of Baroness. She is the most important member of the Crawford family. "
"I can't do this, old housekeeper, you've never seen her hammering a mountaineering pick into someone's skull." The mystic mage smiled bitterly, "I can guarantee that her combat power is enough to deal with most mortals. There are almost no People can hurt her.”
The old butler was not satisfied with Salomon's answer. In his eyes, Lara Croft was still a little girl running rampant around the manor, climbing up and down. She was the helpless girl when Richard was there, and she had no idea of hammering a mountaineering pick into someone's head. It can't be done.
The mystic had no intention of telling the old butler the true identities of Anna and Constantine, otherwise he would blame himself for having served the woman who led to the demise of the Crawford family. Laura thought the same way, so the old housekeeper still didn’t know who Anna was.
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