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Harrison's wife is quite beautiful, and they have a lovely daughter who is about the same age as Susan and has inherited her mother's beauty, with a radiant smile.

"Is this your daughter? She's quite cute. If she lost her father, she would probably cry for a long time, wouldn't she?"

"You! You can do whatever you want to me! But don't touch my family!"

boom!

Lu Sheng pressed Harrison's head down on the table, making him look at the photos of his wife and daughter.

"So you're afraid of this too? Hmm? When you guys did this, why didn't you ever consider that this kind of thing could happen to you?"

"My patience is limited. I'll only count to three. If you can't produce what I want, I don't know what will happen to your wife and daughter."

"three..."

"No! I'll talk! I'll talk! The things are in the safe! All the ledgers are in there! I have the key, take it! Take it all! Don't touch my family! Please!"

Harrison only held out for a second before abandoning his principles; he loved his family more than his country.

Lu Sheng took the key, opened the safe, and took out all the ledgers inside and flipped through them.

What he saw could only be described as shocking.

I thought Mondstadt had been ravaged badly by the Fatui, but I never imagined that the situation in Fontaine was hundreds of times worse.

In short, the Fools used various means to bribe thousands of officials in Fontaine. The most common method was to use banquets to get the officials addicted to the addictive drink L'Oreal, and then control them to work for them by ensuring a stable and continuous supply.

This is why Marcel is so important to them; losing him would mean losing the source of Les.

For those tough nuts to crack, those who cannot be bribed or controlled, threats involving family members are used.

For nearly twenty years, officials controlled by the Fools have indirectly or directly transferred a huge amount of Fontaine's wealth to Winter through the Northern Bank.

Their purpose in doing this was simply to suck Fontaine's blood.

The Fatui also did this in Mondstadt and Liyue.

However, Mondstadt is poor and Liyue is treacherous, so they can't really bleed anyone dry.

Fontaine, however, is the true legendary king of durability.

The wealth that was transferred away was an astronomical figure, more than enough to rebuild a country. It can be said that without the Fools, there would definitely be more than one prosperous city like Fontaine in Fontaine.

No wonder the country with the strongest military is Zhi Dong; all their money comes from places like this.

Damn it! How can I tolerate this?

Lu Sheng's plan had already incorporated Fengdan into the territory of Xumi.

Both regions are my wings, both are my subjects, and both are the vast lands of my heart.

By doing this, isn't the Northern Bank essentially stealing the Great Mushroom King's private wealth? And harming the Mushroom King's devout followers and people?

My money!!!

This matter will not be over until the principal and interest are recovered. Even if the Winter Queen kneels down and begs, it's useless; even if she dresses up as a bunny girl and wiggles around, she will not forgive her.

Lu Sheng told Claurind the results.

Her anger was understandable.

Regardless of her identity as a Shadowhunter, as a Fontaineian, Clarind could not swallow this insult. She kicked Manager Harrison to the ground, beat him half to death, then grabbed his ankle and dragged him out, preparing to take him to the Shadowhunter's Court to turn himself in.

"Master, I'll leave this place to you for now. I'll be back with men soon, thank you!"

With a sword in one hand and Harrison dragging her with the other, Clarind charged out of the Northern Bank all by herself, and anyone who tried to stop her experienced firsthand the power of the strongest duelist.

Lu Sheng silently took out the camera he had borrowed from the junior reporter and photographed the evidence one by one.

As a troublemaker and a master of stirring up trouble, he planned to package the evidence and send it directly to his servant.

I wonder what Alejandro González Iglesias, this "Fontainebleau warrior," would do to the rich if he knew about the despicable things the Northern Bank had done?

Brilliant! Absolutely brilliant!

Just as he was busy taking photos, a group of fools who had received the news rushed into Harrison's office to save the day.

boom! ! !

With a deafening roar, the entire ceiling of the Northern Bank building vanished, and all the Fools who had rushed in disappeared without a trace.

"Noisy."

Lu Sheng shook his hand and continued taking pictures.

Fontaine Chapter: Chapter 168: Dogs Fighting Dogs

House of Hearths, an orphanage-like organization in Fontainebleau.

Arecino is the director here, and also the father figure in the eyes of many children.

She also served as a diplomat in Fontainebleau as the executive officer of the Fools.

Many Fontaines are opposed to having a Fool serve as the director of an orphanage, feeling that the Fool would corrupt Fontaine's children.

But if you actually shut down the fireplace, these people won't be happy.

They say that orphans will run to the streets to steal, increasing the crime rate.

They wouldn't even give a word if asked to adopt, and those who were willing would only buy the orphan to satisfy some perverted fetishes.

And so, the fireplace house has continued to exist.

Arecino grew up in the House of Hearths, but that was back in winter, and the House of Hearths then was completely different from the one now.

The former "servant" completely turned the Hearth House into a breeding ground for monsters, following the law of the jungle where the strong prey on the weak, making the children kill each other in order to select the best to serve the Fools.

Those who fail are sent to the doctor and become expendable material for human experiments.

Arecino was the Gu King raised by the former servant, but she was unable to suppress the demon she had personally nurtured and suffered a backlash, being killed by Arecino.

In the children's eyes, Arecino is a rather strict parent, teacher, and instructor, but the children still love and respect her.

Because of her own suffering, Arecino understands even better how to give children respect and care.

She will not allow the tragedy that happened to her to be repeated in her children.

Inside the Boufati Mansion, Arecino is discussing the next steps with Rosalyn.

Rosalyn: "What do we do now? We don't even know who has the Heart of God."

Arecino calmly said, “We can use the young master’s matter to launch a diplomatic attack, forcing Funina to come to the manor to meet with us. Then we can test her first. If she is not the water goddess, we can expose her directly and force the real water goddess to show herself. If she is the water goddess, then we can sit down and have a good talk. I believe the water goddess will be very interested in things related to prophecy, and my Hearth House can provide assistance.”

"Do you want to obtain the Heart of God through a peaceful transaction?"

Arecino smiled slightly. "After all, I am a Fontainebleau person, and the children here are Fontainebleau people too. No one wants to see their homeland truly destroyed, right?"

Just then, Linni suddenly walked in, carrying a package.

“Father...a mysterious person just threw this into the mansion. I didn’t dare to open it myself, so I brought it here to you immediately.”

“A mysterious man?” Arecino frowned. “Have you seen what he looks like?”

Linni shook her head. "He was too fast. I didn't even see his shadow. I just saw the package suddenly fall to the ground."

Arecino and Rosalyn exchanged a glance.

"Bring it here."

She took the package from Linni, opened it, and found a bunch of photos scattered inside.

"This is..."

Rosalyn picked up a photograph and examined it closely; her expression immediately changed drastically.

"These bills... were all transferred out by the Northern Bank! The amount is too much! How come I didn't know that the Fools had bribed so many officials in Fontaine? If I had known this, why would I have bothered with all that investigation?"

She suddenly realized something, looked at Arecino suspiciously, and asked, "You did all this? They sent you photos of the ledgers, could it be to blackmail you?"

Arecino remained silent, simply flipping through the photos one by one.

Her face was more somber and repressed than Rosalyn had ever seen before.

Clearly, the contents of these photos infuriated Arecino.

"What a clever scheme... Pantalone... In his report to the Queen, he said the financial situation was booming, with a surplus of hundreds of billions of Mora every year. So this is how the money came about! It seems like the entire country of Fontaine was built for them!"

The number of orphans in Fontainebleau has been increasing in recent years.

As the economy worsens, more and more people are unable to afford to raise their children and are struggling to survive.

All of this is closely related to the Northern Bank's relentless exploitation of Fontaine's value.

It's fair to say that most of the children in the Hearth House were victims of this scheme.

If this matter were to be exposed, the public opinion surrounding Fontaine would be a minor issue; it could potentially ignite a war between Fontaine and Winter.

Arecino would not allow such a thing to happen.

She collected all the photos and set off to confront Pantalone.

According to reliable sources, Pantalone secretly arrived in Fontaine not long ago.

He was there to clean up Marcel's mess and, incidentally, to groom a new Marcel to take over, so that he could continue to maintain the game he had set up.

At this moment, Pantalone is enjoying a sumptuous dinner at his private estate in Fontaine.

Although Rosalyn didn't know why Arecino was so angry, she knew very well what would happen when her best friend got angry, so she had to go with her no matter what, lest Arecino do something irreversible in a moment of impulse.

Outside the mansion, seeing Arecino and Rosalin leave with dark faces, Lu Sheng smiled as expected and quietly followed them.

He couldn't miss this grand show of dogs fighting each other.

Soon after, Arecino stormed into the Pantalone estate, and anyone who dared to stop her was either slapped away or burned by flames and screamed in agony.

She stormed into the manor house and cornered Pantalone at the dinner table while she was enjoying her meal.

The candlelight flickered, and Pantalone raised his gentle, refined face, smiling with narrowed eyes at the servant who had violently barged in.

"It's Ms. Arecino and Ms. Rosalyn! Your presence is such an honor to my humble abode. Haven't eaten yet? Please sit down and have something to eat with us."

Arecino walked up to him with a gloomy face and threw the photos in her hand at his face.

Pantalone wasn't annoyed; he simply smiled and picked up a photograph to take a look.

“Oh, that’s right. I just found out.” He casually tossed the photo aside and said, “So I’m already prepared to run away. I’ll leave Fontainebleau right after this meal.”