Leaving the makeshift break, Roque suddenly thought about how to quickly settle down in Cape Town.

Because of the colonization of the British, there are not too many Boers who leave Cape Town for the Boer country, and they will sell their assets cheaply before leaving.

Of course, it's too late to pick up the leaks, those assets that were sold cheaply were bought by the British, Roque is looking for those houses that have been confiscated, the Cape Town City Council will organize an auction every once in a while, the previous Roque was not qualified to participate in such an auction, and there was no capital, but now there is, Roque is already an official Cape Townian, and he still has a little spare money in his hand, it will be cheaper to buy directly from the police station.

It should be noted that the judiciary in this era is far less detailed than the division of the 21st century, although the decision to confiscate real estate is made by the court, but it is carried out by the police department, so all the confiscated properties will be filed in the police station, Roque does not buy those conspicuous mansions, as long as a wooden house that can shelter from the wind and rain, such a house, there are many in the police station, and there are many unsold in the previous auctions, and the British do not look down on such houses.

Back at the police station, Roque first went to report to Henry, and then went to the archives to find the police officer in charge of the records, Hayley Hart.

Hayley Hart is of British descent, and although she was born in Cape Town, because Hayley's parents were British, Hayley was not classified as a Boer, and many of the government employees employed by the City of Cape Town came from this background.

"Forfeited property? Of course there is, what kind of want. Hayley knew that Roque had been naturalized and that Roque was the vice captain of the new commando team, so she was very polite to Roque.

"Don't be too good, I don't have much money, and don't be too bad, I don't want to live in a shack - and, Hayley, is this something you lost?" Roark reached out to Hayley, who had a gold necklace in her palm, much to Hayley's surprise.

As a patrol officer, Roque used to have some gray income, and Hayley didn't think about it as a civilian, except for that dry salary, no one asked Hayley to do things, and naturally no one gave Hayley gifts, and Hayley was just a twenty-year-old girl, and she hadn't felt the temptation yet.

"I, no, I don't know—" It was clear that Hayley was a little panicked, her eyes widened like a frightened fawn, not knowing how to respond.

"This necklace really matches you, I knew when I picked it up, it must have been lost by you, can I help you put it on?" Roque didn't give Hayley a chance to refuse, picked up Hayley's long hair, helped Hayley put the necklace on, and then carefully helped Hayley arrange her hair.

"Thanks—" Hayley looked back at Roque, and there was something more inexplicable in her eyes.

The next thing is very simple, Hailey directly took out the file and let Roque choose, and when Roque was choosing, Haley did not pay attention to maintaining social distance from Roque, the distance between the two was very close, so close that Roque could smell the faint fragrance of Hailey's body.

Uh, or body fragrance, there really is, and it's not the kind of cosmetic pickled smell, and Roque doesn't know how to describe it, because in his previous life, when Roque learned to distinguish the body fragrance of girls, he already smelled the smell of cosmetics and shampoo.

In Roque's eyes, among the more than 130 houses in the archives, there are a total of three houses that meet Roque's standards, one is on Government Street, which is about the same as the house that Roque has seen before for 200 pounds, one is on Adélie Street, the price is slightly lower, but the state of the houses is also poor, and the last one is a bit remote, at the foot of Carbunkel Hill in the Cape District, but this house is also the most in line with Roque's requirements, the house is very new, and the area is large enough, The attached lawn is more than 1.5 acres in size, almost 10 acres in size, and the former owner was a Boer businessman, who was shot by the government for smuggling gold, and his wife and children committed suicide at home, so the house became a murderous house, so no one wanted to buy it.

The point is, the house is a bit far from the city center, but it's a short walk from the police station where Roque works and even closer to the marina.

"The house has been auctioned twice, the first time two years ago at £500 and the second time last year at £350 and both auctions were unsuccessful and this year the house has a starting price of around £200, but if you're going to buy it, it won't cost that much." The information provided by Hayley was very detailed, and the two pounds were well spent.

"Won't it be so much?" Roque must be low-priced, preferably the lowest one.

Hayley smiled at Roque, and then quoted a price that surprised Roque: "One hundred pounds, fifty percent off the reserve price of the auction." ”

From five hundred to one hundred!

Roque was really surprised, and wondered why he had appraised the house for five hundred pounds in the first place.

Soon Roque knew about it and thanked Hayley, Roque left the police station and went directly to see the house, Roque had already gotten the key, at the cost of a gold earring, which made Haley simply happy, if it wasn't for the fact that it was not yet time to get off work, Haley would even be willing to accompany Roque to see the house.

The house is indeed good, the Boer merchant spared no expense when building the house, all the materials are marble, the whole white house is backed by Mount Carbenger, in front of Table Bay, you can clearly see Table Mountain from a distance, it can be called an invincible sea view by the mountains and rivers.

Push open a little rusty fence gate, the lawns on both sides of the path because no one takes care of it, the growth is a bit wild, there is a circular pool in front of the house, there is a marble Greek god sculpture in the center of the pool, it seems that there should be a fountain, of course, it is no longer able to use normally, walk into it to see more dilapidated, there are a few dead fish floating on the water surface of the pool, the water is full of moss, it looks green, and it makes people's hearts hairy.

Roque touched the pistol on his waist, calmed down, and went to the door to open the door.

A turbid smell of decay came with a temperature, and Roque covered his nose and walked into the living room, the living room had a full set of sandalwood furniture, and the dining room table was still scattered with sterling silver tableware, Roque could feel the haste and desolation of an originally prosperous family that was instantly defeated.

Going up to the second floor, the situation was even worse, there were large pools of blood on the floor of the master bedroom, and some of the floors had traces of being burned, and Roque seemed to understand why the house was only sold for a hundred pounds, and if it was intact, let alone a hundred pounds, a thousand pounds might not be able to be taken down.

Pushing open the back window of the bedroom, the garden and a large swimming pool are overlooked, and the green hills in the distance are lush and green, and the sound of the waves can be faintly heard in his ears, Roque immediately fell in love with this place.

Buy, be sure to buy it.