Soul echo

Chapter 113 Power and Power ([-])

"Today, I invite you to come here mainly to announce one thing."

The aristocrats and wealthy businessmen in formal attire were all attracted by the elegant accent, and they all turned their heads to look at the old man standing on the steps with a cane.

Even though he is old and his hair is gray, the old man still looks very energetic, with only a few wrinkles on his face, he can vaguely see his handsomeness when he was young.

In the soft music, the old man tapped the ground with his cane, "Tim, you can come down now."

Hearing this, people moved their eyes to the second floor, and saw a door open, and the servant walked out first, leading a boy down the stairs.

The appearance of the boy made people talk a lot, because the stairs are facing a huge portrait, which is the appearance of the contemporary Grand Duke of Milan when he was young.

They don't know when the painting was changed, and now they only care about the identity of the boy - he looks too much like the portrait.

The old man had a half-smile, and glanced at the faces of all the people present, observing their faces and expressions.

——As long as you are not stupid, you can guess the identity of the boy.

The boy walked up to the old man and was embraced by his shoulders.

"Tim Gloria, my son."

The old man smiled and patted the boy on the shoulder, and the boy bowed and bowed to everyone present.

Even though there were speculations, some people still exclaimed in a low voice.

In the law of Yitruul, illegitimate children also have the right to inherit, but the inheritance right is even ranked after the stepson. If the first successor does not allow it, the illegitimate child will not be able to get his share of the inheritance.

However, the Grand Duke has no nephews or stepsons.

In the hall, people were discussing a lot, but there were also a few people who did not talk to others, and stared directly at the Grand Duke and his children.

There is no need for the Grand Duke to observe by himself, a few attendants hiding in the dark have already helped him write down those people.

Those people may not all want to seize the Grand Duke's position and Gloria's family property, but they must be relevant stakeholders. Through them, it is possible to find out the criminal who murdered the Grand Duke's heir.

At this moment, voices from outside the mansion came in.

At first, only a few people heard it, and others only heard a little movement.

However, a few more shouts came in from behind, and the people gradually stopped discussing and stared blankly in the direction of the gate of the mansion.

The Grand Duke frowned slightly, but he didn't panic, and asked the musicians to stop playing.

Da da da……

The clear sound of trampling the floor gradually approached, and the person standing near the door moved away from the door.

People stared at the gate with bated breath, and the footsteps were like drumsticks, beating on their hearts, making their hearts beat faster and faster.

A middle-aged man dressed as a housekeeper quietly came to the Grand Duke, without making a sound, he pressed his right hand holding a short stick to his chest, and saluted the Grand Duke.

The Grand Duke noticed his arrival from the corner of his eye, heaved a sigh of relief, and nodded as a signal.

They turned their eyes to the gate again, but heard the footsteps suddenly stop.

People's heartbeat seemed to stop at this moment, and they subconsciously held their breath.

squeak~
The door, which was so heavy that two people could only open it, was easily pushed open by two hands, and Zhong Ye's figure came into everyone's eyes.

The ladies present still remembered raising their fans to cover their mouths, while some men with big bellies touched their fat subconsciously, and looked at Zhong Ye with an inexplicable meaning in their eyes.

There seemed to be two vortexes in the eyes of the visitor, containing violent thunder.

"……Who are you?"

The Grand Duke tapped the head of the staff lightly, breaking the eerie silence, "I don't remember, I invited you..."

Zhong Ye was standing at the door, and the Grand Duke was standing on the steps facing the gate. He looked down condescendingly, and he should have looked more dignified, but looking at Zhong Ye, the Grand Duke suddenly felt that it was because he was standing here that he could "look at the same level" with him. .

"I'm Zhong Ye, an adventurer."

Zhong Ye opened his lips lightly, and before the Grand Duke could ask any more questions, he took the initiative to explain the purpose of his trip: "I came here to seek justice for the innocent people who died in Aspalatos."

"Aspalatos? Aspalatos is dead, why did you come here..."

"Just for this..."

"What the hell is he talking about..."

People whispered to each other, casting doubtful, contemptuous, and resentful gazes at Zhong Ye one after another.

The Grand Duke raised his eyebrows, his mouth was slightly pursed, and his face was strange, "This is Milan."

"Because this is Milan!"

Zhong Ye turned his head, taking into account the reactions of everyone present.

"The affairs of the nobles are so busy, you probably don't know what happened to Aspalatos?"

As he spoke, he suddenly untied the belt of the large sword sheath, and the heavy two-handed sword fell down and plunged into the ground.

Zhong Ye pressed the hilt of his sword. At this moment, he was like a wall, completely sealing off the hall.

"Tim Gloria, the grand duke's youngest son did not hide in Milan from the beginning, he and his biological mother lived in Dalmatia, and they returned to Milan from Dalmatia just this month .

"One of the Grand Duke's aides came up with an idea for him, dividing the team into two teams, the light team and the dark team. The team on the surface is the real team of Master Tim and his biological mother, and the team in the dark is a fake team. Tim Gloria, shortly after the two teams set off, news suddenly leaked, letting some guys with ulterior motives know that there was another team secretly.

"The person who leaked the news didn't tell those people whether the secret team was real or not, but just let those people guess, successfully exploited the weakness of human nature, and turned their attention to the secret team—at the same time, When the team in the dark set off, the staffer also told the team's guards that they were protecting the 'real' Tim Gloria."

After hearing Zhong Ye's narration, many people's eyes lit up, and they looked at the Grand Duke with a little more admiration in their eyes.

The Grand Duke looked puzzled, and looked at the steward beside him. He didn't remember that he had invited someone to brag about himself.

After a pause, Zhong Ye continued: "No one knows about this matter except themselves. Naturally, those loyal guards don't know either. The guards think that they are protecting the real Tim Gloria. Therefore, some guards gave their lives, and many people became disabled...

"I met this team halfway, because the killers sent by people with ulterior motives wanted to kill people and destroy all evidence. At that time, my camp was not far from that team. If a battle broke out, I would definitely be able to I know, so the assassins attacked me, and later I helped that team expel the assassins, and the leader of the guards hired me at a high price."

"What exactly do you want to say?" A voice suddenly interrupted Zhong Ye's narration, and people turned their heads to look over.

The flaxen-colored, curly, long-haired, handsome young aristocrat looked disgusted and cursed: "Lorry, he talked a lot, who cares about that—"

But when Zhong Ye touched his belt with his wrist, an arc flew out, piercing the young nobleman's cheek.

The young nobleman froze for a moment, and then felt the pain. He raised his trembling hand to cover the wound on his face, and screamed repeatedly: "Ah! Ah——"

The screams echoed in the silent and empty hall, causing chills in people's hearts, and some people also screamed.

Zhong Ye ignored them and continued: "Venice is the last stop of our journey, and if we want to go to Venice, Asparatos is the best choice, where we were attacked by the killer for the last time.

"In order to hold me back, they kidnapped a troll's cub, attracted a whole group of a dozen trolls to Aspalatos, and then killed the troll cub completely, making the trolls Furious, and then the trolls burst out of the ground and began to wreak havoc on buildings and slaughter people!"

At this moment, Zhong Ye's face, which was quite calm at first, suddenly became ferocious.

"In order to fight for power, in order to kill a child, you recruited a dozen trolls, and let them destroy the town, kill lives, and make people kill each other. Don't you feel the slightest shame, the slightest remorse, the slightest shame ?!

"—Don't you even have the slightest dignity as a human being?!"

(End of this chapter)