Recruitment advertisements are everywhere in Crewe,

The all-out war is both strange and familiar to the general public, strange because this is the first all-out war launched by the empire since its founding, and familiar because of the all-out war more than three hundred years ago, there are too many legends and fictional stories that have been passed down from generation to generation by the old people.

Everyone has heroic dreams when they are young,

Therefore, under the speeches of churches and recruiters everywhere, young people who want to change their fate suddenly flock to the city, and lords large and small begin to count their family fortunes, ready to do everything for honor and wealth.

Even some of the largest bands of thieves are trying to infiltrate the Empire's regular army in order to get a good birth.

The wealthy merchants stared at the nobles who led the army with their eyes glazed, ready to add chips to their favored lords and generals, hoping to share in the fruits of victory after the war was over.

Of course, there were also many aristocrats who wanted to act as speculators during the war, preparing to take advantage of the opportunity to make a windfall, such as hoarding military supplies to drive up prices, and the traditional aristocracy has always killed such speculators.

So

The haze of war did not make the contradiction between the traditional aristocracy and the new aristocracy disappear, but intensified.

...

At noon on the 15th,

Having just finished meeting with two noble merchants, Pedi was about to have lunch when his entourage, the magician Cowlil, burst into his private dining room, followed by Sir Teve, the Inspector General of the City Guards.

Cowlier's face was not pretty, or rather a little nervous, and Sir Teve was more like an evil spirit, and the fear in his eyes could not be concealed.

Pedi put down the knife and fork in his hand, "It seems that your mission is not going well?"

Yesterday evening, when Sir Teve was in front of Pedy with incriminating evidence of more than a dozen nobles, Pedi signed a series of arrest warrants on the spot.

Now, seeing the appearance of the two men, Pedi guesses that the arrest is not going well.

"Only a few small people were caught. Tefu oozed cold sweat from his forehead, and said in a hoarse voice, "Someone leaked our capture mission in advance..."

"Do you know who it is?" asked Pedi.

"Sir Shazot, Commander of the City Defense Battalion. Tefu replied quickly, "According to the procedure, the arrest task of the patrol department must be reported to him, otherwise, I will not be able to deploy enough manpower in my position." ”

"Oh?" Pedy's gaze fell on Tev.

Pedi is sure that Sir Teve must have deliberately leaked this information to his superiors, and Tefu wanted to pull his superiors into the water, but he didn't expect things to change later...

Pedi doesn't mind his subordinates using him against political opponents, but he can't tolerate messing up business because of infighting.

"That's a serious accusation, Sir Tiff. The dissatisfaction in Peidi's eyes was unmistakable, "Do you want me to remove the city defense battalion commander of Crewe City now?"

"My lord, I'm just telling the truth. Tefu couldn't help but bend down.

"Put away your little cleverness, Sir. Pedi said warningly, "What you need to do now is to take care of the things I gave you." ”

"I'm very sorry, my lord. Tefu quickly apologized, not daring to explain too much.

"Now tell me about the trouble you're in. Pedi looked at Cowlier, and he was also strange in his heart at the moment, you know, Taifu has the arrest warrants signed by Pedy himself, these arrest warrants are enough for Tefu to catch the people he wants to arrest in Crewe territory unimpeded, so he dares to leak the information of the capture mission to his superiors.

Hearing this, Collier raised his head slightly to meet Pedi's gaze, walked lightly to the table under Pedy's questioning eyes, and said softly: "My lord, Viscount Tanvet and Baron Dalivan have the protection of the Duchess. ”

"Duchess?" Pei Di was stunned for a moment, and then his face turned sideways: "My mother?"

"Yes!"

"Are you sure?"

"Sure, Baron Dalivan is in the Duchess's private estate outside the city at the moment. Cowlier's voice was very small, and he looked around uncomfortably as he spoke, "Baron Dalivan's mother is the cousin of the Duchess of Saviara, and Baron Dalivan's family business has been brought to this point step by step through the Duchess's support. ”

Pedi's face got worse and worse with Collier's description, and after Collier finished speaking, he looked at Cowlier with a cold face, "Why didn't you remind me when I signed the arrest warrant?"

Cold sweat began to break out on Cowlier's forehead, and he subconsciously took two steps back, "I didn't know it at the time, oh, my lord, you won't doubt me, the goddess can testify for me." ”

"Sir, you don't know?" Pedi looked at Tef coldly.

"My lord, although I have a knighthood, there is no one in Crewe who regards me as a nobleman. "I haven't even attended a noble banquet since I got this title, so we don't have a social circle to get this information. ”

The banquet between nobles is an important means of aristocratic socialization, each nobleman has his own social circle, and the size of a nobleman's energy is directly proportional to the scale of his banquet.

But Teve's words didn't dispel Pedi's suspicions.

At this moment, Tefu has put a question mark in Pedy's heart,

A big question mark!

"Tuk Tuk"

The knock on the door suddenly remembered...

"Who?" said Pedy's tone, which was very ungentlemanly.

"Baron, the Duchess has asked you to dine with her at noon. Outside the house, the voice of Ruili, Peidi's mother's personal maid, came.

Tef, who was closest to the door, trembled visibly when he heard this, and Collier involuntarily retreated into the corner, trying to hide his breath.

Pei Di looked at the two of them, and his mood suddenly became irritable, but he suppressed his irritability and said in a calmest tone as much as possible: "Oh, that's such a coincidence, I just ate something very unappetizing, and I was thinking about the main hall to have a look... Tell my mother to wait for me for ten minutes. ”

"Yes, Baron. The sound of soft speech and departing footsteps reached Peddy's private dining room at the same time.

Tefu breathed a sigh of relief, and Cowlier wiped the cold sweat from his forehead.

Pedi pushed the steak that had not yet been touched on the table, "You go to my study, and don't leave the study without our instructions." ”

Although Pedi's trust in these two people has been reduced to a minimum at this moment, he must protect the two of them until things are figured out.

However, even if these two people are really cheating on Pedi, Pedi must protect them before this matter is over, because it is a matter of noble dignity.

Ten minutes later,

Pedi reached the main hall of the castle, where her mother, Saviara, and her sister, Phyllis, were seated.

"Brother Pedy. Phyllis greeted first.

"I'll be waiting for you, my son. The Duchess pointed to the throne, "Take a seat." ”

A smile appeared on Pedy's face, "I'm so sorry, Mother, for keeping you waiting, and I just happen to have something on hand that needs to be taken care of. ”

"It's all taken care of, right?"

"Of course. ”

"So," the Duchess looked at the assistant butler, "inform the kitchen, let's get ready to serve." ”