If there is any famous building in Norfolk, England, it is undoubtedly Howard Castle, which belongs to the Howard family.

And not only in Norfolk, but throughout the United Kingdom and even all of Europe, Howard Castle is considered a great piece of architecture.

Twenty-eighteen years old, Fort Howard was built in 1699 and took three generations and more than 100 years to complete.

The entire Howard Castle covers an area of more than 1,000 acres and has 145 rooms, which is the breeding ground of the Howard family, but because the Howard family is not prosperous, most of the rooms are idle.

At this time, in the hall of Howard Castle, Duke Carter Howard, who was only 48 years old, leaned on the leather sofa, stroked the jade wrench worn on his right thumb, and quietly listened to the detailed report of a subordinate in front of him.

"Lord Duke, the investigation clues have been interrupted, and now the intelligence shows that it was a person codenamed 'Blue Eagle' who instructed the five of them to kidnap Young Master Henry, and the mission publisher did not find it, although the five murderers provided clues to meet with the 'Blue Eagle', after our people found the place, they found that the 'Blue Eagle' had disappeared, and MI6 was also investigating in full force, and there was no news for the time being. ”

Hearing this result, Carter Howard's face was gloomy, and there was nowhere to vent the anger in his heart.

For three days, the results have not been found, only a person codenamed 'Blue Eagle' has been found, and the real culprit has not yet surfaced, and one figure after another has passed in his mind, but he is not sure.

Because he was disqualified from inheriting the dukedom when he was young, the family did not put much pressure on him, and he was also a playboy character, famous throughout England.

It's just that one day when the sun comes out of the west, Carter Howard actually fell in love with a civilian girl, and changed his ways, no longer lingered in the bright lights, and became a good family man.

He and his wife were left with a daughter and a son, and after the unexpected death of his eldest brother's family, he inherited the Duke of Norfolk, and his only son, Henry Howard, was the most suitable future Duke heir.

And his wife died of illness seven years ago, although his nature is slowly recovering, but he has not remarried, and still has only one son.

Now that the enemy is attacking his only son, how can he not be angry!

Knowing what had happened, he mobilized the forces of his family to investigate, and at the same time met with Her Majesty as a duke of the staunch royalists, who immediately ordered the MI6 to intervene in the investigation to maintain the dominance of the nobility.

Who knew that it had been three days, and it was only this result!

However, although Carter Howard was angry, he did not blame his subordinates, after all, MI6 could not find out, and it was normal that the strength of their Howard family could not be found, and they could only blame the unknown enemy for being too cunning.

What he can do is to increase the security force for his son and daughter in the shadows, in addition to the bodyguards on the surface.

"What about the rest? How are Elena and Henry doing today?"

Leaving this topic open for now, Carter Howard said lightly.

The subordinate secretly breathed a sigh of relief, cheered up and reported truthfully: "The young lady and the young master went to the Bright Fund in the City of London today, waited for Xia Yu, and then went to ...... At 5:31 p.m., Xia Yu left. ”

When Carter Howard heard his subordinates say that Elena had invited Xia Yu to his residence, and that Henry was learning kung fu from Xia Yu's bodyguard named Li Wuming, his eyes became deep.

Immediately, he silently picked up the information on the table and flipped through it again.

Although there has been more and more information about Xia Yu in the past few days, from the British to Xiangjiang, Carter Howard has also read it many times, and every time he looks at it, he can't help but be shocked.

He didn't expect that Xia Yu, who saved his son, would be so outstanding, growing from the son of an ordinary fisherman to the current head of a consortium at a young age, and also defeated the Keswick family, the leader of the first British consortium in the Far East.

At that time, he also suspected that Xia Yu was the mastermind behind Henry's distress from time to time, just to get close to their family, and later after investigation, Xia Yu's suspicion was cleared.

Today, his daughter and son went to Xia Yu to express their gratitude, which he acquiesced in.

It's just that he never thought that his little princess, who was not pretentious to men, would invite Xia Yu to his house, and his youngest son would also learn kung fu from his bodyguard.

After investigating Xia Yu's information, the information of Li Wuming's personal bodyguard was naturally known to Carter Howard, Li Wuming's fierce achievements in Xiangjiang and Southeast Asia let him know that this is a kung fu master with amazing close-quarters combat effectiveness, and he is definitely much more powerful than the kung fu teachers he invited for his son Henry before.

At that time, after Henry came back from distress, he begged him for a long time to dig Li Wuming over and teach him kung fu, Carter Howard was still hopeful at first, but after learning the information, he knew that it was almost impossible to dig him from Xia Yu's side.

So now that Henry's wish has come true and he learned kung fu from Li Wuming, Carter Howard is quite happy in his heart.

He cares more about his son's feelings than face.

"Lord Duke, do you need to strengthen the monitoring of Xia Yu next?"

The subordinate asked in a whisper.

Carter Howard thought for a while, a smile appeared on the corner of his mouth, and he shook his head and said, "No need, since he is a friend of Elena and Henry, and saved Henry's life, he is naturally a friend of our Howard family." ”

"With your abilities, it's hard to spy on him secretly, and now it's estimated that he's been discovered, so withdraw and put your strength into protecting Elena and Henry. ”

"I don't want to do it a second time!"

In the end, Carter Howard's face was grim, and his voice suddenly raised, which made his subordinates tremble.

"Understood!"

"Okay, you go down first, and report to me at any time if there is a situation!"

Carter Howard waved his hand and dismissed his subordinates.

After the subordinate quietly retreated, Carter Howard looked at the information in his hand again, and the corners of his mouth showed an interested smile.

"He has what it takes to be a friend of the Howard family......"

"Want to buy the Financial Times?hehe, it's too simple, but since you saved Henry, then I'll help you, the Howard family doesn't like to owe people favors......"

"It seems that I haven't seen Philip in a month, so I just stopped by to talk to him about the campaign......"

......

Five days later, Xia Yu received good news from George Berkeley, and he was a little stunned.

Because Pearson Group changed its previous cold-faced attitude and agreed to sell 71% of its stake in the Financial Times, the acquisition process entered the stage of negotiation and negotiation like a great leap forward!

This was completely beyond his expectations, in Xia Yu's original vision, it should be the "Daily Telegraph" in the hands of Canadian Blake that made progress first, but he didn't expect that it was the "Financial Times" that broke through first, and it was still broken to the end, and the biggest difficulty to face in the acquisition of the "Financial Times" was broken!

He remembered that when he inquired about the situation the day before yesterday, George Berkeley also said that there was progress in the acquisition of shares in the hands of scattered minority shareholders, and Pearson Group did not give face at all, and it should not be resolved within a month.

He didn't expect the situation to turn around directly just two days after he finished speaking, how could he not be surprised?

For this reason, Xia Yu did not stay at home too much, and came to the Bright Fund for the first time and found George Berkeley.