Chapter 4: Archduke Ferdinand

The driver's words and his actions surprised Zhou Ming and Caitlin, after all, no matter how familiar the Bermuda taxi driver was with the situation here, no matter how much he paid attention to the situation in Harrusburg, this Highness Caitlin could not be easily shouted. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info

However, now he was shouting, so Zhou Ming intuitively felt that he must have something to do.

Sure enough, the driver then turned his head and showed his face eagerly: "Your Highness Caitlyn is me! I am Tony, I am the most loyal servant of His Excellency Archduke Ferdinand, and I am also the servant uncle who has witnessed your growth from birth to the present!"

Caitlyn suddenly said, "Uncle servant, are you really Tony? But why are you like this, why are you driving a taxi here? Why did you slander my father like that just now, what is going on in Harrusburg?"

Caitlin's tone became more and more excited, and in the end, she was almost hysterical, and in the face of Caitlin's questioning one after another, Tony, who was a little overjoyed just now, suddenly became depressed again.

He sighed heavily and said, "I'm so sorry, my Highness Caitlin, I don't want to do that either, it's all a very sad story. ”

"Then let's find a place to sit down, and although it's my first time in Bermuda, I don't think it's a good thing for us to just stop in the middle of the road. Zhou Ming said at this time.

Tony was stunned for a moment, because of the excitement of seeing the master before, he subconsciously ignored Zhou Ming's existence, and after listening to him, he suddenly reacted that Zhou Ming was still here, so he asked Caitlin about his identity suspiciously, Caitlin thought about it and told him: "Zhou Ming is my closest person except for my father, so there is no need to hide from him about Harusburg." ”

Caitlin said it more tactfully, but it was also very clear, so she also respected Zhou Ming, and then according to Zhou Ming's arrangement, they came to an elegant café next to it.

"Your Highness Caitlyn is very sorry that the magnificent castle is the right place for you to live, but now you are only showing up in this café, please forgive me for the blasphemy. Tony said reverently to Caitlin.

In this regard, Zhou Ming and Caitlin both waved their hands and told him that it didn't matter, and Tony put away his panic and told him what he knew.

First of all, the reason why he drove a taxi was because after the bankruptcy of the Harusburg family, he was dismissed along with other servants, he had no other survival skills, and his family was reluctant to leave Bermuda, but the Harusburg family could not continue to pay him, so he had no choice but to become a taxi driver, no matter how stable it was, at least it was an income that could keep his family afloat.

As for the bankruptcy of the Harusburg family, he did not know the specifics, he only knew that it happened in this month, and just about half a month ago, Archduke Ferdinand suddenly gathered all the servants, paid each of them half a year's payment, and then dismissed all the servants in the castle, and demanded that all of them move out within three days.

Since Tony's home was in Bermuda, he learned that the day after all the servants had left the castle, the bank had come and sealed the castle.

"So now Harusburg is the property of the bank from a legal point of view. Tony then added, "I'm really sorry, Your Highness Caitlin, I am absolutely loyal to your father, Archduke Ferdinand, and I would never dare say anything slanderous to him without his permission!"

Tony cried as he spoke, but luckily there was no one in the café, otherwise it would have been the center of attention.

However, Zhou Ming read a very interesting information from Tony's words: "Tony, are you saying that all these slanderous words you said outside to Archduke Ferdinand were authorized by His Excellency the Grand Duke to say so?"

"Of course, if His Excellency the Grand Duke hadn't asked me to say this, I would never have said this even if I cut off my tongue, I have been in Harusburg for twenty-one years, and I have a deep affection for Harrusburg as His Royal Highness Caitlin, even Mr. Zhou Ming can't question my loyalty to Archduke Ferdinand!" Tony said firmly.

Zhou Ming told him that he didn't question his loyal ministers, and Tony was relieved.

Compared with Tony, Caitlin obviously knows Zhou Ming better: "Did you think of something?"

Zhou Ming shook his head and said with some caution: "It's not certain yet, maybe this matter is not complicated, or maybe there are other deeper issues hidden behind this matter, but anyway, let's go back to Harusburg first and then make a decision." ”

Caitlin also fully agreed with Zhou Ming's decision, and then after Tony's mood calmed down a bit, they took Tony's taxi to Harrusburg together.

The location of Harusburg is Alsace, which is a custom of naming in the colonial period, here is the name obtained according to the fiefs of the 26 nobles with letter marks, so because the original fief of Harusburg is Alsace, so the area where Harusburg is located on the island of Bermuda is also called Alsace, and the castle built on this Alsace is naturally named by the family - Harusburg.

Of course, since this is on the island of Bermuda, the area called Alsace is not very big, that is, the jurisdiction of a sub-district office, so when they entered Alsace, Zhou Ming immediately saw Harusburg.

It is the largest and most striking building in the area, it is a large castle that combines Gothic and Baroque architectural styles, and from the front, the whole castle is a semi-circular structure, half surrounding the empty square in front of the castle gate, and on the square, there is a huge bronze statue of the griffin, this griffin shines in the sunlight, and spreads its wings, as if it is about to soar into the sky, very imposing, this is the family emblem of the Harusburg family.

Tony's car finally drove over and stopped at the main entrance outside the castle walls, because the Harusburg building was now the property of the bank, and Archduke Ferdinand was only allowed by the bank to continue to live in the castle, and he had actually lost his sovereignty over the castle.

According to Tony's knowledge, no non-bank or court vehicles are allowed to enter until the property is liquidated, and they must not only prove that they are friends of Archduke Ferdinand, but also go through a strict property check by the bank's security personnel. Even after the liquidation of the property, even Archduke Ferdinand had to be forcibly evicted.

"Damn bastards! are they so rude, are they really bullies for the Harusburgs?" Catelyn scolded through gritted teeth.

Tony in front also turned around and said, "Your Highness Caitlin, although I am only a servant, I would love to see Harrusburg glorious again, at least ...... You must retake Harusburg!"

This time, Zhou Ming replied for Caitlin: "Don't worry, this Harusburg, no matter who it will fall into, in the end I will ask him to spit it out intact, if there is any loss, I will let him repay it a hundred times and a thousand times, and I will also make Harusburg more brilliant than in the past!"

Tony was stunned at that time, if others said this in front of him, even if it was the patriarch of Harusburg, Archduke Ferdinand, he would not believe it, but now facing Zhou Ming, he could feel in his heart that he could really say and do.

Then Zhou Ming and Caitlin got out of the car and came to the walled gate of Harusburg, and were immediately blocked by the security personnel at the door: "I'm sorry, this is already the property of Bankman Bank, and unrelated people are forbidden to enter." ”

"Harusburg is not the property of a bank, he belongs to the Harusburg family!" Caitlin emphasized.

Faced with this, the security guards at the door smiled disdainfully: "Maybe the Harusburg family was indeed very powerful in the past, but that is a thing of the past after all, I only know that now he is bankrupt, and the Grand Duke of the gambler and addict inside, I'm afraid his property is not as good as ours." ”

"I will not allow you to slander him!" said Caitlin, "the House of Harusburg is sacred, and Archduke Ferdinand is no gambler or addict!"

Caitlin was trying to defend herself, but the security guards apparently ignored it, and they just laughed as if they had heard the funniest joke in the world.

Zhou Ming sighed, obviously the changes in the family have made Caitlin lose her calm, but this is normal, no matter how smart she is, she is just a 21-year-old girl after all, if it is herself, maybe she is not as good as her!

In this case, Zhou Ming had no choice but to help her and said: "I know that the property rights of this castle have changed, first of all, I will not discuss whether this change is legal or not, but you can't stop a daughter from wanting to see her father, this lady is the first heir of the Harusburg family, and the daughter of the Archduke Ferdinand, Caitlin." ”

When Zhou Ming said a word, he immediately shocked these security guards, and they looked at Caitlin in amazement, their faces full of incredulity.

At this time, Zhou Ming continued: "I don't know where you came from the wild dogs, but the reputation of the Harusburg family is not something that you bastards can judge, it seems that it is necessary for me to inform your superiors and let Bankman Bank judge whether you need to apologize for your behavior just now." ”

After Zhou Ming finished speaking, he took out his mobile phone, looking at Zhou Ming's posture, the security guards immediately panicked, after all, they are just ordinary people guarding the door here, and they only know a little about the aristocratic world, if they are facing ordinary people, they can joke with anyone, and even say that the queen is a demon woman who can only absorb the life of others, but if someone is really serious, then they will panic, because they don't want to lose their jobs for this.

They didn't know Zhou Ming and Caitlin, but the kind of momentum that only a superior person had that Zhou Ming showed all over his body, as well as the kind of confidence revealed from his bones, could not be disguised, and now he was going to take out his mobile phone to make a call, how could they not panic?

So they immediately apologized: "I'm very sorry, we don't know anything, we shouldn't say anything that hurts the Harusburg family, and please forgive us! Don't worry about us!"

"I want you to apologize to my father, Archduke Ferdinand, to the House of Harusburg!" said Caitling.

The security guards immediately apologized according to Caitlin's request, and then Zhou Ming put away his mobile phone: "Take care of your mouths in the future, otherwise you will definitely pay the price, but now, it's time for you to do something!"

Zhou Ming obviously accepted it when he saw it, after all, he was just scaring and scaring them, and he hadn't even heard of Bankman Bank, where could he go to find their superiors?

However, these security guards didn't know, seeing that Zhou Ming was no longer pursuing it, they were all grateful to Zhou Ming one by one, as if Zhou Ming was their reborn parents, and immediately went to help them contact Archduke Ferdinand, who was still allowed to live in the castle, and after about a quarter of an hour, a thin old man with a pestle and a cane walked out of the castle under the leadership of the security guards.

From Caitlin's moist eyes, Zhou Ming knew that this old man was the current patriarch of Harusburg, Archduke Ferdinand.

(A little later to about 12 o'clock, there is a shift!)