Chapter 156 Breaking the Cup

Alcatio wantonly suppressed political opponents, especially with the help of ill-intentioned people like Chloe, who amplified and terrorized Alcatio's blows, so that everyone in the entire aristocratic district was in danger, and everyone did not dare to anger Alcatio, and after someone reported to Norton I, he was not trusted by Norton I, but after being liquidated by Alcatio afterwards, no one dared to sue in front of Norton I.

All of a sudden, Arcatio was quite powerful, and some people in the aristocratic district even secretly spread rumors that he wanted to usurp the throne.

Aureliano on the hospital bed heard this rumor out of nowhere, and when Alcatio visited him, he tried it with antiquity, and was reprimanded mercilessly by Alcatio, saying something loyal and patriotic, as for what he really thought, no one knows, including his only son.

When Willian returned to Kalmar, he was faced with such a situation.

Danpier, who was stationed in Kalmar City, informed William of the situation, and also told him that both Alcatio and the nobles who opposed him were now looking for him.

It seems that the struggle between the two groups has indeed reached a fever pitch, almost to the point of life and death, and William, the representative of the armed faction in the city, has begun to win over.

If it weren't for the critical juncture, these people probably wouldn't have thought of this layer.

William thought about it for a while, and decided to meet with the group of people who opposed Arcatio first, and he fed back the news of his desire to meet with them, and after receiving a response, he took Aramis and Edmund to the noble district, the estate of the Minister of the Interior, Reild.

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At this time, in the estate of Home Secretary Reald, the nobles who opposed Alcatio were still debating whether it would be a good idea to invite William.

Some stubborn aristocrats still don't trust William, thinking that William is uneasy and kind, and they are actually right, but in the current situation, they have no choice but to win over William.

"He's Alcatio's man after all, what if he's just sent by Alcatio to test us, what if he's just here to get information about us?"

Home Secretary Reild frowned: "I have arranged people in a nearby room, as soon as I give a signal, they can rush in and subdue Stolter, this time the matter cannot be exposed, as long as he shows the slightest wrong, I will send a signal, whether it is successful or not, we must gag him." ”

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After William and the others arrived at the manor, they were led to the conference room by a maid, but Aramis and Edmund were stopped at the door, and the two glanced at William, and saw that William nodded slightly, so they did not break in.

When William entered the room, Aramis smiled at the maid who had just led the way for the trio.

Aramis has a good appearance, because he has been practicing swords all year round, he is tall and strong, and he has a pleasing baby face, which looks harmless to humans and animals, especially when he laughs, showing dimples and two small tiger teeth, which makes people more likely to have a good impression.

"I think I've seen you somewhere before. Aramis said with a smile.

The maid gave him a blank look, as if she wanted to complain about the cliché accosting, but when she saw Aramis's baby face, she felt that she couldn't get angry, especially since Aramis had the experience of being a pirate, and she consciously or unconsciously had a free and easy temperament, which was quite charming.

However, after a while, Alamis, who was outstanding in appearance and good speech, and the maid were talking and laughing, and Aramis led the maid away gradually.

On the other side, when the maid was attracted by Aramis and gradually left, Edmund wiped his red hair, walked slowly to the door of the room next to the conference room, listened attentively for a while, then directly opened the door and went in to take a look, and when he saw that it was empty, he went to the door of the next room.

Arriving at the new door, Edmund finally noticed something different, he had studied swordsmanship for many years, and his ears were outstanding, and he could vaguely detect the sound of breathing behind the door.

He pushed the door open and looked inside.

Inside the room, more than a dozen powerful men were alarmed by the sound of the door opening, and looked at Edmund who was only showing his head in confusion and wariness.

"Venture to ask," Edmund pushed the crack in the door wider, and then the whole person flashed into the room, and closed the door again, and said with a smile to a group of strong men with hostility written on their faces, "Aren't you bored with your big men crammed into such a small room?

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On the other side, after William entered the conference room, he noticed that more than a dozen eyes fell on him for the first time, and many of them were full of malice.

William disagreed, and stood in front of the door and scanned the surroundings of the house, where more than a dozen nobles from the Navia Kingdom were sitting or standing looking at him.

These people are tall or short, fat or thin, with different appearances, ages, and temperaments, but they are all wearing high-end dresses and top hats, even at this time, they still hold the status of nobles, and when they see William looking at him, he raises his chin slightly, even if he has said hello.

William looked directly at a chubby old man in the middle of more than a dozen nobles, he knew that this was the Minister of the Interior, Count Reild, at the moment when the Prime Minister was overthrown, Reilde, who was also the four major ministers of state, was the only person who could distinguish himself from Alcatio as the Chancellor of the Exchequer, and naturally he could also become the backbone of a group of Alcatio opposition.

Strictly speaking, the Home Secretary's responsibilities include law and order and crime, and William is actually a subordinate of the Earl of Reild.

However, if everything in this world really depends on the authority and regulations, it will not be so easy to have many things to fight for power, everyone in the aristocratic district knows that William is Alcatio's person, William has never even taken the initiative to report to Count Reard, and Earl Reald has never taken the initiative to summon William before today, because he doesn't want to be bored.

"Captain Stolt, where have you been all this time, and why aren't you in charge of Kalmar City?"

After William closed the door, a thin middle-aged nobleman took the lead and pretended to question sternly.

This nobleman's words are actually for a reason, William deliberately relaxed the management of the slum security when he left, just to let these nobles who ate the bear's heart and leopard gall eat some lessons, he told Edmund to wait until the future to slowly clean up these nobles, but before this he didn't mind taking some sweetness.

In the past few days, there have been several criminal cases in the aristocratic district, and the target is directly aimed at the slum area that was relatively calm under William's suppression.

Most of these cases were thefts, but there were also two robbery and murder cases, and it was very "coincidental" that the victim of the murder was the nobleman who had originally proposed to poison William, and the criminal's methods were extremely cruel, and the victim's head was cut off and taken away, so that Dennis, the sheriff who investigated the scene at the time, looked very ugly.