In Allen's impression, Linda is still the innocent girl who doesn't care about the world and carefrees five years ago.

No matter how hard the brothers fought in other places, they were all happy to work together to make their sister happy in front of Linda.

If Linda hadn't maintained that fragile family bond, the four brothers would have already torn their faces and started fighting.

After five years of not seeing each other, Alan found that her sister had grown up, from an innocent girl to a wise and decisive "wool queen", and became a stranger to herself.

What made Allen most difficult to accept was that Linda, who used to be scared to cry when she saw a dead mouse, took out a wooden box from under the seat of the carriage and handed it to herself, and this wooden box contained a fresh human head.

Alan, who was stunned, took a moment to react, and he thought that Linda would come to coquettish himself as soon as he came back from his outing, pestering him for gifts.

And every time he goes out, he comes back with a lot of interesting little gifts, and then tells the story of these little gifts to Linda, who is starry-eyed, and Linda will be so frightened that she covers her mouth with her hands when she talks about the thrill.

Now that everything has changed, Linda can casually hold a human head and put it in her hands.

Linda said helplessly: "At this time, the scapegoat they pushed out was he who instructed someone to assassinate you. ”

Alan asked, "Why did he assassinate me?"

Linda turned her head to look out the window at the street in the rainstorm and whispered, "As soon as there is a proper profit, capital will be very bold. As long as the profit is sufficient, people will not be afraid of sin, and even the danger of hanging. If unrest and strife bring profits, it encourages them. ”

"Only when you die and Charles continues to live can they make more profits. It's not just those in Prato, it's a lot of people who think that way. ”

"It's hard to go from luxury to frugality, and those people have been carrying money into the treasury in sacks for the past two years, and they don't mind getting rid of the people who are blocking their fortune. ”

Alan looked at his sister dumbfounded, and after a long while, he said, "I can ...... too"

Linda interrupted Allen with a shake of her head, things weren't as simple as he thought.

Since the beginning of this year, the Bischberg Kingdom has only collected symbolic tariffs on wool products transported by water to the Kingdom of Rebach and the Kingdom of Rerick, which is only the first substantial progress in the "Mecaden Economic Circle".

Alan listened to Linda's narration, the expression on his face gradually became dull, and the world suddenly became different from what he thought.

The carriage soon arrived at the door of Alan's house, and his butler had already received Linda's notice and was waiting for him in front of the gate with an umbrella.

Eren returned to the living room and first walked to the weapon rack by the wall, placing his longsword and flame sword on it.

This weapon rack is not only his place, but also a place to store weapons such as shields, magic staffs, and bows and arrows.

Allen's heart tightened at the sight of the empty weapon racks on both sides, which was where his partner put his weapons.

He turned to the butler and asked, "None of them came back?"

He remembered that he had let his friends move freely, and when he came out, they would continue to go to Doghead Mountain to find the Flame Excalibur.

The butler was heard to say in a deep voice, "They are all dead, and their heads are placed in front of the grave of the former Earl and Lady of Maccaden." ”

Allen's body trembled, his hands trembled slightly, he thought that the things that Lena had said to him before were all fake, in order to provoke trouble.

"Go down. Alan waved at the butler and sat down on the sofa in the living room.

The dark clouds outside the window were getting thicker and thicker, the sunlight was blocked, and the sky and the earth were like night, only the lightning that burst out of the clouds from time to time added a little light to the stormy world.

A few bolts of lightning fell nearby, illuminating the living room, and the shadows of those specimens of demonic beast heads hanging on the wall cast on the wall, which looked eerie.

On the couch, Alan held his head in his hands, wondering what was wrong.

It didn't take long for guests to arrive, and Allen's eldest brother Abner, second brother Abt, and third brother Aives came to Allen's house together.

Abner, who is the eldest brother, raised the bamboo can in his hand and waved it, and said to Alan: "Boil some water, we haven't had tea together for a long time, I got black dragon tea." ”

Alan was stunned for a moment, this was a private agreement between the four of them, and having tea together meant that everyone had to talk about business such as the succession to the throne.

A few people were at the table, and the second eldest among the brothers, Abt, who was the first in pleasure, took out a set of purple sand tea sets. The bottom of the tea set is also engraved with Philip's name, which Philip made to sell for money in order to support his two wives during his adventures.

Alan suddenly noticed that Abt had released five teacups.

Then Linda came, carrying a small bamboo basket with the refreshments she had just made.

I saw Linda pull a chair from the side, place it on the table as if nothing happened, and then join the conversation circle.

Seeing Allen's surprised expression, Avis, who had the best relationship with Allen among the four brothers, said to him with a slightly wry smile, "Now Linda is also qualified to sit with us and talk about those things." ”

Last fall, Linda provided the military with a large shipment of winter clothes and warm gear at almost cost price, with a guarantee that it will be there next year.

Because there are many retired veterans in Linda's wool mills, under their supervision, the pass rate of this batch of materials has reached an unprecedented ninety percent, and only a few are bitten by rats during transportation.

For a while, the military as the basic plate of Ives began to be a little unstable, and everyone who was a soldier knew the importance of logistics support, and it would be good if he changed to a leader who was not sloppy in logistics.

Avis, who was dug up with a hoe in the corner, was a little helpless, and the gold coin player or something was too annoying.

Also smiling bitterly are Abner and Abt, most of their basic plates have begun to run with Linda on the broad road of capitalism, and they have not been able to pull it back.

The tea was quickly brewed, and Abner looked at Alan with a blank face and asked, "Are you the one who poisoned us a few years ago?"

Alan's hand holding the teacup stopped, and he looked at Abner in disbelief, then at the others, and saw that they were also waiting for his answer.

"What's going on?" asked Allen, "you're poisoned?"

Linda sighed and said, "Everyone is poisoned, and so is my father. ”

"So you're suspicious of me?" Alan almost jumped, "Do I need to poison you and my father?"

Abner said: "It stands to reason that I would not suspect my own brother. ”

(In his words, the "younger brother" was bitten very hard)

"But you are the only one who can do anything to kill all thirteen members of the Maccaden family, so I have to be suspicious. ”

Abt continued his eldest brother's words and said, "Your evil deeds are known to everyone from the edge of the forest to the shore of the East, and Charles's accusation against you is known to the world. ”

"Charles' men were stopped by a righteous knight when they were taking revenge on your companion, and his men complained on Charles' behalf: I live on the south side of the maple grove, and my family has a house and money, and I have no end in life.

"Who knows that Alan, he is arrogant and unreasonable, self-righteous and lawless, occupies my big house and robs me of my money, and tries in vain to rob my sister and tie me to bed.

"For the sake of my sister, I turned my face with him, and I was punched by him and swollen my eyes.

"My maid, Aunt Sweet Potato, scolded him for bullying the good people, but he caught him in the grove and crossed it a hundred times, a hundred times!

"He also smashed the fire dragon into my house, saying that it was an accident to kill my mouth.

"I am fortunate that the gods have blessed me and my life has survived, but I have pity for my parents and their souls have returned to heaven.

"This hatred is even more difficult to fill, on the one hand, to make money, on the other hand, to cultivate hard, and to slash the enemy's will.

"I dare not forget the hatred of breaking the family, I remember this hatred and do not share the sky!"

The upright knight immediately walked away, not stating that he would not hinder the other party's revenge. ”

After Abt finished speaking, the other people silently drank tea and did not speak, but the eyes that looked at Alan clearly thought that he was the culprit.

Alan's face turned extremely bad, and he knew that he was caught in a huge vortex, and if he could not prove his innocence, he would drown in this torrent.

He made up his mind in a moment, and then solemnly said to his brothers and sisters: "I will prove my innocence with my actions." ”