Late at night, the moon was as cool as water, and the deputy commander of the Silan Imperial Capital City Guard was in the palace of Count Anthony. Pen "Fun" Pavilion www.biquge.info

In a reception room, Anthony was dressed in home clothes, standing with his hands in his hands, looking at the bright moon outside the window, listening to the report of the adjutant who had just arrived behind him.

The adjutant was dressed in a military uniform, about thirty or forty years old, of medium stature, with yellow hair, and an ordinary appearance, but between his eyebrows and eyes there was the temperament of a battle-experienced soldier.

He is Anthony's cronies, although he is Anthony's lieutenant, he is actually Anthony's retainer, loyal to Anthony, Anthony's right-hand man, and deeply trusted by Anthony.

"My lord, the assassination of Master Carré that day has been clarified. The killer is a well-known thousand-faced old man in the underground forces of the imperial capital, his true identity is unknown, it seems that he has been seriously injured, and now his strength is not high, but he is a black iron five-star, but he is a five-star black iron, but he has a good ability to disguise himself, and the success rate of assassination is good, and his reputation in the assassination world is also good. After assassinating Young Master Carley, he left the Jialan Empire, and now the whereabouts of the whole person are unknown, this person is good at disguise, and it is very difficult to find it. The adjutant standing behind Anthony said respectfully.

"Who's behind it?" Anthony asked, a little cold in his voice.

Since Carré was assassinated, he has used all kinds of relationships, the deputy commander of the Imperial Capital City Defense Army Corps, the network of relationships is dense in black and white, and black and white work together to investigate the murderer, and he was really discovered.

"After investigation, the most likely is the Marquis of Ford family bordering the Lancelot family fiefdom, according to intelligence officers, the reason is that the Ford family has taken a fancy to a fief of the Lancelot family, which is rich in minerals and can provide a large amount of raw materials for the Ford family's steam car industry."

"However, since the title of Young Master Carré cannot be revoked by the current Emperor Yusser, the fief of the Lancelot family can only be nationalized at the time of occupation and cannot be purchased by private families, but once Young Master Carré dies, the title of the Lancelot family will naturally disappear, and this fief will be auctioned by the Empire, and the most able to obtain this fief is the Ford family,"

Hearing this, Anthony couldn't help but sneer and said, "The Ford family, this plan is really ingenious!" ”

The Ford family is still quite famous in the Jialan Empire, it is a veteran family of the empire, it has existed for nearly a thousand years, this family is mainly business-oriented, in recent years, especially the Ford steam cars produced by their family, which are exported to the Jialan Empire, and even in several countries around the Jialan Empire, the sales volume is also considerable.

Such a family, the money obtained every year is amazing, and many duke families can't compare, but the Ford family is also very far-sighted, hugging the royal thigh, and half of the annual profits are handed over to the royal family, so that many people can't do anything with the Ford family even if they are red, after all, the family is royal in the background.

But the royal family alone is not enough, if the Ford family wants to maintain the family's status in the empire, there must be someone in the power of the imperial capital, but it is strange to say that the people of the Ford family are particularly talented in business, but they are very poor in politics and martial arts.

In the army, the children of the family are not cultivated enough, no matter how much money the Ford family spends to make connections, the military rank cannot be promoted, in the officialdom, the children of the Ford family are also a mess, often offending some high-ranking officials, and now the Ford family is a marquis family, but the highest-ranking official in the empire is just a secretary general under the right minister of the empire.

And the title of the Ford family during the reign of this generation of family heads, if they can't get enough credit, when the next generation of family heads succeed to the throne, they will be demoted to the earl family, once they are demoted to the earl family, even if there is a royal backstage, I am afraid they will not be able to keep the family property.

is about to be demoted, at this time, it is no wonder that the Ford family wants to assassinate Carré, once they get more money, maybe there is a glimmer of life to keep the title.

"The Fords must have some children in the military, Jerome." Anthony turned around and looked at the adjutant behind him, his eyes a little cold.

The adjutant named Jerome thought for a moment and said, "Yes, my lord, there are some sons of the Ford family in some of the Empire's legions. He glanced up at Anthony and continued, "Some of the legion commanders are friends of the adults on the battlefield back then, do you want to inform these friends of the adults and suppress these children of the Ford family?" ”

Jerome had been following Anthony for more than ten years, and as soon as Anthony asked, he immediately understood what Anthony was thinking.

Shaking his head, Anthony said in a somewhat cold voice, "Don't do it for the time being, the friction between the empire and the chaotic land in the north has become more and more intense these days, and when the day comes, all the children of the Ford family will be sent to the battlefield." ”

The cold killing intent in his voice made Jerome's back tighten, and some cold sweat broke out on his head, he thought that Anthony just wanted to suppress these children of the Ford family, but he didn't expect Anthony to be so ruthless, and he directly wanted to bury all the children of the Ford family on the battlefield.

"In that case, if the Ford family finds out, I'm afraid my lord will ......," Jerome reminded, swallowing.

"I know, a business-oriented marquis family, what can I do." Anthony's voice was cold, full of murderous intent, "If you dare to attack my eldest brother's widow, you will have to pay the price of blood." ”

When Jerome was told by Anthony, he suddenly realized in his heart that the Ford family was indeed more powerful than Anthony's family, Anthony was just a commoner, and he was knighted by his military exploits, and his family power was far inferior to the old Ford family.

But even if the Ford family learned that Anthony had taken action to solve some of the children of the Ford family, they couldn't do anything to Anthony, first of all, Anthony was a member of the Imperial Army, and the Ford family's power was mainly in business, and Anthony was a dog biting a hedgehog, and there was nowhere to put his mouth out.

Second, the Ford family may not dare to make a move on Anthony, Anthony is promoted to the golden warrior at the age of thirty, the talent is amazing, now in his forties, ten years have passed, his strength is also top-notch among the golden warriors, in the imperial capital city guard, among several deputy commanders, it is said that Anthony's strength is the strongest, the youngest, and the possibility of inheriting the captain is the greatest.

Third, and the most important point, Anthony was promoted to the Golden Warrior at the age of thirty, and now his strength is also top-notch among the Golden Warriors, a top-notch Golden Warrior may be nothing to the Ford family, but Anthony is only in his forties at this time, and he has the potential to be promoted to the Ground-level Martial King, although the possibility of promotion is very small, but once he succeeds, offending a Ground-level Martial King, even if it is not a catastrophe for the Ford family, I am afraid it will make the Ford family very bad.