Chapter 31: The Verge
"No, I have to ask my stepmother about this matter." Finally Brad angrily got up from his chair and went straight to the stairs, and Grayson was so frightened that they stepped forward to dissuade him.
"Young master, don't do this, what if you alarm the earl?"
'This...' As soon as the audience mentioned his father, Brad suddenly stood still, feeling that his 2 hearts were shaken at this moment, did the old earl know about the poisoning? According to common sense, it should not, I am afraid that few fathers in this world will be willing to poison their own son, and from a series of previous performances, it seems that the old earl is still quite protective of this son, so if the whole thing is planned by Madame Julia behind the earl's back, then if things are big, what will be the impact on the earl? That's a patient. Will he be able to withstand such an impact? As a son of man, Brad had to think about the consequences of doing so.
'Smack!' While the crowd was hesitating, there was a commotion from outside, and as soon as the door opened, a servant ran in in a panic.
"Young master, it's not good, you go out and see that Mistress Guillaume and Mistress Felipe are fighting outside with their men.'"
'What do you say?' Brad couldn't help but be shocked when he heard this, and hurriedly drove out with everyone, and the four of us hurriedly followed out for fear of accidents, and went outside to take a look, well, dozens of people had already made a mess in the courtyard, and a few of them even pulled out the guys, and they seemed to be serious knights in their attire.
'Stop it all!' As Brad broke off, everyone stopped and retreated to the side, one by one, their clothes were messy, and they were embarrassed, where was the style of a knight.
'What the hell is going on?' Brad shouted angrily, don't look at the young man who was polite and modest in front of us before, and once he faced his subordinates, he really revealed a bit of aristocratic majesty.
At this time, a middle-aged knight in his forties stood on the right hand side, came to Brad and bowed and said: "Master Hui, we just got the news that someone poisoned your breakfast, so the subordinates specially brought everyone to protect it, but Felipe led people to block the door, saying that he received an order from the earl, and no one was allowed to enter the villa until the poisoning incident was investigated. As a result, the two sides started to fight.'
Brad frowned, turned his face and asked a young knight on his left, 'Is that the case with Felipe?'
The knight named Felipe seemed to have suffered a lot in the fight just now, and his left eye was bruised, and he was being treated at this time, and when he heard Brad call him, he hurriedly greeted him and gave a slight salute: 'Yes, we have received an order from the Earl, saying that someone wants to take advantage of this poisoning incident to plot evil, and orders us to seal off the entire villa until the matter is clarified, and no one is allowed to enter or leave, and the violator will be punished for conspiracy.'
'The Earl's command?' How did I not know this? Did you hear it from your own ears, or did someone convey it?' Brad asked.
'Yes... It was someone else who conveyed it.'
'Who?'
'This... It's a confidential matter that I can't reveal.'
When the middle-aged knight on the side heard this, he immediately sneered: "Can't reveal it, or don't you dare to reveal it?"
Philippe was furious: 'Guillaume, what do you mean by that?'
Not to be outdone, the knight known as Guillaume replied: 'What do I mean, everyone knows it, who doesn't know that you are Madame Giulia's cousin, and you have been on the rise for several years by virtue of this relationship, of course you don't want to see Young Master Brad inherit the title, what kind of earl's password, I think that the eight achievements are a group of you people who are in a mess, intending to murder Young Master Briddell!"
'Guillaume, you are utterly slanderous! I'm going to propose a duel to you!' Felipe seemed to be in a hurry at this time, pointed to Guillaume's nose and said in a loud voice.
"Okay, I can't ask for it, so let the master teach you young masters what a real knight is!" To say that this knight Guillaume is really not a fuel-efficient lamp, he drew his sword and went down the steps, Filipe had no way to retreat at this time, so he had to follow, and the two of them were about to draw their swords against each other.
'Stop, have you all had enough!' Brad was really angry at this time, and roared at everyone.
'But young master...' Guillaume tried to explain, but before he could finish his sentence, Brad interrupted him harshly.
'Nothing! I now order, in my capacity as the eldest son of the Earl of Mahe, that you all put away your swords for me, otherwise you will be committing a conspiracy, do you understand!'
Seeing that Brad was really anxious, Guillaume and the others immediately didn't dare to make a mistake, and they were busy and unwilling to put the sword back, and Felipe's side saw that it was not good to openly disobey the order anymore, and immediately put the sword back to the sheath, and both sides pushed aside and bowed their heads silently.
Seeing this, Brad calmed down and said, "Anyway, this matter will definitely be investigated within our family, and before that, no matter which side of you are allowed to act rashly, otherwise it is an attempt to rebel, do you understand?"
'Yes...,' the crowd replied with some reluctance.
'I haven't eaten at all because of my voice, give me a loud answer!?'
'Yes!' Don't look at Brad's young age, he really behaved quite decisively when dealing with this kind of thing, and soon basically controlled the situation, and then he took everyone back to the house, at this time we have already roughly seen that the group led by Guillaume undoubtedly supported Brad, and Felipe's group was on the side of Lady Julia and the second young master John, which was originally nothing more than a factional struggle within the family, but unfortunately now the whole thing has developed from the previous undercurrent to the open saber rattling, If it is not handled properly, then it will inevitably be a bloody storm, and for Brad at this time, the fate of the entire family depends on his thoughts.
After returning to the house, Brad walked back and forth in the hall, his eyes looking at the stairs from time to time, and he could feel that he was hesitant to deal with this matter, no one dared to disturb him, and the whole hall was surprisingly quiet.
'Brother.' Suddenly, a childish voice sounded on the stairs, and then a little boy of five or six years old ran from above, and threw himself at Brad's side.
'John, why are you here?' Brad was surprised, it turned out that this child was Brad's half-brother.
"I wanted to play with you, but my mother didn't let me, and locked me in the room, I suffocated to death, so I sneaked out while they weren't looking, you promised last time that you would teach me how to ride a horse when you came back to the villa, and you weren't allowed to play tricks.' It was clear that young John was unaware of what was going on around him, and said innocently at Brad.
'John, John...' Lady Juliet ran down the stairs in a panic, and when she saw her precious son standing beside Brad, the beautiful face was bloodless with astonishment.