Edinburgh City, House of Fontaine.

"Hahahaha! The Hilton family is already at the end of their power, and they are about to be unable to support it. After so many years of planning and layout, it is finally time to harvest! ”

The Marquis of Socrates has always given people a cold-blooded and gloomy feeling, whether it is an enemy or his own, in front of him, he always feels very depressed. Even when he's happy, the average person doesn't want to see his smile.

But this time, he had a rare long laugh, which was very hearty.

The sworn enemy of more than ten years is about to fall in front of him. Moreover, the Fontaine family can also step on the corpses of enemies and climb higher ladders. The Marquis, of course, had reason to rejoice.

The group of subordinates waiting below naturally tried their best to flatter.

At this time, I don't know how to make fun of horses, so I don't have the qualifications to stand here.

In normal times, the Marquis Socrates would also scold his subordinates and make them focus on the right. But today is an exception, he has been waiting for too long, suppressing it for too long.

The corner of his eye swept to the side of his second brother Juster, who was unmoved, and he couldn't help frowning.

"Second brother, there's no need to worry about it anymore. Maybe it's just that you're too careful, and they don't have any back-up at all. It will take no more than 10 days to know the winner. By this time, it would be too late for them to come up with any more tricks. ”

Just closed the book in his hand, pinched his brows tiredly, and his face could not hide the deep worry: "If Hilton is still the patriarch of Andres's old fellow, such a risky and desperate fight is in line with his character, and I am not too worried." However, now that Silvio's old fox is in charge, I can't help but be careless. ”

"Since more than two months ago, the Hilton family has changed the previous way of shrinking the defensive line and defending passively. On the contrary, they boldly took the initiative to attack and fought a price war with us at any cost. Presumably, the funds for their activities have long been depleted. Now they have used a huge amount of money, all from loans from familiar families and merchants—mortgages to all of Hilton's properties, even from their mansions. ”

"This crazy and reckless approach has cost us a lot. Some of the petty nobles could not even withstand the huge consumption, and they were afraid and wanted to quit. This kind of behavior of biting the enemy even if he dies is not Silvio's style. If he doesn't have anything to rely on, I don't believe it. ”

The Marquis of Socrates knew this second brother's temperament very well, and knew that he would not be untargeted. He also put away his smile and said hesitantly: "If it is usual, the old fox will not do this." Maybe it's because they're being cornered now, and they haven't been able to find a way to save them, so they're doing something unusually crazy. ”

Just didn't speak.

Although what the Marquis Socrates said was not impossible, he had a faint feeling in his heart that things would not be so simple.

Suddenly, the door slammed open.

A man in black walked in briskly and respectfully handed the letter to Jusz.

The Marquis of Socrates' eyes swept the letters to the "top secret" and "urgent" markings, and swallowed back the words that wanted to reprimand him for being rude.

In the Fontaine family, intelligence-related work has always been in charge of Juszt.

When the letter was opened, there were only a few lines inside

But Just only glanced at it, and Huo Ran got up, his face was already so pale that he was bloodless!

"Second brother! What's going on? When the Marquis Socrates saw this, he was astonished.

In my impression, the second brother has always been calm and resourceful, and he rarely sees him panicked. It is even more rare to be so shocked and faceless.

Juszt's eyes were blank, and he muttered to himself, "I see, I see." Silvio, the old fox, is really ruthless enough, and he is not satisfied with the whole body, and he has invested enough money to lead us into a trap, to swallow us all in one bite? ”

Poof~ Just opened his mouth and spat out a mouthful of blood.

"Second brother!"

The Marquis Socrates was so shocked that he hurriedly stepped forward to hold him up.

"Big brother, this time we lost, a big defeat. The old fox's son, Owen, and the young man enshrined Anthony, and opened up the trade road to Krakow. Now, the caravan is already on its way back to the city of Edinburgh. Their backhand and reliance turned out to be this. ”

The League of Nobles lost, the Fontaines lost, and he, Just, also lost.

However, he is not reconciled!

After spending countless resources and painstaking efforts, and carefully planning for so many years, the original seamless layout was actually lost to the opponent's idle chess.

He has simulated countless possible responses for Hilton, including his business trips. But like Hilton's top brassips, Just also thinks it's just an option that has nothing to do with the bigger picture.

Even if they were lucky enough to ship the goods back to Krakow, the profit from receiving them would be a drop in the bucket, and it would not change the difficult situation faced by Hilton.

Completely open up the trade route? Just a Hilton family? Hehe!

But the accident happened in the most unlikely part.

The value of the caravan that is returning is not in the goods loaded, but in the caravan itself.

With the trade routes open and the huge market of Krakow County as their backing, the Hilton family is invincible and does not have to fear the siege of many nobles in Edinburgh.

With this golden artery, the merchants and aristocrats who knew each other had more confidence in Hilton, and instead of rushing them to repay their debts, they would increase their borrowing or investment.

On the contrary, the nobles on their own side will hesitate, waver, and even retreat. The so-called alliance of half-city nobles will collapse in an instant when the caravan enters the gates of Edinburgh City.

After this battle, the nobles who were injured and suffered heavy losses were likely to be bitten by the Hilton family and devoured by the whale.

With the mind of the Fontaine family's think tank, as long as the key link is pointed out, the entire plan of the Hilton family can be immediately calculated.

It would be nice if we could find out the information about the four bandit leaders being subdued earlier.

Although the failure of the plan was inevitable, at least it would not step into the trap laid by the old fox, and the damage could be reduced by at least half.

Juster regretted it even more, he should have taken that Anthony at all costs according to the idea of the third brother? Bruce finished. Who would have guessed that the Fontaine family's plan for more than ten years was finally inadvertently destroyed by this young man.

Regret not being at the beginning!

"Now, what remedy is there now?"

The Marquis was not a mediocre man, and after a little explanation, he immediately understood the grave situation he was facing.

"Perhaps, there is one more chance."

After spitting out a mouthful of blood from his chest, Just's mind became clear again.

"Immediately inform the third brother, who is returning from the northwest, to rush to the exit of the trade road at full speed and intercept the people of Hilton. Be sure to kill them all before you enter the boundaries of Edinburgh City. Without this caravan as proof, the people of Edinburgh would not have believed that the trade route had been opened. And as long as it can drag on for a month, Hilton will completely collapse, and it doesn't matter whether the business road is open or not. ”

Juszt really deserves to be the first wise man of the Fontaine family, and after recovering, he immediately grasped the current key point and found a countermeasure.

The Marquis perked up and suggested, "Do you want to gather some more masters from other nobles?" Then Anthony can subdue the four bandit leaders, but I'm afraid that he has some real skills. With only the third brother, it is a bit difficult to catch them all and not miss a single person. ”

Just shook his head: "Even if it is an adventure, you can only ask the third brother to do his best." This matter must not be known to other nobles, otherwise the consequences will be unpredictable. ”

"At this time, we can only do our best and obey the fate of heaven."