20. Communication

"It's really getting more and more lawless, find the victim, you must let them discipline the child strictly, it's not like words!"

"Yes, yes, the adult's words are very right, and now the child is a little ungraceful. Pen | fun | pavilion www. biquge。 info "The sheriff was having a good time, but he was interrupted again, and he felt a little upset. Still, he quickly echoed his boss's views.

"By the way, Deka, what can make children jealous like this?" The city lord suddenly remembered the report of the spies, Gale is probably a great swordsman, is it because of this jealousy? If this is the case, it is too, a teenager is jealous of a great swordsman! Just thinking of this situation, Count Alpha felt that he was angry.

"The reason is that Master Xius has received an admission letter from the Allianz Royal Warrior Academy!" Deka carefully observed the count's expression as he replied, and he also wondered if the count would be shocked to learn the news.

"Oh, Warrior Academy...... What?!!" The Earl suddenly stepped forward, forced him into the sheriff's eyes, and asked loudly, "You mean the Royal Family Warrior Academy?!! Allianz Royal Family Warrior Academy!"

The earl's reaction was completely unexpected by Deka, he couldn't help but take a step back, and after reacting, he hurriedly straightened his chest, and replied loudly: "Yes, my lord, Young Master Xiusi is indeed about to enter the Royal Family Warrior Academy!"

The Count tilted his head, closed his eyes and took a long breath, then exhaled slowly. Only then did he open his eyes and sighed: "Xius is only fourteen years old, it is really an amazing talent, the bloodline of the Horton family is indeed noble, and it is worthy of being a descendant of the Holy Blood Warrior!"

This seemed to be a word of admiration in Deka's ears, but it made him feel that "the count is jealous", but he immediately suppressed this realization in his heart, and buried his head.

"That's no wonder! I'm afraid that few of the children in Shining City will not be jealous when they find out! In a few days, the threshold of the Gale family will be broken by those hot-eyed parents, I don't know how many girls in the city are close to the age of Xiusi, hehe, I seem to have seen an extremely fierce competition!" The Earl suddenly rejoiced, "This is a good thing, my Shining City has a genius, and it will be very good for the reputation of the entire city." ”

Seeing that the Count was in a good mood, Deka wasted no time in stepping forward and said, "That's right, my lord, so I and Lady Betty both think that this is the most likely motive of the murderer, and by following this clue, we have the opportunity to quickly find the murderer and give an explanation to Viscount Gale and the nobles in the city." ”

"Well, that's reasonable, so be it, I'll give you an order, and you can take it and ask everyone to cooperate in investigating the matter of that junior swordsman. This must be done by children, and adults should not be clear, so please check the recent situation of the guards at home, and I believe it will soon be revealed. Deca, do a good job and try to give you a satisfactory answer. "Count Alpha has been the lord of the city for many years, and he has a clear understanding of the problems that may be encountered in the investigation of the case, and he uses a paper order to send the initiative of the investigation to the hands of the Sheriff's Department.

Deka took the order, and immediately after returning to the sheriff's office, a series of orders were issued, and his men took the orders one after another.

As the investigation deepened, more and more nobles knew the truth of the matter, and while breathing a sigh of relief, they themselves took the initiative to start a strict investigation of the family escort travel that day, and the parents of half the children in the family also carefully inquired about the children's itinerary that day.

These private actions greatly improved the efficiency of handling cases, and the cooperation of the nobles undoubtedly made the adults of the Public Security Department breathe a sigh of relief. Everyone believed that within a day or two, the truth would be revealed to the whole city.

Sure enough, the day after the ambush, the heads of several families came to the Earl's Court with half of their own families.

At this time in the mansion, Lord Alpha also smiled bitterly and scolded his eldest son: "What are you doing here!"

In Count Alpha's study, Matthew stood honestly a foot in front of his desk, his head pressed so low that he couldn't see his face at all. Keep your heels together, your hands at the sides of your legs, and your middle fingers pressed tightly against the midline of the seam. There was a small puddle of water on the ground in front of the toes.

The Earl leaned his forehead on the wide soft chair with his hands on his forehead, his brows furrowed deeply, his expression serious, and his eyes glancing at his son from time to time, and he felt that he hated iron but not steel.

"Look, what are you doing here!" said the Earl's third time. In the face of his son's stupid things, he really felt like a fight, but he had to sit here and meditate hard, so as to wipe the butts of the gang of teenagers led by his son, and try to eliminate the big trouble they caused and the conflicts and confrontations that might be caused in the next step.

Matthew stood there honestly, not daring to answer. He knew that whatever he said would provoke a harsher reprimand from his father.

This time it was too much!

Attacking and killing a noble heir, even if it is placed in the entire kingdom, will cause a huge shock. Even nearby countries will receive the news, and the ridicule of a large number of nobles from other countries will be almost unavoidable, and the kingdom will be greatly disgraced by it.

In such an embarrassing situation, the attitude of the king and the top of the kingdom can be imagined. Count Alpha smiled angrily, and was ready to be severely reprimanded by his superiors.

And his son Matthew is also secretly regretting his recklessness, blaming himself for knowing that Heath is a fool, but he was lucky and did not inform the Gale family of the matter earlier, so as to cause the current embarrassing situation.

Indeed, Matthew had already invited a friend to the Viscount Gael's Mansion to remind him, but who knew that people were not as good as heaven, and that fool of Heath actually said that he would do it, and he did such an earth-shattering vote that night, causing all the young masters to be good people who did not succeed, and all of them became suspects.

As soon as he thought of this, Matthew gritted his teeth with hatred. However, he had no intention of taking revenge on the Sith. It's not that he can't, but he doesn't dare! For the kind of guy who is crazy enough to prove his bravery by killing nobles, Matthew is completely defeated, and he has the idea of staying away from the other party at all times.

"You said earlier that there were others there that night, and you weren't the only one, were you?" asked the apprehensive Earl, looking up suddenly.

"Yes...", Matthew was stunned, although he didn't understand why his father asked like this, but he still replied neatly: "In addition to me, there are Angeles, Dayar, and the others are all members of the family below the baron. ”

"Thankfully, we don't have to do it as a family. Count Alpha breathed a sigh of relief, and his expression relaxed a lot.

More and more evidence showed that Viscount Gale had indeed reached the level of a great swordsman, and certainly not just entered this rank. Being able to suppress the nature of all the animals in the castle with the release of momentum is definitely a mid-level or even high-level strength of the Great Swordsman.

With this power alone, Gale is already no different from the earl in terms of status, not to mention, this great swordsman himself is also a noble viscount, and his family has been inherited for more than six hundred years, and even some ancestors have obtained the personal title of the Pope of Light!

As soon as these conditions are added up, Count Alpha thinks to himself that it is probably not easy to put his face in front of the current Gale.

Therefore, when communicating about the ambush incident later, if the count alone is alone, some things are really difficult to say. But if there were two other viscounts on board, things would be much simpler. Taking a step back, even if you have to lose some benefits to comfort the Gale family, three small hemorrhages are much better than one major hemorrhage.

Besides, in fact, it was the stupid boy of Hiss who really made trouble, and the children of other families were just juvenile, and they said a few words that objectively contributed to the trouble, and it was naturally the heaviest part of Hiss to bear the responsibility. As for the children of their own family, in the case of the three families jointly coming forward, it is natural that the big things will be turned into small things, and the small things will be turned into small things.

Thinking about this section, the earl's troubles were instantly reduced by more than half, and he was about to end the conversation with a few more words of training his son, but the voice of the old butler came from outside the door.

"Sir, Viscount Villa and Viscount Nottingham came with the young masters and were waiting in the main hall, and the other three barons also came with their children, they were all anxious, but they didn't explain their intentions. Sir, do you want to see them?"

The Earl's heart was very open when he heard this, and he immediately understood that these were parents who had already learned the truth of the matter from their children's mouths.

"Tell them that I am in the Sheriff's Office, and let them go there to find me, and then quietly keep the viscounts, and let them not leave, and I will go over immediately, don't be rude!" A gentle smile naturally appeared on the earl's face, and he walked quickly to the inner room, carefully examined his whole body in front of the mirror, and found that there was nothing unscrupulous, and then walked unhurriedly into the main hall.

"Hehe, Lord Villa, Lord Nottingham is here, my house is shining!" As soon as the Earl entered the door, he greeted the two middle-aged men who were sitting in a precarious position with a smile on his face, and his tone was very kind.

"It's only been a few days since I saw you, and my lord seems to be much younger, which really makes me envious!" the two Viscounts of Nottingham immediately stood up with a smile, bowed their heads slightly, and then returned the salute to Earl Alpha in the same affectionate tone.

"Please sit down, the children too, don't be formal, you are all good friends of Matthew, don't be polite to your uncle. As he spoke, the Count made a covert observation of the two visitors. And he immediately noticed that although the two viscounts were sitting upright and steady, their reddish eyes undoubtedly revealed some interesting circumstances.

"It seems that these two didn't sleep very well last night!" Count Alpha smiled affectionately on his face, but he sneered in his heart that both of them were old foxes, and at this time they were still pretending to be stable, as if nothing had happened.

At the same time, the two viscounts were doing the same thing as their immediate superiors.

However, after a few sneaky glances, the viscounts noticed that something was wrong. It was the third day that the Gael's Hughes had been ambushed in the city. Neither Villa nor Nottingham believed it, and Earl Alpha, who was smiling enthusiastically in front of him as if he was fine, still hadn't figured out the hidden worries behind this matter. In view of this, the two immediately understood that the adults were pretending to be confused, and obviously had a rough judgment of their intentions.

Viscount Billy and Viscount Nottingham looked at each other and nodded secretly.

The Count's meaning was already obvious! At this time, when the three families were in common trouble, and the three of them knew each other well, it was not advisable for the three parties to remain silent as if nothing had happened. The only way to go is to join forces to quell the anger of the victim family. Pretend, but then ambush for the distribution of compensation.

Thinking of this, Viscount Nottingham's mind turned to Viscount Villa, who immediately nodded slightly in response. Viscount Nottingham immediately understood, and Villa also guessed what the Earl meant, and agreed to have a straightforward exchange.

Observing the performance of the two, the earl became more assured, and his original eager smile narrowed slightly, and began the first step of cooperation negotiation, and began to make eye contact with the two guests with a confident gaze.

"My lord, the stakes are very high, Villa and I came directly without an appointment, I hope the Earl will not blame us for being abrupt. "Viscount Nottingham is a good speaker, and when he was on the way, Villa had already reached an agreement with him, and when he arrived at the city lord's palace, he was the main speaker.

"Well," the Count nodded with a noncommittal smile.

"My lord, I know that Baron Deka of the Sheriff's Department has been to you many times in the past two days, and I believe that you have a very clear understanding of the attack on the young master of Viscount Gael's family, so I will not describe it in detail. My lord, the reason why I came to the adult's house with my child with Villa-sama is also because of this incident. I don't know if Young Master Matthew has told you, in this matter, Young Master Matthew, my family's Angelet, and Nottingham's Viscount's Dayar all have a little bit of responsibility. Although the relationship is not too big, considering Viscount Gael, I think we should be cautious and discuss a countermeasure first, so as to calm Viscount Gael's anger as soon as possible. ”

Count Alpha looked at Viscount Villa: "Is that what Mr. means?"

Villa nodded: "Yes, the children of the three families are involved, and Matthew is the main one, I think it is necessary to have a deep conversation with you to appease Gael's anger as soon as possible." ”

The Count was stunned when he heard this, and his face was unhappy. As soon as he heard it, he understood that the other party only singled out his son and put him at the top of the appearance, although it was not a threat, but it was also unceremoniously lifted the fig leaf, directly hinting that he didn't have to pretend anymore, and that he had to make a decision as soon as possible. Moreover, if it is directly admitted in this way, the subsequent compensation negotiations will inevitably lose more benefits, which the Count never wants to see.

Of course, this is obviously an offense, albeit slightly, and according to the rules, the Count can directly rebuke Villa.

However, the situation at this time did not allow Count Alpha to look for trouble. He had to endure the cold hum in his heart, and the smile on the surface still did not change in the slightest: "Of course I know, Matthew also told me, but I think that this incident does not seem to be our fault, and the main responsibility should be on the Heath child." At most, I took Matthew to Gail's house to apologize, and I thought Gale would forgive the child. ”

Villa, of course, knew the weight of his words, but time was running out, and waiting for Gale to come to the door was not pleasant. Besides, in his mind, the Earl must have been clear about what Matthew had done, and he should be more urgent than the two of them. Who knows, as soon as the words came out, it caused the current embarrassing situation.

Villa and Nottingham looked at each other and smiled bitterly, and after a moment of silence, it was Nottingham who took the initiative to start a round: "My lord, although the children's involvement in this matter is not serious, but after all, it is a trap for Young Master Xiusi in danger, if it is not properly resolved, how will the nobles get along with each other in the future? Being disliked by such a powerful adult puts a lot of pressure on our children. ”