The group returned to Fritz's home.

James had been running back and forth for himself all day, and Fritz, though tired, arranged for the servants to make a sumptuous dinner for the guests.

The fine food is appetizingly colourful in the aroma and bright light of the table wine, but the silence of the servants and the palpitating silence of the servant make the atmosphere of the meal not pleasant, even the fresh and delicious food unpalatable.

Halfway through his meal, Fritz absentmindedly put down his knife and fork, and James seemed to understand his feelings:

"Don't come with me, go see Tiffany and little Thea, they need your comfort—and your face is so terrible now, if you could disappear from this table, maybe I'll be in a better mood for the meal!"

At this time, it is not the time to express the etiquette of the guest of honor, not to mention the relationship between them, there is no need for so many false courtesies.

Fritz nodded, picked up a cloth to wipe his mouth, called his butler to serve James, and left the table.

With James's kind reminder, he did not go to see his wife and daughter immediately, but found a guest room for the servant to fetch a change of clothes, and re-trimmed his face:

Scraping off the newborn stubble, the water and facial fat covered up the haggard and tired wrinkles on his face, he adjusted his expression in the mirror, barely showed a smile, and separated the brows that were subconsciously gathered together with both hands, and the whole person looked finally much more energetic.

On the way to find his wife, Fritz was called away by his father, the Marquis of Yotte, and went to the Marquis's Palace.

The Marquis met Fritz in the study, looked at the mental outlook of the second son, and smiled approvingly with satisfaction:

"It's good, I'm glad I didn't see a piece of rubbish knocked down, don't wallow in grief and regret, you have to remember that you're a man. There's still a responsibility to be taken up by you - reassure Tiffany, you still have a long way to go, and I don't want to hear the rumours that are circulating outside. ”

The Marquis looked at him with a categorical gaze that could not be disobeyed.

Fritz knew very well what the Marquis meant, and his face fell silent, and he nodded silently.

After a few words of relief, the Marquis de Jote did not say anything more and let Fritz go.

When Fritz returned to his home, James had finished his meal and left, and he asked the butler. Knowing that James had gone to Benson House, he nodded expressionlessly and walked to the bedroom in the main building.

Outside the suite in the hostess's room. The door was open, and a faint sound of sobbing could be heard from inside.

Fritz pushed open the door to the living room, and a maid was on duty in the living room of the suite, and the sound of sobbing came from the room, and there was a mixture of talking. It seems that Tiffany talked to people and dismissed the maids.

The maid saw that Fritz wanted to make a sound, but was stopped by Fritz with a look, and asked them to leave the living room, and when the door was closed, there was a noise, but the people in the room seemed to have talked about it. Didn't pay attention to the reminder of the maid outside.

Of course, Fritz was not unaware of the maid's tricks, and at first he didn't think much about it, and at this time he couldn't help but wonder. So he didn't remind himself of his arrival, and approached the room with light steps, and the sound of sobbing gradually became clear.

“…… Hateful...... I'm not reconciled...... She has to pay the price...... My poor little Beelzebub! ……”

“…… Since you insisted...... I'll arrange ...... Don't let your aunt and Fritz know...... It's just a little mage...... Poor Tiffany...... Your brother won't sit idly by...... The Price of Blood...... Take good care of little Sia ......"

“…… Good...... Please...... Don't let Fritz see ......"

Staccato fragments of words drifted into Fritz's ears, and the voices inside belonged to his wife, Tiffany, and Tiffany's brother's wife, Helen, a vase with a beautiful appearance but no brains. And from these fragments of speech, he has already sorted out the content of the conversation in it.

He pushed the door open with a blank face. Behind the door was Helen, who was about to open the door and leave.

Tiffany stood beside the bed and looked at the door in astonishment, her face red and haggard, her previously meticulously groomed blonde hair scattered over her shoulders and the back of her neck.

And the most surprising thing for Fritz was that his youngest daughter Thea was also in the room, she was lying on the bed in the room in a chaotic manner, sleeping uncomfortably, her beautiful brows were frowning tightly, and the previous conversation between Tiffany and Helen did not avoid the little Sia, who was just eight years old.

Fritz only felt a fire rise in his heart, and he glanced coldly at Helen's big-breasted vase, who had already left in a panic without waiting for him to give the eviction order, with a panic on his face that could not be concealed.

Instead, Tiffany watched the scene quietly, her face vanishing with the panic of being overheard at first, and she looked at Fritz calmly.

She lifted her chin haughtily, and looked like an awe-inspiring warrior woman, the mask of her former reserved gentleness faded from her face—

"Did you hear it all?"

For the first time, Fritz felt that the woman he was with was so strange, and he remembered that she was a gentle and considerate wife who loved him deeply, and that her delicate makeup was always perfect, and she would not show her dark side in front of him, let alone show such a look after he saw him secretly discussing with Helen.

Fritz felt tired, and the grief of losing his only son rose again, "Tiffany, don't do this, let's sit down and talk about ......"

"But I have nothing left, my husband's heart, my son's life, have been taken away by her, what next? Are you planning to replace the mistress of this mansion with her? There was even a faint smile on the corner of her mouth, and there was a hint of madness in her eyes.

"Tiffany, what are you thinking about......"

Fritz tried to explain, but lost his voice in Tiffany's increasingly strange smile, he had a sense of foreboding, looked left and right, and suddenly said, "What about Ferriel?" ”

Ferriel was Tiffany's personal maid and Tiffany's most faithful servant, and Fritz couldn't see her outside the suite, and if Friel was there, Fritz wouldn't have heard Tiffany and Helen's secret conversation.

"She's out of town," Tiffany replied, her smile deepening, and the madness was already evident, "I went back to the family once today and stole a token from my father. Now that token is in the hands of Master Kodiak! ”

"You're crazy!" Fritz's eyes widened.

He knew exactly what Tiffany meant by the token:

When a noble person owes a heavy favor, he will often give the other party a token that represents his identity, and when the holder of the order returns the token to the sender, it is often the time when the favor needs to be redeemed.

The Adelaide family has a close relationship with the Kodiak master, which is public news in the imperial capital aristocratic circle, and this relationship is likely to be related to the favor of the Kodiak master's identity token, and Tiffany steals this token, no matter what she wants to do, it will definitely not be what he or even the Adelaide family is happy to see!

Tiffany's such a move. It's tantamount to betraying her mother and the Yot family!

"I want her dead!" Tiffany laughed and repeated maniacally, "I want her to bury my little Beelzebub!" ”

She already had the slightest scruple about anything. No matter what the method is, it is useful or useless, even if it is Helen's idiot mentions, she doesn't mind giving it a try-

As long as that hateful woman can die, she is willing to drag her to hell with her!

Little Thea wakes up in the midst of an argument between her parents. Rubbing his eyes, he saw his father with a gloomy face and his mother with a half-crazy look, and cried in a panic.

When the servant outside the door heard the sound of the voice, Fritz came to his senses, shook off his wife, who had fallen into complete paranoia, and hugged his weeping daughter. Put her in Mama's hands.

"Take the young lady back to her room!"

After little Sia left, Fritz said to the remaining maids, "Lock up the lady." Don't let her leave the room! Prepare your horse now, I'm going to get out of town at once! ”

He paused, then remembered something, "Also, Madame stole Master Kodiak's identity token from Adelaide House. Send the news back to the Marquis and Adelaide House! ”

The housekeeper immediately understood the reason why Franz was under house arrest. Quickly subdued the half-mad Lady Tiffany, and then urgently sent the news of what Fritz had said back to the Marquis and Adelaide House:

Oh my God, Madame actually used the identity token of Master Kodiak in private, and now something big is going to happen!

……

Although James left, because he was not worried about Fritz, he kept his attendants in Fritz's house to avoid any emergencies.

Therefore, Fritz hastily forgot about him, but James's attendants noticed the chaos in Franz House, and after a little inquiry, they knew the inside story and immediately reported the situation to Bencent's House, so that James received the news, although it was one step slower than that of the Marquis and Adelaide House, but it was the fastest among the other nobles.

The chamberlain who returned also alarmed the master of Bencent's house, Leonardo, who came to the room where James was staying, came to the room where James was staying, and happened to hear the chamberlain's return, and murmured:

"Is little Adelaide really crazy? Poor little Thea! ”

By doing this, Tiffany completely cut off the retreat of the Marquis and Adelaide House.

The connection with Master Kodiak is a very important relationship of the Adelaide family, the deep-rooted nobles and the strong people who have close contacts are often dependent on each other, and the favor of Master Kodiak is not indispensable to the current Adelaide family, but who knows that at some emergency moment in the future, this favor will be able to come in handy?

Moreover, the connection between the big family and the strong is often one of the cards on the table to show the influence and family power, and the impact on the family can be light or heavy.

If Master Kodiak redeems the favor of Adelaide House because of his identity token, which undoubtedly damages the interests of the Adelaide family, then the Adelaide family will inevitably anger the Yot family, and with the fermentation of the death of little Beelzebub, the two families are likely to turn from in-laws to enemies, and from then on they will fight each other.

No matter what the consequences are, Tiffany will not end well, and when she did this, she only remembered hatred, and she didn't even think about the situation between these two families in the future.

James didn't care about what to feel with Leonardo, he knew the strictness of things better than others, although Leonardo knew that Lin An had a relationship with several strong people in the ice field, but he didn't have personal experience after all, and he didn't know Lin An's influence on those strong people.

James actually couldn't say it clearly, but he knew the general situation of Lin An's record in the ice field, and he vaguely felt that Lin An's knighthood merit seemed to be much higher than he imagined, originally with her record on the front line, even if she saved a lot of people in most of the front line, the hereditary title of the third-class earl was almost the same, after all, this merit was shared equally between Sidney and Lin An.

It was not easy to move up the level after the Earl. Even if he was just a nobleman with a title and no territory, Lin An's first-class earl also ascended to the sky in one step, and did what other families could not do for hundreds of years of accumulation.

In addition, James roughly estimated Lin An's exploits, knowing that there was still a big gap in it, and then thinking about the importance that Mourinho and other masters valued her, he vaguely guessed that Lin An probably played a role in the legendary battle outside the Mapei Fortress, but he did not publicize it to the public.

Based on this alone, His Majesty the Emperor would not allow others to move Lin An lightly, and if he guessed deeper, those strong men led by Melissa in the Battle of Legends owed Lin An something. So with the relationship between these strong people, even if Lin An's background is not counted, she can completely walk sideways in the imperial capital.

James was indifferent to the affairs around Lin An. Originally, he also wanted to use this to verify his guess, because this was also Rheinthal's request, as the children of the family, they must analyze the potential value and influence of Lin An himself to determine the process of their friendship and investment. But James never wanted this kind of verification to be verified by the family and future of his friend Fritz.

So as soon as James heard the news, he immediately stood up and said, "Prepare your horses, get out of the city at once!" ”

"Wait, bring my passpass. Otherwise, the guards guarding the door will not open the door! ”

Leonardo said, simply changing his clothes when the butler went to get the token, "I'll go too." Otherwise, neither you nor Master Kodiak will be able to speak. ”

The head of the Bencent family has already retired half-retired, and Leonardo is already half the head of the family, and with his status, he can communicate with Master Kodiak on an equal footing, and it is easier to talk about anything. And James and others are still a step behind.

Halfway through, James remembered Lin An. Folded the Count's Court of the Purple Rose.

Hannibal's butler from the Earl's Court personally came forward and informed Lin An that he had been invited by Master Kodiak of the Secret Law Order to take people out of the city, and the time was around nine o'clock after dinner.

James and Leonardo were surprised, according to their calculations, the time when the token was handed over to Master Kodiak was probably around nine o'clock, could it be that Master Kodiak was in a hurry to return the favor, and couldn't even wait for a night, so he immediately sent someone to do it?

Hannibal felt that something was wrong and inquired carefully, but James knew that Hannibal was just a butler assigned to the Earl's Palace, and he had only been with Lin An for a few days, so of course he would not tell him anything casually, but just told him to restrain the servants of the Earl's Palace, and no matter what he heard, he would not let the Earl's Court be in chaos.

James and his entourage were about to leave, when a lavishly decorated carriage drove in again, and Leonardo looked at the golden lion emblem on the wall of the car, and then at the coachman and the guards beside the car, and immediately recognized it: "It's the carriage of the prince's palace." ”

James glanced at the ruts on the ground, the fresh mud marks on the wheels were from outside the city, and the carriage had just come in from outside.

The guard Goyev had already seen the two people on horseback, and stepped forward to salute, "Earl Bencent, Master James, Your Highness has injuries and cannot get off immediately, please forgive me." ”

The news of Rodeer's injury was blocked by Prince Cyril and only reported to the emperor, and Rodier's own influence in the upper echelons of the imperial capital has not yet reached a decisive level, and no one will keep an eye on him, so Leonardo and James heard that he was injured, and then looked at the injury on Rodeer's personal guard, and knew that it was not fake, and they were a little surprised.

James was in a bad mood, but he was blocked by Rodier's carriage here, and said with a cold smile: "It can't be that he provoked someone again, and was beaten by someone in the alley with his face covered!" ”

Rodier's guard Goyev's face was a little unpleasant, he knew that the festival between James and Rodier could not be said to be enemies, but they were also rivals who couldn't see each other, but with his identity, he couldn't offend James, and his face turned pale.

"That's better than some people being kicked out of their homes and not daring to return to the imperial capital for ten years!"

Rodier's carriage came to Leonardo's horse, the window was lifted, Rodier poked his head out, ignoring James's deposit, "Lord Leonardo, why did you come to the Count of the Purple Rose?" ”

James was in a bad mood, too lazy to hide the knife in his smile as before, and his gloomy gaze was like a knife scraping on Rodier's face, if it weren't for Rodiel's injury and hiding in the car, James might have poured acid on it.

Rodier also secretly felt that something was wrong with James today, and shrank back in the car, only to remember the death of little Beelzebub. He remembered that Fritz and James had a good relationship before, and that James had come back with Fritz this time. Immediately stopped stirring up James's anger.

Leonardo drove his horse two steps, intentionally or unintentionally between the carriage window and James, and smiled at Rodiel: "I signed a mineral transfer with Countess Purple Rose yesterday, and I have something to do with her tonight." ”

Both sentences are true, but they are not related, and this is the art of speaking.

Leonardo looked at Rodiel's situation and found that half of His Royal Highness's lower body was wrapped, so he rushed to the Earl's Court at night, so he asked rhetorically: "Your Highness is also looking for Lady Purple Rose?" ”

"Hmmm......"

Rodier replied vaguely, but heard Leonardo regret:

"Then I'm afraid you won't find Her Excellency the Lady here. She had been invited by Master Kodiak to the Arcane Lodge, and we were preparing to find her. ”

James glanced sideways at Leonardo, who didn't seem to feel his gaze. Smiling very naturally, James's face remained unchanged, and he looked to the other side with a gloomy face, as if he did not want to pay attention to the conversation.

Rodier was only surprised for a moment, and then immediately said, "Then I'll go with you." ”

So Rodier's carriage joined Leonardo and James's party, and the group was more than fifty people. Mightily went to the north gate of the city.

Pompey has four city walls, from the inside to the outside of the imperial city, the palace city, the inner city, the outer city, the outer city also attached to the outside of the skirt wall, the outermost city defense facilities, the city wall road is wide enough to allow five carriages to walk side by side.

Among them, the access control of the Imperial City Miyagi is the strictest, and when the time comes, there is no entry and exit token. Otherwise, it will not be passed, and the inner city is a relatively loose interval between the noble and commoner quarters. Although it is also closed at night, the nobles who have a certain influence can also go out from the small door with the entry and exit tokens.

Leonardo brought the passpass, but didn't use it. Rodiel's face was the best pass, he had just come in from outside the city. The guard guarding the gate remembered his carriage and quickly opened the small door and let them out.

Soon after, the people of Adelaide's Earl's Court and the Yote Marquis's Court also left the city, and the guards guarding the gate were more knowledgeable, and quickly reported the matter to the upper echelons, who immediately ordered their subordinates to be restrained, and then uploaded the situation layer by layer.

Although the palace is closed, it is not as difficult as most people think to communicate the news inside and outside, especially during the celebration ball, although the palace gate is closed on time, but every other magic hour, there is a quarter of an hour to open the door, so that the nobles who have temporarily left the ball can leave.

Therefore, the movement of the people in Bencent, Adelaide and Yort House out of the city soon came into the hands of those who cared about it, and further searched, and found that the prince's only son, Rodier, was also inside, and they also went to the house of the Countess of Purple Rose, and then did not find the master, and went to the secret order station.

……

In the palace city, in the Ofie Silver Palace of the Great Prince Odin.

The palace guard minister walked under the turning cloister and came to a palace where a knight in full armor stood beside the white pillar, and the leading knight knocked on the door of the dormitory after saying a few words to the minister of the guard.

The gates of the palace were opened one by one, and the beautiful court maids led the ministers of the guard to the prince's bedroom.

The palace where the eldest prince stays has always been alone, and even the princess cannot enter.

By this time the temple was already dark, and the large square drapery bed was empty.

A man sat alone in the dark shadows, his eyes as sharp as eagle eyes overlooking the earth in the dim light, staring at a portrait on the opposite wall that occupied the entire wall.

The maid's whispering alarmed the sit-in, and with a movement of his hand, the curtains on both sides of the huge portrait were slashed, obscuring the woman's face, which did not look like a real person.

The door of the palace opened, and the eldest prince walked out of the hall, wearing a nightgown, but still in good spirits.

The maid who led the way stepped back, and the minister of the guard stepped forward and whispered a few words in the ear of the tall and heroic man.

"Out of town?" The man's voice was low and mellow, and his eyes narrowed, "Check it out, start with Adelaide House." ”

The Minister of Guards received the order, and was just about to retreat, when the man's voice came from behind again, "Spread the news out and let the third child know about it." ”

"Yes, Your Highness."

(To be continued)

ps：

Thank you Zhang Ga for your big reward! o(n_n)o~

Today's Mid-Autumn Festival reunion, I wish you all a full moon and a family reunion! If you are working or studying outside, you can also work smoothly and celebrate the festive season, so don't forget to call your family! (*^◎^*)

Character Cards for this Chapter:

Chia Fritz is a young girl, eight years old.

Ferriel - Faithful maid to Fritz's wife, Tiffany.