The race on the racetrack continued, the hustle and bustle continued, but there was a strange calm in the box where Charles was.

The three men present had different faces and thoughts, and Maurice de Beauvan was the most relaxed, smiling and looking at Charles all the time, wanting to express his friendship with each other; Dutaai's face was pale, his eyes flickering, as if he was thinking about what kind of explanation to give Charles.

And Charles, although calm on the surface, is overturned on the inside.

For so many years, his grandfather had been dealing with this famous broker, using him to invest and use him to handle many shady businesses, and he had always thought that Dutaai was professional, tight-mouthed, and trustworthy - but his grandfather's judgment was shattered by a sudden reality at this moment.

Judging from Dutaai's performance, his friendship with Maurice de Beauwin has not been a day or two, so if his relationship with the Beauvain family is definitely not shallow, that is to say, the Treville family's private business activities may have been exposed to the Beauvang family for a long time.

This is an outcome that Charles finds difficult to accept.

There is a more serious question - since Dutaai can quietly associate with the Beauwang family, does he still associate with other people who are more dangerous? Will more people be told the secrets of the Tréville family?

The sudden situation made him a little helpless, suspicion made him angry, and the fear of the unknown, the fear of being coerced, this anger was even more aggravated, if it were not for the upbringing and calm character that the Marquis of Treville had cultivated for him since childhood, I am afraid that he would have exploded out of control by now, and scolded Dutaai for eating inside and out.

But even though he was silent instead of angry, his slightly lowered eyelids and the sight in his pupils still made everyone aware of the danger.

"Charles, my friend, don't be nervous." Morris beckoned to Charles, as if to reassure him, then clasped his hands together, and sat leisurely in front of Charles, the diamond ring on his hand also shone in a zigzag trajectory with his subtle movements, "We don't have any ill will towards you, if I had, I wouldn't have appeared in front of you in such an embarrassing way, I admit that we may have done something bad before, but I can guarantee that we have a good enough way to compensate for this." ”

I have to say that his smile is very friendly, and Sven's handsome face and relaxed attitude are the types that Charles likes.

But even that couldn't offset the sense of threat he brought to the Charles.

"My dear friend, if you wish I wasn't nervous, then it's simple, just tell me what I don't know." Charles looked at each other warily, "Like, when did Mr. Dutaai become your good friend?" And what help did you get from him? ”

"That's a pretty good question." Maurice smiled and blinked, then made a gesture towards Dutaai.

Dutaai, who had been blushing and had never dared to speak, looked at this gesture, and the muscles on his face twitched suddenly, obviously this order made him feel a little embarrassed, his pale face began to redden, and he seemed to be very embarrassed, and he didn't know how to speak to Charles.

After hesitating for a long time, Dutaai finally hesitated to speak to Charles.

"I'm really sorry, Mr. Treyville, I haven't told your grandfather all this time, and it looks like I'm going to have to confess to you today. Soon after I arrived in Paris, I followed a boss who was very close to Baron de Beauvan, or rather, an agent of Baron de Beauvan, and it was under the guidance of this boss that I entered the profession, learned a lot, and finally left him to work alone. I also met Baron de Beauvang during those years, and he admired me, and after hearing that I had decided to go it alone, he was very supportive of my decision and borrowed a lot of money from me as capital, and it was thanks to his help that I was able to run my business slowly......"

"I see, that is, you're also an agent of his, right?" Charles interrupted.

"If so...... But there's nothing wrong with that......" After another moment of hesitation, perhaps because of Maurice's presence, Dutaai did not dare to deny it, and finally nodded.

"Don't be so nervous, Mr. Dutaai, you haven't done anything wrong on this." Charles's heart grew angrier, but he laughed instead, albeit with a little more sarcasm in it, "What's wrong with a man who wants to get ahead?" Absolutely! You are not breaking the law as anyone's agent, and your struggle from being penniless to where you are today is worthy of anyone's admiration, at least I admire—"

After saying these half-sincere and half-false compliments, Charles finally changed his words, "The only thing I can't accept is that this agent approached our family in a way that concealed his identity, and silently served our family without revealing any truth, collecting information about our family, this practice is not like an agent or agent, more like a spy, and our family is a generation of soldiers, we admire our opponents, respect the enemy, but do not respect the spy, they are not protected by any military law- Do you know how my grandfather treated spies in the service of the guerrillas when he was in Spain? He ordered the soldiers to hang them upside down on the gallows to die of thirst, and then expose the corpses to the public, and the locals dared to take the corpses and shoot them on the spot. ”

Charles said this, not just to vent the anger in his heart, but to scold Huai, warning Maurice and Baron Beauwan behind him not to act rashly, what to do with the black materials of the Trevill family, he can do anything, even if he can't deal with the Bowang family for the time being, it will be easy to take Dutaai out of anger.

Every word Charles said made Dutaai's face look ugly, he knew that the Tréville family was not a joke, and the experience of serving the Tréville family for many years made him understand that this family seemed to be easy to talk to, but it would be absolutely ruthless to do it.

He had to look at Maurice half-complaining, half-pleading, and begged him to speak well of himself, lest he really become a victim.

At his pleading, Maurice unhurriedly moved his finger to show that he knew everything.

"Charles, I just said, don't be nervous, really, things are not as bad as you think, although Mr. Dutaai is indeed one of our agents, but he is still slightly different from the others. We never saw him as a spy to spy on other people's intelligence, but as a powerful rescuer for business that we were not convenient to deal with directly, and he has always solved many problems for us and for others. Rest assured, we didn't actively and consciously gather information about your family, and we never thought of threatening you with this. If you are not at ease, then we can destroy all the ledger records about your family and never interfere with your family's affairs again. ”

Then he reached into his pocket, fumbled around a few times, and finally took out a few pages and handed them to Charles.

Charles took the paper and scanned it currily, revealing that it was a record of account transactions, all of which had been entrusted to Dutaai by the Tréville family.

It seems that Dutaai has been using the bank of the De-Beauwang family to launder money transfers, no wonder he can do so well......

It seems that Dutaai is indeed a dark line pawn laid by the Debowang family on the periphery, after he went out to work alone, he used various resources to escort him, help him become famous, and praised him as a professional investment expert, and then after firing him, he used the opportunity to serve the high-ranking officials and rich people who came to him, and secretly collected information about these people.

What Morris said, Charles didn't believe at all - did Baron de Beauvang really just serve the society after spending so much effort and resources to bring out such a well-known broker? It was impossible, and the fact that they were able to come up with the Tréville family's transfer records was in itself proof of their purpose.

Moreover, Morris said that it would be destroyed, which is also something that cannot be verified, after all, the ledger can be copied in countless copies, and even if one is destroyed, it can be left as long as there is a heart, so after all, it is still held by the Bowang family.

But now is not the time to tear his face, since this is already the case, even if he makes a lot of noise, he can't change anything, he just collapses both sides in plain terms, and he can't solve the problem.

And, in his heart, he still has a doubt lingering.

Why did the Bowang family take the initiative to find out to him? Wouldn't it be nice to keep it hidden like this?

For what purpose did they take the initiative to expose Dutaai's identity?

This doubt made Charles temporarily suppress the anger in his heart, and began to think about the whole situation with a rational attitude.

It was then that he turned to the last of these pages.

"Huh? What is it? Charles's hands trembled.

It was a promissory note, signed by Baron de Beauvois, and looked ready to be used for payment.

However, in the amount column, it is completely blank.

Gave yourself a blank promissory note and allowed yourself to fill out the payment?

"You've seen it, it's a promissory note." Morris replied with a smile.

"Is this a bribe?" Charles asked again.

"No, it's ...... compensation, and at the same time sponsorship. Maurice shook his head before explaining to Charles, "After seeing the news that you are ready to invest in Spanish bonds, I will tell you, my father, I feel a heartfelt joy that he sees in it a good opportunity - a good opportunity to beat his opponent for many years. ”

"Baron Tangral?" Charles reacted instantly.

"Yes, Baron Tangral." Morris nodded, then continued to look at Charles with a smile, "When it comes to this, we should be open and honest too, right?" Charles, you want to speculate on Spanish bonds, and my father thinks that such a good thing cannot be missed, and everyone should join in the grand occasion and bleed Baron Tangral. ”

No wonder Baron Beauwan wanted to do such an unreasonable thing, it turned out to be aimed at Baron Tangral! Charles finally understood.

Although he is not a professional in the financial industry, even Charles knows that among the famous bankers of the empire, Bowang and Tanglar are among the best, both of whom are ambitious business professionals, relying on their own vision and skill, from an unknown little person to the top of the empire's financial world, into a giant crocodile who can shake the industry.

Similar experiences did not make their relationship harmonious, on the contrary, the principle of peer-to-peer neglect is most vividly reflected in them, they fight each other for customer resources, high-quality loan customers, and even social status, and accumulate decades of hatred, making them want to kill each other.

It is conceivable that the two families have been secretly fighting for a long time, and if you look at it from this aspect, Baron Beauwon's approach will not be unexpected.

Charles wants to make a fortune from the Count of Monte Cristo, and Baron de Beauvang wants to use the opportunity to deal a hard blow to his opponent.

Charles turned around and looked at the bill in his hand.

It's really a big deal, and I just threw a promissory note to let me raise the amount, aren't you afraid that my brain will be hot and write an astronomical amount so that everyone can't get off the stage......

But he also knows that this joke can't be made, and now is not the time to joke.

Baron de Bowang's hand is almost equivalent to an over-the-counter allocation, lending money to Charles to speculate on bonds, which seems to be quite generous, at least enough to offset their mistakes.

Of course, Charles wasn't completely impressed so quickly.

"You really have confidence in us......" Charles calmly put the pages on the table next to him, "Since you are engaged in finance, then you also know that there is no 100% sure deal, no matter how smooth it seems, there is still a risk of sudden collapse, so I understand your kindness, but I have no interest in letting myself suddenly be burdened with heavy debts, if God is destined to lose our money, I would rather lose only my own money." ”

"It's common sense that investing is risky, so no one wants you to win, sir." Maurice, "To tell you the truth, we know your family's investment record, your investment preferences are all based on stability, and there have been almost no mistakes over the years, so we feel that since you know that Spanish bonds are controlled by Baron Tangral, and still dare to make such a bold gamble, then there must be some winning tricks that can be used on Spanish bonds - after all, your grandfather and Spain do have a deep relationship." ”

After a pause, he added, "Of course, no matter how prudent the investment is, there are times when it misses, especially the volatile bond speculation, so if you really lose, don't worry, we won't collect debts with you, and we should sponsor you to have a good time, and by the way, we apologize." ”

In the eyes of Baron de Beauvan, the Tréville family, who have always been cautious in their investments, suddenly decided to speculate on Spanish bonds, and it was a big speculation, then there must be some kind of trump card. In particular, considering that in the era of Emperor Napoleon I, Marshal Tréville led troops to fight in Spain, and must have known many people in Spain, at least he had the ability to greatly influence the price of Spanish bonds on the news - he did not want to make much money through the Tréville family, but mainly to take this opportunity to fight Baron Tangral, who controlled the bonds.

Even if you don't succeed, you can make a big favor with the Trevier family, after all, this is one of the last remaining marshals of the Empire, and with their help, you can make a big difference in the future.

"This apology is really real." Charles thought for a moment, then replied.

His eyes were on the blank promissory note again.

If there are such favorable conditions, why refuse?

Originally, he was going to raise money to fight the Count of Monte Cristo by selling a large amount of his family's assets by Dutaai, but now with this windfall, there is no need to be so eager to sell the family business.

He was already thinking about how much money he could put on it to maximize his own interests and not annoy Baron Beauwon.

Maybe this is also one of the questions that the baron gave him?

"I have to say, you guys really know how to make friends." Charles smiled, quietly putting the promissory note in his pocket. "But next time, don't do it in such a surprising way."

"Our family has always been honest and do our best to make our friends happy, and I think you've already felt our style." Morris smiled and nodded, "We didn't reveal our identities before, in fact, in order not to embarrass your family, after all, if you have too deep a relationship with us, you will not have a good relationship with Baron Tangral - however, there should be no such worries now, because you have already made a choice with practical actions, so we don't need to go through another layer of agents, we can directly come to meet you." I am sure that after experiencing the sincerity that we can give, you will become our friend. ”

"Well, maybe—we'll see when all the dust settles." Charles was noncommittal and made no promises.

"Actually, I've already seen it, sir." Morris smiled and shook his head, "My father, in my heart, I don't look down on Tangral. Not because they were peers, but because he didn't like Baron Tangral's path to success. In order to climb up, Tangral chose a shortcut, that is, to cling to a certain big tree and turn himself into a vassal, which will undoubtedly make him and help him rise quickly, but it will also ruin him. ”

"What do you mean?" Charles was a little puzzled, "Do you mean His Royal Highness?" ”

"You'll know by then, and I'm not in a position to explain some of the secrets of the trade to you here......" Morris smiled.

Then, suddenly, he stood up, walked to the railing of the box, looked at the grassy racecourse, and then changed the subject, "Not to mention these uninteresting things, I actually hate these tedious little things, and I would rather ride around on horseback than these...... In case you don't know, I've recently bought some of the best racehorses from England, when will I have time to ask you to try them on my estate? ”

"This time is probably unlikely, I'm too busy, maybe I'll go when I have time in the future." Charles didn't want to refuse the invitation outright, so he simply used the procrastination method.

"Yes, I understand, you are a busy man, the court needs you, even if you are on vacation, there are so many important things to do, Dad always says that you are the future pillar of the empire." Morris said to Charles with a smile, and he didn't know if it was a sincere or fake compliment, "I'm different, I'm always scolded by my father, and I'm addicted to lust all day long......"

"It's a very healthy and uplifting way to live." Charles also complimented the other party, "Your family has so much money, why do you have to work so hard?" I think that the greatest contribution to society as the heir of a rich man like you is to consume desperately, create jobs for the society, and give the children of other ordinary families room to progress. ”

"Hahahaha, I really didn't expect you to have such a humorous time, I don't know if you're praising me or hurting me." Morris couldn't help but laugh, then took out his diamond-encrusted royal blue enamel pocket watch and looked at the time, "Okay, the next game is coming, I think I have to go and get ready, you don't mind if I take my leave, right......?" ”

"Of course." Charles bowed slightly, "I wish you another first place." ”

"I lend you good words." Morris walked briskly out of the box.

When the door closed again, the box fell silent again, and the smile on Charles' face faded.

Dutaai, who had been silent, was not taken away by Morris.

At this time, his face was already as dead ash.

Presumably he has understood that he is an outcast.

It's no wonder that Dutaai has been persuading himself to give up, it turns out that he wants to persuade Charles to give up his investment in Spanish bonds, dispel the reason why the Beauwang family is close to Shire, and let his identity continue to be maintained.

However, his efforts failed, and Charles was determined to invest, and Morris also broke through.

What made him even more uncomfortable was that Charles had reached a preliminary compromise with Morris so quickly.

And at this moment, it has already proved that he is not very useful.

"You've already made your choice with practical actions, so we don't need to go through another layer of agents."

Charles remembered what Morris had just said.

For this purpose, the pawn of Dutaai can make sacrifices.

It's really a ruthless style of realism.

Then, slowly, he turned his head and looked at Dutaai.

His expression was very calm, but this alone made the other party even more frightened.

"Forgive me, sir, but not everyone is free." "I've thought about confessing, but there's no way, Baron de Beauwin is a man-eating tiger, what can I do?" I...... I can't escape his grasp. ”

It's not just that you can't escape the mastery, you still want to make a fortune on him, so you've been scared and have been holding on until now-Charles replied in his heart.

Seeing that Charles still didn't react, Dutaai even began to tremble.

Charles had just said something about Spain, and he knew that if the old marshal was really angry, he would have some of the old men arrest him and hang him—and Baron de Beauvon would not say anything about it.

"I ...... I don't dare to beg for your forgiveness, but please forgive me this time, I will be absolutely tight-lipped in the future, and I will never say anything about you to outsiders! Driven by his desire to survive, he repeatedly told Charles for mercy.

The charr still didn't answer.

Dutaai finally knew that there was no way to do this, and he took a sharp step forward, and then fell to his knees in front of Charles.

Then, he raised his palm and slapped himself hard.

A crisp sound broke the silence in the box, followed by another sound, one after another.

After a while, his face, which was already very fat, became more and more red and swollen, like a ripe tomato.

It wasn't until his hands began to get bloodshot that Charles stopped him.

"What are you doing here? Stop, sir, it's not good for your health. He looked at the other in amazement, as if he had just seen it, "Okay, you should be tired, let's rest for a while." ”

"You...... Have you forgiven me? "Because he played so hard, Dutaai was a little vague, but the ecstasy was undisguised.

After all, if you can escape the wrath of the Trevills, you're lucky.

"What forgiveness to talk about? After all, you can't help yourself, and I just hope you don't do it again in the future, it will make it very difficult for everyone. Charles looked at the other party calmly, without showing any emotion, "You can quickly count all the property of our family in your hands, and then transfer it back to us." ”

"Of course, of course!" Dutaai nodded immediately, "We can start it right away, and try to transfer it back to you as soon as possible." ”

"I'm going to see it in a week." Charles added.

"A week?" Dutaai's eyes widened.

Then, with his head down, he replied bitterly, "Okay, I'll be ready." ”

Large amounts of capital flow require cycle and time, not to mention this kind of most shady businesses and assets, it is even more difficult to realize, a week is completely insufficient, with the assets of the Tréville family, even a month can not be done.

But at this time, he can't say that he can't do it, even if he uses his own money, even if he scrapes it together, he has to do it, and he has to complete the task excellently.

"That's fine." Charles nodded reassuringly.

Then he walked up to Dutaai, grabbed him by the shoulder, and helped him back to his seat. "The past is in the past, we are not to blame, let's look forward - maybe in the future, we can still work together......"

"Yes, Mr. Treville!" Duta Ai nodded repeatedly.

This guy might still need it. Charles thought to himself.