Chapter Seventy-Three: Street Assassination
After bidding farewell to the three convoys that had set sail, Lorain Hill boarded the carriage with the lacquered nightflower logo, and then the group began their return journey.
As the weather gets cooler, some leaves begin to fall on Hopland Street, and although the beach is not very cold, the night breeze also makes everyone feel a lot of coolness.
After the hot season passed, everyone's appetite was much better than usual, and there were more street stalls, such as cheap scones, grilled fish sprinkled with spices, and some carefully selected grilled mussels.
The mussel meat in the white veined shell is slightly browned by the orange-red charcoal fire, sprinkled with some salt grains, and some bay leaves are added to remove the fishy smell, and the aroma of the meat begins to spread in the air.
"Sister, I'm going to eat that."
Standing on the side of the street was a pair of siblings, the older sister with long chestnut hair was wearing a black dress, and the younger brother was wearing a white hunting suit, it was none other than the Helis siblings, Meru and Bell, followed by four guards.
"Bell, let's go back and eat, I'll let the chef make it for you."
Mei Lu looked at the street stalls, which were directly exposed to the sea breeze, and occasionally some dust was picked up by the wind, and she felt that it was not very clean and hygienic.
"Don't, after I go back, my dad has to catch me to learn those annoying numbers, I don't want to, I'm going to eat here, sister, you promised me, you will have a good day with me today."
The little boy Bell began to lose his temper, and Meilu was a little at a loss for a while, she was not the kind of ruthless sister, Bell was expected by her father since she was a child, and she was usually very strict at home, and only she could occasionally take her out to play.
"Okay, my sister will buy it for you." Meru touched Bell's head a little dotingly, then took his hand and stepped forward to help him choose.
Loren Hill's carriage also happened to pass through the street, and when he saw the siblings, he stopped the car and prepared to say hello.
The cedar door opened, and the girl walked down in a white knee-length dress, and the afterglow of the setting sun swayed down from the edge of the sea, dyeing the white skirt with a faint gold.
"It's been a few days, May..."
Before Loren Hill could finish speaking, a carriage at the back of the road suddenly lifted the wrapping, revealing a cold crossbow, the bowstring vibrate, and before the sharp sound could be transmitted, the cold crossbow bolt shot directly at the girl's body.
Lorain Hill immediately decided, the light blue strappy sandals stepped heavily on the stone bricks, using this as a fulcrum, her body turned sharply sideways, her long skirt fluttered, and a bloody light and hair flew up in the air, and in an instant, there was an extra blood mark on her shoulder, and there were several strands of long hair missing from her ears.
But before the others could react, one of the guards beside Mei Lu suddenly pulled out his long sword and rushed straight over, and the long sword made of cold iron had a strange blue light on it.
The sword was poisonous, Lorain Hill reacted quickly, and after activating the demon core, she was not afraid of any poison, but it also meant that the mission was over, and all the previous efforts were in vain.
Although he didn't understand why the guards of the Helis family also did it, after a short period of thought, Lorain Hill decided not to activate the transcendent core for the time being, and easily avoided the blade with his extraordinary perception and reflexes.
The sharp sword light slashed at the cedar door, and the three points of the wood were stuck, and at this time, the guards of the Calites Chamber of Commerce also reacted, shouting and rushing over.
A steel-clad Karetes guard drove the Assassin out of the way, and Chelsea pulled Loren Hill back into the sturdy carriage, and four more riders rushed straight to the crossbow behind him, and before the crossbow could fire a second shot, the riders stabbed the Assassin and dragged him out of the carriage.
At this time, more than a dozen guards of the Karitas Chamber of Commerce had surrounded the brothers and sisters of the Helis family, pointed their spears at them, and were ready for battle.
These guards of the Kalites Chamber of Commerce are all young people who have been carefully selected from the Chamber of Commerce recently, with excellent qualifications, and their parents and family members all work in the Chamber of Commerce, and they have been exposed to the affairs of the Kalites Chamber of Commerce since they were young and helped out. It can be said that the Chamber of Commerce has greatly improved their family and life, and they have a strong sense of belonging, and it is not an exaggeration to say that they are a second home.
But now someone actually assassinated Miss Lacey, the only heir of the Calites Chamber of Commerce, in front of them, and caused the Chamber of Commerce to collapse, which is equivalent to destroying their current source of happy life.
Looking at these angry guards, the cold spears were full of murderous aura, Bell shook off the shell mussel meat in his hand in fright, and Mei Lu protected her younger brother behind her, facing the aiming of these spears and crossbows with a worried face.
The few remaining guards of the Helis family had already been taken down and pressed to the ground.
After everything was settled, Lorain Hill slowly walked out of the carriage and looked at the scene in front of him, a little helpless.
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The maid in the carriage carefully wrapped Lorain's arm with gauze, while the maiden invited the siblings into the carriage to talk.
Dingββ
The sound of the ceramic tray colliding with the teacup, the maid pouring the warm black tea, Bell holding the teacup, slowly settled down at this moment, and Mei Lu said apologetically.
"I'm sorry, Miss Lacey, but our Helis family didn't take good care of them, and let the assassins blend in with the guards."
"Please don't get me wrong, this incident is not our Helis doing, tomorrow I will come again to apologize and compensate for the damage."
"Miss Mei Lu is probably joking, the guards around you are all carefully selected from the family members of the Chamber of Commerce, and it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a side branch of your family, how can you not know about it?"
Chelsea pushed the glasses on the bridge of his nose, his eyes sharp, and he didn't seem satisfied with the Helis family's explanation.
"I know it's a bit far-fetched, but it's true."
Mei Lu's voice was a little self-deprecating, with a hint of bitterness in it.
The family style of the Helis family attaches great importance to family affection, which also leads to many positions being held by relatives, who are not all shrewd and capable, but most of them are vegetarian, lazy and corrupt, making the chamber of commerce bloated.
She is also very disgusted with these relatives who are lazy and hardworking, but after all, they are related by blood, and she is only the daughter of the family, not the eldest son, and she will marry out in the future, so she can't discipline her too much, but who wants to make such a big deal today.
At this time, the wound under the bandage had healed, and she was not very angry, but she was a little surprised that Meilu, who was the daughter of the Helis family, had so many inconveniences and constraints at home.
In fact, this is also the special of Karitas, other chamber of commerce families are scattered, there are many relatives, influenced by the tradition of the west wind to care for the family and family affection, the big chamber of commerce family of Verga will generally treat their own family members preferentially, after all, it is trustworthy, and it is more reliable to have blood ties. But it also decentralizes power, breeds corruption, and often has to balance the feelings and interests of other members.
And the Karitas family is completely different, the interior is very refreshing, everything depends on strength and performance, as for relatives, sorry, Angus is a daughter. Now Miss Lacey has the final say, from top to bottom there is only one voice, no need to think about other messy family trivialities, she just doesn't know the blessing in the blessing.