Monte, the eldest son of the Duke of Norberley. Norberley has been very busy lately, and his attention is now on the palace side, because his father, the Duke of Norberley, has given him a very important order, which is to investigate the situation of the crown prince Damion.

Yes, now the news of Damion's death has not been made public, the emperor deliberately blocked the news temporarily, and the Norberley family now of course wants to know the progress of this matter, so Monte has been to the palace several times in the past two days, but even the name of the eldest princess Fra is not very good, it is obvious that the emperor has begun to be wary of the Norberley family, and this also makes him want to know the progress of the matter even more.

Today, Monte had just returned from the direction of the palace, but when the carriage was halfway through and was about to reach his mansion, he suddenly had an emergency brake. Monte was thinking about something, completely unprepared, and fell off his seat with an emergency stop, slammed into the frame next to him, and his head hurt.

Fortunately, the problem was not very serious, but Monte was already on fire in his belly, and now of course he was even more angry, and directly opened the curtain and asked, "What's going on?" ”

"My lord, I hit a pedestrian." The driver here said.

"Bumped into someone?" Monte looked behind him, where his guards had surrounded him, and vaguely he could see a man fall to the ground, but he couldn't see what was going on.

"Forget it, let's go." Monte doesn't want to cause trouble now, after all, the situation in the imperial capital is a little tense now, and I don't know if the crown prince's injury was accidental or man-made, but the imperial capital is already under martial law, and he doesn't want to do anything at this time to attract the emperor's attention.

As for the incident of hitting someone, he didn't take it seriously at all, it was just an accident, and his subordinates would naturally deal with it, and he didn't need to pay attention to anything at all, just leave. However, just as he was about to leave, he suddenly heard a man shouting from someone in the surrounding area: "Hurry up and ask your master to come down and apologize to me!" ”

These words made Monte, who was about to leave, a little unhappy, who dared to ask him to apologize in person? But it's not cool, it's not cool to be happy, this is the imperial capital after all, what if you really bump into something important? Monte felt that since the other party dared to say such a thing, maybe he really had some identity, so he decided to go down and have a look.

However, as soon as he got closer, Monte's brow furrowed. Yes, from the clothes of the little old man who fell to the ground, Monte can already roughly judge the identity of the other party, the other party should be a person with the status of a nobleman's servant, of course, although he is a servant, but his status is indeed slightly higher than that of ordinary commoners, but he is a real nobleman, duke and sister-in-law, this guy actually dares to let himself apologize to him?

Monte turned around and wanted to leave, but the old man here had already seen Monte and said directly to him: "You are the one who hit me, right, quickly apologize to me." ”

"What are you? Let me apologize to you? Monte here said unceremoniously.

"Tell you, I'm the butler of the Merlowe house." The little old man here, naturally Ek, reported directly to his family, "Does the Merlowe family know?" The number one duke family in the empire, I am the butler of the Merlowe family, no matter what your identity is, hurry up and apologize to me, otherwise don't care about me. ”

"You're welcome?" Monte is about to be laughed at, it is true that under normal circumstances, the butler of the duke's family has a higher status than some small nobles, it is estimated that this little old man is usually arrogant, even if he knows that the other party is a nobleman, he will not give face, but the problem is that this time he can kick the iron plate, your Merlowe family is a duke, and so are they. What about the number one duke family in the empire, what are their Norberie families? Isn't that a slap in the face?

"I've never heard the first duke of the empire say that Duke Merovue is just a nouveau riche who started by luck, and he dares me to apologize? Even if he himself doesn't have the qualifications, what are you? Monte said.

"What are you, you hit someone, I just asked you to apologize, wronged you? Tell you, if you don't apologize to me for today's incident, this matter is not over. Ike said immediately.

"I'm going to see what I can't do." Monte said, "Come on, throw him to the side of the road." ”

"You dare?" Behind Ek there were two young men who were also wearing servant clothes, they were holding a lot of things before, as if they had come out to buy things with Ek, and when they saw this situation, they also threw the things in their hands and stepped forward to stop them.

Monte's guards naturally don't care about these things, the head of the house has given orders, of course they act, just want to go up and catch Ek, the two young men behind Ek go up and push at the guards. Then this is already a move, of course, the guards here are not used to it, and they also shook their hands violently, and knocked the young man who stepped forward to the ground with a "snap".

"You dare to do it?" Seeing this situation, another young man came up and punched the guard directly in the face, and the guard next to him was not used to it, so he also kicked the young man in the stomach, and hit him directly on both sides.

Monte obviously didn't expect to make a move suddenly, after all, there were more than twenty guards on his side, and there were only three people on the other side, so he dared to do it? It's really arrogant, and it doesn't give them face at all. Thinking of this, Monte became even more angry, and shouted directly: "Beat it and throw it on the side of the road!" ”

Naturally, the guards would not stop, more than 20 people dealt with three people, naturally there was nothing to say, it took less than three minutes, and the three people who beat were lying on the ground and screaming. Because the other party did not use weapons, and the soldiers under Monte did not draw their swords, after all, the imperial capital still has to be scrupulous, in case of a fight, he may be framed for a rebellion or something, just fight with his fists, and generally nothing major will happen, speaking of which, it is to teach a lesson to unruly subordinates or something, and Monte knows that there is nothing serious.

After beating the three of them, the guards also threw them directly to the side of the road, and Monte on this side looked at Eck, who had a blue nose and swollen face, smiled and said, "Do you still want me to apologize?" I'm telling you, my name is Monte. Didn't you say that you are responsible for the consequences? Let you see that your master will give you a head, right? ”

"You...... You wait. Eck said, "You're in big trouble." ”

"Oh?" Monte didn't expect that he had blown himself up, and the other party was still so arrogant, didn't he really know who he was? Big trouble? I'm sorry Monte thinks it's unlikely, but what if the Duke of Merlowe gives his butler a head? They can still be afraid that he will not succeed.

"Okay, just let me see what's in trouble." Monte here sneered, and then waved his hand directly. A few guards next to him stomped on the three people on the ground again, and then left laughing.

At this time, there were naturally many onlookers around who saw this scene, but no one went up to help, after all, both sides were people from aristocratic families, and it was none of their business, and they couldn't afford to offend on both sides. However, after Monte left, someone stepped forward to care about the three people who were still lying on the ground, after all, they were noble families, maybe they could please the noble lord.

"Do you need help?" A civilian man stepped forward and asked.

"You...... Let me go to the courtyard of Merlowe's house, and let someone inform my young master, saying that I have been beaten and am about to be killed, and let him come and see me for the last time. Ike said immediately.

"Your young master? Is it Lord Duke Merlowe? The civilian asked.

"My young master is Linton. Merlowe. Eke said immediately.

"What?" The civilians around were stunned, this name is too familiar, and now it is a well-known figure in the imperial capital, isn't it just a few days ago that she married Her Royal Highness the third princess, the first beauty of the empire, who can not know this name. What's more, he's still a saint.

"Your young master is the Sword Saint?" Another mediocre-looking man next to him suddenly stepped forward and said, "Wait, I remember that Lord Sword Saint doesn't have any servants, and the only old servant is the one who has been following him when he was exiled, is it you, old man?" ”

"It's me." Eke immediately said, "The young master has been taken care of since I was a child, you hurry up and go to a few people and tell the young master about this, hey, I'm going to die, this old bone can't stand it." ”

"I heard that Lord Sword Saint did not show his ability in his early years, he was looked down upon by his family, and was sent to a small border town for exile, and the only one who followed him was an old slave, and it is said that Lord Sword Saint regarded this old slave as a father."

"I've heard of such a thing, but I didn't expect it to be this old man......"

"Those people just said it was from the Norberies? Now the Norberley family is in trouble. ”

The people around him continued to discuss, yes, after Linton became famous, some of his past was naturally dug up, which is a relatively magical thing. Once this sword master was actually regarded as a waste by the family, and he was exiled for a period of time, which in the eyes of some civilians was just an after-dinner chatter, a very interesting story, so it spread quickly.

However, not many people actually know about Ek's affairs, but how can anyone around accurately tell Ek's identity? Of course, it's arranged, but to put it simply, it's a trust. Monte didn't recognize Ek, and of course most of the civilians couldn't recognize him, so he had to find a few people to explain the situation to them, and several of the civilians around here were arranged to explain the situation to these people.

When these people had almost explained, Linton also arrived, and as soon as possible, Linton pounced directly on Eke on the ground, shouting excitedly: "Seventh uncle and grandfather, what happened, who beat you like this?" ”