Compared to Simmons Locke, who can use his children as pawns, Carter Horton is weak.

He doesn't care about the open and secret fights between his children, but once an outsider threatens the life of his children, he is like an old hen protecting her chicks, and protects them firmly.

As everyone knows, outsiders can kill several of his children, and infighting is the real reason for the withering of the Carter family.

Carter Nelson had a violent temperament, in order to be able to firmly hold the position of prince in the palm of his hand, he did not hesitate to assassinate most of his brothers and sisters, and used coercion and temptation to take many nobles and important ministers, along with the Golden Flame Guild, for his own use, in a vain attempt to force Carter Horton to make him the next city lord, which has violated the word loyalty and filial piety.

Moreover, he has a romantic nature, and has had indescribable affairs with countless beautiful women and noblewomen, and there are no less than one or two hundred things that have been circulated in the market alone.

If it weren't for Achilles' massacre of foreigners, forcing them to return to their hometowns one after another, or fleeing other countries, Carter Nelson might have spoiled many ignorant foreign girls.

If I were Carter Houghton, I would not let Carter Nelson leave Moonlight City this time, but would have asked him to continue to be powerful in Moonlight City.

If Carter Nelson can return to Eri City alive, if he dies outside, or if there is no trace of him, then I will definitely use this as an excuse to cause international public opinion to demand that Moonlight City must give a proper explanation, or else I will do everything in the power of the whole country and fight against it.

Of course, the beating is fake, but the coercion is real.

As long as Moonlight City can't give an explanation for a day, it will become the target of public criticism one day, and through this incident, it can also win the sympathy of the people, arouse the anger of the people, and reforge the cohesion that is crumbling.

It's just a pity that I'm not Carter Horton.

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......

It was dusk, a little cool.

I sat on a small stool, leaning on a small squeak, watching the last rays of light on the horizon.

Old man Taylor was lying in a rocking chair, as heavy as ever.

I saw that he was addicted to drinking, so I picked up a bottle, pulled out the cork, and wiped out half of it in one gulp.

"If you don't know how to drink, don't drink indiscriminately" Taylor said, a little distressed, "This is aging, not much." ”

I spread my hands and said, "Aging this kind of thing, as long as you live long enough, that's how much it takes." ”

"It's crooked," the old man pouted and poured another sip of wine.

As soon as the wine enters the stomach for a few seconds, a dry and mellow flavor emerges, like a rising fire, which lasts for a long time.

It took a while to grin before I cleared the wine.

The old man watched silently on the sidelines, and when I grinned and couldn't help myself, he said happily: "I said that if you don't know how to drink, don't drink, but you didn't listen, and you drank half a bottle in one gulp, so it's no wonder that it's not uncomfortable." ”

With a burp and a light sigh, I said, "Actually, I'm not good at drinking, but I only drink when I'm in a slightly bad mood." ”

"You're a bastard and you're in a bad mood?" Taylor laughed and said, "I'm afraid I don't think the speed of leveling up is a little slow now, and I'm worrying about how to improve my level faster and enhance my strength." ”

Saying that, he shook his head and said: "If this is the case, I can only advise you, everyone wants to improve their strength, but they are not demanding for quick success, don't forget to lay a solid foundation in order to improve the level, and even embark on a crooked path, then the gains outweigh the losses." ”

"Needless to say, I naturally know this truth," I smiled bitterly, and said, "But you guessed wrong this time, I didn't worry about improving my strength, but it was related to Emily's previous matter." ”

"Emily?" Taylor thought for a moment and said, "Didn't the Carter family go back a long time ago, and that little girl didn't have anything to do, why are you so upset?" ”

I shook my head and said, "The people of the Carter family have no weight to me, anyway, they have already made a feud, either they kill me or I kill them all, this is already ironclad, what I am sorry about is the attitude of the fairy queen, and her approach." ”

"You're talking about Cuika."

I nodded and said: "The accountability that day, I can see that she is very angry, and she has a murderous mole, and wants to pinch me, the ant who disrupted her plan, to death on the spot, although I already know that the heavenly family is ruthless, but why did she use my fiancée as bait?" ”

"If she really wants to curry favor with Ari, why don't she give her own people as gifts to Carter Nelson?" I said angrily: "If this is not enough to satisfy her overtures, as long as Remy does not object, I can even return her to the Fairy Empress, my own granddaughter, I have to give when I should dedicate, I have to pay when I should pay, as long as Remy agrees, everything is easy to say!" ”

Syllable!

There was a crunch.

On the side of his cheek, there was a hot stinging pain.

The old man raised his eyebrows and said, "What kind of bastard are you talking about!" It's still someone's fiancé, your own woman, you have to rely on yourself to protect, unless you die, you must not give it away, do you still need me to teach you this truth! ”

For some reason, when I heard the old man's reprimand, I inexplicably felt happy in my heart, as if there were countless depressions pouring out in an instant.

Taylor took a deep breath, eased his emotions, and said in a deep voice: "Bastard boy, what you said just now is a bit excessive, you should know my relationship with Cuika, but that day, I didn't help her, but stood behind you, you are very smart, you should understand what I mean, woman, as long as you are willing to fully entrust yourself to your woman, you have to protect and care wholeheartedly, even if you have to fight with people, the earth, and the sky, you can't retreat, and you can't compromise!" ”

He picked up the bottle, took a sip, moistened his throat, and continued: "Because, you are a man, and there are some responsibilities that you can't put down once you carry them, unless you die. ”

"In these years of life, I have seen too many people who use their own women and even friends as pawns for the sake of the regime, they may be able to act for a while, but the final outcome is embarrassing, they think they can use all the people in the world as their pawns, but they don't know, at the same time that they have this kind of thought, they have already turned into a chess piece on the chessboard, but they don't know, one day, they lose their beloved woman, lose their friends, and lose all the people who love them. will find that he has been reduced to a lonely chess piece, and even the value of being eaten no longer exists. ”

Taylor sighed deeply and said quietly, "Don't blame Cuika too much, she just fell into the glory of the fairy clan so deep that she was blinded by the light of her ancestors and confused her mind, I believe that one day, she will come to her senses." ”

(End of chapter)