The supple silk black robe swept across the grass outside the manor, the early morning dew wetting the hem of this precious fabric, and in the distance outside the harbor area, the sun had not yet peeked below the horizon, only a faint pale whiteness of the fish belly in the sky.

Four black-robed guests walked quickly in the courtyard shrouded in the cold morning fog, and the leader at the front was a manor housekeeper who carried a glass lamp.

"It's almost there, our head of the house is waiting for you to arrive."

The butler turned his head and whispered a whisper back, and his meticulously groomed gray hair was also stained with a little dew from the cold mist.

But the butler didn't feel cold at all, but sweat soaked his forehead because of nervousness.

Although the butler didn't know why they came in the early morning when the cold was so cold that the birds had not even begun to sing, as a veteran butler who had served the Marjery family for decades, he deeply understood that it was best not to get to the bottom of what the master had not told him.

The four black-robed guests did not respond to the butler's words, and their bodies were shrouded in a mysterious darkness, and even the shadows under their hoods seemed much thicker than normal.

The housekeeper didn't dare to say more, for fear of saying something wrong and bringing disaster to himself.

The Magerry family had not had a good time in the past few years, and since the death of the Taizu in the battle that affected the entire Canduras region, the family crest of the "Golden Silk Face" had dimmed a lot.

In particular, King Wood's ongoing reform of the national system has pushed the Marjery family, which has been engaged in business for generations, to the forefront.

If His Majesty's reforms are indeed successfully successful, then the Majery family's voice in the kingdom will be reduced to the point of being invisible.

Under the influence of such turmoil, those small and medium-sized aristocratic families who had been friendly with the Marjery family in the past began to change their course in accordance with the situation, for fear that after the fall of the Marjery family, they would be liquidated by His Majesty the King.

However, this kind of thing is also commonplace among the nobles, and it is not worth making a big fuss about it.

After all, merchants and aristocrats are profit-seeking creatures themselves, and it's easy to expect them to be the icing on the cake, but it would be naïve to expect them to be in the snow.

In this situation, the people in the Majery family manor were trembling every day, because the young ladies and ladies in the clan had become extremely difficult to serve during this time.

The housekeeper didn't want to lose this well-paid job because of his gaffes, and he didn't dare to put his life on his lips.

However, as a veteran housekeeper, he also knew that the Marjery family seemed to be at the end of the mountain now, but in fact it was far from being in a desperate situation.

After all, a business family that has lasted for thousands of years still has a very strong background, far from being comparable to those upstart nouveau riche.

The lord still has a certain say in the king's council, not to mention that they also have an ally who is ostensibly an enemy of each other, but in fact has secretly reached an alliance on certain things - the Joshua family.

The family crest of the "Diamond Cane" was not dusted by the war, and when the old man tried his best to keep his position as "Minister of Commerce" after the war, it was the Joshua family who secretly lent a helping hand and finally got his wish.

And this time, it is said that the "distinguished guests" who followed him were also recommended by the Joshua family.

As for what they did, the housekeeper didn't know.

He didn't dare to know.

I know too much, and my life is hard to protect at any time.

This is the rule of being a steward.

The five of them walked silently in the cold fog, and soon made their way through the manicured lawns and gardens of the Marjery family, and detoured from a path to the back of the manor.

This is also what the master solemnly instructed.

These visitors must not be detected by others.

There are too many people at the main entrance, and it is easy to have accidents when there are many people, and the back door through the garden is relatively safer.

"Alright, here, everyone, please come in ......"

The housekeeper walked to the back door and unlocked it, giving way to a few black-robed guests to enter the house.

He had already arranged for the servants in the house, and no one would go around to the back room during this time......

Several black-robed men walked past him one by one, and as the distance got closer, the butler suddenly smelled a faint smell of sulfur from these people.

He frowned slightly, but immediately adjusted his expression, stood by the door with his head bowed slightly, waited until the last black-robed man entered the house, and then looked around, and after making sure that no one around had noticed it, he immediately followed behind and walked in, and then carefully locked the door.

"Everyone, please go this way......"

The butler continued to lead the way, leading several black-robed guests into a utility room under the stairs in the back room, and then tapping in a light and rhythmic manner on a wooden wall with barrels, brooms, and other tools, and the wooden wall immediately flipped back to reveal a deep stairway that extended downward.

Several black-robed guests walked into the stairway without saying a word, but this time, the butler did not follow up, just gently closed the secret door, put the tools around him in place, and then tidied up his appearance a little, and walked out of the utility room with a piece of silk cloth taken out of the tool compartment next to him with a calm expression......

After he left, in the secret door of the utility room, several black-robed guests standing on the stairway resumed their actions, and it was only at this time that the communication between these mysterious guys began.

"Priest, the steward......"

"No need, since it's in someone's house, you always have to give the owner some face, and it's always not good to take someone else's housekeeper as soon as you come over......"

"However, the witch has said that we must not show the slightest flaw in this operation, lest the creature find out.

When he was at the door, the butler seemed to sense something, so he left it alone......"

"Yes, my lord, the last time I was on the Joshua family's side, it was their family members who accidentally caused the news to leak out, and this time we can't be merciful......

"Okay, shut up, that guy is the housekeeper of the manor here just now, if he disappears inexplicably, I'm afraid it will attract the attention of other people.

We can't kill all the people in the manor, can we?! ”

The black-robed man in the lead scolded, stopped and turned his head: "Remember for me, we are here to seek cooperation, not to carry out sacrifices!" The arrangement here is very important to the master's plan, so bear with me, and if anyone fails to restrain and the master's plan goes wrong, you can go and explain it to the witch yourself! ”

"Yes......" The three black-robed people who followed him were suddenly silent, and they no longer dared to have the slightest objection, and honestly followed him towards the bottom of the deep ladder......