"Mr. two barons, this autograph will be returned to you, and you will not be given a thousand gold coins, forget it! I don't want it either, remember not to do this kind of thing next time, shame, shame on identity! ”

Zhu Ping's index and middle fingers loosened slightly, and the paper slipped down the cracks between his fingers.

The paper is very face-saving, and it is skillfully opened and spread on the ground, showing the content clearly, especially the names of these two nobles.

That's embarrassing.

As aristocrats, the two of them wanted to destroy the paper so that no one could see it, but they couldn't bend down to pick it up.

But if you drag it out like this, if you don't destroy it, everyone else will have to memorize the above content.

Between two fires!

Viscount Xiao Nong did not use magic again, but made a gesture in his eyes, asking the maid who was serving on the side to pick up the paper and fade it into the view of the upper class.

The banquet was so troubled by Zhu Ping that he couldn't open it if he wanted to, and Viscount Xiao Nong had an elegant send-off smile on his face that was in line with aristocratic etiquette.

The nobles don't care, they have a good time eating melons today!

The rich people who talk about business sigh again and again, after all, "wood-chopping baby" and "cattle herding baby" cannot be compared, and if you can't pick up money when you go out, you are losing money.

Lina held Zhu Ping's wrist, no longer crying, no longer aggrieved, the two of them talked and laughed and walked out of the hall, as if they were coming for an outing.

Just as he was about to go out, Zhu Ping suddenly said: "Oh, look at my memory!" Today is the birthday of Viscount Xiao Nong's daughter, and I also have some small gifts here, which are not respectful. ”

With that, he clapped his palms, and the valets opened the box carved from sandalwood, revealing a blue gem the size of a pea.

"Who told you to serve it in such a precious box?" Zhu Ping frowned without a trace, took out the gem and put it on the table.

Holding the beautifully carved box, the group left happily.

Nina, the thrifty maid and housekeeper, walked in and took the remaining jewel that had been set in the girl's bag after burning to ashes.

Peggy and Viscount George stood still, looking at Zhu Ping's departing back, their faces were extremely gloomy, and the blue tendons on their foreheads were exposed, as if they were going to kill someone.

They were a big shame today, and although everyone was on track and no one laughed at them now, there was no doubt that once the banquet was over, the two of them would become the laughing stock of the entire Orlanton capital.

It's the kind of joke that makes you laugh when you think about it when you do sports at night.

In a sentence from Zhu Ping's hometown, this is called: stealing chickens does not make rice.

Not only that, at this time, some barons of the same rank as them have begun to faintly stay away from them, and the hypocrisy of the nobles is also "good", they are the group of people who value face the most.

Secretly framing the nobles and smearing the nobles, this kind of behavior is just done in secret, and it is put on the surface, who is willing to get close to this kind of person, who can guarantee that they will not frame themselves next time.

Even if the nobles are high, they are still human beings, they will also seek advantages and avoid disadvantages, and they also understand the truth of the death of a rabbit and a fox.

……

Sitting in the carriage, the girl was full of shyness and took her hand away from Zhu Ping's arm.

In this era, except for the absurdity of the circle of small nobles, most of the temperament of the big nobles and commoners is still very simple, and there is very little pulling and pulling on the street.

It's like that kind of kissing ceremony, which is only done in a few areas, and it is also a kiss from the air, and it is very rude and ungentlemanly to kiss the hand of a single lady.

Lina saw that Zhu Ping's expression was a little unnatural, and asked, "What's wrong with you?" Why is it that after the revenge is successful, the mood is unhappy? ”

"I feel that the world of smart people is too lonely, this group of opponents is completely unqualified, and they fell with a punch on the cotton, and they fell before I could help." Zhu Ping looked up at the sky and sighed.

"Phew!" Lina whispered.

"You're feeling sorry for the gem you gave away!"

"How do you know...... Phew, nothing. ”

"You've written your distress on your face, if you can't guess this, then I'm really as stupid as my brother."

Please don't insult the word stupid...... Zhu Ping leaned on the constantly bumpy carriage: "This is an sapphire worth more than 20 gold coins!" ”

"Then why do you ......?"

"It's a secret." Zhu Ping closed his eyes and lay lazily on the seat, hooking the corners of his mouth, looking unfathomable.

With his eyes closed, the carriage drove slowly towards the Hall family castle.

Zhu Ping is not afraid of retaliation, in a place like the street, where the rich or the noble, the patrolman takes two steps and one post, and it is difficult to lose his wallet.

It's a stark contrast to the lower street.

Moreover, the Hall family is the king's faction, and if you want to move him, you have to weigh the strength of the king's lineage.

Speaking of the distribution of power in Orlanton, I have to mention first what the "kingdom" is.

……

The kingdom looks like a country, but judging from the "definition of a country" in Zhuping's hometown, it is indeed a bit reluctant to call it a country.

Strictly speaking.

The kingdom is in fact a community of interests of a group of "people in power".

The distribution of power is similar to a tree map.

The big nobles control a large amount of population, economy, and land, while the small nobles control a part of the resources and depend on the big nobles, layer by layer.

The king is only the nominal largest ruler of the kingdom, and even in some countries, the king is in turn in feng shui...... Of course, they will also give this absurd division of power a very noble name......

Straight to the point.

King Orlanton's lineage controls about half of the kingdom's land and population, and the other two viscounts didn't dare to make trouble, but it's a pity that King Orlanton is old, and most of his children are wine bags and rice bags.

So he was in a very awkward position, if he divided the power now to his children, he would soon lose his family fortune and lose his dominance in the kingdom in the infighting, so he wanted to pass the throne to his brother Jimmy Olanton.

Even, he can't give his children too much power to prevent his younger brother Jimmy Orlanton from having enough power to maintain the kingdom's dominance.

In addition, Jimmy Orlanton has been cultivating the wizarding path in the Holy Kingdom, so the king's vein has to be dragged on like this.

The situation was very unfavorable to the king's line.

So much so that now, the data on the surface such as land and population under the king's hands have not changed, but the invisible power such as connections, fat difference, and important positions has been secretly taken away a lot.

Zhu Ping's Hall family was a minor nobleman attached to the king's Orlanton lineage, mainly helping the king develop gem veins and transport gems.

This can be seen from the fact that after the death of Zhuping Hall's father, the other two nobles joined forces to take away the excellent assets.

The lion is no longer as powerful as it once was.

But though the king is old, isn't he not dead? As long as they are not dead, the battle between the nobles will not break through to the extent of the knife in the open, and at most they will play a trick in secret.

The attention that the group of think tank bigwigs gave Zhu Ping was to let him "jump" within a reasonable range and prove his worth to King Jill Orlanton.

Judging by this, the king's thoughts at this time.

If the king is not willing to be so cowardly, then he will definitely use the grievances between Zhu Ping and the two barons to help him regain the lost assets.

It is also the only way to reclaim assets in an open and honest way.

Of course, if the king really coaxed!

If it is really unreliable, then Zhu Ping wants to make money, so he has to use more dangerous and "more interesting" means to do it.

……

Back in the castle, Zhu Ping greeted a group of male and female servants as usual, this was the longest "job" he felt he had done in a day, and the aristocratic life was really unpretentious and boring.

"Master......" Nina spoke, a little reluctant to speak.

Zhu Ping was puzzled: "What's wrong?" ”

"Sir, I want to ask you if I need to help you prepare a supper at night." Nina let out a sigh of relief and picked up the topic she had just talked about.

Zhu Ping, who was successfully promoted to a rice bucket, rubbed his stomach, feeling that the food at the banquet was completely unfilling, and nodded: "Okay!" Just a little hungry! Then ask for a red wine baked suckling pig! ”

After Nina's maid leaves.

The freckled girl pulled Zhu Ping's sleeve and whispered: "Aunt Nina has something in her heart, her two sons are adults, but they are too honest, and she is worried about the livelihood of these two." ”

Honest is also a derogatory term here...... Zhu Ping couldn't help laughing and said, "Then what is she doing around the bush?" Just tell me no? ”

"Oh...... My Lord Sir, I can accompany you to be unruly because I fell in love with you at first sight and was carried away by love, but that doesn't mean that everyone will be so unruly. Lina said in a long voice, as if she were acting in a musical opera.

I seem to be being molested by Lori again...... Zhu Ping hid his face and fled.

Lina looked at Zhu Ping's departing back, put her hands on her slightly hot cheeks, and her eyes flashed with little stars: "He really doesn't look like a nobleman!" ”