Chapter 192: A Crisis Strikes
The steward has always thought that his eldest lady is one in a million beauties, and the endless mention of relatives also proves this, but until today, he doesn't know what it means to be a person outside the world!
Elaine's girl-next-door atmosphere, the interracial style of the virtuous wolf, and Juliet's simplicity and strength are all eye-catching, and even the little Lori is extremely cute, definitely a beauty embryo.
"I'm going to say hello!"
Downton got up.
Juliet hurriedly handed over a gift box, and when they met for the first time, even if it was a thin gift, they had to give a copy, which was a matter of etiquette.
"Miss, please have dinner!"
The steward hastened to show his intentions.
"We appreciate Miss Alice's kindness. ā
During the interval between camping, Downton had figured out the origin of this merchant group, it was called the gold-encrusted rose, and it was a large merchant group with a history of 100 years.
Originally, under his leadership, the merchant group had been thriving, and it had the atmosphere of becoming the first merchant group in the east, but Downton was born, swept the four realms, unified the country, and disrupted his plans all at once.
The connections and forces that the old master worked so hard to build up, almost overnight, all fell apart, there was no way, the old magnates were all sent to the execution table by Downton to be hanged, and it was not easy for him to save the lives of the old and young people.
"Do you hate that Downton?"
Downton ate the roast and asked thoughtfully.
"Hate, why not hate? Because of him, my father was seriously ill and died with great regret, and the family business plummeted, and he was on the verge of bankruptcy, and our whole family was going to be on the streets. No, or all of them will be slaves, and they won't even have a chance to be beggars!"
The campfire crackled and burned, reflecting Alice's cheeks.
"Miss!"
The steward glanced at Downton, and quickly dissuaded him, saying that it was not good to tell strangers about this. In case it reached the ears of the Hand of the King, Alice was absolutely dead.
"Can't you say it, if Lord Downton doesn't even have the heart to do this, then he doesn't deserve to run this country!" Alice, as she was her age, was so innocent that she didn't have any scheming.
"Actually, I don't want to hate him, since he came to power, Frankfurt has been tax-free for three years, people's lives are getting better, every family has money to spare, this kind of man. I know that it takes labor to reform a country, but why does my family need to bear the damage?"
Alice took a bite of the flesh with a bitter expression.
"This is something that can't be helped, there are so many countries, there will always be some people who are unlucky!"
Looking at Alice, Downton felt a little remorseful. As the Hand of the King, even if the Eye of Odin is spread all over the country. He can't know everything thoroughly, he doesn't have the time and energy, so there will always be people who suffer and be unlucky.
It was even said that Downton knew that those new nobles were bullying and oppressing those old nobles who were dead but not stiff, but he remained silent.
The new aristocracy took sides. If you give people money and follow yourself to fight the world, you will naturally have to be rewarded, and Downton is worried that the embers of those old nobles will not be extinguished and see them suppressed. Or it is hostile to each other, consuming strength, and snickering with natural pleasure.
When it comes to Downton's position, it is no longer based on preferences and good and evil to decide a thing, but interests, the interests of all parties.
"Hehe, I understand, my father is on the wrong side, but does he have a choice? If he had defected to Downton a day earlier, the Duke of the East would have killed my father in no time!"
Alice laughed self-deprecatingly, she really didn't want to say anything about this kind of dirty politics.
"I'm sorry to bring up your sadness. ā
Downton got up, "It's not early, can you rest early?"
"Then I'll not be far away!"
Alice nodded, even if she was in a bad mood, she did not neglect the guests.
Downton left, and as soon as he was out of Alice's field of vision, Conte caught up.
"Hey, wait a minute!"
Conte seemed to be intent on showing off his skills, charging in a two-in-one row and rushing in front of Downton.
"Something about your lordship?"
Downton put on an innocent white rabbit expression.
"I don't care what your identity or purpose is, tomorrow morning, you will leave the team, if you don't do it, don't blame me for being polite!"
Conte stared at Downton with a sinister grin.
"Got it!"
With Downton's current status, he is too lazy to bother with this kind of miscellaneous fish, and it is too valuable.
"Good!"
Looking at Downton's watch, Conte patted him on the shoulder as if he could teach, revealing a smug expression, and a sense of superiority arose.
There are enough supplies in the Space Ring, so there is no inconvenience in camping in the wilderness.
At midnight, the energetic little Lori rode an empty ray to hunt and play, but she didn't expect to make an unexpected discovery.
"Big brother, guess what I saw?"
Hu Tao squatted beside Downton, his face mysterious.
"What?"
Downton lifted his sleeping bag, and Walnut cheered, took off her clothes, and like a little loach, got into it, and then hugged Downton tightly.
"My lord, I did everything you said, and I ...... when it's done."
The coachman's head looked at Conte, rubbing his thumb against his middle finger and making a gesture to count the money.
"It's a deposit, don't forget, keep putting pressure on Alice to keep her exhausted until she can't take it anymore!"
After Conte finished explaining, he watched the coachman head leave, and couldn't help sneering, "When I get Alice, it's your death." ā
Conte is the child of an old servant of the Alice family, and because of the relationship between the sale contract, including the descendants, they are all servants of the eldest lady's family.
As a childhood sweetheart who grew up together, Conte loves Alice deeply, but he knows that he is a domestic servant, no matter how appreciated by the old master, it is impossible to get the love of the eldest lady, but there is no endless road, when the old master was seriously ill because of the blow to the family business, he and his father, who was highly used, planned this series of conspiracies.
"If you go back this time, the entire Alice family will belong to our father and son, no, it should be a different name. Sounds great!"
As soon as he thought of Alice's body, Conte's heart burned again, he was not qualified to touch her before, but today he touched his shoulder, which is the best sign.
"Do you want to go on a night raid? No, you have to be calm. Alice hasn't collapsed yet, it can't backfire!"
Conte held back the desire ~ hope in his heart, he wanted to descend to Alice in a savior posture, and make her fall in love with him.
"That guy is a scumbag!"
After narrating what he saw, Hu Tao angrily gave a comment, and little Lori hates this kind of hypocritical and insidious villain the most.
"Go to bed early!"
Downton touched Hu Tao's hair and sighed, no one can live easily. But soon he snorted, and he didn't have the leisure to sigh, because little Lori accidentally kicked him in the crotch.
"What's wrong?"
Little Walnut asked, then shrunk into her sleeping bag.
"It's okay, huh, what are you doing?"
Downton wondered.
"There's a snake, I just stepped on it!" said Hu Tao, "don't move." Otherwise, I'm going to run away!"
"Come out, that's not a snake. Shh
Before Downton finished speaking, he felt a small hand reach into his underwear, grabbed Little Downton, and made him subconsciously gasp.
"I grabbed it, oops, it looks like it's getting hard!"
Hu Tao's face was puzzled. Put your hands under them, and push harder.
"Don't make a fuss, that's not a snake, get me out!"
Downton grabbed the back of Walnut's neck like a kitten. pulled her out with force, "If you mistreat again, you will go to sleep by yourself." ā
"Okay!"
Little Walnut was unwilling, stretched out his little feet, and stepped on Downton's crotch, trying to crush the snake to death.
"Are you still making trouble? Believe it or not, I'm beating you?"
Downton is almost embarrassed to death, how can this kind of thing be explained to Hu Tao?
"I was wrong!"
Hu Tao surrendered, but her eyes rolled wildly, proving that she did not give up, "Hmph, when you sleep, I'll do it again, wait, this can't be my brother's secret pet, right? Is it a gift for me when I was about to celebrate my birthday? So don't let me know?"
"Hehe, I'm laughing to death!"
Tears of laughter from the cheap god flew together.
Downton originally planned to take Hu Tao away and let Elaine take care of it, but little Lori cried and made trouble, but she didn't agree, so she had no choice but to sleep together.
In the morning, Downton had a pair of dark circles under his eyes, and after talking to Elaine and them, everyone decided to join the caravan.
"You're feeling guilty, aren't you?"
Elaine knew her brother's personality and obviously wanted that Alice.
"Yes!"
Downton nodded.
At noon, Conte came to him, looking unkind, and was about to question, when he saw Elaine and Juliet sitting by the campfire, and was immediately struck by their beauty.
"What are you going to do? badass!"
Hu Tao will not hide at all, staring at Conte like a kitten that has been stepped on by the tail.
"You seem to have forgotten my warning yesterday?"
Conte gritted his teeth.
"Oh, what did you say?"
Downton plucked out his ears.
"Count you ruthless, don't be afraid of death, you follow!"
Seeing that it was useless to talk more, Conte opened, and as he was leaving, he glanced back at Elaine and Juliet.
"Boss, where do these people come from?"
A subordinate asked.
"Those chicks are so beautiful, you don't see it, especially that wolf girl, it's amazing!"
"When a slave is sold, you can make a lot of money, at least a million gold coins, right?"
These guards often run this trade route, and they have seen many slave hunters, so they have a general idea of the price of slaves, and if they sell these women to orcs, they can make a lot of money.
"Don't make any extraneous branches, these people have the courage to go out alone, they are definitely not idle people, more is better than less. ā
Conte hesitated and gave up, getting Alice was the priority.
"Boss, try it at night, if it's a strong man, let's stand still, if they pretend to be a big-tailed wolf, hum, and deliver a big meal to the door, how can it be reasonable not to eat?"
An old and serious subordinate built yƬ, and others are also eager to try, Elaine is a girl like her, they are not qualified to have it in their lifetime, so they don't want to let go of the opportunity in front of them. (To be continued......)