Chapter 142: Baron Donne
Because of the size of the land and the sparse population, Sophia's father's territory was much larger than the baronies in other places, and it took almost three days to walk before he saw the central castle of the territory.
This central castle occupies more than ten times more than the previous castle of Baron Duncan, and it can almost be regarded as a city, with two gates for pedestrians to enter and exit, and it is clear that the castle has experienced traffic congestion at some time in the past.
The samurai guarding the gate of the castle all knew Sophia, and when they saw Sophia's motorvoy coming, they immediately dispersed the pedestrians and let Sophia's motorcade pass first.
Ten minutes later, the convoy stopped in front of the Baron's Palace, and Sophia hurriedly jumped out of the carriage and pulled Dio to walk inside.
Along the way, from time to time, someone greeted Sophia with a smile, or stood respectfully on the side, and it could be seen that Sophia's popularity in the Baron's Mansion was quite good.
But Sophia didn't bother to say hello, just smiled at the person, and then strode forward.
Dio has been carefully observing the situation in the barony, Duncan does not have his own mansion, his castle is his home, look at the present, and then think about Duncan, people can really be angry than people.
In a moment, the group came to a three-story building, and the samurai guarding the door took the initiative to open the door for Sophia, then walked up a spiral staircase until the third floor, and then walked along the corridor to a vermilion gate.
"Dio, you wait for me here. Sophia whispered in Theo's ear.
"Okay. Dio nodded.
The four warriors in front of the door stepped to the sides, and when Sophia stepped through the door, their eyes were focused on Dio, who had never been so close to a young man before, so they were all curious.
Dio noticed the sight of the warriors, turned his head to look over, and the warriors immediately made a posture of holding their heads high and not squinting, and after Dio looked away, they secretly observed Dio.
At this moment, an angry roar suddenly came from inside: "What?!Sophia, how can you be so cruel?!"
Dio was stunned for a moment, and his face immediately became gloomy.
"Sophia, don't tell me, you have nothing to do with this!" the voice still roared, "I know you've always had a conflict with your two brothers, but you...... They're your own brother after all!!"
There was silence behind the door, as if Sophia had not spoken out to defend herself.
"I don't want to see you again!" the voice became extremely cold: "Come on, put this wicked woman in a water prison, Sophia, think quietly inside, if you never know how to repent, then you can wait to mold inside!"
Dio was furious, almost forgetting Sophia's advice, and the four warriors at the door all showed stunned looks, but strangely, they didn't move, and it was for this reason that Dio could barely maintain restraint, if those warriors wanted to go in and arrest people, there would have been blood splashed here.
"Alright, alright...... a feeble voice interjected, "Barrick has never been a weapon, and now Howard is ...... I only have this one daughter who can do a few things for me, and if you want to send her to the water prison, what will happen to my barony?"
"Big brother, how can you shield Sophia like this?!" The voice from before roared, "Howard also has your blood in his body!"
"How can this be a cover-up?" said the weak voice, "I believe Sophia would not have done such a thing, Sophia, you tell me, did you kill Howard?"
"It's not. Sophia's voice came out.
Outside the door, Dio was stunned, this kind of questioning itself was a kind of cover-up, giving Sophie more room to maneuver, and a fool would not admit that he did it.
"I heard, this matter has nothing to do with Sophia. The weak voice said, "What we should do now is to find out the real murderer, instead of sitting at home and arguing with each other." ”
"Big brother...... You...... You're so confused!" The voice before cried out in pain: "Howard went to Sophia's manor to play, and then was killed on the way back to the barony, do you still need to find the murderer? Howard must have done something to have a conflict with Sophia, and then this cruel woman was killed!"
"You see?" the limp voice asked.
"I ...... Big brother, do you know what you're doing?" the voice shouted earlier, "You can't see what kind of woman Sophia is now, she can kill Howard today, and she can kill you tomorrow!!"
"I'm old and sick, does it make a difference to me if I live one more day and one less day?" said the weak voice.
"You...... You ......" The voice before could no longer speak.
"Also, tell me, without Sophia, who will help me manage this territory?" the feeble voice asked rhetorically.
"Big brother, isn't there still you?" said the voice from earlier.
"I don't matter, the important thing is you, my good brother, Sir Ogden, you'll help me, won't you?"
"When...... Of course. It may be that he feels that the taste of the other party's words is difficult to understand, and the oral kiss of the person named Ogden seems to be a little difficult.
"Of course? huh...... What kind of courage does it take to say these words, Ogden, and I admire you more and more. The weak voice laughed: "According to your assumption, Howard is dead, Barrick is not a weapon, they can't inherit my title at all, Sophia is moldy in the water prison again, what will happen in the future...... Do you still need me to say it plainly?"
"Big brother, what do you mean by that?" Ogden roared angrily, "Do you doubt me ......?"
"I'm not doubting you......" The weak voice suddenly exploded: "I feel sick when I see you! Get out of here!!"
"Big Brother ......"
"! Believe it or not, Lao Tzu will kill you here?!"
There was a sound of hurried footsteps behind the door, and then a middle-aged man with a pale face came from inside, he strode along the corridor towards the spiral staircase, maybe to vent his anger, maybe because Dio was in his way, he actually stretched out his hands to push Dio, and cursed: "Bastard, get out!"
Dio didn't move, but the middle-aged man took two steps back, and at this moment, Fedez behind him had already stretched out a hand and put it on Dio's shoulder, and he also heard the words just now, so he was worried that Dio would do something excessive.
It's just that Fedeers underestimated Dio too much, just now he could show his anger undisguised, but now he has regained his composure, and his gaze is avoiding the middle-aged man as much as possible, his face is extremely indifferent.
"Ah...... Mr. Federes ...... "The middle-aged man saw Federes, hurriedly squeezed out a smile, and said hello.
Instead of paying attention to the other party, Fedeers deliberately looked away.
And the middle-aged man was bored, and walked towards the spiral staircase in a gray manner.
No one closed the door, the scene of Dio and the middle-aged man pushing and colliding with each other was seen by the people in the room, Dio also saw Sophia, in front of Sophia, there was a man who couldn't tell how old he was, saying that he was very young, his temples had become pale, saying that he was very old, but he couldn't see any wrinkles on his face, and he looked very handsome, and a pair of peach blossom eyes that were exactly the same as Sophia, this kind of eyes grew on a woman's body, it must look very coquettish, and if you change it to a man, it will give people a strange feeling.
The man suddenly pointed his finger at Dio and whispered something to Sophia, who glanced back at Dio and whispered a few words in the same low.
The next moment, Sophia turned around and walked towards Dio and beckoned at the door: "Dio, come in, father wants to see you." ”
Dio was stunned for a moment, his expression became a little unnatural, but he couldn't shirk this kind of thing, and finally slowly approached Sophia and asked with his eyes.
Sophia's face was a little uneasy, she thought that her father would be furious, but she never expected that after hearing the news of Howard's death, her father's expression had been very flat, and the last anger was not directed at her, things were too abnormal, she couldn't figure it out.
Then Sophia pulled Dio to the table and sat down side by side, while the man's gaze was fixed on Dio, and he didn't say a word.
I don't know how long it took, but the man said slowly, "Introduce yourself, I'm Baron Donne, Sophia's father." ”
"Hello. Dio owed: "My name is Dio." ”
"Sophia...... I hope you don't see people as badly as your mother. Don sighed lightly and slowly narrowed his eyes.
"Father, Theo and I ...... We grew up together, we ate together, played together, and ...... together" Sophia said a little shyly: "If I don't even know him, then I can't find anyone in this world who can understand." ”
"Growing up together doesn't mean anything. Don smiled: "Your mother and I also grew up together, but ...... In order to become a baron and have my own territory, I finally abandoned your mother and married an old woman who was more than ten years older than me and had no feelings. ”
"Father......" Sophia froze, because her father had never talked to her about her mother, and the anomalies were one after the other, and she was in a state of panic.
"Your mother is really stupid, in order to wait for me to fulfill her original promise, she is determined not to marry, and would rather be ridiculed......" Baron Don showed a sigh: "I survived and boiled, and finally survived until I regained my freedom, and then I married your mother, but unfortunately, she didn't live a few days and left us......"
"Father!"
"Let me say. Baron Don waved his hand: "Over the years, I have held too many words in my heart, and now, I can finally tell you." ”
(To be continued)