Chapter 24: Ambush
Rosen and his staff were nervously conducting shooting training. By Dussand's orders, the Rosen company's security department had rapidly expanded to fifty employees. They receive a basic salary of eight shillings a week and have a very high enthusiasm for training.
They have also been threatened and blackmailed by Boss Enrico. Some are even blackmailed by debt collectors to the point that their families are ruined, and the whole family is left alive.
When I heard that the two-story building had been bombed twice by the Privy Council guards, and finally completely flattened...... Those hearts that had long been numb and dry suddenly surged with surging emotions one after another.
Symbolizing Enrico's domination of the industrial zone, the small building was blown up, and almost all of Enrico and his ruffians were killed on the spot. The mountain-like shadow that hung over the heads of the people in the industrial zone completely dissipated, and the people in the industrial zone celebrated their death with songs and dances on the second floor of the small building that no longer existed, far exceeding the specifications of the celebration of the Winter Moon.
In the past, those families in the industrial area, relying on their relationship with Enrico's boss and running rampant, now they dare not speak out. Even if they have a family member killed in an attack by the Privy Councillor.
Not to mention a funeral, they didn't even dare to cry in the dead of night.
Fortunately, the people of Upper Albin have clear grievances. Those who served as eagle dogs and oppressed the inhabitants of Boss Enrico have paid with their lives. No one will go to trouble families who have already curled their tails, even if they may have bullied themselves a day or two ago.
People who are used to living a hard life are always kind.
Good people don't think about revenge, but they cherish their hard-won good days. Those who had been hurt by Boss Enrico and his minions were actively signing up for the recruitment of Rosen. It doesn't matter if you don't want a salary, just let them train and be able to use weapons to protect their lives.
It's been a long and dark time, and the people of Upper Albin can always find a way to get through. But how can those who have seen the light of light in the darkness allow the darkness to return?
In their eyes, Rosen, who directly led to the downfall of Enrico's boss, is probably the best person to protect the dawn. Working for him will drive away the roving criminals who are trying to make a fortune in the industrial zone, and it will also ensure that there will be no second Enrico boss.
Everyone grew up watching Rosen, and everyone can trust his character.
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Looking at the employees who were actively working hard outside the door, Rosen was worried.
He had seen the leaflets that had fallen from Albin this morning. There is no doubt that Lord Dussander has already begun to act.
According to the report of the spies he arranged outside Lord Harold's estate, Lord Harold was taken away by a group of men in purple cloaks early this morning. This shows that Master Dussand's plan was executed perfectly, and everything was as he expected.
But...... Now the sun was almost setting, and the twin moons were already hanging over the violet sky in the east. Rosen still hadn't received the letter telling him what to do next.
According to the plan in the manor's war room at the time, Lawson and his Rosen Company guards would be the last safety bolt in the entire plan. As an armed force group that has not yet officially entered the official sight, Rosen has a very important job on him.
If all goes well, he and the armed guards don't have to do anything. As long as the training works normally.
But if something goes seriously wrong in the plan, then they are Dussand's ultimate means of saving the situation and himself.
As Sir Peel promised, Lord Harold's bodyguard will be on duty at noon today. He assured that there would be a host of administrative and technical problems in the handover of the Privy Council.
These problems will eventually lead to a two-day gap in the guards around Lord Harold. For these two days, there will be no Privy Council guards of any kind to protect him, other than the bodyguards and guards he has established and controlled.
Lord Harold's schemes did annoy Sir Peel. As the supreme leader and commander of Upper Albin and the entire Newsar Police Service, Sir Peel has direct responsibility for the security of Newsal. During his tenure, the Star Thieves never succeeded in attacking Newsar again.
The officers of Newsar worked closely with the Royal Navy, and it was only in fifteen years that the Star Thieves had not managed to make it to the ground in Newsal.
But now, Lord Harold is planning a massive attack on the nobility carried out by the Star Thieves to massacre or kidnap a Baroness and her only son.
If this is allowed to happen, then not only will Sir Peel be dismissed outright, but he will even be arrested directly by the red-clad postmen at the Royal Post Office, and then sent to Orin to stand trial for dereliction of duty.
The Police Force cannot carry out crime prevention, and having a connection with a star thief cannot be considered a crime. Sir Peel also wanted to do something, but in the end ...... He could only find a way to provide some help to Madame Androni's actions.
That's all.
And this is Rosen's job - if things change dramatically, then he and his company need to be armed in the shortest possible time, and then take advantage of the gap between two days of escort to kill Lord Harold with the most complete violence.
This is the last resort and the most risky measure. In Dussand's view, the attack on Harold was the last insurance. Once it happened, it meant that all his previous plans had been discovered, and Harold was acquitted. Under such conditions, only by killing Harold can he win a glimmer of life for himself and his mother.
A dead man will not defend himself. At such a time, it is just right to give a large bribe, and perhaps these people can also consider putting the problem on the head of the dead.
In the worst-case scenario, killing Harold would save Dusand and Androni's lives.
That's what Rosen does.
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As the moon rises, the violets in the sky become darker. Gradually, the employees who participated in the training began to return their guns and left the small yard where Lawson's company was located.
With his hands behind his back, Lawson circled back and forth at the gate of the yard. The delay in the arrival of the letter instructing his next move worries him greatly. Lord Harold hadn't returned to his estate yet, and it didn't seem like the worst had happened. But he didn't dare to just give up his preparations, or send someone to Dussand's manor to inquire about the situation.
Dussaint had very clear requirements for him, that everything should be done as usual until he received the letter, that he must not act rashly, let alone show special attention to him.
But Rosen was a true Upper Albin, and he was as zealous as the other people who had lived here for one hundred and seventy-five years.
You can't wait like this, you have to have some other backup means.
Lord Dussander saves Rosen, Rosen's grandmother, and his young sister. Although these things are nothing to Lord Dussand, he is indeed saved.
If he waited, Rosen felt like an ungrateful bastard.
"Take someone with you, and come with me." Lawson, who had made his decision, walked quickly to the dormitory and said to the long-awaited guards, "Put on thick clothes and bring wine jugs—we're going to get cold tonight." ”
The fourteen stick boys looked at each other, then nodded together.
These young men were the first to join the Rosen company. Or, according to Dussand, they count as "armed security guards."
The armed security guards who first joined the Rosen Company had a blood feud with Enrico. Fourteen of them were alone. The parents were either forced to commit suicide alive, or they were sold to the mine and then completely disappeared.
Twelve of these fourteen lads had older sisters or younger sisters. Of their sisters, only two are still alive. And these two little girls, who are not yet fourteen years old this year...... All became Lord Harold's personal maids.
Although life is the same, life is better than death, but at least they are alive.
The remaining ten girls...... I don't know if I live or die.
No one knows their whereabouts, and no one cares. Maybe they were in a brothel and were taken by some bold star thief, and then bought and took it away. Perhaps on the first day they entered the brothel, they were killed by the pimping thugs.
Their lives, like their own families, are insignificant and no one cares.
And now, their brother has a chance.
A chance to avenge them.
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Fifteen young lads in thick coats appeared in the bushes. Fourteen rifles were clenched in their hands and pointed at the gate of the manor eighty yol away.
It was the closest ambush point they could find to Lord Harold's estate, and the closest to their retreat route.
"We're here until we hear from us." Lawson squinted and lay in the bushes, "Take turns resting, taking turns eating—at least one pair of eyes at that old dog's door at any given time!" ”
"Don't worry, Lawson." A couple of seventeen or eighteen-year-old men whispered, "Finally, when we have the opportunity, we will definitely not let Harold go." ”
"We are the last resort, and we can't act rashly until the news comes." Rosen frowned and said, "Whatever you see here, don't be impulsive!" It is better to let Harold live one more day than to ruin the master's plan. ”
For this ambush, Rosen made a lot of preparations. All wore three-tiered tweed coats and thick cotton socks over their feet to keep them warm. In such a close proximity to the manor, it is certainly unrealistic to make a fire to keep warm. In addition to nibbling on dry food and occasionally taking a sip or two of spirits to keep warm, these thick and even comical garments are guaranteed to pull the trigger.
The sky was completely dark, and a layer of frost gradually formed on the ground. The fifteen lads didn't even dare to move their frozen hands and feet. They put their hands together to prevent the mist from revealing them, and stared at the gate of Harold's manor, motionless.
As the night passed, the armed security guards had lost their last bit of vitality and patience. In the morning mist, a steam carriage slowly approached the gate of the manor.
A middle-aged man with flimpy feet and messy hair got out of the car.
"It's Harold!" The armed guards became excited, they turned their heads to look at the wide-eyed Rosen, and asked eagerly, "Do you want to fight?" ”
Lawson didn't speak, he felt that the blood on his body was almost freezing.
How is this possible? Harold was released? Don't...... Plans failed?
Lord Dusand and Baroness Andronie...... They, they lost?