633 Angry Blood

At 66 Duke's Avenue in the city of Zhivadin, this Buick-style building at the corner of the crossroads is the residence of the Horile family, one of the twelve permanent deacons of the Commercial Alliance, with six griffin reliefs carved with eagle heads and lion bodies above the smooth marble door ten meters long and wide. On top, there is a coat of arms with a long sword on the handle.

The sculpture is beautifully curved, with thick and steady limbs and flamboyant eagle feathers, just as the knights of Ryrdian are conservative with golden lions, the warriors of Roude show their bravery with cross-tomahawks, the Kugit rangers use the wolf's head as their battle flag, and the agile and gorgeous flying griffin is the symbol of the knights of Vecchia.

The ancestor of the Horile family was a prestigious Griffin Knight of Vekia, who killed several barbarian generals in the war to open up the southern frontier, and was given the title of lord of the Zhivading region by the royal family of Vecchia.

After the Samore control zhì Zhivading, the sharp-eyed Ho Ruile family quickly grasped the pulse of the times and became one of the first nobles to transform from a conservative aristocratic manor economy to a commercial economy.

After several years of development, with the rapid expansion of Samore's power and the unique advantages of the Zhivading region, the Horele family, once known as the famous family in the south, once again became one of the several wealthy merchants in Zhivadin, especially the ship leasing program in cooperation with the military, which made the family's prestige that was constantly eager to expand the scope reach a peak that had never been reached

As a high-ranking and powerful mansion of the Archdeacon of the Commercial Alliance in charge of the Southern Maritime Trade,

On the occasion of the upcoming deacons meeting, outside the gate that should have been full of traffic, there was a cold crowd at the moment. The heavy black gates of ornate reliefs were tightly closed. Even in the bright sunlight, it reflects a dark and cold luster,

Passers-by walked slowly, and occasionally, a low sigh could be heard in the crowd. With a pitiful and pitiful gaze, he swept over the once splendid mansion in front of him

At this moment, in the deep hall of the courtyard, the atmosphere is also dull and depressing, old He Ruile sat on the seat of Yu Nanmu in the center of the hall, with slightly cloudy eyes, carefully examined the list in his hand, and occasionally flashed a cold light that made people feel surprised, his face was a little blue and pale, which was a sign of overwork,

"Hopefully the rumors are false, or ......"

After examining the list in his hand, Old He Ruile put it down very cautiously as if he was carrying a coal, the corners of his chapped mouth were talking to himself with bitterness, his thin fingers quietly rubbed his sore temples, raised his somewhat pale head, and nodded silently to the butler who was waiting next to him

"Let's get started, let everyone in from the rank of Southern Deacon"

"It's sir!"

The butler's face was a little gloomy and he turned around and pushed open the closed door of the hall behind him,

With a dragging friction sound, the closed heavy door opened, and a ray of golden sunlight shone in through the crack of the open and closed door, drawing a light and dark scratch on the dark ground.

Outside the door was already full, hundreds of people in dense layers, standing in the small courtyard in front of them, seeing the old housekeeper coming out of the inside, they all raised their heads, and it was pitch black.

"Horace, Horekusa......" The butler read the list in his hand, and the mermaids whose names were called entered the hall, most of them were energetic young men, they were not soldiers, but they stood there neatly, giving people a sense of vitality, as if there was an active factor in the air

He Ruile's vicissitudes of life swept over the faces of these family elites, and he secretly sighed in his heart, if he was 20 years younger, he wouldn't need to hear a little wind and grass like a frightened bird.

"Sit down"

He Ruile waved his hand to these named young people, his face was slightly dark and pale, and he finally regained some of his strength,

These are the backbone of the Horile family, it is these young people who support the business empire of the Horile family, with the expansion of the family's trade network, the Horile family has set up branches in Kugit, the Northwest Maomo region and the country of Ruierdian, these elites cultivated over the years are the pillars of the construction of the South China Sea business plan.

In May, the South China Sea warmed up, Salad's ports lifted the ban, it was the time for the southern sea trade to show its strength, if it was not a last resort, He Ruile was not willing to transfer these backbones back, just this back and forth for more than ten days of the world, I am afraid that the loss of the family is above 40,000 gold coins, but the fire burns the eyebrows, and I can't manage so much,,

The storm came so suddenly that there was almost no warning at all, but it was a hurricane that was enough to destroy it, and Eberon's garrison lost 500 infantry crossbows, which had nothing to do with the Ho Ruile family, who were in charge of the southern sea trade.

But there was a rumor that the 500 infantry crossbows that were lost this time had been privately transported to Salander in the southern seas, and it was the Horile family who was in charge of the southern sea trade who handled this matter.

This is definitely a frame-up by the Pollock family, the first thought of the experienced He Ruile when he heard the news was this, as a bigwig in the same southern trade, one is in charge of sea trade and the other is in charge of land trade, they are originally rivals competing with each other, but it is too despicable to use this kind of indiscriminate planting methods

But soon new news came,

The Inspectorate of the Kingdom, which has always been known for its cruelty and ruthlessness, has followed up on the matter, and the veteran boss of the Abbyron garrison, Caesar Sauron, known as the last knight, has also been demoted to the rank of Magistrate of Zhivadine because of this matter.

This can be regarded as a big event that shook the whole of Vekia, even Caesar Sauron, a military tycoon who has been relied on as his right-hand man since the time of the Falcon, was punished so unfairly because of this incident, and the anger of the Grand Duke of Falcon about this matter can be imagined, followed by the removal of the commander of the Zhivading garrison

This series of actions in the Duke of Chia's palace made the always calm Horile unable to sit still, and the depreciation of Caesar Solon was enough to let all those who might be involved in this matter know that these five hundred lost crossbows are like a big stone thrown into a small waterhole, and it is not only beautiful, but also a giant family ruin.

This unexpected incident completely disrupted the plans of the He Ruile family, and he was originally going to take advantage of the growing momentum of the Southern Sea Trade to strive to raise his ranking as a deacon in the business alliance from fifth to fourth.

Comparing his old rivals, the Pollock family, who were in charge of inland trade in the south, was a major event to enhance the prestige of the family, and the ranking of the deacons often determined the prestige and influence of the deacon family.

But now, although there is nothing too obvious, according to the latest news, the deacon's meeting in mid-June, the Grand Duke of Falcon will be present in person, which is a major event that will shake the entire business alliance.

At this moment, the arrival of the Grand Duke of Falcon made many families with a keen sense of smell faintly able to smell a pungent smell of blood from the oncoming wind, which was a precursor to a thunderstorm.

Grand Duke Falcon is a legend in the business world and an undefeated god of killing on the battlefield, and the loss of the infantry crossbow this incident undoubtedly led the wrath of this killing god to Zhivadin

Now the entire business community of Zhivading is like a flock of frightened birds, squatting in the pitiful mansion, so frightened that they don't even dare to kick the atmosphere, not to mention the He Ruile family, which is rumored to be regarded as the center of the whirlpool, is now not only cold in front of the door, no one cares, even the He Ruile family itself, the door is closed, and it looks like a catastrophe is coming

"Does this matter have anything to do with you, as a deacon in the south, such a big list, it is impossible to completely hide from your eyes" He Ruile's eyes flickered, his fingers quietly tapped on the armrest of the chair, and said in a condensed voice, "500 infantry crossbows are not a thing that can be prevaricated by fishing in troubled waters, and those guys in the Kingdom Supervision Department are more sensitive than the nose of a dog."

"If yes, just like a man, stand up and take the trouble you cause"

He Ruile's voice paused, his cold gaze swept over everyone in the hall, and his voice was heavy and dry, and he said, "Stand up now, but only one person will die, but your relatives will be spared, and the family will help you take care of it, if the Ministry of Supervision finds out, the entire family will be implicated, don't blame me for being ruthless at that time."

"Whew"

The hall was very quiet, and you could hear the breeze outside the door stirring the grass and trees in the flower beds, everyone's heads were lowered, and everyone's faces were silent and depressed, as if even the flowing air had stagnated

"Old man......"

At this moment, the butler outside the door suddenly ran in with a strange face, because he ran too fast, and almost fell to the ground.

"Why are you so impatient?"

He Ruile looked at the butler who was stumbling, and snorted with great dissatisfaction, the housekeeper has always been steady, and he didn't know why he was suddenly so out of shape.

The butler bent down and whispered in He Ruile's ear for a while, and the eyes in the hall looked at him in unison, making the butler's face flush and white, extremely embarrassed, but the miserable whiteness on that face undoubtedly indicated that something terrible had happened

"Are you sure?" Horile's face was full of disbelief, tilting his head to look at the housekeeper, at this moment, how could that woman appear in his house?

"Yes, although I haven't seen it officially, but that cold arrogance can't be pretended" The butler said panting, "What's more, she named her name to see the master, if it was a pretend, I was afraid that she wouldn't have such a big courage, the master is one of the twelve deacons, and he has seen a real person."

"By the way, she also brought this" The butler seemed to remember something, and hurriedly took out a small black object from his arms,

It was a brooch made of black unknown metal, and the black and shiny handle was like a black rose waiting to be released, and more than a dozen small red gems were inlaid in the middle of the stamen.

Even if the light in the hall is not very good, you can feel the preciousness of these rubies.