Duke Fantroy felt a little strange, after all, it was so late, and theoretically no one should disturb him.

But in this eventful time, even strange things can happen, and the other person knocked on the door in the right way.

In fact, this kind of great aristocrat is very careful even in his own home, and it is not without reason that their family can continue to be glorious for hundreds of years.

"Who's out there?"

"Sir, it's me."

Duke Fantroy let out a sigh of relief when he heard the voice of his butler.

"What's the matter?"

"Sir, there is an emissary who claims to be Mr. Kossuth who has something important to talk to you."

The butler said a little apologetically, Duke Fantroy understood very well, after all, this kind of thing is thankless, and he is not the only housekeeper in the family, if he makes himself unhappy, then his future will also come to an end.

Duke Fantroy smiled, only by making everyone respect and fear him can his life be stable.

As for Kossuth's envoy, there must be something important at this point in time, and since he has already voted for the Hungarians, he must be polite.

However, as soon as Duke Vantroy opened the door, he was kicked in the crotch.

"Whoa, whoa!"

Although Duke Fantroy is old, he still reacts very strongly to heavy blows in key parts.

However, the visitor did not take into account the feelings of Duke Fantro, and pushed him down and made up for it.

At this time, although Duke Fantroy was suffering like never before, he did not cry out.

Just gasped and said: "One hundred thousand florins bought me a life, and I swear in the honor of the Fantroy family that I will not pursue this matter"

But the few uninvited guests didn't pay attention to Duke Fantro's words, they were just looking for something on their own.

Seeing that the other party did not react, Duke Fantro could only grit his teeth and continue.

"Listen! You wretched wretch! It doesn't matter who sent you! You're all dead! If I die, you will die!

No one in this world can protect you! No one can withstand the wrath of the Vantro family!

A million florins! You greedy devils! ”

"A million florins?"

One of the masked men stopped what he was doing, and Duke Fantro shouted loudly when he saw the play.

"A million!"

But the only answer he had was a sneer.

"Humph! That's a lot! I don't know how many lives I can buy. ”

The masked man's tone became deeper and colder, and even Duke Fantro, who was wearing a thick mask, could feel the thick killing intent.

Duke Fantro suddenly sensed that something was wrong and tried to move his body on his hind legs, but it was too late, and the masked man stepped on Duke Fantro with a kick.

Then he took off his mask, which was half intact and half distorted.

The half of the twisted face was covered with worm-like scars and exaggerated stitches that looked like demons from the abyss.

The face was pressed against Duke Fantroy, who for the first time showed a look of horror, but apparently he was simply frightened and disgusted, and remembered nothing.

This made the distorted face of the owner even more annoyed, but he was quickly relieved.

"How can a big man like you remember us little bugs?"

The masked man pulled out his pocket watch and looked at the time.

"It's still early, we have time to talk. Let me tell you a story. ”

The Masked Man fell into deep memories:

"Once upon a time there was a little boy whose father was a minor nobleman, and after graduating from university, he stayed in Vienna for more than 20 years and finally filled the vacancy and became a low-level clerk."

(In fact, his so-called clerk was just a scribe, but there was a formal establishment.) ）

"Although life is not satisfactory, the family can finally survive. However, the little boy and his sister were playing and frolicking in the downtown area.

At this time, a horse-drawn carriage galloped into the downtown area, and many people were hit and crushed to death by the carriage along the way.

That included the little boy's sister, but his sister could have avoided it."

The masked man's face distorted even more, his fingers digging deep into the ruined half of his face, scratching at the blood.

But she came back to save her brother, and the little boy looked at his sister whose internal organs had been squeezed out, and he was overwhelmed.

That's when the damn wagon came back. That's when my face was ruined! ”

Duke Fantro's forehead immediately sweated, for he had indeed liked to ride in the city when he was young and frivolous, and he was also an admirer of ancient Rome, and especially liked to drive chariots to enjoy the pleasure of repeated crushing, but he still quibbled to himself.

"It's the horse getting out of control, it's not my fault! It's the coachman."

The masked man grabbed Duke Vantro's face and looked it up and down.

"I'm not mistaken. Later, my father went to court to sue you, but he was sent to exile in Dalmatia on false charges, and only this pocket watch came back. ”

"I haven't done it! I swear! I don't know anything! ”

Duke Fantro didn't lie this time, after all, how could such a sesame mung bean-sized thing alarm Lord Fantro, just the next steward could do it, and even the butler couldn't be alarmed.

Under the Austrian Empire's official system, the Van Tero family was able to get dozens of places every year, so many people asked them to volunteer to do some dirty work.

"In addition to money and the so-called national righteousness, we still have some personal grudges. Duke of Fantroy.

Almost everyone here has received the 'favor' from you and your family, except for me. ”

The masked man pointed to one of the short, thin men.

"He was imprisoned for 18 years for holding a coffee cup with his left hand, and he was even charged with holding a coffee cup with his left hand, and the arrest warrant is still in his house."

The masked man casually pointed to the other person.

"He fried a tree because he forced it."

The masked man scratched his head.

"What tree?"

"Birch."

The masked man smiled at Duke Fantro and said.

"You can't even stab a knife into that. Whoever you say is guilty is guilty, and whoever you say has committed any crime is guilty.

This family lives under the dam, and one of you just wants to see the flood blow up the dam. Of all 32 members of his people, he was the only one who survived.

Do you think money and life are still important to us? ”

Duke Fantroy was already sweating profusely by this time, for this was his own order.

But it wasn't that I wanted to see the flood, but I was in a bad mood that day, and my carriage was very bumpy in the rain and mud, but the passers-by on the side were actually laughing.

Later, Franz moved the officials' residences under the dam in the hope of preventing such incidents from happening.

Of course, he was also shocked by the decay and incompetence of the end of the dynasty, but by then years had passed, and all Franz could do was find survivors to make amends and a chance for revenge.

Franz doesn't have to do these things, if there is someone who is open-minded enough to let go of everything, Franz will only bless.

(End of chapter)