It is no exaggeration to say that the Marquis of Grande is a good actor, and the highest standard of a good actor is that when he is engaged in acting, he will even forget that he is acting.

So, in the halls of the Parliament, when the Marquis of Grande sweated and played the role of a generous and benevolent philanthropist, he himself was moved to tears by himself, and even wanted to send himself flowers......

Until, the little white face that came out of nowhere suddenly burst out with tears in his eyes to interrupt!

Of course, although his heart was full of regret and dissatisfaction, seeing this little white face looking at him with admiration, the Marquis of Grande still kept smiling and asked patiently: "Young man, I never seem to have seen you?"

"Yes, I just came to the archipelago. Lin Taiping held Grande's hand tightly like a true admirer, "However, it doesn't matter who I am, what matters is, do you know my fiancée?"

"Fiancée?" Marquis Grande was stunned and looked at Lin Taiping's line of sight.

In an instant, his smile suddenly froze, and a vicious light flashed in his eyes, but it was only a moment later, the marquis suddenly returned to normal, and showed that extremely surprised expression, and greeted him with excitement and trembling: "Christine, is it you, is it really you?"

Lin Taiping was so impressed that he was deeply moved, and he said in his heart Who said that the Marquis had done that kind of vicious thing, look at the crystal tears shining in the corners of his eyes, it was simply excitement and emotion from the heart.

Of course, Christine would never think so, she frowned slightly, and couldn't hide her disgust and took a few steps back: "Uncle, we meet again, it seems that you are very happy?"

"Of course I am glad, my child, and what could be more pleasing to me than your return?" the Marquis of Grande trembled with excitement and looked up reverently, "thanks to the merciful gods who have sent you back to me...... My dear child, why did you come back and not tell me, and don't go away again when you come back this time. ”

"As you wish, I will not leave again. Christine dodged his embrace again and said coldly, "In fact, this time I will not only stay on Ivory Island, but I will also inherit the family's qiē and become the true master of the Philett family!"

This sentence, like a heavy depth charge, immediately made the entire hall in an uproar, even if the Marquis of Grandet's acting skills were good, but at this moment, he was almost unable to control his feelings, so that the smile on his face stiffened, "My child, you mean, you plan to inherit the inheritance left by your father?"

"Is there any problem?" Christine raised her head fearlessly, looking at the other party calmly and resolutely, "My father has been dead for a long time, shouldn't I, as his eldest daughter, inherit his inheritance?"

"Of course, of course. Grande was obviously a little caught off guard, but as an excellent actor, he calmed down quickly, and sighed helplessly, "But the problem is, your father doesn't seem to have left much of an inheritance, so ......"

"Really, not much?" Christine raised an eyebrow, but quickly calmed down, "but I seem to remember that when my father was alive, he owned at least one estate, two shops, and more than three hundred acres of wine...... Your Excellency, can you tell me where these assets have gone?"

Almost subconsciously, everyone in the Consulate turned their heads neatly and looked at Grande.

Without any panic, Grande sighed softly and replied with a sympathetic face: "My dear child, I can understand your feelings, but you don't know the truth...... In fact, your father was in a lot of debt during his lifetime because of a failed trade, and after he died, I had to sell those assets, and I took out a lot of them to help him pay off the debt. ”

Narrating so calmly, as if talking about a trivial matter, he turned his head to face everyone in the hall again, and raised his right hand indifferently: "I know that there have been rumors against me recently, but if anyone doesn't want to believe it, they can go to me at any time, there is a detailed list of debts...... I can swear to the gods on this!"

I have to admit that his expression and tone were perfect to the extreme, so that the hundreds of listeners present couldn't help but believe most of them, and even a few fanatical admirers shouted directly: "Lord Marquis, we believe your words, how could a benevolent and noble gentleman like you do such a wrong thing?"

"No, I still did it wrong. Grande sighed softly, his sad eyes reddening slightly, "My biggest mistake was not to promise my brother to help him hide this unfortunate news so that Christine could live happily...... If I had known that this would hurt Christine and cause a misunderstanding between our uncle and nephew, I should have thought more about it at the time. ”

It was a perfect performance, with slightly reddened eyes and sad but determined gazes, which were simply impeccable, and the hundreds of listeners present looked at each other, and immediately believed a little, and even began to sympathize with the marquis.

"Hypocrite!" Christine clenched her fists, her fingertips pale from too much force, looking at the hypocritical and disgusting old face opposite, she really had an urge to smash it regardless of it.

Smack!

But in this strange atmosphere, Lin Taiping suddenly clapped his hands again and showed a demonic smile: "Wonderful, really a wonderful story, but I don't want to understand one thing - well, as far as I know, the manor left by Christine's father, including the three hundred acres of grape cultivation fields, seems to have been managed by you all along." ”

Yes, after hearing this question, there was a slight discussion in the consulium, yes, maybe the shop and the jewelry were sold to pay off the debt, but the wine estate left by the lord seems to have always been there, and in fact half a year ago, the Marquis of Grande had sold a large number of wines, from which he made a good profit.

In an instant, Grande's face changed slightly, but between the flickering of his eyes, he quickly regained his composure: "Of course, young man, as you said, that wine estate in the Gregories has always been there. ”

"So?" Lin Taiping touched his chin with a smile, "Lord Marquis, you must not tell me that even that manor has been put under your name, and perhaps even the name on the title deed has been changed." ”

"Of course not. Grande did not panic, and replied calmly: "In fact, the manor has always been in Christine's name, and I am only helping Christine run it, if you don't believe it, you can always go and check the title deed." ”

"Really?" Lin Taiping nodded with satisfaction, "Then what are you waiting for? Since that manor has always been there, we might as well go and see it now, and stay there at night by the way." ”

Saying this, he directly took Christine's hand and was about to walk out the door, when the Marquis of Grande changed color slightly, and suddenly whispered in the back: "Wait, I haven't finished talking yet...... Christine, one thing you may not know is that the wine estate is still there, but a few months ago, it was forcibly occupied. ”

"Forced occupation?" Christine turned her head and sneered, and asked sarcastically, "I really didn't expect that on Ivory Island, someone would dare to forcibly seize our family's assets?"

"I thought it was incredible, too. Grande spread his hands helplessly, his eyes flashing with a cunning light, "In fact, in the past few months, I have sent people to negotiate with the object many times, but those guys are not reasonable at all, and they have very strong strength, even I am powerless. ”

"Really?" asked Christine, after whom she asked, "I'd love to know, what the hell is so powerful?"

"Well......" Grande stroked his beard thoughtfully, and after a moment of silence, he finally replied hesitantly, "Well, maybe I shouldn't have said that name, but those guys call themselves - the Bloodfang Mercenary Regiment!"

The moment the Bloodtooth Mercenary Group blurted out this word, the entire Consulate was stunned, and many people couldn't help but be surprised: "Damn, it's those unreasonable guys? No wonder, no wonder they don't even pay attention to Master Grande." ”

Yes, it's no wonder they are so surprised, you must know that the Blood Fang Mercenary Group is a famous mercenary group in the Horn Sea, which has been born and died for many years and has experienced bloody battles, with more than 200 mercenaries, all of whom have experienced the test of the bloody battlefield, and the green wolf, who is the leader of the mercenary group, is a bronze mid-level heavy armored knight.

In fact, the reason why the Blood Fang Mercenary Group appeared on Ivory Island was precisely because of the invitation of the Archon to help Ivory Island defend Ivory Island from pirate sneak attacks...... However, this mercenary group is obviously not very easy to talk to, and in the few years since they came to Ivory Island, they have created several conflicts, and if it weren't for the support of some big man behind them, I am afraid they would have been expelled and driven away.

Because of this, the moment they heard about the Bloodtooth Mercenary Group, everyone turned their heads neatly and looked at Christine with sympathy, poor child, in front of that group of unreasonable and terrible mercenaries, let alone a wine estate, even a grape don't want to take it back.

"So, I can only accept this fact?" Christine lowered her head slightly, the flame of anger burning in her eyes, even if she thought about it with her knees, she knew that the damn mercenary group must have reached some kind of collusion with Grandet, and had already laid this despicable trap, waiting for her to jump into it helplessly.

If you don't take back the manor, you can only watch Grande continue to embezzle and seize the last inheritance of his father, and if you try to take back the manor, you will have to face those brutal and rude mercenaries, who have long been bought by Grande, just waiting for their stupid delivery to the door, and then "miss" in the chaos......

"I'm afraid so, on the one hand, they are very strong, and on the other hand, we have to rely on them to defend against pirates. Grande sighed helplessly, his expression so distressed, "Listen, my dear child, I can understand your feelings, and I want to help you retake the wine estate, but I really can't do anything, the force of those guys is really ......"

"Force, who said that force is going to be used?" A lazy voice suddenly sounded without warning, and everyone in the entire consul hall turned their heads to look at each other.

In their surprised eyes, Lin Taiping adjusted his collar very seriously, coughed lightly a few times, and then raised his hand seriously-

"Actually, I'm an expert negotiator, and what I'm best at is...... Convince people with virtue!"

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