The old butler, Elope, walked briskly forward, angry and panicked in his heart.

The Elopers had been in the service of the Trojan nobles Chryses for generations, and had never made a mistake in their loyalty, earning the trust of the lord and having been promoted to the rank of stewards of the castle since his father's generation. Elope himself grew up with Chryses, and when he grew up, he successfully inherited his father's position as a housekeeper, and his work was easy and worry-free, and he was proud of the common people.

However, all this has slowly changed in recent years, first of all, he maintains a mistress in the city, who has grown up to be beautiful and charming, and Eloper cannot extricate herself, but she also likes to live in luxury, and spends money like water. The old butler's savings over the years were soon lost by this bewitching woman, and he wanted to leave but was reluctant, so he had no choice but to put the idea of making money into the castle's accounts.

Fortunately, the castle and the nearby farmstead had a large daily income, and it was not difficult for Elope, the steward, to work in it, and the lord Chryses was never suspicious of him. In this way, Elope embezzled a large sum of money to support his mistress, and after another two years of happy life, his son became addicted to gambling again, and he refused to change his persuasion, became more and more addicted, and soon owed a huge gambling debt!

Elope had only one son, and of course he could not be killed by the murderers because he had no money to pay his debts, so he had to do everything he could to pay it back, but this was not the way to go, although he could make money in the accounts of the castle, he could not go too far. Otherwise, you won't be able to explain to your lordship.

After all, the mistress's expenses are fixed and limited, but gambling is a bottomless pit, and Eloper racks her brains for money. Life is very sad and worrying. Until recently, the creditor came to the door with an IOU and threatened to let his son die on the street if he didn't pay the money!

The old housekeeper took the risk of selling a nearby farm on his own initiative, diverting most of the proceeds to pay off his debts. However, this incident finally caught the attention of Chryses, and although he was not suspected for the time being, the lord had raised his vigilance. Frightened and frightened, Eloper simply did not stop doing anything, and secretly contacted a general of the nearby Eastern Roman garrison. He also offered poison to the other party.

Chryses had a lot of assets in various places, especially in the city of Troy, and it was nothing to loot the castles on the outskirts, but if Lilishi, the jewel of his palm, was captured and blackmailed, he could gain an astronomical amount of wealth! Although there are quite a few guards. But it's still easier to get than in Troy!

When the Eastern Roman generals heard this, they were very moved, and immediately agreed to give half of the wealth they had obtained afterwards. So early yesterday morning, he took advantage of Chryses' defenselessness to suddenly send troops to surround the castle, claiming that the other party was harboring spies and had to enter to search, but in fact, the real purpose was to capture the daughter of the high priest. But to Eloper's surprise. The cautious Chryses arranged for his daughter to escape from a secret passage unknown to him, under the protection of a team of guards. The Eastern Roman rebels could not find Lilith everywhere. In the end, he had no choice but to loot all the belongings in the castle and leave

Not long after, news came that the noble lady had been caught by another rebel army on her way to Troy, and that most of the guards had been killed, and only a few wounded had escaped to report to Chryses!

However, Eloper was worried that these rude soldiers would not receive the news, and did not understand the true value of the high priest's daughter, and accidentally killed the delicate girl. Although he also got some money for the looting of the castle, it was only a drop in the bucket of Chryses' entire possessions. Only by capturing the noble lady as a hostage can he truly have no worries about food and clothing for the rest of his life!

Just when Eloper was at a loss, an unexpected surprise came. Lilith escaped and came to her cabin without anyone knowing. This was a godsend, the only trouble was the mysterious-looking black-robed knight beside her, but fortunately, under her own rhetoric, the knight didn't seem to be suspicious, and the eldest lady was completely convinced.

After stabilizing Lilith, Eloper hurriedly found an excuse to leave, and walked briskly to a utility room under the castle. After a while, they arrived at their destination, but in the distance they heard a loud gambling noise coming from inside. The old butler was already in a nervous mood, but he couldn't help but be furious, kicked the wooden door open, and sure enough, he saw a miasma of black smoke inside, and his son Inexus was playing cards and gambling with a group of guards and servants inside!

The old butler was so angry that he pointed inside and shouted: "You all get out of the castle for me! Take a slow step and be expelled immediately, and get out of the castle forever!!"

Everyone was taken aback and hurriedly dispersed, leaving Iinks alone and walking over with a smile and saying, "Why is Dad so angry, didn't he just get a huge sum of money?"

Eloper glared at him, stretched out his hand and slapped him, and said angrily: "No matter how much money you have, you can't resist gambling like a loser! How many times have you told you, gambling is ruined! You just don't listen, do you want to make Lao Tzu angry to death?!"

The son of the old butler was almost beaten to the ground, he touched his hot face aggrievedly, and promised repeatedly: "I know the truth, isn't it just playing with the people in the castle today, I promise that I will never go out to gamble with people outside, okay?"

Eloper looked at this son who hated iron and steel, gritted his teeth and said: "Your guarantee is to fart! Forget it, Lao Tzu doesn't have time to talk nonsense with you now, you listen to me, the eldest lady has returned!"

"What?!" Iinkx was surprised, and hurriedly asked, "Didn't Miss Lilith be captured by the wandering rebels of unknown origin on the road, how could she come back again, could it be that the rebels received the ransom and released her?"

(To be continued......)