In a grocery store.
A woman's face was full of uneasiness. She looked at the middle-aged man next to her and said anxiously.
"This is how to do ah?"
The middle-aged man is not too old, that is, he is in his forties, but his forehead is already full of wrinkles, and even his hair has turned gray.
When he heard the woman's question, the wrinkles on his forehead wrinkled into a handle, and he sighed.
"That's a nobleman. It's useless to call anyone!"
If you are arrested by the city guard for ordinary things, you can still stuff some money into him to make him accommodating, but it is absolutely impossible to offend the nobles. Even if you stuff money, the city guard will not dare to ask for it.
"You can't just watch Blue being beaten to death, right?"
The woman was so anxious that she almost burst into tears. Suddenly, she seemed to be grasping the last straw.
"Isn't Barbara Master Gray's personal maid? Why don't she ask Master Gray to save Blue?"
"it's useless."
The middle-aged man shook his head without hope.
"Although Barbara works in the castle, she is just a maid. It is impossible for Master Gray to stand up for us for her, especially since the other party is a noble."
"What should we do? What should we do?"
The woman's tears finally couldn't help but flow out.
Looking at the crying woman, the middle-aged man looked slumped, and a deep sense of powerlessness came to his heart. At no time did he hate his own powerlessness so much.
"Dad, Mom, what happened?"
Approaching the store, Barbara finally discovered something unusual about the store, and trotted all the way to the front of the store.
Seeing the crying woman in the shop, the middle-aged man with a dejected face couldn't help but worry.
"Barbara, why are you back?"
Hearing Barbara's voice, the middle-aged man and woman raised their heads in surprise. When they saw Barbara's clothes, they couldn't help but be surprised.
"You, the clothes you're wearing...?"
Although it was a small shop, after all, he had stayed in Fergus City for a long time, so he naturally had good taste, and he could tell at a glance that the clothes on Barbara's body were of great value.
"Dad, Mom, I'll explain this to you later. Why is the shop so messy? Where is my brother?"
Barbara shook her head and asked anxiously.
"Your brother was captured by the city guard."
The woman's voice was choked with sobs.
"What… ?"
Barbara's expression suddenly became panicked.
For ordinary people, the city guard camp is not a good place. Many people were unable to come out after entering.
At this moment, Gray stepped forward.
Seeing Gray, the expressions of the woman and the middle-aged man suddenly became surprised. Even the clothes of the noble boy just now were much worse than the noble young master in front of them.
However, the two of them did not recognize Gray because he rarely visited Fergus City. Although Gray had a great reputation in Fergus City, very few people had actually seen him.
"Don't worry, I'm here."
Stepping forward, Gray patted Barbara on the shoulder and comforted her.
With his sharp ears, he naturally heard the conversation just now word for word.
"Barbara, this, who is this young master?"
The middle-aged man looked at Gray in surprise, and saw Gray's hand patting his daughter's shoulder affectionately. His daughter did not resist, and he immediately understood that Gray and his daughter had an unusual relationship.
He couldn't help but feel happy. Although he still didn't know who this young master was, his identity was far from simple. If the other party was willing, he might be able to rescue Blue.
"This is Master Gray."
After being patted on the shoulder by Gray's hand and being seen by her parents, Barbara introduced with a slight blush on her face.
"Master Gray? It's Master Gray!!!"
The middle-aged man and woman were stunned at first, and then suddenly became ecstatic.
In the entire Fergus territory, there is only one person who will be called Master Gray, and that is Master Gray Fergus, the heir of Viscount Fergus.
It is said that this young master Gray is also the most favored among the Viscount's children.
Unexpectedly, his daughter would be favored by this man. Now, Blue was saved.
"Master Gray, please save Barbara's brother."
The woman was already begging anxiously.
"Don't worry, everything will be fine. Were you arrested by the city guards? Get in the carriage first, and tell me what happened on the way."
Carrying four people, the carriage headed towards the city guard's camp. In the carriage, Gray asked Barbara's parents about the general situation.
Due to the snowy road and slippery road, a noble carriage slid to the side of the road, knocking over the cargo rack set up by Barbara's parents, and the cargo was scattered on the ground.
But the noble young man in the carriage thought that the shop was blocking the road, so he had the shop destroyed.
For a small shop, such a loss was too great. Barbara's brother was so angry that he stepped forward to argue, but was arrested by the city guard ordered by the noble young master.
The City Guard Camp is a complex of buildings not far from the city wall of Fergus City. There are 500 soldiers permanently resident in it, responsible for the security of Fergus City.
The carriage stopped in front of the city guard camp. Before Gray and the others could get out of the carriage, a man with a beard and more than ten people came up to them respectfully.
He is the commander of the city guard.
The carriage was not yet close, but far away, some soldiers had already spotted the Fergus family logo on the carriage and hurried to report to him.
After hearing the report, he quickly led his captains to the camp to greet them.
When he saw the young man wearing a precious fur coat who came out of the carriage, his eyes suddenly trembled and he looked even more respectful.
"I've met Master Gray!"
As the commander of the city guard, although he does not hold a noble title, he is still considered to be half a noble. He once attended a banquet hosted by a nobleman, and at the banquet, he was fortunate enough to meet the young master.
Who is the most powerful in Fergus today
That was naturally Viscount Fergus, the owner of Fergus Territory.
What's second
There is no doubt that it is the person in front of me.
At a young age, he was already a ferocious warrior and was highly favored by Viscount Fergus.
Moreover, there are rumors that this man is already a mad blood warrior, and because of him, the Fergus family has been promoted to the Earl family.
Of course, he was skeptical about this news because the young master in front of him was too young.
But even so, the status of the young master in front of him in the Fergus Territory is absolutely unquestionable.
Facing a dozen people, including the commander of the city guard, who were waiting respectfully, Gray did not respond. He allowed the dozen or so people on the other side to stand frozen in place, and turned to help Barbara who was getting off the carriage.
"Kudeng..."
Seeing Gray's attitude, the commander of the city guard and even the dozen or so people following him felt a thump in their hearts, and a bad premonition came to mind.
Sure enough, after helping Barbara out of the carriage, Gray turned around with a cold face and looked at the dozen or so of them with cold eyes and asked.
"Where are the people you captured?"
"The person we caught?"
The commander of the city guard was suspicious. He had not received any report of arrests today.
But he soon understood the reason, and immediately turned back to look at the dozen captains behind him with an unkind look, and said coldly.
"Who captured the person?"
As a city guard, occasionally, they would handle some private matters, sometimes for nobles, sometimes for wealthy merchants.
Although he knew about this kind of thing, he usually turned a blind eye. After all, whether they were nobles or wealthy merchants, one was powerful and the other was wealthy, and they were not easy to mess with.
Obviously, someone must be doing this kind of thing today.
Unfortunately, the person who was arrested seemed to be related to Master Gray, which completely angered the young master.
"Don't bring me with you when you're looking for death!"
In his heart, he has the idea of killing the person doing the work alive. If you want to do the work, I won't stop you, but you have to find out the other person's background before taking action, right
It's good now that this hole has been dug straight to the bottom, reaching Master Gray, the second most powerful person in the entire Fergus Territory.
Isn't this looking for death
And he is still prepared to bring him, the commander of the city guard, with him.
"I, I... caught him, yes... Master Hicks... asked him to catch him."
Among the more than ten city guard captains, a man with small eyes and a pointed chin said with a sad face and a trembling voice.
He had already inquired before arresting him, and that shop indeed had no background, so he dared to arrest it.
But what's going on now
Not only does it have a background, but the background is not that big.
His heart sank to the bottom.
"Where is the person?"
Gray looked at the captain of the city guard and asked with a cold face.
"In, in... jail."
Under Gray's gaze, the captain of the city guard with small eyes and pointed chin was trembling violently, and he could hardly stand still.
"lead the way."
Gray was too lazy to pay attention to the other party for the time being, and let someone lead him, walking directly towards the prison.
in prison.
A young man was wearing thin clothes and was tied to a cross. His whole body was covered with blood marks one after another.
Next to him, an aristocratic young man wearing a fox fur coat held a riding crop and looked at the man with disdain.
"What if your store is demolished?"
"Let you be tough!"
"For you to talk back to me!"
Snap, snap, snap!
He pulled out the riding crop and struck the young man hard one after another.
The young man's body was suddenly torn open, and blood stains emerged, making his thin clothes red.
The riding crop in the hands of the noble young man was already covered in blood, but he didn't care at all. He whipped it on the ground, and after it was covered with a layer of dust, he continued to whip it at the young man.
Sudden.
"Master, Master, no... Okay, Master Gray... is here!"
Following the rapid footsteps, a man dressed as a servant hurriedly ran in and shouted anxiously.
"Why is he here… ?"
The noble young man said strangely.
"I, I just overheard in the camp, he, he seems to be... related to Master Gray!"
The servant said anxiously.
"How... could that happen? It's not that he..."
The expression of the noble young man suddenly changed.
This person is actually related to Master Gray. How could this happen
(End of chapter)