The carriage is on its way back to Fergus Castle.
"Master Gray, thank you!"
In the carriage, Barbara looked at Gray Road gratefully.
She knew very well that if Gray hadn't stepped in for her brother and saved her brother today, the most likely result would be that her brother would be beaten to death.
When she thought of the consequences, she felt scared.
"Need not."
Grasping Barbara's tender hand, Gray shook his head slightly.
If it was someone else, that would be fine. Since he was Barbara's brother, naturally he couldn't just leave it alone.
Moreover, he had already heard about the mess that the aristocratic children had brought to Fergus City, so he just took this opportunity to rectify it.
"I'm going to let your parents and brother work in the Fergus family's shop. What do you think?"
"I listen to Master Gray."
Barbara said with her head resting on Gray's shoulder.
"Well, I'll let people make arrangements after I get back to the castle."
Gray nodded.
The shop has been smashed and the location is not very good. There is really no need to keep it open.
It is better to join the Fergus family's store as a store manager. The monthly income will definitely be many times more than that of the original small store.
The permanent residence of the Culin family in Fergus City.
"Master, Master Hicks was injured!"
A servant hurriedly came to the study to report to Lord Elio.
"Were you injured? You've been fooling around all day long, and sooner or later you're going to suffer a loss. Now that you're fine, you're going to suffer a loss!"
Lord Elliot's face was full of anger, obviously he was not generally dissatisfied with his son, but in the end he sighed and asked with concern.
"Is it serious?"
Although I no longer had high hopes for this heir, I still couldn't bear it and ignored him.
"It's quite serious, there is blood on the clothes..."
The servant did not dare to hide anything and told everything he saw.
Lord Elio frowned slowly.
Although he is an incompetent son, he is still the son of Lord Elio after all. Most people will know how to act appropriately and will not make heavy moves.
But this time, it was obviously a heavy move.
He stood up, walked out of the study, and walked toward Hicks' bedroom.
When he came to the bedroom, he saw Hicks being drugged by a servant.
I saw several clear whip marks all over Hicks' body. Each whip mark was blood red, with faint traces of blood oozing out, indicating that the skin was broken.
Every stroke of the whip hit the flesh, and it was obvious that the person who took action had no mercy at all.
His frown couldn't help but frown even more, and he suddenly became dissatisfied with the person who took action. The other party showed no mercy to him, otherwise, it would be impossible to carry out such a heavy blow.
He originally wanted to curse a few times, but after thinking that Hicks had already been punished, he finally gave up and asked.
"Who did you provoke again this time?"
Hearing his father's voice behind him, Hicks' expression suddenly changed. The person he was most afraid of meeting now was his father.
"Tell me, who is it?"
Seeing Hicks's silent expression, Lord Elliot became furious and shouted loudly.
Facing the angry Lord Elio, Hicks was so frightened that he had to bite the bullet and said.
"Yes, yes... Master Gray!"
"Ahem, what, you actually provoked... Master Gray?!"
After hearing Hicks' words, Lord Elliot couldn't hold his breath.
"You, you want to... make me angry to death?"
As a Lord, he knows very well the status of Gray Fergus in the Fergus Territory today.
The Fergus family was promoted to the Earl family. Although Earl Fergus is still the nominal owner of the Fergus family, in fact, the real owner of the entire Fergus territory is the 20-year-old Young Master Gray.
Because he was worried that his children would offend this Young Master Gray, after receiving the news yesterday, he specially called all his children over and solemnly warned them not to offend this Young Master Gray.
It's good now, only the next day, he has already been provoked.
At this moment, he had the heart to chop the son in front of him alive.
"Tell me the whole story. Tell me everything."
"Yes, father."
Facing the furious Lord Elio, the aristocratic young man Hicks couldn't help but tremble. He didn't dare to hide anything, and quickly told the whole story.
"Idiot, why did I give birth to you in the first place?"
After hearing what Hicks said, Lord Elliot was so angry that he really wanted to chop the evil boy in front of him alive.
That's all for being playful.
He didn't even find out the other person's background before rushing to act arrogant. He was so stupid that he was hopelessly stupid.
It's better this time, just stab it to the bottom, and reach Master Gray.
Not only was he harmed, but the Cullen family was also harmed.
Although Master Gray has said that he doesn't care, there is no guarantee that he will not be unfavorable to the Cullen family because of this matter.
And with the other party's current status, it is certain that it will affect Earl Fergus's decision-making.
In this special period when the Fergus family is promoted to the earl family and all families are gearing up, if the Kulin family is excluded from certain decisions by Earl Fergus because of this, it will be enough to make the Kulin family regret it.
When he thought of this, he really wished he had not given birth to this son. If he had a whip in his hand, he would never hesitate to whip him ten more times.
"Go, quickly collect ten gold coins and pay compensation to that shop."
After thinking about it, he ordered to Hicks who was still applying the medicine.
"so much?"
Hicks said in surprise.
A few dozen silver coins were definitely enough to buy a small shop, but he actually had to pay the other party ten gold coins, which really made him feel distressed.
"Idiot, you are still thinking about money."
Seeing Hicks looking so stupid and not understanding the seriousness of the matter, Lord Elliot said angrily with veins bulging in anger.
"Go and apologize to me. If you don't get forgiveness... Just pretend that I didn't give birth to your son."
"ah… "
Hicks finally felt that the seriousness of the matter was a bit beyond his expectation. His father actually said the words "I'll pretend I didn't give birth to you as my son", and it didn't seem like an angry comment.
"Ah what, why don't you go quickly..."
After sending Hicks away, Lord Elio quickly got on the carriage and headed for Fergus Castle.
In the messy shop, Barbara's parents were packing their goods distressedly, and Barbara's brother Blue was sitting on a stool.
My whole body was covered in injuries, and I couldn't help pack the goods because I would grimace in pain whenever I moved.
"You, you...are here again!"
There were footsteps coming towards the door. He looked up and saw Hicks walking this way, followed by two servants, and his expression suddenly changed.
When Barbara's parents raised their heads and saw him, their expressions couldn't help but change. They held cleaning brooms and shovels in their hands and looked at each other warily.
I thought that after being taught a lesson by Master Gray, the other party held a grudge in his heart and was ready to come for revenge.
But what surprised them was that when the other party came into the store, his face was not arrogant or domineering at all, but he looked slightly pale.
"I'm sorry. What happened before was my fault. I am willing to compensate you ten gold coins. I hope to be forgiven by you."
"You want to compensate us? And ten gold coins?"
Barbara's parents and Barbara's brother Blue almost thought they heard wrong.
Although Master Gray asked the other party to compensate before, they did not take it seriously.
It's good to be able to save a life. As for asking the nobles to compensate, they think it's really impossible.
Because they have never seen nobles compensate civilians.
But now the other party is actually prepared to compensate, and the compensation is actually ten gold coins.
The total amount of their goods was only about thirty silver coins, and the other party actually wanted to compensate them ten gold coins.
Gold coins, those were gold coins. Although they had seen them before, they had never touched them, because any one gold coin was more than their entire net worth.
"Yes, I am willing to compensate you with ten gold coins to make up for your losses. I just hope you can forgive me."
Hicks looked slightly pale and nodded.
Now he doesn't dare to be arrogant or domineering at all, let alone use his power to oppress the other party, because he can hear that his father's words "Just pretend he didn't have this son" are not just angry words.
Looking at the humble aristocratic young man in front of them, Barbara's parents and brother looked in disbelief.
The aristocratic young master was actually apologizing to them!
"Yes, it's okay..."
The three of them discussed in a low voice, and finally Barbara's brother Blue spoke.
Although they now have Barbara's level of relationship and are not afraid of each other, the other party is a noble young master after all. Since the other party is willing to use ten gold coins to compensate for the loss and apology, they naturally have no reason not to accept it.
Taking the cloth bag containing ten gold coins, feeling the cold metal texture of the gold coins, and weighing the somewhat heavy feeling, Barbara's parents and brother Blue felt as if they were in a dream.
They have never touched gold coins for most of their lives, and now they finally have the opportunity to touch them, ten of them at a time.
It made them feel that what was happening in front of them was too unreal, as if they were having a daydream that they could wake up at any time.
Fergus Castle, outside Gray's training room, a servant came to report.
"Master Gray, Lord Elio wants to see you!"
"knew."
Gray responded, exited from the practice, wiped his sweat, and walked towards the living room.
He was not surprised by the other party's arrival, he had already expected it.
If the other party doesn't come, he will be surprised. Of course, he will inevitably have some thoughts about the Kulin family in the future.
When I came to the living room, I immediately saw a middle-aged man with a high hairline sitting nervously in the living room.
Seeing his arrival, the other party immediately stood up and came to greet him.
"Master Gray, I already know what that scoundrel Hicks did. I apologize to you on behalf of the Kulin family!"
As he said that, he bowed slightly and saluted.
(End of chapter)