In the east, Bailu City.
The Bailu Castle of the St. Pross family is located in the center of Bailu City, surrounded by the aristocratic area of Bailu City, let alone living here, people must have a pass to enter and exit.
The aristocratic area is further outside the commercial area. This is a place where rich and wealthy businessmen gather. Although the location is good and the buildings may not be much shabby than the aristocratic area, no nobles are willing to live here. People who are rich are still commoners, which are fundamentally different from nobles.
However, there is one family exception—the Hall family.
The Hall family lives outside the aristocratic area of Bailu City, not because of their poor family background or low title. On the contrary, the Hall family is famously rich in the Eastern Region. As for the title, this is a serious hereditary earl of the empire. family.
They lived in the business district because the ancestors of the Hall family were merchants.
Noble titles cannot be bought with money, but when you have enough money, you can buy a noble lady with noble blood and a baptism place that is extremely precious to commoners.
As a result, the Hall family got the admission ticket for the nobility.
As for how they gradually climbed from a wild knight family to the earl of the empire step by step, I really want to thank the mages of Yeville.
If they hadn't cast a forbidden spell to destroy the original Bailu City, cutting off the inheritance of a large number of Eastern Realm families and leaving a large number of titles vacant, the Hall family would not have had the opportunity to take advantage of the situation.
Moreover, during the most difficult and dangerous period in the Eastern Territory, the Hall family saw the opportunity and spent a lot of money to help the St. Pross family rebuild Bailu City. Only then did they officially enter the imperial noble class.
In addition, the descendants of the Hall family are also quite competitive. Although they are descendants of merchants, they are full of martial arts and have repeatedly made military achievements. Gradually, the title of the Hall family was gradually promoted to earls, becoming the most influential in the East. One of the family.
But when it comes to martial arts strength and knight status, the members of the Hall family are indeed a little bit helpless. After all, their ancestors were commoners with mixed blood. Compared with the old aristocrats who have been passed down for thousands of years.
However, the ancestors of the Hall family were indeed very smart and knew the principle of making use of their strengths and avoiding their weaknesses. Members of this family joined the army, without exception, into the navy, and would never go to the army.
The reason is very simple to put it bluntly. Compared with the army's no-frills frontal collision on land, naval operations rely more on warships and teamwork, and have much lower requirements for individual strength.
Moreover, with the strength of the navy in the Eastern Territory, there is no opponent worthy of a battle on the Nushui River.
Earl Hall is in his fifties this year. He is tall and burly, with deep hair and a healthy bronze color. He also has a rough feeling that has been honed by wind and rain. He is clearly different from the pampered nobles of the Eastern Realm.
His facial features are profound, his gray-brown eyes are piercing, and a shiny reindeer leather bandage is tied on his broad forehead. His long blond hair and beard are tied into small braids with fishbone headbands.
At this time, Earl Hall was meeting a gorgeously dressed guest in the living room.
Different from Earl Hall's roughness, this guest was a typical eastern nobleman with fair skin and handsome appearance, and his gestures carried a convincing majesty and elegance.
Wearing the same Earl's dress on him and Earl Hall are completely two concepts.
This person is the Earl of Bruggen, an old noble from the East.
The two Earls of the Eastern Region with completely different styles have one thing in common—they are both supporters of Marquis Vincent.
Especially Earl Hall, who even married his precious daughter to Marquis Vincent.
Now that Marquis Vincent is trapped in Silvermoon City, the two earls are naturally very anxious.
"Earl Bruggen, what news did you get? You came to see me in such a hurry?" Earl Hall's loud voice echoed in the living room.
Earl Bruggen pointed at his ears with a look of disgust, and said: "This is not on your battleship, keep the sound down, my ears can't stand it."
Earl Hall snorted softly, disdainful of Earl Bruckner's pretentiousness, but lowered his volume a little.
Earl Bruggen actually despises the Earl of Hall, who is of humble origin and smells like fish, from the bottom of his heart. If the situation is not critical at this time, the Bruggen family must unite with the Hall family. Willing to come to this mansion located in the business district.
"Judge Fei Yin has already returned. Calculating the time, he should arrive in Bailu City tomorrow."
"Oh? What news did this kid bring back? What redemption conditions did the northerners put forward?"
"Northern people are unwilling to accept the proposal of exchanging cities for Marquis Vincent, they insist on warships..."
"Good idea!" Before Earl Bruggen finished speaking, Earl Hall roared at the top of his voice. The huge sound wave shook the crystal chandelier on the ceiling and began to shake non-stop.
Earl Bruggen only felt as if he was being blown head-on by a powerful wind and wave, he quickly held his breath, frowned, stretched out his hand and pressed down, and said:
"Okay, okay, I know those battleships are your favorites, but if you can really exchange them for Marquis Vincent, would you still disagree?"
Earl Hall panted heavily and did not speak for a long while, apparently acquiescing.
But immediately, he realized something was wrong in Earl Bruggen's words, and asked suspiciously, "What do you mean, you can't get Marquis Vincent back with a battleship?"
Earl Bruckner sighed and said, "I got news that something may have happened to Marquis Vincent..."
"What?!" Earl Hall suddenly stood up, staring at Earl Bruggen with two eyes as big as copper bells, "What is an accident?"
Earl Hall's surprise made Earl Bruckner full of irritability, and he became more and more aware that the idiot Earl in front of him might not be able to help him.
"The Marquis of Vincent was assassinated after being captured. Although the people in the north have always claimed that the Marquis is fine, it is said that the Marquis has been found out by Fei Yin, and the Marquis has actually been assassinated to death..."
Boom!
Earl Hall smashed the armrest of the seat with a slap, and shouted:
"Can you believe what that kid Fein said? He belongs to Evan, and he wished that Marquis Vincent died in Silvermoon City!
I'm sure that he deliberately made up such a lie because he didn't want Marquis Vincent to return to the East in peace! "
Earl Bruggen rarely agreed with Earl Hall's opinion this time, nodded and said: "I think so too, after Lord Feiyin arrives in Bailu City tomorrow, you and I will go to meet the Duke together, we cannot let Lord Feiyin Misled the Duke's judgment."
"good!"
"Also, Earl Evan has left the northern border. Do you have any information about his current whereabouts?"
"No. That kid is not slippery. He is obviously hiding his tracks on purpose. It is difficult for me to find him for a while."
Earl Bruggen frowned, and asked in a deep voice: "You said, why did Earl Evan deliberately hide his whereabouts?"
"How would I know." Earl Hall yelled gruffly. "That kid has always been like this. He is mysterious, and he doesn't know what he's up to."
Seeing that there was nothing of value to be discussed with this idiot, Earl Bruggen sighed secretly, made an appointment with Earl Hall to meet with the Duke of St. Pross tomorrow, and then got up to leave.
(end of this chapter)