"What did you say?!"
The Duke of St. Pros immediately let go of his wife, and grabbed the butler by the collar with a hideous expression.
Under the cannibalistic gaze of the Duke, the old butler had no choice but to speak tremblingly:
"Master, according to a report from Master Vincent's followers, when the young master rushed to the Hall family manor, he happened to meet a group of northerners holding the Hall family members hostage and preparing to flee. In a rage, the young master ordered the manor to be destroyed." Surrounded, and then personally fought with the northerners...
But in a moment of carelessness, the young master was killed by a northerner wearing a red armor..."
"Northern people?" The Duke of St. Pross dragged the butler to the edge of the balcony, pointed in the direction of the east city and growled, "Look carefully, the blood cavalry army has not even been able to break through the defense line of the Pegasus Legion, how could they kill them?" The Hall family is still trying to kidnap them and escape?"
"My lord, I don't know either. It may be a group of assassins from the North who sneaked in secretly, not soldiers of the Blood Cavalry Army..."
"How many are there?"
"It is reported that there are probably dozens of people..."
"There are only so few people, are you all stupid pigs!"
The Duke of St. Pros threw the butler heavily on the ground in a rage, and then rushed out like a raging bull.
The Duchess watched her husband's back gradually disappear at the end of the corridor, and turned to the housekeeper who was still huddled in the corner, and asked:
"Where are Molly and Eckert? Have they returned to the Hall family?"
The Molly that the Duchess mentioned is actually the wife of Marquis Vincent, and Eckert is the son of Marquis Vincent.
"No, ma'am, they are still in White Dew Castle."
"Okay, send someone to watch them and don't let them leave the castle."
"yes."
After the butler stepped back, the Duchess stood on the balcony and looked in the direction of the Hall family. She touched the bruise on her wrist that had just been grabbed by her husband, and her expression became a little uncertain.
…
Hall family.
The fierce battle had stopped, and the number of assassins from the northern border that rushed in was not large, and they were soon killed or subdued by the supporting Tianma Legion.
But after achieving such a victory, none of the Eastern Border soldiers present could laugh.
Because, Marquis Vincent is dead!
An extremely oppressive atmosphere hangs over the manor, as if the prelude to an approaching storm.
Knight Muffat's face was gloomy as if dripping water. He suppressed the anger and fear in his heart, and asked the woman in front of him:
"Mrs. Delin, how did these northerners appear in the Hall family estate?"
Mrs. Delin, the wife of Earl Hall, the current head of the Hall family in Bailu City, said calmly:
"Lord Muffat, how did these northerners sneak into Bailu City, shouldn't you ask your Pegasus Legion?"
Knight Muffat was unwilling to take the scapegoat, and immediately asked with a sneer:
"Mrs. Delin, who do you think you can hide from? Your Hall family has long colluded with the Northern Territory. What Earl Hall did in Clover City is a blatant betrayal of the Eastern Territory!
And this time the blood cavalry army rushed into Bailu City, aiming at your family's manor, hehe, isn't it obvious what they want to do! "
"I don't know what the northerners want to do, but don't try to slander the Hall family!"
"Then why are you all carrying luggage?" Knight Muffat sneered, "It's so late, are you still planning to travel?"
Mrs. Delin was suffocated for a moment and could not speak.
Knight Muffat took the opportunity to intimidate: "Mrs. Delin, the Duke has not judged you so far, just want to give your Hall family a chance to reform, so stop trying to quibble and hide, tell me , have these people from the northern border contacted you long ago?"
Mrs. Delin struggled for a while, and finally gritted her teeth after a while and said, "Master Muffat, do you know who made us prepare to flee?"
"who?"
"Marquis Vincent!"
"Marquis Vincent?" Knight Muffat never expected to get such an answer from Mrs. Delin, but his first reaction was—
This woman is lying.
Therefore, he snorted coldly and said disdainfully, "Mrs. Delin, pouring dirty water on a knight who just died heroically in battle is not a wise choice."
"But that's the truth!" Mrs. Delin insisted. "It was Marquis Vincent who asked Molly to inform us, saying that if you see knights in red armor, follow them!"
Knight Muffat gazed into Madame Derin's eyes, who met her gaze without flinching.
Intuition told Knight Muffat that Mrs. Derin was not lying.
But if this is the case, doesn't it mean that Marquis Vincent has long planned to help the Hall family escape
This is too ridiculous!
What's even more absurd is that Marquis Vincent died in the battle to prevent the Hall family from fleeing...
Knight Muffat was speechless for a while—how could he almost be deceived by such inconsistent and loopholed lies just now
"Mrs. Dering, if you don't tell the truth, don't blame me for being rude..."
Before Knight Muffat started to attack the stubborn Mrs. Delin, greetings came from outside the manor:
"My lord duke!"
Knight Muffat's heart froze, he could no longer care about Mrs. Delin, and immediately strode out.
Before he reached the gate of the manor, he saw the Duke of St. Pros strode in.
"My lord duke!"
Knight Muffat immediately bowed to salute, and then he heard the deep and hoarse voice of the Duke of St. Pros:
"where?"
"It's in the hall." Knight Muffat hurriedly led the way.
I thought that the Duke of St. Pros would ask about the specific situation, but found that the other party just walked forward in silence, and didn't even stop when passing by Mrs. Delin.
Entering the hall, the Duke of St. Pross discovered that his son's body had been buried and placed in a crystal coffin.
He walked a few steps closer and saw Vincent lying there peacefully. If it wasn't for the hideous wound on his chest, everyone would have thought he was just asleep.
Seeing the Duke of St. Pros standing in front of the coffin without saying a word for a long time, Knight Muffat quickly winked at the guards in the hall, and then took the lead to retreat, leaving the place to the Duke of St. Pros and his son.
The howling cold wind kept pouring into the hall, bringing the sound of fighting in the distance.
Standing alone in front of the coffin, the Duke of St. Pros suddenly felt a heart-wrenching sorrow, as well as infinite remorse and self-blame.
Only when you lose can you know how to cherish.
Facing Vincent's body at this time, the Duke of St. Pros finally realized that Vincent was actually his best heir.
Looking at Evan's recent series of performances, is he really better than Vincent
Not to mention the innocent and unreliable Anna.
At least when Bailu City was in crisis, only the eldest son, Vincent, stayed here to help him formulate strategies against the enemy, and even personally risked himself to fight to the death...
The churning remorse and hesitation gnawed at the heart of the Duke of St. Pros like an ant.
If he hadn't listened to the slander and insisted on maintaining the eldest son's inheritance status, he would not have been seized by outsiders to stir up chaos in the east, and he would not have fallen into the situation of losing his beloved son.
In grief, the Duke of St. Pros couldn't help crying.
In the blurred vision, the Duke of St. Pros seemed to notice that his son's body moved. He thought it was because of his excessive grief that he had an illusion, but in the next second, a sharp pain came from his chest.
The Duke of St. Pros opened his eyes wide suddenly, and saw his son who should have died staring at him!
In his hand, he was holding a black dagger.
The dagger pierced through the wall of the crystal coffin and penetrated into the chest of the Duke of St. Pros!
(end of this chapter)