Shi Si stared at Hade and listened carefully to what Hade said. He explained to Han Du: "Master Marquis, Hade didn't recognize those people who came out of the manor. He asked who they were. Why are you here? But those people said that this is their master's manor, and of course they have to stay here."
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After listening to Shi Si's message, Han Du understood what was going on.
It turns out that this manor, in order to raise more funds for overseas trade, had already been mortgaged to others when Harder went overseas. The two parties agreed that as long as Hader could repay the money with interest within a year, the other party would return the manor to him.
However, Hader's trip to sea this time was unlucky. He was about to return to Horumos. First, he was robbed of all the goods by pirates, and then, under the threat of pirates, he led the pirates to the old port.
This time was delayed, and since he followed the Ming Dynasty Navy back to Hurumos, a year had already passed. When his creditors did not see Harder come back to repay the money when due, they thought that Harder had perished in the sea, so he led people to drive Harder's family out and confiscated the manor. Moreover, the manor was resold to other people at an extremely fast speed.
If the manor was still in the hands of Hard's creditors, it would be okay. He could get the manor back by paying the money back to the creditors.
But now that the manor has been sold directly by the creditor, it will be difficult for Hader to get it back.
And the most important thing now is not to find a way to get the manor back, but to find Hader's family. His family had been driven out of the manor and they don't know where they are now.
Harder survived a near-death experience and finally came back after many hardships. He originally wanted to reunite with his family, but now he found that his home and family were gone.
Han Du looked at Hard with sympathy, "Then what are you going to do now? If you are willing, I can send people to kill all those people and help you get the manor back."
"No, never." I originally thought that Harder would agree, but I didn't expect that he would wave his hand and refuse with a look of horror on his face.
"Why is this?" Han Du was a little surprised, "Anyway, in this Hurumos, isn't it an understatement to kill a few people?"
Hader smiled bitterly and quickly explained: "If you have entanglements with others, fight with each other, or even kill people, the City Lord's Mansion will not care about it. But breaking into the manor and killing people is completely different, and you will definitely be punished by the City Lord's Mansion. We will crack down hard, and even some mercenaries will step in, and they will be besieged."
"Why is this?" Han Du was a little surprised.
Hader lowered his head and sighed softly: "Because every manor and house in Hulumos has paid taxes to the City Lord's Palace, and will be naturally protected by the City Lord's Palace. If there is no such protection, , then isn’t this Horumos completely in chaos?”
Han Du nodded, suddenly enlightened. Originally, when Han Du saw that people in this city could kill people on the streets without anyone noticing, he was extremely curious as to how such a chaotic city could exist. Now I understand that although Hulumos has returned to chaos, he still has rules and bottom lines that cannot be touched. If there really were no rules at all, this city would have ceased to exist long ago.
Sure enough, it was right to let Hader bring him and others to Hurumos. If he and others hadn't been there, how would they have known that Hurumos had such a rule?
If you encounter a thief, you choose to let it go; if you encounter a conflict with the manor, you rush in directly. Then I'm afraid that I and others have already attracted all the forces in the city and ended up being besieged.
After understanding this, Han Du no longer insisted. Anyway, the manor is gone and the family is missing. It's all Harder's fault. Since he doesn't want to help, he can just stand aside and watch.
"Then what do you do now?"
Hader looked back
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Looking at the manor, he saw that the housekeeper of the manor had been standing there, facing him with a smiling attitude. Hader had no choice but to put off the matters at the manor for the time being, took a deep breath and said, "I want to find my family first."
Han Du nodded and said nothing. I am extremely unfamiliar with this place, and even if I want to help Hader, I have no way of doing it, and it may even be a disservice. Anyway, Hader is much more familiar with Hurumos than himself. If he needs help, he will ask for it himself.
As Han Du expected, Hader did not ask for help.
"I still have a few good friends in the city. Let's go to them first to find out where my family is."
Han Du and Zhu Biao looked at each other and could only nod in agreement that Hader would go find his family first. Looking at the sun going up in the sky, Han Du shook his head slightly. He originally thought he could have a good rest today, but now it seems that he doesn't even know where to stay.
Harder first found the businessman with whom he had the best friendship to inquire about the whereabouts of his family...
Han Du and Zhu Biao followed Hade to the door of another manor and watched as the other party invited Hade in, but ignored Han Du and others standing outside.
Zhu Biao frowned, but didn't say much.
Tang Ding, on the other hand, snorted dissatisfiedly, "Why are these people so rude? When they saw us standing here, they didn't even say hello to us to come in and have a rest."
Zhu Biao shook his head slightly, "I'm afraid that's the custom here. Judging from the fact that the city can fight and kill people at will, the people here must be extremely wary of strangers. There are so many of us standing here, although there are Hader came forward, but they don’t dare to take us lightly. It’s understandable that they don’t invite us in.”
Han Du sighed, "How can these barbarians know any etiquette before they shed their wild nature?"
Not long after Harder went in, he quickly went out again. He turned back to thank the housekeeper, and then came to Han Du and others without looking back.
"Do you know where your family is?"
Hader sighed and nodded, "Found it. After they were kicked out of the manor, they had no money and no way to live in the city, so they had no choice but to return to the countryside."
"It gets better now that we have found them." Han Du patted Hader on the shoulder and said with a smile, "Anyway, now that you are back, just bring them back to the city."
Hader nodded, obviously he had the same idea as Han Du.
Looking up at the sky, Hader hesitated for a moment, and finally gritted his teeth and said: "It's not far from Hurumos, I think..."
"You want to find them now?" Han Du's mind changed and he guessed Hader's plan.
Hader paused for a moment and replied firmly: "Yes."
After a few breaths, he hesitated and said: "Hader is going to the countryside. I'm afraid I won't be able to accompany His Highness and the Marquis in the city. Why don't we let Hader find a place to settle down first, and we can meet again when Hader comes back from the countryside. Bar?"
Han Du did not directly agree to Hader, but turned to look at Zhu Biao, "What do you think, Your Highness?"
Zhu Biao thought for a moment and said with a smile: "No, I happened to have seen the city of Khrumos before, but I don't know what it looks like outside the city. I just want to go and see it with you."
Since Zhu Biao has already made a decision, Han Du naturally has no objection. Looking back, he saw that Harder hadn't understood what Zhu Biao meant, so he smiled and said, "Where are you going? Let's go with you."
"Is this okay?" Harder finally reacted, looking a little hesitant.
Han Du suddenly laughed and asked: "Why not? Are you pretending that you want to go to the countryside, but actually you want to get rid of us?"
"No, no, no, the Marquis has misunderstood. Hud still wants to rely on the Marquis to make his voice. Why would he want to leave? Hud really wants to go to the countryside to find his family. It's not an excuse." Hud quickly waved his hand to explain.
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, "In this case, please invite His Highness and the Marquis to go with Hader."
Now that Han Du had pointed out his worries, Harder no longer explained too much and had no choice but to ask Han Du and others to follow him.
There are no cement roads here, and even the streets in Khrumos City are filthy. It is conceivable that the roads to the countryside are naturally even muddy.
It would be difficult to just go to the countryside, so Hader rented dozens of carriages at once, and then took Han Du and others with him to the countryside.
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In the countryside, inside a village.
A simple castle stands extremely prominently in the village.
Hard's wife Bella was taking her and Hard's two children, washing clothes in a corner of the castle. These clothes are not hers, but the owner of the castle. The water for washing clothes was brought back from the creek outside the village.
Haddou was less than thirty years old, and Bella, his wife, was naturally younger. In the past, as the wife of a big businessman, she lived a pampered life with maids waiting on her. How could she have done anything like this? But now for the sake of her child, she still has to endure it even if she no longer has the rich clothes and can only wear the linen clothes worn by servants.
Because if she left here, she wouldn't even be able to survive at all. She and her children both starved to death.
In just a few months due to hunger, cold, and hard work, the once dazzling beauty turned into a thin woman with dry hair and a sallow face.
A fat woman in rich clothes walked over with steps that shook the earth. Seeing that Bella hadn't finished washing the clothes, she yelled, "Damn slave, you can't even finish washing all the clothes. Are you lazy? I tell you, if I see you lazy, don't even think about it." If there is black bread to eat, those two bastards will never have bread to eat..."
Bella quickly turned around when she heard the noise. The moment she saw the fat woman, she immediately knelt down in fear. He said tremblingly: "A Ming..."
Unexpectedly, after hearing Bella's words, the fat woman suddenly became furious, and without hesitation, she waved her fat palm and slapped Bella on the face.
"Pa~"
A loud sound not only slapped Bella's words back, but also made the two children hide behind Bella, trembling and terrified.
"You can also call me by my real name. Don't you know what to call me? Have you forgotten your identity, damn slave?"
Bella's eyes were red and her tears couldn't stop flowing. But for the sake of the two children behind her, she had to swallow all her grievances, lowered her head and said aggrievedly: "Yes, Master..."
Seeing Bella bear it weakly, the fat woman's face became even more ferocious, she raised her head and glanced at the sky, and said viciously: "If you can't wash these clothes completely before the sun rises, you and your bastard will never even think about it. Gotta have brown bread.”
Bella looked up at the sky with a face full of horror. Seeing that the sun was about to reach its highest point, she quickly begged for mercy, "This is impossible, it will be direct soon..."
"Huh?" Seeing that Bella still dared to retort, the obese woman snorted and looked at her fiercely with her eyes wide open, and subconsciously raised her right hand.
When Bella saw it, her whole body trembled, and she knelt on the ground and didn't dare to say anything more.
When the fat woman saw her, her eyes suddenly showed a sense of satisfaction, and she didn't hit Bella again. She snorted coldly, turned around and left.
After the fat woman left, Bella looked up in despair at the sun that had risen to its highest point. The woman didn't give her any time at all. She made it clear that she didn't want her and her child to have food to eat.
Bella ignored the muddy water on the ground and collapsed on the ground, holding the heads of her two children and crying.
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