Count Macassius has been a little uneasy recently, for no other reason than the new governor who parachuted into Norton, Vitor Rogge, the son of the Grand Duke.
Macacius was once a wealthy businessman in Natro Province and ran many industries under the Golden Elk family.
After the inexplicable disaster that occurred 10 years ago, most of the noble officials in Norton disappeared in the capital city of Inriges, and the most prosperous place in Norton turned into a deserted and dead city overnight.
Norton is special among the ten provinces in the northern territory of Aquila. It is neither under the jurisdiction of the Duke of Annecy nor the Duke of Golden Elk. It is entirely under the jurisdiction of the former governor of Norton, Earl Othlemon, and does not participate in the battle between the two parties. middle.
But now that something like this has happened in Norton, it can be said that the group is leaderless and in great chaos. The nearby Duke of Warbilens seized the opportunity and used his rights to grant Earl Macassius a lifelong title and transferred him to Norton. , allowing him to temporarily control Norton as his own chess piece.
With the help of the Duke of Verbilence, he successfully transferred his property from the province of Natro to Norton, and he also relied on his title and means to become the largest local man in this precarious province. noble.
Since no new governor has been sent down from above, Macacius, who has the largest sphere of influence, has been acting as the governor. At the same time, he has been running a lot of black industries in private and has done many unspeakable dirty things.
The title of earl and the position of deputy governor were both his disguise and his protection.
Macacius's happy days lasted for a long time, until the arrival of the new governor, Vitor. This resolute governor had only been in Norton for more than half a month, and he had already brought great changes to this decaying sea area. The change.
The largest pirate organization entrenched in Norton was destroyed overnight.
Ikarnad, who was complicit with him, even died directly at the hands of the new governor.
After learning the news, Macacius was frightened. If the new governor knew about the dirty things he had done, it would be difficult for him to walk out of the governor's palace alive.
It would be nothing if he was just running some shady underground industries. The most important thing was that he had made deals and colluded with the Evil God Sect. This matter was undoubtedly an insurmountable dead line.
His old friend Ikarnad died for this crime, which made him have to be vigilant.
Count Macassius looked at the splendid conference hall and the dozens of noble officials, large and small, who were sitting with him. They were distributed all over Norton, and they all held important positions. However, without exception, they were all killed by Vitor. The current governor convened here early.
It's just that they have already arrived, and Vitor, as the current governor, has yet to arrive.
As time went by, Macacius' uneasiness became more intense.
He raised his gold-rimmed glasses and quietly took out a bottle of delicate green potion from his shirt pocket.
He glanced at the delicate patterns on the potion bottle and put the potion back into his shirt pocket.
Unless he had to, he didn't want to use the "back-up plan" prepared by Duke Wobilens for him.
Time passed by minute by second. Among the many noble officials present, it was obvious that Count Macassius was not the only one who was anxious and uneasy.
"Is the Governor still lying in bed? We have been waiting here for nearly two hours, but we haven't even seen his shadow yet."
The speaker was a short, middle-aged man. He was wearing a dark gray dress, with a silver Viscount medal hanging on his chest. His dark brown eyes were filled with extreme dissatisfaction.
"Wait a moment, don't be anxious." Count Macassius waved his hand to Mr. Viscount, signaling him not to be too impatient.
The long round table in the conference hall has been surrounded by nobles of all sizes. As if they had a tacit understanding, the highest-ranking Earl Macassius sat at the top, and on the other side of him, the round table There is also a bench left in the other main seat. This seat is for Governor Norton.
"Sorry, I'm late." With a crisp and pleasant voice, the door of the conference room was slowly pushed open. What came towards them was none other than Norton Governor Vitor and Luas who was following him.
"Then let's start today's topic." Vitor walked straight to the head seat of the round table and sat down on it carelessly.
"Topic? What topic?" The middle-aged aristocratic man who just expressed his dissatisfaction tugged on his collar and asked with some confusion.
Vitor chuckled, and then slowly spoke in a low tone: "Important topics about everyone here."
"Viscount Cabet? Do you know Plissen?" Vitor looked straight at the middle-aged nobleman who just spoke with a strange smile.
"Norton's most notorious pirate leader, how could I not know him." Viscount Cabet's expression changed slightly, and Vitor could read his panic from this small change.
"Then this secret transaction letter found in Black Crow Port is what you wrote to the pirate leader, Mr. Viscount." Vitor took out a letter from his arms and threw it directly on the long table.
The letter has been sealed, and on the white outer cover, the address of the recipient is the Viscount House of Port Cabet, and the Viscount of Port Cabet is Mr. Cabet in front of him.
"This... No, that pirate has many tricks up his sleeve. This is a conspiracy he used to sow discord among the nobles." Viscount Cabet's panic was completely exposed.
"Oh, really?" A pure smile appeared on Vitor's fair face, "Then let's take it apart and see what's inside?"
"Mr. Governor, please don't fall for the pirate's plot. He wants to fight among Norton's upper-level organizations so that he can reap the benefits from the sidelines."
"A dead man can't reap any benefits." Vitor curled his lips, and then opened the letter without paying attention to Viscount Cabet and the many nobles around him.
"Dear Viscount Cabet, the batch of arms obtained from the Northern Canglan Kingdom's garrison are now all in Black Crow Port. Count Ikanade's offer is really unacceptable to me, but I still I gave him 30% of the quota, and as for the rest, I think we can talk about it." Vitor read out the contents of the letter word for word, and with each sentence read, Kabell's expression became darker. A bit whiter.
"This is a false accusation. I don't know what the goods are." Viscount Cabet was still defending.
"Indeed, except for the mail receiving point above, I really don't have enough evidence to prove the relationship between you and the pirates." Vitor raised his head and sighed slightly, "And this was after I invaded Black Crow Port. Later, it was found in Pleasant's room. The contents of the letter were obviously not finished yet. It seems that the pirate was forced to go out to meet the enemy before he finished his work that night."
"Yes, false accusation, pure false accusation." Viscount Cabet breathed a sigh of relief, but what happened immediately made his face freeze and he could no longer speak.
"So what about these?" Vitor took out several letters from his arms, and the receiving address on them was either Black Crow Port or the Viscount Palace in Cabe Port.
"What comes and goes, isn't it?" Vitor patted the letter he threw on the table, "I really should thank Mr. Pirate for his good habit of not destroying confidential letters. It made me see clearly The true colors hidden behind the false masks of some of you here.”
In fact, Vittor's words were somewhat wrong. It wasn't that Plisson didn't have the habit of destroying confidential letters. He kept these things, but he used them as a means of blackmail. He only used them when he had the other party's handle. Only then can Black Crow Port successfully conclude a deal and gain a pitiful profit from these greedy nobles.
"But that's not all." Vitor slowly shifted his gaze from Viscount Cabet to the others present, "Do you want to take a look?"
The expressions of many noble officials in the conference hall changed for a while, but in the end they all turned into unwillingness.
They knew that the new governor... was finally going to take action against Norton's powerful people.
