Tang Qi Tan

Chapter 545 Despair
However, Charles, who was immersed in speculation and uneasiness, was tormented by worries and worries, and finally waited until he and his wife Charlotte's cousin, and a former Navy second lieutenant of the Kingdom, Ou Ren, brought a big pot of hot food to return. He was really relieved when he arrived at this closed building.

As an enviable noble son in the social occasions of Seine City over the years, Charles is not without hardships; He was still in debt and disappeared; his mother died of depression because of this.

However, as soon as the May storm came, the family situation went from bad to worse; as the grandfather of a senior royalist and conservative, the old Marquis de Travel, who had retired from the army, was so angry that he couldn't afford to be sick because of the perverse actions of the mob government , Knowing that before he died, he was thinking about protecting the royal family.

Therefore, despite the old care of his grandfather in the National Self-Defense Forces, the brothers and sisters did not suffer too much impact; but the rapidly declining family situation made Charles experience the coldness of the world for the first time, and in order to maintain the most basic decency. Selling privately and enduring hunger.

Therefore, Charles, who was raised by his aunt and tried to subsidize his family, developed a certain keen intuition for obtaining and using money; until his cousin Charlotte, who came from the family ancestral land, married without hesitation with a large dowry. It was given to him and also became the beginning of his ambition and desire.

In his early years of struggle, he met lovers of all kinds one after another, which more or less helped him in his career; Lord Vere, and then Minister Travel...

Therefore, it is not that he has not experienced the hardship and embarrassment of his family, and he has also experienced the hunger, cold and hardship of the lower classes; Master's status and decent life.

Therefore, all the existences that stand in his way have become corpses buried in unknown places; whether it is the old nobleman who tried to take advantage of his danger and coveted his aunt Agnes; The so-called "father" of interests.

Even the uncle who tried to stop him and Charlotte, the old relationship recurring after many years of reunion, and a fait accompli; or the senior courtier who once supported him, but had other plans for his sister Fran.Even Baron Bowan, his important partner in the capital banker group...

Even now that he has been reduced to hiding in Tibet again, it has not broken his spirit and will.At least he has arranged it properly in this shelter and stored it in the cellar in advance, which is enough for hundreds of people to use food supplies and weapons for a month, as well as coin vouchers of various denominations.

According to his pre-arranged plan, after the post-war situation initially calms down, he can wait for an opportunity to leave the capital as a purchaser and go to the princes of the Netherlands, or the cities of the North Sea commercial complex. Part of the property starts over,
Therefore, after the prayer ceremony for dinner, Charles even had the mood to taste it. Eugene specially picked it up from the street and brought it back from the street. A few not-so-funny jokes, to create an embarrassing and active atmosphere.

Until the next morning, Charles, who was sleeping in his clothes and ready to move at any time, was awakened again by a loud knock on the door.However, when he peeped through the window after not having a good rest all night, he was suddenly frightened into a cold sweat; because the streets were full of blue-shirted soldiers and a familiar figure.

His half-brother Ezreal, as a reporter who used to serve in the army, mixed with those Republicans and Liberals; he was included in the execution list of the new dynasty, and he would die if he was late; Appeared on the street so grandiosely.

Just when Charles was in a hurry to wake up, his wife, who was still in a daze, walked quickly to the back of the building; a terrace connected to the stairs on the roof; but it was equally desperate to find that there was a faint figure of a soldier in blue shirt, and there was a The muskets and bayonets raised in some hands gleamed with reflections.

At the same time when the whole building was waking up one after another amidst the noise of chickens and dogs jumping around; the ordinary civilian apartment on the outside, but inside it maintained a rather low-key and comfortable decoration, and it was quickly impatient. Knock away; the blue shirt soldiers swarmed in quickly rushed to the top.

He also blocked Ciel, who was trying to climb out of the attic, on the steep eaves.A moment later, the youngest member of the imperial council, the disheveled Minister Travel with spider silk hanging from his body, was carried to the front hall on the first floor by the blue shirt soldiers amidst laughter.

And here, Charles also saw with mixed feelings, the half-brother/illegitimate son Ezreal who was obviously in charge of leading the team, wearing the captain's silver star collar badge; Fortunately, their dresses were still neat, and they were not treated rudely.

Only a few men, including his cousin Ou Ren, were pushed to the ground.And his wife Charlotte threw herself on Charles without any hesitation, her hair disheveled like a lioness, she tried her best to cover him with her body, and stared angrily at Ezreal with a complex expression.

"You ungrateful illegitimate son, have you finally got what you wanted now? I only hate the beginning...", but Xia Er held back the next moment, and his wife had already spoken meaninglessly; then, to Izorui Er wryly smiled and said, "I don't know, how did you find this place."

"Minister Travel?" However, Ezreal didn't speak. Instead, a young man wearing an old city hall gray uniform and soft hat asked, "Do you still remember the villain?"

"Are you?" Charles asked in confusion on the spot, "Could it be that you are from the City Hall of Senna?"

"Of course, you are such a powerful person; how can you remember me as an ant-like clerk?" The young man listened, but he didn't care and smiled: "But you asked someone to handle it. I was the one who handled the property rights and household registration of the building.”

"It turns out that the relevant clues about me were leaked at the property registration office of the Architectural Services Department?" Hearing this, Charles couldn't help but suddenly realized and said helplessly: "I really didn't think of this at the beginning, and I thought it was enough to keep it secret." What about the matter?"

"It's not that you, minister, are not careful enough. It can only be said that the person you told me is not careful enough." The young man from the Architecture Department still smiled calmly and said, "The city hall is not a place suitable for keeping secrets. The director is even more of a boastful alcoholic."

"Since this is the case, I have nothing to say." Charles just sighed heavily after hearing this: "Just, I still want to know one more thing, where did you meet me..."

"Of course it's at the back door of your mansion... the garden, and I saw it from a distance." The young man from the Architecture Department chuckled and said, "To be honest, my family and I used to be very grateful to you, because I am a sister and a nobleman. As a maid in the mansion, my parents also make a living at your wife's manor."

"Relying on their silent support, coupled with the background of your house, I was able to complete the training at the vocational institute and enter the city hall to seek a position as a small clerk..."

"It's just an ungrateful, white-eyed wolf..." At this time, Charlotte, his wife lying on Charles' chest, couldn't help complaining: "It's like the farmer and the snake who bit back in Aesop's fables. ..." Then, Charles stopped him with his eyes again.

"Then I also want to thank you and your family, madam!" The young man from the Architecture Department asked calmly: "My sister who wrote a letter to go home to get married suddenly stole jewelry and eloped with others, and then died miserably in a slum Li; even my parents were angered and kicked out of the manor."

"Then, when I came to the city to look for my younger brother and father, I was directly treated as an unemployed blind person, and was incorporated into the labor force to build the city defense fortress, and there was no news about it. The person in charge of proposing and supervising this project seems to be Tela Mr. Weier, you..."

"In the end, I stumbled across my sister and girls from the same town in a brothel in the lower city, but most of them were already infected and crazy. And sending them here is Madame, the Notre Dame Women's Tzu Chi Society that you advocated to establish..."

"So, I am desperate!" The young man said calmly, this tragedy closely related to himself, his tone was chilling: "But at this time, someone found me and was willing to give me a chance to change everything... …and willing to provide treatment for those poor people."

At this moment, there was complete silence on the scene, whether it was Charles, Charlotte, or Ezreal; or other women, and most of the blue shirt soldiers fell silent... Half an hour later, they were brought to the Ciel behind the city hall couldn't help shouting at Ezreal:

"All right, please tell me directly, what do you want, or what do you want from me..." Immediately afterwards, he added: "For Fran's sake, at the beginning, it was She pleaded and pleaded for you, even after you did that."

"Because it's Fran...Fran!" However, Ezreal, who had always been indifferent and unmoved, suddenly grabbed Charles' bow tie and sneered coldly: "Otherwise, you thought you were Being able to stand here instead of being put in jail with those bullshit ministers!"

"Fran..." However, when Charles heard this name, his eyes were dazed for a while and his face changed several times. Finally, he sighed and said, "You know, is she okay now?"

"She... is doing very well now, and she is already an important courtier and baroness of the new dynasty; she is also my immediate superior." Ezreal sneered: "However, she also uses her title and official position as a guarantee, I hope It can ensure the most basic safety of your body..."

"Fran...Fran..." Hearing these words, Charles' whole body's energy seemed to be weakened all of a sudden, and he said in a bitter voice: "She still misses me...but, What can I do for her now?"

"Of course, the locations of the vaults of various corporate banks in Senna City." Izerize looked at the half-brother coldly and said, "It's not the kind of public place, but the private secret vaults of the members of the bank syndicate. ; and related banking books and historical archives."

(End of this chapter)