Dragon Clan: Thought So Far.

Lu Mingfei quickly packed up and went downstairs while adjusting his collar.

Su Xiaoqiang felt so embarrassed at the moment, her face flushed like red jade. She covered her head with the quilt and refused to get up.

It was because she was in a state of confusion last night. If it were now, she would never be able to muster up the courage to do something out of the ordinary...

Lu Mingfei still felt a little uncomfortable when he saw Wazhu and Charlotte in the flower garden. After looking around, he finally mustered up the courage to walk up to the two girls.

"What bad thing did you do last night?" asked Lord Wa angrily.

"No, it's nothing..."

"Come here!" Lord Wa glared at him and put her hands on her hips.

Lu Mingfei sighed, but still took a step forward obediently, standing in front of Lord Wa with his head down like a child who had made a mistake.

But the little girl just slapped him twice in the air, sighed and said, "Are you really an animal with your brain in your lower body?"

Lu Mingfei also blushed a little, coughed twice and suggested: "How about we go out for breakfast first and talk while we eat?"

The German girl with painted eyebrows and hair, who looked very heroic, also felt very uncomfortable standing next to them. She obviously understood what Wazhu and Lu Mingfei were saying but pretended not to understand.

In fact, after Lu Mingfei went downstairs, he was secretly looking at her out of the corner of his eye. This Kassel girl, whom he had met once at the Sotheby's auction in Chicago a few years ago, was wearing a blue-gray woolen coat, a black plaid scarf around her neck, and very high boots, which made her legs look extremely slender and long. Her high ponytail swayed gently in the wind, and her slender eyebrows revealed a sword-like sharpness.

The Cassel family is an extremely ancient dragon-slaying family. They started their fortune in Hamburg, Germany, and quickly spread their power throughout Europe through war and economic trade in the Middle Ages. Meinecke Cassel, who used the Word Spirit. Rhine in 1900 to try to die together with the Dragon King Li Wuyue, is the main branch of this family. He controls the largest part of wealth and power, and can even influence the administrative and military policies of the German government at that time to a certain extent.

After the death of Menech Cassel, their branch began to decline. Until the eve of the reorganization of the Secret Party, the wealth left by Menech could no longer find any legal heirs, so Angers had to use them to create and build the Cassel College.

However, in contrast to the gradual decline of the main branch, other branches of the Kassel family are becoming increasingly prosperous in Germany. Miss Charlotte, who has become famous in the German mixed-race society in recent years, is a Kassel native who grew up in such a background.

They believed that since Menek Cassel was dead and the main branch had completely collapsed, the family's remaining wealth and property should be handed over to the side branch, so they always believed that Cassel College and the Board of Directors were a group of unreasonable robbers.

The academy is named after the surname of Menech, but there are few students from the Cassel family in the academy. Angé once lamented in front of Lu Mingfei that if Charlotte could join them, then the academy might be able to have a third leader-level figure in addition to Caesar and Chu Zihang in recent years.

Unfortunately, the Cassel family was like the ancient inheritors of knowledge before the popularization of education. They stubbornly refused the invitation of the academy and used their own way to educate their descendants with dragon blood flowing in their bodies.

The Charlotte Cassel before us is such an elite dragon slayer cultivated and trained by her family.

She had an aura just standing there, as sharp as a sword that would rather break than bend.

"It's a pleasure to meet you again, Miss Charlotte." Lu Mingfei nodded to Charlotte.

"Mr. Lu, you have a high reputation. Although the academy has issued a worldwide wanted order for you, there are still a large number of forces in the mixed-blood society that are not prepared to follow the orders of the secret party." Charlotte said lightly, "You are still an honored guest to the Cassel family and the Holy Palace Society."

Lu Mingfei scratched his eyebrows: "It's a pity that there is no way to visit."

They walked out of the flower garden along the cobblestone path, passed through the courtyard gate, and strolled along the bank of Yangcheng Lake.

The ones who really wanted to hold a big meeting to discuss the details of the cooperation were actually Orthodoxy and Shenggong Jishihui. The Frog Group was not interested in that kind of thing, and Charlotte was only the person in charge on the German side. In fact, both sides had a large team negotiating and reaching a consensus.

As for Lu Mingfei's desire to obtain another piece of Black King's bone blood from the Cassel family, there was absolutely no need to discuss this matter with others in a big way.

"In fact, the elders in Europe also questioned the actions of Kassel Academy, but the Blood Covenant still holds absolute authority in the world of mixed-bloods." Charlotte shrugged. "As the defender of the existing order, their family had no choice but to send out hunting teams to work with the Academy's executive department to hunt you down in various countries."

They walked into the Qiaotou Restaurant and sat down at the table by the window. Lu Mingfei ordered pan-fried buns and spicy soup for himself, Wa ordered sweet tofu pudding and fried dough sticks, and Charlotte asked for a serving of red oil wontons. Lu Mingfei looked at her strangely.

Qiaotou Restaurant is an old local restaurant with good food and wine, but the owner is very casual in doing business, the service is always inadequate, and business is not very good.

The steamed white silk fish and Taidiao wine here are the best. Eating fish, drinking wine and watching the lake view are also a unique experience. However, it is morning now and the boss is not doing the midday business, so Lu Mingfei will not have this good fortune.

"After I killed the second generation in Kuimen, Sanxia, ​​every mixed-race family in the Western world got the bones and blood of the two dragons. No matter what they did with those things, they should be grateful to me." Lu Mingfei said softly, "But until now, I haven't seen many Western families willing to lend a helping hand to me."

He deliberately did not mention Pierre Cadmus when he said this.

Everyone in the power field is deceiving each other. Just because they can sit together and drink a bowl of spicy soup now doesn’t mean they won’t fight with knives in the near future.

If one day Lu Mingfei and the Cassel family were on opposite sides, he didn't want his current words and deeds to cause trouble to those who were willing to help him. Wazhu sat next to Lu Mingfei and agreed with what he said. She nodded while scooping tofu pudding into her mouth with a small spoon.

So far, only the Sheqi Eight Families and the Orthodox Family are willing to lend a helping hand to Lu Mingfei. Although the Cadmus Family and other elders do not agree with Pompey's point of view, they ultimately do not choose to openly defy the existing order.

"Because the power of the Blood Pact has already penetrated into every family, you have no roots, and there is no long-term and close connection between you and these families... In other words, whether you are dead or alive, it has no effect on them, so no one will fight against the academy for you." Charlotte smiled and took a sip of her morning tea.

Lu Mingfei was confused for a moment, but then he reacted and smiled at himself.

The academy's most glorious period was from the 1950s to the beginning of this century, when its influence spread around the world with the rise of the United States. They used their military connections to send missionary-like senior executives to almost every country through U.S. military bases around the world, and established new executive branches in those countries. They also used their huge and almost unlimited cash flow to frantically impact the original order of those emerging markets or old capital markets.

Even during the Cold War, the college was still able to engage in arms trade with the Soviets. During the Afghan War, oil traders supported by the board of directors were still able to easily obtain large quantities of oil from the Middle East and ship them to all parts of the world. North African diamonds were also once in the hands of Kassel College.

Under the dual pressure of military and economic suppression, the civilized world in the West, from the British Isles in the west to the Ural Mountains in the east, once trembled under the majesty of the Kassel Academy.

To this day, almost all financial industries controlled by half-bloods, including the wine trade, fishery trade and arms trade, are still inextricably linked to Kassel College. The half-blood families in Europe may have the strength to challenge the secret party if they unite, but they have no way of abandoning such a huge market.

In comparison, Lu Mingfei, who had once generously shared the blood and bones of the next generation with them, now had very few bargaining chips in his hands.

The king never minds giving honor to warriors, but if it is his own country and wealth that are to be shared, any emperor in the world will kill the hero out of anger.

This is the fact. Those European noble families that have prospered for thousands of years do not mind praising Lu Mingfei's achievements in history books, but it is absolutely impossible for them to stand on the opposite side of the secret party because of Lu Mingfei.

After breakfast was served, the three of them ate in silence. When Lu Mingfei asked for a second bowl of spicy soup, Charlotte suddenly spoke up and interrupted Lu Mingfei's attempt to fill his stomach.

"What did the college do with the embryo later?" she asked.

Lu Mingfei knew she was talking about Yu.

"About last year, the principal and the school board were planning to use the cocoon to implement a plan codenamed Golden Holy Serum, which was to extract non-toxic dragon blood from the embryo to refine serum, and then inject the serum into the body of the experimenter to artificially create a hybrid that is closer to a pure-blooded dragon." He said, "But shortly before the Tokyo incident, the plan ultimately failed... The embryo that the principal brought back to the academy from Chicago was placed in an ice cellar, but it lost its activity for unknown reasons. An inactive embryo cannot hatch a dragon, so extracting fetal blood becomes nonsense."

"What a pity..." Charlotte showed a regretful expression on her face.

"I know that the embryo at the Sotheby's auction was actually commissioned by the Cassel family." He hesitated and said, "But judging from your current behavior, it seems that you are not aware of this matter."

"On the contrary, I know that my family entrusted Henkel to auction that thing." Charlotte shook her head, "At the same time, I also know that they hope that the secret party will get it."

Lu Mingfei perked up.

The wide-mouthed porcelain bowl was put back on the table. Charlotte wiped the corners of her mouth with a tissue and slowly turned her head to look at Lu Mingfei. "After the Summer Mourning incident, my great-grandfather found Hilbert Jean Angers, who was on the verge of death, from the ruins of Cassel Manor. Along with him, there were some other things found... That embryo was one of them."

At this moment, Lu Mingfei suddenly understood why Ange said that Charlotte Cassel was the leader of the German mixed-race people in this era. Her sitting posture did not change much, but her originally bright eyes seemed to suddenly light up with a dazzling light. A strong self-confidence burst out from Charlotte's body naturally from the inside out, like an emperor telling the history of his rise to power.

For a moment, Lu Mingfei felt like he was facing Caesar, a female version of Caesar.

"That attack was planned by the Qing government. We had just ended the war against dragons on the battlefield of Xirang and returned to this land to weave power again like a spider web." Wazhu took a steamed bun from Lu Mingfei and said with a bulging mouth, "The rulers at that time were barbarians from the north. They were unwilling to wait for the revolution led by the orthodoxy to be launched... The Aisin-Gioro family had no way to compete with us, but the Qing Dynasty had the army in their hands. In order to prevent the orthodoxy from getting help from the outside when launching a war, they decided to first defeat the secret party, which provided the greatest help to the oriental hybrids at that time. As far as I know, the Lionheart Society is the core brotherhood of the secret party. They are related to the Qing government because of a man named Lu Shanyan."

Lu Mingfei felt his heart skip a beat.

He knew Lu Shanyan, who was his grandfather's grandfather and was said to be from the same era as Angers and Cassel.

"But the Qing government's intelligence system has always been weak. They didn't know what kind of organization the Secret Party's Lionheart Society was, so they even sent naturalized pure-blooded dragons on overseas expeditions. That embryo might be what was left after these dragons were killed by Word Spirit Rhine." said Lord Wa.

It seems that she knows nothing about Yu's affairs, Lu Mingfei thought.

"But since that thing came from the Cassel family, why did you still bid against us at the auction?" Lu Mingfei looked at Charlotte in confusion.

"Because the elders in the family decided to follow Menech Cassel's last wish and give this thing to Angers, but the Holy Palace Society believes that it would be more valuable if we could get a pure-blooded dragon embryo." Charlotte said softly.

Lu Mingfei then remembered that Ange had once told him that although Charlotte was a member of the Cassel family, the two had long since parted ways due to many differences in their ideas.

He sighed quietly. If Charlotte had left the Cassel family, how would she know whether this family held the Black King's bones and blood?

(End of this chapter)