Infinite Anecdotes

"The other party once claimed to be a businessman from Kararagi at a party, and that was his only public appearance. Someone bought a chamber of commerce in his name, but other than that, I don't see any connection with Kararagi. Laki-related places."

"So the identity is disguised?" Crusch immediately felt relieved when he thought of Russell's identity.

"It feels like it was made up casually. The other party doesn't seem to deliberately create this identity, and the attitude he puts on is up to you to guess." Russell continued along the topic: "But he is shocking in other aspects, not only Wood The daughter of the Marquis of Luo privately decides to spend her life forever, and she also poachs the corners of other nobles everywhere..."

"What was the Marquis Woodlow's reaction?" Crusch interrupted the other party and asked, "I remember when I heard it, the other party said that Miss Woodlow was married as the other party's 99th wife."

"Haha," Russell couldn't help laughing at this point: "It is conceivable that the Marquis of Woodlow was furious, after all, his love for this jewel in the palm is obvious to all, and Rezia is also very famous in the capital. , her academic talent has been widely recognized, but now she has been abducted by a man who came out of nowhere, and even her tutor is very sorry."

"You say so, I really want to meet that man." She said with great interest, and because she remembered something, she turned to Russell: "So, Sir Russell, you have already met that man." Are you seated?"

"No, the other party seems to be really mysterious, but I have met his wives... a few of them left a deep impression on me."

Crusch laughed and said, "Isn't the statement of 99 wives an exaggeration? How did he manage to deal with so many women?"

Russell touched his nose. Men are naturally interested in talking about such topics, but he remembered that the Crusch in front of him was a woman, and an unmarried girl much younger than him: "Although I don't know the exact number, at least I've met seven of them."

"How about it, are you fascinated?" Crusch joked, "I heard that his wives are peerless beauties."

"Well, although you are covered with a veil when you meet, you can't cover up your body curves. If it's only to this extent, you might feel envious as a man, but you can't reach the level of admiration."

"Oh?" Crusch pricked up his ears, "Is there a woman in this world who amazes Sir Russell?"

"Of course there is," Russell laughed, "Cursch, you always amaze me."

"Mr. Russell, you'll make me believe it when you say it so seriously." Crusch smiled generously, and brought back the topic: "Let's talk about those brides."

"I don't have deep contact with them, but the other party gives me the feeling that it is impossible to achieve this level if they have been exposed to good court etiquette since childhood. They are very familiar with noble affairs, have extensive knowledge, and are very good at keeping secrets."

"That's interesting." Crusch thought for a moment, then raised his head, "You couldn't get the news out of their mouths, did you?"

"It's not like nothing."

Russell recalled the situation when he first visited. He originally wanted to inquire about the other party's information as much as possible, but he did not expect that those women were more sophisticated than he imagined, especially the one who talked to him. Russell, who has scenes and people, also has a feeling of being led by the nose.

From the beginning to the end of the topic, I felt that there was a lot of chatting, but there were only a handful of substantive content.

"At least judging from their wanton expansion of influence, and their continuous wooing of nobles and benefiting the people, it is very likely that they came for the king's election."

Indeed, it would be too coincidental to say that it had nothing to do with Wang Xuan when it suddenly appeared at this point in time.

"Who?"

"At least not our people." Russell replied

The other party claimed to be a businessman from Kararaki, so it immediately reminded people of Anastasia. After all, she was also born there, but thinking about it carefully, what these people are doing now is what Anastasia did a long time ago She has done it already, and she can't afford to make her supporters spend the time and effort to do it again.

"Could it be the Balier family?"

"The Scarlet Bride is obviously against the nobles recently. It's hard to imagine that she would win over the nobles in private."

Right.

"The Astrea family (the Juggernaut family)?"

"Maybe." Russell said: "Although the patriarch is like that, at least the Juggernaut family is quite rich, and they have always acted in a low-key manner. It is said that the man who has never shown his face is quite powerful. , maybe it really has something to do with them."

"Then what's going on with Emilia?" Crusch asked suddenly.

"Earl of Rosvarmezas?" Russell stroked the beard on his chin: "To be honest, I would be very surprised if it was. Although the Earl of the Frontier has a lot of background, how should I put it..."

What he said meant that Crusch had a spiritual understanding, and the two looked at each other, smiling "that's it".

After that, they stopped dwelling on this topic and talked about other things. After all, the king's election was imminent, and there were still many things to prepare.Other people's affairs are other people's affairs, and no matter how much you pay attention to it, it can't be changed. After all, Wang Xuan can only do it if he is strong.

But there was one thing that Russell didn't tell Crusch, and that was the fate of Earl Colter. Thinking about it, in his opinion, this was also an insignificant matter.

Count Colter himself is fine, but his territory has undergone drastic changes in this short week

First, there was an accident in his mining area, and many people died, and then it was exposed that he deducted the wages of the people, hired people to kill competitors, and forced the poor to death, but these are actually okay, because the victims The latter are all vulnerable groups, and the nobles have long been used to acting like robbers in the face of criticism.

What really put the earl's family in a dilemma is that, apart from these filthy things, his old account of murdering a nobleman in his early years was turned over. He thought it was a deadly matter without proof, and there was no evidence after so long , but in fact, it is not that some things do not exist, but that they are hidden and have not appeared.

The room leak happened to be raining all night, which made the earl feel very distressed, and he secretly concealed from other partners, money laundering, false reporting of funds, and so on. The naked fruit appeared in front of his eyes, making the Earl feel as if he had been stripped naked.

Some of the accusations against him were true and some were false, but Earl Colter couldn't argue with his mouth. He knew very well that someone would punish him again, and he would not give him a chance to clear himself of the suspicion. Therefore, he planned to gather himself At this time, the minerals and salt that the Earl's territory depended on were attacked with cheap capital.

He has always had a fixed channel, but now there is no one to talk about—someone is replacing him with better and higher quality products than him.

Since then, Earl Colter has been reduced from a person in power to a situation where everyone spurns and screams. It is unbelievable that it only took a week.

226．General Election Opening

Against this background, two weeks passed quickly, and the official election of the king followed immediately.

The venue had already been set up in the kingdom's square a few days earlier. In addition to the nobles and knights who had to be present, there were also many special envoys from other countries and other melon-eaters on the day of the speech.

The huge square was already crowded with people. Although most of the people were not interested in the king's election this time and felt that it had nothing to do with them, it was a big event for the whole kingdom after all, so they came to join in the fun.Of course, there are also people in the crowd who belong to themselves and sincerely come to cheer for those they support. As far as Tang Chenglai saw before, many people in the crowd waved banners supporting Priscilla. It seems that she The Wang Zheng thrown out last time has indeed attracted many supporters for her.

Of course, the larger number is the momentum created by the chamber of commerce for Anastasia.

The slogan banners and flags that can't be seen at a glance make people feel worthy of being a businessman.

For businessmen, everything serves a purpose. Obviously, many of those who are waving the flag are members of the chamber of commerce and those who have been bribed by them with money, so they are shouting in unison.However, there should be quite a few people who sincerely hope that after Anastasia's election can change the kingdom's sluggish economy and make everyone rich.Thinking like this, Tang Cheng turned his head to the backstage of the speech, in the direction of Anastasia's camp——

Ulysses, the purple-haired knight, was explaining matters to the people around him, while Anastasia, who was standing beside him, looked bored, either fiddling with the toe of her shoes, or looking around with her ghostly eyes Looking around, he looked completely restless.After meeting Tang Cheng's gaze, she immediately withdrew her gaze with a guilty conscience, straightened her back pretendingly, and secretly aimed at this side from the corner of her eye.

It seems that it hasn't recovered yet, which is really exhausting.