These big shots are actually me - #87 - Chapter 87

Now they all want to take a bite of flesh and blood from the Douglas family to fill their insatiable stomachs!

When he thought of this, a member of the Douglas family immediately smashed the table angrily and said:

“These white-eyed wolves are really hateful! Even if they don’t think of ways to help, they are actually rushing to attack our family! Have these people forgotten the friendship we had in the past?”

At the beginning of the fall of Prince Douglas, these people were still on the side of their family, and they wrote to the emperor one after another, saying that there must be a misunderstanding about the matter.

But once the death of Prince Douglas was confirmed, most of these people shut up.

When the emperor’s order to reduce his rank came out, all of these people, whether they were those who had kept silent before or those who helped to speak and plead for mercy, instantly rebelled and stood opposite Douglas’s house.

The middle and low-level nobles who originally nodded and kowtowed in front of them now treated them like goods!

Such a huge contrast is really difficult for the direct members of the Douglas family to accept.

So as soon as these words were spoken, many people began to agree and denounce those hateful white-eyed wolves.

But until now, it was still the young people of the Douglas family who were speaking. The adults in charge sat silently aside.

After a long time, a middle-aged man finally shouted:

“Quiet! We are not here to quarrel today!”

The hall that was noisy just now fell silent for an instant.

Everyone looked at Little Lord Douglas.

Although people here basically know that there is no hope, they still can’t help but hope that the head of the family can come up with a proper solution.

But unfortunately, people here are destined to be disappointed.

Because Lord Douglas knew very well the crux of the matter.

His father, Prince Douglas, has died. The biggest pillar of the Douglas family has completely fallen. And the most terrible thing is that the Douglas family has many extraordinary ways and extraordinary characteristics.

But the only one that can reach Sequence Four and above is the part of Prince Douglas. Then the Lollans will definitely not return Prince Douglas’ extraordinary characteristics. It is even a question whether they have successfully intercepted this part of the extraordinary characteristics.

In other words, the originally high-ranking Angel family suddenly fell to the point where it didn’t even include the Demigod family.

As a result, it was basically impossible for the Douglas family to retain their original fiefdom.

They can’t hold such a large fiefdom, and they definitely can’t have such a large fiefdom anymore.

This was something young Lord Douglas understood from the beginning.

It’s just that he didn’t expect the emperor to be so cruel…

It is obvious that my father did not commit treason but died for his country!

Thinking of this, little Lord Douglas couldn’t help but clenched his fists, and he didn’t even notice until his nails were embedded in his flesh and blood!

At the beginning, he even fantasized about gaining great favor and support from the royal family by proactively handing over part of his fiefdom.

It turns out that the royal family is the one who wields the most ruthless and merciless sword against them!

Every time he thought of this, he was so angry that he trembled all over!

At the same time, the royal family’s tough attitude is also one of the two biggest cruxes of this matter.

His father died for his country and the Douglas family had no angels or even demigods. This was a big problem, but it was not as serious as the royal family adding insult to injury.

If the emperor hadn’t made it clear that he had a tough attitude towards reducing titles, how could the nobles surrounding the Douglas family be so ruthless and impatient?

Why is it that there is no one in the government and the public who can really speak for them?

If one of the two symptoms appears at random, it is not considered a fatal problem, but when both appear at the same time, it is not a fatal problem.

Little Lord Douglas found out in despair that their family had reached the end of the road!

The Douglass, who were treasonous and not even demigods, had no chance of turning the family’s fate around.

As for the emperor’s words about restoring his title, fiefdom and reputation in the future, he didn’t believe it at all, a trick that even a child couldn’t fool!

unless!

Thinking of that unless, little Lord Douglas suddenly fell into a contradictory state where his spine was chilled and his heart was burning.

It was fear and excitement.

At this time, a young nephew suddenly walked up to him, grabbed his arm and said expectantly:

“Master of the house, summon our vassals! Gather all the vassals!”

After hearing this, everyone looked at the young nephew with excitement.

Although he did not explain clearly, everyone knew the purpose of summoning the vassals at this time. What to do.

At this moment, everyone felt extremely hot in their hearts, and at the same time, they also fell into fear with trembling hands and cold feet.

Is this what they want?

But before they could shout those words in their hearts, they heard a loud slap echoing in the hall.

Everyone was stunned.

Even Lord Douglas himself looked in disbelief at the hand that had just slapped his nephew’s face hard.

Immediately, he caressed the poor child’s cheek with distress, and then fell down on the seat in great frustration.

The slap just now not only hurt his nephew’s face, but also slapped the Douglas family’s morale down, killing the Douglas family’s last possibility of a comeback.

But he must do it.

Because the Douglas family, who are not even demigods, are not qualified to challenge Heather, even the emperor may be waiting for them to separate their kingdoms.

Completely annihilate the Douglas family in name only.

Little Lord Douglas leaned weakly on the backrest and murmured:

“Stop talking about these things, just do what His Majesty the Emperor wants. Everything should be done according to the Emperor’s will! At least, at least this way we can still preserve the blood of the family.”

All members of the Douglas family lowered their heads deeply, and after a while, wordless cries filled the entire hall.

–

In front of the Feilengcui airship dock, Mozo brought Audrey here early.

At the same time, Audrey also held up a cute hand-painted wolf head sign. Used to remind Verdani that they are here.

Originally, Mozo was worried that if Audrey used the wolf head as a sign, it would be easy for interested people to notice it, but after seeing the husky version of the wolf head that the other party drew with joy, he swallowed his words of dissuasion.

I guess even after the old fox came back from the dead, he wouldn’t think that this husky-like dog head was the secret code for the young master of the Wolf family to connect with the knight…

But it seemed that Verdani was not able to find her because she was too husky.

After the two waited in place for a long time, an uncertain voice sounded behind them.

“Are they the Young Master and Audrey?”

Mozo looked back and saw a girl with an excellent figure wearing a white slim-fitting dress and a lady’s wide-brimmed hat, standing timidly behind them while dragging a box.

Seeing such a wealthy daughter who seemed to have traveled far away, Audrey also put down the sign and said uncertainly:

“Verdani?”

As they spoke, Mozo and Audrey both took off the scarves they had intentionally raised to cover their faces. Anyway, the climate in Feilengcui is quite cold, so there are not many people dressing up like this.

After seeing the true faces of Mo Zuo and Mo Zuo, the other party took off his wide-brimmed hat with a sigh of relief. Revealing the delicate face hidden under the brim of the hat.

Verdani took off her big-brimmed hat and looked at Mozzo in a daze. After a while, she woke up and wanted to kneel down on one knee to salute.

However, the moment he bent down, he realized that this was too conspicuous. Once again, he changed from wanting to kneel down on one knee to do the knight’s salute to the lady’s salute of lifting the hem of his skirt and bowing slightly.

Obviously, Verdani is not very adaptable to this kind of lady etiquette. She prefers and adapts to knightly etiquette.

Audrey was different. She responded with a skirt lift very naturally.

Mozo smiled and took off his hat in return.

After confirming each other’s identities, the three people pulled up their scarves and put on their hats again.

Verdanni walked to Mozo and looked at Mozo’s face while dragging the box and said:

“Although I knew you were safe, I didn’t feel relieved until I actually saw you.”

Mo Zuo also said apologetically:

“I’m really sorry for what happened before.”

Fortunately, he asked the red wolves to keep an eye on Verdani, otherwise he would have almost regretted it for the rest of his life. Regarding Mozo’s apology, Verdani lowered her head and said with self-reproach:

“You don’t have to apologize. There is absolutely no problem with your choice. It was my incompetence as a knight and subordinate that prevented you from telling me.”

Seeing the other party’s words, Mo Zuo touched his head in embarrassment and then changed the topic:

“Okay, let’s not talk about this. Are you ready? We have to rush to Heather immediately. Of course, if you feel too tired, we can also go to the hotel to rest for a night.”

Verdani smiled and said:

“Compared to staying in a pleasant hotel after a long journey, obviously it is more comfortable for me to be by your side.”

139 Please gather your vassals and leave the rest to me (4k)

The airship that Mozo and others took passed the border between the Northern Commercial Alliance and Heather very smoothly according to the scheduled voyage.

Arriving at the main city of the Douglas family – Antler Castle.

Before they even got off the boat, Mo Zuo and the other two people felt keenly that this majestic city was beginning to decline.

It is obviously the main city of an angel family, but the number of airships arriving at the dock here is unmatched. In other words, much more goes out than comes in.

Without thinking too much or even asking for confirmation, Mozuo guessed that it was due to the relocation of major chambers of commerce and families here. Mozuo even saw dozens of airships flying the flag of the Iron Treasury leaving the place in a mighty manner. Moreover, there were more airships from the chamber of commerce outside them. After hoisting their own flags, they also raised the flag of the Iron Bank as a secondary flag and followed them.

Judging from the size of the opponent and the number of frigates, it should be the Iron Bank Branch and the Chamber of Commerce here that have transferred all the important supplies. By the way, they gathered under the banner of the Iron Bank to prevent anyone from taking this opportunity to intercept this batch of ‘huge sums of money’.

After landing, the people on the street were obviously a little more desolate and uneasy, and they were all coming and going in a hurry. Obviously, after Prince Douglas’s ‘treason’, the main city, which was the headquarters of the Douglas family, suffered a huge impact.

This impact is invisible but real.

The first thing to bear the brunt was that merchants from all over the country began to stop rushing to the main city. And try to move yourself out of here as much as possible.

Because the Douglas family’s main city, Antler Castle, does not have any special location, a large number of merchants would come here in the past simply because this is the Douglas Lord’s city.

With Prince Douglas and the Douglas family, Antler Castle is obviously a good place to make a fortune.

But now that Antler Castle has no angels and no titles, then Antler Castle without geographical advantages is no longer a good place to make money.

At least it is not qualified to be as prosperous as before.

It is conceivable that even Emperor Heather did not deprive the Douglas family of their treasures. The continued decline of the Douglas family and Antler Castle is inevitable.

Because for a long time, they may have to sit on their hands until their taxes and expenditures start to level off.

But that will definitely take a long time. Because they did not suddenly become poor, but inevitably no longer had the income to support their luxurious life. But the interesting thing is that they also have enough wealth to squander it for a long time.

If you think about it carefully, this seems to be the kindness of the emperor, or maybe it is a different kind of sarcasm.

Thinking of this, Mozo himself shook his head and said that Emperor Heather should not be like this. Not killing the Douglas family’s wealth should be his rare ‘tolerance’ in this matter.

Verdani has changed into knight armor. At the same time, he was also wearing black robes like Mo Zuo and the other two.

She looked at the hurried residents around and couldn’t help but said:

“Although we are the beneficiaries, Emperor Heather’s move is a bit too much.”

Audrey also nodded in agreement:

“It’s really too much to kill the donkey.”

As she said this, she looked around carefully and then whispered:

“And in their eyes, that angel succeeded. He was so ruthless even though he died for his country. Isn’t this guy afraid that other high-ranking people in the country will turn away from him?”

This is something Audrey has never understood. She clearly remembers that this emperor had a good reputation, so why did he do such a stupid thing?

Verdani also had similar doubts. She knew that Emperor Heather was worried that the Douglas family, which separated the north and south of the empire, would split the empire.

But in her opinion, as long as the royal family and the Douglas family have some tacit understanding and cooperation, it should be a win-win situation.

After all, the Douglas family themselves should know that without angels or even demigods, they will never be able to hold a fiefdom of this level.

They were probably ready to cut their flesh, but they probably didn’t expect that their emperor would stab them in the heart.

Mo Zuo was relatively clear about the two girls’ doubts.

Looking at Verdani’s messy long hair caused by the hood, he naturally stretched out his hand to help comb it and said to the two girls: