Codex Pirates

Chapter 156

Arcadio wantonly suppressed his political opponents, especially with the help of someone with ulterior motives like Crowe, who magnified and terrorized Arcadio's attack, making everyone in the aristocratic district feel insecure, and no one dared to offend Arcadio. Tio, no one dared to sue in front of Norton I after someone secretly reported to Norton I, but was not trusted by Norton I and was liquidated by Arcadio afterwards.

All of a sudden, Arcadio seemed to be turning his power to the opposition, and some people in the aristocratic district even secretly spread rumors that he wanted to usurp the throne.

Aureliano on the hospital bed heard this rumor from nowhere. When Arcadio visited the doctor, he tried it out with hidden expectations, but Arcadio mercilessly reprimanded him and said something. Fan Zhongjun's patriotic remarks, as for his true thoughts, no one knows, including his only son.

When William returned to Kalmar City, he faced such a situation.

Dampier, who was stationed in Kalmar City, told William about the situation, and also told him that both Arcadio and the nobles who opposed Arcadio were looking for him.

It seems that the struggle between the two groups has indeed reached a fever pitch, almost to the point of life and death, and William, the representative of the force faction in the city, has already begun to win over.

If it weren't for the critical moment, these people probably wouldn't have thought of this level.

William thought about it, and decided to meet the group of people who opposed Arcadio first. He fed back the news that he wanted to meet Arcadio, and after getting a response, he took Aramis and Edmond and secretly went to the noble district. , the estate of the Secretary of the Interior Reld.

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At this time, in the manor of Reild, the Minister of the Interior, the nobles who opposed Arcadio were still arguing whether it was a good idea to invite William.

Some stubborn nobles still don't trust William, thinking that William is uneasy and kind. They are actually right, but in the current situation, they have nothing to do except to win over William.

"He is Arcadio's man after all. What if he was just sent by Arcadio to test us? What if he just came to get our information?" Someone kept asking questions like a cannonball.

Minister of the Interior Rield frowned: "I have already arranged people in a nearby room. As soon as I give a signal, they can rush in and subdue Stolter. This time the matter cannot be exposed, as long as he shows up If there is anything wrong, I will send a signal, whether it is successful or not, we must stop his mouth."

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After William and the others arrived at the manor, they were led to the conference room by a maid, but Aramis and Edmond were stopped outside the door. They glanced at William and saw him nodding slightly, so they didn't force their way in.

After William entered the room, Aramis smiled at the maid who had just led the way for the three of them.

Aramis's appearance is quite good, because he has practiced swords all the year round, he is tall and strong, and he has a lovable baby face, which looks harmless to humans and animals, especially when he smiles, his dimples and two small canine teeth are exposed, which is even more impressive It is easy to have a good impression.

"I seem to have seen you somewhere before." Aramis said with a smile.

The maid gave him a blank look, as if she wanted to complain about the old-fashioned pick-up words, but when she saw Aramis's baby face, she felt that she couldn't get angry, especially since Aramis had the experience of being a pirate, and the conscious and unconscious It also has a free and easy temperament, which is quite charming.

But after a while, Aramis, who was outstanding in appearance and eloquent, chatted and laughed with the maid, and Aramis led the maid away gradually.

On the other side, when the maid was attracted by Aramis and gradually left, Edmund wiped her red hair, walked slowly to the door of the room next to the meeting room, listened for a while, and opened the room directly. The door probe went in and took a look. After seeing that it was empty, he went to the door of the next room.

When he arrived at the new door, Edmund finally noticed something different. He had studied swordsmanship for many years and had excellent hearing. He could vaguely detect the sound of breathing behind the door.

He pushed open the door directly and looked into the house with his head.

Inside the room, more than a dozen strong and powerful men were startled by the sound of the door opening, and looked at Edmond who only showed his head in confusion and vigilance.

"May I ask," Edmund pushed the door a little wider, then walked into the room, and closed the door again, smiling and saying to a group of strong men with hostility written all over their faces, "You guys?" Aren't these big men crowded in such a small room, isn't it boring? How about I play with you for a while?"

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On the other side, after William entered the meeting room, he noticed more than a dozen eyes immediately fell on him, many of whom were full of malice.

William didn't take it seriously, and stood in front of the door and scanned the surroundings of the house. More than a dozen nobles from the Navia Kingdom were sitting or standing looking at him.

These people may be tall or short, fat or thin, with different appearances, ages, and temperaments, but they all wear high-end dresses and top hats. Even at this time, they still hold the status of nobles. When William looked at himself, he raised his chin slightly, as a greeting.

William looked directly at a fat old man among more than a dozen nobles. He knew that this was the Earl Reard, the Minister of the Interior. He is the only person who can distinguish himself from Arcadio as the Minister of Finance, and he can naturally become the backbone of Arcadio's opposition.

Strictly speaking, the Home Secretary's responsibilities include law and order and crime issues, and William is actually Earl Rild's subordinate.

However, if everything in this world really depends on powers and regulations, there will not be so many power struggles. Everyone in the noble district knows that William is from Arcadio, and William has never even taken the initiative to deal with Riel. Earl De reported to work, and Earl Rild had never summoned William before today, because he didn't want to make fun of himself.

"Captain Stolter, where have you been during this time? Why didn't you preside over the work in Kalmar City?"

After William closed the door, a thin middle-aged nobleman took the lead and questioned him sternly.

There is actually a reason for this nobleman’s words. When William left, he deliberately relaxed the management of the security of the slums, just to let the nobles who had eaten the hearts of bears and leopards learn a lesson. He told Edmund that he would wait until later. Slowly clean up these nobles, but before that, he doesn't mind taking some sweets.

In the past few days, there have been several crimes in the aristocratic district, targeting the slums that were originally calm under William's suppression.

Most of these cases were theft, but there were also two robbery and homicide cases. It was a "coincidence" that the victim of the homicide was the nobleman who had proposed to poison William at first. The criminal's method was extremely cruel, and the victim's head They were all cut off and taken away, so that the sheriff Dennis, who was investigating the scene at the time, looked very ugly.