Lord of War

Soma Hastings is only twenty-nine years old this year, but he is already the most powerful person in the entire Hastings family after Domingo Hastings.

Because, he is the city lord of Lomingen.

Of course, in fact, everyone in the Hastings family knows that Soma Hastings manages more than just Lomingen. Although he is the lord of Lomingen in name, he is actually very powerful. To put it bluntly, owning the management rights of the entire Tingqiyin collar is an acting lord without the right to appoint. However, Domingo will basically not object to the letter of appointment submitted by him to Domingo and Hastings, so everyone in the Hastings family knows that Soma has become an official acting lord with the right to appoint, Probably not too far away.

Of course, Soma is also very clever.

That's why he didn't run in the race to be the next patriarch of the Hastings family.

As a side branch of the side branch, although Soma Hastings has the surname of Hastings, in the final analysis, people like Domingo Hastings who consider themselves of direct blood do not think highly of such distant relatives, so Haisting It is absolutely impossible for the candidate heir of the Sting family to fall into Soma's hands.

It is precisely because he chose to give up that Soma can now become the existence of the entire Hastings family under one person and above ten thousand people. This is not only because he is smart enough and reassuring enough on the one hand, but also partly because Soma is indeed a real talent, unlike other distant branches who only talk in rhetoric and do some unrealistic things daydreaming.

It can even be said that there is a rumor circulating in the Hastings family: which patriarch candidate can win the support of Soma Hastings, then he will completely take the throne of the Hastings family patriarch.

But, does Soma Hasting really have no ambitions?

Even a slightly more sensible aristocratic child would not think so, but in fact, many people always overestimate their own strength. Almost all the candidates for the future patriarch of the Hastings family believe that they can control They can live with Soma Hastings, so they don't care how strong Soma Hasting's influence is now, and they even wish that Soma's influence can be stronger, so as long as they can get his support, then It's really a done deal.

Only Soma himself knows best that even if he has ambitions, there is no way to show him. The only hope is his grandson.

He has already planned to choose a candidate to support him to become the patriarch when he is the most influential, and then let his children grow up with his own children, cultivate deeper bonds and friendships, and completely get rid of the ties of distant branches. Embarrassing identity. And when it comes to his son's generation, even though he is still a side branch, he will not be considered as a relative who is too far away, so his grandson may hope to compete for the position of patriarch of the Hastings family.

This is a long-term ambition that requires patience.

But for many, it's also an outcome worth looking forward to and striving for.

Just like the development history of the Michelin family.

So for this long-term ambition and purpose, Soma Hastings spared no effort in managing the entire Tinky Inner Territory, and was eager to make him stronger. Under such circumstances, Soma's personal interests are completely tied to the interests of the entire Hastings family, so Soma naturally devotes all her energy to unexpected events that occur within her own management. to cope.

Just like now, a file on his desk,

It is the identity report and some related speculations of the seven adventurers who died on Pine Cone Avenue last night.

And I don’t know if it’s a coincidence or other reasons, and this file is placed on the table together with some news and intelligence about Sean and others. Of course, these intelligence information are all disguised by Eli Kate results.

Soma's brows were furrowed, which was a typical action when he was thinking about things.

Of course he knew about the mysterious blueprint obtained by Master Rhoda a few months ago, and it was precisely because of his order that the Yeros family intervened. After Ge's report, it was arranged after Domingo's approval. And in the entire Tinky family, any nobleman knows that the Yeros family is a veritable dog of the Hastings family. Since this dog is ready to bite people, no matter how unhappy the other honorable nobles are, they will not be happy if there is no good. Under the circumstances of the proposed method, no one dared to tear themselves apart with the Hastings family. Naturally, they could only watch the forced negotiation between the Yeros family and the old man Rhoda.

But I don’t know why, this time the Yeros family’s usual tricks were not successful, but finally let the Mage Guild headquarters send a message to the branch here. Already planning to kidnap Rhoda. Seeing that something is wrong with the Yeros family, other nobles are of course trying to save it. Sending guards to secretly protect Rhoda is one of the methods. At the same time, due to the joint pressure from the nobles, the Mage Guild dare not go too far. .

Therefore, under the circumstances of many compromises, there will be a banquet held at Hastings Manor a few days later.

At that time, everyone will conduct a research and discussion on this mysterious drawing. In fact, to put it bluntly, it is just how to divide the cake. The initial proposal was an auction, but when they thought they would have more money than the members of the Mage Guild, all the nobles lost confidence, and this blueprint was based on some dark side considerations, and no one wanted those big families and royal families to No one intervened, so the banquet to be held at Hastings Manor was very secretive.

At such a sensitive time, a foreign honored nobleman arrived in Hastings City, and at the same time made contact with Master Rhoda, and on the night of the contact, seven adventurers hired by the Yeros family died on the spot. No matter how you look at it, there is an obvious strangeness.

But as Xiao En said, sometimes even if you know something is wrong, you still have to make mistakes again and again due to some face problems. This is the so-called noble way. Of course, for the nobles, this is actually In safeguarding their family honor. And a young nobleman like Xiao En, who has just obtained a title, will definitely feel that he and his family have been insulted when faced with this kind of slander, so he will definitely not bow his head to others, and things will naturally become big.

But Sean, is he really such a nobleman?

Soma had just closed the two files and was about to start discussing with the members of the Yeros family how to deal with the foreign nobleman Frandumoy, when there was a sudden knock on the door.

"What's the matter?" Soma asked in a deep voice. Because of the long pointed prestige, Soma said this with a majestic aura.

He knew very well that because of his orders, usually, if there were no special circumstances, no one would knock on the door of his office. The normal processing steps must be to record the matter. When he opens the door during the lunch break and evening, the secretary in charge of sorting out and recording the matter will hand over the document to record the matter to him. Take care of things and it's considered a day's work.

But at this moment, he didn't open the door, and his secretary came to knock on his door, which means that the matter is very important or needs to be dealt with urgently.

So even though he was asking about something, he still got up, left his seat, walked to the door, and opened the door of the office.

"Master City Lord."

Soma's secretary is not a woman, but a man. He looks a bit gentle and fair, and looks like the frail scholar described in books on Earth, but wearing gold-rimmed glasses, he looks full of a rigorous and serious aura, the only thing that hasn't changed is his The unsmiling face and the calm tone that could almost be said to be indifferent and lifeless.

"What's the matter?" Soma replied again.

"Someone wants to see you," said the secretary.

Hearing this, Soma frowned, with a look of sullenness on his face. His voice suddenly became a little cold: "Is that why you knocked on the door to interrupt my train of thought?"

"Yes." The secretary still nodded seriously without smiling, "I have brought them to the reception room to wait for you."

Soma looked at his secretary coldly. Maybe outsiders don't know, but Soma knows very well that his secretary named Kazi is also a rare talent, because he can always make complicated things happen. And the chaotic things are sorted out clearly, and then these well-organized contents are transferred to his own hands, no matter how complicated the records are, they will become orderly in his hands.

In this way, Soma's workload was naturally greatly reduced, which also improved his work efficiency a lot.

And when the things he has finished handling are handed over to Qazi, things will also become orderly, what should be dealt with first, and what can be solved last, without Soma worrying about and repeating. Kazi will arrange everything.

Looking at Kaqi's calm face, Soma's anger after being interrupted was quickly suppressed. Just as he knew Kaqi very well, Kaqi also knew Soma very well, so Kazi would never bother himself unless something was absolutely necessary.

When reason regained the upper hand, Soma had already guessed that the other party's identity might be very special, otherwise, Kazi would have asked them to wait until he came out of his lunch break, instead of ringing himself after bringing the other party to the reception room. door, So Ma quickly said, "Who is the other party?"

"Viscount Frandumoy and his two subordinates." Kazi replied, "I think this matter is the most important thing to be solved at present, so I interrupted the Lord's train of thought, please forgive me."

When he heard the name of the visitor, Soma was indeed a little shocked. He couldn't figure out why this honorary nobleman from outside would come to him. But in the next moment, Soma realized that this foreign honorary nobleman might not be as simple as he imagined, so he quickly walked towards the reception room, and Kazi was also moving the office room. After the door was closed, he quickly followed Soma's pace, and walked behind at a position about one body away from Soma.

At this moment, the auras exuded by these two people were almost astonishingly consistent, and there was a resonant atmosphere. (To be continued) [This text is provided by Qihang Update Group @龙燕天] If you like this work, you are welcome to vote for recommendations and monthly tickets. Your support is my biggest motivation. )