Eagle’s Glory

"Then you ask... hehe...hahaha..."

In the not spacious room, this shrill laughter has been echoing, making people feel a little creepy.

Even Aigron couldn't help but feel a little nervous in his heart.

However, he quickly regained his composure.

He didn't ask a question immediately, but asked a question for the other party first.

"Before I ask you, I think you must be very curious, why did I find you? Logically speaking, I should be ignorant of all this, even if I ran out of Austria, I should not notice your existence. ."

Samuel Russo didn't answer, just looked at the young man with a dead face, but his heart was naturally full of curiosity.

In those days, although Napoleon relied on them to plunder wealth everywhere to support his army, he also knew that once these things were exposed, it would affect his reputation and ruin his political ambitions, so he Strict secrecy measures are taken for everything, and others are not allowed to meddle in the matter, and even he will never mention their existence in public documents.

That is to say, as long as His Majesty the Emperor is gone, no one will notice them.

And after the fall of the empire, everything was more convenient - all the administrative institutions of the empire changed owners, the heirs of the empire were brought to Austria, everything was safe, and there was nothing to restrain them.

So, they did just that.

They have not been implicated in any way for so many years. Instead, they can take the property they divided up and live happily everywhere, which further proves their judgment.

He originally thought that this wealthy life would last until he died of old age, but he never thought that after more than ten years, all hope would come to an abrupt end.

He knew that he could never escape death, but he wanted to die a little more clearly.

Aigron saw what the other party was thinking, and he didn't give up any more, but continued to talk.

"You are indeed hiding quite deep, I almost never noticed your existence, let alone begging you for money-however, you have forgotten that you are dependent on the empire to survive after all, and what you have done Because, and also relying on the protection of the empire, you can't hide from all the high-level empires, especially the governor in Italy..."

"Prince Eugene!" The middle-aged man understood, and then sighed in pain, "He clearly passed away!"

"Yeah, he passed away, but he didn't take away the secrets he knew." Aegron sneered, "He left me a document he wrote before he died, describing your existence, and that I'll know in time that someone owes me a lot of money on this land - it's a pity, sir, that you fell at the last step, and I'll never forgive you."

The middle-aged man closed his eyes slightly, and for a moment it made people feel as if he had died, but the blood dripping from the corners of his mouth, the throat that had been rolling up and down and swallowing continuously, proved that he would continue to live to accept the pain.

This is the effect that Aigron intends to create. He moved out of Prince Eugene to finally strike the opponent's remaining psychological defense line, and let him face the doomsday that he brought himself in desperation-by the way, let him die and understand. .

Aegron was silent for a moment, allowing the other party time to digest the mental blow, and then asked his first question leisurely.

"Your leader, Baron Narosh, where is he now? In what capacity is he swaggering around?"

"Killed by us in 1815." Samuel Russo answered weakly without blinking an eyelid.

Then, as if he had given up on himself, he simply endured the pain and spoke to Aegron in one breath. "Since 1799, we have been doing this work for the emperor. We traveled around Italy, searching for the ancestral property of those rich nobles, sometimes robbing and sometimes stealing, and even digging graves. We've done it quite successfully, taking a steady stream of fortunes from this poor place, but we've also got blood on our hands... let me tell you, it's just the famous paintings that I sent to Paris. There are dozens of paintings, even Leonardo da Vinci and Raphael! I know you're not interested in knowing how we robbed us, but the blood on our hands, king of Rome, is on the hands of both of you, father and son You can't escape the blood... All the blood debts are due to you!"

Perhaps because of his excitement, he coughed violently, and then spat out a lot of blood, so he paused to relieve the pain in his mouth.

Then, he spoke again, "We've been doing this in silence for more than ten years, and gradually I'm tired. I want to retire, take a sum of money and leave, and live in the sun from now on. And among us I wasn't the only one who thought that, we tried each other out carefully, and then we got a consensus, so we went to apply with that guy Narosh - and he scolded us! He told us that since We have done this job, and there will never be a day when we will be free to quit. Unless someone above orders us to go, we must stay under his hand and work for the Empire.

So we all understood that we had absolutely no chance of quitting...because we did so many bad things, and more because we knew so much. The reputation of His Majesty the Emperor cannot be tarnished because of us. We must always be under the control of the Empire—even if we can retire one day in the future, I am afraid that we will live under surveillance for the rest of our lives, and may even be directly silenced. This fear makes us more united, but none of us dare to make similar requests again, we are just waiting silently, waiting for the day when we can escape alive..."

Then, he smiled, and his smile became a little distorted because of the twitching of the corners of his mouth, "It's lucky, of course it's unfortunate for you, since 1812, the emperor's life has crossed the peak and began to have bad luck, Failed blows left his empire crumbling, he began to ignore us, and we were no longer so afraid of the imperial blade, so we began to look for a chance to escape. Finally in 1814, Napoleon abdicated, was Exiled to Elba, the empire fell! You may not believe it, when we received this news, many people were in tears, because it means that our life's work has become nothing and meaningless! But we are also glad when we cry, because there is nothing to stop us from getting away...

So this time we went to Baron Narosh again. We think he should have no reason to refute us this time, right? We persuaded him that since we have lost our allegiance, we should just do our own thing, divide up the rest of the property, and then separate ourselves from each other and never communicate again. In order to reassure him, we also swore together that we would never reveal a single bit of a secret to outsiders, and we really meant it, because it didn't do us any good, and we just wanted to live a rich life for the rest of our lives. "

"It turns out he didn't listen to you?" Agron asked.

"He didn't listen." The middle-aged man replied in a hiss, "He told us that everything was only temporary. Although His Majesty the Emperor was exiled, he did not lose his ambition, nor did he lose his prestige in the hearts of the people. He'll be back in a little while! And while he's back in France, he must be desperate for our funds, so we can't break up.

We were furious when we heard it - over the years, we have worked diligently for the empire, although we have never received any recognition, but our achievements are comparable to that of a general, and we still can't get rid of it at this time, and we have to continue to wait. On the day he made a comeback, how could there be such a reason in the world? Those marshals and generals took the large rewards and titles he gave, betrayed him without guilt, and continued to enjoy high office and wealth in front of the Bourbon master; and we? We have always turned in the spoils we got, and never dared to slack off and default! In the past ten years, we have contributed more than 90% of the harvest to the empire. At the last moment, we took away the remaining 10% and left. Is there anything unreasonable? Are we much cleaner than the adults? "

As if unhappy, he stared at Aegron again, and then asked again, "Is there anything unreasonable!?"

"Under the circumstances at that time, if you honestly explain the situation to me, I would not mind giving you a severance payment." Aegron replied coldly, "However, you disbanded without permission and even killed you. The death of your superior... This is an act of treason that cannot be forgiven in any way, so you will suffer today's punishment."

"The empire no longer existed at that time, so who did we rebel against?" the middle-aged man hissed and asked, "The emperor has already abdicated, you are in Austria, and you are still an ignorant child, who should we be loyal to? Even a soldier can retire, why can't we leave? Do we have to die for him?"

"Why?" Aigron seemed to have heard a funny question, "How can there be so many whys in the world, since you are standing there, you are no longer your own, when you murdered and set fire, did you help the victims? Have you considered why? You keep saying that you are an accomplice, so every time you swing a knife, someone pushes your hand down? No, that's what you did yourself, don't make any excuses!

Without you, Napoleon would be alone. Could he be able to conquer the enemy country single-handedly? It was thousands of you who pushed Napoleon to the throne, and then surrounded him, swarming towards each country with greedy eyes, tearing open **** roads, and then sucking all the luscious juices inside! If his hands are covered in blood, so are you - you shouted long live the emperor, and with the help of his protection, you wantonly murdered and set fire on this land, and in the end you felt that you had no way out. It's ridiculous. ! You pushed him into that position, and after you do that, you have to bear all the consequences. He can't collect your bills, so of course I'm here... Your souls belonged to him long ago, and you will never be able to escape! "

Then, Aegron was too lazy to argue with the other party, "So, that's why you killed Baron Narosh at this time?"

Perhaps because of being robbed by Aegron, the middle-aged man's excited spirit dissipated in an instant, and he weakly shook his head.

"No...even at this time, although we were extremely dissatisfied, we didn't dare to do it, because he has been very prestigious in our hearts for so many years. Besides, we are not sure what other people will think, we are afraid If we mess around, we will be the target of all the criticism. So, things dragged on like this, we stopped for a while, and then tried to establish a connection with Elba Island to see what we should do next.

Not long after that, Baron Naroche told us one day that there was news from Elba that we were going to take the rest of the things to that island, because he was planning a big operation... well, although we were not I know the details, but after a while, we all understand that after he abdicated, he didn't give up, and he wanted to gamble again, but in the end, tens of thousands of lives were wasted for no reason..."

Then, he sneered again, "At this point, we can't bear it anymore, because at this time none of us have confidence in the Empire, and we know that we can no longer expect anything from Napoleon, so this is The only wealth left is the last guarantee for the rest of our lives, but that **** Narosh still has to work for him. He wants to work for himself, and he wants us to spend the rest of his life! At this time, even the most listened to him The person who spoke was also desperate, so he finally stopped hesitating, and we decided to act. When he collected the belongings and was ready to transport them away, we started to kill him and some of his die-hard men together, and then we ourselves Divide the belongings equally, everything is as simple as that."

Then, he sneered again, "A few months later, Napoleon really ran back to France, and we were terrified, for fear that he would succeed... In the end, fate seemed to be so good, he was finished, it was finished again! It seems that this is God's will, he brought devastation to the earth, and then he left, when he left, he did not increase France's territory by half, and spit it out! And we have done our task, we We have left a precious treasure for France! Hahahaha, there are no medals and no awards, but the Louvre will always remember our achievements! Hahahaha..."

Amid the frantic laughter, Aegron had little interest in arguing about it, because it was the truth.

It is impossible to count exactly how much property and art treasures France plundered from Italy during the Revolution, but the Louvre and the luxurious mansions built by other generals were filled with treasures from this place, which were brought to the After France, there is no hope of returning things to their original owners.

By the way, the large amount of money and cultural relics that Napoleon's army looted from Spain has not been returned.

Although the Bourbon family hoped to erase all traces of the imperial era after the restoration, they were equally happy to accept these spoils of the empire.

- Of course, to be fair, if Aegron ascends the throne one day, he has no interest in returning it.