Lord of War

  Soma Hastings, only twenty-nine years old this year, but he is already second only to Domingo Hastings in the entire Hastings family.

  Because, he is Luo Mingen’s city lord.

Of course, in fact, everyone in the Hastings family knows that Soma Hastings is not just Luo Mingen. Although he is nominally Luo Mingen’s city lord, in fact he is indeed powerful. , Has the management power of the entire Ting Qi Yinling-to put it bluntly, is an acting lord without the right to appoint. However, Domingo would basically not object to the appointment letter he submitted to Domingo Hastings, so everyone in the Hastings family knew that Soma became an official acting lord with the right to appoint. It is estimated that it will not be too far.

  Of course, Soma is also very smart.

That is, he did not participate in the election of the next patriarch of the Hastings family-as a side branch of the side branch, Somma Hastings has the surname of Hastings, but in the final analysis, he thinks like Domingo Hastings. People of direct bloodlines actually don't really value such distant relatives, so the candidate heir to the Hastings family is absolutely impossible to fall into Soma's hands.

  Because he chose to give up, Soma can now become an existence above 10,000 people under the entire Hastings family. This is not only because he is smart enough and reassuring enough, but also because Soma is really a talented person, unlike other remote branches who only talk and do something impractical. Daydreaming.

  It can even be said that there is a rumor circulating in the Hastings family today: Which patriarch candidate can get the support of Soma Hastings, then he will completely sit on the throne of the Hastings family patriarch.

  But, Soma Hastings really has no ambitions?

Even a little sensible noble child would not think so, but in fact many people always overestimate their own strength. Almost all future candidates for the head of the Hastings family believe that they must be able to control it. They can live with Soma Hastings, so they don’t care how strong Soma Hastings influence is now, and they even want Soma’s influence to be stronger, so as long as they can get his support, That's really a certainty.

  Only Soma knows best. Even if he is ambitious, there is no way to show it to him. The only hope is his grandson.

He has already planned to choose a candidate to support him as the patriarch when he is most influential, and then let his children grow up with his children, cultivate deeper bonds and friendships, and completely get rid of the far-reaching support. Embarrassing identity. In the generation of his son, even though he was still a collateral member, he would not be considered a relative too far away, so his grandson would hope to compete for the position of the head of the Hastings family.

  This is a long-term ambition that requires patience.

   But for many people, this is also a result worth looking forward to and fighting for.

   is just like the history of the development of the Michelin family.

  So for this long-term ambition and purpose, Soma Hastings spared no effort to manage the entire Tingqi Inheritance, and is eager to make him stronger. Under such circumstances, Soma's personal interests are completely tied to the interests of the entire Hastings family. Therefore, Soma has naturally devoted twelve points of energy to deal with accidents that occurred within the scope of his management. .

   Just like now, an archive file placed on his desk is the identity report of the seven adventurers who died on Songguo Street last night and some related speculations. And I don’t know if it was a coincidence or other reasons. It was placed on the table together with this file. There are also some news and intelligence about Sean and others. Of course, these intelligence news are all after Eli Kate’s disguise. Results.

  Soma's brows are frowning, this is his typical movement when thinking about things.

Of course he knows about the mysterious drawing that Master Roda obtained a few months ago, and it is precisely because of his order that the Yeros family will intervene. Of course, he is also telling the story. After Domingo's report, it was arranged after Domingo's approval was obtained. As for the entire Tin Chi Yin leader, 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 honorary nobles are, it’s not good. Under the circumstances of this method, no one dared to tear his face with the Hastings family, and naturally could only watch the forced negotiations between the Yeros family and the old man Rhoda.

But I don’t know why, this time the Yeros family’s habitual trick was not successful. Instead, they finally got a message from the headquarters of the Mage Guild to feed back to the ward here. This made the Yeros family feel shameless, and became angry with them. Already planning to kidnap Rhoda. And seeing that the signs of the Yeros family are wrong, other nobles are of course trying to save. 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 does not dare to do too much. .

  So in the case of multiple compromises, there will be a banquet in Hastings Manor a few days later.

  At that time, everyone will conduct a research and discussion on this mysterious drawing-in fact, it is just how to divide the cake. The original proposal was an auction, but when I thought of having more people than the Mage Guild, all the nobles lost their confidence, and this drawing was out of some dark side considerations, and no one wanted to let those big families and royal families. People intervened, so this banquet to be held in Hastings Manor seemed very secretive.

At this sensitive time, a foreign honorable noble arrived in Hastings and at the same time made contact with Master Rhoda. On the night of the contact, seven adventurers hired by the Yeros family died on the spot, regardless of the matter. There are obvious quirks no matter how you look at it.

But as Xiao En said, sometimes even if you know that something is wrong, you still have to make mistakes because of some facial problems. This is the so-called aristocratic approach-of course, for the aristocrats, this In fact, they are maintaining their family honor. And young aristocrats like Sean who have just won the title, when faced with such slander, they will definitely feel that they and their family are insulted, so they will definitely not bow their heads to others, and things will naturally become a big deal.

  But Sean, is this really such a nobleman?

  Soma just closed the two archives and was about to discuss with the Yeros family about how to deal with the foreign nobleman Fran Dumoy, but the door of the room was knocked suddenly.

   "What's the matter?" Soma asked in a deep voice. Because of the long-term prestige, Soma said this from a kind of majestic aura.

  He is very clear, because of his instructions, usually if there are no special circumstances, no one will knock on the door of his office. The normal processing steps must be to record the matter. When he opens the door at lunch break and in the evening, the secretary responsible for sorting and recording the matter will hand him the document that records the matter, and then he will spend a little more time to respond to what needs to be answered. Dealing with the matter, this is considered to be the completion of a day's work.

  But at this moment, he did not open the door of the room, and his secretary came to knock on the door of his room, then this means that the matter is very important or urgent, and he needs to deal with it immediately.

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

  "Sad Lord."

  Soma’s secretary is not a woman, but a man. He looks a little gentle and white, and looks a lot like the weak scholar described in the earth books, but he looks full of rigorous and serious aura while wearing gold glasses. The only thing that hasn't changed is him. The unsmiling face and that calm tone that was almost indifferent and lifeless.

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

   "Someone wants to see you." The secretary said.

Hearing this, Soma's brows wrinkled, and the expression on his face showed a trace of anger, and his voice suddenly became a bit cold: "It is because of this that you knocked on the door of the room and interrupted my thoughts. ?"

   "Yes." The secretary remained unsmiling but nodded seriously, "I have brought them to the reception room to wait for you."

Soma looked at her secretary coldly, perhaps outsiders didn’t know it, but Soma knew very well that her secretary named Kazi was also a rare talent, because he could always be very complicated. All the messy and messy things are organized clearly, and then these clearly organized content are transferred to his own hands, no matter how complicated the records are, they will become well-organized in his hands.

  As a result, Soma's workload has naturally been greatly reduced, which has also improved his work efficiency a lot. Moreover, when the things he has handled are transferred to Kazi's hands, things will also become orderly. What matters should be dealt with first, and what matters can be settled at the end. Everything does not need Soma to worry about and repeat. Qazi will arrange everything in order.

Looking at Qazi's calm face, Somana was quickly suppressed because of the anger that was generated after his thoughts were interrupted. Just as he knew Qazi well, Qazi also knew Soma very well, so If it is not a very necessary thing, Kazi will never disturb himself.

When reason regained the upper hand, Soma had guessed that the identity of the other party might be special, otherwise Kazi would let them wait until their lunch break, instead of ringing their room after bringing the other party to the reception room. Door, so Soma soon said, "Who is the other party?"

"Viscount Fran Dumoy and his two rebels." Kazi replied, "I think this matter is currently the highest priority that needs to be resolved, so it interrupted the adult's thinking, please forgive me. "

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

  At this moment, the temperament exuding from the two people is almost astonishingly consistent, and there is a kind of resonance.