Chapter 161: A Vicious Plot

Of course, as the legitimate eldest son of the Duke’s Mansion, this kid was not a pushover. After the initial shock, he displayed the thick-skinned divine skill inherited from his unreasonable mother, coldly asking the other side, if he didn’t pay, who could do anything to him, the Emperor’s nephew?

The few people on the opposite side were not angry either, immediately took out two killer moves, scaring this Pretty Boy into cold sweat all over. He quickly cried and begged for mercy.

It turned out that when hanging out with these punks, Pretty Boy also did two big stupid things. The first was taking advantage of being drunk to rape a Noble young lady invited by those guys. Originally this matter was nothing, after all his status was there, that Noble young lady’s family background was ordinary, not enough to make Pretty Boy afraid. But the problem was, the next day when Pretty Boy woke up, he found that the poor girl had actually died on his bed. Those guys unanimously thought he was the one who killed her. But Pretty Boy was drunk and confused at the time, didn’t know anything at all, so he muddledly thought he really did it.

Actually thinking about it now, that young lady was eight out of ten deliberately killed by those guys to frame this idiot. But this idiot didn’t understand this, still thinking these people were his friends and wouldn’t harm him. And then, Pretty Boy was forced by these guys to take the girl’s body to apologize to her parents, also wanting to handle this matter low-key. After all, this young lady was invited, couldn’t run away even if she wanted to.

Pretty Boy thought he would at most pay some money. But what Pretty Boy didn’t expect was that the other side was unusually tough, insisting on suing Pretty Boy in court, not a bit of possibility to compromise.

Such a shameful thing, Pretty Boy certainly didn’t want to make it public, what would happen if it blew up? So he desperately wanted to suppress the other side, and Pretty Boy’s friends also helped him speak, eventually both sides broke into a fierce conflict. His friends seemed to be possessed by demon gods, simply drew out swords and started killing, their attendants also swarmed up, not long after, that Noble family including servants, more than ten people all fell in a pool of blood. Pretty Boy didn’t react at the time, he actually didn’t want to do something so outrageous. But his fair-weather friends obviously didn’t think so, they very simply pinned the blame for this massacre on Pretty Boy, saying we were acting under orders, at most we were accomplices, someone was the mastermind!

Exterminating a whole family, and a Noble family at that, such a big crime, even Pretty Boy couldn’t bear it. No way, he could only naturally set fire to burn down their villa outside the city, pretending not to know. And until now it hadn’t been discovered.

As for the other matter, it was the even more serious crime of smuggling arms. It turned out that since following those guys playing, Pretty Boy felt money was not enough to spend, thinking his mother gave too little. So these guys instigated Pretty Boy to find a way to take over the family business, also gave him ideas, saying let his mother come forward to beg his father, as long as he prepared two top-quality beauties for that lecherous Fatty, plus his mother’s face, at least getting a workshop manager position was no problem. Whether it was bow and arrow, or Magic Wand and other workshops, those were all money! Just scraping a little bit would be endless spending!

Hearing these fair-weather friends’ words, Pretty Boy’s heart also wavered, so he started to beg his mother. His mother thought this made sense too, but beautiful women were hard to find, after all Fatty had high status and was rich, what women hadn’t he seen? Getting women that could satisfy him was not easy. But just at this time, Pretty Boy’s fair-weather friends actually got two rare Orc Fox Clan beauties, and both were young and beautiful virgins, on the black market, one was worth a thousand Gold, and even with money it was hard to buy.

It was relying on these two beauties that finally pried open Fatty’s mouth, making Pretty Boy become the person in charge of the bow and arrow workshop, under his command were over a thousand people. And the most critical thing was, he had the right to transfer bow and arrow stock. To say making money, naturally it was smuggling.

In the Griffin Kingdom’s laws, the state expressly forbade any family to privately sell bows and arrows to foreign countries, because if you sold them, who would the Emperor’s goods be sold to? So this gave rise to smuggling trade. Actually the Stephen Family privately, after completing the quota, if there was surplus, would also smuggle a little, but only a few hundred bows, not considered anything, even if the Emperor knew, he couldn’t be bothered to ask. But Pretty Boy was remarkable, this kid through the introduction of those friends, privately sold 5000 bows from stock in one breath. This was not a small number, almost enough to arm a small Legion, even for a Noble, it was a crime enough to exterminate the whole family.

Thus, with a debt of 50,000 Gold Coins, the massacre, plus these 5000 smuggled bows, with three big handles in others’ hands, Pretty Boy finally couldn’t hold on. He knew if these three things blew up, even his mom couldn’t help him, he would be skinned even if he didn’t die. Fortunately at this time, those guys gave him a way to live, which was the Formula for refining bows and arrows. As long as Pretty Boy gave them the Formula, they would not only not pursue the money, but also give Pretty Boy a large sum as commission. Under the threat of soft and hard means, Pretty Boy finally had to copy the Formula for them.

Actually thinking about it now, all this was obviously manipulated by a black hand behind the scenes. Otherwise, those kids wouldn’t dare to trouble the Duke’s Mansion, and whether it was the massacre, or the smuggling of 5000 bows, without a big force wiping their ass behind, it would be impossible to cover it up so simply. After all, the Royal Secret Agents all over the Continent were not vegetarians! Even those two Fox Clan beauties were worth suspecting, after all, such rare things, even with Fatty’s status, were hard to get, let alone those few small Noble sons from other places, obviously this was all part of the trap.

And now, if Fatty hadn’t planted a nail in the Augustus Family more than ten years ago, then Pretty Boy probably wouldn’t know who was plotting against him even when he died. Even Fatty would have died unjustly!

After hearing these things, Fatty was so angry his face turned green. Because time was tight, he only found out about Pretty Boy gambling and losing money, didn’t know about the massacre and smuggling. He also only found out now that this kid had caused such a series of big disasters. In a fit of rage and shame, Fatty directly picked up the teacup on the table and smashed it on his head, at the same time cursed, “You motherfucking bastard, you want our whole family to die with you!”

“Ah!” Pretty Boy was smashed until his face was covered in blood, and he screamed and fell to the ground pretending to be dead. His mother was also startled at first, but she quickly saw that this kid was faking it, and couldn’t help but scold angrily: “Why are you so ignorant? Exterminating a noble family? And you dare to smuggle such a huge amount of arms? If your uncle finds out about this, even I won’t be able to protect you!”

“Mom, I was wrong, please save me!” Pretty Boy was terrified when he heard this, and he didn’t care about pretending to be dead anymore. He quickly scrambled up, hugged his mother’s leg, and kept crying.

Fatty obviously couldn’t stand his cowardly look, and said angrily, “Lock this disgusting thing in the horse stable behind! Only give him water and bread!”

“Yes, Master!” The Chief Steward immediately agreed and led people to drag Pretty Boy out.

Although Pretty Boy kept begging his mother, the Duchess also knew at this moment that she shouldn’t say anything more. After all, this kid’s actions had exceeded the scope allowed by the rules, and if things went wrong, it could bring huge trouble to the entire family. Especially that extermination case; if it were commoners, it would be one thing, but that was a noble family! Even the Emperor cannot kill people casually! Last time the Old Mage killed a Duke, it was because the other party ambushed Little Stephen first, so it counted as self-defense, and thus no one could say anything. But this matter now was completely his responsibility, and if things went wrong, Pretty Boy might have to pay with his life!

Thinking of this serious consequence, the Duchess couldn’t help breaking out in a cold sweat, and hurriedly begged: “Master, please, save our son quickly!”

“Get lost!” Fatty said angrily: “Are you still thinking about him now? You should think about yourself first! The Augustus Family has caught such a big handle on us this time, will they let it go? What a good son you raised!”

“This, this damned Augustus Family!” When the Duchess heard this, she immediately remembered the mastermind behind the scenes, and immediately said through gritted teeth: “I’m going to settle the score with them!” As she said that, she was about to go out.

Fatty hurriedly said: “Come back here! Don’t cause trouble. You have no evidence, how are you going to settle the score with them? Apart from continuing to lose face in the noble circle, you won’t gain anything! And if you expose this matter now, do you think your son is dying too slowly?”

“But, but, what should we do?” The Duchess couldn’t help but start crying.

Fatty was also extremely anxious, sighing and helpless on the side, after all, the handle was now firmly in the hands of others. It would be hard for him to turn things around!

Just at this moment, Old Xie suddenly spoke up, “Hey, is it worth being so anxious over such a small matter?”

The Duchess thought Old Xie was making sarcastic remarks, and was so angry that she was about to rush over and fight Old Xie, but unexpectedly, Fatty pulled her aside. Then Fatty forced a few smiles and said to Old Xie gently: “Do you have a good way to solve this?”