Chapter 906 Avengers
Duke Fantero felt a little strange. After all, it was so late and theoretically no one should bother him.
However, in this troubled time, strange things can happen, and the other party's way of knocking on the door is absolutely correct.
In fact, such great nobles are very careful even in their own homes. There is a reason why their families can continue to be glorious for hundreds of years.
"Who's out there?"
"Master, it's me."
Duke Fantero let out a sigh of relief when he heard the voice of his butler.
"What's the matter?"
"Sir, there is an envoy who calls himself Mr. Kossuth and has something very important to talk to you about."
The butler said apologetically that Duke Fantero understood very well. After all, this kind of thing was thankless, and he was not the only butler in the family. If he was unhappy, his future would be over.
Duke Fantero smiled knowingly. Only by making everyone respect and fear him can his life be stable.
As for Kossuth's envoy, he must have important matters at this time. Since he has already voted for the Hungarians, he must be more polite.
However, as soon as Duke Fantero opened the door, he was kicked hard in the crotch.
"Oh oh oh!"
Although Duke Fantero is old, he still reacts very strongly to being hit hard on key parts.
However, the visitor didn't take Duke Fantero's feelings into account. He pushed him down and then touched him.
Although Duke Fantero was suffering unprecedented pain at this time, he did not scream.
He just gasped and said: "One hundred thousand florins will buy my life. I swear on the honor of the Fantero family that I will never pursue this matter."
But the few uninvited guests didn't pay attention to Duke Fantero's words. They were just looking for something on their own.
Seeing that the other party did not respond, Duke Fantero could only grit his teeth and continue.
"Listen! You wretches! No matter who sent you here! You are all dead! If I die, you are dead!
No one in this world can protect you! No one can withstand the wrath of the Fantero family!
One million florins! You greedy devils! "
"A million florins?"
One of the masked men stopped what he was doing, and Duke Fantero shouted loudly when he saw something was going on.
"one million!"
But the only answer he got was a sneer.
"Hmph! There are so many! I don't know how many lives you can buy me."
The masked man's tone became colder and colder, and even though he was wearing a thick mask, Duke Fantero could feel the strong murderous intent.
Duke Fanter suddenly felt that something was wrong and wanted to move his body with his hind legs, but it was too late. The masked man stepped on Duke Fanter.
Then he took off his mask, which revealed a face that was half intact and half distorted.
The twisted half of his face was covered with worm-like scars and exaggerated sutures, making him look like a demon from the abyss.
This face was right in front of Duke Fantero, who showed fear for the first time, but it was obvious that he was just scared and disgusted, and did not remember anything.
This made the owner of the twisted face even more angry, but he was soon relieved.
"How can a big shot like you remember little bugs like us?"
The masked man took out his pocket watch and looked at the time and said.
"It's still early, we have time to talk. Let me tell you a story."
The masked man fell into deep memories:
"Once upon a time, there was a little boy. His father was a minor nobleman. After graduating from university, he stayed in Vienna for more than twenty years and finally filled the vacancy and became a low-level clerk."
(In fact, what he calls scribes is just scribes, but they have a formal establishment.)
"Although life is not as it should be, the family can still survive. However, something unexpected happened, and the little boy and his sister were playing and having fun in the downtown area.
At this time, a carriage rushed into the downtown area. Many people were knocked down and crushed to death by the carriage along the way.
This included the boy's sister, who could have been avoided."
The masked man's face became even more distorted, and his fingers dug deeply into the ruined half of his face, scratching out bloody traces.
“But she came back to save her brother, and the little boy was at a loss to see his sister with her internal organs squeezed out.
At this time, the damn carriage came back again. My face was ruined at that time! "
Duke Fantero immediately started to sweat on his forehead, because when he was young and frivolous, he really liked to ride horses in the city. At the same time, he was also an admirer of ancient Rome, and especially liked to drive a chariot and enjoy the pleasure of repeated crushing, but he still quibbled.
"The horse got out of control. It's not my fault! It was the driver."
The masked man grabbed Duke Fantero's face and looked at it carefully.
"I didn't admit my mistake. Later, my father went to court to sue you, but was treated as a false accusation and exiled to Dalmatia. In the end, only this pocket watch came back."
"I didn't do it! I swear! I don't know anything!"
Duke Fantero did not lie this time. After all, how could such a big thing alarm Mr. Fantero? He could just handle it for the next steward, not even the housekeeper.
Under the Austrian Empire's ordination system, the Fantero family could get dozens of places every year, so many people asked them to volunteer to do some dirty work.
"In addition to money and the so-called national justice, we also have some personal grudges. Duke Fantero.
Except for me, almost everyone here has been 'favoured' by you and your family. "
The masked man pointed at one of the short and thin people and said.
"He was imprisoned for eighteen years just because he held the coffee cup with his left hand. He was even charged with holding the coffee cup with his left hand. The arrest warrant is still in his house."
The masked man pointed at another person.
"He forcibly fried a tree."
The masked man scratched his head.
"What kind of tree is this?"
"White birch."
The masked man smiled at Duke Fantero and said.
"The kind that even a knife can't penetrate. Whoever you say is guilty is guilty, and whoever you say has committed a crime is guilty of that crime.
This family lives under a dam, and a certain gentleman of yours blew up the dam just to see the flood. Of the 32 people in his family, he was the only one who survived.
Do you think money and lives are still important to us? "
Duke Fantero was already sweating like rain at this time, because this was an order he personally gave.
But it was not that I wanted to see the flood, but that I was in a bad mood that day. My carriage was very bumpy in the rain and mud, but the passers-by were actually laughing.
Later, Franz moved the officials' residences below the dam in the hope of preventing such incidents from happening.
Of course, he was also shocked by the corruption and incompetence at the end of the dynasty, but several years had passed by then, and all Franz could do was find survivors to compensate and a chance for revenge.
Franz does not necessarily ask them to do these things. If there are people who are so open-minded that they can let go of everything, Franz will only bless them.