Chapter 62: Jack Arrives

  "Your Excellency, Duke Xie!" The newcomer was a young man dressed as a servant, who ran to within ten meters of Li Xie before being blocked by Kano.

  "What's going on!" Kano shouted.

  The young man hastily said: "I am a servant of Earl Brown, and I have been ordered by my master to entertain the Duke of Evil."

  "Very well, Earl Brown, very well! Hmph!"

  Look at Vandy's face, he is about to disobey Li Xie's order and go kill Larry Brown!

  He roughly knew that the nobles looked down on others, so he used his own slaves to entertain this guest. Li Xie didn't mind at all and smiled: "What's your name?"

  "Little man, call Little De." Little De bowed to Li Xie: "Duke Li, my master is busy with his affairs and cannot come out to greet you in person. My master deeply apologizes for this, but he can only ask you to forgive him as he is preoccupied with the matters of Huajiang City. However, please don't despise me, Little De. I am a slave of the Brown family, and in Huajiang City, I can do anything. Please give your orders."

  "What do you mean?" Vandy Sell narrowed his eyes: "What we adults can't do, the slaves of your Brown family can? The slaves of your Brown family are more capable than our adults in Chrysanthemum City? Hmm?"

  "Alright, Vandy, you can withdraw." Li Xie chuckled and said: "Then I'll have to trouble Xiao De to book a hotel room for the duke."

  Li Xie's good attitude once again attracted the attention of Fan Di and others, who were all shocked! With Li Xie's status and power, he could have killed the slave on the spot to vent his anger, without even needing to open his mouth! But he was actually so polite?

  Li Xie was so polite that even Fan Dicano and others did not dare say much.

  Xiao De was still somewhat respectful to Li Xie, bowing and responding with a "yes", before turning towards the "Emperor's Hotel" with a reverent expression that instantly changed into a fierce and overbearing demeanor, loudly shouting: "My master has booked this hotel, what are you waiting for? Hurry up! If you're slow, we'll shut down directly!"

  The servants outside shouted one after another, and loudly cried out in the hotel: "The Viscount Brown, the master of the city, has taken over the hotel. Everyone is at ease."

  The sentence was spread in the hotel for several times, and the customers inside quickly left the hotel without complaint, silently leaving on their own initiative. The hotel owner and a group of miscellaneous workers also came out of the hotel, flattering Xiao De with "Lord De", giving orders to arrange horse-drawn carriages and accommodations for Li Xie's people, who were treated with respect by the hotel staff.

  Kano also went to help. A group of guards and servants were busy, leaving only Vandy Zyl, Zeinard, Li Xie and the little devil standing aside.

  "Xiao De is really capable." Li Xie said: "The hotel that Ben Gong couldn't even book, Xiao De settled with just one sentence."

  Xiao De's expression was respectful, but his words were arrogant: "That's because the master hasn't taken out my family's master title!"

  "Oh? Your master's name is quite useful?"

  "That's for sure!" Little De's face became even more complacent: "I don't know about other places, but in Chrysanthemum City, my master's word is law! No one dares to disobey! Let me tell you, with just one order from my master, all the nobles in Chrysanthemum City can be made to withdraw overnight! All the shops and markets will close! With just one command, the entire city of Chrysanthemum will instantly become a deserted city with only refugees!"

  "Wow! Such great ability!" Li Xie exclaimed in surprise.

  "That's... I'm telling you!" Little De seemed to have even forgotten to use honorifics!

  The two chatted, mostly Xiao De talking about Larry Brown's glorious past, Li Ye smiled and listened on the side, Zainuddin was expressionless, but Vandy Sell already had a black face!

  Soon, Li Xie's people were settled, and Xiao De insisted on staying behind to listen to Li Xie's orders. Li Xie politely declined him, letting him return, and also gave him a reward of 10,000 gold coins, telling him to thank Larry Brown for his hospitality and to understand Larry Brown's abilities!

  It was also noon, Li Xie's people arranged their rooms, the carriage was led to the hotel stable, and the guards and slaves were eating in the hotel lobby. Li Xie, Ze Ennaide, Fan Di Sel, and Kano sat at one table, located in the innermost part of the lobby.

  Fan Di finally couldn't help it, frowning and saying: "Your Excellency, I really can't understand why you..."

  "Why are you so talkative?" Li Xie saw that Kano was also puzzled, chuckled and was about to explain things clearly, but the cat on his head wearing a fur hat meowed and jumped onto the table.

  The little kitten's fluffy face was facing Li Xie, its small paws scratching against Li Xie's wine cup, making a piercing sound.

  Li Xie nodded in agreement and burst out laughing: "Unexpectedly, it's still my family's Miao Miao who understands me the most! Don't worry, I'll take gold and people, but I won't lack your wine!"

  The little cat contentedly stuck out its small tongue and licked its lips, the right corner of its mouth curled up, revealing a small canine tooth, and it smiled slyly before walking over to Xie Yunna's side and starting to eat the beef patty that Xie Yunna hadn't eaten yet.

  The kitten eats very little, usually just drinks. It's willing to eat Zayn's food, which is a blessing in Li Xie's eyes! However, the normally cold and aloof Zayn has a gloomy expression on his face. The kitten is clearly bullying him, but he doesn't dare do anything about it. After all, he lost a drinking game to the kitten, who is now his "meow sister", while he is just her little brother!

  "What's on your mind, sir?" Vandy Sell asked anxiously, not interested in the least about the kitten bullying Zernard.

  Li Xie sneered: "What's the plan? Now, let Larry Brown show off! Tonight's dinner party, he'll probably invite all the big and small nobles in the city. Do you think I'm going to beg him for bribes? Hmph! I want them all to be ruined tonight! Their family fortunes, I want to take everything away, not leaving a single penny! You say, what am I angry with them about now? If they love to slow us down, let them slow us down. If they love to show off, let them show off until they're satisfied!"

  Vandy Sell's eyes widened in shock: "You mean, tonight at the banquet, we're going to kill all the nobles?"

  This... is too cruel!

  Li Xie's eyes gleamed with a cold light: "I'm not good at sinister plots, I only know that once the snake loses its head, it will definitely die! Since I have absolute military power in my hands, I should be straightforward and cut off these snake heads! However..."

  Van Diel said in a low voice: "Is Your Excellency worried about those 30,000 militia?"

  "Ah!" Li Xie said with a worried tone: "No need to look, I can also guess that Larry Brown is just superficially powerful, his noble group is just an interest-based organization, when the interests shift, they will disperse completely, not worth worrying about! And his subordinates are all mobs, all of them are useless people who only know how to bully and take advantage of others! The problem is these 30,000 militia soldiers! If they were just a group of ordinary civilian troops, I wouldn't be worried, but they are actually the convicts and scoundrels recruited by Larry Brown from all over the place! With you and Zein protecting me, I'm not afraid of danger!"

  "No, sir!" Vandy Sell said: "If 30,000 militia surrounded and attacked collectively, the subordinate and Zain could only protect the safety of adults, while others..."

  "I understand." Li Xie shook his head and said, "You think too highly of Larry Brown! Once he's dead, will his militiamen avenge him? They'll definitely scatter in all directions!"

  "What's worrying you, sir?" Vandy Sell couldn't help but wonder!

  "They're all vicious people, do you think they'll just disperse like that? Some of them will form gangs and become bandits like Reddy Gagga's group, while others will loot and burn in the city until they've had their fill before escaping! And we're just a handful of people, completely unable to deal with them. By then, Chrysanthemum City will be in chaos, it'll truly become a deserted city! A deserted city is nothing to worry about, what I'm more worried about are the innocent civilians in the city, who knows how many will die or get injured?"

  "The superior is kind and generous, it turns out he was worried about the safety of the people! I, on the other hand, didn't think of the people, how shameful!"

  "Haha, you're standing on the dam, unaware of the anthill beneath your feet!" Li Xie swirled his wine cup: "You all think about it too, how should we solve the problem of these 30,000 militia soldiers?"

  "Look out!" Vandy Sell suddenly said, immediately standing up and moving to the front, his eyes shifting towards the door, where he saw a man and woman talking to the hotel's porter.

  "Look at that man's appearance," Vandyke exclaimed with joy: "Your Honor, it is Jack! Deputy Commander of the Forbidden Army!"

  "Oh? Go on, let them in!"

  Vandy Sell's Jack, with the woman by his side, quickly walked up to Li Xie and knelt down on one knee, clasping his fists: "Deputy Commander of the Imperial Guard, Ninth-Ranked Sword Saint, Baron Rothschild Jack pays respects to Duke Li!"

  The woman made a curtsy: "Anne Raphaello Rothschild at your service."

  The evil duke gazed at the two of them.

  Jack was a man who looked about thirty years old, with a sturdy build and at least two meters tall. His black hair was cut short, his deep brown eyes were well-defined, and his facial features were sharp, making him look like a male model from a magazine, but unlike the models who gave people a feeling of "handsomeness", Jack gave off an aura that seemed more like a bronze statue - firm, strong! Especially the gaze that shot out from his eyes was like the edge of a dagger, sharp and venomous.

  He's a real tough guy!

  Li Xie gives his first impression!

  The woman beside Jack, can't help but say, she made Li Xie's eyes light up!

  Her long black hair cascaded down like a waterfall, contrasting with her skin as white as snow. Her eyebrows were like wisps of smoke and her eyes shone like the moon. Her face was like an intricately carved ice sculpture on a snowy backdrop. If she wore a pure white princess dress, she would be a fairy in the snow. But instead, she wore a simple white tunic, dressed as a commoner, yet still seemed like a celestial being who had descended to earth and become a girl next door! Especially with her sweet smile that made one want to get close to her.

  For her, Li Xie just took a glance, admired in his heart, and then his gaze locked onto Jack, don't doubt Li Xie's orientation, it's just that looking at someone else's wife for too long is impolite, and even more so can't be used to flirt, being a decent human being is a bottom line that Li Xie must have.

  "Get up, Jack. Are you a baron?" Li raised an eyebrow: "The Imperial Guard is the most important branch of the royal army, and as the deputy commander of the Imperial Guard, you are also considered to be in a high position with great power, why do you only have the title of baron?"