It is no exaggeration to say that Marquis Grandet is a good actor, and the highest standard for a good actor is that when he is devoted to acting, he will even forget that he is performing.

Therefore, in the hall of the parliament, when the Marquis Grandet played a generous and kind philanthropist, he was moved by himself and burst into tears, and even wanted to send himself flowers...

Until the little white face, who came out of nowhere, suddenly burst out with tears in his eyes and interrupted!

Of course, although I was filled with regret and dissatisfaction, when I saw this young man looking at him admiringly, Marquis Grandet still kept a smile and asked patiently: "Young man, I never seem to have seen you?"

"Yes, I just came to the archipelago." Lin Taiping held Grandet's hand tightly like a real admirer. "But it doesn't matter who I am, what's important is, do you know my fiancée?"

"Fiancée?" Marquis Grandet was stunned for a moment and looked along Lin Taiping's gaze.

In an instant, his smile suddenly froze, and a vicious light flashed in his eyes, but only a moment later, the marquis suddenly returned to normal, and showed that extremely surprised expression, and trembled excitedly and greeted him: "Christine, is it you, is it really you?"

Perfect performance with perfect scores! Lin Taiping was so impressed that he was deeply moved by the nobles and civilians nearby. He thought to himself that the Marquis had done such a vicious thing? Look at the crystal tears shining in the corners of his eyes. That was simply an excitement and emotion from the bottom of his heart.

Of course, Christine would never think so. She frowned slightly and couldn't hide her disgust and took a few steps back: "Uncle, we're meeting again, it seems you're very happy?"

"Of course I'm glad, my child, what else can make me happier than you come back?" Marquis Grandet trembled with excitement, and raised his head piously, "Thank you, the kind gods, who sent you back to me... My dear child, why don't you tell me when you come back, don't leave again when you come back this time."

"As you wish, I will not leave again." Christine avoided his hug again and said coldly, "In fact, I will not only stay on Ivory Island this time, but also inherit everything from the family and become the real master of the Felit family!"

This sentence, like a heavy deep-water bomb, suddenly made the whole hall noise. Even though Marquis Grandet's acting skills were amazing, he was still almost unable to control his emotions at this moment, so the smile on his face became stiff, "My child, do you mean, are you going to inherit the legacy left by your father?"

"Is there any problem?" Christine raised her head fearlessly and stared at the other party calmly and resolutely. "My father has passed away for a long time. As his eldest daughter, shouldn't I inherit his legacy?"

"Of course, of course." Grandet was obviously a little caught off guard, but as an excellent actor, he calmed down quickly and sighed helplessly, "But the problem is that your father doesn't seem to have left much legacy, so..."

"Is that so? Not much?" Christine raised her eyebrows, but she said calmly quickly, "But I seem to remember that when my father was alive, he had at least one manor, two shops, and a grape planting field with an area of ​​more than three hundred acres... Mr. Grandet, can you tell me where these assets go now?"

Almost subconsciously, everyone in the ruling hall turned their heads neatly and looked at Grandet.

Without any panic, Grandet sighed softly and replied with sympathy: "My dear child, I can understand your feelings, but you don't know the truth... In fact, your father owed a large amount of debts due to the failure of trade during his lifetime. After his death, I had to sell those assets, and I took out a lot of them to help him pay off the debt."

As he was narrating in such a quiet manner, he turned to face everyone in the hall, raised his right hand indifferently: "I know that there have been rumors that are not conducive to me recently, but if anyone refuses to believe it, you can go to my place at any time, and there is a detailed debt list there... Regarding this, I can swear to the gods!"

It has to be admitted that his expression and tone were so perfect that the hundreds of listeners present could not help but believe most of them, and even a few fanatical admirers shouted directly: "Mr. Marquis, how could a gentleman as kind and noble as you do such a wrong thing?"

"No, I still did something wrong." Grandet sighed softly, his sad eyes flushed slightly, "My biggest mistake is that I shouldn't have agreed to my brother to help him hide this unfortunate news so that Christine can live a happier life... If I had known that this would hurt Christine and cause misunderstandings between our uncle and nephew, I should have considered it more clearly at that time."

This was a perfect performance, with slightly red eyes and sad but firm eyes, which were simply impeccable. The hundreds of listeners present looked at each other and immediately believed it a little more, and even began to sympathize with the Marquis.

"Hyitant!" Christine clenched her fists tightly, and her fingertips became pale because she tried too hard. Looking at the hypocritical and disgusting old face opposite, she really had the impulse to smash it over at all costs.

Pa! Pa! Pa! Pa!

But in this strange atmosphere, Lin Taiping suddenly clapped his hands again and showed a devilish smile: "It's a wonderful story, but I can't figure it out at all - well, as far as I know, the manor left by Christine's father, including 300 acres of grape planting fields, seems to be managed by you all the time."

Yes, after hearing this question, a slight discussion suddenly sounded in the ruling hall. Yes, maybe the shops and jewelry were sold to pay off their debts, but the wine estate left by the adult seemed to have been there all the time. In fact, half a year ago, Marquis Grandet also sold a large number of wines and made huge profits from it.

In an instant, Grandet's face changed slightly, but as his eyes flashed, he quickly returned to his calmness: "Of course, young man, as you said, the wine estate on the Grey Heights has been there all the time."

"So?" Lin Taiping smiled and touched his chin, "Marquis, don't tell me that even the manor has been given to you, and maybe even the name on the land deed has been changed."

"Of course not." Grandett replied calmly without any panic: "In fact, that manor has always been under Christine's name. I am just helping Christine run it. If you don't believe it, you can check the land deed at any time."

"Is that true?" Lin Taiping nodded with satisfaction, "What are you waiting for? Since that manor has always been there, why not go and check it out now and stay there at night."

As he said this, he took Christine's hand and was about to walk out the door. Marquis Grandet changed color slightly and suddenly shouted softly from behind: "Wait, I haven't finished it yet... Christine, there is something you may not know. Although the wine estate is still there, it was forcibly occupied by someone a few months ago."

"Forced?" Christine turned her head and sneered, and asked sarcastically, "I really didn't expect that someone would dare to occupy our family's assets on Ivory Island?"

"I also find it incredible." Grandet spread his hands with helpless face, with a cunning light flashing in his eyes. "In fact, over the past few months, I have sent people to negotiate with my partner many times, but those guys are unreasonable at all, and they have very strong strength. Even I am powerless."

"Is that?" Christine asked reluctantly, "I really want to know who is so powerful?"

"Um..." Grandet touched his beard thoughtfully. After a moment of silence, he finally hesitated and replied, "Okay, maybe I shouldn't have said that name, but those guys call themselves - the Blood Tooth Mercenary Group!"

Blood-Tooth Mercenary Group? The moment the word blurted out, the entire ruling hall was speechless, and many people couldn't help but say in surprise: "Damn it, they are those unreasonable guys? No wonder, no wonder they don't even take Lord Grandet seriously."

Yes, no wonder they were so surprised. You should know that the Blood Tooth Mercenary Group is a famous mercenary group in the Knoll Sea. It has been through bloody battles over the years and has more than 200 mercenaries, all of whom have experienced the test of the blood and fire battlefield. Qinglang, the leader of the mercenary group, is even a heavy armored knight in the middle level of bronze.

In fact, the reason why the Blood Tooth Mercenary Group appeared on Ivory Island was because it accepted the recruitment of the consul to help Ivory Island resist the invasion of pirates... However, this mercenary group was obviously not easy to talk to. In the years since they arrived at Ivory Island, they had created several conflicts. If it weren't for the support of a big man behind them, they would have been expelled long ago.

Because of this, when they heard the Blood Tooth Mercenary Group, everyone turned their heads neatly and looked at Christine with sympathy. The poor child, in front of the terrifying mercenaries who were unreasonable, would not even think of taking back a grape, let alone a wine estate.

"So, I can only accept this fact?" Christine lowered her head slightly, and the angry flames burned in her eyes. Even if she used her knees to think about it, she knew that the damn mercenary group must have reached some kind of collusion with Grande, and had already set up this despicable trap, waiting for her to jump into it helplessly.

If you don’t take back the manor, you can only watch Grandet continue to embezzle and occupy and take away his father’s last inheritance; and if you try to take back the manor, you have to face those arrogant and rough mercenaries. Those guys have long been bribed by Grandet and are waiting for their stupidity to come to the door, and then "miss" in the chaos...

"I'm afraid that's the case. On the one hand, they are very strong, on the other hand, we have to rely on them to defend against pirates." Grandet sighed helplessly, looking so heartbroken. "Listen, my dear child, I can understand your mood and want to help you regain the wine estate, but I really can't do anything about it. The force of those guys is really..."

"Martial power? Who said you want to use force?" A lazy voice suddenly rang without warning, causing everyone in the entire ruling hall to turn their heads and look at it.

In their surprised gaze, Lin Taiping carefully tidied his collar, coughed a few more times, and then raised his hands seriously-

"Actually, I am a negotiating expert. What I am best at is... to convince people with virtue!"

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Chapter completed!