Chapter 270 (1/2)

Darkness still enveloped the castle of Raging Fire, but the castle was glowing gloomily in the night like a firefly.

The news regarding the death of the castellan was spreading fast in the castle. From the slaveholders to Skywalkers, from Skywalkers to slaves, men, women, everyone was anxiously waiting in the dark and no one dared to sleep.

Those spies of the castle of Snowstorm were very excited. The power struggle in the castle of Raging Fire and the death of Lei Ming was huge news to them. They couldn’t even imagine what kind of prize they would receive.

However, they still needed to stay hidden. The lockdown hadn’t been lifted yet, the new person who was in charge of the castle at the moment might also carry out a search during the night, so they needed to be extra careful.

At the moment, in the palace of the castle of Raging Fire, many slaveholders were gathered in the hall of the palace waiting to meet Chamberlain and the fire messenger. Everyone was whispering nervously to each other in small groups.

Those who used to have a good relations.h.i.+p with Lei Ming were all planning how to give excuses to the fire messenger and to tell him that they had nothing to do with whatever Lei Ming was doing.

On the other hand, the slaveholders who were not on good terms with Lei Ming all secretly happy about what happened to Lei Ming.

The happiest person would be Cao Zhengyi, who was originally the lowest-ranking slaveholder amongst them.

When he entered the hall of the palace without any emotions, whether it was the low-level slaveholders like him or the high-level slaveholders, they all surrounded him as if he was the most important person in the castle.

“Brother Cao… I mean boss Cao, please help me this time. Whatever I did in the past was all because Lei Ming that monster forced me to do it… I had no choice…”

“Brother Cao, for the sake of me helping you in the last attack of the castle of Snowstorm… Please…”

“Brother, do you like the pretty girl I just sent to you? She is still a virgin…”

“Brother Zhengyi, we all know that you are always loyal to the brotherhood. Please look after brothers today. We have kept a really good bottle of spirit for you…”

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“Okay! Okay! Stop… stop!” Cao Zhengyi said sternly. However, inside his mind, he was overjoyed by other people’s flattery.

“Everyone, stop talking! Brother Zhengyi has an announcement!” an older high-level slaveholder said loudly.

Instantly, the hall of the palace fell silent. Cao Zhengyi was satisfied with their behavior. “Chamberlain has already said that he would not go after anyone who had a close relations.h.i.+p with Lei Ming, so you all need to stop guessing. Grandpa is a man of his words. So you don’t need to worry, In terms of other things. I’ll be honest with grandpa. I’ll not alter anything.”

“Brother Zhengyi is truly a man!”

“Yes. Brother. We are depending on you!”

“Brother Zhengyi, if you need me to do anything in the future, I’ll not hesitate!”

“I’ve heard that it was the second General who exposed Lei Ming’s secret plan. So the castellan’s place could be his…”

“If the second General becomes castellan, then the deputy castellan will definitely be brother Zhengyi! That position is in charge of the castle’s food supply. That is a lucrative post!”

“Yes, brother Zhengyi, we all support you!”

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“No… don’t say anything about me, if you are really doing it, it will only cause harm to me. Lei Ming is a great example… It’s about time now, I think the fire messenger and Chamberlain are going to arrive soon, so please get ready,” Cao Zhengyi waved his hand and said.

“Brother Zhengyi, who is this grandpa really, I have heard that he single-handedly killed Lei Ming and Fu Hanbiao,” a low-level slaveholder asked curiously.

“Do you think that you are qualified to call him grandpa!? And don’t ask that many questions, it will get you killed!” Cao Zhengyi glared at the slaveholder and threatened.

The low-level slaveholder suddenly realised what Cao Zhengyi was talking about, he immediately lifted his hand and started slapping his own face for asking this stupid question, “brother, you are right… Right…”

“Okay, that’s enough, remember, don’t ask any questions,” Cao Zhengyi squinted his eyes and said. Then he casually said, “I am really thirsty, I have been running around for the entire afternoon…”

The slaveholder immediately stopped slapping his own face and quickly found him a cup of water on a table next to them.

Cao Zhengyi nodded his head and merely said, “Mhm” to approve the behavior of the low-level slaveholder.

But just when he took a sip of water, someone’s voice appeared behind the hall, “Have you done the things that have been a.s.signed to you!?