Guilty Records

The girl who asked the question had a smile on her brows, which made people feel as if a breeze was blowing, comfortable and moving. Although she was asking Tang Zhibai, her starry eyes closely followed the Duke's every move.

The Duke of Norman responded with an elegant smile, and said softly: "Of course, this child is Baron Xiaoyin's nephew, Lin Su."

"It's also the protagonist of today's banquet."

Hearing this, everyone in the house was surprised, many of them? Mrs. Earl revealed a look of astonishment, covered his face with a fan and quietly looked at the black-haired boy? His expression was very different from the previous second.

But the young girl pursed her red lips and said with a puzzled expression: "Isn't today your banquet? What about the main character? Could it be Mr. Lin? Could it be... today is Mr. Lin's birthday? "

I saw those plump ladies looking at me with weird eyes, like hostility or vigilance, Tang Zhibai was also quite confused, quietly looking at the Duke of Norman, wanting to ask.

The Duke took his hand and drew him to him.

Grint snapped his fingers behind him. Grint nodded in understanding, then stood on the high platform and waved his hand to signal the band to suspend the music.

Immediately, the huge and luxurious main hall gradually became quiet. The nobles stopped talking, and the people stopped dancing, all eyes turned to the old butler above.

Even the nobles outside the garden noticed the strangeness in the hall, put down their wine glasses one after another, and walked into the hall.

Mr. Grint bowed gracefully to everyone, and said loudly: "Thank you for coming to the Norman Manor. Below, welcome to our most respected Duke of Norman."

The audience applauded one after another. The luster on the silver plate, the swaying light of the candles, and the decorative ribbons on the treetops were all gorgeous and eye-catching, reflecting on the faces of every guest, adding a lot of joy.At the same time, everyone was also excited and joyful to see the noble Duke of Norman with their own eyes.

After the old butler left the stage.

"Child? Come with me." The Duke of Norman smiled, and took Tang Zhibai's hand and walked slowly towards the center of the high platform.

At this moment, Tang Zhibai finally felt that the trend of things was becoming weird, but under the eyes of countless people in front of him, he couldn't ask, and stood beside the Duke a little helplessly.

In the audience, Alyosha watched their every move, and found that the Duke had brought Lin Su to the stage. The young man shook his glass and said in surprise, "I never expected that Ah Su would have such a relationship with the Duke." ?good."

Among all the people, only Louis looked surly, staring at the middle-aged man on the stage with a gloomy expression, black mist gradually spread in his cold eyes.

The Duke of Norman embodies the elegance and confidence of a British gentleman in his gestures. He said loudly: "Welcome everyone to visit Norman Manor!"

There was warm applause again from the audience.

"Today? I invite everyone to come, not only to add color to everyone's beautiful night, but also to announce a particularly important thing."

After all, the Duke pulled the young man to him. Tang Zhibai suddenly felt that the development of the gaffe was not good, but Lin Xiao didn't know at this moment because his uncle had been away. The Duke's actions added a touch of weirdness.

He could only force a smile on his face, and followed the Duke's steps forward step by step.

"Everyone knows? Ten years ago, after the death of my lover, I still feel ashamed. I also swore never to marry a wife. Maybe the Norman family needs to inherit and carry forward. This is not something I can do with my will. If I insist on doing that, I will be an unfaithful and unfilial descendant of the Norman family."

"But everything is not without a turnaround until I meet this kid?..."

Tang Zhibai rubbed his fingers and said in his heart, his back couldn't help but a layer of cold sweat came up.

Sure enough, the Duke of Norman said: "Lin Xu, the child I have always looked forward to. From today on, he will become the godson of my Xiaowei ben Norman, the legitimate heir of the Norman family."

Everyone was shocked when they heard the words, and the amount of information contained in the words was so amazing that it would be an explosive news for the whole of the UK.

Countless people changed their faces, and some of the offshoots of the Norman family even lost their composure and knocked over the wine glass.

But everyone has no time to take care of them, most of the ladies and ladies, their faces become ugly?

You know, behind the heirs of the Norman family, they represent supreme power and abundant money. Countless young girls who have a crush on the duke are still having delusional and beautiful dreams. This fantasy throne is handed over to others.

Even, still an unknown kid?

The Duke of Norman fondled his crutch secretly, watching the expressions of the crowd with a half-smile, as if he hadn't dropped the bomb.

Tang Zhibai was dumbfounded, too shocked to speak, pulled the Duke's sleeves and whispered: "Master Duke, does my uncle know about this matter? I... maybe... I can't do this at all, I'm sorry ?Mediocre, unable to take on such a big task."

Norman patted him on the shoulder as if to appease him, the corners of his mouth curled up a bit strangely, and he said softly: "Of course he? knows about such an important matter."

Tang Zhibai frowned, lowered his head and couldn't accept the sudden change, but felt his hands and feet were a little cold, "No, I should discuss it with my uncle, I'm not mentally prepared."

Norman squeezed his shoulder, and said lightly: "Don't worry, there is a reason why he didn't tell you. You will get used to the position of the heir of the Norman family one day. Don't worry."

Tang Zhibai glanced at him suspiciously...

After a moment of confusion, the crowd started to congratulate Tang Zhibai for becoming a member of the Norman family, and the duke's faction began to praise the duke's decision. face, hurried away.

The next thing is to find other ways to stop this from happening?!Some families are happy and some are sad, and some people will be sleepless all night, but it cannot be denied that this matter will be spread throughout London on the second day.

When he heard the news, Alyosha squeezed the wine glass in shock, repeatedly confirming the matter as if he felt that he was hallucinating.

Looking at the thin black-haired boy on the stage, from the corner of his eye, he saw those ugly and even vicious nobles, the boy gradually frowned.

The status that fell from the sky was not a good thing for Ah Su.

Born? The royal family of Tsarist Russia. Alyosha, who has been deeply involved in political disputes since he was a child, and has been far away from his homeland, knows this matter better than anyone else.

With such shocking news, what the women around are best at is to unravel the cocoon of a new round of topics, and start to look for clues from this boy.

The duke was being complimented in front, and rumors began to spread in the rear.

"Lin Su is Lin Xiaoyin's nephew? Well, isn't that her..." A lady in a purple gauze dress covered her mouth in disbelief and murmured, "My God, it's hard to imagine "It's as deep as the Duke's affection for her."

Another noble lady was quite jealous, "It's hard to say, this Lin Xu was brought here for no reason, and he may not necessarily be Lin Xiaoxiao's child? Otherwise, what? After so many years, the child of the past? Absurd To mess around like that? He has become the laughing stock of the whole of London, and the Duke doesn’t care about him?”

The noble lady thought it was unreasonable, and retorted: "But if you do the math carefully, it's about the same age. That child? When I first came out, I felt familiar. When Lin Xiaoxiao was assassinated, listen? Said it was a carload of blood, how can you use a gun? There will be so much blood?"

The lady hesitated, "Perhaps... is it because Lin Xiao adopted this Asian child because of his longing for his younger sister? When Lin Xiaoxiao died, he had been devastated for a long time."

At this time, a woman leaned over again, covered her face softly and said, "I heard that Lin Fu is the Duke's illegitimate son."

"What??" Everyone was surprised.

The woman chuckled, "Did you know that the Norman brothers seized power fiercely back then? After Lin Xiaoxiao became pregnant, she never dared to let outsiders know about it? Unfortunately, the news leaked out, and the assassination happened. Fortunately, outsiders saw her The blood all over the place thought that the child was already lost, but in fact, it was the Duke who secretly protected him."

"And he used to pretend all kinds of farce. Look, do you see that such a smart and well-behaved person is like the ignorant fool in the legend?"

All the women present hesitated, some even nodded and murmured, "No wonder..."

Alyosha listened attentively to these rumors, and secretly worried for him.

Although Tang Zhibai accepted everyone's compliments on the stage, the turmoil in his heart became bigger and bigger, until he was terrified.

What happened to him? He didn't even think about it. He lived a new life, didn't he want to be the heir of the Norman family.

As Mo Yi's number one enemy, when the protagonist rises up, maybe he won't even know what happened to him?

And this matter is too strange, because Lin Xiao hasn't shown up all the time, according to Tang Zhibai's understanding, he is the kind of person who doesn't care about the overall situation because of a little illness and pain. After all, he has worked hard for the Norman family for so many years. , not to mention that it was a major matter related to Lin Su, Lin Xiaoyin? He was the kind of man who would get up and control the situation even if he was terminally ill.

Tang Zhibai hesitated, thinking of Louis' reminder just now, he was startled, could it be that Louis knew it just now?

Looking back, after coming here, he always felt that this lively and grand banquet was full of dangerous factors. He finally hesitated and said: "Your Excellency, I am still very worried about uncle. Now, let me see him."

After all, are you ready to leave?

Norman grabbed his shoulder and patted him lightly: "Don't be so anxious, you will see him at the end of the banquet. Now, your task is to show the attitude of the Norman family and take good care of every guest. feel."

The Duke of Norman's voice is not high, faint, but with a terrifying majesty, as if you will understand in your heart what kind of horrible end you will get if you refuse this man.

This kind of invisible threat made Tang Zhibai shudder uncontrollably. He secretly glanced at Louis's position, saw the boy still standing there intact and watched him, thinking that Lin Xiao was so trusting and loyal to Norman. He could only restrain himself from believing his words temporarily.

So he said softly: "Okay."

Norman touched his head with a slight smile, and said softly: "Xiao Su, you really look more and more like your uncle... Okay, very? Good..."

A toast was raised in the hall to celebrate, and the grand banquet came to an end when the big ancient bell on the top of the tower rang for the second time.Such polite conversations that try to camouflage exhausted not only physically, but also mentally.

The banquet ended, and when the Duke of Norman let him go, he braced himself to pick up Louis.

Alyosha's expression remained the same, but he whispered to him in a solemn tone: "We'll talk when we go back to the academy, and be careful recently."

Tang Zhibai nodded gratefully.

Mr. Grint escorted him out of the manor. Tang Zhibai was depressed, but he still missed Lin Xiaoyin in his heart, and asked seriously: "Mr. Grint, where is my uncle? You promised to see him when the banquet is over. "

The old butler replied, "The Duke's plan has changed temporarily, and the baron needs to discuss matters with him in the manor. Don't worry, when you open your eyes tomorrow morning, you will be able to see the baron."

Tang Zhibai's eyes froze, his emotions couldn't be suppressed immediately, and he raised his voice: "You lied to me?"

The old butler smiled decently and gracefully, "It's just that there are many affairs in the manor, and there are temporary changes? That's all, what? I'm deceiving you, you might as well go home and wait at ease."

Tang Zhibai breathed out a turbid breath, feeling that his head was about to explode, and he was helpless in the face of this experienced old butler, so he could only give him a hard look, "It's better that my uncle is fine, otherwise..."

The last threat was not uttered, and the old butler still remained unmoved, "Don't worry, the baron has entered and exited this place hundreds of times, and there was no danger in any of them."

Having reached this point, Tang Zhibai's only solution was to go back and wait.

He no longer looked at Grint, suppressed the anger in his heart, and led Louis back into the car.

"Drive the car." Tang Zhibai ordered.

"The baron hasn't gotten into the car yet." Mrs. Smith in the front seat turned around, a little surprised.

"Let's drive the car." Tang Zhibai closed his eyes exhaustedly and stroked his forehead.

Seeing that he looked wrong, Mrs. Smith also signaled the driver to start the car quickly.

At this moment, rumors about Lin Su have spread all over the sky. Mrs. Smith, who has been waiting in the car, has already heard that after the car drove steadily for a certain distance, she turned her head several times and finally couldn't help but speak. , asked cautiously: "Mr. Lin? It is rumored that you have become the heir of the Norman family. What's the matter?"

Tang Zhibai, who was leaning on Louis' shoulder at the back of the car, waved his hand weakly, and said dumbly: "I don't know either."

Mrs. Smith was surprised.

He rubbed his temples, "Perhaps, we will only know the reason when uncle comes back."

Lu Yi beside him watched the boy calmly, and he held his hands tightly.

Bai, I will protect you...

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After returning to Luoming Manor, Mrs. Smith wanted to put Louis in the guest room, but seeing that Louis was somewhat resistant, considering his feelings, Tang Zhibai waved and decided that the two would still sleep together.

Ignoring Mrs. Smith's advice, everything was settled.

Under the starry night, accompanied by the sound of the ancient bronze bell, Tang Zhibai was extremely exhausted in the dark. Hearing the whirling sound of the leaves being blown by the wind in the courtyard, he tossed and turned, but couldn't fall asleep.