Chapter 166 Brothers
Brown Jennings and Reed Jennings were lying on the railings of a whistle tower, watching the city of Saroyang at night. Compared to the already lively banquet, the outside of the Governor's House was extremely quiet. The Royal Musketeers received the order of the Marquis and had completely blocked the surroundings of the General Palace. During the banquet, no one was allowed to go out or come in.
Major Reed, as the direct superior of this musketeer reinforcement battalion, guarded the post tower and directed the defense of the Governor's Office.
The Major gave Brown a cigarette.
Although his elder brother left Flormink's manor for a few days, the major could see that Brown had changed a lot. In fact, the entire Jennings family had undergone earth-shaking mutations.
Baron Jennings was suddenly summoned by Marquis Whitehead, the empire's important minister, and inexplicably changed from a baron to a viscount.
He went from being a lieutenant company commander to a major regiment commander.
What shocked the entire family even more was that... Brown Jennings was engaged to the Marquis's eldest daughter, and the entire family did not know when Brown met Miss Anne. This time, Brown did not mention anything related to the Whitehead family.
The subsequent changes made Major Reed even more in a hurry.
He had just taken over the Third Regiment of the First Division of the Royal Musketeers Cavalry Regiment. Before he could finish his list, he received an order to move the defense. As the vanguard, the Third Regiment, was the first to follow the imperial emperor's order, to Saroyang City.
And Governor Marcelus is Brown's future father-in-law... Marquis of Whitehead.
Lighting a cigarette for Brown and illuminating another one for himself. Major Reed said to Brown: "Father is very worried about you...you must have been involved in something big. In the power struggle of the empire, we small families are cannon fodder and scapegoats.
Now the Marquis of Whitehead is Governor of Marcelus, and his daughter Miss Anne is the Director of the Special Security Bureau. You are Miss Anne's fiancé, and I am your younger brother, and have a regiment with two thousand guns in his hand.
The Jennings family is already tied up with the Whitehead family, and if something happens to the Governor, we will all be implicated."
Brown only learned that Marquis Whitehead was about to become Governor of Marcelus, which was the most unlucky official position in the entire empire. Once the emperor of the empire wanted to kill Marquis Whitehead, the Jennings family would definitely be the first to be dealt with when the liquidation was made.
The concern for the family made Brown, who usually doesn't smoke, take a deep breath of cigarettes, and then said: "On this time I encountered something very magical.
Perhaps it can protect the safety of the Jennings family.
But it is really too dangerous for you to be in Saroyang. After the banquet, I will ask Miss Anne to find a way to transfer you back. You are the most like your father and the most like the brave ancestors of the Jennings family. You should inherit the title."
This was the first time Brown said that he wanted to give up the title of inheriting the family, which suddenly shocked Major Reed: "How could you have this kind of thought... My father likes you the most, saying that you are the first smart person in the Jennings family, and you will make the Jennings family a magical family and no longer be called a hillbilly."
Brown's attitude was very firm: "I just told you that something magical happened to me. My life has changed and I will embark on a path to pursue the highest palace of magic.
I don't know what's going on on this road, but I know I'm sure I'll be in a lot of dangers and I can no longer bear the burden of the family.
Reed, please forgive me for my selfishness. The task of protecting the family can only be handed over to you.
I will ask Miss Anne to arrange for you to go back tomorrow.”
Major Reed said: "Although you are my brother, don't make decisions for me casually. I don't want to leave the battlefield like a deserter who is disgraced by relationships. I know what the province of Marcelus wants to do, and the entire empire knows it.
The First Division of the Royal Musketeer Cavalry Regiment came to Saroyang to prepare for the war. The ancestors of the Jennings family once shed blood here, and that honor was recorded in the family's history. This time I came... I will continue this honor here. This land belongs to the empire and no one can take it away!"
Brown wanted to persuade Major Reed again, but at this time, signal flares rose after signal flares in the distance...
Master Reed immediately threw away half of the cigarette in his hand and shouted to the Imperial soldiers below: "Beware... the Governor ordered that no one should approach here from now on, no one is allowed to leave.
If there is a forbidden person, no matter what identity... shoot and kill immediately!"
All the soldiers loaded bullets and aimed at the distant night.
After giving the order, Major Reed said to Brown: "The Governor seemed to have arranged a major operation tonight, and now it seems that it should be the beginning.
It may not be safe here, so go back to the hall.
We guarded outside, and no one could call in."
Brown knew that he would only get in the way here, so he hugged Reed and walked down the ward.
Signal flares in the distance frequently took off, and gunfire was already coming.
At this time, the gate of the Governor's Mansion was closed, and the atmosphere in the hall was peaceful... No matter what the outcome of Governor Marcelus would be, after the Marquis of Whitehead was officially appointed tomorrow, he would be the most powerful person in the entire Marcelus province.
Almost all the guests wanted to meet the future governor, and they came forward to chat with the Marquis in sequence according to their identities. The rules of this banquet were that each person had only one to two minutes to talk to the governor. They had to use this time to introduce themselves and use some wonderful ideas to strengthen the governor's impression of himself.
At this time, the Marquis Whitehead responded casually, which was a great encouragement for these people, as if they saw their bright future.
And when Brown returned to the hall from outside, without waiting for him to find Anne and Hannah, Marquis Whitehead shouted loudly: "Brown Jennings, my child, come here. Today, you should stand with me...
Anne is my favorite daughter. I want to take a good look at what you have. She stole my most precious pearl."
Marquis Whitehead's humor attracted a lot of laughter, and then made the lively banquet quiet. Everyone looked at Brown. Most of them were very jealous of this lucky guy. He easily got most of them in their lifetime and could not get anything.
Brown did not expect that he suddenly became the focus of the whole banquet, and was watched by everyone, which was even more nervous than when he was facing a room of students in class for the first time, making him unaware of "taking the left foot first or the right foot first."
Chapter completed!