Eagle’s Glory

Perhaps because he was completely desperate and just wanted a quick death, Samuel Russo cooperated very well with Aigron's questions and answered almost everything he knew.

But deep down in his heart, Aigron did not believe his words completely and without reservation.

Aiglon listened to the other party's confession calmly, used his own brain to carefully analyze the truth and falsehood of each sentence, and then continued, "You are wrong. The legacy left to France by the emperor is better than your few broken paintings." Much more valuable! He brought the entire nation to unprecedented heights. From then on, he will become a beacon to the glorious land. Every ambitious Frenchman will see the path he guided. Thousands of years later, these works of art I'm afraid it has been reduced to ashes, but his name will remain in the world forever. You carried him on your back and took away what should have belonged to him, so today I will come to punish you on his behalf, no less."

The middle-aged man lowered his head, obviously unconvinced by what Aigron said, but he did not dare to refute it directly.

"You just said that you divided the money equally. Who divided it? And where are they?" Aigron continued to ask.

"After a fierce fight, a total of six of us were still alive. Then we divided the spoils together and then went our separate ways." The middle-aged man replied in a low voice, "We have not met each other in these years - I think you can understand, right? We don’t want to see any reminders of our past memories, and we have no feelings for each other anymore.”

"No feelings? It's more than that - you should be angry." Aigron said with a hint of malice, "Think about it, you are also going through life and death, taking huge risks, killing your former bosses and companions, and you have done everything you can. All the evil deeds in the world are just to make yourself rich and wealthy... and what's the result? You are going to die and go to hell with a shameful reputation; but they can still stay in the world and enjoy the things you no longer have. Opportunity to enjoy the glory and wealth! Don’t you think it’s very comfortable and reasonable?”

Under Aigron's instigation, the middle-aged man's eyes flashed with pain and anger.

Indeed, everyone did the same thing but got different results. No one can be calm...

Especially among this group of "traitors" who have no emotional bonds, only commit murder, arson, and collude with each other to do evil.

Next, there was a brief silence.

The middle-aged man closed his eyes in despair, waiting for his imminent death - he knew that this young man might not be telling the truth, and he might have to suffer torture before dying, but now he has no choice. , can only believe in the "dignity" of this pretender to the throne.

However,

At this moment, he suddenly heard another sentence.

"Samuel Russo, how about we make a deal?"

The middle-aged man opened his eyes and looked at the other person in confusion, wondering what he wanted to do.

"I want to make the result fair -" Aigron said coldly, "Sir, I won't lie to you. I will definitely kill you, but I don't have to kill you at this time. I will keep your Life, but in exchange, you come to help me, find those former colleagues one by one, and then let me take their lives, and I can let you die last."

The middle-aged man was shocked for a while, but soon he couldn't laugh or cry again.

"What a surprising reward!" he taunted softly, "but it's not enough to make me a hound."

"Really?" Aiglon smiled, "It seems that the lesson I just gave you is not enough, and you have not learned to show due respect to me."

The pain in his mouth immediately reminded the middle-aged man of the cruel treatment he had suffered, so he shuddered suddenly and no longer dared to laugh, but his eyes were full of dissatisfaction.

"Now that we have found you, we will naturally also find your home and your family." Aigron reminded the other party, "Although they did not commit such a crime in terms of treason, the money they enjoyed They were all taken from me. In other words, they committed the crime of theft even without knowing it——"

Although he spoke quite calmly, the middle-aged man still shuddered. Today's series of events and the pain he had just suffered had made his thinking disordered. Only then did he realize that it was not just He and even his family are within the scope of the other party's monitoring.

Judging from the cruelty shown by this young man, he really dared to attack women and children.

"Your Majesty...please forgive them!" Having lost all fighting spirit, he finally gave in to the young man and called out the honorific. There was a hint of whimpering in his originally weak voice, "I can't do anything. If you are willing to do it, I just ask you to forgive them..."

"This is the attitude you should have." Aigron nodded with satisfaction, "Okay, let's make the conditions clear - you will temporarily serve as my hunting dog, help me deal with those rebellious ones one by one, and recover the things that should have belonged to me. My things. And after I finish all this, I will take your life in a painless way and let you atone for your original crime. During this period, I will never embarrass your family, just On the contrary, if your performance satisfies me, I can leave some money for them so that they can live normally. How about that?"

The middle-aged man thought about it and found that he seemed to have no reason to refuse now.

Although it is unpleasant to be called a "hound", objectively speaking, this is the best result he can get in the current situation.

He knew that he would definitely not be able to escape death, and he only cared about his family. As long as his family could survive, he would ask for nothing.

Moreover, as the young man said just now, he is now full of jealousy and resentment towards his former colleagues - obviously everyone deserves to go to hell, why do I have to face death, but they can continue to live and drink in the world?

This kind of jealousy also eats away at his last psychological defense, making him willing to serve the person who will eventually kill him.

The good and evil of human nature are intertwined together, ultimately leaving him at the mercy of Agron.

The middle-aged man nodded, and then said feebly, "I am willing to serve you, Your Majesty. Your order is an irreversible will to me."

"Ha, if you had said this earlier, you could have saved yourself so much pain." Aigron sneered and nodded.

For this guy, Aigron didn't have any pity in his heart - when he killed, set fire, stole and looted, there must have been countless victims under his hands. How could he have any pity at that time? Since he adheres to the law of preying on the weak, of course he can do whatever he wants when he gets it into his hands. As the saying goes, tit for tat.

Then, Aigron continued to ask about what he was interested in, and corroborated it with the information left by Prince Eugene.

By this time, the middle-aged man seemed to have completely accepted his fate, so his attitude was very cooperative, saving Aigron a lot of effort.

With the help of his confession, after spending some time, Aigron figured out the general context of what happened at that time——

During the expedition to Italy, in order to ease military expenditures, raise military supplies and increase personal wealth, Napoleon, who was still just a general at the time, secretly recruited people in the army and formed this special operations team. It was at that time that Samuel Russo was recruited. .

Since then, their footprints have spread all over Northern Italy, from Piedmont, Lombardy to Venice. They have left their blood debts everywhere in this wealthy area, and a large amount of treasures and precious works of art have also been secretly transported. The territory of France became the wealth of the empire.

This activity continued in secret until the first abdication of Emperor Napoleon in 1814, and in 1815 internal strife between them ended with the murder of their leader, Baron Narosh. The survivors divided up the remaining loot and went their separate ways, not interacting with each other.

Aigron has only caught the first one now, but with the help of this clue, he can find out all the survivors at that time.

Of course, this is not a job that can be completed in a day or two, and he cannot be personally responsible all the time. After all, he has more and more important things to do.

So he needs to leave this matter to someone he trusts.

He looked at Andre Davout, who had been silent next to him.

"Andre, go and take him into custody. Give him some medicine and control his injuries. Don't let him die so quickly."

"Yes." Andre Davout immediately responded to the order, then grabbed the middle-aged man's shoulders and dragged him out of the room.

At this time, Aigron looked out the window and found that the eastern night sky was already glowing with a little white light, like a ribbon.

After this interrogation, it was almost dawn.

Aiglon endured the exhaustion of staying up late and stood quietly by the window until after a long time, the door was finally opened again and Andre Davout walked in.

Because of the torture just now, he had a very strong smell of blood on his body, but Aigron didn't care about it.

"Andre, how is he doing?"

"He is very honest and does not dare to make any resistance. I have given him anesthetic and now he has fallen asleep. There are still people watching over him, so it is absolutely impossible for him to fly." Andre Davout replied, "It seems that he has fully After experiencing your power, I will never dare to be disrespectful to you again."

"We can't take this kind of cunning person lightly. No matter how honest he seems, we have to be careful of him doing tricks." Aigron reminded him, "When he wakes up, come and interrogate him personally. Ask him Tell him honestly where he has hidden all the property he received, and we will start recovering it from him first."

"Yes! Your Majesty." Andre agreed immediately.

It was obvious that he was really happy for everything that happened tonight.

The traitors to the empire have been duly punished, and the stolen property will soon be returned to their original owners. This means that his hard work during this period was worth it.

"Andre..." Just as he was chuckling, Aigron suddenly spoke again, "Everything you get from him belongs to you."

These words immediately shocked Andre. "Your Majesty...you don't have to..."

"It's nothing unnecessary." Aigron interrupted, "You have always been by my side to serve me, and you have made great contributions to my life and death several times. You even traveled with me from France to this place this time. ...I should reward you both emotionally and rationally."

"You have rewarded me." Andre replied quickly.

"It's just an empty title." Of course Aigron knew what the other party was referring to, so he smiled and shook his head, "These days, what's the point of being a duke and marquis if you don't have money in your hands? Money is everywhere. Nobles, they can only become the laughing stock of the social world... and I don't want you to be the laughing stock. You should have your own family business, and the sooner the better - so I want to give you this wealth. Listen, this is my order, no matter how much you get from him, it is yours, it depends on your own ability."

Egeron knew that the other party was loyal to him, but because of this, he could not treat the other party badly - because if someone saw that Andre Davout was so loyal but did not receive enough rewards, then who would be willing to be loyal?

He needs a role model, and Andre Davout is the perfect role model.

Seeing Aigron's determined expression, Andre said no more.

Only now, his eyes were filled with gratitude.

Although he was not loyal to His Majesty for money and title, His Majesty paid so much attention to his own needs, which added to the reason for him to be so cruel to His Majesty.

Only with unreserved loyalty can he repay such trust and love - it can even be said to be friendship.

"Your Majesty." He almost choked with emotion, "I just heard about the deeds of Baron Narosh. I have never seen him before, and I have not even heard of his name, but I admire him very much. He. He had always served the late emperor, willing to give up all his reputation and live in the shadows in obscurity. Even when the late emperor abdicated, he did not choose to abandon it, but tried his best to help the late emperor make a comeback. This kind of loyalty is awe-inspiring, and it is an example for me to learn from... If my ancestors can do it, I can do it too. Your Majesty, I owe you your favor and have been given such an important responsibility. The only thing I can repay you is like The same thing as Baron Narosh, that is my undying loyalty."

"I know." Aiglon smiled and nodded. "But I also want to remind you, Andre, everything I give you is not free. After you take this reward, you must complete these things for me - the tasks that Baron Narosh has not completed. , you come and finish it for him. I can only stay here for ten days. After I leave, I will leave the hound at your disposal. You can help me finish the rest of the things - remember, never let go. Live a rebellious life and they must get the consequences they deserve."

"Yes! Your Majesty." Andre stood up straight and answered firmly. "I will never betray your trust!"

Aiglon smiled slightly, then turned to look out the window. At this time, the long night was about to break, and the sky seemed to be covered with a layer of white veil. "This is the beginning of our reckoning, but it will never be the last."