Catherine and the Black Emperor

Chapter 129. William's Secret

Knights Island, Ice Bridge Market.

In a certain mansion, the locks have been pried open, and a group of servants are retrieving box after box of silver coins from a dry well.

"Matthias has hidden so much money!"

William looked at the glittering silver coins, his eyes revealing joy and greed.

"Now it's all mine."

He looked at the butler.

"Load everything into the carriage and take it back! Use my carriage; we won't be questioned!"

"Yes."

After giving some instructions, William left the market and headed to the next street, where there was a mansion he had rented under the name of his butler.

"Since you're here today, go and enjoy yourself. You can show some care for that congresswoman's wife when you get back tomorrow."

William was unaware that two people were following him closely from the city island all the way there.

After watching William enter the mansion that had been discovered earlier, Yuri pondered for a long time before telling his men, "Notify the pistol squad to rob the silver coins when the carriage enters the city island!"

His subordinate asked in surprise, "Captain, are you alright?"

"What could possibly happen? As long as we act quickly and leave no trace, they won't be able to find us. Besides, these silver coins are dirty money. Would William dare to search for them so openly?" Yuri analyzed.

The adults gave him certain privileges.

Now that we've seen William get dirty money, of course we'll make sure he gets nothing in the end!

"Go quickly."

"yes!"

His men quickly left.

Loading the silver coins onto the carts takes time, and the carts are slow, so there's plenty of time.

Yuri was not worried at all that the pistol team would fail.

Robbing a carriage doesn't even require firing a gun; it's just that carrying the silver coins takes some effort, but once the thieves are dealt with, the patrolling guards won't notice for a while.

As for himself—

From above Eurymon, they quietly sneaked into the mansion.

The adults wanted him to find out the secrets of the mansion, and William's arrival was a rare opportunity.

Having already familiarized himself with the route more than once, Yuri easily evaded the patrolling guards.

William was the British ambassador. Apart from the royal guards protecting his own residence, he had no authority to command the guards. The guards here were just servants he paid to hire.

"Here."

Yuri locked onto the room through the lit window, climbed over the wall to the second floor, and quietly approached the window.

The curtains were drawn, but one corner was not completely covered, allowing Yuri to see what was inside.

"Good heavens, it's a woman!"

Inside, a live sex show was unfolding.

Unlike the women kept on the city island, the women here had their hands tied and their mouths covered, and judging from their appearance, they were young girls!

This girl was kidnapped!

"That old man has some kind of fetish!"

Yuri's gaze was cold.

Although the girl was around ten years old, not a young child, she was still far from being of marriageable age.

Not daring to linger, Yuri quickly left the mansion.

Garden Mansion, Building 7.

Roman reported everything that had happened on Yuri's side to Sergei.

Sergei nodded: "Yuri did a good job. Those silver coins were dirty money, and he took them without hesitation. William didn't dare to make a fuss. As for the kidnapped girl, Yuri must find out her identity no matter what."

His intuition told him that the girl might be the key to bringing down William!

"Yes."

The next morning, just as dawn was breaking, William was awakened by the noise.

"My lord, my lord, something terrible has happened!"

"Damn it! What's all the noise about?!"

William opened the door with a look of annoyance, and when he found that it was the butler who came in, he immediately sobered up a bit.

"What happened?"

"Sir, the silver coins! Those silver coins have been stolen!"

"What?!"

William was instantly wide awake and grabbed the butler by the collar.

"Tell me what happened! What does 'kidnapped' mean? Who kidnapped you?!"

The steward shook his head, looking fearful: "No, I don't know. I went back first and had the servants clean out the cellar to store the silver coins, but the carriage never came, so I took people to look for it."

"Your carriage was found on the streets just inside the city island. The servants transporting the silver coins were all dead; someone had stolen them!"

William felt dizzy.

"My silver coins, my silver coins—"

That many silver coins were enough to cover all the salaries he had received from both England and Sweden over the years, as well as the money he had embezzled.

No.

Even when you add them all up, it's not that many!

With this money, even if he no longer serves as ambassador, returning to Britain would be enough for him to live a life of luxury and wealth!

But now, the money is gone!

there is none left!

"Find it for me! Even if you have to dig three feet into the ground, get the silver coins back for me! I want to see who dares to steal my things!"

William was furious.

"yes!"

The butler turned to leave, but William called him back.

Did the body alert the guards?

"No, when I arrived, the guards hadn't discovered it yet, so I immediately had the scene cleaned up. I also checked it, and there were no traces at the scene. Judging from the wounds on the bodies, the robbers were no ordinary people; they were extremely ruthless, killing almost everyone with a single blow."

William nodded: "It's good that the guards didn't find out. This must be kept quiet; we must search secretly!"

"I see."

"Also, this house can't be kept. Terminate the lease immediately, give the landlord a substantial benefit, and don't let him utter a word. Transfer the people being held upstairs to another location, a more secluded place!"

William glanced upstairs and felt a wave of fear wash over him.

It is certain that he or someone who went to the Ice Bridge Market before him was followed, which is why the other party knew about the silver coins and took them by surprise.

If the other party is only greedy for money, things are simple. But if the other party is secretly following you, discovers the mansion, and sees the girl being imprisoned here...

If this gets out, the consequences will be unimaginable.

After giving the butler a few more instructions, William dressed and left.

No sooner had he left than the steward ordered his men to knock out the girl upstairs, stuff her into a sack, and shove her into the carriage to be moved out. Little did they know, someone had already followed the carriage away.

William returned to the mansion with a gloomy expression.

The moment those silver coins were pulled from the dry well, he already considered them his property. Now that they had been robbed on the way, his heart was bleeding!

He returned to the bedroom and looked at Melia, who was huddled in the corner, looking at him warily.

"I'm in a really bad mood today. If you don't let me vent, I'll strangle your daughter with my own hands!"

William made a blatant threat.

"No, no! Don't hurt Lia!" Melia cried out anxiously.

William sat on the sofa and patted his thigh.

"That depends on your performance. Come here and sit on my lap!"

Melia looked at him in alarm, her feet frozen in place.

"Come here!" William shouted.

Melia was terrified that he would hurt her daughter at any moment, so she suppressed her fear and slowly stepped forward.

She stood in front of William.

Her delicate body trembled.

She never sat down on the other person's lap.