Chapter 1400: Chapter 528: Struggle [5200 Words]_2

Of course, everyone knows this is just an excuse. The truth is that the majority of the officers and soldiers in these guards have family members now working for enterprises under the Red Peak Consortium. Although they still rely on the food from the Viscount Nan Jiu Mansion, deep down, they have long been people of the Red Peak Consortium.

Even the situation within the private military fleet of the Viscount Nan Jiu Mansion was the same, so the order by Grue’s brother to bombard the planet’s surface was instantly rejected.

Just a slight delay, and the relevant documents of the Chief Court ruling against the Viscount Nan Jiu Mansion arrived through the information flow network. The Augustus family immediately lost power, even selling off their title. All industries, private forces, fiefs, and even titles became the property of the Red Peak Consortium. Grue was left with the soon-to-be-lost position as the director of the Military and Political Department of the Southern Nine Star System.

Thus, the plan to kill Sera and Vittel became a complete fantasy, no longer a topic of discussion.

"Lord Viscount, and not only that, during the seven or eight hours you were unconscious, the Red Peak Consortium not only took over all the industries, even the Academy of Sciences and its most core factories were not spared. Many people from the Augustus family have even changed their surnames, some to Chen, some to Zheng, some to Ma, but most to Ren. These people all brought their families and assets to the new offices built by Earl Red Blade on various planets, proclaiming their allegiance. As for those who were not originally surnamed Augustus, they fled even faster. Also, the first wife, who came back with you from Nanxiang Marquis, has already... has left the star system with your firstborn, claiming to settle on the ancestral planet of the Liu family."

The servant meticulously explained the current situation, and Grue Augustus could hardly be unaware of the outcome of being utterly betrayed and isolated, nearly fainting again.

Afterwards, Grue had this loyal servant buy a brand new wrist watch from the nearest kiosk to calculate how much of their assets were left.

To make matters worse, the general manager of the Red Peak Consortium, Chen Guohua, was utterly ruthless. Just by relying on mortgage contracts, he stripped Grue, a dignified viscount, of all his assets in court, not even leaving a wrist watch behind. It’s said that if court officers hadn’t stopped him, Chen Guohua would have wanted his subordinates to strip Grue of his clothes, robbing Grue of his last shred of dignity.

Currently, Gratefully, this loyal servant wasn’t present in court at that time, only managing the minor external affairs of the Viscount Nan Jiu Mansion from the administrative main star, and watched the court proceedings remotely. Upon hearing that an economic enforcement team was preparing to confiscate assets, he hurriedly gathered some small and soft assets from the villa and escaped, then pawned some of the assets with old acquaintances, saving Grue from ending up on the streets, allowing him to at least stay in a motel. As for why the elder servant chose this rundown little motel, it was primarily to avoid drawing too much attention, lest people notice he still had some money left, that’s all.

After waiting nearly two hours, the loyal servant sneaked in like a thief and handed Grue a brand-new anonymous wrist watch.

Grue nervously put it on and logged into his Tiger’s Head account to check, almost fainting again.

Thanks to the powerful communication capabilities brought by information flow technology and the feature of everything being on the internet, the Chief Court’s asset seizure of the Augustus family was extremely thorough.

No matter how many hidden reserves and latent setups the Augustus family had placed outside over the millennia, they were all thoroughly uprooted. Grue’s personal and family accounts were already completely empty, scoured cleaner than a monk’s scalp, truly leaving not even a single hair’s worth.

"This is outright bullying! The Earl’s dignity is dignity, but my Viscount’s dignity isn’t? Just one rank higher, why is there such a large disparity? Besides, the title of Viscount Nan Jiu was earned by ancestors through life-threatening battle accomplishments, how can a mere contract invalidate it? How!"

Grue Augustus began to furiously roar and curse inside the room.

The loyal old servant dared not speak, only silently wiping tears.

After finally exhausting his curses, Grue slowly gathered his emotions, speaking to himself, "Forget it, I deserve this. Though there are few precedents, I indeed signed those contracts. I must accept the outcome. If I decided to be a gambler, I should have had the resolve to lose. What’s the phrase again? Oh right, it’s said that I lack skill compared to others. But how could my Augustus family, with its millennia-long legacy, have no contingencies? Earl Red Blade has territory in the Shattered Star Ring, and does my Augustus family have none?"

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