A day ago, in a large palace somewhere, two men, an old man and a young man, were yelling and arguing, and a black-haired young man was silently watching.

"Your old ways are no longer good, and we're teetering......" said the young man.

"You are a vain, greedy, cruel child!" The old man interrupted him and roared.

"Then you're a stupid old thing!" The young man immediately roared back.

The old man was silent, and after a moment his voice sounded again in the palace: "...... Thou hast disobeyed the king's command and brought war and destruction upon the people of the peaceful land...... In the name of my father and of my fathers, I will cast you out of the door. ”

After a while, only the old man and the black-haired young man existed in the palace, and the young man who was arguing with the old man had disappeared.

The black-haired young man couldn't help but speak: "Father, you ......"

The old man waved his hand, raised the hammer in his hand to his mouth, and whispered: "Whoever holds this hammer in his hand and deserves it, will have the power of God!" ”

As he spoke, he threw out the hammer with all his might.

The hammer instantly pierced into a brilliant multicolored passage and fell sharply towards a certain part of the universe.

The old man frowned at the moment, and muttered in his heart: What the hell, it seems to have been thrown off?

Immediately, he looked at the black-haired young man next to him, and dismissed any intention of taking the hammer back and throwing it again.

Forget it, anyway, it's just a little bit off, for my stupid son, it's just a matter of walking a few more steps. Thinking so, he silently turned and walked into the depths of the palace.

Only the brunette young man was left standing.

After a long time, the corners of the young man's mouth curled, revealing a genuine evil smile.

……

At the New York airport, the Luke family had already boarded the plane, and he and another passenger switched seats and moved next to Robert.

During the flight, the two kept discussing in a whisper, and each of them was holding a mobile phone in his hand to write and draw on it.

Catherine didn't get involved, she knew that she couldn't help the two of them with what they were doing right now, and her most important task was to try to do the logistics and take care of the large number of people who were about to move to Houston when she arrived in Dallas.

At this time, she was also a little glad that Luke had made a lot of money this year.

Otherwise, this kind of "walk-and-go trip", her family is afraid that she can't afford it, and Selena's family is absolutely impossible.

When the plane arrives at Fort Worth, Luke calls an extended Lincoln with a driver, and Catherine takes Claire and Joseph into the car and heads east to Houston to arrange a "vacation".

Luke and Robert drove back to Shackford in the Chevrolet car they had left in the airportside parking lot.

In Lincoln's car, Joseph turned his head a little puzzled to look in the direction his father and brother had left, and asked, "Mom, why aren't Dad and Luke with us?" ”

Catherine smiled: "Because they're going to pick up a lot of people to play with, aren't they happy?" ”

Joseph nodded and didn't ask any more questions.

He was very smart, and when he looked at everyone's behavior, he knew that something must be wrong with the adults.

In this case, he should not add to the chaos.

Here, Luke sat in the driver's seat of the Chevrolet and sped up the car at a rapid pace.

Robert also pulled out his cell phone and began to call his men at the Shackford Police Department to ask them to do some preparations.

The reason he and Luke had just made up, as long as they claimed that the police department had received a donation, the donor would test the Shackford police department's ability to respond to emergencies, so they would do an emergency drill.

Of course, this money will be paid by Luke, and part of it will be distributed directly to the police officers as bonuses, and the outstanding police officers can also receive higher bonuses.

Robert made this point to his subordinates, lest they be perfunctory.

What unknown dangers, what powers, are far less simple, direct and quick than a little monetary stimulus.

Hearing a cheer on the other end of the phone, Robert hung up the phone silently, and suddenly sighed: "You make so much money, you shouldn't have thought of this situation, right?" ”

"This is a land of money, and the one who has money and can even drive it to serve us." Luke said calmly.

After a pause, he continued, "Even if it's not this time, there will be a next time. Even if it's not a mystery, it could be an enemy, an idiot, or a psychopath. And most of these dangers can be prevented and solved through money, so I choose to be rich, and I also make you and Catherine rich. It's not for anything, it's just for us to live a little safer. Money is just a tool to keep us safe. ”

Robert was silent for a long time, and smiled bitterly: "You are much more mature than when I was younger, I think that when they pulled me into the gang to make black money, I actually wanted to agree." ”

Luke raised an eyebrow: "They? It can't be your old comrade-in-arms, right? ”

Robert shook his head slightly: "It's a boss for a while, but I can only be seconded." And they didn't know, and I knew what they were trying to do with me, so I just had to let me go without applying for a transfer. ”

Luke was still a little curious: "What do they want to do?" ”

Robert glanced at him: "Illegal drugs, directly use military aircraft, at least one ton at a time." As long as the ground staff and guards of the base are paid, they don't have any risk, and a large box can be brought out casually by saying that it is food and water. ”

Luke was dumbfounded, but still shook his head: "This is not a small amount of money, you have to follow them, in a year or two millionaires are starting, and multimillionaires are not impossible." If you can refuse this temptation, you were no worse than me when you were young. ”

Robert didn't have a happy look on his face, but continued: "This is what made me suddenly understand that I may not be doing anything for the United States when I am fighting in the army, although the recruitment advertisements always say so. But I've seen a lot of bureaucrats who are not only corrupt, but they have become big dealers themselves. I couldn't bear to continue to be comrades-in-arms with these people, so I finally asked a few old friends to help me, and finally retired. ”

Speaking of this, he paused: "Frank Custer did me a favor and asked his boss to let me go." ”

Luke frowned: "He, also involved?" ”

Robert shook his head: "No, he just helped me out knowing I didn't want to be there anymore." ”

Luke pondered for a moment, "Who's that boss?" ”

Robert: "Ray Skunov, sort of a Marine, but he has a lot of connections, in the CIA, in the FBI, in the Bureau of Land Affairs. ”

Luke snorted, but pondered in his heart: This favor is really too heavy.

Frank Castelto is Robert's biggest creditor, and Luke has to be more attentive to his affairs.