"Hmph." David snorted coldly.

"Hello, Your Excellency." Spiritton, who was standing behind him, immediately bowed and saluted.

"Then the city lord, the face has also been met, and the etiquette has been done enough, can you let us go?" Kevin Peel stared at each other with a smile, "Or is this the hospitality of the royal family?" ”

David's face suddenly turned cold and he didn't respond.

On the contrary, it was Lingston behind him who reacted the fastest, and personally went to untie the two of them, "Due to the urgency of the situation, Lord David had to use a special method to invite the two, I am very sorry for this, and I hope you can ...... it."

"Well, it's really special." Du Yuhan loosened his wrist and raised his eyebrows.

At the first time of removing the restraints, Kevin vigorously tore off the big red flower pinned to the top of his head, pinched it with two fingers and handed it to the other party, quite a taste of settling accounts after the autumn, "So, is this also one of the special methods?" ”

"This ......," Ringston chuckled dryly.

"I can explain that." David waved for the others to step back.

"I want to hear about it." Du Yuhan made a gesture of please.

David pursed his lips and hesitated for a moment, but finally made up his mind to speak slowly, "I need your help with something—"

"I refuse." But before he could finish speaking, he was interrupted by Kevin with a smile.

David was stunned.

Since he was a child, he has rarely asked for help from others, and he has never been rejected so bluntly, and he was immediately furious, "What did you say!? ”

"I said, I refuse." As if worried that the other party didn't hear clearly, Kevin said word by word, "Do you need to repeat it again, Your Excellency the City Lord?" ”

Eager to pounce and scratch that handsome face, David bit his lower lip white, "I'm not done yet!" ”

"Needless to say, with your rude way of inviting and this tasteless welcoming place, I don't think it's a good thing." Kevin casually cocked his legs and threw the big red flower into the corner in disgust.

Du Yuhan: ......

Kevin definitely didn't deliberately refuse because he was forced to wear a big red flower.

Well, it must not be.

"If you hadn't lost all the gifts from others, would I have made this decision?!" David's face flushed with excitement.

"Gifts?" Du Yuhan frowned, the piles of gifts in the hotel were all sent by civilians, he didn't think that the other party would have the leisure time to care about the way he handled the gifts. Unless......

"You sent it." Kevin said firmly.

David didn't speak, but judging by the angry expression, he was right.

"I never knew that the city lord worshiped him so much." Du Yuhan laughed.

"You-"

David saw that he was about to have another seizure, and Lingston behind him couldn't stand it anymore, so he hurriedly grabbed the angry master and explained respectfully: "Your Excellency, in order not to attract the attention of others, the city lord specially put an invitation letter in the gift box, hoping to discuss important matters with you. ”

However, because of an inexplicable woman, Kevin was furious and threw away all the gift boxes in a fit of rage. And David, who had been waiting for a reply, saw that there was no follow-up for many days, and decided to use unconventional means to tie the two up.

But recently, Du Yuhan often goes out early and returns late under the entanglement of Jesse and John, and they don't even have a chance to do it, so they finally caught the opportunity today.

Du Yuhan touched his chin, no wonder Lingston was so anxious when he learned that he had thrown away all the gifts.

Suddenly, Kevin's eyes narrowed dangerously, "So, that damn woman was also sent by you?" ”

"Woman? What woman? David frowned.

Judging by his reaction, the woman should just be a civilian who simply wants to stammer, and it seems that it has nothing to do with David. Seeing this, Kevin's face turned slightly pale, and he snorted coldly and stopped talking.

Du Yuhan cleared his throat and pulled back the topic that was a little crooked, "Your Excellency David, you took such great pains to invite us to meet, it shouldn't be just to discuss the way we handle gifts, right?" ”

Seeing that he finally got down to business, David stopped beating around the bush, "I want you to investigate someone." ”

Hearing this, Du Yuhan raised his eyebrows.

What kind of person is it, even the city lord can't carry out an investigation in his own royal city, and actually needs the assistance of outsiders? Holding back the doubts in his heart, he said lightly: "Who?" ”

David looked him straight in the eye, "Regent." ”

"Regent?" Du Yuhan was stunned.

"That's right." David flashed a look of determination, "My uncle, Prince Bane Griffin. ”

The unexpected answer made the two look at each other.

As long as you stay in high society for a few days, who doesn't know how much the regent spoils the city lord without limits? As long as the city lord wants, no matter how scarce the items, the regent will try his best to order someone to find them; As long as it is ordered by the lord of the city, no matter how unreasonable the reason, the regent will fully support it despite all difficulties.

cleaned up the mess without complaint, and handled the affairs of the royal city without complaint...... With such a right-hand man to solve problems for himself, the city lord actually wants to investigate him?

"I guess I should have the right to know why."

David lowered his eyes and stared at the patterns on his clothes, hiding some kind of emotion in his eyes, "When my father was alive, Uncle Bain had already pacified the frontier for my father and made great contributions to the prosperity and stability of the royal city. ”

Bane is brave and good at fighting, making enemies fearful on the battlefield and making great achievements; And in private, he is straightforward and informal, and he is deeply loved and respected by other generals.

At that time, the young David liked this all-powerful uncle very much, and often stuck to him like a little heel. And Bain, who has no children under his knees, is even more fond of this only nephew and treats him as his own.

Unfortunately, the good times did not last long, and a few years later, David's queen mother contracted an unknown disease and became seriously ill in bed. Bane couldn't see the city lord's sad face all day long, so he led a team of men and horses to volunteer to find a good doctor.

However, David's queen mother didn't survive until Bane returned, and she died. The old city lord also became ill with depression due to the longing for his deceased wife, and followed him a few months later, leaving behind David, who was only nine years old, and a group of nobles who were eyeing the throne.

A few months later, Bane received news that he had returned with a beautiful exotic woman and her brother.

Bain, who lost a loved one, hugged David's thin body and vowed to fulfill his brother's last wish and assist David wholeheartedly. After that, he purged the chaotic party and re-established the prestige of the royal family, which gradually stabilized.

"What's wrong with that?" Du Yuhan frowned.

Hearing now, it seems to be a story of "a generation of loyal ministers who have dedicated their lives to the royal family", if even this kind of prince has to doubt it, it really has a little bit of meaning to unload the mill and kill the donkey.

Having said that, if you want to kill a donkey, you have to wait until you have the ability to kill it, and now you can't even stand on your heels, and don't you wait for the people who are plotting bad to tear yourself apart?

"It does look normal." As if remembering something, Davy's brows furrowed, "But I know that my uncle has become very strange since then. ”

"Strange?" Kevin sneered, "I think it's you who is strange, right?" ”

"Nope! You don't understand at all! David clenched his immature fists and glared at each other fiercely, "I did this for a reason!" ”

Du Yuhan raised his eyebrows and did not say anything.

When the political situation calms down, Bane marries an exotic woman named Delphi. Yiqiē seems to be moving in a good direction, but it is also from then that many strange things have appeared in the vicinity of the royal city.

Someone found that there were many altars suspected of being the Shadow Cult in the vicinity, piles of weathered corpses buried under the desert, strange puppet rubble appeared on the originally flat surface, and there were often traveling mages of unknown origin in the city.

He had ordered someone to investigate, but unfortunately he found nothing but some worthless clues.

What worries him even more is that the residents of the city have also begun to show some strange symptoms.

"Strange symptoms?" Kevin, who had a casual attitude, frowned lightly and couldn't help but sit up straight, "For example?" ”

Ringston took over, "Such as occasionally falling asleep, being depressed during the day, and losing your appetite. Or maybe you go berserk and do something unbelievable. No matter how much the doctor examined, he couldn't find the cause. ”

"Could it be just a physical malaise?" Du Yuhan listened like a sub-healthy person in the old and modern times.

"If it were one or two people once in a while, I wouldn't be so wary." David snorted coldly, "The point is that there are dozens of such residents, every once in a while

"Most importantly, most of the patients are young children." Lingerston grimaced.

Children are the future of the royal city, and if this vision leads to a population fault, then the situation of the royal city is very dangerous.

"Young children?" Kevin was stunned, "So you banned that puppet a few days ago?" ”

When David heard this, he was also stunned, "Have you investigated?" ”

Plush toy? What Muppets?

Du Yuhan looked at Kevin puzzled, but the other party only pursed his lips, and he didn't seem to explain at all.

Having said that, Kevin has been eyebrow-toeing with Vic a lot lately, and he deliberately avoids what topics he is secretly muttering, looking like "we have something to hide from you".

He narrowed his eyes slightly.

There are quirks!

But now was not a good time to question, and he turned his attention back to David, "What does this have to do with your uncle?" ”

"Nope! Absolutely relevant! David said in a firm tone, "These strange things all happened after my uncle married that woman, how can there be such a coincidental thing in the world?" ”

"Did you mention this to him?"

David nodded, then shook his head again, "I only mentioned it probably, but Uncle didn't take it seriously and didn't do anything, so I started to doubt him." ”

"That's why you give those strange orders every once in a while?" Du Yuhan suddenly understood.

David lowered his head and stared at his white palm, "My strength is too weak, even if I find a clue, I can't fight head-on, I can only use my own methods to prevent some things from happening." ”

When he found that someone was building an altar nearby, he arranged for mercenaries to capture the demonic beasts in that area, even if it was worthless; When he found that someone was using sand to make an unknown puppet, he ordered the townspeople to plant trees; Discovering that someone was digging up a large amount of energy ore, he ordered a ban on the sale of hoes and shovels inside and outside the city.

"And what's the deal with this flower?" Kevin asked coldly.

Glancing at the big red flower that had been left in the corner, David pouted and said, "Recently, I received information that a group of suspicious mages have gathered near the main city. According to my analysis, it was supposed to be a shadow mage who was going to perform an evil ritual. This knitted handicraft is unique to the city of Toba, so ......"

"So you're going to have all the mages in the city bring this ghost with you, just to keep the shadow mages from entering the city?" Seeing that the other party was silent, Kevin couldn't help but roll his eyes, "Can't you just stop using such a stupid method?" ”

"I tried a lot of things, but no one believed me at all, and they all came to an end." David bit his lower lip hard, "Only this seemingly unreasonable trick can delay things for a while." But time is limited, and when these orders expire, there is really nothing I can do about it. ”

Du Yuhan was silent.

Yes, he almost forgot about it, but David has an uncle who likes to "clean up the mess".

No matter how clever and precocious he was, he was a thirteen-year-old child, and everyone would have preferred to trust the loyal Lord Regent, even if he was the lord of a city.

Surrounded by his uncle's men, his every move was monitored, and he couldn't even find anyone he trusted, so he had to turn to professionals from other places, and even had to make an appointment in a dirty and filthy place like a sewer.

On the surface, the scenery is infinite, but secretly it is ridiculed by everyone, and these young shoulders are under great pressure beyond their age.

Du Yuhan sighed softly.

"So you want us to find proof that your uncle did it."

But David shook his head slightly, "You're wrong. ”

Wrong? Du Yuhan frowned slightly.

David stared down at his pale fingertips, his eyes filled with sadness and determination.

"The purpose of my investigation is for you to prove that it wasn't your uncle's doing."