When the king had calmed down, he had no interest in asking me again. Pen ~ fun ~ Pavilion www.biquge.info he finally dismissed everyone, and this matter can be regarded as a temporary end. After all, all the prisoners are already dead, and there is no evidence of death if they continue to investigate.

But I have always felt faintly uneasy in my heart, this matter is definitely not as simple as it seems.

Rand stopped me, who was a little distracted, and I came back to my senses and saw that Wu Yao was about to turn away, and stopped him, after all, it was not easy to meet him, a mysterious profiteer.

Wu Yao turned his head and opened the paper fan in his hand with a slight push, and said with an exaggerated expression: "What profiteer, you are ruining my reputation in front of His Highness!" As he spoke, he winked at Rand.

I ignored his oily tone and asked, "Why are you here?" Why is your shop on the high street gone? ”

"Didn't I tell you a long time ago! I'm traveling here, and I'm not short of money, mainly for communication, is the store so important? Besides, do you think that if I give money, I can tell a fortune to anyone? ”

I was suddenly shocked, worried that he would make Rand worry about the messy divination results without concealment, so I stopped it in time: "Tell the point!" ”

Wu Yao put away the folding fan in his hand and replaced it with a serious expression: "The king is very interested in the affairs of Huaxia, so he invited me to serve in the palace as a guest secretary, but it is just an idle job in literature." You don't have to come to the palace often. If you want to see me, just go to the shopping street, and I'll decide not to see you depending on my mood. ”

Seeing him like this, I didn't want to ask anything more, but the doubts in my heart increased a lot. Wu Yao took the opportunity to chat with Rant, and I only felt that my spirit was a little trance again, and it seemed that the poison in yesterday had not been cleared. At this moment, there seemed to be a light shining directly through my head, and I broke out in a cold sweat, and suddenly came to my senses, and turned around to meet Archimedes' gaze.

Archimedes, the chancellor of the principality, the old man who appeared at the banquet yesterday. He had not said anything in the presence of the king just now, but now the thin old man was standing there on crutches, staring straight at me, with no hint of dodging in his eyes. His lips moved slightly, and then a strange smile appeared. My mind went blank all at once. He was far away from me, so I don't know what he said, but I had heart palpitations. The surroundings were very noisy, but at that moment I suddenly couldn't hear anything. I should have heard it, otherwise why would I be afraid? But how could I not remember what he said? What's wrong with me?

The weight on my shoulders brought me back to reality, and I looked back at Rand with his hand on my shoulder, a little unrelieved.

He was a little surprised when he saw my expression: "What's wrong with you?" ”

"Nothing." I reacted. But when I turned my head again to look around the corner, I found that Archimedes was gone.

"Let's go back!" I said a little nonchalantly.

"Don't be in such a hurry today," Rand said, "Anyway, you're in the palace, I'll take you to a place." ”

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In front of me is a huge cavern with bottomless staircases spiraling down.

Here it is......

Looking at my puzzled expression, Rand smiled: "Follow me." ”

He led me downward, and the passageway was lit with lamps on both sides, and the road widened the further down the road went. Rand told me a little bit about the situation here as he walked. He said that this was the hidden place of the royal family, and the entrance was distributed in the back garden of the royal palace, which contained the secrets of the royal family's prosperity for thousands of years.

I stopped: "Here are the secrets of your royal family, isn't it okay for me to go in as an outsider?" ”

Rand turned around and smiled: "Although it is said to be a hidden place, Byron and Hugo have brought me here many times when I was a child, and I didn't find anything special in it." You can come with me with confidence! ”

So, I followed Rand deeper into the depths. The road was quiet, and the decorations on the walls were the same as before, but the temperature gradually dropped. I looked left and right and noticed that portraits of people began to appear on the walls on both sides, with biographies written on them. Rand explained: "On both sides of this stretch of the road are portraits of members of the royal family, from the beginning of the first generation to the present, and when I die, they will also appear at the back of the road. "I watched as I walked, and sure enough, most of the introductions were the same as the introductions to the royal family that I learned in the academy.

Rand stopped in front of a portrait, looked at it and said, "I didn't have this painting when I was here last time, it really looks like ......"

I took one look at the portrait and saw that it was Catherine. Catherine in the portrait is full of energy, wearing a crown and smiling very brightly, like a girl, very different from my impression of her.

Catherine Alberg became King of Salander from 765-794781, and was born on the shores of Lake Merlin and died in Dordro, Duchy of Salander

Her life is very little and nothing is recorded; Her smile was sweet, I've never seen her like that.

"I've never seen her smile like that," Rantt said suddenly, "for as long as I can remember, she's been aloof. Later, when she was not well, she became more sensitive......" Rand's tone became a little sad.

I didn't know how to comfort him.

I couldn't face Catherine with the same mood as him. For him, seeing Catherine's portrait was a mother's love, while my vision of her face was just a nightmare. So all I could do was watch him silently.

Rand turned around, "Alright, let's move on." ”

I pointed to a portrait on the wall: "Who is he?" Why is there a blank underneath him? ”

The portrait shows a blond boy with handsome features and a sense of vitality that exudes no more than fifteen or sixteen years old.

Rand glanced at the portrait, his expression was a little complicated, and finally sighed and said, "...... That picture is of my uncle Lear. He was the brother of my father, the king. You know what happened in the palace when I was born! My father and his brothers competed for power, and they tried all kinds of methods...... Only he, Lear, took the most unforgivable path and was considered a disgrace to the royal family, so here is only his portrait, erased from life. ”

The most unforgivable? I couldn't help but be puzzled, and asked cautiously, "What about that...... What exactly did he do? ”

"I heard from my two elder brothers that Lear failed to seize power, was driven to a dead end, and finally sold his soul to the devil, but unfortunately he failed...... His actions stigmatized the royal family, so the matter was prevaricated under other pretexts, but no one in the royal family was willing to talk about him anymore. Rand brushed the dust off his hands and said, "Alright, let's hurry up!" ”

I followed Rand on, but I couldn't help but look back at Lear's portrait, but I didn't think much of what Rand had just said.

Lear was only sixteen or seventeen years old at the time, but Rand's father was in his sixties. I don't quite believe that such a teenager could fight such a cunning old man. Moreover, Lear in the portrait looks very arrogant and confident, with a kind of pretentious loftiness. I don't quite believe that such a person would sell himself for power.

After about ten minutes of walking, the tunnel finally came to an end. A green forest appeared in front of me. The sky is blue, the sun is shining, and a stream is flowing in from afar, and the scene in front of you is picturesque.

I looked at the scene in front of me and felt familiar: "Why do I think this is similar to the scenery of Central Park?" ”

Rand replied, "It was originally part of the street park a long time ago, but it was isolated for some reason. And the reason for being quarantined is inside. ”

With that, Rand led me deeper into the forest. I followed him all the way, and I don't know how long it took me to finally reach a fountain.