"A third party?" Andrei's face was solemn, "Who will they be?" ”

Sheryl's words were succinct, "The assassin's target is Ann. ”

"And the third-party target is those assassins, or the people behind those assassins," Lin said quietly, "Before I even realized that there was a killing attempt against me, the other party had already laid out the layout, and even the finishing touches were so perfect—"

She smiled self-deprecatingly, her eyes cold and sharp, "I don't know." I have so many pairs of eyes around me. ”

The assassin's target is her, so the whole thing may start from the mission, after all, since Lin An arrived in the imperial capital, she has never left, and if you want to attack her, you can only find the time when she leaves the imperial capital - and the third party that has just appeared to be the yellow finch behind the praying mantis catches the cicada means that their planning and preparation are likely to start before Lin An left the imperial capital.

Lin An looked at Jacob, who and Galileo had already walked to the side of the ship.

Sir Robson, the captain of the "Strings of the Gods", was walking away from the two, Lin An's eyes froze, and his mind swept over the various encounters of this mission, and a sneer appeared on the corner of his mouth:

"It's been so comfortable lately that I didn't even notice that I was being used as bait."

With such a big battle, saying that there is no emperor's will in it, how can the two archmages, Robinho and Kodiak, obey their will and add fuel to the fire?

And Jacob's contact with Galileo was also unexpected by Lin An, not that Jacob privately disobeyed the emperor's intentions, but obtained the emperor's consent:

Also, a hidden inheritance, behind which there is at least one archmage-level powerhouse and a network of contacts formed by a long history, even behind the scenes of many things such as avalanches, the connection between the Tower of Dolan and the Holy Empire can be seen, but once the Tower of Dolan changes its mind and submits a letter of nomination to the emperor. Nor could the Emperor push such a force over to the side of the hostile Holy Empire.

And the imminent departure of the Tower of Dolan has put Jacob under a lot of pressure, and now that the Emperor already knows his relationship with the Tower of Dolan, he will certainly spare no effort to promote the return of the Tower of Doran.

After thinking about it for a while, many thoughts flashed through Lin An's mind.

Sir Robson had stepped up to the podium and loudly commanded the guards to maintain the situation and quell the commotion among the guests.

Eight Black Iron Sword Masters and twenty guards above the Golden Rank joined the situation, of course, they quickly shocked the situation, and the siege of the Fitto merchants finally collapsed.

After the nobles had vented their anger. The outrage had subsided considerably, and most people didn't even know that they might have just brushed shoulders with the Assassins, or that they might have laughed at each other not long ago.

This is the political zhì. Exchange and compromise are the main themes: the soldiers who died on the front lines under the plague and toxins of the dead, the honorees buried in the avalanche, and even the participants on this ship, unaware of the danger and killing, all unwittingly become the weight of a game.

Lin An's mind was as calm as ice and snow, thinking about the chess game he was involved in:

It was a premeditation, but Lin An was not an innocent person.

……

In Merlin, because of political disagreements. And the scene from a heated discussion to a full martial arts with the sleeves rolled up is not uncommon among gentlemen, and when they calm down, they lower their sleeves and smooth out their wrinkles, and the men naturally return from barbarians to gentlemen.

This time the turmoil is not a big deal. said that it is not small, mainly because two nobles committed suicide under the excitement of Mingzhi, and the patriotic enthusiasm of some nobles surged up. It became almost a one-sided situation.

The guests at the meeting originally wanted to denounce the organizers.

However, seeing that the Merck auctioneer, who had great respect for the statue, had been detained, Deputy Captain Yorkett apologized to the guests on behalf of the auction organizers, and tested the statue on the spot with various spells to make sure that there was no demagogic magic on it, but that the painter's skill was too high. The painting of the whole saint is too shocking, and the guests attending the auction can no longer hold the auction organizer accountable:

Let's be honest. From the point of view of artistic value, the auctioneer's admiration for this painting is actually completely reasonable, and the artistic level of this statue of the Holy Virgin is simply miraculous, shocking, and can be called a treasure, with huge collection value.

Even its controversial portrait content can be fully forgiven, because this is a common situation of artworks, and there are many works of art in history, and it is precisely because of the controversial content of its artistic expression that it has gradually become famous and has become a sky-high treasure sought after by everyone.

If this is an ordinary salon, under normal circumstances, after such chaos has been subdued, the guests can completely put down their sleeves and continue with the activities in the salon as if nothing had happened.

But the death of two martyred nobles at the scene, and the fact that several Fito-Tuo merchants and Merlin nobles besieging them were also slightly injured during the angry siege - mostly because of unsightly facial bruises, one with a broken arm, and only one with blood and a tooth - Sir Robson had to announce the suspension of the auction after a collective mourning for the two nobles who had been martyred.

Such a big bustle can be described as unique, especially for some nobles who really aroused their enthusiasm, they were as excited as if they had won a battle, or excitedly stepped forward to meet like-minded people.

Among them, John, who is in the limelight, is also one of the centers that are crowded.

In order to avoid his party being noticed, Lin An motioned to John from a distance to go to the entertainment first, although John was worried about Lin An's situation, he had to leave with those nobles.

The people on the deck quickly walked away, and Lin Anqian patrolled the whole place, but could not find any trace of Saleen, and was about to leave with the Andre brother and sister, and Sir Robson, who was apologizing and saying goodbye to the guests one by one, walked towards them.

"Good night, beautiful Lady of the Purple Rose, I'm sorry for the trouble I have caused, and I hope tonight's encounter has not disturbed you."

It seemed like a normal apology and farewell, but Sir Robson's attitude was slightly tentative, it seemed that he did not know the death of those assassins, otherwise there was no need to try.

Sooner or later, he would be able to know the assassin's condition from the cause of her death, so that the matter of the restoration of strength would also be known by many people, and Lin An did not intend to keep it a secret, so he simply pointed out, "I think you must give me an explanation for tonight's incident." ”

She wouldn't use her mental power to coerce an old man. But the evil aura formed by the ice field battle was slightly exposed, which was enough to make the old fox secretly frightened.

Sir Robson's face was the same, but his heart jumped, and he said with a wry smile: "The old man also acts according to his orders, otherwise who would want to take such a big risk with his entire net worth!" ”

This is the truth, Lin An did not doubt Sir Robson's bitterness, he did not dare to reveal Jacob's true identity and the intention behind Jacob, but Lin An had already guessed, but Sir Robson's answer made her more sure of some guesses.

Lin An squinted at Sir Robson for a moment, just as Sir Robson was under increasing pressure. She said, "Give me a copy of the information about the assassins." ”

“…… Of course! ”

This request is a bit troublesome, but presumably the fifth prince will not refuse too much. After all, although this time the Purple Rose Lady was used as bait, it also meant to protect and warn her.

The two exchanged two more words, and then prepared to say goodbye.

Sir Robson was breathing a sigh of relief, but Lin An asked without warning, "The owner of the statue is Merlin!" ”

“…… Belch! ”

Sir Robson was not ready to say anything, but his reaction had already given Lin An the answer: it was indeed the return of the Tower of Dolan to Merlin.

Lin Anxin's doubts were basically answered. In the end, the remaining question is, who painted the statue?

Now that it is known that the Merlin royal family is involved, there may even be the emperor's will behind it, so the suspicion of those strong people in the ice field cannot be ruled out, but a suspicious object still faintly surfaces in Lin An's heart-

"That man" was not heard from after the cursed trial, but not until his life or death was determined. He will always be a big problem for Lin An......

……

Back in the luxury cabin, Salin was already sitting in the living room when he saw Lin An and the three of them return. Not surprising that John wasn't there.

He had a bottle of light orange brandy and a cup in front of him, and it seemed that he had been waiting for a while, and when he saw the three of them return, he put down the glass and calmly stood up to greet him.

Andrei was most disgusted with Salin's unruly manners. Snorted.

Salin ignored Andrei's face and waited for everyone to sit down. He looked at Lin An's face, raised his eyebrows and said, "It seems that there is no danger." ”

"Sounds like you knew there was going to be a storm tonight?" Lin An raised his eyebrows.

Saleen had been in close contact with Jacob and the Tower of Doran, and it wasn't impossible for him to detect something beforehand.

"No, no!"

Salin raised his right index finger and waved it gracefully, "Don't forget, I only recovered my memory this morning, but I recalled in advance some clues I noticed at the dance the day before, and because I can't be sure, I didn't tell you beforehand." ”

"Oh?"

Salin smiled, "Those assassins should all come in disguised as guests, but there is a difference between real nobles and pseudo-nobles after all, I found two or three at the dance last night, but at the auction site, it just so happened that those two or three did not participate, I think it's not a coincidence." ”

"So, those people have already started to hunt down the assassins." Andrei couldn't help but interject.

"Obviously." Saleen shrugged.

It can be seen that the pseudo-aristocracy has been targeted for a long time, but Salin said that he saw them at the dance the night before, indicating that Jacob should be arrested before the auction starts, so it is not easy to start.

Andre frowned, "So these ...... who slipped through the net today"

"They're probably real nobles, or before the auction, they're still real nobles." Lin An said lightly.

The most difficult thing to grasp is this kind of nail with real identity cover, and the installation of each of these nails took a lot of effort from the Holy Empire, and even Merlin's military intelligence departments all over the country could not determine their identity until they were exposed.

Merlin's use of her as bait this time can be described as a fruitful fishing operation, because these important and hidden nails usually do not exist independently, and they must have channels to deliver news to the Holy Empire.

And Merlin captures a nail in a key position, and he can pull out a large piece of the vine.

The loss of the Holy Empire this time is not small, with the intention of calculating or not, coupled with the betrayal of the Tower of Dolan, at least half of the intelligence network in Merlin will be pulled out.

Lin An closed his eyes.

This is both good news and bad news for Lin An.

On the bright side, the threat to Lin An from the power of the Holy Empire in Merlin has been greatly reduced in a short period of time;

On the downside, the feud between the Holy Empire and her is getting deeper. It was even more difficult to lift, and the royal family took advantage of this to make her step on Merlin's ship with half a foot.

……

The next day, Bedika received a notice from the "Strings of God" and the organizer of the auction early in the morning, and conveyed the content to Lin An and his party as soon as possible.

"Moving the auction to Paradise Island again?" Lin An was surprised.

"Yes, the cost of accommodation and food on Paradise Island will be provided by the auctioneer as compensation for the interruption of this auction. Of course, guests are free to choose whether to participate or not, and it is known that a quarter of the guests have chosen to continue on to Paradise Island, and most of them are premium members of the auction organisers. ”

Bedika dutifully introduced. I don't remember Lin An's mental control of her before.

Lin An smiled, there were so many guests who disembarked from the boat, so a dozen or twenty low-key guests disappeared by chance. Most of the time it goes unnoticed. The man who planned this fishing operation was really meticulous, if nothing else, it was probably Jacob who appeared on the "strings of the gods" himself.

No wonder he didn't use his true face at all, otherwise seeing him with Galileo of the Tower of Doran, most of the nails who had the information about the Tower of Doran would know that the situation was not good.

"Ann. Are we still going to that paradise island? Andrei asked with a frown.

Saleen didn't know what to say to Andre mysteriously last night, and Andre seemed to know the role of the Tower of Dolan in the whole game between nations.

It involves a game and dark war at the national level, how could Andre not guess that this is a game set up by Merlin with Lin An as bait?

So he was a little impetuous, probably upset about Master Kodiak's role in this matter.

"Wait, I'm afraid it's not up to us to decide. You know, we're not done yet. ”

Sir Robson will definitely tell Jacob about his contact with Lin An last night, and Jacob knows that Lin An has guessed the inside story. If he hadn't arranged it, those mission items would have been sent soon.

As Lin An expected, there was another knock on the cabin door, and Sir Robson came to the door in person. Behind him were two sturdy guards carrying a large box.

Lin An opened it in person without hesitation, and sure enough, the task items specified by the mission, such as the Thousand Chinese New Year's Eve Ming Sand, the Essence White Stone, the Ears of the Snail Water Beast Cub, the Heros Trident, the Thief Saint Luo Fei Secret Codex Fragment, and the Heart of the Tree Spirit, were all inside.

Lin An confirmed the authenticity one by one. He then gave Salin a look and motioned for him to take out Master Robinho's gold.

Salin walked over.

Sir Robson hurriedly said, "No, no, no! The auction organizers meant that the Lady of the Purple Rose was frightened, and these things were of course used as an apology for the shock. ”

Robinho's base gold at the mission is 300,000 gold Rego, and ten bottles of magic water with a total price of no less than 200,000, in other words, the total value of this reward is not less than 700,000.

Lin An was not moved at all, and lifted Salin down, "Pay the bill." ”

Sir Robson's eyes flashed with surprise, and then he quickly looked uneasy, and said in a loud voice: "No, no! This...... Lady Purple Rose, you do this, I can't go back and explain-"

- Bang!

The sound of the lid closing was loud and loud.

"Take the money, or take this box away."

Andrei stood behind the box, his face cold and unkind.

A golden ticket holder and a potion box appeared out of thin air, and Salin smiled calmly, "Master Andrei is in a bad mood, I apologize to you on his behalf." ”

Sir Robson's face was a little ugly, and he noticed that the golden ticket holder and the potion box in Saleen's hand appeared out of thin air, the corners of his mouth twitched a few times, and he took what Saleen handed him, and said that it didn't matter.

After Sir Robson left, Andre snorted in annoyance, "Old fox, I really have the heart to apologize, why didn't the fifth prince come over in person!" ”

Salin even told André about it!

The last thing she wants is for the Andrei brothers and sisters to be involved in this mess around her!

Lin An stabbed Salin coldly with his gaze, then turned to Andre and said, "You forgot, the fifth prince doesn't know that we already know his identity. ”

"He has no fear!" Andrei sneered, "I knew that if I could mix with Galileo, the five princes couldn't be a good thing!" ”

This is really a naked anger, and I said before that although Galileo is annoying, he will not win him by unsightly means, and it will suddenly become a personal attack.

But in fact, Lin An also knew that Andre didn't care about Galileo, but because. Master Kodiak was in a bad mood and angry.

Lin An smiled, and slowly sorted out the things that Sir Robson had brought, and asked Shirmile to put them in the same, "My space is full of things, and I wanted to clear some at the auction." ”

"Go to Paradise Island." ”

Compared to this auction, Paradise Island is the real holy land for selling stolen goods, not to mention that the auction ends early, and they have a lot of time.

Lin An hesitated.

At that moment, Winnie knocked on the door. Behind him was a strange and beautiful maid.

"Your Excellency Andrei, the day before yesterday, the Honorable Galileo who played against you, sent something from someone." Winnie said.

Andrei also recognized. The maid behind Winnie was the one Galileo had brought that day, frowning, not embarrassed, and the maid didn't have a good face, "What does that guy want to send me?" ”

The maid carefully presented an ancient book in a velvet-cushioned tray, and then glanced at André cautiously. Andrei frowned and stared at the book, not looking at her more.

The maid had no choice but to whisper: "Your Excellency, Lord Galileo also asked me to convey to you a word that the auction price of this book is 37,000 gold Rego. ”

After speaking, Andre's instantaneous change in face made her shake suddenly: that face. Almost visibly with the naked eye, it went from cloudy to lightning and thunder!

The beautiful maid panicked to look at the others in the room.

Salin studied with interest the relationship between Andrei's face and the ancient book, and Sheryl was as cold as frost and made people retreat. It wasn't until she saw Lin An that she waved her hand, and the maid withdrew as if she had been pardoned.

Lin An motioned for Winnie and Bedika to step back.

Salin looked at Andre with an interesting look as if he wanted to destroy the ancient book, and asked Lin An, "What happened?" Is it something I don't know? ”

"The book...... It seems to have been taken by Galileo, ah! Lin An suddenly woke up. Andrei and Galileo's pact—"

"Needless to say, the final auction price of this book is exactly 1,000 gold rego higher than my set of ancient coins!"

Andrei's teeth creaked, "Galileo, this guy is deliberately sending things to the door to laugh at me!" ”

"Then he really has nothing to fear."

Lin An thought for a moment, "It seems that the fishing operation has gained a lot, and the emperor has already accepted the surrender of the Tower of Dolan, so he doesn't have to worry that we know the existence of the Tower of Dolan in this operation, which is also laughing at me!" ”

She held her chin and smiled slightly, "It seems that Paradise Island can't go this time!" ”

……

Syllable!

A crystal glass of red wine shatters on the snow-white wallpaper, blooming with bright red flowers.

"Idiot! Who let you casually mention yì! Don't you know that the Five Princes are also on board! Kress roared angrily.

"His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince is also on board? How I didn't know! Deputy Captain York looked up in astonishment, and then said blankly, "Why can't you let the Fifth Prince know about the existence of Paradise Island?" ”

"Now you explain it to me, or I explain it to you!"

Kress almost wanted to slap the guy with the head and the brain, while Lucav on the side stared at Yocher coldly, wondering if he had guessed the real owner behind Paradise Island from the young master's inadvertent leaked tone.

Vice-Captain York snorted and couldn't answer, he didn't know why Kress was angry, and of course he couldn't get the right treatment, but he didn't know that this stupidity had just escaped him.

After Yokett left, Kress pinched the bridge of his nose tiredly, "Lukaff, it seems that we have to change someone for the position of deputy captain, and that guy Yokett is really useless." ”

"Let's send him a deputy, Yorkett's position is not easy to move." Lucaugh Road.

Transferring Yokett for no reason might indeed make his father and Robson's old fox aware of it.

Kress thought for a moment, "It's fine. ”

"But what about His Royal Highness the Fifth Prince?" Kress asked again.

"Paradise Island is divided between the inner island and the outer island, and there is no one to guide him, so what if he is allowed to enter the outer island?"

Lucav reassured, "The most important thing now is to find out why the Five Princes appeared on the ship, and Yocter has already learned that the statue of the Holy Maiden is the person of the Five Princes who temporarily joined the auction, and it is obvious that the situation that appeared in the auction last night was not simple." ”

"Hmm." Kress nodded.

Lin An's embodied spiritual power to kill people in close quarters was too hidden, otherwise Kress might have been able to detect the clues at that time.

(To be continued)

ps：

Finally ended the double holiday with the smoke of gunpowder, I thought I was relieved, and in the morning I saw that the sixth place was seven pinks worse than me, and I thought that it was safe for the time being, so I happily finished coding and then swiped it casually - uh!

So the reality tells me not to be happy too early.,Hey,Continue to ask for pink without calm~||,The fastest update.,I hope you can like it.。