Two days later, the Torch Festival.

"Lancet, my dear friend, look over there! What's the matter, before night came, did those civilians light a bonfire so quickly? ”

On a palace high in the palace, Jupiter suddenly pointed to the southwest of the palace, which lit up with a reddish light.

Lancet followed his gaze with a look of surprise.

He filtered the words from Jupiter's mouth about the bonfire, and said in amazement: "You see it right, the light over there seems to be firelight, but it ......"

In vain he had taken Jupitra to a high place to view the view, and without even an excuse, Jupiter himself noticed the movement in the east, knowing that it was not yet completely dark.

As time passed, the darker it became, and the clearer the fires in the southwest became.

"Go and ask what's going on, how can the fire over there be visible even in the palace!"

Jupiter still has the ability to make basic judgments, even if it is the Torch Festival, the fires in the outer city are so bright that they can be seen in the palace, that is not a normal situation, I am afraid it is a rare fire, Jupiter hurriedly called someone to ask.

The deputy commander of the city guard on duty soon arrived.

"What! The mercenary weapon fight, the guide zhì bonfire collapsed, igniting the warehouse where the fire oil was stored, causing a fire! Jupiter was furious, "You fools! ”

The deputy commander was kicked to the side, not daring to resist, and his eyes flashed with anger.

At this moment, a guard exclaimed, "Your Highness, look to the east." ”

Ranster and Jupiter turned their heads together, and the sky above the outer city in the east was faintly reddish as in the southwest, but because of the contrast of the southwest, it was not obvious, until it was discovered by the sharp-eyed guards.

"There's a fire in the east too?!" Lancet was shocked, this was different from Lin An's suing him. He had a faint feeling in his heart that the situation was out of control.

Distracted, he suddenly heard the guard's angry cry, "Your Highness." Be careful! ”

"Grand Duke!"

Lancet turned his head in shock, only to see a soldier behind the deputy commander suddenly burst out. Pounce on him and Jupiter.

When the deputy commander and his party were brought into the palace, all the weapons had been left outside, but the soldier took out another dagger out of nowhere and shouted, "Merlin dog, go die!" ”

But Lancet could see clearly the direction in which the soldier was pounced. But it was towards Jupiter.

Moreover, when the deputy commander of the city guard stood up, he intentionally or unintentionally blocked in front of Ranster, causing Ranster to be blocked, so the soldiers were about to "mistakenly injure" Jupiter.

Lancet had long anticipated that Jupiter would be assassinated. didn't expect the other party to carry out it in the name of assassinating him, and secretly sighed for the poisonous plan:

Even if the assassination attempt was unsuccessful, if Jupiter was injured because of him, it would effectively drive a wedge between him and Jupiter, which would have provided an insurance against the ongoing turmoil outside. Even if it fails in the end, the people behind the scenes may have room to turn over.

But he didn't follow the instinct of a normal person to subconsciously retreat to protect himself when he was suddenly assassinated, and the fighting spirit in his body instantly puffed up, and he pushed the deputy commander in front of him hard, just hitting the soldier who was rushing towards Jupiter.

I saw a semi-arc of light from the bottom up. The dagger in the soldier's hand revealed an aura more than two feet long, and the length of the dagger itself was like a short sword, cutting the deputy commander in half as easily as cutting tofu.

The deputy commander continued to look of disbelief on his face until his chest was above and his lower limbs apart, and half of his body's blood was spilling out like a fountain.

The soldier was drenched in half of his blood, and continued to pounce on Jupiter with a hideous face, without even scanning the Lancet, and now even the bloodless Jupiter realized that this was an assassin disguised as a soldier, and the target was him, not Ranster as the soldier had previously said.

"Help!"

The deputy commander who was pushed out by Lancet blocked it, and the assassin dressed as a soldier was still a step slower, and seeing that the two guards who flew to save were about to block in front of Jupiter, the assassin shouted "Die", and the dagger in his hand shot out like lightning to Jupiter's chest!

Bite!

I only heard a yellow light light light on Jupiter's chest, and a phantom of the roar of the Earth Bear Man loomed on Jupiter's chest, and Jupiter sat down, and the rich earthy yellow light layer enveloped his whole body.

The dagger that had been shot by the assassin lasted in the halo for a second, and the fighting spirit attached to the dagger dissipated, and it fell to the ground with a thud.

Both Jupiter and Randster were then surrounded by the guards.

"Keep him alive and get him arrested!" Jupiter, who was still sitting on the ground, came back to his senses and cried out angrily.

The assassin tried to break out of the siege and fight with the besieging guards for a while, but he was outnumbered, and in a short time he had already been struck several times, and when he was about to capture him, he suddenly fell back and a wisp of black blood spilled from the corner of his mouth.

The guard rushed forward to check and reported to Jupiter:

"Your Highness, the assassin committed suicide!"

"Fool, useless pig, let the assassin infiltrate the palace!"

Jupiter was still undecided, and angrily rebuked, "Check, the assassin can use fighting spirit, and he must have runes on his body, so that I can find out who is collaborating with the enemy and treason, trying to assassinate me - and Duke, he brought people in and sealed his mansion for me!" He still doesn't forget the deputy commander who has been stabbed in two by the assassins.

"Jupiter, as a friend, I should remind you that Duke is the deputy commander of the city guard, and if he participated in the assassination plot to kill you, tonight's fire may not be an accident!" Lancet reminded from the side.

"Yes, Lancet, you're still my most loyal friend, and I'm glad you told me to wear this Earth Bear armor at all times! Duke, the traitor, he is the deputy commander of the city guard, if, if......" Jupiter was first grateful, then gritted his teeth, and finally slowly changed color.

As if to confirm his omen, a guard came to report:

"Your Highness, the fire in the outer city is severe, and part of the fire has burned near the inner city wall, and the city guards with the fire have rushed to the inner city gate, asking the inner city guards to open the door to help put out the fire, and Lord Rapp of the Praetorian Guard will ask you for your will!"

"Dream! Even if you burn all those mud legs in the outer city, don't even think about opening the door! Sue Sù Lapu, if he dares to open the door, I will execute his whole family for rebellion against the country and the lord! ”

Jupiter roared, but Lancet said on the side: "Wait, Your Highness, Lord Rapp may not be credible. As soon as you were assassinated, someone came to ask about you, maybe they were interviewing you outside. ”

"What then!"

"Don't worry, even if the city guards rebel. The palace has the palace divisions, and it is impossible to be invaded - the divisions are loyal to His Majesty. We immediately take refuge in the palace, or if you can trust us, we can also go to the crown of Gucci! ”

"*Teacher, they are only loyal to their father, not driven by me! Let's go find Gucci and crown them! ”

Jupiter's face sank, and as soon as Master Adair returned to the palace, he told Phoebe II about the contract he had signed with Merlin, and Phoebe II was so angry that he vomited blood and fainted.

Now Phoebe II is completely dependent on the * division to continue his life. Occasionally waking up for a moment and a half, but not even speaking, if Phoebe II's situation could be prolonged, it is difficult to say that between the ten-year-old grandson and his son, who had signed a deed of sale. Which Phoebe II will choose to succeed to the throne.

Although Jupiter signed the contract at the beginning, the main reason was to save his life, it does not mean that when he returns to the imperial capital, he has no idea about the throne.

Especially during the dying period of Phoebe II, he rightfully accepted the right to be covered by the two imperial uncles. After tasting the taste of power, no one would want to be the one who prostrates under the throne again, so Jupiter now wishes that Phoebe II would immediately swallow his breath.

Because before he returned to the imperial capital, Phoebe II had already decreed in front of the ministers that he would become the regent-crown prince. If Phoebe II doesn't wake up and dies directly, then his ascension to the throne is logical, and no one can stop it.

Knowing what Jupiter was thinking, Lancet quietly reminded:

"Then let's meet His Majesty Gucci and go to His Majesty's dormitory, otherwise there will be such a big movement tonight, if His Majesty wakes up, he will definitely ask, if it worries him, it will not be good to aggravate his condition."

Yes, this is not a great opportunity, even if the father is stimulated to death, it can be pushed on those assassins and rebels!

Jupiter came to his senses, and after thinking for a while, he didn't go to Gucci, and hurried to Phoebe II's bedchamber.

……

“…… The rebellion of the nobles and the arrival of the Holy Empire are all crises that Perret is facing, but they are not the biggest crises for the envoys at the moment. ”

Sitting on the terrace on the top floor of the villa, looking at the raging fire above the market that seemed to be close at hand, Lin An slowly shook the goblet containing clear water, unaware that the heat wave of the fire had gradually approached the vicinity of this residential area, and the surrounding temperature seemed to rise slightly.

"So what's the biggest danger for the legaries?" Anatoly asked.

He was dressed in a commoner's gray cotton coat, but he still couldn't hide his aristocratic bearing, and when Lin An had dinner in the evening to watch the scenery on the terrace, but when there was a fire, he had already realized that Lin An had been waiting for this fire, but he still couldn't figure out how Lin An knew that there would be this fire.

"The greatest danger of the envoys at present is that the prince of Jupiter cannot sit on the throne, and the longer it drags on, the more unfavorable it will be to the envoys - fortunately, Jupiter has become the regent, and it is no longer his two imperial uncles who can affect his ascension to the throne, nor the nobles of the main war faction who want to kill him, or even Phoebe II, who can change his will, but the situation."

When Anatoly heard this, his eyes lit up, and he already understood:

"The more critical Perre's situation is, the more Pere needs a stable situation to fight against foreign enemies, and this is not something that a ten-year-old little emperor can bring, nor can it be brought by two princes who are opposed by the royalists, but the crown prince Jupiter with Merlin's support may be able to bring it, and Merlin will be Perre's biggest ally against Merlin - so even if the * division knows about Jupiter's contract with Merlin, they have to keep silent and support him to ascend the throne!"

"Yes, so this critical situation, the sooner it comes, the better, if it comes slowly, push it faster!"

Bell――

Bell――

Bell――

Lin An's voice fell, and a long and deep death knell sounded above the palace.

(To be continued)