But before the two could return to the cobblestone path, a man and a woman were heard arguing in front of the woods.

"Love, are you crazy? …… Pull me out for what? …… It hurts! Let it go! ”

“…… Heidi, let's go! If you don't leave, it's too late! ”

Under the cover of a gorse tree with dense flowers and leaves, the delicate female voice and the rapid male voice sounded back and forth, also rapid gasps, but the female voice was mostly angry and puzzled, and the male voice was excited.

Lin An and Lancet originally thought that this was a pair of wild mandarin ducks that ran out to cheat in the way of their way back, but they were five or six feet away from them, and the angle happened to be undetected, and they were about to make a detour, when they heard the words, they immediately stopped.

Lin An, whose mental power was highly focused, sensed that the other party was just an ordinary person, and the other was not strong in spirit, and the fighting spirit on his body was probably above and below the golden level, so he grabbed two handfuls of invisible powder in his hand and sprinkled them on her and Lancet respectively, starting from the body surface where the powder touched, the figures of the two immediately melted into the air like melted ice.

The two who were snooped on, of course, didn't notice the existence of Lin An and the two, suppressed the quarrel all the way, walked more than ten feet, and stopped again.

"Let it go! Let go, bastard! - I told you to let go! The delicate female voice raised a single moment and screamed in a low voice, "I said, we're done, don't come to me again!" ”

Lin An heard this sentence a little familiarly, and then quickly recalled the scene behind the hedge one day at the palace ball, it was less than a month, Lin An still had a slight impression in his memory, compared with the voice in his memory, Lin An found that there were eight points of similarity, and he was secretly surprised in his heart Coincidentally, it seems that this pair of men and women like to go to a remote place to meet secretly.

But I heard the infatuated male voice say, "Trust me, Heidi, I won't hurt you!" It's really not right tonight. His Highness seems to be planning something, he shouldn't let you know about this kind of thing, he called you over, and nothing good will happen! ”

Your Highness?

A sharp color crossed Lin An's eyes.

"The male voice seems to be Love, the captain of Charles' guard." Lancet whispered in his ear.

Because he was invisible now, he couldn't see anyone, his right hand kept holding her, and he didn't know the distance when he was close to speak, and his thin lips gently brushed the tips of Lin An's ears, and Lin An suddenly trembled slightly.

But Lancet didn't know if he felt it, and there was nothing unusual after he finished speaking. After finishing speaking, it was so quiet, Lin An nodded slightly red at the tip of his ears, remembering that he couldn't see. Instead, he pinched his hand holding her.

The Heidi didn't seem to believe it, and the one who raised a few more doubts in order to convince her was a little more convinced, but still didn't think she had a motive to be designed by Charles. Instead, he whispered:

"Since this is the case, I should obey His Highness's orders! You don't know, just ...... Princess Victoria might treat me differently...... He must have made arrangements...... Put me and Princess Victoria in a safe place to avoid accidents! ”

"It can't be! Anyone can treat you differently, but Princess Victoria doesn't! ”

Love's male voice was simply out of breath, gasping for breath. As if with great determination, he said a few words in an extremely suppressed voice, which was so small that he couldn't hear it at all.

Lin An was caught off guard. Quickly released a "whispering rumble" zero-level spell, only having time to catch the second half of the sentence:

“…… It's a completely scandalous relationship, and with Princess Victoria's character, she will never tolerate you! ”

"No, no! You must have lied to me by trying to get me to leave him! You have to come up with proof! ”

Heidi snorted violently, incredulously.

"I have no proof!"

Bang. The trunk shook as if the lof had punched the trunk. He roared in a low voice, "His Royal Highness will only be tightly sealed in this regard, except for them and the princess, there is no second person who knows, if it is not for my intention to investigate, I will not find out the clue at all!" ”

Finally, he hurriedly said, "Go away, you must not go to him!" ”

"Could it be that they were ...... just now" The female voice gasped, as if her heart had been violently shaken, "Then what should you do!" Come with me! ”

"Nope! I can't go! If Your Highness finds out that I am gone, my relatives will never come to a good end—and I have betrayed him for your sake, and I must not run away at this time! Love said bitterly.

The two had a brief argument, and the female voice of the six gods was quickly suppressed by Love.

Love said he was going to take Heidi to his trusted subordinate, who would hide her in a grocery van he had prepared, which would be free to enter and leave the manor and take her out soon.

After the two left, Lin An and Charles appeared in their original form.

"It seems that that young lady is one of Charles's mistresses who has been very fond of lately, according to them, Plantagenet Manor is probably not safe anymore, we better leave quickly!"

Lancet's face was solemn.

As the Grand Duke of a country, the first thing to do in the face of difficult dangers is to ensure their own safety, and in the Plantagenet Manor, if Charles had any conspiracy involving the guests attending the ball, which was almost inevitable, otherwise he would not have chosen this day, the geographical advantage would make them very bad, not to mention that Lin An was by his side.

"No, there are a lot of honorees invited today, Hemmer and they are still in the ball hall, if Charles wants to do anything, the first thing to get rid of is their force!"

Lin An frowned and said.

She had always been open to her senses, and she could sense the truth of Love and Heidi's tone, even if the little lovers were kept in the dark to catch her bait, there was no reason to set it up from the court ball a month ago, not to mention that the first time she overheard the words of the two was just a coincidence.

So nine times out of ten, Love's message is true, which also means that the danger is not small.

Lin An finally understood what the sudden feeling just now was born of.

"Lancet, you go first, this manor may be surrounded by Charles!"

Lin An's mind turned sharply and he made a decision quickly, but with the look of opposition on Lenster's face, he said resolutely, "Odin's lesson is ahead, and it is unlikely that Charles is targeting me."

I'm not sure what his motives are for now, but it's certainly not a trivial matter, and if you're out there, you'll still be able to respond—even if he's crazy and troublesome for me. With my strength, it's still okay to drag it until you find reinforcements. ”

As she spoke, a pair of brooches appeared in her hand, and Lin An stuffed one of the brooches into Lancet's hand, "This brooch can talk at any time in an unshielded place, and there is also a perception spell on it, which can let me know your whereabouts." ”

Lin An's statement is reasonable, and there is nothing Lancet can refute.

Although he was worried about Lin An's safety. But it was clear that she would never leave her companions alone, and that Lancet could not take her out by force.

Rather than wasting time here convincing her, the two were left at the manor together. It's better for him to go out first: as Lin An said, having an insider answering outside and no one answering is a completely different situation.

“…… Then be careful! ”

Ranster pinched the brooch in his hand, glanced at Lin An deeply with blue eyes, turned around and quickly left in the direction of the back door.

Lin An saw that Lancet was gone. Immediately raised his hand to chant the incantation, and invisible ripples appeared in the air, and a silk thread that only Lin An could see appeared in the air, extending into the distance in the forest.

Lin An performed the swift technique, and as soon as he raised his foot, he drew more than half a zhang, and quickly chased in the direction of the silk thread:

Listen to Love. He had to go back to Charles, so she had already placed an arcane mark on Love, as long as she followed Love. It should be possible to find Charles, who disappeared at the ball.

And if he can find Charles, no matter what his plan is, Yiqiē will be solved.

In a few moments, Lin An had caught up with Love and Heidi, but by this time they were already close to the back garden. There were some servants around, and Lin An could only follow him incognitoly all the way.

She watched as the two broke up near the kitchen. Heidi, with her long dark chestnut hair, had red circles in her eyes, glanced at Love, and then followed an inconspicuous groom away, and Love, as if she had put down a big rock, resolutely returned, and the direction still seemed to be the main building.

Lin An was surprised: Could it be that Charles was still in the main building at this time? What exactly is he going to do?

But without much thought, Love didn't go straight to the main building, turning left and right into a few rows of low servants' rooms.

Lin An felt that Heidi, who he left, seemed to be a different person, and he was not sure that his poor illusion ability could control it Love's mouth opened his mouth, hesitated for a moment, but the mark of entering the servant's room was still walking away quickly.

Lin An's face changed, and he avoided the servant to follow the room, and found that it was a utility room, which was empty, and the invisible spiritual connection went straight behind a wall, obviously there was a secret passage there.

Opening the secret passage may trigger an alarm.

But Lin An couldn't care about it at this time, after all, Charles might be hiding in the secret passage, not to mention that even if he didn't, the secret passage might be connected to the secret forbidden place of the manor, or give others a chance to avoid danger.

"Detect the secret door!"

Lin An quickly cast a spell to find a way to open the door, and after entering the secret passage, he cast spells again and again to detect traps and traps.

Then she found that there were no warning traps or traps at all, just an ordinary secret passage.

The secret passage is very narrow, two people wide, and adult men have to bow their heads slightly in it, and there are no forks along the way, which looks more like an ordinary escape passage.

Love's use of this secret passage was only to reduce the chance of being seen and to speed up the return journey, so as not to make Charles realize that the time of departure was wrong, and once inside, he quickly began to run.

Lin An didn't know the details of the secret passage, and he was delayed for a while when casting the spell, until he reached the end of the secret passage, he didn't catch up with Love, and lost the opportunity to catch Love.

But she's not sorry.

Love was infatuated with Heidi, and he told a lot of things he knew before, but Lin An, who was eavesdropping on the side, could also hear that Love didn't know much about Charles's plan and arrangements, and even got Charles's orders not long before the plan was launched, otherwise he would not have arranged to send Heidi out in such a hurry.

"If it weren't for the fact that this plan was made on the fly, then the captain of the guard didn't really have much trust from Charles."

Lin An didn't know that she had guessed half of the truth, after all, judging from Charles's attack at the Autumn Festival Ball, it was impossible for him to make a hasty plan, so she felt that it should probably be the latter possibility:

In that case, the captain of the guard was more valuable than the less reliable core's inside information, and he was able to lead her to Charles.

"Hell, the exit is really in the main building!"

At the other end of the secret passage, there was a small smoking room on the first floor of the main building, and when Lin An came out of the secret door of the closet, the smoking room was also empty, not even a guard.

"Okay. After all, this captain of the guard came out secretly, and he took shortcuts from others, so of course he couldn't be known. ”

But Lin An still had an uneasy intuition, feeling as if something was out of his grasp.

When Lin An walked through the dance hall along the spiritual silk thread, this sense of uneasiness rose to the highest:

Because she saw Charles, who was supposed to be hiding and secretly planning a qiē, she suddenly appeared on the dance floor and danced with a lady, and on the dance floor, Love stood in the middle of nowhere, his face was calm and indifferent, as if he was not alone with the man who had just smuggled his lover in a hurry!

"Is it a trap? Who is it for? - Lancet? Or me? What is the purpose? ”

Many thoughts flashed through his mind, and Lin An was shocked. Immediately sink down and sense Lance's bearings.

Then she noticed that Ranster was moving away from the estate at a constant speed, which seemed to be about the same speed as a horse galloping. Now it's almost out of the forest garden.

Lin An's heart silently calculated:

According to the distance, Lancet should have left without any obstacles, otherwise he would not have been able to walk so far in a short time, and the Royal Forest Garden was not short from the imperial capital.

Lin An quickly hesitated between immediately subduing Charles and contacting Lance to warn him, and then decisively chose the latter:

After all, if a moment is missed. It is likely that Lancet will encounter an accident under a premeditated ambush, which will make her regret it, and even if the ballroom is a little slower, she is sure that she can subdue Charles, and she can protect herself at the worst.

The music doesn't stop, and the ball is the climax.

The nobles who enjoyed this wonderful evening were smiling and laughing. I didn't know the crisis brewing under the brilliant lights of this fragrant sideburns, and the one-on-one pair of men and women danced like flowers and butterflies on the bright dance floor. Reflections of the jewels are complemented by bright lights on all sides.

Charles is one of them, and he is so involved in it.

Because he didn't change his clothes, despite wearing a mask, Lin An followed the spiritual thread to find Love, and then followed Love's line of sight to look at the approximate location. Charles was recognizable at first sight.

After coming out of the secret passage, because there are too many people here. It is difficult for both the invisibility powder and the invisibility technique to be discovered without touching people, so Lin An has already eliminated the effect of the invisibility powder, and at this time, while looking at the dance floor from time to time, he wants to find a remote place to contact Lancet.

She was about to walk to a terrace when she happened to bump into someone.

"Oh, beautiful young lady, you have at last freed from the arms of the Archduke of Ranster, and you are free! I had the privilege of capturing this precious gap, could I have the honor of inviting you to dance along? ”

Leonardo appeared in front of Lin An with a smile, winked at her, and bowed to invite.

But there was no trace of a smile on Lin An's face, not even a polite smirk.

Leonardo was not a mediocre person, and immediately felt something strange from it, and the smile on his face quickly disappeared, and when he looked around, not many people noticed the small episode in this remote corner, and no one looked this way.

"What's wrong?"

As soon as Leonardo asked, two voices, a man and a woman, sounded at the same time-

"Something is wrong!"

"Leo, something is wrong!"

James, who spoke in unison with Lin An, came out of the terrace, glanced at Lin An, and said to Leonardo:

"The woods outside, it doesn't seem normal."

Leonardo's face that disappeared with a smile quickly became solemn, and his right hand subconsciously clenched, and the second part of his little finger was a little strangely curved, and the action was the standard Merlin court sword technique, as if he was subconsciously about to grasp a certain sword hilt that did not exist.

Lin An walked quickly to the terrace, holding on to the railing with both hands and looking out:

The woods of gorse, with its little lights, were still quiet, but the chirping of insects was gone, the chirping of birds was quiet, and the whole golden forest seemed to be silent, covered with an invisible slaughter.

Lin An's eyes were sharp, and with a sweep, he seemed to faintly see the night birds flying in the distance at the top of the tree, and in the gaps between the sparse and dense branches, there were shadows moving, like a deep black, fleeting.

This is no longer the sudden feeling before, Lin An can clearly feel that there are many uninvited guests infiltrated into this plantagenet forest, and the murderous aura hidden in their bodies is like a hazy night seeping into the woods, making the entire noisy blooming flower forest die!

In Lin An's perception, this forest, which had just left not long ago, had changed from the quiet and quiet of a moonlit night to a gloomy and dead silence shrouded in murder!

"What did you find?" James asked behind his back.

Lancet wasn't intercepted, the attackers didn't seem to be targeting her alone, and Charles's appearance seemed to be part of the plan - what exactly did Charles want to do?

Lin An's mind turned sharply. He said quietly: "I just came back from outside." ”

After a pause, she added, "Lancet has left. ”

She couldn't fully trust anyone, including James and Leonardo, until the full truth was known, though both of them seemed to be among the plotters.

James and Leonardo were at the same time, and they both got the message they needed from Lin An's words.

Leonardo's face paused slightly, and when he heard that Ranster had left, he immediately became relieved, and his expression was calm.

He even smiled with the same ease as he had just enjoyed the prom. His eyes seemed to sweep around inadvertently, and he hugged Lin An out of the terrace and walked towards the ballroom. The corners of his mouth were hooked and whispered in a whisper-like voice:

"Since reinforcements will arrive soon, we should keep a low profile, so as not to be detected and regarded as the first target of attack."

With his cunning and cunning, he naturally realized that he was going to do it at this autumn festival ball. It is likely that the other party is plotting all the guests who are participating in the ball.

Now that they were sure that there were attackers outside, they naturally could not continue to stay on the dangerous terrace.

And the other party has infiltrated here, and there is no time to prepare for defense, most of the guests here do not have portable weapons, and there are very few who have space to equip, so they can only think about self-protection.

Lin An's eyes flashed slightly:

If she doesn't know what's going on. Just looking at the situation in the woods outside, I am afraid that I would think that there was an assassination infiltrated by assassins, but Lin An knew it now. Charles has a lot to do with it, and it is not safe in the ballroom, and the crowd cannot be their shield and dependence.

"It's infiltrated so fast, I suspect there's a mole in the crowd!" Her eyes flickered, and she whispered. "More people are less safe."

"That's for sure, there are no moles. The Assassins could not have infiltrated it, and now the woods were the most dangerous places, and the entire manor might have been cordoned off. Leonardo whispered.

Lin An thought of the slaughtering woods, nodded slightly, but listened to Leonardo's next sentence: "But this is Charles's manor, he must have a secret way to hide." ”

The corners of Lin An's mouth twitched, and he paused and said, "No, I'm going to find other companions." ”

"You don't need you, you're too easy to be noticed, James is gone."

As soon as Lin An looked up, he saw James wandering through the crowd, and some of the honorees were gathered intentionally or unintentionally.

At this moment, I don't know who pulled the tablecloth on the table.

Jingle Bell Clanging –

A 20-story champagne tower collapsed on the tabletop, splashing glass and wine on the floor, and a unique aroma of champagne spread throughout the audience.

The collapse of the champagne tower caused a chain reaction, and the lady screamed and avoided under the gentlemanly protection of the men, and inadvertently bumped into the people on the side, tearing off the wine from the wine court, and the poor people would never taste a drop of expensive liquor in their lifetime, mixed together, and flowed all over the ground!

The music stopped abruptly.

All of a sudden, this neglected long dining table became the center, but Lin An felt that something was wrong.

But before she could rush to exchange glances with Leonardo, there was a snap, and the wine glass in someone's hand fell to the ground and shattered, and near Lin An and Leonardo, a young lady covered her forehead and suddenly muttered:

“…… Oh, I'm so dizzy! ”

At first, the people next to him thought it was a common drama for delicate ladies, and someone was busy helping gently, and took out the sniffing medicine.

But one after another, the sound of the wine glass falling to the ground sounded one after another, and more than a dozen people, both men and women, suddenly fell to the ground one by one, causing the surrounding people to scream.

"Alcohol is poisonous!"

Leonardo lost his voice when he saw that most of the unconscious was holding red wine.

There was a flash of happiness in his eyes, but it was good that he hadn't drunk the red wine on the table.

"Nope! There's something wrong with the smell of those champagnes – it's a mixture! ”

Lin An sniffled and said in a low voice.

At the same time, there are also people who have the same opinion as Lin An, and they are even more high-profile-

"Get out of the wine area, the champagne smells wrong, there's something wrong with the drink!"

On the dance floor, Charles, dressed in a white gold-rimmed royal suit, stood in the crowd, pushed his dance partner into the arms of another male guest, and suddenly stood up and shouted.

Driven by their instincts of crisis, the guests did not care about whose voice it was, and they all screamed away from the area shrouded in the rich smell of wine.

Lin An suddenly raised his head and stared at Charles, with clarity in his eyes.

As the guests moved away from the drinking area, although there were still people fainting one after another, they were not as many as just now, and including the dozen or so people who were unconscious in front of them, there were only more than thirty people, less than one-tenth of the total number of people in the entire dance hall.

Just as the chaos had subsided and people were approaching the dance floor, more than a dozen swirling black shadows suddenly shot in from outside.

Ding Ding Ding!

The swirling black shadow cut through the chandelier that struck the vault of the ballroom, and the lights in the ballroom went out almost instantaneously, and the huge crystal lamps fell in the darkness!

(To be continued)

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