Chapter 11: The Struggle for Power (Fifth Update, to the Silver Alliance 'I Stayed Up All Night')
"Zab, have you been lying to me all along?"
The beautiful woman's eyes widened, and when she heard the beautiful woman's words, the high priest Zab was stunned.
"Iron Hand, I can give you whatever you want, money and women."
High Priest Zab threw the package behind him at Su Xiao, and with a snap, the gems and gold coins were scattered on the ground.
Click, click......
Su Xiao stepped on the gems and gold coins, he really needed gold coins now, but what he needed was legal gold coins, kingdom gold coins that could circulate freely without hiding their heads and tails.
"I have a daughter, her name is Elena, she is over 13 years old, if you let me go, I will give her to you."
High Priest Zab's will to survive is so tenacious that he has lost all his limits.
"Hahaha, what the hell am I talking about, God, are you punishing me, punishing those pigs and dogs that I have done."
High Priest Zab burst out laughing, and his spirit broke down a little.
Suddenly, High Priest Zab's face was bruised.
"Bhai Herbert, you will be punished!!"
The High Priest Zab roared the king's name, drew a long dagger from his waist and put his arms around his wife.
With a swipe, the dagger pierced through the beautiful woman's chest and into the body of the High Priest Zab, which was poisonous.
"Angia, forgive me."
The high priest called his wife by name.
"Hmm,"
The beautiful woman snuggled into the arms of the high priest.
"Even if I say such ugly things, you still forgive me, you are God's gift to me."
The high priest's face gradually turned blue, and the poison had already attacked.
"Why, you're just too scared, we don't have a daughter at all."
The beautiful woman's body gradually went limp.
"Bhai Herbert, and you, Iron Hand, wait! I look forward to your misery in Hell, where the wrathful Necronomicon will devour you alive, the ...... hidden under the throne."
Poof, poof, poof......
The roar of the High Priest was drowned out by the sound of slashing, and it was the ten Praetorian Guards, who brandished their long swords and chopped the High Priest and his wife directly into minced meat.
"Huh?"
Su Xiao's eyes narrowed, according to the normal process, the Praetorian Guards can't make a move on the officials, otherwise it will be very troublesome, even if there is a secret order from the old king, this is a matter of political position.
But these ten Praetorian Guards just made a move, why were the direct guards of the royal family who were supposed to be sent temporarily replaced by the Janissaries of the killing machine? This is a question worth pondering, and what is the High Priest's last sentence trying to say, what is hidden 'under the throne'? Curse? Weapons?
'Under the throne' itself is not easy to understand, it can be understood as royal power, it can also be understood as the royal palace, or even someone under the king.
After the ten Praetorian Guards divided the bodies of the high priest and his wife, they quickly came to Su Xiao's surroundings, and all of them knelt on one knee, just now, they overstepped their authority, and Su Xiao could now kill them on the spot.
"The High Priest has been executed by my own hands."
Su Xiao opened his mouth, the ten Praetorian Guards just lowered their heads, the position of the Iron Hand can really kill people without fear? No, this is a sensitive position, if used well, everyone in the royal capital will be jealous, and if you don't use it well, you will be killed, the previous Iron Hand reigned for only 12 days, and this Iron Hand has been in power for two years.
Hearing Su Xiao's words, the surrounding Praetorian Guards got up and stood behind him again.
Three targets have been eliminated, leaving only Chief Justice Hervé Anthony, who lives on the south side of the royal capital.
The area of the royal capital was very large, and it took half an hour before Su Xiao arrived at Chief Justice Elvey's residence.
This is not a wealthy area, so the surrounding houses are pitch black, and only the croaking of frogs can be faintly heard on the edge of the royal capital, where there is a moat.
The cool night breeze blew, diluting the smell of blood on Su Xiao's body.
Su Xiao was half-squatting on a private house, and he felt that there was something wrong with the atmosphere around him.
"Bubu, this is a portrait of Elvie Anthony, identify it, and you will be responsible for finding where he is, and if the situation is not right, find a way to control him."
Su Xiao took out a portrait, the cloth dog face leaned forward, almost pasted on the portrait, and after more than ten seconds, it looked at Su Xiao, and the big watery eyes seemed to say: "Master, are you the devil, this portrait is a giant panda, right?" “
It is no wonder that Bu Bu Wang is like this, this is a portrait drawn with a quill, only black and white, and the degree of abstraction is completely imaginable.
"Ahem, try to identify it."
Su Xiao spoke in a low voice, and Bu Buwang let out a long sigh and began to stare at the portrait.
After a few minutes, Bu Bu Wang nodded, indicating that he was almost recognized.
"Are you sure?"
"Wang~"
Bu Buwang's voice was very low, seemingly steady as an old dog, but in fact his heart was full of doubts, who is this? Where is he? Where to find him?
"Eminem, prepare."
Su Xiao stared at an old courtyard in front of him, this was Chief Justice Elve's mansion, although the area here was not small, it looked a little dilapidated, if he didn't know the chief judge's personality very well, Su Xiao would think that the other party was an honest official.
Of course, this purge cannot be assassinated, but killed with great fanfare, to deter the officials in the royal capital who are ready to move because the power struggle is about to begin.
"None of them will be left."
Rumble!
Eminem rushed out like a tank, smashing directly into the façade of the Chief Justice's family courtyard.
"Enemy attack!!"
As soon as the roar sounded, a roar came from the dark courtyard, and the sound of noisy footsteps was heard, and a stream of fire appeared.
In less than ten seconds, the courtyard was illuminated by dozens of torches, and a 'soldier' armed with a round shield rushed out of the castle in the center of the courtyard.
The chief judge was not as simple as it seemed, he knew what he had done, so of course he was wary of the old king, so he chose a residence far from the palace and secretly invited dozens of mercenaries.
In fact, cultivating his own private army is the most ideal way to do it, but Chief Justice Elvé is not stupid, he knows that the entire royal capital is under the eyes of the old king, so he chooses a more secret way, which is to spend a lot of money to hire mercenaries, and use his power to send these mercenaries to the royal capital, this is the role of connections.
In fact, the old king saw these small actions made by Chief Justice Elve, but the old king didn't move Chief Justice Elway before, because he could suppress this courtier.
The old king pressed it, it didn't mean that the new king pressed it, even so, the old king gave Chief Justice Elvi a chance to show his loyalty, after all, Elvi dedicated his life to the kingdom, but unfortunately, Elvi didn't seize this opportunity.
Ten Praetorian Guards faced those mercenaries, these mercenaries were not straw bales, they were all experienced in a hundred battles, and it was no problem to stop the Praetorian Guards in a short time.
Su Xiao walked through the crowd, his sword flashing, two heads flying, and a moment later, he appeared in the center of the courtyard, in front of the slightly old castle.
Bang.
Sawdust splashed, Su Xiao kicked and smashed the main entrance of the castle, and there was a wide staircase above the staircase, and above the staircase stood a bald strong man with a lizard tattooed on his bald head.
"I heard that you are the strongest warrior in the royal capital? I'm curious, among the straw bales in the royal capital, how strong the strongest warriors will be, the real strong are on the front line, and only the straw bales will stay in the royal capital to enjoy themselves. ”
The bald man moved his muscles and bones, his pupils were green, but he was not an undead, so there was only one possibility, this was a holy warrior who judged the kingdom, and money could make the ghost grind, let alone a holy warrior? Chief Justice Elve's property, even the old king was a little blushing.
The struggle for power is so cruel, and those who die tonight are the losers in this power struggle, in fact, the struggle for power has already begun tonight.