"Good!"

Without further ado, Ios and I stepped forward and each pressed our bodies against a door.

Squeak –

Two thick doors were slowly closed.

Bai Xiang was silently watching from the sidelines, and when she needed strength purely to do so, she was overstretched with her skills.

Rumble!

Soon the gate closed, cutting off all the Praetorian Guards, as well as the onlookers.

"Whew-"

With our backs to the closed palace door, Ios and I breathed a sigh of relief.

"What are you going to do next?" I looked at the boy next to me, "Obviously, the Saxon royal city is out of control, and you can't get out anyway." Now we are trapped. ”

"I have to find out what that inexplicable temple is." Ios gritted his teeth and said, "I really don't know what my brother thinks by letting this kind of thing control the country and the army." If I don't understand this, I will definitely not leave! ”

"I think it's more important to be physically than mentally satisfied." At this time, Bai Maung said softly, "At the very least, we must first confirm whether there is anything to eat, clean drinking water, and a convenient place to sleep." ”

"Ah, that's right." Ios was stunned for a moment, then nodded and said, "Then let's search for it first, we can't concentrate when we are hungry." Speaking of which, it's time for dinner, my stomach is rumbling haha......"

"You, it's rare to be reliable, and now you're back to your true nature."

I couldn't help but smile and shake my head.

"Where, appetite is the foundation of human existence, young and old." Ios pretended to wave his hand lightly, "Let's go, follow me for food!" ”

"Baixiang, he ......"

I reluctantly wanted to say something to Baixiang beside me.

"Needless to say, I understand." Bai Maung shook his head, "He's probably trying to liven up the atmosphere, but unfortunately he only looks like a weak person with no skills." ”

"Thank you for understanding." I smiled wryly and nodded, "That guy values his face more than anything else, and it's often unbearable......"

"No, Einomiya-sama, you're not right to say that."

He had always followed the meaning of our conversation, but he raised his head and looked at my face seriously.

"If he's on his own, it doesn't matter what it looks like, right? So who is it for? ”

"This ......"

I was speechless for a moment.

"So, before he becomes a truly mature king, we will probably have to put up with his willfulness and naivety." Bai Rong smiled and sighed, and followed behind Ios, "Since he doesn't want us to worry, we have to follow this meaning." ”

——

The search for food and water in the palace was much easier than expected.

The previous Saxon king was extravagant, and there was a lot of meat and wine stored in the palace. Judging from the specific number, if there are only three of us eating and drinking, let alone three days, even if it is three months or even half a year, it will not be a problem!

"This disgusting fellow, is it true that such good wine and meat are hoarded in the palace, and would rather rot all than give a little to the people?" Looking at the scene in front of him, Ios's face darkened slightly.

"Okay, this account will be calculated later, and now that the food problem is solved, we should also start investigating."

I stepped forward and patted Ios on the shoulder.

"Well, I understand."

Ios was also calm-hearted, and he took a deep breath and nodded.

Having filled our stomachs in the palace, we began to search and look through the files in the council chamber.

The previous Saxon king was clearly a man of no political conscience, and scattered files were thrown everywhere, and even many of them were missing pages.

So we even need to sort them out and rearrange them before we search.

This shows the hardships of this work.

But fortunately, Baixiang can use her clone to increase her efficiency by a hundredfold. What was originally a headache can often be done in the blink of an eye.

"Well, all the relevant documents marked with the word 'Temple' are here. I've arranged it in chronological order, please watch the master. ”

Soon, Bai Xiang held a thick stack of dossiers in his hand and gently placed them on the table in front of Ios.

"Thank you, Baixiang, for your hard work."

Ios nodded, then opened the first file with a solemn face, and looked at it intently.

Because the stakes are so high, he is not even in the mood to flirt with Baixiang.

And Bai Xiang also understood Ios's mood, and stood quietly on the other side, without saying a word, as if he was the most loyal guard.

"Let's take a look at the time...... The first document is...... Ten years ago? That is, the year I was forced out of Saxon? ”

Ios had just opened the first document and looked at it twice, and his gaze froze.

"Huh? Could it be that the events of the year actually had the participation of that mysterious temple? ”

Hearing Ios's words, I also hurriedly came up.

"In accordance with the agreement...... On the Saxon side, the bishop of the temple should be presiding over the temple and paying forty percent of the annual income as a gift...... The bishop has a veto on many matters such as the army, finances, trade, and diplomacy...... In exchange, the temple would help the eldest son of the Saxon king succeed to the throne......"

Slowly reading the words on the document, Ios's body trembled more and more.

"Sure enough......"

I sighed.

As I expected, the temple was not something that could have been born of a single Saxon.

From the gestures and haughty words of the bishop to the strictness of the priests who only obeyed the bishop's orders, it was clear that the temple was above it.

"It's amazing, this temple." Ios threw the papers aside with a blank face, "Now I understand that my past is not a tragedy at all, but a play orchestrated by someone else. Hehehe, that's a lot of fun. ”

"Ios ......"

"Don't worry, I'm fine." Ios shook his head slowly, "Now that I know the truth of the past, then I will definitely not let go of any clues." Whatever that temple is, I'm going to uproot it! ”

With a sharp upward movement of his right hand, Ios quickly grabbed the second document and looked down again.

In the following time, Ios looked at the documents one by one, and his face kept changing.

Baixiang sorted out the documents that Ios had read, and handed them to me again.

She is positioned as Ios' personal bodyguard, and is not allowed to view such classified documents without permission.