Chapter 184: Premonition of Approaching Darkness
After another ten minutes of travel, Li Huailin and the others finally arrived near the Divine Blessed City, of course, Saint Gaius Li Huailin let her go back first, because this guy didn't know why he was shining at night, it was really a bit conspicuous, and there were so many players in the main city, which might cause onlookers. Next time, Li Huailin poured into a dark place to explore, and he didn't even need to prepare a torch, so he directly let this guy light up.
"Something is wrong." Li Huailin here just walked to the west gate of the main city and found that it was a little different, "It seems that there are a little more guards." β
"yes, it's twice as much as usual, and it looks like the news of the princess's disappearance has gotten out." The red moon here looked at it and said.
"This sucks...... Letisia ......," said Fencerine, frowning, "but strange, it's only seven o'clock in the evening, and when I went out in the morning, I said that I might return to the palace later, so I shouldn't find out that I'm gone." β
"Someone in your convoy probably ran back and reported the situation." Li Huailin said casually, "It looks like this, why don't you go back to the palace first." β
"No, if I go back...... Leticia can't come back, and I have to get her back. Fonserine gritted her teeth and said.
"Let's ask what's going on." The red moon here said, and then walked towards the guard at the door.
There were really a lot more guards at the door, but they just stood there and stood guard, and they didn't block the exit, and they didn't ask too much about the players who came in and out. Hongyue walked up to one of the guards and asked, "Hello, may I ask if there are a lot more guards here, I don't know what happened?" β
"Hello adventurer." The guards of the main city have always been more polite, and when they saw Hongyue's inquiry, they also replied very seriously, "That's right, a big incident just happened. β
"Oh? What's up? "Red Moon knows what the situation is. But I just want to ask the palace what Cheng dΓΉ knows.
"The Fourth Princess of the Empire was attacked by an unknown assassin on her way out." The guard said immediately.
"What's going on?" Hongyue said with a look of shock.
"yes, so now the Guards have been notified and are now going all out to track down the Assassins." The guard said, "Originally, I was also resting today, but snacks were also brought on duty. β
"Oh, that's it." Red Moon nodded.
"Wait......" Li Huailin behind him suddenly walked up and said. Why go all out to track down the Assassins? β
"Huh?" The guard was stunned, "What's so strange about going all out to track down the assassins?" β
"Shouldn't you look for the princess first?" Li Huailin asked.
"Huh? Why? The guard asked curiously, "The princess is resting in the palace, why are you looking for the princess?" β
"Huh?" Everyone present was stunned, and Fang Serin, who was here, looked even more incredulous, and immediately asked, "What did you say?" The princess resting in the palace? β
The guard gave Fonselin a strange look, but didn't seem to recognize her, and continued, "Yes. That's right, although the princess was not injured, but she was also frightened, and now she was resting, and His Royal Highness was furious, and now he was trying his best to find the assassin. β
"It can't be!" Fang Serine said excitedly, "How can the princess rest in the palace!" Am I still here? β
"Huh? What are you talking about? Your guard here asked curiously.
"That's the way I'm going." Li Huailin suddenly pulled down Fang Serlin, who was still trying to argue in front, and then said to the guards. "So although the princess was attacked by the assassins, she also escaped back?"
"yes." The guard nodded. "God bless the empire, fortunately, nothing happened to Her Royal Highness the Princess."
"Her Royal Highness the princess is so staked, she can escape from so many people alone." Li Huailin here knew that Fang Serin had no combat ability, and he just wanted to hear if the guy on the other side had exposed this.
"Oh, then you're mistaken, adventurer. Her Royal Highness the Fourth Princess doesn't know martial arts or magic, so it should have been very dangerous. However, Lord Eveli fought desperately and successfully rescued Her Royal Highness, but of course he himself was seriously injured. But there shouldn't be any life-threatening injuries. The guard said with a little admiration, "Lord Eveli is really too powerful, and this time, it seems that he can get the Imperial Medal of Glory again." β
"Yveli? He's alive? Fang Serin, who was here, said in surprise.
"So there are two people who came back?" Li Huailin asked.
"Yes, there are only two people who can come back with a whole team of guards, the other party is too vicious, fortunately, Her Royal Highness the princess is fine." The guard nodded.
"Hehe, I suddenly found this task a little interesting." Li Huailin turned around and smiled slightly and said, "Princess, did you say yes?" β
"Someone is pretending to be my ......" At this time, after the initial shock, Fang Seren also slowly calmed down, after all, she was born in the royal family, and she still had the ability to control her mind, although her heart was still a mess here, but she still pretended to be calmer on the surface.
"Brother-in-law, brother-in-law, I don't understand what is going on." You don't see much of the palace fighting dramas that you look like here, or you don't bother to think about it at all, so you raised your hand and asked.
"Go over there." Li Huailin pointed to the plain at the gate of the city as he spoke, "If the other side knows that the real princess has not been transported back, he may send people to the various city gates to find people and prepare to intercept and kill, we should pay attention." β
"Hmm." Fonserine nodded, it was a critical moment until now, and she had to be calm.
A few people immediately walked a little outside the city gate, but there were no people here, and the light was relatively dim, so it was not very easy to be discovered.
Li Huailin, who was still here, spoke first: "Anyway, what I know now is that the princess was attacked, and then someone impersonated the princess and returned to the palace, I originally thought it was a mission to save people, but now it doesn't seem like this." β
"yes, I didn't expect this to be the case." Here, your red moon also said, "I originally thought it was somewhere, and the plot of killing a boss and rescuing a person is getting more and more complicated. β
"How so?" Fang Serin, who was here, said in disbelief. "The other party has already returned to the palace, and he should have seen his father, but his father didn't recognize her?"
"In other words, the other party looks very similar to you, which can be guessed, if it doesn't look like someone to pretend." Li Huailin spread his hands and said, "You don't have to think about this thing." There are only three questions to consider: first, who is the other party; second, what the other party wants to do; Third, what should we do. β
"Who's the other party?" "Who is the enmity with me?" I...... I don't know......"
"Okay, let's study the first question first, judging from the fact that the other party has prepared a dummy to replace the princess, the other party is planning to do it for a day or two this month, so it's not a zero hour idea. Today is the time for the plan to be implemented, why today? It's very simple, because the princess is out, it's easier to start outside, okay, now the first question, why does the princess go out? Li Huailin said.
"Do you go out a lot?" The red moon here asked at Fonserine.
"No, Letitia asked me out today......" Fang Seren here replied after a moment's thought. As a result, on the way, he encountered a caravan, under the banner of the Musted caravan. We didn't pay attention at first, but the other side suddenly attacked us when they were staggering. β
"That's what the people from the MΓΆsted caravan did." Hongyan here drank water and raised his hand and said.
"Stupid, stupid." Li Huailin couldn't help but say, "I've been planning for a long time, how can I still beat my banner out and look for death when I do it." What if the attack is unsuccessful? β
"Oh." Hongyan drank water and touched his head.
"But in short, identify a suspect first." Li Huailin nodded.
"Huh?" Fang Serine wondered, "Who?" β
"Leticia, obviously." Li Huailin spread his hands and said.
"Leticia? No way, she's my ......" Fang Seren was about to say something, but was interrupted by Li Huailin's side.
"Well, I didn't ask for your opinion. I don't need to know how affectionate or deep the friendship you are, I'll just judge for myself. Li Huailin waved his hand and said, "No matter what, invite a princess who doesn't usually go out much, and then something happened, and the suspicion is too big." β
After Li Huailin finished speaking, he thought about it again: "There is a second suspect." β
"And?" Fonserine asked.
"The guard named Evely." Li Huailin touched his chin and said, "Who is he?" β
"He's the captain of my guard, the man my father sent to protect me." "I'm too weak to learn martial arts, and I don't have a talent for magic, and Iveli has been protecting me since I was a child, just like my loved ones. β
"He's going out with you today?" Li Huailin asked.
"Hmm." Fonserine nodded.
"Yes, after the attack, Yveli fought the other side, and I saw him stabbed a few times, and I thought he was dead...... "Fonserine said.
"It doesn't make sense, although the other party's people were injured, but they didn't kill the group, and in the end they were attacked by the thieves and had an accident, which means that the other party has enough time to extinguish the mouth, let's assume that after Yveli was seriously injured, he escaped with him, so where is the time to replace people." Li Huailin said.
"I ...... I was knocked unconscious, I don't know. Fang Seren, who was here, thought for a moment and said, "Is it possible for the other party to knock me out and then change me, and then Yveli found me who had been dropped when he knew that he was invincible and was about to escape, and then pulled me away?" β
"Impossible, in this case, the other party should be able to pursue the two of you with all his might, because a seriously injured person and a person who doesn't know martial arts can't run far at all, and the other party will leave with you, it doesn't make sense." Li Huailin said, "If there is nothing wrong with Evely, seeing that the other party is not chasing him, he may have a little doubt, but looking at the current situation, it seems that there is no." β
"This ...... I don't believe ......," said Fonserin, bowing her head, "Evely, Eveli could not have betrayed me. β
"It doesn't matter, this world is not something that you can change without believing in each other, things exist objectively, and all the impossibilities are eliminated, and all that remains can only be the truth." Li Hualin said.
"It's also possible that Evely, although a little suspicious, decided to send the princess back first, but after returning to the palace, he was too injured and fainted." The red dust and smoke here are a little unbearable to see Fang Serin's dejected appearance. So said.
"yes, yes, it must be." Fang Serin's eyes lit up, and she said immediately as if she had grabbed some life-saving straw.
"Of course, it's okay to think so, I'm just talking about the suspect now. It's not certain. Li Huailin said, "And it doesn't matter if Eveli is a traitor or not. β
"Why?" Fonserine asked.
"The energy required to kidnap an imperial princess is not a little bit or two, what kind of strange purpose do you say a captain of the guard has to do this? It's impossible at all, if he wants to harm you, there are so many opportunities from childhood to adulthood, you can do it at any time, it can't be now, that is to say, this Eveli is definitely not the mastermind. Li Huailin said.
"Yes. Right. "Even if he really betrayed me, there must be a reason, there must be some kind of coercion." β
"Well, who did that?" Hongyue here asked.
"I don't know." Li Huailin spread his hands, "I'm just analyzing, not fortune telling, how can this kind of intelligence know who the mastermind is." β
"I thought you knew. Say so confidently. The red dust and rain here said.
"I didn't say I know." Li Huailin smiled, "That's right." By the way, I ask, what is the origin of that guy named Leticia? β
"Origin?" Fonserine asked.
"That is to say, I have been thinking about it since the beginning, why did Letitia meet you in the palace, he is also a princess? Or what is the daughter of the prince? Li Huailin asked.
"It's not. She was just a friend of mine since I was a child, and she often came to the palace to see me and play with me. "She is not a princess, she is the daughter of the Marquis of Filmut." β
"Huh?" Li Huailin was slightly stunned. "You wait...... The Marquis of Filmut? β
"yes." Fonserine nodded.
"Is that the boss of the De'an Chamber of Commerce?" Li Huailin said.
"The De'an Chamber of Commerce doesn't belong to the Marquis of Filmut, but it's pretty much ......," said Fonserine, "yes, that's him." β
"Understood." Li Huailin nodded, this has nothing to do with this guy, so I can't say it.
"Wylin, you mean, is this Marquis of Filmut?" Hongyue here asked.
"Seventy percent sure. That's it. Li Huailin said, "I have heard a lot of things about this guy in the north, and it is said that he also controls the army and has monstrous power." β
"How could it be the Marquis of Filmut, it doesn't make sense." Here, your Fencelyn immediately said, "Why did the Marquis of Filmut harm me?" β
"That's the second question." Li Huailin said, "What do they want to do? Before thinking about this, though, there is a very important question. β
"Huh? What is it? Hongyue asked, and Fang Serlin here also looked at Li Huailin strangely.
"Why aren't you dead yet?" Li Huailin pointed at Fang Serlin and said.
"Huh?" Fang Serine was stunned, "What do you mean?" β
"I mean, why didn't the other party kill you." Li Huailin said, "It's very strange, the other party already has someone pretending to be you, but why don't you kill the real body, the other party has a chance to kill you, stuff you into the box for this time, just cut a knife on your neck and you die, and then directly set the box on point, one hundred, you don't have to worry about accidents at all, isn't it very bad for them for the princess to run out like this?" β
"Huh? Oh, yes. Fang Seren thought about it, it made sense, why she wasn't dead yet.
"Reason 1, the other party has a deep hatred for you, rather than slaughtering you with a knife, it is better to watch you humiliate and painful after losing your status as a princess." Li Huailin said.
"I don't remember who I have a deep grudge with, I don't usually go out at all, and I don't know many people." Fonserine said.
"Second, you're still useful." Li Huailin said.
"Useful?" Fang Serine said strangely.
"Or that the identity of the princess is useful, or you know some royal secrets, which may lead the person pretending to be you to reveal the truth, so leave you here first, in case there is anything that only you know, you can come back at any time and torture you to let you say it."
"Royal secrets?" Fonserine looked confused, completely unaware of this.
"And then it's the other party's purpose, the first one I just said, the other party hates you very much, and you also said that there are no more zΓ i people, so it can only be the second reason." Li Huailin said, "The reason for the government. β
"Political reasons?" Fonserine asked.
"To put it simply, the other party is targeting your father, not you, and there will be plans for the future, and replacing you now is just the first step." Li Huailin said.
"They want to attack their father?!" Fang Serin's whole body straightened in an instant, "No, I want to go back immediately and expose the person who pretended to be me." β
"Whatever you want, you must die on the way before you enter the city and reach the palace now." Li Huailin spread his hands and said, "I'm sure that as soon as you enter the door, the other party will be notified that the real princess is back and ready to rob and kill, and then you will die." β
"Please help me and send me back to the palace." Fonserine immediately said, "I will definitely fulfill my promise." β
"It's impossible to succeed." Li Huailin said, "I'm only level 30, and a few here are only level 21, do you think it's possible for us to keep you?" Such a big plan, it's not too much to invite a few fifty or sixty level assassins, I'm not saying that we can't beat us, if the other party only fights us, luck can win, but we have to keep your ......"
"Yes......" Fonserine nodded, "If I die now, my father will be even more dangerous, what should I do?" β
"You're an imperial princess, don't you know a few people with high ranks? What kind of great swordsman, Dharma god or something, just find a way to let them escort you near the palace, and then confront the fake princess. Li Huailin said.
"I ...... I rarely go out...... I don't know much of what you're talking about, and the other party may not know me. Fonserine said, and suddenly remembered something, "I remember, the Marquis of Marlindorf must recognize me." β
"Who is it?" Li Huailin asked.
"He is the father of my fiancΓ©, who is my future father-in-law." "His words should tell that I'm the real Fancyrine." β
"Where does he live? We're going to send someone in and get in touch with him and get him to come out and meet you. Li Huailin said.
"He's not in the main city...... He was a marshal and now on the battlefield. Fonserine said.
"Huh?" (To be continued......)