Cruise's siege ended in failure, and after throwing down two thousand corpses, Cruise ordered the siege to be halted. Having lived in Van City for so long, Cruise knew that it was impossible to break through Van City in his current state. If there is no Oriental, Cruise can also try to send out Cusman and several generals with four-star strength to force his way in and open a way. But a four-star peak of the wild dragon is worth two or three ordinary four-stars, plus a few personal guards around him who are said to be three-star peaks, with the royal family personal guard commander with four-star initial strength and a four-star general who defected to Alex, as well as Andre's four-star strength guard, it is enough to resist their attack. This is also the reason why Alex is desperate to get the support of the dragon, on the battlefield, high-level combat power sometimes really has the ability to change the situation.

In the end, Cruise chose to retreat. Alex took advantage of the victory and sent troops to sweep the area and expand the area of control.

Twenty days after Raphael's assassination, the kingdom of Norrant was officially divided. The marshal of the kingdom, Cario, controlled the six major provinces in the west and one province in the north, with 30,000 regular troops, six four-star powerhouses under his command, and a garrison in Mount Tulan. The eldest prince Cruise controls the five provinces in the south, the three provinces in the east and one province in the middle, and has more than 40,000 regular troops, plus 2,000 guards of the former Vant, eight four-star powerhouses under his command, and a garrison of Varyst. The second prince, Alex, controls the four central provinces and the two eastern provinces, as well as the four northern provinces, with more than 10,000 regular troops, 1,000 elite royal guards and a small number of city guards, as well as nearly 2,000 guards from the Chamber of Commerce who have entered the star, and 15,000 trained merchants are armed. The four-star powerhouses under his command include the Wild Dragon, the Commander of the Royal Guard, Andrei's Four-Star Guard, and the Four-Star General who is loyal to Alex.

From the point of view of controlling provinces, Alex, who is the weakest, is the largest, but the northern provinces and the eastern provinces close to the north under his control are less populous and less economically. The nine provinces controlled by Cruise were all wealthy, and they were superior to Alex. The western province of Cario borders on the barbarians, and from time to time it has to resist the barbarian invasion and the economy is backward, but the victory is that the people are strong and the army is abundant.

Among the three forces, Alex occupies the position and asks Cario and Cruise to be investigated, but it is obviously impossible for Cario and Cruise to entrust their lives to Alex, and even puts forward the argument that Alex is behind it. Things have come to this point, and no one cares who killed Raphael, it all depends on strength to speak.

Cruise now has a headache for the merchants in the area he controls, and almost all of these merchants support Alex, and most of them have sent their caravans to Alex. Because Alex gave the merchant enough benefits and a higher status, plus the Andrea family, which represented the interests of the businessman, was on Alex's side, so that their wind direction remained the same. However, these people controlled the economy and dissociated themselves from the armed forces sent out, and if Cruise attacked these merchant families, even if he eventually won the war, the country's commerce would be ruined. Moreover, the chain of interests of merchants is intertwined among the aristocracy, and forcibly suppressing it will only make them betray their relatives. Although Cruise hated itchy, he had no choice but to appease the cage first.

In contrast, Cario is much better because of the bitter cold of the West, the merchant power is weak, and the army control is stronger, but it is much better, and the merchant power in the territory is either migrating or honest.

Luo Han has been running to the palace for the past few days. Shiria originally supported Alex in the blockade of Vant's city in order to find out the real culprit, but Alex and the ambitions of several princes caused a temporary split in Norlante, and could even turn into fratricide. This is something that this simple little girl did not expect. As a result, Shirley has not been in a good mood these days. Alex and everyone thought that Luo Han was interested in the Ninth Princess, and out of the desire to win over the dragon, Alex let Luo Han enter and leave the palace freely. After all, Luo Han is a very important henchman of the mad dragon, and if he can promote Luo Han and Shiria, he will undoubtedly have the opportunity to tie the mad dragon to death on his chariot.

In the garden, Shiria sat on a stone bench, one hand on her chin and stared at the flowers in the garden. Luo Han quietly appeared behind him, and without speaking, he stood quietly.

Shiria had the strength of a two-star star, and when she came back to her senses by chance, she found Luo Han, and turned around and asked, "Feng, why are you here?" ”

Luo Han said indifferently: "I heard that the maid said that you were in the garden, come and see you." How? Still can't think about it? ”

Shiria sighed, "You say, why is Brother Cruise unwilling to be investigated?" Is he really a murderer? Nolante, who is good, has now become a melee battlefield for the three of his uncle and nephew, so his father should be very sad. ”

Luo Han looked up at the sky, as if to see if Raphael was looking at the land, and after a while he said, "Sometimes I think that if you weren't from a royal family, maybe you wouldn't have these troubles. ”

Shiria nodded and said, "I think that way a lot, too. I really want to be an ordinary civilian, my parents and brothers love each other, and live a peaceful and stable life. ”

Luo Han didn't want to fight Shirya, the war was chaotic, and the civilians were the worst, but the Emir family was unlucky this time, and the storm team took over the task of destroying the Emir family.

"When I came, I saw Brother Pi, and I didn't see him for a day, and I seemed to have gained weight again." Luo Han diverted the topic and said: "This kind of wild demonic beast, you still have to run more and exercise more, eat and drink well all day long and wait for it not to move, it is easy to gain weight." ”

Shiria thought for a while and said, "Lucia followed the army to the front, and I can't find anyone to help me control Brother Pi, or you might as well take it away." ”

"Okay." Luo Han responded and asked, "Why don't I take you to the grassland for two laps, and then you should relax?" ”

Shiria smiled and nodded, "Okay." You go to lead Brother Pi, and I'll change my clothes. ”

Luo Han went to the animal pen to lead the Thunderhorn boar, and waited outside the palace for half an hour before waiting for Shirya. Shiria changed into a heroic leather armor, tied her long golden hair into a ponytail, but inserted delicate hair accessories on her head, and painted makeup on her face, which has a bit of the temperament of a two-dimensional aristocratic female general.

Luo Han didn't care, helped Shirley to sit on Brother Pi's back, and led the big guy to the north gate.

Out of the north gate, it is the grassland that is not wide, this is the place where the royal family gallops horses, at this time most of the royal family are in the army, there is no time to come here, it seems a little lonely.

Luo Han jumped on Brother Pi's back and patted his thick neck, and Brother Pi spread his hooves and ran happily. Being locked up in a pen these days can suffocate this guy.

The energy accumulated for many days made Pi Ge run faster and faster, like a tank speeding up. Under the high-speed gallop, Shirya's emotions were released, and all the worries were temporarily left behind, just to let go of her mind, feel the pleasant feeling brought by speed, and couldn't help but hug Luo Han's waist.

Luo Han was distracted and controlled the mount, but his eyes were wandering around the nearby cliff, and suddenly he saw a human head emerging from the cliff, Luo Han raised his right hand, fell high, and patted Brother Pi's neck. Brother Pi thought that Luo Han was not fast enough, so he made every effort to increase his speed again.

After another circle around the grassland, a man in black clothes and black pants wearing a strange mask suddenly popped out of the grass in front of him on the right, holding a short sword, and stabbed at Shiria with lightning speed. Brother Pi subconsciously turned and avoided the attack of the man in black, but because of the huge inertia, he threw the unsuspecting Shirley away. The man in black immediately chased after him, wielding his short sword and slashing at Shirya.

Luo Han put his hands on Brother Pi's back, and his body flew towards Shirya, blocking the short sword of the man in black with his left arm in mid-air. The short sword slashed across his arm, and blood splattered instantly, and Luo Han's right fist also successfully hit the abdomen of the man in black, pushing him out.

Landing a roll, Luo Han reached the side of Shirya, who fell to the ground, and asked with concern, "Shirya, are you injured?" ”

Shiria shook her head and said, "I'm fine, you be careful." Ah~ Are you hurt? ”

Luo Han looked at his left arm and said in a deep voice, "A little injury, it's fine." This man seems to be coming for you, watch out for other assassins. ”

As he spoke, Luo Han pulled out a gorgeously shaped short sword from Shirya's waist and looked at the man in black with burning eyes.

The man in black said in a hoarse voice, "I'll only kill her, don't meddle with it." ”

Luo said coldly: "First ask me if I agree to the sword in my hand." ”

"Since you are looking for death, then even you will be killed." The man in black suddenly accelerated and rushed over~.

Luo Han also clenched his short sword and fought with the man in black. Both of them showed that they were at the peak of the three-star strength, full of energy, flying wild with small skills, and each suffered a small loss from time to time, and the scene was really up and down.

At this time, the guards stationed on the city wall had already rushed to this side, and the man in black was obviously a little anxious, and accidentally, he was hit by Luo Han's punch and vomited blood and flew out. After landing on the ground, he said viciously, "You wait for me, Shiria? Amir, you're dead! ”

As soon as he finished speaking, the man in black rushed towards the cliff, flickering and moving on the steep cliff face, and disappeared between the rocks in a short time.

Luo Han walked to the place where the man in black fell to the ground, picked up a money bag from the ground, walked back to Shirya, and opened the money bag, which only contained a dozen gold coins.

"Shirya, the assassins have infiltrated here, it seems that the area around Van Te City is no longer safe, let's go back to the palace first."

Shirley nodded again and again, and rode with Luo Han on Brother Pi, who was lying on his stomach and pretending to be dead. Pi Ge stood up on all four legs, and ran quickly towards the city gate without an order.

When the two returned to the outside of the palace, they found that the royal guards had surrounded the place. Shiria grabbed a female guard and asked, "Adele, what's going on?" ”

Adele said respectfully: "Your Royal Highness Princess, the third prince and the sixth prince were assassinated in the palace at the same time, and we are investigating the assassins. ”

Shiria's legs suddenly weakened, Luo Han hurriedly held on, and said to Adele: "The Ninth Princess has just been assassinated outside the city, and we are going to see His Royal Highness Alex." ”

Adele was startled and hurriedly led the way.

Luo Han and Shiria go to the back garden and meet Alex, who is furious. Adele stepped forward and said a few words, Alex hurriedly ran over and said, "Shirya, are you okay?" ”

Shiria shook her head, tears streaming from the corners of her eyes.

"Alex, they ......"

Alex's expression darkened and he shook his head: "One hit kills, and the murderer absconds without a trace." ”

Luo Han took out the money bag and said, "Your Highness Alex, this is what I picked up where I fought off the assassin and where he fell, but it doesn't seem to have any clues. ”

Alex hurriedly took the money bag, looked at it carefully, and then opened the money bag, his eyes suddenly lit up, and he ordered the guards around him: "Go and ask Andre to come over." ”

Luo Han was puzzled: "Your Highness, could it be that you have discovered something?" ”

Alex said: "There are two kinds of gold coins in this purse, one is struck by Norrant and the other is not, maybe something can be seen from it." However, I'm not familiar with other countries' gold coins, so I'll have to wait for Andrei to come. ”

Luo Han nodded and asked, "Why are the two princes ......?" ”

Alex looked at the dejected Shirya, and sighed: "I don't know the specific situation, but the maid heard the voice and went to check, only to find that the two of them had been killed." The murderer was at least a three-star powerhouse, and he was killed in one hit, leaving no clues. And...... The most troublesome thing is that no one has found the assassins, and it seems that they are very familiar with the royal palace......"

After pouring out the gold coins in the money bag and examining them carefully, Andrei said with certainty: "Your Highness, these gold coins are from the Camino Duchy in the south, and judging from the scratches and lusters on the surface, the minting time is not more than half a year. ”

Alex sat on the throne, propped his chin and said, "The principality of the south is so familiar with the environment and layout of the palace...... It had to be Cruise. This vicious guy didn't even let go of his brother and sister. My father must have been killed by him! ”

A hint of cunning flashed in Andre's eyes, but he said: "Your Highness, maybe this gold coin flowed into Norlant during the trade......"

Alex interrupted Andre and said, "The gold coins minted in half a year are most likely to flow in the southern provinces, and even if they spread to other places, they are rarely gathered together, unless they are large chamber of commerce transactions." But even then, it is usually slowly dispersed through the market transactions, unless the person is sent by the Chamber of Commerce, and the merchant happens to have recently collected a large number of Camino coins in the south. ”

Andre hurriedly said: "Wronged, Your Highness, now that we, the business families, are all towards Your Highness, how could we do such a thing?" ”

Alex snorted coldly and said, "Of course it's not you. The Assassin was so familiar with the palace that he was able to sneak in, find the residence of his two younger brothers, and disappear without leaving a trace after a single blow. This is definitely not something that a merchant can do, not even Uncle Cario. It had to be Cruise, I can't think of a second person but him. "Baidu: The Final Trial of Death: Jiezhong Literature" The latest chapter is free to read for the first time.