Chapter 25: The Truth Emerges

"Aren't we going to continue eavesdropping on them?" asked Ji Yijun.

"I've cast spells, but now they don't speak, don't know what they're doing in there. Xiao Chen said, he only heard some bits and pieces, it seemed that Jiang Yitian and Cole had already had some plans, and the two were preparing separately.

At this time, Xiao Chen heard Cole say: "Now you have no way out, Favio and they have already set off." As long as you do this, the Empire's promise will be fulfilled. ”

Jiang Yitian over there said: "I didn't hesitate, I just went through the various links at the end, it's still too early, let's wait a little longer before we set off." ”

Cole said, "It's up to you." We were ready to go. ”

After the two of them said this, the room fell silent again.

"Cole actually represents the Empire? Listening to the way he speaks, his status is not low? Could it be that he is a spy sent by the Empire before?"

"Chances are, maybe the mercenary is just his cover identity, it turns out that he may be in charge of finding out the kingdom's intelligence, and then the mission changed, and he followed Kalanda to join us, do things for us, and wait for the opportunity to listen to the news of us traversers.

He must have been a nail in the coffin that the Imperials planted here a long time ago, maybe he was still a black guard. As Cole, he had been in contact with us for a long time before he escaped last time, and had been involved in many of our affairs, and it seems that the Empire already knows a lot about us. Xiao Chen said.

"When we were hunting down Orville together, he looked like an ordinary mercenary. There's nothing special about it other than being a half-elf. Ji Yijun said.

Xiao Chen said: "Most of the half-elves live at the junction of the Iberian Kingdom and the Elven Kingdom, and there are very few half-elves in the empire, and this identity is a good cover." ”

Ji Yijun said: "However, it is strange to say that he joined the chase because of Zhang Hong." I don't know why Zhang Hong was enthusiastic at that time, and would take the initiative to ask to chase and kill the horse thief, which is not like his usual appearance at all. This man is always hanging up on his business, what does it matter to him to avenge my father?"

"You mean, it was Zhang Hong who took the initiative to ask them to cooperate at that time?" Xiao Chen asked.

"Yes, those two mercenaries Cole and Gameiro were hired by him at his expense, nominally his bodyguards, but in fact they were his killers who chased down the horse thieves. He said that he had been mistreated when he was captured by horse thieves and wanted revenge from the horse thieves. But I always felt that it wasn't like that, he was in a weird state at that time, and it didn't feel like he was going to do anything to Orville, but it was the feeling of hoping that he would die as soon as possible. ”

"Kill people and kill people. ”

"Yes, yes, that's what it feels like. Ji Yijun said.

Xiao Chen said: "Could it be that Orville has some secret of Zhang Hong, so that Zhang Hong is eager to kill him? This must be a very serious problem, once this secret is revealed, Zhang Hong will be finished, so he must risk his life to eliminate this threat." ”

"Makes sense. Ji Yijun agreed, "At that time, he gave me the feeling that this was the case, and he couldn't do it urgently." ”

Xiao Chen continued to analyze: "Then Cole killed Orville for Zhang Hong, it is very likely that he learned this secret from Orville, so that he has the handle of Zhang Hong.

Now that I know Cole is Imperial, it all fits together. When Suero asked us why Zhang Hong betrayed, he mentioned that the Imperial people threatened him, and he just said that he wanted to save his life, and now it seems that not only that, but the Imperial people have more things in their hands to control him, maybe this is the fundamental reason why Zhang Hong will betray us.

My guess is that when we were hosting the Empire's negotiating delegation, Cole himself infiltrated and met with Zhang Hong, and then threatened him with this handle. In order to keep his position, Zhang Hong took refuge in the imperial people and opened the Heimu Pass for them!"

"But what did Zhang Hong do? If it was intelligence, then under severe torture, we didn't expect him to be loyal and unyielding and resist to the end. Even if he leaked some information to the horse thief, and the horse thief was later eliminated, everyone would forgive him, right? In that case, he didn't need to behave like this. Ji Yijun was puzzled.

"I think maybe it's not intelligence, maybe it's people. ”

"People?"

Xiao Chen spit out a name: "Hong Lifeng." ”

"Hong Lifeng, it's not that the horse thief killed him......" Ji Yijun suddenly came to his senses, "It makes sense, no one knows how Hong Lifeng died, everything was told by Zhang Hong." Perhaps Zhang Hong played an inglorious role in Hong Lifeng's death. For example, he wanted to take refuge with a horse thief, and then the horse thief forced him to kill his own people and surrender his name! He killed Hong Lifeng. ”

Xiao Chen said: "I'm afraid the specific situation is now only known to Cole. However, the most critical point is what Cole is doing with Jiang Yitian now. What are the people who were just taken to the convention center going to do at night? According to what Cole had done before, he had always been a spy who was secretly sabotaging, and he was not a diplomat at all. Is the group of people led by him really here to negotiate?"

"Why don't I just lead the troops to surround the conference center? Arrest those imperial people, no matter what they are or what they want to do, as long as they are caught, they won't be able to cause chaos for us. Ji Yijun proposed a quick plan to cut through the mess.

"This is risky, these are our inferences, maybe these people are really envoys secretly sent by the Empire, in that case, we will make a big oolong. The Committee will certainly not spare either of us. Xiao Chen said.

Ji Yijun smiled and said: "Just kidding, when did I, Ji Yijun, ever be afraid of this, it's a big deal to lose my hat and come to live with you in prison for a while." ”

Xiao Chen nodded and said, "It's good if you understand." These are extraordinary times, and this is indeed the most effective way to do it. You go now, go and mobilize troops, take people to catch those four imperial people, pay attention to bring masters, I have seen those imperial people, their bearing is not ordinary, and their strength should be quite good. At the same time, you also sent people to greet Chairman Guo and Peng Ziyi, and told them that there might be ghosts in the emergency meeting to be held here. ”

Ji Yijun said: "Okay! In this way, the other party's rhythm will be disrupted by us." I'm going to see how they play in the future. ”

Ji Yijun was about to leave immediately, but at this moment, Jiang Yitian's vicious voice came from the minds of the two: "Okay, it's almost time." Let's go to the Mage Prison now and kill Xiao Chen!"