12. Analysis
It must be my parents who are thinking about me, Zhao Yuan thought sadly, and suddenly, he remembered the conversation between the old turtle and himself before he fell asleep. Zhao Yuan, who had just laid down, bounced up like a spring again.
[Old Xuanwu, old man, wake up!]
[What's wrong with you?] Old Xuanwu's face stinks, he just finished a wave of revenge, and before he could be beautiful for a while, he was woken up again.
[You said I was wrong before, can you describe my expression at that time?] Zhao Yuan asked eagerly.
[My own expression also asked me...... It's just a long face, and the eyes are very indifferent, didn't you say that this is normal?] Old Xuanwu replied impatiently.
[I said it's normal?] Zhao Yuan didn't remember his reply at the time, he was so sleepy at that time, many of the answers were not in his mind, and he said it instinctively.
[Yes, am I still going to lie to you?] Old Xuanwu said as a matter of course.
Zhao Yuan was a little dazed now, he could hardly imagine that he would say such a thing, nor could he imagine that he would show such an indifferent expression like his father. He has always been afraid of his father, and he has always rejected that father. That's why he went home after two months of work at the company. He wasn't afraid of hardship, but he was particularly disgusted with his father's expression, and felt that his father was a completely different person.
He shuddered when he remembered the dream he had just seen, just like his father, as cold as he was, as high as a cruel god, but without human appearance.
It's just a dream, it's just a dream, Zhao Yuan kept repeating these four words, as if this would soothe his scared heart. But I kept recalling the dream in my mind.
What to give up? What is the same? Zhao Yuan was puzzled, he vaguely felt that this was the key to going home, but he really couldn't figure it out.
Gradually, his eyelids began to fight one by one, but in the end, he couldn't resist the thick sleepiness, and snored peacefully.
Early the next morning, Zhao Yuan was woken up by the sound of birds outside the window. Don't look at the villa he lived in before, it is also rich in vegetation and has many animal species, but compared with any place here, it is not enough to see. The richness of flora and fauna alone is incomparable.
Shaking his somewhat heavy head, Zhao Yuan slowly got up and got dressed, washed his face with the water brought by the orc maid, rinsed his mouth and walked towards the restaurant, his hair still on his head like a chicken nest.
The orc maids looked at each other, and no one reminded Zhao Yuan After all, this Terran lord has a very friendly relationship with the masters, and it was so dirty and smelly when he first came, the two masters didn't dislike it, not to mention that they just didn't comb their hair.
Eating a hearty breakfast, Zhao Yuan found that Moose and Little Ike were not there, and Monroe told him that Moose was breaking through now, and it was difficult for Little Ike to bring it out.
Zhao Yuan asked about the four killers who were taken down yesterday, and Monroe saw that he was in good shape, so he took him to the cellar. In fact, it is a cellar, rather an underground dark room, on the surface there are some fresh vegetables, fruits, meats and ice cubes, in fact, open a more private door, there will be a passage to the space below. This type of darkroom is very common in large households.
After passing through the long underground tunnel, Zhao Yuan gradually smelled a trace of rust, so he was not too surprised when he saw the four killers whose flesh and blood were blurred.
"I've already asked, the person who hired them is my younger brother, Cecil, the ninth prince of the wolf clan, I always thought he was close to me, but I didn't expect to kill me like this. Monroe's voice was a little decadent, for him, an orc with the royal blood of the wolf clan, it was a very sad thing for brothers to kill each other, after all, the wolf clan was known for their unity, otherwise they would not be able to compete with the more powerful tribe of the lion clan.
"Does your brother have any conflicts or grudges with you?" Zhao Yuan asked strangely, after getting along with Monroe for a while, he naturally felt that the wolf clan was a very united tribe internally, but he didn't expect that there would be something like a royal brother.
"I accepted the title of Prince, which means that I no longer participate in the struggle for the throne, and before this I had a good relationship with my brothers, and the wolf clan has always been a very united race. ”
Zhao Yuan showed an undeniable expression, living in the circle of high society, he has long stopped trusting the people in the circle, after all, he is full of lust, the richer he is, the more strange things there are, and the weaker his moral consciousness is. Except for his parents and the friends he made when he was a student, he never gave his heart to those in his social circle.
"Then does your brother want to inherit the throne?" Zhao Yuan asked, in fact, for ordinary friends, he would not interject and ask more. But Monroe and Musi are both people who have signed a friendly contract with him, they are partners who have the same heart and trust each other, so Zhao Yuan inevitably cares a little more.
"He's only about the same age as you now, and I don't know if he will receive the title of prince in the future. Monroe said.
"But judging from his usual performance, he should want to inherit the throne. "My younger brother has always been smart and studious, and he is also very likable, because he is the youngest child of his father, so he is also very favored by his father.
"If you die this time, will your brother do you any good?" Zhao Yuan continued.
"This ......," Monroe hesitated. "If I die, my property should be taken over by my younger brother, he and I are the only two of the nine princes who like to engage in business, and I took him with me in the early years, but his vision is not broad enough, and the market is not big. I've gotten bigger and bigger over the years, and even though I haven't suppressed him, his business is really not going well. Zhao Yuan nodded understandingly, after all, business is such a thing, and the most profitable thing is monopoly. Monroe is no exception. If he can monopolize, he monopolizes everything, and if he can't monopolize alone, he will unite with some business tycoons to monopolize. And among these monopolies, there is definitely no share of the Nine Emperors of the Wolf Clan.
"But I don't understand, for a strong person, my own strength is the most important, just like myself, if I hadn't reached the fifth order at the age of thirty, and I had the wolf clan royal family behind me as support, my huge wealth would not be able to be kept at all. How could a wolf clan murder their brother for money?" Monroe said puzzled.
Zhao Yuan looked at Monroe in disbelief: "Monroe, how can you have such an idea? The power of money is much greater than you think." With money, you can have a wider network of contacts and information, such as those superb equipment that you gave me, if it weren't for the fact that you are a big businessman, would these be in your hands? There are also many cultivation resources. Look at Moose, she was able to break through whenever she wanted, and it wasn't because you provided her with so many precious auxiliary items. Strength is important, but for most people who are not very talented, money is the cornerstone of strength!"
Monroe, who has always been sharp-eyed, rarely showed a dull gaze, he was taught to respect the strong since he was a child, and he grew up in the palace of the wolf clan, and the wolf clan is also a large tribe ranked among the orcs. And when he became an adult, he had become one of the top businessmen with his shrewd mind and powerful power, so he had never experienced the taste of running out of money, nor did he know how expensive the cultivation auxiliary materials he was used to were for other people.
In his heart, money is something used to provide a comfortable life for women and children, and as for himself, it doesn't matter how he lives.
"I suddenly remembered that my younger brother, his cultivation talent, is indeed not very good. Monroe showed a thoughtful expression, "He has just arrived at the third-order martial artist now, I heard that before this, he collected a large number of auxiliary medicines and appliances, and also imported the elixir for breakthrough from the Donghuan Continent, although this matter is very secretive, but because I have a lot of contact with the Donghuan Continent, I also know." You may not understand it very well, but among us orcs, it is very disgraceful to use elixir to break through, because in our opinion, only those lazy cultivators of the human race would do so. ”
Zhao Yuan nodded and continued: "Then during this period, did you have any contact with your brother? ”
"I didn't have much contact, after all, Moose was pregnant at the time. But I do remember that at that time, Mu Si was pregnant and needed a kind of moon condensation grass to stabilize the realm, so as not to accidentally break through, and the only moon condensation grass at that auction was auctioned by me, and there was another person who kept bidding, I don't know who it was, just that there was a person who also needed a stable realm. "The more Monroe spoke, the clearer his thinking became. "And I also know my ninth brother's qualifications, although his qualifications are not as good as me and other brothers, they will never be worse than the need to use so many auxiliary items and Terran elixirs. ”
"So, he may have been injured before that breakthrough?" Zhao Yuan didn't know much about these, after all, he had never broken through. I can only guess a little.
"No, if he was injured, there was no need to break through in such a hurry. We are the royal family of the wolf clan, no matter how poor we are, we have mansions and guards, and we are not wandering cultivators who have nowhere to settle down. Monroe's eyes gradually turned cold, "Unless he didn't stabilize the realm after forcibly breaking through, causing the rank to fall back." In this way, it is several times more difficult for him to break through again than before. ”
Zhao Yuan somewhat understood what Monroe meant. "However, even if the realm falls, there is no need for him to be so eager to break through again, won't he hurt the foundation?"