When the king's mood had calmed down, he was no longer interested in asking Roland.

The king finally dismissed the people, and the matter was put to an end for the time being. After all, all the prisoners are dead, and there is no proof of death if they continue to investigate.

But Roland's heart has always felt faintly uneasy, this matter is definitely not as simple as it seems.

Rand stopped Roland, who was a little distracted, and Roland came back to his senses, only to feel some pain in his brain again, and it seemed that the poison in yesterday had not been cleared.

At this moment, Roland seemed to feel a sharp gaze coming towards his head. Roland broke out in a cold sweat and suddenly became sober. He turned back to find the source of his gaze, but met Archimedes' gaze.

Archimedes, a thin old man, stood in the corner with a cane, staring straight at Roland with no intention of evading. His lips moved slightly, and then a strange smile appeared. Roland's mind went blank all at once.

Archimedes was far away from Roland, so what he said Roland didn't really hear.

But at this time, Roland had some heart palpitations.

The surrounding environment was obviously very noisy, but at that moment, Roland suddenly couldn't hear anything.

Roland should have heard it, otherwise how could he be afraid? But how could Roland not remember what Archimedes said?

What's wrong with me?

The feeling of weight on his shoulders brought Roland back to reality, Roland turned his head in a daze, and looked at Rand who put his hand on his shoulder, and he didn't ease up.

Rand looked at Roland's expression and felt a little surprised: "What's wrong with you?"

"Nothing. Roland finally reacted. But when Roland turned his head to look around the corner again, he found that Archimedes was gone.

"Let's go back!" Roland said nonchalantly.

"Don't be in such a hurry today," Rand glanced at Roland and said, "Anyway, you've already entered the palace, I'll take you to a place." ”

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In front of me is a huge cavern with bottomless staircases spiraling down.

Here it is......

Looking at Roland's puzzled expression, Rand smiled: "Follow me." ”

Rand led Roland downward, lit with lights on both sides of the passage, and the road became wider and wider as he went.

Rand told Roland some of the situation here as he walked.

It turned out that this place was connected to the hidden place of the royal family, and the entrance was distributed in the back garden of the royal palace, and the secret of the royal family's prosperity for thousands of years was hidden in the hidden place.

Roland stopped and said, "Here are the secrets of your royal family, isn't it good for me to go in as an outsider?"

Rand turned around and smiled: "Although it is said to be a hidden land, but Lanza brought me here many times when I was a child, and I didn't find anything special in it." You can come with me without worry!"

So, Roland followed Rand deeper into the depths.

It was quiet all the way, and the decoration on the walls was the same as the previous one, but the temperature in the tunnels slowly cooled down.

Roland looked left and right, and then noticed that some portraits of people began to appear on the walls on both sides, and the lives of the characters were written on them.

Rand explained: "On both sides of this stretch of the road are portraits of members of the royal family from the first generation to the present, and when I die, I should be on it." Roland looked as he walked, and found that it was exactly what Rand said. Most of the introductions to the characters are the same as the royal introductions they learned at the War College.

Rand suddenly stopped in front of a portrait. He looked at the painting and whispered, "The last time I visited, there was no such painting here, it really looks like ......"

Roland glanced at the portrait, and then he realized that it was Catherine.

Catherine in the portrait is full of energy, wearing a crown on her head, and smiling very brightly, like a girl, which is very different from Roland's impression of her.

Her life was scarce, almost nothing was recorded, and her smile was sweet, as Roland had never seen before.

"I've never seen her smile like that," Randt said suddenly, "and she's been very aloof for as long as I can remember." Later, when her health was not good, she became more sensitive......" Rand's tone became a little sad.

Roland didn't know how to comfort him.

Roland couldn't look at Catherine in the same mood as Rand. For Rand, when he saw Catherine's portrait, he thought of maternal love.

For Roland, Catherine, on the other hand, was only the beginning of a nightmare. So all Roland can do now is to look at Rand silently from the side.

Rand turned around: "Let's keep walking." ”

Roland pointed to a portrait on the wall and asked, "Who is he, and why is his introduction almost blank?"

The portrait shows a blonde teenager. He was handsome and radiant, and he seemed to exude a kind of vitality all over his body, but he looked like he was fifteen or sixteen years old.

Rand glanced at the portrait, and the expression on his face became a little complicated. Rand sighed one last and said, "...... That picture is of my uncle Lear. He was the youngest brother of my father. You know what happened in the palace when I was born! At that time, my father and his brothers fought for power, and they tried all kinds of methods...... Only he, Lear, took the most unforgivable path and was considered a disgrace to the royal family. So here there is only a portrait of him, erased from life. ”

The most unforgivable?

Roland couldn't help but be puzzled, and asked cautiously, "That'...... What the hell did he do?"

"I heard from my third brother Lanza that Lear failed to seize power and was driven to a dead end. In the end, he actually sold his soul to the devil! Unfortunately, he still failed...... Lear's actions stigmatized the royal family, so the incident was prevaricated under other pretexts. But within the royal family, no one wants to mention his shame anymore. Rand brushed the dust off his hands and said, "Alright, let's hurry up!"

Roland followed Rand on, and his body involuntarily looked back at Lear's portrait, but in his heart, he was a little unimpressed by Rand's words just now.

Lear was only fifteen or sixteen years old at the time, but Rand's father was in his fifties. Roland didn't believe that such a teenager could fight with such an old fox who had been crawling in the court for many years. Moreover, Lear in the portrait looks very arrogant and confident, with a kind of pretentious innocence. Roland didn't quite believe that such a person would sell his soul for power.

They walked for about ten minutes before the tunnel finally came to an end.

A green forest appeared in front of me. The sky is blue, the sun is shining, a bay of water flows in from afar, and the scene in front of you is also picturesque.

Roland looked at the scene in front of him and felt a little familiar: "Why do I think the scenery here is similar to the area in Central Park?"

Rand replied, "It was originally part of the Central Park a long time ago, but for some reason it was isolated by the dense forest set up by the royal family. And the reason why it is isolated, is inside. ”

With that, Rand led Roland deeper into the forest. The two of them walked all the way, and I don't know how long it took, and finally came to a fountain.