Chapter 61: The Minister's Judgment
Oil lamps on the roof of the activity room and on the stone walls illuminated the room, which was about three or four years in size, and the floor was full of stones, and the hole that had been broken was about half a square circle. Outside the entrance of the cave should be the landscape of the Folding Canyon, but at this moment, it is only dark and difficult to distinguish.
Prison Commander Ji Yuan's ambition will certainly not collapse because of this scene, but he still muttered in his heart.
The rocks in the Oriji Canyon are mainly sedimentary rocks, and the hardness of this rock goes without saying, and although the inside of this rock wall has been hollowed out, the thickness of the outer layer is more than half a mile, except for the earth mage, it is not so easy for other mages to penetrate it. And now it's the enemy and I'm bright, although the perception circle doesn't warn, proving that the other party is keeping a certain distance from the hole, but he must be watching the hole somewhere.
Prison Warden Ji Yu didn't look back, and he could feel the gaze of the three guards behind him—they were waiting for the warden to come out of the cave, ready to immediately activate the main defensive array. At this moment, there is no turning back, he is mentally prepared that there should be a tough battle, perhaps the most difficult and important battle since he became a mage.
Prison Commander Ji Yu drove the mana wall through the hole, he was ready to receive a round of attacks from the opponent first, what he was good at was the strongest defensive earth spell, which was also the battle for him to dare to go into the darkness alone.
There was a low sound of "hum", and he didn't have to look back to know that this was the sound of the main defense circle opening. His heartbeat couldn't help but speed up a few points, which meant that unless he took down his opponent, or the two wardens couldn't hold back to come out to support, this defensive circle would not open again for a short time.
He had no way back but to fight.
The expected first attack did not appear, and the warden Ji Yu slowly walked towards the center of the canyon step by step, and gradually adapted to the eyesight that he had gradually adapted to through the faint light of the Taiyin on his head, he could see about six or seven of the surrounding scenes, and this distance had entered an extremely dangerous ultra-short range in the battle between mages.
The so-called ultra-short-range means that there is not enough time for reaction dodge in spell attacks at this distance, and unless there happens to be a charged spell that can be collided, it can only be hard-connected by its own defense.
Prison Commander Ji couldn't figure it out, obviously the best time for the other party to attack was when he just left the rock wall, once he walked into the darkness, he couldn't see each other, and the other party's advantage disappeared. Could the other party be such a stupid mage? stupid enough to take the initiative to attack the mage prison of the Judicial Management Department? No, then why did he miss the opportunity? Unless, he could see it in the dark! This thought had just come to his mind, but another thought came from the external senses—the other party seemed to have made a move.
No, it's much bigger than the wall, it's a rock wall rushing towards him, only a rock wall can have such a momentum! The huge air flow in front of him made Prison Commander Ji Yu couldn't help but gasp, and just as he was about to chant a spell to forcibly connect this earth-based spell, a much smaller air mass hit his mana wall at an incredibly fast speed.
The time is the second day of the god month, and the third day of fire.
Mijin County, Sasarama City, the capital of the Loren Magaga Kingdom.
Cheyenne District, the branch of the Judicial Affairs Guidance Arbitration and Management Committee in the Kingdom of Loren Magaga.
Minister Yingting Mou stepped down from the carriage with an expressionless face, ignoring the stops and salutes of everyone along the way, and hurried back to his office.
The Minister has been having a hard time these days, compared to the royal family, the losses on the side of the Ministry of Justice are very slight, in addition to destroying a room and a wall, there is only one moderate injury on the personnel side - mainly from lightning damage. But the legal management department of a country was infiltrated single-handedly, took away several cabinets of documents, and broke out of the wall. Not only did the five robed mages not be able to take each other, but they didn't even know where the other party was. This is not the face of an individual, not even the face of the Law Management Branch, but the face of the Law Management Committee and the entire system of the Law Management Department.
The only thing that can make him feel a little more balanced is that Chief Deputy Minister Guibent has been blamed much more heavily than him in this turmoil, after all, it was his office that was stolen - although after communicating with the royal family, it was found that this intruder was purely casual, and what he wanted should only be a list of demigods, but he himself did not take down the intruder, what else can be said?
The Minister had just wanted to stretch out in the large wolfwood chair, and he had to take every possible time to rest. It was far from the time when he could breathe a sigh of relief, after all, it was not yet known what impact the committee had on his position or future whereabouts had not yet been given a final opinion on how to deal with it.
There is another unknown that the minister does not even want to think about - will this corrupter who has caused great trouble stop there?
Every morning, before the official opening of the office, the Chief of the Prime Minister's Cabinet will report to the Minister in person the news about the ministry that happened last night and this morning. The Legal Department is a tight-knit but relatively leisurely organization, and it is unlikely that the whole department will continue to deal with work after work, except for those on duty, so it is necessary for the personnel on duty to share and synchronize the information generated or received during the night. Of course, this is only limited to general news, and if you really encounter that kind of fatal emergency, you still have to report it immediately.
"Last night, the Broken Tongue Prison was attacked from the outside......"
"What?, external attack?" the Minister couldn't help but interrupt the Prime Minister's report, he stared at the Prime Minister's Room, as if waiting for the other party's explanation, the prison in the Ministry of Justice was attacked from outside, this should definitely be an emergency, why did he wait until now to report?
"Boss, this attack is a bit strange, the other party issued an attack spell, broke the basic magic circle and destroyed a rock wall, did not enter the prison, did not cause casualties, and did not lose a prisoner in the prison, so Kui'e did not urgently call for help, and the news was only reported this morning." Of course, the prime minister's vision cannot be bad, so he hurriedly explained.
Kui'e is the person who went out of the prime minister's room, and naturally he is also a close person to the prime minister's room, if the situation is not too serious, the head of the house will of course ease his cheeks.
The minister was relieved to hear that there were no casualties and no prisoners, of course he remembered that Kui E went out of the prime minister's room, and it was his strong support that Kui E was able to get this position. It is precisely because of this that he is particularly concerned that if his people make any more scandals for him at this moment, his year-end evaluation results are really hanging.
"Did the intruder take it or kill it on the spot?" he asked nonchalantly.
"Uh, no, the intruder ran away. ”
"Uh-huh, hmm, chased away by Kui'e?"
"No," the Prime Minister's head paused, not daring to swallow, "It is reported that the warden Ji Yuan, who was on duty at night, went out alone through the broken gap to meet the enemy, but was knocked unconscious, and by the time the other two wardens arrived, the intruders had already left. ”
"Just stunned a prison warden and left, how about that Ji Yuan?" the minister's face did not slow down at all.
"He was knocked unconscious, everything on his body was taken except his underwear, and he was hanging upside down from a tree on the cliff of the canyon, but other than that, he was not injured. ”
"Anything else, including the mage's badge and chest tie?" the Minister immediately noticed something worth noting.
It was not written in the report, but from what I knew about him, he was not a person who would make such a mistake. "The prime minister's head of the house generally has the ability to pay attention to the people in the ministry and even the committee, he not only remembers the names, but even has a certain understanding of everyone. With his dignified purple collar, he can casually tell his understanding of a non-direct green collar, which is very human.
"Can Ji Yu say anything about that intruder?"
"There is no mention of this in the current report, do you need me to ask for it immediately?"
"No need, you go and inform the deputy ministers in the ministry that Huo Si will have a meeting in the minister's conference room. Also, you have Saradins come to me. ”
The Prime Minister's Office is responsible for the coordination of various affairs within the Ministry of Legal Affairs, and cross-departmental matters are coordinated by the Minister of the Prime Minister's Office, and the effect is better than that of some deputy ministers. At least the deputy minister, as long as you are not in charge of the deputy minister, he may not be able to do anything to you. If you are the head of the prime minister's room, you just wait for the little shoes that you can't wear. Therefore, if the prime minister is not professional and has no force, he can be "prime minister" and can sit firmly on the throne of the first housing department.
"Boss, who do you suspect this has to do with this?" The prime minister's head of the house is the minister's number one cronie, so naturally there is no need to hide it if he has something to say.
The minister nodded, "It's always good to judge when you have to investigate, don't mention this matter to anyone, tell Kui'o, everything is going on as usual inside the prison, and when Saledin arrives, follow his instructions." ”
The Prime Minister's Chief Cabinet took the order, but the minister's thoughts did not take back.
Not to mention the others, the mysterious intruder did have a motive for attacking there, he had an evolved head, but he didn't have the identity of a commissioned mage. If you ride into a larger town, it's easy to attract suspicion. And after taking the rank of a subordinate mage, he has this legal and superficial identity.
But why did he choose to start there? With his ability, on the night he invaded the palace tower, he would have had too many opportunities to get the command of the leading mage, but he waited until now to do so, if he said that he was eyeing the Folding Tongue Secret Prison, but there was obviously no other loss there, and the intruder did not even break into the prison. While thinking, the minister subconsciously raised his head and looked at the map of the kingdom of Loren Magaga hanging on the wall of the room. Huh, Border County, is this guy going to leave Loren Magaga for another country?
To be able to become the head of a country's branch, Minister Yingtingmu's success was really not lucky, with only a very limited second-hand and third-hand information, he guessed the real goal of Ao Zongheng, and even Ao Zongheng deliberately stripped off Ji Yu and robbed him, disguising him as a small disguise of robbery or demonstration, which did not play the slightest role. If Ao Zongheng hears the minister's analysis, he must also greatly admire this person.
But this is not actually a prophet of the minister's foresight, but it has been tossed so badly in the past few days that every time something bad happens, you have to guess at the intruder. In this situation, it is naturally difficult for Aoheng's uncomplicated cover-up methods to be effective.
By this time, the one who knew nothing about all this, and who thought he had done quite a good job, had crossed far the border between Loren Magaga and Miredan.