The meaning of life is different for everyone, probably because of their different pursuits? If we say that everyone has their own destiny and is destined by God, then does God have the right to wantonly deprive people of their lives?

In a trance like a dream, the light and shadow flickered, the blood was like wine, the wine was like blood, and the indifferent eyes reflected the moonlight cup carefully made with river jade slipped from his eye socket and fell to the ground, accompanied by a clear sound, the exquisite veins on the wall of the cup with gold thread turned into a pool of fragments in an instant, like the starlight in the dark night with a long but short-lived brilliance, and the blood-red wine in the cup merged with the blood. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. ｂｉｑｕｇｅ。 ｉｎｆｏ

"Queen!!" the maid cried out in panic, "there are assassins!!"

The door of the palace room was pushed open, and a guard with a knife rushed into the room, bent down and looked at the queen in a panic, and looked at the palace maid angrily: "Assassin?

The palace maid trembled and pointed out the window.

The guard frowned and jumped out of the window.

The young prince and the maid who had curled up and had not yet recovered from the queen's death were left behind.

The prince looked indifferently at the corpse on the ground, as if the dead man was not his mother, probably because of this indifference that made him not loved by the king despite his talent. She raised her head again and looked at the palace maid, the queen was killed by the assassin in front of her, although she really had no power to change anything, but she probably fell victim to the king's wrath.

Thinking silently, the palace assassination is not something that ordinary assassins can do, it must have been premeditated for a long time, and the target of the assassin was clearly herself, but the woman who fell to the ground pushed herself away, and she escaped a section, but she lost her life. Wouldn't this be the end of such a tightly arranged assassination?? Just as the young prince was thinking, a dark figure jumped out of the window again. The ghost was fast, and a sword stabbed at him. The prince did not have the slightest fear, nor did he have the slightest intention of dodging, but looked at the woman lying on the ground with regret, and said silently in his heart, So why are you wasting your life like this? Then he closed his eyes and waited for the end of his life.

But then there was a clear sound, it couldn't have been the sound of a knife slitting his throat or piercing his heart, right?, the prince opened his eyes again. A stout man stood in front of him, the long sword in his hand colliding with the dagger at the moment.

"Who are you? How dare you assassinate the Prince!!"

The assassin would not respond to him, and when he saw that the blow was not successful, he immediately distanced himself from the man and left through the window again.

The strong man did not pursue, but first inspected the queen's body, frowned, and then immediately returned to the prince and half-knelt: "Your Highness, it's too late for your subordinates!"

The prince did not respond to him, and looked out the window, but could no longer hear the footsteps of the thieves. After a few moments, the guards who had just chased him out returned to the palace, and it seemed that he had not achieved his purpose by looking dejected. I saw the strong man guarding the prince in the palace: "General Liao, are you here?"

"The queen and the prince were assassinated, why did you, as the queen's personal guard, only appear now?"

"After the queen's assassination, I arrived as soon as possible, and I just went to hunt down the assassin!"

"Ridiculous!" the strong man shouted angrily, "You, as a guard, actually left the prince here alone. Don't you know who is more important, an assassin who has already killed someone, or a prince who is alive?"

"Liao, don't push all the sins on my head, isn't it because you, the commander of the royal guard, were assassinated in this palace because you, the commander of the royal guard, neglected his duties?"

"The assassination of the queen is indeed a dereliction of duty. I will naturally ask Your Majesty for this!" Liao Cheng didn't want to quarrel with the guards, and looked at the prince with concern: "Your Highness, you are not injured, are you?"

The prince shook his head, his eyes stayed on the corpse on the ground, looking at this woman, the prince faintly had a trace of sadness, this is not the sadness of his son losing his mother, but he feels a little pity, although he does not have too many feelings for this woman, but after all, he has known each other, and he will still have some reluctance to watch her leave like this.

Looking at his mother's relics, the prince brought the pendant to his neck, probably because he saw this pendant, and he would recall the assassination he had suffered when he was a child, this was the first assassination he had encountered, but it was not the last, and in the days that followed, Prince Lingchen Lancelot had suffered many almost dangerous assassinations, but they were all resolved one by one by his former commander of the royal guard, and now his personal guard. It was precisely because of that suicide that the king lost his beloved queen, and he had not yet caught the queen's assassin, so his anger could only be vented on the derelict commander, who removed him from his position as royal commander and demoted him to the prince's personal bodyguard.

Just after thinking about it, the dutiful guard walked into the prince's tent: "Your Highness, Your Majesty's envoy is here. ”

The prince still did not speak, straightened his clothes in front of the bronze mirror, walked out of the camp, followed the envoy waiting outside the camp without a look, rode his warhorse, and entered the city of Snowal. This is the capital of the kingdom of Resnot, Snoel, which was originally the name of an elf, and in human words it should be called Cangxue, Resnot I, Heffy Resnot named the capital of the country after his wife in memory of his deceased wife, which has been passed down to this day.

This solemn city was originally formed by the merger of tribes hidden deep in the valley, so the stone walls around the mountains were built to protect the city, because of the local materials, the buildings here are made of thick stones, and the gray streets make the city less prosperous than it should be, but full of a situation of strictness.

The horses' hooves gently kicked the cold stones, and although it was just spring, the city was still as cold as winter, because the cold weather made the already strict streets seem even more deserted. There are only a few early morning vendors selling their wares on the streets.

A cold wind blew, and the prince straightened his thick cloak to wrap it more tightly, and walked for a long time into the city before he reached the royal stables. A man in a brocade robe was already waiting there, and when he saw the prince, he came worriedly. He saluted respectfully and said: "Your Highness, the eldest prince has already gone in first, and you have just returned, and Your Majesty will immediately summon you, it must be the eldest prince who is the villain to sue first." Now the ministers are waiting for you, you have to be careful!"

The state of the kingdom of Resnot was governed by a king, and under the king, there were prime ministers, general secretaries, and generals. These three people are called Sanyuan, the prime minister and the hundred officials, the general holds the military power, and the general department is responsible for inspection. The person in front of the prince is the eldest son of the current prime minister, Ryufeng Stanti. He is the same age as Ling Chen, compared to Lu Feng is slightly older, he grew up with Ling Chen since he was a child, and because of this, the blessing of dragging Ling Chen, he has also witnessed many assassinations staged in front of him, the only difference is that the protagonist does not talk about him; he admires Ling Chen's courage in always facing danger indifferently at this moment, and he admires more because he wants to help protect this seemingly weak prince like Liao Qian. But it's a pity that as he grows older, Ling Chen gets taller and taller, and Liufeng doesn't have a talent in martial arts, after all, his father is a prime minister rather than a general, after many martial arts practices ended in failure, Liufeng had to inherit his father's business and began to study with his father.

Looking at Ryufeng's worried eyes, the prince did not say a word, nodded, handed over the horse rope to his subordinates, and followed the envoy to the king's palace accompanied by Liao and Ryufeng.

This palace is not unfamiliar to Ling Chen, after all, it is the palace that is loaded with his childhood, the name of the palace is Hefei Palace, which was not originally called this name, but when I passed away, Renthnot II changed this hall to his father's name in order to pay tribute to his father;

The envoy completed his task, and after reporting to the guards of the palace, the king's order came after a while, and Ling Chen strode into the palace, at this time there were only five people in the palace, and the leader was naturally the king, Resnot III, Cao Le Resnot. Beside the king was the eldest prince, Oath Resnot, whom Ryufeng had just mentioned. The rest are Liufeng's father, Prime Minister Guo Yu Steinty, Qianlu Crimson, who is also located in one of the three yuans, and the Minister of Finance under the Prime Minister, who is in charge of the country's finances. At this time, Yan Ying was thinking about the king's report: "...... The construction of the canal took a total of half a year, mobilized 6,000 craftsmen, and cost the national treasury 70 million gold coins. The two-month extension exceeded the budget by 25 million. ”

The king raised his hand to signal Yin Ying to stop, and turned to look at the prince who entered the palace: "Is what he said true?"

"It's true. Ling Chen replied simply.

"Brother, this canal construction is a three-dimensional suggestion, but my father trusts you to be fully responsible, how can it not only cost so much, but also delay it for a long time?"

Before Ling Chen could answer, Liufeng beside him stepped forward: "Your Highness, the construction period and funds scheduled by Your Highness Ling Chen are more than enough. Isn't it because His Highness Oath has forcibly mobilized our funds and workers in the middle of the process to appease the people? At the same time, it didn't take long for us to carry out a surprise inspection during the construction phase, which delayed our work, and finally caught the cold winter, and it took so long and so much money to not be able to continue the construction!"

"Is what he said true?" the king asked coldly, looking at the eldest prince.

"Father, you know that a cold wave breaks out around Kauk City every year when it reaches winter, and the people have already complained about it, so I thought that I would deliver supplies to Kauk City before the arrival of winter this year to fight the cold wave, and I reported it to my father at that time. ”

"It does. Cao Le nodded: "But you didn't say that you would mobilize your brother to build the canal with material and manpower." ”

"Winter was just around the corner, and Ling Chen's team was building the canal in Kauk City, and he had said at the beginning that his budget was far enough, so I mobilized their laborers. ”

In this way, Ling Chen cannot be blamed entirely. The king said and looked at Ling Chen, "Do you have anything to say?"

Ling Chen looked at the king's eyes, with a hint of expectation in his eyes, as if waiting for this Ling Chen to give him a satisfactory answer, so what was the answer he expected? Even if Cao Le Resnot is not a legendary king, he is definitely not a foolish king, even if he is not virtuous, he is by no means mediocre. Compared with Cao Le, his brother is too impulsive and radical, almost every word and deed can be easily seen through, he and his own are already adults, and this new dynasty has already reached the time to set up a prince, although he is the eldest prince, but Ling Chen's mother is the queen. In terms of identity, in fact, both of them have the opportunity to compete for the prince, and if you talk about performance, although the eldest prince is radical and impulsive, these two princes are always doing nothing, not so much that he is not talented, but that he does not want to show himself at all. Compared with the great achievements of the eldest prince every year, Ling Chen is almost like a little prince who is safe at home. This time the canal was built, and he couldn't stand the advice of the wind day after day, so he asked the king for his life. Although the result is not very ideal, anyone with a discerning eye should be able to see that the main reason is that the eldest prince deliberately made it bad, and since the king did not puncture it, he did not blame himself. So who is the successor he envisioned in his heart? Or is he actually not making up his mind, so he gave himself a chance to perform? Ling Chen sighed in his heart, he hated being expected the most.

His eyes were still indifferent, as if he was discussing himself: "No." ”

Cao Le's brows furrowed slightly, it seemed that this was indeed the answer he didn't want to hear.

At this time, the prime minister spoke: "Your Majesty, there is a reason for this incident, the two princes are for the sake of the country, and although the cost is higher, but this canal can be regarded as established, and it can be used after the weather warms up. ”

Cao Le nodded and looked at Ling Chen: "I don't blame you for this matter of the canal, the Order Legion trained by you heard that the situation has been good recently?"

Ling Chen looked at Cao Le, looking at him with some expectant eyes, as if he wanted to say something, but the father and son looked at each other for a moment, and Cao Le couldn't help it: "Do you have anything to say about this?"

“...... No. ”

"En......"

"Ling Chen, my father meant to let you report on the situation of the Order Legion. ”

"The Order Legion, with a total strength of 40,000, including 10,000 cavalry, 30,000 horses, 20,000 infantry, 5,000 archers, and 5,000 mixed arms, has a 50 percent victory rate in exercises with the Glory Legion, of which 56 percent is a defensive victory rate, an offensive victory rate is 45 percent, and a 49 percent encounter victory rate, and a total victory rate of 57 percent with the Berserker Legion, 57 percent in defensive battles, 46 percent in offensive battles, and ...... in encounters."

"Alright, alright!" Cao Le waved his hand to signal that Ling Chen didn't need to continue. looked at Ling Chen in disappointment: "If you don't have anything else to report, then you can go back and rest!"

With such eyes again, Ling Chen didn't feel a little disgusted, bowed his head and thanked him, turned around and left the palace.

"Your Highness?" Liufeng exchanged, but watching Ling Chen leave without looking back, it was worth saluting the king and chasing after Ling Chen. After leaving, the king sighed: "This child is really ......."

"Father, as one of the three major legions in our country, the most important point of the Order Legion is to absolutely obey the rules of order. Oath said: "It is better to temporarily remove him from the position of commander of the legion, and let his younger brother leave Snowal and go out for a walk." ”

"Let him leave Snowal?" Cao Le thought.

At this time, the chief secretary of the general department, Thousand Scales, Crimson, who had been silent for a long time, spoke: "I heard that there seem to be a lot of magical beasts near Gotherje City recently, it is better to let His Royal Highness the Prince go down and defeat these magical beasts, and let the prince scatter his mind!"

"Gothic City?" Cao Le looked at the prime minister. The Prime Minister nodded at him.

"Then let's do it!"

Walking out of the Hefei Palace, Liufeng, who had been following behind him, couldn't help it: "Your Highness!

Ling Chen stopped and looked at him.

"I don't understand why you don't let the eldest prince argue when you are justified first, and I don't understand why you clearly understand what Your Majesty means, but you still deliberately pretend that you don't know anything. ”

Ling Chen looked at him with an angry look, thinking that this was his best friend here after all: "The greater the expectation, the greater the disappointment that will follow, I am just fed up with other people's expectations, and I am tired of seeing people's disappointed expressions." ”

"Huh?"

"So don't expect much from me. After speaking, he turned his head and continued to take a few steps forward, and stopped: "Of course, including you!"