At the scene of the assassination, the fire was extinguished by a large number of attendant guards who rushed to hear the news. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 The Duke of Info Tully kept his face calm, and while comforting Princess Elaine, who was crying, he thought about how to deal with the matter. The king had no children, and the princess was not yet married, and he was now the highest-ranking adult male nobleman in Sardenburg, and he had to take on this responsibility.

"Did the assassins catch it? ”

One of the guards cautiously stepped forward: "Not yet, my lord, there are their accomplices outside the palace, and they have escaped into the residential area with the help of magic and tools." ”

"Lockdown, curfew, it's better to kill by mistake than to let go. ”

"Yes. ”

"Father, the man and the woman surnamed Hart and Leanon must have been involved, and the boy deliberately vomited to attract everyone's attention and cause chaos when the king was assassinated, which allowed the assassins to succeed. ”

"It's okay with them. "I saw that the man with whom they were with stopped the princess and protected her behind her, and they did not move the whole time, apparently as unknown as the others. ”

"Maybe you want to hold the princess hostage?"

Duke Tully turned his head and glanced at his son disapprovingly.

"I'm not here to avenge my personal grudge!" Even his father didn't believe him very much, and little Tully blushed: "Father, think about it, who will benefit the most from His Majesty's assassination? It's Midland, and both of them are Midlanders!"

"Mr. Pol, Lord Bishop, and Ms. Sasha, what do you think? Duke Tully stopped looking at his son and turned to the three important people of the kingdom beside him.

None of the three strong men were at the scene at the time of the assassination. As the first swordsman of the kingdom, the Bol Sword Saint wears the sign of the guardian of the kingdom, and his identity is actually closer to that of a guest and an offering, living in the palace but not being sent by the king. The bishop and the court mage had just been called away from the banquet in the name of the former, and it was also confirmed that they had only fallen for the trick of diverting the tiger from the mountain, but unfortunately the sergeant who had reported the false news had brought him a question, and he only conveyed it to others.

"We still underestimated our opponents. The Bishop shook his head and sighed, the assassination must have been instigated or ordered by the Emperor of Midland, and no one was more convinced of this than him:

There is a no-man's land between the eastern and western parts of the continent like a moat-like central mountain range, and Ericon has long given up the idea of the western continent, and the Church of Light, as the state religion, has not deliberately spread and develop believers here. But now, in order to suppress the rise of Midland, the ruling class of Erickon has decided to let the church enter the kingdoms around Midland at any cost, and promote the two extremes of the ruling class and the common people at the same time, and build a "pro-Erikan power belt" around Midland that encircles the new empire, allies militarily with Ericken, and religiously believes in the Church of Light.

Once the plan is completed, the Church of Light will gain a foothold around Midland, and the Midland Empire, which has always been strictly guarded against the infiltration of the Church, will become an outlier. At that time, the new empire will have only two ways out: either it will become a pagan kingdom in the eyes of all, and the development of hostile to both the rulers and the common people will be greatly curbed, or it will be pressured to compromise and accept the Church of Light.

The relationship between the Church of Light and the ruling class of Erickon is inseparable, and once the tentacles of the Church successfully reach the land of the new Empire, if not to collapse Midland in the short term, it can at least ensure that it will greatly reduce the threat to the old Empire.

The plan itself was flawless, and Elite III tried his best to cooperate with the antipathy to the Church...... Unfortunately, instead of sitting down on the opposite side of the chessboard to think about how to break the game, the Midland Emperor lifted the table and smashed the chessboard, leaving the Eriken unscathed, and the hapless King Anteli became the first victim of the contest.

None of the three dukes except the king knew about the plan, and the young princess didn't know anything. His assassination had an almost devastating impact on the planning process.

"Since this has been done, there will inevitably be some military action, gather the nobles and the army, and get ready. ”

"We have no evidence of who did it. "Individuals have personal guesses, just keep them in your heart, and if you are in a weak position, it is useless to say them. As for those who are suspicious, it is good to send someone to bring them back to investigate, there is one point I do not approve of, I cannot let it go, but it must not be killed by mistake. Messing around, the enemy will laugh. ”

Duke Tully thought for a moment and nodded in agreement. From the analysis of the motive and the biggest beneficiary of the assassination, there is no doubt that the Midland Emperor was behind the murder, and as soon as King Elite died, most of the results of the Church's previous tacit cooperation with Anteli were in vain...... If Kyle Ross takes the opportunity to tear up the contract and go to war, the whole country is in jeopardy. The most important thing now is to reassure the people and contact the surrounding allies first, and if you can't catch the real culprit, you can get two scapegoats to give an explanation: "Come on, send someone to bring back the two contestants from Midland and all their entourage, and check them out." ”

"Yes. ”

Ms. Sasha reminded in a loud voice: "Wait, there is a strong man with good strength next to those two children, I have fought him once, I feel that he is not an opponent, if you want to capture him alive without causing casualties, it is best for Master Pol to accompany him." ”

The Bol Sword Saint was silent with a calm face, although he was not responsible for the safety of the king, but the assassination of the ruler in the palace only a few miles away from him still made him extremely unhappy. He didn't hesitate: "I'll take someone and bring those two Midlanders back." ”

"Trouble Master. Sasha bowed to Pol and watched him leave, turning her head to look at Duke Tully with a serious face: "Your Excellency, please inform Orr and Duke Morey at once, inform them of today's events as they are, and ask them to gather their soldiers and prepare for the invasion of the Midland army." ”

"I will, right away. Come, take away His Majesty's body, send more credible people to protect Her Royal Highness the Princess, and if anything goes wrong, come and see you!"

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The guards at the side gate of the palace did not know what was happening, and Grom left with two teenagers with invitations in hand, and returned to the inn at night.

The men of the caravan had not yet slept, but were gathering in the hall waiting for their return.

"What happened to be back so soon?" Dieter asked strangely, seeing Grom's solemn face.

"King Elite was assassinated at the banquet, it is estimated that he is dead now, I took my two children and ran out while there was chaos, what to do now, you make the decision. ”

"The king was assassinated?" Dieter didn't expect this to happen, and his face suddenly turned white: "Then why are you taking them out, staying at the scene to clear up the suspicion is the right thing to do." ”

Grom shook his head: "It stands to reason that this is the case, but there is something wrong in the palace, I am good at fighting and killing, and I can't deal with threats from the shadows, in short, let Rhodes return to a safe place first." ”

Dee Ting nodded in understanding, anyway, there were many people who ran out of the assassination scene in a panic, not the three of them.

"The people who participated in the banquet...... Especially from Midland, the most suspicious. If we were to be involved, the caravan would not be able to withstand further investigation. Sylna said nervously, "Dieter, do you want to withdraw?"

"Can't stand up to an in-depth investigation?" Morfan disagreed: "We entered Sardenburg this time and were only responsible for protecting Rhodes, we didn't do anything, and our movements were not suspicious, even if we were found to be serving the Empire, what was the problem?

Pauli hugged his chest with disdain: "Hmph, don't you still say that the privileges of the nobility are universal, as long as you tell this kid's true identity, what can the Antelli people do to him?"

"Normally not, but this time the king was assassinated! What if the person who took over the power temporarily can't catch the murderer and wants to find someone to blame. ”

"Arrest the only son of the commander of the imperial army, who is crazy and what will he do?"

"People who want to provoke war!"

Several caravan captains and Empire intelligence workers argued, confused and anxious about this particular circumstance, to the point of ignoring Ciri, who had been trying to speak.

"What's wrong with Xiao Luo?" Silna glanced at the boy between arguments, keenly aware of the anomaly.

"My stomach hurts. ”

"It's not that my stomach hurts, it's that someone poisoned him at the banquet!" Ciri finally seized the opportunity to interject and shouted urgently, along the way she said several times Grom did not respond, and she was so anxious that she died: "At that time, the man took the initiative to pour wine for Rod, but he refused to fill it for me, saying that there was no problem before there was a ghost, and Rod's vomited blood!"

"I vomited blood?"

Ciri was so anxious that he wanted to hit someone: "You're so confused! a little, but there are blood stains!"

"Someone poisoned Rod?" Dieter's face changed again, and he carefully inquired about the situation of Healy at that time and the details of the behavior of the drinker, and asked someone to get a white towel and stain the saliva in Rod's mouth, and sure enough, there was a little blood: "Who could it be?" Wait, you guys shut up first! Sylna took Rhodes to clear his stomach and vomit everything!"

"I've already vomited ......"

"There will be remnants, go!"

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