After half a month, the royal family of Calais finally came out with shocking news, because the king was ill and could not continue to deal with government affairs, the government was temporarily handed over to several ministers in the court to deal with it collaboratively, and at the same time, the royal family wanted to formally elect an heir to the throne in order to establish a new monarch as soon as possible. Pen @ fun @ pavilion wWw. ｂｉｑUｇE。 ｉｎｆｏ

There is only one topic, that is, let the princes form their own forces to conquer the swamp without using the Calais army, and at the end of the next year's deadline, whoever causes the most damage to the swamp orcs will become the new monarch of Calais.

The news was like a shock, and it immediately swept up a storm throughout Calais, and almost all the families were boiling, some who were familiar with the internal struggle of the royal family began to choose the object of support, and some had begun to cheer, as if they saw that the prince of their own family princess had already sat on the throne of royal power.

But on this night, Duke Coolus, the first heir to the family, was assassinated in a dark alley on the outskirts of the royal capital, and his guards were missing.

The most unbearable thing is that not only was the body nailed to the wall, but also the key point was brutally cut away. It makes this murder seem like a vendetta caused by jealousy, but more people are willing to believe that this is the beginning of a bloody struggle for royal power.

Not only did the Duke of Culus have the power to cover the sky, but his family was even richer than the rest of the country, how could he endure such humiliation? Almost all the officials within a radius of thousands of miles rushed to the scene of the incident as soon as possible to assist in the investigation of the case. At the same time, Plehill, who is in charge of the national punishment, was strictly ordered to give a reasonable explanation.

At the same time, Dias, who was in charge of the national population registration, was also severely reprimanded by the Duke of Culus, and ordered him to conduct a complete and thorough survey of the population of Calais within half a month, and to severely crack down on those hidden murderers and homeless people without household registration.

Duke Culus returned to his mansion in grief after venting his rage, and the death of the only son, who had more than a dozen daughters until his old age, could not bear the blow.

Is it possible that the huge family business he runs should watch it fall into the hands of his own sons and nephews? He was unwilling, but he had no choice but to grieve the death of his only son even more, and to hate the murderer even more.

Who could be the murderer? The old duke buried his head deep between his hands and began to think hard. For this only son, the first heir of the family, maybe he is too pampered, he doesn't learn and has no skills on weekdays, often haunts Fireworks Willow Lane, and often relies on the power of the family to beat those who dare to compete with him to death. For this, I don't know how many large and small nobles have been offended.

If it is really because of the vendetta, it is very reasonable, but at this sensitive time, it is even more incomprehensible who will touch the reverse scale of the Kurus family? Just for some feuds in the wind and moon field, I am afraid that this courage is too great.

Therefore, when the old duke heard about this at first glance, he felt that this matter might be related to the struggle for royal power. You must know that your own sister is the current queen, and your own nephew is the eldest prince of Calais, who is the most likely person to inherit the throne.

"Why? Why do you want to do it to my son? You damn despicable black-hearted reptiles!" the old duke was furious, and he stood up violently and overturned the coffee table in front of him, and suddenly the cups and plates on it fell to the ground with a thud, and fell into countless sharp shards.

This sound immediately alarmed the servants in the palace, and they hurriedly ran over to take a look, but when they saw the old duke's angry and flushed face, no one dared to make any sound, so they could only stand silently, but their legs were trembling, for fear of drawing the other party's anger to themselves.

"Go down, all of you!" the old duke was not angry with them, and after venting his anger, he only felt a pang of heartache, and his face turned a little pale from the heartache.

The old duke sat back in his chair and began to think about the whole thing quickly. His only son's guards were all carefully selected, and one of them had already reached the peak of the transformation realm. You must know that there are clear laws in the country, except for the prince, no family is allowed to hire masters above the illusion realm, so as not to establish their own power and pose a threat to the royal family.

Therefore, not to mention the personal guards of a family heir, their level is strictly controlled below the illusion, which is to prevent these young people from causing private fights because of some trivial matters, and then have uncontrollable consequences. But the old duke was worried about the comfort of his only son, so he bought the relationship at all costs, secretly replaced a master who was sentenced to death, and kept the safety of the whole family, and arranged a new identity for him to be a guard by his only son's side.

Now that these guards are nowhere to be seen, it can be said that there are no dead people alive or dead, if it is just a little conflict in the Fengyue Field, how can anyone be able to defeat a master of the Transformation Realm? This is clearly a strong man who has made a move, and the root of the matter must be related to the right to inherit the throne.

Could it be that the guards were bribed? This is absolutely impossible, and he took his whole family as hostages, how dare he come nonsense? Thinking of this, the old duke couldn't help shuddering, and hurriedly shouted: "Someone!" Suddenly a steward of the inner palace ran outside, and the old duke whispered a few words in his ear, and the man hurried out.

He sent someone to check on the family of the incarnate guard, and if the family had escaped his control, then he must be the murderer, and if everything went as usual, then the possibility of his bribery could be ruled out.

There seemed to be a fire burning in his chest, he was tortured in cold sweat and his face was pale, the old duke poured himself a glass of wine, wanting to warm his body, but the wine was more drunk, he felt bitter in his mouth, he angrily smashed the precious crystal cup, and an irrepressible grief struck, which made him fall to the ground and cry in spite of his face.

I don't know how long it took for him to hold back his grief, because everyone in his family knew his temper well, so no one dared to comfort him, whether it was his wife or daughter or his servants. He just had to get up from the ground with difficulty, rubbing his cheeks hard with a pair of thick palms, so that he could feel a little warmth and keep a little sanity.

He knew that he must not take drastic actions at this time, otherwise not only would his only son be avenged, but he was afraid that he would also implicate the royal family, let people with ulterior motives seize the handle, and finally let his own nephew lose the right to inherit the throne.

Suddenly, the old duke seemed to return to normal, and the duke's palace also changed from the depression before the storm to a bright spring bloom at this moment, he calmly commanded his subordinates to clean the room, and ordered the kitchen to make a few more dishes, and ate a very formal meal with his family in the evening, although he didn't know what he ate, but at least on the surface, he was not knocked down by the pain of losing his child, more as if this incident did not happen.

The old duke controlled himself with great self-control, and after three days of endurance, he could no longer bear it anymore, and sent someone to find Pleshire and Dias together to ask them about the progress of their case.

But the answer he got disappointed him, and he found nothing else at the first scene of the crime, which was in an extremely secret dilapidated courtyard on the outskirts of the city.

"Tell me, what kind of place is there?" Plesil couldn't help frowning slightly when he heard this, although he was the same duke as the other party, and also held important positions in the court, but no matter the power and prestige, he was pressed to death, and now he was as careful as a subordinate, which couldn't help but make him feel dissatisfied.

But he has another thought in his heart, his niece is the wife of the thirteenth prince, if the thirteenth prince can obtain the right to inherit the throne, then his niece will be the queen, and I will see how arrogant you are with me at that time.

Although he secretly resented in his heart, he still looked deferential on the surface: "Returning to Lord Duke, I have searched almost all the Fengyue places in the royal capital within three days, and finally let me find a clue. ”

You must know that Calais is actually a very conservative country, although there are many wind and moon fields, but Calais does not advocate the development of this industry, and even orders a ban in the law.

Calais also has official offices, but most of the women there are family members who have committed serious crimes, these people have all kinds of backgrounds, naturally not all of them are beautiful, but some are born in the nobility, and naturally have a different charm, so some Calais are still willing to go to such places to consume, and are more willing to have a good time with those hard-working people who are broken and noble, so as to satisfy a distorted desire in their hearts.

But in the eyes of the aristocracy or the rich, these women are not interested at all, and even they have a kind of rejection in their hearts, after all, they were both nobles at the beginning, and now they have fallen into this lowly industry after falling into trouble, which causes them to feel a sense of kinship in their hearts.

But everyone knows the tyranny of this industry, so some nobles or wealthy businessmen put their minds on it, and they secretly operate some windy and snowy transactions under the guise of wine shops and teahouses, making huge profits from them, and for this reason they will not hesitate to buy or even kidnap foreign women.

This is no secret in Calais, but when Plehir finished his brief description, it still surprised Duke Culus, a huge and extravagant underground place, which had existed on the outskirts of the royal capital for so many years, but there was not much rumor, so the real purpose of the existence of this place had to be considered.

Primhil peeked at the old duke, and then continued: "But unfortunately, when I brought the people there, the place was already empty, leaving only some luxury items that I had not had time to take away, and garbage all over the floor. ”

"How can you assume that this is the scene of the first crime?" "I found this there. As he spoke, Plesil took out an ornament from his pocket, and the old duke recognized at a glance that it was his only son who was wearing it, and without waiting for him to ask the other hand, he continued: "This thing was thrown on the ground, and there are blood stains next to it, judging from the blood stains that were splashed on this thing, this thing should not have been discarded there later, then it must have been torn off by the prince of your mansion in the fight, so I think that there is the first scene." ”

"What else have you discovered?" asked the old duke anxiously. "The attacker was obviously a master, and there were a lot of sword marks left on the walls, floors, including the ceiling, obviously after a fierce fight, but the specific reason was that no eyewitnesses were found, so I didn't dare to make a conclusion. ”

"So how many people are on the other side?" "I'm afraid, I'm afraid that there is only one person." "One person? this is impossible, it is impossible, there are several guards around my son, all of them are powerful, how can it be that they can't even deal with one person?" The old duke was shocked and suspicious at the same time, suspecting that Primhil did not really investigate the case with his heart.

"I don't dare to be negligent in this matter, and I ask Lord Duke not to doubt my ability, after all, I have been in charge of punishment for decades, can I even be wrong about this?" ”

Curus took it with a slight hesitation, and a mage hurriedly stepped forward next to him, and with the infusion of mana, a clear picture was projected in the crystal, which turned out to be that scene, and sure enough, as Plehir said, there were a lot of traces of fierce fighting in the building, some swords actually cut off the entire wall, and some fist footprints, which also destroyed the walls of large buildings.

Judging from these traces, it should indeed be the scene of the first crime, but how can we tell that this was the work of one person? If there were really a few masters here who fought to the death, I am afraid that they would have already been razed to the ground, how could it still exist?

Pleshir patiently explained on the side: "Your Excellency, please see, here, here, and here, these places are all made by the same kind of weapon, which has been verified by us to match the wounds on your son's body, and it comes from the same narrow-edged sword, and all the traces left on the scene are caused by the blades used by your son's men, so you can judge that this is the same person." ”

"As for saying that this place has not been razed to the ground, I am afraid that the Duke will not believe it, because this is an underground structure. It was very hidden, with as many as three or four entrances, one of which we found in a dilapidated courtyard on the outskirts of the city. The old duke understood the meaning of the underground thoroughly, and at first he thought that it was just a place where the leather and meat business was secretly operated, but he never thought that this place was actually built underground, and how much material and financial resources would it cost?

It may take a few days to go out, so I'm sorry to everyone.