(2-in-1 Grand Chapter)

The conference room was silent, and the officials of Danyu City froze in place like statues, and the surroundings seemed to turn into a static picture.

Gomeryuan opened his eyes, and after a while, he asked with a confused expression: "Your Royal Highness, haven't you received any news?" The 1.62 million tons of relief grain transported by Wangcheng had been burned down on the night of the Dragon Fire Festival, and now there is no food in Danyu City. ”

Lin Gengsen's face was full of remorse, poking his heart, and his tone was heart-wrenching: "Although the then grain officer Kerry has been beheaded, the burned grain can't be replaced... A few of us are guilty of negligence! I beg His Royal Highness the Prince to deal with us according to the Code! ”

"Outfit?" Lorna slowly leaned back in her chair, casually put her two long legs on the table, and put her cheeks on the back of her hand, and said in a mocking tone, "You guys have all given an account. On the night of the Dragon Fire Festival, what was burned in the eight granaries was not grain at all, but bags of sawdust that you stole in. ”

Gomer and Lin Gengsen's hearts suddenly cooled, and their scalps were numb...

Why did His Royal Highness know about this?!

A few days before the Dragon Fire Festival, when they secretly exchanged food, they used all their absolute trust confidants and dead soldiers, and it was impossible for anyone to poke this matter out!

Could it be... Fraud?

Gome stabilized his mind and did not show any flaws, his face was still full of confusion: "Your Royal Highness, we don't understand what you're talking about... Can you explain that to us? ”

"That's fine. People, they don't cry when they don't see the coffin. Lorna touched the ring on her right index finger, and the space around her began to distort.

The discerning man has already recognized that this is an extraterrestrial instrument, which is obviously a ring, but it can open some kind of storage space out of thin air, and when the alchemist first came into contact with this kind of ring, he bluntly said that it was comparable to the power of the gods.

The ring on Lorna's hand must have been given by Chino, but I don't know what it contains.

As the space distorted, the phantom slowly emerged, it was a huge... Gunnysack.

When the sack hit the ground, blood was still oozing out, and Lorna casually untied the tie and pushed the sack to the ground.

When the contents of the contents rolled out, some officials with poor psychological quality spit directly.

Head!

That sack was full of bloody human heads!

Judging from the hideous and terrible scars on their heads, they experienced indescribable torture before being beheaded, and their expressions were frozen in that moment full of pain.

Although Gomer didn't vomit, he was also frightened, his gaze swept over a human head, and he felt a little familiar, and after careful observation, he found that it was actually the grain official who succeeded Kerry after the Dragon Fire Festival.

This new grain officer is Gomeh's confidant, and he is also one of the executors of stealing grain, Gomer saw him in the temporary granary yesterday, and ordered some things by the way, but he didn't expect that there was only one head left today.

Looking at the rest of the heads, they are all officials or soldiers who have been in charge of guarding the granary recently, these people are Gomez's henchmen and dead soldiers, and they are also the people who secretly helped him steal food in the first place.

Lorna can find people out so accurately, does she really have any information in her hands?!

It shouldn't be... These henchmen have always been tight-lipped, and it is impossible for them to betray their masters...

"There are only about two dozen human heads here, and one sack can only hold so many." Lorna stroked the ring and asked lazily, "I still have a dozen sacks in my ring, do you want to see them?" ”

"No, no, no! We believe in His Royal Highness! Gome and the others hurriedly waved their hands, this sack was scary enough, and more than a dozen sacks could not be used to fill the room.

Just when Gome and the others were calm on the surface and anxious in their hearts, Lorna took these heads back into the space ring, and then slowly paced to the window, looked at the scenery outside the window, and said seriously: "You guys, you should really screen your subordinates, your mouth is really not strong, I just used a little trick to let them do it all." ”

"You are very unfortunate to have cultivated these weak-willed wine bags and rice bags that betrayed their masters. But you're also lucky, because I've helped you get rid of the dregs, and they won't be able to communicate with outsiders anymore. The words that came out are now known only to the people in this room. ”

"What? Don't you want to admit it? ”

Gomez was extremely anxious in his heart, so many dead soldiers had been killed, I'm afraid someone really recruited something?!

However, there seems to be good news - His Royal Highness the Prince is aware of their exchange of wood for food, but does not know where the exchange food is now hidden.

If someone in the dead recruits a hiding place for food, His Royal Highness the Prince doesn't need to come to the door at all, just go and find out the food, and how it will be distributed when the time comes, isn't it a matter of her words.

The reason why she is here now is that she doesn't know where to put the food!

There is even a possibility that these dead people who were killed overnight... There is no confession at all!

His Royal Highness deliberately killed these people, and then lied that they had recruited them, in an attempt to deceive them.

As for why she was able to accurately guess that it was sawdust that was burned on the night of the Dragon Fire Festival, it may be that there were traces left at the granary site that were not cleaned up.

Just a few traces and confessions can't be conclusive, as long as a few of them bite to death and don't say where the food is, His Royal Highness will have nothing to do with them.

Killing a few petty officials and soldiers is a trivial matter, and if you want to kill the eight-rank officials at the provincial level without evidence, or use torture, you will be responsible, and she must not have the courage to do so!

Thinking of this, Gomez pretended to scratch his ears and cheeks, and said with a suspicious face: "Your Royal Highness, your mouth grows on them, and I really can't control what they want to say." But you can't just rely on the confessions obtained from those torture trials to label us. How do you make us admit something we haven't done at all? ”

Lorna turned around, with a slight sarcasm in her eyes, and said with interest, "Do you think that as long as I don't have enough evidence, you can get along?" Let's talk about the ugly words in front, the usual trial of cases really pays attention to the chain of evidence. ”

"But in a serious political case like the current one, whether you admit it or not, and whether the evidence is complete or not, as long as I report this matter to the royal family, you will have to peel off your skin if you don't die. The executioners in Wangcheng are all good at peeling skins, and the one next to me, if I hand you over to deal with you, how long can you last? One day? A week? One month? ”

Chino, who was beside Lorna, squinted his eyes intentionally or unintentionally, and looked at everyone with a sly smile.

Chino's gaze made everyone shudder, and they didn't dare to look at him with their heads down, this guy's torture methods are famous, if it really falls into his hands, life is hell, and death will be the greatest mercy.

Lorna's tone changed sharply, and her tone became relaxed: "The reason why I didn't report directly is actually to give you a chance to cooperate - I need money now, a lot of money, so I came to you." ”

Gomez thought to himself: Your uncle, after talking for a long time, it turns out that you are here to extort? The prince would do such a thing...

He directly gave up his position, smiled and said: "You can talk to Mr. Du Mingwei about money, we have been officials for so many years, and we have always been clean and have little money." ”

"Du Mingwei..."Luo Na looked at the other side of the long table and said with a smile, "Oh~ I have heard of you, the richest man in Danyu City, and the representative of a hundred nobles. ”

Du Mingwei was still wearing the simple civilian cloth clothes, lowered his eyes and said, "Prince Luona, you said that you need money, which makes me very incomprehensible. You are a royal nobleman, and you are the daughter of Lord Sting, the king's left hand, and you will still lack money? ”

Lorna said nonchalantly, "What's wrong with my daughter?" Sting is Sting, I am me, the money he earns is his own, and it will never reach my pocket unless he dies one day. ”

"Besides, I only have 20 gold months in my pocket money a year, what is this money enough to buy?"

Gomer and others called good guys in their hearts, 20 gold months a year is not enough to spend? The provincial "governor" has a salary of 100 gold months a year, and His Royal Highness the Prince is really a loser.

Du Mingwei thought for a moment, and bowed slightly to Luo Na to show humility: "In the past, if His Royal Highness the Prince was short of money, we would make it up for you even if we smashed the pot and sold iron, and no one could suffer His Royal Highness the Prince." ”

"However, the officialdom style of Danyucheng has always been honest, and the annual salary of several adults is only a little, and your 20 gold months a year is not enough to spend, so the salary of several adults is naturally even more disdainful."

"As for me, I have accumulated some family funds for many years in business, but this time Danyu City suffered from famine, and I have scattered all my family property and distributed all the property and surplus food in the house to the victims, and now I am penniless."

"So, I'm sorry, Your Royal Highness, I'm afraid we can't do anything about your money."

The corners of Lorna's lips slowly settled, and her expression was clearly displeased.

Seeing that the atmosphere had become a little stiff, Chino hurriedly stood up and persuaded bitterly: "Everyone, why don't you understand the meaning of His Royal Highness? She is no longer a child, and the lack of money is not because she does not have enough pocket money, but because she is considering long-term planning in the political arena. ”

Lorna snorted coldly and picked up the topic: "Let me tell you something, before Bolton returned from Danyu City, he confronted the king in the palace, and made His Majesty so angry on the spot that he fainted to death on the ground. ”

Gome and the others were so frightened that they sweated out: "Your Majesty the King... This?! ...”

Lorna shook her head and said silently: "Your Majesty's rescue is rescued, but now lying on the hospital bed unconscious, how long can you live... It's really hard to tell. To put it bluntly, the death of the old king and the coronation of the new king are not far off. ”

Chino lowered his voice and asked cautiously, "Everyone, let me ask one more question, which of the three candidates for the crown prince do you support?" ”

Gomez hesitated for a moment, then smiled and said officially: "No matter which crown prince you support, aren't you all working for Doguland?" We are not anyone's henchmen, and we don't have any factional tendencies. We only hope that His Majesty will take care of himself and be well! If... If it's really sick... Whoever succeeds to the throne will receive our greatest allegiance. ”

Chino shook his hand, as if to mock their hypocrisy: "Anyone who understands understands." Everyone said that there was no faction, but in fact, they had already bet on the treasure secretly. Of course, if you don't want to say it, I won't force it, everyone just knows it. ”

Gomez smiled but didn't say anything.

Chino sighed, and changed his words: "But I still want to remind you today, the political struggle is extremely cruel, and one step is a catastrophe, so you must not be on the wrong side." ”

Gomez smiled slightly, and said mysteriously: "No one can foresee the future, they just go with the flow, who can guarantee that they will always be in the right position?" ”

"I can." Chino's voice overwhelmed the audience for a moment, and after he finished speaking, he looked at Lorna's back intentionally or unintentionally.

Gomer and the others also subconsciously looked over, their eyes wandering between Chino and Lorna.

Chino walked up to Gomez, put his arm on his shoulder, took Lin Gengsen over to him, and whispered, "Think about it, there are only three children of Pertheus - Andre, Burton, and Solandelle. ”

"The crown prince who will succeed to the throne in the future will definitely only be one of these three, and no matter who you bet on, the probability of winning the lottery is only one-in-three. Are you willing to give your fate to a 1 in 3 probability? ”

Lin Gengsen frowned and asked in a deep voice, "Then what do you mean?" ”

"Why haven't you understood? Who the future king will be, no one can say for sure, and the person you support may be crowned king or do nothing. But there is one person who will always be the winner. Chino stole at Lorna, his tone full of the humility of the subordinate, "That's His Royal Highness." ”

"Who is the future king? I don't know, because Perseus had three children. But who will be the "left hand of the king" in the future? This is very clear, there is no slightest difference, it can only be His Royal Highness the Prince - because she is Sting's only daughter. ”

"If you think about it, His Royal Highness is the best friend of Prince André and Prince Bolton, and the close friend of Princess Solandale, no matter which of the three of them ascends to the throne, Yu Gong, Laurel and the dragon have an eternal friendship. Yu Private, His Royal Highness and these three have good personal relationships, will they treat her badly? ”

"And think about it, His Royal Highness is the first "Prince with a different surname" in the 513 years since the founding of the Dogurland! At the age of 16, he is already the third sequence of the Regnome family, "Dragon Roar", what kind of concept is this?! ”

"It can be said that His Royal Highness the Prince is not yet full of wings, and everyone does not pay much attention to it, but it is destined that she will rise to the top! The left hand of the future king is standing before you! ”

Gomer and Lin Gengsen glanced at each other, and they could see each other's hesitation and vacillation, but they still didn't say a word.

Chino hugged the two of them and continued: "You bet the treasure on the prince and princess, bet right, I count you as powerful!" If the bet is wrong, all the early investment will be wasted, and there will be no income at all, and if you don't do it, you will be liquidated as a party member! ”

"But if you bet the treasure on His Royal Highness the Prince, you don't care which prince and princess he will take the throne in the future, it won't affect His Royal Highness's status anyway, and he can become a brother-in-law with the future king, and he will definitely not be treated badly."

"His Royal Highness didn't go to find anyone else now, but came to Danyu City first, just to remember the old feelings and give you the opportunity to choose first, you must see the situation clearly!"