Chapter 18: Undercurrents are surging
On the streets of Serenvia, people start their day with a busy day, and it seems like business as usual. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 The doors of info slowly opened, and a group of people entered their capital, they were in a hurry, the orderly people did not pay much attention to them, the merchants were still sorting out their goods, the craftsmen were repairing the broken houses, the pedestrians on the road had their purposes and tasks, there were no idle people, and it was still business as usual. The procession made its way through the crowd and headed straight for the palace, where one of the people in the procession wore a cloak, his head covered by a black cloth bag, and under the cloak were a pair of hands shackled and shackled, and some passers-by noticed it, but only paused.
In the palace, Greg, the chief spy of the Investigation Corps, and Martini, the head of the Investigation Corps, from the Kronos family, are arguing fiercely.
"Greg, as your commander, how can you take so many of my generals and captains of the guard without my consent, just because you are suspicious of them?" asked the elderly Commander Martini as he approached Greg.
"Legionnaire, I am nominally your subordinate, but in fact I am directly under the jurisdiction of the Queen, and anyone suspected of rebellion must be investigated, this is the Queen's order, are you flouting the Queen's authority?" Greg looked at the Queen's eyes with a smile but a majestic one.
Martini understands that Greg took out the queen to suppress himself, and he must fight on the basis of reason, "No one dares to defy the queen's authority, this is a matter of military morale, the tens of thousands of troops under my jurisdiction are not comparable to your hundreds of people, my generals and soldiers are looking at me, whether you are a nominal subordinate or a de facto subordinate, it doesn't matter, the important thing is that I want to stabilize the morale of the army, if this matter reaches the front line, I can't even protect my own subordinates, the combat effectiveness of the soldiers will be greatly reduced, how to defeat a strong enemy." ”
"Enough. Greg was about to fight back, but the queen stretched out her hand to signal them to stop, "Greg is indeed carrying out my orders, for the safety of the Empire, Martini is for the Empire's combat effectiveness, but also for the safety of the Empire, I understand the argument between the two of you, but there are many ways to solve the matter, you should not use this most stupid way to blame each other in front of me to solve it, I will not support any of you, remember, work together to achieve great things." Stand down. ”
"Yes, Your Majesty. The two saluted the queen and prepared to leave.
"Greg, you stay. ”
"Yes, Your Majesty. ”
Martini glanced back and left.
"Is there any good news for me?" said the Queen, approaching Greg.
"Yes, nothing escapes the eyes of His Majesty, and that Neutora has been caught, in the secret basement of the palace. ”
"Will he cooperate?"
He said he wouldn't say anything until he met the queen. ”
"Take me to him. The queen snorted coldly, but she couldn't suppress the joy in her heart.
In the dimly lit basement, only a few rays of light came in from the vents in the wall, shining on the cold ground, Neutora was locked in a cage, outside the cage were all kinds of interrogation equipment, some of the equipment still had deep brown marks on the wooden boards, it used to have been rumored to have existed in the secret interrogation room, it turned out to be real, and it still existed in the grandest palace of Tris Oaks, he sat on the ground and smiled bitterly, he thought that his worst ending would be to be killed as a time traveler in the mission, exposing the corpse to the wilderness, but he didn't expect to be framed by his own people, ruined, and leaving his life only for their ulterior purposes, it was really sad。
The queen and Greg arrived at the door of the basement, Taylor and the guards were greeting them, and the queen smiled at them, in fact, she remembered that she had instructed Greg to dispose of Taylor, but it was only a fleeting thing, more of a joy that was about to be achieved. Greg was smiling, too, and he remembered the Queen's words, but his years as a spy had allowed him to remain completely silent, and he was a little unbearable in the face of one of his favorite and best students. Taylor led the two down a flight of stairs to the door of the interrogation room.
"You stay, I'll go in. As soon as the queen closed the door, Taylor rushed into his arms and stroked the face of her dearest teacher, but she felt a slight strangeness, which she had trained as a spy, and she said softly, "Teacher, why are you not very happy." ”
"Maybe I've been tired lately. Greg didn't want her to guess what she was thinking, so he thought of a reason without missing a flaw.
Taylor grimaced, "Is it because there are eight recorders in your chief's office?" ”
Greg gagged her and stroked her body, knowing that this might be the last warmth.
The queen approached the cage where Noitola was imprisoned, she looked at the dejected young man, his weaknesses were in his own hands, she had built a vast empire with the help of human hands, she was full of confidence in how to use a small human being, first to despair and then to give them hope, every human will submit to you.
"Chief Neutorah, do you have anything to say to me?" she wanted to observe the man first, and although she had met him once, she had not looked at Neutorah very closely.
"What happened to General Lucretius?"
"You should be concerned about your own safety. Serena felt that the man had not yet figured out the situation.
"Tell me. ”
"He and the governor of Icarus have bewitched some of the officers and men of the major legions into trying to overthrow my rule. And you and your teammates are his supporters, and you have a bad record and a lot of criticism about the empire on weekdays, so you naturally have to cut down the grass and eradicate the roots. ”
"The General is right, he should overthrow a sanctimonious and evil-minded creature like you," he said, standing up with the railing of the cage and making a loud noise, "I will not spare you, my gracious Queen." ”
The queen approached him, just out of reach of Noito's stretched hand, "I'll talk to you about a deal today." ”
"Kill me, I have nothing to talk about. ”
"Enthusiasm and impulsiveness can't solve anything, as long as you cooperate, your comrades, mentors, and your wife's sister will not die. Otherwise, alas, you all must die. The smile on the Queen's face was gone, and it became dark and terrifying. "It's also to blame you for having a relationship with Princess Shuyi, I want you to reveal the secret of the Sage's Crown, and after the matter is completed, I will also give you a general. ”
"I'm not going to betray my friends, don't dream. ”
"Is it?" "Is it?" as soon as the queen turned around, a thunderbolt struck Neutora, causing him to fall to the ground and convulse in pain, "If you don't cooperate, I'll let your friends be tortured and tortured to death in front of your eyes, you love your brother so much, why don't you start with your wife and sister who don't love very much, and let her taste these torture instruments." ”
"You are despicable and shameless!" Neutora did not expect that the queen he had always been loyal to would be ruthless, he could not watch the people he cared about die because of him, nor could he let Elsa tell the secret of the Crown of the Sage, the queen's ambitions were so great, and the methods were so vicious, she could never do anything good, and now she could only agree and make another plan.
"I agree to cooperate. But I want to meet the murderer who betrayed my comrade-in-arms. ”
"Yes, but don't play tricks, or your wife and sister will suffer. ”
Noitola wiped the sweat from her face and struggled to her feet.