"Poisoned?" Rogge and Catherine were both nervous when they heard this, and they saw the Marquis of Hochersky nodding sadly and said: "That's right, I later received a letter from King Deiz, accusing me of poisoning his son, and I want to double my troops to attack the city and slaughter the city to pay for his son's life." ”

"Wait a minute," Catherine looked at the Marquis thoughtfully, then looked back at Rogge and asked, "The prince was found poisoned to death the day after returning to the barracks, maybe he ate something poisonous after leaving the city, and it is too far-fetched to say that the Marquis was poisoned based on this alone?"

"I think so too, we all ate the same thing at the banquet at that time, only Kevin was poisoned and died," said Hochesterski, frowning in confusion, "but King Deiz did not believe it, and insisted that I and the people of the city pay for his son's life." ”

"Well, it looks like we'll have to look into this," Rog said with an interested smile and nodded, "but we have to wait for Captain Antonio to come back, I think he should be able to help us bring back some clues that Deiz has." ”

As he spoke, the butler hurried to the Marquis's side and whispered, "Sir, Captain Antonio and Miss Tully are back." ”

"Ha, that's what I'm saying!" Rogge stood up and looked at the door of the hall, and saw Antonio and Tali walking in side by side, and as soon as he saw them, he immediately walked a few steps to Rogge and said, "You're back, how is the Hallow?"

"Get half of it. Rogge said with a shrug.

"What do you mean?" Antonio stared at him with a surprised frown, Rog took out the broken white jade rod from the small bag on his belt and gave it to him, Antonio and Tali looked at the holy weapon in his hand in surprise, and asked in surprise, "How can this be?"

Rog told them what had happened, and both of them found the matter very tricky, so Rog gave the artifact to Antonio for safekeeping, and then asked him about Deiz.

"King Deiz is still furious," said Antonio, sitting down on the sofa, looking at Hochersky, "and insisting that you poisoned his son, and that Prince Kevin must be sacrificed with the blood of all the people in the city after the city is broken, and then buried him." ”

"It seems that there is only one last battle. Hochersky said with a sigh.

"What kind of poison did Prince Kevin get into?" Rogge turned his gaze back to Tali's face, and the mermaid guardian was stunned for a moment, shook his head, and said, "I don't know, we didn't see the corpses, we only know that two people were poisoned, one of them was Prince Kevin." ”

"Two people poisoned?" Rogge's eyes lit up when he heard this, and he hurriedly asked, "Who else is there?"

"It's Kevin's squire. Antonio replied, "He and Kevin were found dead the same morning, in fact someone first discovered the death of the squire, and when he went to report to Kevin, he found that the prince was also dead." ”

"Your Excellency Marquis," Rogge asked as he stared back at Hochersky, who was sitting opposite, "Did this chamberlain accompany Prince Kevin to the banquet on the day of the banquet?"

"Yes," Hochersky said, nodding his head as he recalled, "and he was accompanied by an attendant, along with two of Kevin's cronies, and ten other Guards soldiers, but the latter did not enter the banquet hall. ”

"Didn't those two cronies get poisoned?" Rogge asked Antonio, looking back.

"I haven't heard anything about anyone else, these are the only known deaths. Antonio replied without hesitation.

After hearing this, Rogge rubbed his chin with his hand and muttered for a moment, and said to Hochersky: "Your Excellency, Marquis, if you do not object, I would like to hear the details of the banquet day, and please tell me the whole process in as much detail as possible." ”

Hocherski glanced at Antonio with some hesitation, as if he doubted whether it was necessary to do so, but when he saw Antonio's affirmative eyes, he had to recall a little and then said: "That was two weeks ago, Kevin entered the car city at noon, and I personally went to greet him. ”

"My wife met us at the gate of the castle in the inner city, and entered the banquet hall with us, where all the food had been prepared for the banquet was already on the table, except for the beetroot soup I had promised Kevin, for I had to make it myself. ”

"We ate and talked in the banquet hall, and after about half an hour, I got up and left the banquet hall and went to the kitchen to make beetroot soup for Kevin, and the chef of the kitchen, as my helper, had already prepared all the ingredients......"

"Did you cut the dish yourself?" Rogge asked suddenly.

"Yes, I have prepared the washed dishes and other ingredients, put them in the pot, and when they are ready, let the head chef put them on a silver plate, cover the plate, and bring it to the door, and give it to the maid waiting here, and she will take it to the banquet hall, while I myself go to the dressing room next door to change clothes. ”

"Is the chef in your sight when he is serving?" asked Rogge, interrupting the Marquis again.

"That's right, I watched him put it on the plate," Hochersky asked, looking meaningfully at Rogge, "You don't suspect him......"

"I'm just asking as usual, and no one can rule out suspicion in this case. Rogge replied calmly.

"I can't think of any need for him to do that, he and Kevin don't know each other. Hochersky shook his head and said, "And he has always been very careful in his work in the kitchen, and he also deliberately wiped the inside of the lid with a napkin when serving the plates, so as not to drip into the soup." ”

"Very carefully, indeed. Rogge casually agreed, and then asked, "And then what?"

"I left the kitchen after changing my clothes, and when I got to the door of the banquet hall, I saw the maid entering the banquet hall with a plate, and I walked in after her, and when I saw her putting the plate in front of Kevin, I went back to my place and sat down, and asked Kevin how he tasted. ”

Kevin was very pleased with the soup I had made, and told me a lot about the past, and we were all very happy until the evening when the feast was over, and my wife and I took Kevin to the city gate, and then came back to rest. ”

"I didn't hear from Kevin for the next few days," said Hochersky, with a sad sigh, and about a week later, when the forces of Deiz were suddenly increased, and I was wondering what had happened, when I suddenly received a letter from Sho Shing, telling me that Kevin had been found poisoned and died in the barracks early the morning after the feast. ”

He looked at Rogge helplessly and said, "This is all there is to it, if you can find some clues to the cause of Kevin's poisoning, I hope you can tell me, this is not only for me, but also for the people of Checheng." ”

Rogge kept his head down silently, staring at the coffee table table in front of him with two eyes, and the people around him looked at him expectantly, but he never responded, Catherine wanted to ask him but was stopped by Tali, who gently shook her head and motioned for her not to disturb Rogge's thinking.

Suddenly, Rogge got up from the sofa and said to the Marquis, "Excuse me, Your Excellency, Miss Catherine and I need some change of clothes, please have someone prepare them for us, and we need two rooms to change our clothes." ”

"No problem, butler!" the marquis hurriedly called the butler and asked him to prepare according to Rogge's request, then looked up at Rogge and said, "What about Kevin?"

"Don't worry, we'll talk about it when we get back. Rogra took Catherine out of the hall and followed the butler to change his clothes, and the two took off their wet clothes in their respective rooms, changed into the civilian clothes found by the butler, and returned to the marquis's hall.

Seeing Rogge coming with Catherine, who had finished her makeup, the Marquis, Antonio, and Tali all stood up, and the Marquis was about to invite the two to sit down, but Rogge waved his hand to him and said, "No need to sit, we have to leave here at once, and the head of the regiment and Miss Tali will also go together." ”

"Where are you going?" Antonio looked at him curiously and asked, and the marquis on the side asked even more anxiously, "Yes, where are you going, is this the matter for Kevin?" ”

"I said it before, and we'll talk about it when we get back. Rog hooked his finger at Tali and said to the mermaid who got up and walked forward, "Come, though the Captain and you have just returned from the palace of Deiz, we had better go again now, while the old king who is about to explode has not yet buried his precious son." ”

When the two heard Rogge say this, they immediately understood that he was going to see the dead prince, Tali summoned the lamp god to open the dimensional passage, Rogge and Antonio said goodbye to Hochersky and were about to leave, when they suddenly saw little Lori Lilith lying on her back on the sofa, touching her little belly with both hands and her eyes closed.

Rogge stepped forward and flicked her little belly with his hand, took her little hand and said, "It's time to go, little villain, don't lie here and grow meat when you're full." ”

"I don't have any flesh on me!" Little Lori withdrew her little hand, turned over and turned towards the back of the sofa, curled up her legs and little buttocks and curled back into a ball, muttering, "I'm sleepy, I want to sleep!"

"Then you can't go to the palace and eat good food?" said Rogge, looking at her with a slanted eyebrow.

"I'm not unusual. Lilith burped under her breath and said lazily.

"What an easy little thing to satisfy. Rogge leaned over and picked her up from the couch, looked down at her and said, "But even then, you can't sleep here, either you go to sleep in your hat, or I'll carry you through the palace of Deiz." ”

"Then so be it!" Little Lori buried her head in Rogge's arms, and fell asleep regardless of it, Rogge turned around and shrugged his shoulders to everyone, and carried her into the dimensional passage with everyone.

Guided by the god of lights, the group passed through the dimensional passage to Dublin, the Duke of Deiz, and Antonio revealed his identity to the soldiers at the gate of the palace and asked them to inform the king.

The captain of the palace guard immediately ordered the king to be informed, and King Deiz learned that Antonio had gone and returned, and that he had brought with him two companions, a man and a woman, and although he was very disgusted with them, he allowed them to enter the halls of his palace and inquired about their intentions.

Antonio introduced Rogge and Catherine to the King, and then told King Deiz of their intentions, and the old king listened as he touched his long white beard, and looked at Rogge with suspicion on his brow.

After hearing Antonio's intentions, King Deiz tapped his fingers on the armrest of the throne and said with a sneer: "Captain Antonio, I don't know what the origin of this Sir Langaro of Italy you have brought with you, but I can tell you that I will not allow anyone to touch the body of my son, even if you look at it!"