Li Yu sent Nicole and the others home first, and then returned to Teacup Castle with Clara and Jordi, feeling a sense of tension before entering the door.

There were nearly twice as many guards guarding the gate as there had been before he left, and they were all well-dressed and armed, and some were patrolling the city.

After seeing Yordi and Li Yu, he didn't let them go immediately, but asked them a few questions first, and then someone went back to report.

After a while, Jude came out of it and brought them in.

Li Yu asked, "Why didn't you see Alfred?" ”

The knight Javier, who was originally in charge of the defense of the castle, left his burden and went home to retire, so Alfred temporarily took on this part of the responsibility, and the old knight could often be seen patrolling around the city walls on weekdays.

Jude said, "After the incident, Alfred rushed to Ilea's side as soon as possible, and after that, he didn't leave an inch to protect the door-slashing rabbit. ”

"Where's Fausto?"

"Chief Fausto is not a little suspicious, and he is alone in his room at this moment."

Li Yu looked around again, and found that the shopkeeper, the stableman, and some of the servants by the well had all disappeared.

And this time, without waiting for him to ask, Jude hurriedly replied, "Everyone else has been gathered in the hall on the second floor of the castle, and they are clearing suspicions one by one, by the way, Ilea is also there." ”

Li Yu didn't ask anything more when he heard this, and went up to the second floor.

The hall was originally quite spacious, but now it was already crowded with people, and it was black, filled with all kinds of sweat, foot odor, and even the smell of horse manure.

Miss Rabbit sat behind a long wooden table with a straight face, and the old knight in armor and with a sword in his hand stood beside her, his eyes scanning the crowd in front of her, and his subservant, a man named Thomas, stood on the other side of the girl.

The two of them guarded Miss Rabbit in the middle, one left and one right, and another team of guards maintained order.

In fact, not only the servants and handymen in the castle and those who were stranded here for various reasons, but also the people of the Arias family and Ilea's blood relatives were also in the hall at this moment.

However, unlike civilians and servants, they still have chairs to sit on, but many of them don't have very good looks on their faces.

In particular, Ireya's great-grandmother, Ona, had a blue face.

Although the girl didn't say it explicitly, she called them here together to make it clear that she didn't trust them, and then contacted Ilea about what happened after she recaptured the teacup fort.

Although the maiden respectfully welcomed them back to the castle that night, she then forced them to continue to rest on the grounds that they were tired from the journey, which was tantamount to depriving them of their power in disguise.

After that, regardless of the stain of surrender and betrayal, he quickly promoted a group of knights such as Golden Snake and Purple Finch, to fill the vacancy.

It's a chilling move.

The aristocratic tradition of the Red Lion Empire has always been family-oriented, as there are few ties in this world that are stronger than blood.

In a critical moment, your subordinates may betray you, your friends may abandon you, and your allies may abandon you, but only your family will never leave you and rely on you forever.

Therefore, the important positions in the major families have always been held by their own families, and what Ireya is doing now is almost a humiliation for them.

And now that there are assassins in the castle, the girl has not forgotten her relatives, and has called them to be investigated together, which is bound to make more people dissatisfied.

But everyone didn't expect that what made them even more angry was still to come.

Elia's eyes lit up after seeing Li Yu, and her expression eased a lot, as if she was relieved, and beckoned to Li Yu, "You're back?" Quick, sit here! ”

The girl pointed to the vacant place beside her as she spoke, and her uncle, not far away, a man who was a little fat and kept wiping his sweat, suddenly couldn't help it, and said, "Why? Why didn't he have to be cross-examined? ”

"Because Merlin wasn't in the castle at the time of the incident, uncle." Miss Rabbit explained.

This is an irrefutable reason.

However, everyone knew that this was not the main reason, otherwise Ilea would have just had to let the black-clad stranger side, or go about his own business.

After realizing that there might be assassins infiltrating the castle, Ilea first called the Guardian Knight to protect herself, and then summoned the Purple Bird Knight from outside the castle and asked the latter to take someone to Li Yu and explain that the Purple Bird Knight must ensure Li Yu's safety.

None of her blood relatives could enjoy this treatment.

Except for the great-grandmother, who sent someone to ask if there was any danger, the rest of the people were invited directly to the hall.

Say yes, but in fact everyone knows that they have no right to refuse at all.

Ilea's great-grandmother Ona said coldly, "I've been in my room all afternoon and haven't come out at all, so why do you doubt me?" ”

"I didn't suspect you, great-grandmother, didn't I tell you early in the morning that as long as you stay in the house, I'll take care of the rest." The girl said innocently, "You have to come here to have a look." ”

"If I don't come here and see you with my own eyes, I don't know what you're going to do to your family."

"I'm not that crazy person like Vanessa, how could I hurt my own people." "You don't have to worry at all, I just called you here to ask a few words." After all, I am not alone in danger of infiltrating the assassins in the castle, and I believe that everyone like me hopes to catch the assassins as soon as possible. ”

The girl's last sentence was somewhat meaningful.

Every member of the Arias family could hear the sound.

Lucio's face flushed, and the good old man, who had always been kind, was rarely angry, and raised his voice and said, "Are you suspecting that we are in league with Vanessa and Blanca, and deliberately let the assassins in?" ”

"I didn't say that." Miss Rabbit pursed her lips.

She also remembered what Li Yu had analyzed with her before, and many people in the family knew that she had lost before the voting began.

So this time there was an assassin in the castle, and her first reaction was to suspect that someone in her family was colluding with Vanessa, intending to kill herself, the legitimate lord, and bring Blanca back.

Of course, such a statement cannot be said in the open, at least not until the evidence is conclusive.

Therefore, after Elia denied it, she didn't say anything more, she looked at Li Yu again, but heard the latter say, "You go on, I'll just listen to it on the side." ”