Durham left Lard Street and hurried outside the Earl of Clyde's mansion.

As a result, I saw a group of people gathered there from a distance, basically the little nobles in the city and their attendants, filling half of the street.

When Edward II died unexpectedly, and his eldest son Garth was about to succeed him as emperor of the empire, the entire nobility of the royal capital was thinking about how to get closer to the new emperor.

For example, those big families can go directly to Garth himself, but more minor nobles, those barons and knights, are not qualified to see Garth at all, so they set their sights on the people around the new emperor.

Garth's sword teacher is clearly a good target.

By the time the new emperor is crowned, Clyde will almost certainly be entrusted with the task.

Sada, the wife of the Earl of Clyde, was now in the antechamber entertaining those who had come to visit, taking the gift slip from the butler's hand, and looking at the things listed on it, the smile on her face became even brighter.

The Wendells are not a small family, they have a history of almost two thousand years, even older than the Vespasians.

However, even the most prominent families have their moments of decline, and by Clyde's generation, the situation was already dire.

Although the family still looks glamorous on the surface, it has actually opened up a gap with those real wealthy families, and has been overtaken by the rising upstarts.

Fortunately, Clyde is excellent at swordsmanship and was invited to become the swordsmanship teacher of the eldest prince Garth, but this job only sounds good, and in terms of real power, I am afraid that it is not as good as a squad leader of the garrison.

But now everything is different, and once Garth is successfully crowned, with the relationship between Clyde and Garth, the Wendell family will also soar.

Sadai sneered in her heart, she had always kept in mind the ladies and ladies who had given her white eyes before, and she would slowly settle the accounts one by one later.

Just as Sadel was thinking this, she saw a guard hurrying in from outside and reporting something to the butler.

The butler's face showed a look of surprise.

"What's the matter, Franz?" ”

"There's a new guest outside, ma'am, and he says he wants to see Lord Clyde."

"Clyde isn't something anyone can see if they want to see it now." Sha Dai said proudly, "How many gifts did he bring?" ”

"He didn't bring anything."

"Then what else is there to say, wouldn't it be nice to just drive away such an impolite guy." Sadai snorted coldly.

However, before she could finish speaking, the man had already walked in from outside.

"I'm sorry, I came in a hurry this time, and I really didn't have time to bring a gift, so I'll let someone make up for it later, but I came to find your husband for a very important business."

Sadai couldn't help but be taken aback when she saw the appearance of the person who came.

"Sir Durham!"

"Lady Sadai."

"Aren't you supposed to be investigating the murderer of His Majesty, why are you here with time?"

"Like I said before, I want to talk to Sir Clyde."

"Why? On the day of His Majesty's assassination, my husband did not show up at the tournament. ”

"I know that he borrowed wine from the Hart Tavern at that time to kill his sorrows, ma'am, I have no ill intentions, I just want to ask your husband a few questions, which may be of great help to me in catching the murderer."

"But Clyde isn't at home right now." The Countess spoke, her eyes wary.

"Where is he?"

"I don't know, Your Majesty...... The eldest prince Garth has a lot of trust in Clyde, and he has a lot of things to do on his side, so he asks Clyde to help him deal with it. ”

"King's Landing, Sir Clyde is in King's Landing now, and he's still with Prince Garth?" Duren frowned.

"My husband did go to King's Landing, but I can't guarantee that he's still there, and I can't talk about the men."

"Well, thank you."

Durham didn't waste any more time here, but he paused as he walked out and pointed to a marble sculpture in the courtyard.

"I don't know if Sir Clyde is a follower of Papagani, the god of wind."

"Clyde is not, he's just interested in these stones, he's collected a lot of these sculptures, different gods, heroes, but what is the same is that they are all made by masters, perfect works of art, which also means that they are very expensive."

The captain of the guard didn't say anything more, nodded, and continued walking.

Wherever they passed, the crowd fled to the side, as if they were fleeing the plague.

Although less than half a day has passed, with the assassination of Edward II, the fate of many people has changed on this day.

If the most popular people in the royal capital are Prince Gars and those cronies around him, then the least popular person is probably Duren.

Although there is no such thing as a prince and a courtier on the continent of Bratis, when power is alternated, few of the cronies of the previous emperor can continue to be reused.

Moreover, Durham is inescapable of taking responsibility for Edward's death, and he himself has sworn that he will give up his nobility and leave the royal capital in the future.

In other words, the once high-ranking captain of the Imperial Guard is not far from completely losing power.

That's all it takes, the point is that he's still investigating Edward II's death, and no one wants to get involved in it at this time, and they want to get as far away from him as they can.

Duren could feel the disgust and alienation around him, and he left the Earl of Clyde's mansion without saying a word, and mounted his warhorse.

The captain of the royal guards hurried on his way, riding about two streets, when he came across a young man dressed as a commoner, who picked up a fist-sized stone from the ground and threw it at him.

Duren's reaction was swift, and before the stone could land on his armor, he drew his sword and cut it in half with a single sword.

But when I looked up again, I saw that the boy had quickly disappeared into an alley.

Because the alley was so narrow, the captain of the guards decided to dismount and chase after it.

His speed and strength were undoubtedly above that of the thin boy, who was more familiar with the place than he was.

So Du Lun couldn't catch him for a while, so the two chased and fled, and after a while, Du Lun took the initiative to stop.

And when the young man saw that he was no longer chasing, he did not even run away, and made a face at him in front of him.

Duren wasn't angry, but said, "Okay, there's no one in this place anymore, tell the people behind you to come out." ”

The boy looked confused as if he hadn't understood him.

Seeing that Duren had already drawn his sword in his hand, he stood quietly in place and waited.