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At 4 o'clock in the morning, all the ministers who were qualified enough arrived, and even the old mage, who had never been too lazy to participate in the court meeting, had to come over in person. After all, the assassination of the emperor was too big, and it was already in danger of the country's safety, so he couldn't stay out of it.www.biquge.info

"It's a great shame, it's a great shame for the empire!" After the emperor saw that everyone was coming, he shouted angrily: "The dignified emperor of the empire was assassinated in the national capital, and the head of the palace guards and dozens of palace guards who had followed me for decades were killed. After such a thing spreads, what is the face of the griffon kingdom?"

Everyone drooped their heads, not daring to say a word, and let the emperor get angry there.

"Now that everyone is together, tell me what you think, who is it that wants to die!" the emperor then asked angrily.

Everyone, you look at me, I look at you, no one knows who did it, and they all became dumb for a while.

The emperor, who was already angry, became even more angry when he saw it, so he directly named and said, "Didn't the royal secret agent receive any news beforehand?"

When the leader of the royal secret agents heard this, he was so frightened that he hurriedly came out and said, "Your Majesty, yes, there is no news!"

"Rice buckets, you are all rice buckets!" the emperor immediately scolded: "What's the use of me raising you?"

The leader of the secret agent was scolded bloody, but he didn't dare to refute a word, so he could only kneel on the ground and plead guilty. The clothes all over my body were almost wet with cold sweat.

"Do you have any clues?" the Emperor calmed down for a moment, then asked again.

"One thing!" said the leader of the spies in a hurry, "We have found out that the murderer used four shields as murder weapons. Judging by the style and inscription of the shield, all of them were made by the Stephen family. ”

"Ahh Frank's eyebrows fluttered, if it weren't for the old mage here, he would definitely jump out and say that the matter had something to do with the Stephens.

However, after hearing this, the emperor did not suspect the Stephen family, because their family's shield production is not small, and they are all used by low-level troops, so they can be easily obtained. Coupled with the Stephens' family's loyalty to him, it is also obvious. Besides, if the Stephens really wanted to kill with their hands, they wouldn't need to use a shield at all. All it takes is the old mage with 12 golden golems to solve it. So the emperor just frowned, and then directly continued: "Then what can you find out according to this clue?"

"Oh, Your Majesty!" said the leader of the spies, after a moment's hesitation, "although there are many of these shields, these four sides are a little different, because they are all newly cast, and they have not even been polished with burrs. So, if you follow this clue, maybe the people of the Stephen family will be able to recognize that this shield was forged from their own blacksmith shop. ”

"Then don't you bring it over to Stephen and let it be recognized!" said the Emperor impatiently.

"Yes!" the leader of the agents hurriedly agreed, then waved his hand behind him. Then four palace guards came with bloodstained shields on all sides.

Of course, the fat man couldn't do this kind of professional thing, so the old mage had to go over and check it himself. He picked up a shield and looked at it for a moment, and then immediately said categorically: "These shields are not made by our family!

"Ahh

The leader of the secret agents was even more surprised: "Honorable old duke, may I ask you on what basis you deduce this?"

"It's quality!" the old mage said directly: "The quality of these shields is very good, how can I say it, the quality of these shields is no longer under the shields in the hands of the palace guards." Although I am very unwilling, I have to admit that my family's blacksmith shop can't make such a good shield, otherwise, our family would not only supply shields for low-level troops. ”

When the emperor heard this, he suddenly realized: "Yes, I remember, these shields killed dozens of palace guards, and the shields and armor of those guards were all high-quality products purchased with heavy money, but they were scattered and shattered by this shield, which shows how strong the impact is." And these shields are only deformed, and the quality is amazing! The Stephen family's blacksmith does not seem to be able to produce such good shields!"

"Do you see where this was produced?" the royal agent then hurriedly asked the old mage.

The old mage looked at it carefully, and then said, "Give me a shield for the palace guard, I want a new one!"

"Good!" the leader of the spies agreed, and hurriedly ordered the palace guards to fetch it.

There was not much time, and the new shield found from the treasury was sent, and the old mage took it and compared it, then handed it to the leader of the secret agents, and sneered: "Sure enough, you see, although the styles are different, but the casting techniques are the same, obviously, they came out of the same place!"

When the leader of the secret agents heard this, he was taken aback and hurriedly took a closer look. can be the leader of the secret agents, he is naturally not a straw bag, he knows a lot of everything, especially the knowledge of weapons. So he quickly saw the similarities. Then he nodded and said, "That's true!"

Then the leader of the spies handed the thing to the emperor. The emperor was also a general on horseback before, so he was naturally familiar with weapons and equipment. A little look at it will make you understand. Then he asked angrily, "Where did the shield of the palace guard come from?"

"Cast by the Augustus family!" said the leader of the spies hurriedly.

"Yes!" As soon as the emperor heard this, his face suddenly became ugly.

You know, if it was the shield of the Augustus family, then the emperor was not very suspicious. After all, their family produced more shields than the Stephen family's. But the problem is that it is obviously the shield of the Augustian family, but it is made in the style of the Stephen family, and it is also marked with the Stephen family's exclusive badge. What does this mean? It's clear that you want to set up a blame!

Thinking of this, the emperor immediately looked at Frank, the patriarch of the Augustus family, with a puzzled look. And the heart said, Is it because I have fined their family money, that they are going to kill me?

The others had also figured out the key, so they looked at Frank together, obviously suspicious as well.

Frank, of course, is not stupid, and he knows that things are not good when he looks at this stance. hurriedly came out to defend himself: "Your Majesty, you are wronged, our family's blacksmith shop has never produced another family's shield. Is this a misunderstanding?"

The old mage immediately sneered, "You must know that each family's cultivation technique has its own characteristics and subtle differences. And the way your Augustus family is built is from the inheritance of the dwarf race, which is even more different from the way humans on the continent are built. Others can't do anything if they want to imitate it, unless they also have such good crafting skills. And in fact, even in the human society of the whole continent, the blacksmith shop that can make this kind of good shield is only your Augustus family, and no one else is as good as you. So, that's what you guys built, and you can't go wrong!"

"This, this, this may be someone who has bribed my blacksmith, right?" Frank stammered, at this time, his cold sweat had already wet his clothes, and he couldn't stop crying bitterly in his heart, and his heart said, which bastard did this?

"It's so clean!" The fat man couldn't help but sneered on the side: "Maybe the person who pays is yourself!"

"What do you mean!" Frank immediately said angrily, "Do you think that it is me who assassinated Your Majesty?"

"You said it yourself!" the fat man shrugged.

"Tell me what you say!" Frank said angrily, "Our Augustus family is loyal to Your Majesty, how can we do such a rebellious thing?"

After saying that, Frank immediately ran to the emperor again, and said with a handful of snot and tears, "Your Majesty, you have to call the shots for me!"

"Alright, alright, I'm sure you won't do it!" Although the emperor was suspicious of him, but now after all, there was no real evidence, and he couldn't put it on his face, so he still said comfortingly.

"Thank you, Your Majesty, for your trust!" said Frank, who was immediately moved to tears.

"Okay, okay, I believe you, don't cry!" the emperor persuaded again, and then said, "However, these four shields are obviously related to your family's blacksmith shop, so I hope you can assist the royal agents to quickly find out where they were cast so that the murderer can be tracked down, how about it?"

"Yes, I'll do everything I can to help!" said Frank hurriedly.

"Very well!" the Emperor nodded in satisfaction, just about to say something more.

But suddenly, someone from below quietly came to the ear of the spy leader and whispered a few words, and his face suddenly changed after listening to it.

When the emperor saw this, he immediately gave up on Frank, and hurriedly asked the leader of the secret agents: "Is there any news?"

"Yes!" replied as the leader of the secret agents wiped a cold sweat and said, "I just got a report that a person in charge of the Augustus family died mysteriously and violently, and he happens to be in charge of the ironmaking of the Augustus family!"

(To be continued)