Chapter 313

Can't say yes?

Aker was stunned.

In his opinion, this young magician named Darling Chen, even if he has some geniuses and outstanding features, has also made a lot of achievements in the field of magic, especially in the magic academy before, what kind of magic machine thing he made, and a competition within the academy, which is quite amazing.

But...... After all, he's just a magician.

Magician, beyond the world, although it is a noble and detached identity, but at the same time it also limits the influence of magicians, at least in the affairs of the empire, this young magician, in Aker's opinion, is almost insignificant!

For the current political situation, it is the top priority! Such a small young magician, no matter how talented he is, what if he is handed over to the Tulip family?

Not to mention a small Darling Chen, even if it is a high-level mage in white, it is nothing!

What's more, this little Darling Chen, my own strength, I heard that it is only a mid-level level - I'm afraid this will have to be mixed with some water. I heard that he didn't even know the mage level assessment of the Magic Guild.

In order to stabilize such a pivotal behemoth as the dìng tulip family, what is it to hand over such a young mage?

But why did His Majesty Xiluo's reaction look as if the Tulip family was not asking him for a young mage, but robbing his wife?

......

In the handwritten letter from Tulip's family, Aker roughly swept through a series of conditions.

In his opinion, in fact, most of the conditions proposed by the Tulip family are not too out of line.

The second clause, for example, asks Shiloh not to kill too much, and asks him to release a series of political criminals without prosecution and mass purges. Xiluo and himself and others have long reached a consensus that in order to stabilize the situation, they will not kill too many people, especially those deep-rooted imperial wealthy families, and it is not advisable to kill too much, so as not to shake the country's foundation.

Even if you want to clean it, you can wait and see later, anyway, Shiloh is still young, and after the regime is further stabilized, he will slowly clean up some of the obstructive guys. It's better than raising the butcher knife in a hurry now. Much more.

In addition, one of the Tulip Family's requests was that Shiloh would not change the current preferential conditions of the aristocracy.

In fact, the meaning of this is very clear, that is, to imply that Shiloh wants to ensure the preferential conditions and treatment that the empire originally gave to several core big families.

Tulips themselves, in particular, have a series of privileges that the empire has always enjoyed, and there can be no change.

On this point, Shiloh and others have long agreed. Others are at every turn and say that the tulip family is a privilege. It must not be touched for the time being.

The Tulip family is now making such a request just to ensure their own interests, which can be accepted first.

And there is. About the national policy of religion!

Probably have already found out some details of the coup d'état in Shiloh, and know that in the process of the coup d'état, the Temple of Light Church contributed a lot.

Since others have made bets on blood, they will always have to reap the benefits afterwards.

The Tulip family understands this. Knowing that it is unrealistic to block further cooperation between Shiloh and the church at this time, the letter only uses the tone of Jianyì in terms of national policy on religion: I hope that Shiloh will govern in terms of religious policy. Be cautious and consider respecting tradition.

What is tradition?

The tradition of the Roland Empire for nearly a hundred years is to suppress the Church! Spare no effort to suppress theocracy!

At the moment, if you want to make Hiloh not give the church benefits, it can't be stopped, and the Tulip family understands this point, and the things put forward are just hinting that Hiloh should not go too far, and not change the traditional national policy too much for the better - this one, there is still a lot of room for maneuver.

"Your Majesty, it seems to me that most of the conditions set forth in Miss Messiah's letter are not harsh. It didn't exceed our expectations much. Especially the traditional sphere of influence of the Tulip Family in the Northwest, as long as we make a commitment not to touch it, to ensure the existing privileges of the Tulip Family, and it seems that the forces in the northern army should not interfere too much for the time being...... It's all easy to say. As for the church, Tulip also seems to understand that the general trend is inviolable, and only briefly mentioned it, so it will not be too difficult to think about it. ”

While thinking about it, Aker shook his head and said, "As for Darling Chen...... I don't know, why is it so difficult for His Majesty?"

In Aker's opinion, at this juncture, it is very unwise to risk offending the tulip family for the sake of such a kid!

Shiloh's expression was calm, but there was a hint of complexity in his eyes, he sighed softly, put down the letter, and glanced at Aker: "You...... Follow me. ”

Aker: "Huh?"

......

Leaving the study, Shiloh and Aker took only a few personal guards and walked through the inner courtyard of the palace to a small two-story building that had been isolated.

This small building is located in the northwest corner of the main building of the Imperial Palace, and is almost defended by the three towers in the northwest of the Imperial Palace.

Aker only glanced outside, and couldn't help but say, "This place is very safe...... If there is any trouble, it will not be able to hide from the three towers in the vicinity. Hey, is there anyone locked up here?"

Shiloh glanced at Aker: "You have a good eye. It was originally the storehouse of the palace where some important documents and artifacts were stored, and there was an underground storehouse under this small building, all of which were made of the strongest granite foundations, and it was impossible to dig them out of the ground. You guessed right, after I ascended the throne, I asked someone to clean up this place, and right now, there is indeed a person who lives here very well with you and me. ”

Aker noticed that the guards around this small building were actually the old guards around Shiloh when he was the prince. Not even a man with Thor's whip is useless.

This discovery made Aker's heart sink!

Walking into this small building, the leader of the guards guarding here was a middle-aged samurai with an indifferent face. This man Aker also looked familiar, and seemed to be an old man from Shiloh's bodyguard.

The middle-aged warrior stepped forward, but he saluted Shiloh with a cold face, and as for Aker, who was wearing the uniform of an imperial general on the side, it seemed to be taken as air.

"This is Captain Carlton. The chief of the guard who has been with me for ten years. Shiloh said lightly: "He is cold by nature and doesn't like to talk, Aker, don't mind." ”

Where would Aker mind such a trivial matter, he just looked at this Carlton curiously, and with his samurai instinct, he could roughly judge that this Carlton's strength should be good, but it was almost the strength of the middle rank, far from reaching the high-level samurai. This level of strength is not low. But in the imperial capital, where there are so many masters, it is not too high.

It's just that this person can be so trusted by Shiloh, there should be something extraordinary.

"How is he?"

In the face of Shiloh's inquiry, Carlton just nodded and said lightly in a hoarse voice, "It's okay." ”

With that, he turned and led the way.

Such indifference and rudeness made Aker quite incomprehensible.

Shiloh smiled faintly: "That's his character, but I like this kind of person the most." ”

"Oh?"

"Carlton's martial arts skills. Maybe it's far inferior to many masters, but there is only one characteristic of doing things around me, and that is to be safe!"

Aker stopped talking.

Shiloh continued to smile faintly: "The order I gave him." Even if it's a word of nonsense, he will execute every word to the letter!"

"This ......" Aker didn't say anything, but his face couldn't help but show a hint of disapproval.

Execution without compromise? It's not a special skill, is it? I think I have been in the army for many years, and the style of the army is like a mountain of military orders. Under the military order, who is not obediently executed and not discounted?

Saw Aker's expression. Shiloh suddenly stopped, stood in place, looked at Aker, and said with a smile: "Do you think this is nothing?"

Aker hesitated for a moment and smiled: "Don't dare." ”

"Good. Shiloh pointed to the two-story building in front of him, and said lightly: "I told Sù Carlton that day, I want to lock up a person here, and I want to make sure that there will be no problems with this person being locked up here." Let him familiarize himself with the environment of this place first. ”

"Hmm......" Aker didn't know what he meant.

Then Shiloh said lightly: "He spent a day and a night personally looking at every room in this building, touching every wall, every window, every door, and every corner of every room. Then I walked every trail outside the building and checked every tree!"

After a pause, Shiloh glanced at Aker before he said slowly: "Then he wrote me a detailed document, which listed that this small building has a total of one hundred and fourteen walls, sixty-one windows, and thirteen doors. Fifty-three of the windows are covered by four iron grilles, and the rest are six. There are four windows that need to be repaired, and there are safety hazards. Among the thirteen gates, there are six wooden gates, five iron gates, and two fence gates. He personally inspected each door, which iron bars needed to be replaced, and which walls needed to be reinforced...... There are also six trails leading to this place, and there are a total of 11 rockeries around, and all of them that have potential safety hazards should be moved away! Sixty-nine trees, all of which may be Tibetan, are all built with branches and leaves, or simply cut down! Which road is a stone road, which road is a cobblestone road, and under the stone road, he even sent someone to dig up the stone slabs and inspect them, and on the cobblestones, he sent people to water them with more than a dozen buckets of water to ensure that there is no water seepage from the secret passages below. ”

Aker's face was already a little surprised.

"Also, the person who is locked up here, I ask to make sure that nothing goes wrong with that person. Therefore, he arranged a method to check the prisoner 11 times a day! The interval between each time was different, some were seen once every half an hour, and some were seen once every hour and a half, and once every two hours! Moreover, the shift of this set of inspections was changed every two days and changed randomly, and it would never make people grasp that there were rules at all! Even 11 inspections a day, and the people assigned were different each time! The possibility of human problems was minimized! The prisoner's drinking water inside will be handled by different people every day, and the people selected every day will all be randomly selected on the same day, so as to ensure that different people are responsible for it every day!"

Shiloh said this and sighed: "And what I did was just to give him a simple order: lock up a person here to ensure that this person does not have problems." And the rest of the things are done by himself, and I don't need to think about it anymore. ”

Speaking of this, Shiloh looked at Aker and smiled slightly: "You said that such a talent, is it rare?"

Aker was speechless.

Even in the military. Under the iron law of military orders, it is almost impossible to find such a person who does things so safely.

"This ...... It is indeed a rare talent. ”

Shiloh smiled with satisfaction, and then took another step and walked into the small building with Aker.

But when he entered the door, the Carlton opened the door, but stopped at the door, stiffly bent down and saluted, but said, "Your Majesty, there is one thing I want to ask clearly." ”

"You say. Shiloh nodded.

Carlton looked up. His face was still as cold as a stone, and he said coldly: "Your Majesty's order is that no one except you is allowed to visit the prisoners here. Now that His Majesty has brought someone with him, I would like to ask, is the previous order still counted?"

Shiloh nodded: "Count." ”

"So can I understand that today's exception is only once! after this visit. I still have the right to refuse entry to this general who is with you today if he comes alone?"

"Your understanding is correct. Shiloh nodded again.

Carlton nodded and said in a hard tone, "Just ask clearly." ”

Aker smiled bitterly on the side: "Your Excellency." It's too vigilant. ”

Carlton glanced at Aker coldly: "Details determine success or failure. ”

Aker suddenly became interested, and deliberately smiled: "If it is...... After today, I came by myself, but with a warrant from His Majesty. What will you do if you ask to come in for a visit?"

Carlton shook his head, his tone unwavering. It was so cold that it was almost numb, but the answer he said made Aker feel a chill in his heart!

"Kill you!"

"You ......" Aker was stunned for a moment, then frowned: "But...... I have a warrant with me! If the warrant is real......"

"His Majesty's order to me is that he must be present in person. I'm just going to do this one command, and I shouldn't think about the rest. Even if the warrant is genuine, it is a mistake made by His Majesty, and I just need to execute my order and make sure that my execution is not wrong. Carlton replied coldly.

"Alright, Aker. Shiloh smiled faintly: "Carlton is so desperate to do things...... But it's this kind of dead eye that is what reassures me the most. ”

......

When I walked into this small building, I went straight down a staircase in the hall to the basement.

Although the basement is gloomy, the air is very good, not stuffy, and obviously ventilated.

Because it had just snowed in winter, the floor in this basement was a little damp. Carlton walked in front with a torch in his hand, came to an iron door, and said slowly: "Your Majesty, the person is inside, I just checked it half an hour ago, and nothing happened." ”

"Good. Shiloh said lightly: "After I enter, you will guard outside." No entry or approach. ”

Carlton listened attentively, then quickly repeated Shiloh's words before nodding solemnly.

Shiloh smiled and walked in first, while Aker took a deep look at Carlton before following.

Behind the iron gates is a large and extremely spacious room.

There are four walls in this room, there are no windows, but there are only a few thin copper pipes on the walls to make vents, and looking at the size of the copper pipes, I am afraid that even a slightly fat mouse will be difficult to enter.

The length and width of the room are about twenty paces. Inside was a hardwood bed with only a set of snow-white, thin sheets. In addition, there is only one set of desks.

Aker noticed that the bottom of the bed, desk and chair was iron and could not be moved.

And there is only one person in this room.

The man sat in the chair with his back to the door, and from his back he had gray hair and a somewhat sloppy figure.

But as soon as he saw this man, Aker sighed in his heart: it was him...... It's no wonder that His Majesty is so concerned.

Shiloh didn't speak, but the man turned slowly, and his old face was emaciated, and he looked pale because he hadn't seen the sun for many days.

But those eyes are not as cloudy as a person of this age, sharp as a sword, sharp as a knife!

Being stared at with such sharp eyes, Aker was also a little uncomfortable, and couldn't help but sigh and said slowly: "Your Excellency Pete Statham." It's been a long time. ”

The person in front of him is naturally the former Minister of Internal Affairs of the Empire, the head of the Inner Court, the most trusted henchman of the former emperor, the number one loyal dog, Old Pete!

Pete's eyes rolled on the two of them, but finally fell on Shiloh's, but he took Aker as air, his lips moved, and he said coldly in a hoarse voice: "It turned out to be His Highness Shiloh." Come and see me again. ”

Aker frowned, and couldn't help but say: "Old Pete, now that His Majesty has been crowned and enthroned as the new emperor of the empire, your title as Your Highness is not very appropriate." ”

Pete didn't move, his eyelids didn't lift, he didn't look at Aker, he just said coldly: "Rebel thief." An dares to be the emperor. ”

This sentence not only scolded Shiloh, but even Aker also scolded him, Aker's old face turned red, and he couldn't help but scold.

Shiloh waved his hand. stopped Aker from speaking, and said with a faint smile: "You hate me in your heart, naturally you don't have a good face, you can call it whatever you like." ”

There was a pause. Shiloh took two steps closer, looked at the furnishings in the room, and then at Pete's face. He sighed softly and said in a low voice: "Pete, why are you doing this, my brother has already gone." I promised him not to kill too much. An old courtier like you, I can also give you a good death. Now you're so stiff and suffer so much pain here every day......"

Pete smiled coldly: "Once a day, it's not a lot of suffering. ”

Aker's scalp was numb when he listened!

Soul searching?

Once a day?!

He couldn't help but glance at Shiloh!

Although Aker is not a magician, he is from a wealthy family, and he is a wealthy family like the Rollin family that has a lot of roots with magicians, so naturally he has heard of the name "soul searching"!

This is a kind of soul magic, which is a kind of necromancy, and it is said that it is used by magicians to forcibly retrieve the memories of the souls of those who have been cast!

The person who is cast the spell is like a thousand knives deepening, and once it is experienced, it is like the whole person's soul being extracted, torn into pieces, searched inch by inch, and finally glued back to the ......

Although Aker has never actually felt it, but when he was young, he had seen it once in the family, and that time there was a traitor in the family, colluding with outsiders, and losing a large amount of military expenses for the family's private army.

I remember that at that time, the guy who was cast the spell was also a tough guy, and he had survived the torture of the family before, but that night, Aker heard the terrible screams of the guy who was performing the soul searching spell in the room!

Such a tough guy, who only lasted one night, was destroyed by the soul search technique and almost collapsed, not only was he explained by the spell, but then he was bent on death, and he didn't even have the courage to live!

The cruelty and power of this spell left a deep memory on Aker!

This old Pete ...... Actually...... Once a day, the soul search technique has lasted so many days?!

Shiloh sighed softly, his tone was very soft, and he said slowly: "Pete, you have served the royal family for many years, and my heart will never let you suffer like this. But you should understand...... If you refuse to confess for a day, how can I be relieved of what you have done for my brother all these years?"

Old Pete was shocked, laughed, and shouted, "Shiloh! are you scared?!"

"Yes, I'm afraid. Shiloh actually nodded and admitted without hesitation, and he said slowly: "When my brother was here, all the secret forces in the palace were under your control, and all the secret things of unseen people were done by you. I know that you have always mastered a lot of things, and there are a group of people who are spies for you, spy on rumors, be killers for you, and clean up some bad thorns. You even have too many secrets, not only the royal family, but also the powerful people of the empire, those bigwigs, and the important ministers of various ministries, and even ...... Even the tulip family has your people! Perhaps, the favored concubine of a certain magnate and magnate who has been pampered for many years is the stake laid by your old Pete for many years! God knows how many such things and people you still have in your hands, and how many of them have been hidden and not used! If I am really so careless, maybe one day when I sleep, my head will be cut off by one of my personal guards or some court maid, and maybe one day a glass of water I drink can poison me to death. No matter how careful I am, I've only heard of catching thieves in a thousand days. I haven't heard of the principle of preventing thieves for a thousand days. ”

Speaking of this, Shiloh's tone became softer and softer, and he sighed faintly: "Pete, so...... I'm really afraid of you, if you don't explain, I won't rest assured no matter what, and I can't let you go. ”

When Aker heard this, he couldn't help but feel a chill in his heart!

Sleep and eat...... I can't rest assured, these days are not just the danger of Shiloh. He was also one of the leaders of the coup d'état......

"陛xià...... Since Pete is so dangerous, why don't you ......" Aker gritted his teeth and made a one-handed downward cut.

Hearing this, Shiloh smiled faintly and shook his head: "I want to too, but ...... I don't dare. ”

"No, don't dare?" Aker froze.

The person in front of him even dares to do the coup d'état to kill his brother, is there anything he doesn't dare to do in this world?

"You don't understand. Aker. Xiluo was not in a hurry, and said slowly: "The dark chess in the palace has always been secretive. How many secrets there are during this period, only the person in charge knows. And the various chess pieces under the ambush. There are open chess, there are also dark chess, and once some dark chess is ambushed, it may not be activated for ten or twenty years. Once activated. It is a ruthless hand that kills people! And many dark chess pieces have a final death order for lore. Often, this kind of extermination order is issued in advance, and once it is determined that the line is disconnected or dead...... So. When you go offline, you will immediately transform into a dead soldier and do the final kill!

I don't want Pete to be dead and a bunch of unguardable dead people pop up in the empire because Pete is dead. ”

Old Pete laughed, looked at Shiloh, and said lightly: "I really admire you." Just because you are willing to admit to your face that you are afraid, you dare not ...... You're really an amazing character!"

"Pete. Shiloh shook his head and said slowly: "Every time you do a soul search technique, that kind of taste is definitely not something that ordinary people can bear, if you hold on so strongly, I thought that if you hold on for a few days at most, you will stop yourself." ”

"Of course I won't die! If I die, won't it make you feel at ease? Shiloh! You know me, and I'm no stranger to you! As long as I live one more day, you won't be at ease every day, and you will have to guard against me every day, for fear that I will do something to harm you! Hahaha! But you don't dare to kill me directly!!" Pete laughed heartily!

The laughter was poignant, and it was full of resentment!

This laughter made the murderous Aker hear it, and he couldn't help but feel a little chill in his heart.

"Alright. Xiluo's expression remained unchanged, and he said lightly: "I'm here to see you today...... But it seems that you haven't changed your mind yet, so I don't need to waste my tongue on a lot of nonsense. ”

"Yes, yes, I will never do what you want!" exclaimed Pete, "Get out of here, get out of here!"

Shiloh smiled lightly, but suddenly said in a strange tone, "Do you know that today...... The Tulip family has arrived. ”

When Pete heard this, he was really stunned, and his expression suddenly became stern: "Tulip family...... How to say!"

"Why should you leave anything to chance. Shiloh shook his head and sighed: "With your cleverness, you should be able to guess that the Tulip family is now in charge of my little aunt, how can she make any drastic moves as a woman." What's more, the Tulip family has never participated in the struggle for imperial power and is out of the world. Do you expect her to raise a banner and tell the world to come against me?"

Pete was silent for a while, his face was a little ugly, and he said slowly in a hoarse voice: "Not bad...... The duchess of the Tulip family really wouldn't do that. The Tulip family wants to put the empire first, even if she knows that you are a rebel and thief, but it is already the case, she will not fight a civil war with you for the sake of the overall situation of the empire. ”

"However, my little aunt has also made a few conditions, and I have agreed to her conditions in exchange for her silence and support. ”

Pete frowned and looked at Shiloh coldly: "What are you talking to me about this!"

Shiloh smiled faintly: "Among my little aunt's conditions, there are two very interesting. This first one is for me to let you go and take you to the northwest with the people of the Tulip family. It seems that my little aunt really misses the old love, and she can't bear to suffer from me, an old minister of the former emperor. ”

Aker listened to it and couldn't help but be stunned.

The handwritten letter from Tulip's family, which he had seen with his own eyes, did not mention Pitt alone in the letter. What does Shiloh mean by suddenly using this lie to coax Pete?

However, Aker is also a high-level warrior after all, although he is surprised in his heart, but his kung fu of practicing qi is very homely. There was no hint on his face.

When Pete heard this, he was slightly stunned, and frowned: "It's rare that Miss Messiah misses me so much, but my rotten life is not blessed to go to the northwest." Let alone...... Shiloh, where would you be willing to let me go!"

"Yes, I can't promise her. Shiloh smiled faintly: "But the second one, I decided to agree." This is the second one, my little aunt, who wants me to help her kill someone. Let me give this man's head. ”

"Oh, who?" said Pete, curious.

"That young professor from the Academy of Magic, Darling Chen!" Shiloh's expression remained unchanged, but he deliberately slowed down his tone and said word by word.

“...... What?!"

Pete suddenly changes color!

In an instant, the emotions in the old man's eyes were doubtful, doubtful, and shocked!

However, even Aker caught it. The biggest emotion in Pete's eyes was actually ......

Worry and panic!!

(Hmm, even Pete is so obsessed with that kid, what's so weird about that kid?)

Aker's heart sank!

Shiloh slowly continued: "My aunt said that this kid is entangled with the Liszt family's Lodel, and it has damaged her tulip family's business signboard in the imperial capital. So ......"

"You lied to me!" Pete was indeed Pete, and after a little confusion, he immediately came to his senses and stared at Shiloh coldly. "Traitor!" "Thou hast deceived me with such a lie!" How could Miss Messiah make such a ridiculous request! Hmph! Thou hast tempted me so much, and what do you want from me!"

“...... Haha, I still can't fool you. Shiloh was also calm. Haha smiled, and then said: "Okay, I am relieved to see that you are alive and well, so you can continue to wait here." If you figure it out one day, talk to the people outside, and I'll see you again. ”

After saying that, Shiloh didn't say anything more, and turned around and walked directly to the door.

Aker was stunned for a moment, and had no choice but to follow.

The two went out the door, and when the door closed again, Shiloh didn't say much all the way, and walked away with only Aker and Carlton......

"陛xià. Seeing that he was far away from Pete's room, Aker couldn't help but say, "...... just now"

"You saw it, too. Shiloh looked indifferent and said coldly: "Even Pete, this guy, values Darling's little kid so much. ”

"This ......," Aker became more and more confused.

Shiloh suddenly stopped, turned his head, and stared at Aker: "Do you know what a terrible torture my daily soul searching technique is!"

“...... I don't know. Aker shook his head: "But...... I've heard a little bit about soul searching, so I'd like to ...... I guess it's very uncomfortable. ”

"The horror of soul searching is hard for me to describe in words. Shiloh shook his head and said lightly: "However, this skin is strong, and his mind is as firm as iron, but he has a strong resistance to soul searching. Therefore, for many days in a row, the soul searching technique was performed many times, and the results were extremely limited. ”

After a pause, Shiloh smiled bitterly: "If you say that you have found nothing, you can't say that, the soul search technique has also found some valuable news, such as in the home of a certain important minister, there is this old Pete's secret chess, and there is also a wife of the imperial general who is remarried, which is arranged by the old Pete four years ago! After days of soul searching, a total of eleven clues were dug up from his brain, and it was later proved that these clues were all true!"

"This ...... What does it have to do with that guy Darling Chen?"

"It's related!" Shiloh took a deep breath, his eyes were calm, staring at Aker: "Soul searching these days, I still dug a sentence out of his head! This sentence, if I am not mistaken, should be a sentence that my brother said to him when he was alive!"

"That...... Yes......" Aker suddenly felt his heart beat a little faster.

Shiloh's expression became more and more strange, and then, in a slow, but extremely deep tone, in a hoarse voice, he said this:

"Darling Chen, if you win the hearts of this person, you can rejuvenate the country for a hundred years and open up a foundation for all generations!" (to be continued......