Yule left with the people, and Harrison, the emperor of the Eternal Empire, looked at the imperial officials with a sinking face, he never imagined that Malthus and the others would betray.

Suddenly, Harrison thought of something extremely important, and hurriedly called the Minister of Finance, the Governor of the Empire, and said, "Joshua, you go to the vault and have a look." As for what to see, Harrison didn't say, but he believed Joshua knew exactly what he was worried about.

Joshua hesitated, but when he understood the joint, his face changed so much that he forgot to bow and leave, and hurriedly turned away.

Joshua went to a secret place in the palace, inspected it, and then rushed into the underground secret passage with the guards, turning around and turning around, and when Joshua came to the door of the vault, he took a deep breath, and then ordered the guards to tell the steward and the guard officers to come and open the door of the vault.

The steward and the highest officer of the guard hurried to the door, and without waiting for any more questions, Joshua said urgently, "Open the gate, Your Majesty will let me count it, quickly." As he spoke, he took out a strangely shaped key from his bosom. Seeing that Joshua was in such a hurry, the steward and the officer were curious but didn't ask much, and took out the keys and inserted them into the three small holes in the wall next to each other.

When the three keys were inserted into the keyhole, Joshua did not wait for the guards to help, and with a click, he pulled down an arm-thick lever on the wall, and then there was a clatter of gears, and the heavy metal door slowly opened.

When the iron gate opened enough to pass through the gap of a person, Joshua rushed in without saying a word, and waited in front of the second gate, his face full of nervousness and eagerness. This was the first time Joshua had been so anxious when he came to the Imperial Treasury, and every time he came in the past, Joshua would relax and slowly taste the treasures inside, which he felt was his greatest enjoyment.

When the third gate opened, Joshua, who rushed to the door, stopped, looked at the empty treasury in shock, and stayed on the spot for a while. The officers and stewards who followed Joshua glanced at the empty hall. Suddenly frightened, they were in charge of guarding the treasure house, now the contents of the treasure house are gone, and there is nothing left, they can't escape the responsibility of dereliction of duty, don't think about it, they already know their fate.

The officer trembled his legs and shouted hysterically: "Come on, bring torches." "A group of guards came with torches, and when they saw what was going on inside the treasury, they didn't need to be commanded by the officer. Hurriedly rushed into the treasure trove to look around.

When the guard came to the other side, he reported loudly, "Sir, the three gates here are gone, and the thieves must have come in from here." ”

The officer strode over, just glanced at it, and then said angrily: "What are you doing in a daze? After saying that, he grabbed another guard and said, "Go and report to Your Majesty and ask for reinforcements." ”

After the guards left in a panic, the officer trembled and came to Joshua, who was sitting on the ground in the middle of the vault in a daze. "Lord Joshua, you have seen that it is not that we are negligent, but that the thieves are coming in from behind. I know I'm responsible, too. I don't want to defend myself, I hope that the adults will take care of my family after my death for the sake of many years of friendship, and at least not let them become slaves. After speaking, he bowed deeply. Drawing the saber at his waist, he followed the guards into the passage behind him with red eyes.

When Harrison, the Emperor of the Eternal Empire, heard that the royal treasury had been stolen and all the gold coins and treasures had been swept away by the thieves. Harrison's aged body shook, nearly fainting. When Harrison came to the treasure house with the last glimmer of hope, he finally couldn't bear the blow of reality and fainted in front of him.

In the middle of the night, under the rescue of everyone, Harrison woke up slowly, looking at the empty treasure house with dull eyes and being silent for a long time, the other accompanying nobles and ministers knew the seriousness of the gaffe, no one dared to come forward to persuade them, they all lowered their heads and were silent, each thinking about their own thoughts.

I don't know how long it took, Harrison was awakened by a rush of footsteps, and saw that the person who came was Yule, the captain of the guard who had followed him for many years, Harrison strode forward and grabbed Yule's hand like a drowning man who had grasped a life-saving straw, and asked expectantly, "How is it?

Yule shook his head and said, "Didn't find it." Harrison felt as if he had lost his soul when he heard this, and sat on the ground in a daze.

Yul hurriedly helped Harrison up, hesitated for a moment and comforted: "Your Majesty, from the analysis of the traces left by the thieves, there are at least twenty of them, and I found that there are traces of fighting in the underground secret room of the trading house, judging from these traces, these people are all masters, I can be sure that there is at least one high-level magician of the wind system, one high-level magician of the holy light system, one high-level warrior, and the others are almost all intermediate professions." ”

Harrison's eyes were red, and he said viciously, "It's Malthus, I will never let him go." Yule, you take someone to his clan and arrest all the people in his clan for me. ”

Yule nodded and said, "I have already sent someone, and I ask Your Majesty to order the city gate to be blocked, and let the field legions outside the city strictly check the passers-by, especially strangers." I think that even if those people are all masters, it is impossible to run too far with so many things, as long as we move quickly, we will definitely be able to block them around the imperial capital. ”

Harrison took out a gold medal from his bosom and handed it to Yule and said, "The situation is urgent, so there is no need to pay so much attention to the rules, I will hand over the Royal Legion to you, and you must catch that bastard of Malthus." Yule solemnly accepted the gold medal, saluted, and turned to leave.

The other nobles and ministers saw that the emperor had given Yul the gold medal for the mobilization of the army, and most of them would have jumped out to oppose it on the grounds that the guards were not in charge of the army, but in this case, they chose to remain silent.

With hope, Harrison regained his usual composure and composure, grabbed the stunned Joshua and said disdainfully: "Useless things, hurry up and count the losses." ”

Joshua came back to his senses, nodded and hurriedly went back to check the accounts, but on the way to check the accounts, he found his cronies and asked him to go back and inform the immediate family members of the family to pack up as soon as possible, scatter all the gold cards and secretly exchange them for gold coins, and when he returned, he would find an opportunity to leave the Eternal Empire and take refuge in the Duchy of Victoria.

As for why Joshua made this decision, it was because the entire empire did not know better than him what would become of the empire after the theft of the royal treasury, and a moment of chaos was the best outcome, and if it was serious, the entire empire would fall apart. (To be continued......)