In the throne hall, the huge angel statue towers, the stone wings spread out from its back to both sides, the stone feathers hang down in a ring, connecting the surrounding antler stone pillars, in the center of the hall are two armored humanoid metal statues, standing with their backs to each other, one holding a sword, solemn, benevolent and majestic, one holding a gun, sneering frivolously, showing his unruly nature, and there are four half-kneeling bronze statues around the hall.

Seven vivid statues frame this solemn and sacred throne hall, the throne under the statue is made of black iron, the back of the chair is full of sharp barbs, today, although the throne is unoccupied, but there are two people standing by the hollow stone window on the west side of the hall, one is dressed in an intricate and delicate robe, the back of the robe is embroidered with a full moon in gold thread, wearing a dark copper horn crown, the black veil covers his face, the sleeve robe is exposed under the thin and miserable white arm, the right wrist wears a hollow silver bracelet, the blue ribbon is wrapped around the bracelet, inlaid with scarlet gems。

The other is a woman, under the gray and scattered short hair is a pair of cold and ruthless pale golden eyes, the black lady's dress outlines the slender waist, and the leather pants that are close to the skin set off the slender and even legs, it can be seen that she is not young anymore, and the delicate makeup cannot hide the wrinkles at the corners of her eyebrows, but even so, she still looks very cold, dangerous but full of temptation.

The man in the robe looked at the foggy bridge in the distance, and asked thoughtfully, "This year should be the seventeenth year that you have officially taken charge of the family, have you ever thought about what to do if this country ceases to exist in the future?"

"What does the Pope mean by that? I don't understand why. Capemir glanced at the man beside him, and then said coldly, "For the empire, for the family, I can give everything, sacrifice everything, at least until I die, no one can destroy this country." ”

"It's just a hypothesis. Pope smiled, and he continued: "No one can guarantee what will happen in the future, whether it is you, me or Mr. Xiu, change may be the beginning of a new life, or it may be the beginning of destruction, can you predict whether we are sinners through the ages or saviors?"

"As long as I'm alive, there's no such assumption, and as for fame, I've never cared about it. Kapemir was about to turn to leave, when he suddenly stopped, as if remembering something, and said, "As for Lan Dumu, I will give him a choice, life or death, it is up to him to decide." ”

With that, Capemir walked briskly out of the throne room, the sound of leather boots on the floor echoing through the empty hall, hollow and cold......

The Pope turned to look at Capemir's departing back, and he was alone in the hall, the setting sun shining through the stone window on him, casting a large, distorted shadow over the statues in the hall.

"Dedication to the prosperity of the family and the empire at all costs, Capemir, don't forget your oath, there is no turning back, life or death, the same is the choice we face, don't let us down. The Pope said calmly.

Capemir's footsteps paused slightly, but she didn't respond to anything, and quickly left through the side door of the throne room.

"I'll do it. ”

Kapemir, who walked out of the side door, whispered to herself, I don't know if she was saying it to herself, or to the Pope's answer, for her, whether it is Nanyu Kingdom or Lomé City, it is just a huge and complex machine, anyone is just a small cog in it, famous families, powerful and rich businessmen and even kings are just slightly larger cogs, ordinary people are small cogs.

No one is irreplaceable.

Taking out some old gears and replacing them with new ones, this is what she has been doing, free from the law, but maintaining rules and order, like debugging a sophisticated machine, she is a real elite, a person who is not in the machine, but indispensable, in her eyes, what matters is not law, right and wrong or justice, only order, balance and the interests of the family need to be maintained.

She doesn't even care about the life or death of the king of Nanyu or the Duke of Cape, the education and training she received since she was a child has made her a person with feelings but no emotions, she can perfectly control her emotions, in order to solve the problem as quickly as possible, she will get rid of those who should not exist, the most exaggerated time, she killed the duke of the previous generation of Capet family with her own hands, that is, her own brother Capesas.

No one will judge her, because the real ruler of the Capetian family has never been the titular duke, but Capemir.

She received the best education at an early age, and perfectly possessed all the qualities of a nobleman, intelligence, elegance, erudition and meticulousness, and at the same time full of a sense of responsibility and mission for her family and the Southern Jade Kingdom, she knew all the languages, from the dialect of the remote towns of the Southern Jade Kingdom to the official dialect of the Northern Ye Kingdom, and even the elven language, the orc language, and her musical level was also at the master level.

But what really continues the family's prosperity and maintains the imperial order is not only these façades on the surface, but more importantly, the elite who hides behind the scenes, facing darkness and danger, she is the most perfect spokesperson of the family's dogma, and the sharpest sword in the hands of the king, the Capetian family calls it fangs, from combat to interrogation, from stealth to assassination, the Capetian family has invested a lot of resources to ensure that Capemir becomes the best fangs of the family.

In the past seventeen years, she has indeed done it, although the process has not been satisfactory.

"Aunt Mir, you're finally out, I'm almost bored to death. ”

The girl rushed forward quickly, opened her hands and hugged Capemir's waist, the raccoon hung on it, Capemmir hugged her from her body expressionlessly, thought for a moment, she touched her niece's head and said, "As the new duke of the Capemir family, if outsiders see it, what will it look like." ”

This seemingly warm scene is so awkward and creepy in the eyes of the guards behind the girl, Cappelolin's father is Mill's younger brother, the last Duke Capesas, he died at the hands of Capemir, this is a well-known fact in the whole family, but even so, Capemir still didn't care about it, let Lorraine inherit the duke's position hereditarily, Lorraine didn't seem to know at all, and never showed even the slightest resentment.

"Then let's go back, there are some things I want to discuss with my aunt. Lorraine smiled sweetly, took the initiative to take Mir's hand, and said to the guards behind her, "What do you see, go back." ”

"Well, let's go back first, and I have something to tell you. ”

Capemir watched Lorraine holding her hand, as if she saw another self, not affected by personal emotions, the center of all thinking was from the family, she never apologized to Lorraine, and even did not have a word of explanation, because she didn't need to, because it was the most correct choice.

Family affection cannot be a reason to be forgiven for mistakes.

Lorraine apparently understood this, but her father did not.

"Yes, Lord Duke, Lord Mill. ”

......

At about seven o'clock in the evening, as the last person crossed the fog bridge, they were waiting for two groups of guards lined up, and as Lan Dumu said, all the passengers had to be identified, and the armor of these guards was carved with the coat of arms of the Capetian family, the python.

"Arrest them all, those who resist, and there is no mercy. ”

The knight at the head took out his long sword and slammed it on the ground, without the slightest intention of giving way, Kao frowned, and was about to urge him to step forward, but this group of guards suddenly pulled out their swords in unison, and the sound of the blade pulling out the scabbard was so crisp and cold, and the atmosphere suddenly froze.

"Alfie, what do you mean by that? I've traveled all the way to save people, but not so that you can stop us here and blow the sea breeze, get out of the way. Kao's face sank, and he drew the steel sword from his waist without showing weakness.

"I don't want to stop you, but this is Duke Capet's order, Kao, you can leave with your subordinates, but the rest are not allowed to leave, of course, I won't embarrass everyone, I just hope that everyone can cooperate to do some simple investigations, after all, something so big, how can you ignore it? Alfie said with a smile.

"After all, the person Duke Capet really wants to see is me, and you're here to stop me, right? Lan Dumu calmly walked to Kao's side.

"Isn't this Young Master Mu? Please forgive me for being rude just now, there are too many people, I was dazzled for a while, I really didn't notice you, I don't know which gust of wind blew you back? But please don't get me wrong, the order given to me by Duke Capet is to ask you to go and cooperate with the investigation, narrate the whole process and details of the case, hijack the spirit car, and massacre, the nature of this matter is very bad, it is necessary to investigate it to the end, of course, if you have any grievances, please go to Duke Capet, I am just ordered to do things, with your identity, you will not get along with my mere knight, right?"

Seeing this, Alfie immediately put his sword back, took a half step back, and bowed to Lan Dumu to apologize, but it was clear that he still had no intention of getting out of the way.

"If I'm not mistaken, it seems that the operation of the spirit guide car has always been in charge of the Capet family, it is reasonable, the Capet family is the responsible party, this time there is such a big problem, even if it is to avoid suspicion, it should not be investigated by you, of course, I don't suspect anything, I'm just curious, who can secretly set up a spirit array in the spirit guide car under the nose of Duke Capet without being discovered?"

Lan Dumu sneered and stepped forward, where did Alfie dare to really stop him, so he had to turn sideways and get out of the way, although he was a member of the Capet family, but in the final analysis, he was just a knight, the bottom of the aristocratic class, and it was obviously not wise to clash with Lan Dumu head-on.