"And I have a deeper purpose in doing so. ”

Gusin said.

"The eldest prince gained power, so a coup d'état was not long after...... This kind of message has been spread, and whether you believe it or not, everyone will have the illusion that a storm will come soon, and this is my purpose. ”

This is what Gusin's aim is, to spread the suggestive news, and then use the preconceived notions in the news as a cover to launch a coup d'état before the 'soon' that everyone suspects.

The adjutant suddenly remembered the sentence that the prince had told the alchemist before, 'Give me a hundred pieces of poisonous blood in three days', which means .......

"Are you going to ...... in three days?"

The superfluous words were not intended to be spoken by the adjutant and did not dare to say them.

Gu Xin smiled, and that confident smile said it all.

Three days is long or short, and during this period, the turmoil in the shadows has been brewing.

As Gusin ordered, the alchemist handed over a hundred portions of poisonous blood on time after three days.

Then, at the moment when the third day was about to pass and the fourth was approaching, the coup d'état began.

Jack, one of the guards guarding the palace, stretched against the walls of the palace, a movement that caused his spear to slide down from his armpit.

"Just be careful, you can change shifts in the early hours of the morning. ”

The companion next to him sighed helplessly as he watched Jack's casual movements.

"It's okay, it's okay, it's not going to be discovered by the captain. ”

Jack replied nonchalantly.

"I'm not talking about the captain, I'm saying that if there is any emergency, you won't be able to complete the mission at all. ”

The companion shook his head in annoyance.

"Forget it, you won't listen to it anyway, right?"

Indeed, as his companions had said, Jack would hardly listen to such advice, not because Jack was disobedient, but because the job was simply unmotivating.

The palace guards sound very powerful, but in fact they are just decoration-like troops, and in ordinary times, in addition to symbolically standing guard to show their presence, they can only help catch those servants who do not obey the rules.

Of course, this is the center of a country, and there is no possibility of any war or anything like that.

It is precisely because of this that the palace guards are more like a guard of honor than a guard of honor, and even as long as they are not caught while lazy, this is a more leisurely job than the guard of honor.

At this moment, a bell rang from the clock tower not far away, it was the bell of the early morning, and it was also a reminder of the change of shifts of the guards.

Hearing the bell, Jack and his companions begin to walk towards the clock tower, and at the same time, the successor will also set off from the clock tower to the place of the two of them, and the two groups will pass in between.

"Good luck today. ”

That's what the companion said.

Jack, who knew what his companion was talking about, replied.

"Yes, I only got a cookie the day before yesterday, it's a big loss, I must earn it back today. ”

There is an almost unwritten custom among the palace guards, the first is that the person who comes to take over will bring condolences to those who leave work, and the condolences will be left in the cantonment under the clock tower, and it is not difficult to see from here that the second small custom is that the person who returns to the cantonment first can give the most priority to the selection of condolences.

This is a little bit of a moderator in the boring work of the palace guards.

Luckily today, Jack's patrol route is closer to the clock tower, and if he is faster, he may be the first to return to the cantonment.

Jack and his companion glanced at each other, and both saw similar intentions in each other's eyes, so the two of them invariably quickened their pace. With movements that were in line with the palace etiquette and exerting maximum speed, Jack and his companions quickly arrived at the cantonment.

Jack had already seen the most expensive snack beckoning to him, but just as he was about to push open the iron door of the cantonment, his companion reached out and stopped him.

"What's wrong?"

Jack's face sank in dissatisfaction, he suspected that his companion was trying to stop him and enjoy the most expensive snack for himself, really, this is too anxious, right?

"Something is wrong. ”

Unlike Jack, his companion pulled Jack back away with a serious face.

"How ......"

Something is wrong. It's a good thing that this stupidity wasn't completely spoken, otherwise Jack would have really become a laughing stock.

Of course it's not right, because I haven't seen anyone to take over yet.

"What's the matter, you guys, why don't you go in?"

Jack was startled by the sudden sound of the sound, but his body threw down his inflexible spear as quickly as he had done in training, and instead pulled out his waist and pointed at the incoming man.

"What's the matter, it looks like I've seen a ghost. ”

The man slowly came out of the darkness, with a powerful figure, an ordinary appearance, and a cloak on his body that symbolized the captain's position.

The man who came was one of the captains of the palace guards.

Seeing that it was the captain, his companion relaxed his nerves, intending to withdraw his sword and apologize.

This time, it was Jack's turn to stop his companion, who took his companion's hand to unsheath the sword and held the sword tighter in his own.

Under the bewildered gaze of his companion, Jack asked.

"Before I apologize, I want to ask, why are you here when you didn't have to be on duty?"

Being directly pointed out to the core of the problem, the captain laughed fiercely.

"It's really good, if only you worked under me, then I could be my deputy if I was alert to you. ”

With that, the captain took two steps back, hiding half of his body in the shadow of the high beam.

"It's just a pity that you're going to die here today. ”

Picking up the faint sound, Jack subconsciously squatted down, and then caught a flash of cold light out of the corner of his eye, followed by the sound of cutting through the flesh and splashing blood.

Unable to dodge in time, his companion was sliced off his body by a massive scimitar along with his head and shoulders.

Jack gritted his teeth, rolled forward, and ran while his enemies weren't looking. There was no time to be sad for his companions, and he had to bring the news to others as soon as possible, which was his duty as a palace guard.

"It's clever. ”

The captain, who had not made a move, took a step to the side, just in front of Jack.

"I'm almost reluctant to kill you. ”

Along with this sentence came the cold sword light.

- What a liar. This sentence was stuck in Jack's throat and he didn't have time to say it, if it wasn't for the lack of time, he really wanted to scold this treacherous captain who was still playing tricks on one of his miscellaneous soldiers, what a pity. (To be continued.) )