Suddenly, people felt the table in front of them jump violently, and the teapots and cups on it were all knocked to the ground and shattered.

Immediately, the tremor grew louder and louder, and a loud roar sounded in the distance.

"There was an earthquake!"

Experienced people shouted, the father pushed his wife and children under the bed, the wife hugged the child tightly and got into the small space, and some people jumped out of the window with half a piece of clothing, and the whole imperial capital was in chaos for a while.

Even Sophia, who was in the palace, was protected by the guards and hid in the garden, trembling and waiting for disaster to strike.

The catastrophe in the imperial capital three hundred years ago left a deep impression on everyone, and human beings were so small in the face of such natural power.

Surprisingly, the tremor quickly stopped, as if the angry dragon underground had just scratched its nostrils and continued to fall asleep, with no intention of continuing to roll over.

Countless people are rejoicing, cheering, looking for their relatives to comfort each other, and some people are distressed about their major economic losses.

Half an hour later, Emperor Charles, accompanied by Crown Prince Gulliver, listened to the report of the Minister of Civil Affairs: "Up to now, it has been ascertained that the explosion came from the village of York, southwest of the imperial capital, which has been completely razed to the ground, and even a giant crater with a diameter of more than 30 meters and a depth of 50 meters has appeared.

There are 22 damaged buildings in the entire imperial capital, most of which are wall cracks, which have repair value.

Three people died unexpectedly, and more than 1,000 were slightly or seriously injured, most of whom were injured by falls or smashes.

It is difficult to accurately calculate the economic losses at present, but it is estimated that it will not be less than hundreds of millions of gold cards. ”

The old emperor asked in a deep voice, "York Village, hasn't it been deserted for many years, and what caused the explosion?"

The Minister of Civil Affairs had a bitter look on his face, and only after a while did he reply stubbornly: "Our people are one step late, the scene has been completely sealed off by the Knights of the Temple, and the entire five-kilometer radius of York Village has been controlled.

My lieutenant went to negotiate, but was blocked by the other party, saying that the Archbishop of the General Temple of Bryan himself would explain it to you later. ”

The old emperor Charles did not see any discoloration on his face, but just sat there calmly with a humming sound.

On the contrary, it was the crown prince Gulliver's palace that was blue and blue, and he slammed on the handrail a few times with a snort, venting the dissatisfaction in his heart, but he was helpless.

"Father, the temple is really too much, and it doesn't take our Sman family into account at all. ”

After the Minister of Civil Affairs left, Gulliver said to the old emperor with an angry face.

Charles frowned, snorted lightly and said, "Shut up, don't talk such useless nonsense in the future."

You are the master of the future empire, you have to know how to control anger, how can you be so unstable in front of your courtiers.

At this point, you're not as good as that little grandson of Brad. ”

Gulliver blushed for a moment, then remembered something, and asked, "Father, do you really agree with Sophia and the Snape kid?"

Charles closed his eyes, as if he was about to fall asleep, and said after a while: "I am old, and many things are beyond my power, so let them solve the affairs of the young people themselves."

Also, you go to Archbishop Brian for me, and agree to whatever they ask.

This time is different, and it can be regarded as touching their bottom limit.

When it's time to be heavy-handed, be decisive, don't look ahead and backward, and think about feelings. ”

"Yes, Father. ”

His Royal Highness Gulliver saw that his father was really tired, so he bowed and withdrew.

The old emperor, who was sitting there alone, opened his eyes at this time, looking in the direction of the southwest of the imperial capital, with a strange expression on his face.

As the old emperor said, this mysterious explosion of the imperial capital not only made the imperial capital chief temple very nervous, but also caused the wrath of the southern temple and the western temple.

Order the paladins stationed in the imperial capital to take command in person, investigate the matter thoroughly, and be sure to trace the source and find out who is so bold that he dares to produce such a first-class contraband under their noses.

Archbishop Bryan of the Imperial Capital Archsiary went to the Sanctuary to face accountability and atone for his negligence and mismanagement.

No matter what kind of porridge was in the imperial capital, on the train thousands of miles away, Philip was frowning and his face was solemn.

Catherine and Yun'er, who were next to her, also looked at him nervously and didn't say a word.

After a long time, Philip seemed to have made up his mind, grabbed two cards between his fingers, and threw them on the coffee table.

"A pair of Ks. ”

Yun'er next to her shook her head and said no, Catherine excitedly threw out a pair of twos, and then slapped the last small 3 in her hand on the table under Philip's desperate gaze, stretched out her hands to Philip and shouted: "Give money, give money quickly." ”

The greedy philistine doesn't look like a middle-aged aristocratic beauty at all, but more like a shrew vendor in the market.

Philip looked at the innocent Yun'er with wide eyes and asked, "Why don't you blow it up?"

Yun'er looked at the cards in her hand and suddenly said, "I thought you were the lord, but I forgot." ”

After saying that, he stuck out his tongue in embarrassment, threw the rest of the cards on the coffee table, but the smile on his face was insincere, and he high-fived Catherine in celebration.

Philip sighed, leaned back on the couch, rubbed his eyebrows, and couldn't complain.

The journey was too much of a stretch, and after less than a day of freshness, Catherine began to worry about her twin daughters in the city of Gokan, to the point of being rather morbid in Philip's opinion.

Tell Philip today that she dreamed that Emma fell into the pool.

The next day, she told Yun'er that her perception told her that Isabella was sick, crying and calling for her mother, and her beautiful eyes were swollen from crying.

Yun'er, who has always favored Bella, dropped a few golden beans.

Day 3......

It wasn't until the fourth day that Philip finally couldn't take it anymore, and after telling all the jokes and stories he knew, he had no choice but to distract Catherine by playing cards.

The effect was not good at first, Catherine played a few games with the two young men perfunctorily, and her mind was not on it at all.

Philip decisively changed his tactics and taught the two to play poker, which of course has now changed his name to "Fighting Lord".

Sure enough, after losing all her chips in the early stage, Catherine was like a gambler who had lost a red eye.

Not only did he play big, but he also took out his own small vault, and duang smashed it on the table, and he was about to fight the rampant Philip.

As for her daughter or something, she completely forgot about it, and it was important to clean up the son in front of her first.

Philip is not only the inventor of this game, but also a genius who has been immersed in it for decades in his previous life, and is also a genius who awakens his computing power.

Even without an awakening, his strong brain power allows him to calculate which cards are left in the hands of two people in the middle of each round.

He felt that he was cruel with or without intention, so he had to control the scale, and let Catherine win a few times from time to time, so that she would not be in a hurry to beat people.

But what is surprising is that on the fourth day of playing, Catherine seems to have hidden the attribute explosion for a long time, the card style is steady, the judgment is accurate, and she has won a lot, and she only plays for more than an hour each time and is tired and tired and does not play.

Philip glanced at his radiant mother, and always felt that something was wrong, until he realized that she had been awakened for many years.

Catherine actually used her ability to awaken her perception in this regard, which made Philip cry and laugh, but Yun'er next to her looked surprised, obviously pretending not to be, revealing a lot of flaws.

Looking at the two women in front of him, one big and one small, quietly glancing, Philip could only laugh secretly and pretend to be confused.

Although I don't know why, this trip to the imperial capital has eased the relationship between the two women he cares about the most a lot, which can be regarded as a good thing, and he said in his heart that he should be content.

Among the three, one is smart, one cheats, and only Yun'er is the only one who can only play stupidly, and has not found the essence of the sport at all.

In the end, this little girl won the most, except for the two of them deliberately taking care of her, it was her cactus-like luck.

Count cards, you can only count if you have cards, but what about the little girl, the size of the king with four 2, or pinch 3 fried.

In this way, people still ask you, you say that I don't care about it.

Philip shook his head and said it didn't matter, and then he easily threw two and blew them up, followed by a big dragon, and a dozen cards were clean in a blink of an eye.

The beautiful big eyes looked at Philip, with an innocent face, but Philip saw a thick mockery in it: You are counted.

Philip helplessly looked at the 3, 4, 5 with two 6s in his hand, and then two 8-9 cards, and could only honestly give people some gold cards.

It wasn't until the conductor came to inform him that he was still an hour before he arrived at Gokan City, and Philip rummaged through his wallet, which had shrunk by nearly half, and almost cried in distress.

It was Paul who didn't seem to be able to see such a miserable picture, and secretly stuffed a handful of gold cards into it, which made Philip's face much better, even though it was also his own money, nothing more than a left pocket and a right pocket.

Paul got on the train with Philip, and he stayed with him all the way and never left.

The paladin Hamilton, who was far away in the Imperial Capital's General Temple, was also listening to the same report from his subordinates: "Paul and his thirteen men have always stayed on the train, and there is no trace of leaving.

And their quarters have all been checked, and there is nothing suspicious. ”

Hamilton half-squinted, and only asked an irrelevant sentence for a long time: "I heard that they have a good relationship with Ferdinand and John?"

The subordinate thought about the wording for a moment before saying cautiously: "Ferdinand is Melissa's senior brother and has a close relationship. John was the investigator in charge of Philip's murder, but he was not too deeply involved with the Snape family. ”

Hamilton said with a smile: "I didn't expect that I had just gone to the Holy Domain to study for less than half a year, and so many interesting stories had happened in the imperial capital. Melissa, the Southern Temple, huh. ”