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Chapter 359 Consciousness
With the efforts of the soldiers, the order was quickly restored, and the assassin was caught, but it was a corpse.

The ceremony ended in a hurry, and everyone's focus has shifted from the new king's enthronement to the assassination case.

The life and death of the assassinated Prince Claude is unknown, and the representatives of the Kingdom of Hesse simply do not allow outsiders to come close to visit, even Caesar IV has been kept out of the door since the past.

All the high-ranking officials of the kingdom, including Hudson, had gloomy and terrifying faces at the moment, and they were all anxiously waiting for the news.

Late at night, the Emerald Palace is still brightly lit.

"Have you found out the identity of the assassin? How did you get in?"

Caesar IV asked with a livid face.

If you don't know the life and death of Prince Claude, you can only start with the assassins, dig out the real culprits, and reduce the responsibility of the Alpha Kingdom as much as possible.

"Your Majesty, the assassin was smeared with an evil potion, and after being caught by us, his body quickly turned into a puddle of blood, leaving no valuable clues at the scene.

According to people who have seen the assassin, his name is Cyrus, and he was a fief baron in the southeastern province before his death.

He has never left the kingdom, so he should have nothing to do with Prince Claude, let alone hatred.

We suspect that this person is an imposter. The real Baron Cyrus may have been killed long ago.

For further investigation into the identity of Baron Selous, the Southeast Province still needs to provide relevant information.It is not ruled out that there is a suspicion of being stimulated and wanting to retaliate against society. "

The answer of the Grand Duke of Newfoundland directly pushed the southeastern province to the forefront.Hudson and Earl Pierce looked at each other with sad expressions on their faces.

"People sit at home, and the pot comes from the sky."

Deep down, Hudson had already greeted the Assassin's family.If you want to get rid of the blame and find someone who has weight when you do something, why do you want to catch these "little characters"?
Assassinating a prince, Hudson said that his physical strength was limited and he couldn't carry such a big pot.

Originally, he thought that the current situation was quite safe. Even if a conflict broke out, the flames of war would not spread to the southeastern province immediately.

Now there is no guarantee, the assassination of Prince Claude is involved, and the situation has become complicated.

If nothing else, the Kingdom of Hesse will definitely ask the Kingdom of Alpha to hand over the murderer next.

Undoubtedly, the Alpha Kingdom simply cannot fulfill such a seemingly reasonable request.

The assassin turned into a puddle of blood, and all the clues were cut off here.I want to continue to search, but I don't know how to start.

You can't find someone to take the blame, right?

Even if the Alpha Kingdom is willing to do that, there are still people who are selfless and willing to take the blame, and the Hesse Kingdom cannot accept it!

If they don’t make use of the excuses that were delivered to their door, wouldn’t it appear that they are political idiots?

"Your Excellency, the southeast province will do its best to collect detailed information about Baron Cyrus.

But to say that he was stimulated to plan the assassination would be nonsense.

As a minor nobleman, under normal circumstances, he would not even have the chance to get close to Prince Claude, let alone launch an assassination.

The assassination was clearly premeditated.Otherwise, Baron Cyrus, who is just an intermediate knight, will be expelled by his guards even if he happens to meet Prince Claude! "

Governor Pierce retorted unceremoniously.

You can't take the blame lightly. If it is defined as the assassination of Baron Cyrus, who was stimulated and wanted to take revenge on the society, he, the governor, is also to blame.

Even investigating in this direction will not work.Although Earl Pierce has always paid attention to eating appearances, he still uses shady methods in secret.

"Your Excellency, don't get me wrong. I'm just talking about the facts, and I don't mean to blame you."

The explanation given by the Grand Duke of Newfoundland did not satisfy Earl Pierce, but he couldn't hold on to the prime minister's words.

"Humph!"

After giving a cold drink to express dissatisfaction, he kept silent.

It seems to be just a possibility analysis, but it is actually an in-depth hammering on the topic.

Warn all the big nobles, don't do things too badly, otherwise the small nobles can make them overwhelmed and walk around.

"All right!"

"There is no need to dispute this issue. Our next task is not only to investigate the identity of the assassin and the mastermind behind the scenes, but also to prepare for the aftermath.

No matter whether Prince Claude had an accident or not, the Kingdom of Hesse will not let it go.What followed was another political turmoil, and the Kingdom had to come up with effective countermeasures. "

As soon as Caesar IV's words fell, the hall immediately became noisy.A group of great nobles whispered to each other and started a discussion on this matter.

With the ability to listen to six ways, Hudson continued to extract effective information from the conversations of everyone.Unfortunately, no good solution has been found, but many bad ideas have been proposed.

In fact, this kind of emergency discussion requires quick decision-making, which cannot make full use of the ingenuity of the great nobles.

Most of the time, they let their staff analyze various situations before choosing the one they think is the most beneficial to implement, instead of tinkering with a plan by themselves.

This is also the reason why many noble families are still thriving despite their poor abilities.In essence, the family's training direction for them since childhood is: know people, employ people...

……

"Your Highness, are you feeling better?"

Earl Tatara asked concerned.

As Hesse's envoy to the Alpha Kingdom, his own prince was assassinated in his area of ​​responsibility, and he could not absolve himself of the blame.

"Don't worry, Earl Tatara. As soon as the assassin approached me, he was stopped by the guards. The assassination and injury during the day were just a show for the outside world.

Since I have caught up with this kind of rare good fortune, I have to get some benefits from the Alpha Kingdom! "

Prince Claude said with a smile.

assassin?

No, this is clearly his nobleman.

Not to mention his professional ability, even the location of the assassination was perfectly chosen.

He has no interest in the mastermind behind the scenes.On this issue, the Alpha Kingdom will be more anxious than the victim.

If the host can't find out the black hands, even more so for him, an outsider.Instead of wasting time here, it is better to think about how to maximize the benefits.

"Your Highness, do you mean to take the opportunity to negotiate with the Alpha Kingdom?"

Earl Tatara asked pretending to be confused.

Being a younger brother, you can't be too smart. It's okay for a feudal noble to be a little bit more capable, but for a court earl like him, being smarter than the boss is the number one taboo in the workplace.

"What are you negotiating for?
Directly let the Alpha Kingdom hand over the murderer and the mastermind behind it.Let's talk about the rest after they deliver it to their door! "

Prince Claude said angrily.

There is no one who comes directly to ask for benefits. If it is spread, it will appear that he is very cheap.

No matter how great the benefits of the exchange are, as the prince of the Kingdom of Hesse, he cannot be materialized.

After sending the envoy, Prince Claude could not sleep at night.What happened during the day did not stimulate him in the slightest.

It's just that what stimulated him was not the farce-like assassination, but Caesar IV who ascended the throne.

Everyone is of the same age, and Caesar IV has begun to rule a big country, but he can only visit around on behalf of the Hesse royal family.

In fact, even the job of visiting people was his hard work.Otherwise, he can only be a rice borer in the capital now.

It's all because I didn't grasp it well when I reincarnated, and I was one step behind the elder brother above.So he became a crown prince, but he became an ordinary prince.

It sounds like the prince is awesome. He surpassed the end of countless people when he was born, but this is also his own end.

In the Kingdom of Hesse, where the class is infinitely solidified, everyone is strictly guarding the fiefdom, and even a prince does not use extra land for him.

The royal family's territory will not be split easily, even if it is canonized, it is still a title in name.

When the king's father was around, he was still able to bear the name of a prince, and he had a great reputation on the mainland.

Once the kingship changes, all that is left to him is a noble.The level of the title depends on the specific performance.

If you are excellent in all aspects and have made great contributions to the kingdom, you will have the opportunity to enter the court and participate in politics with the title of grand duke.

If nothing happens, what is left to him is a vain title of earl, leading the royal gold issued by the royal family, in front of the rice borer who has nothing to do.

Intuition told him that the assassination case was the biggest opportunity he encountered.So after the incident, the news was immediately blocked and no one was allowed to visit.

But what to do next, Claude was confused again.

The death of Caesar III was also an accident for the Principality of Hesse.

According to their prior estimates, they believed that Caesar III could live for another three to five years, and the deployment for the Alpha Kingdom was also based on estimates.

Taking advantage of the fire, they were not prepared.

After all, they are not the only two countries in the Aslant Continent. When making decisions, the reactions of all countries in the continent must be considered.

Otherwise, it would be embarrassing if just as soon as a war is started on the front foot, a big country will jump out to intervene on the back foot.

What's more, the Alpha Kingdom is not a soft persimmon, even if it has not yet recovered its strength, it cannot be defeated in a short while.

Based on Claude's understanding of his father, he would never aggressively gamble on the fate of the country for such a "small matter".

Even if the two countries go to war, Claude doesn't want it to be because of himself.

War is full of uncertainties, and it's good that the Kingdom of Hesse won.If he loses, he becomes a sinner of the kingdom.

He got up from the bed, picked up a pen and paper, and started writing in a hurry.

No matter what the kingdom's final decision is, anyway, his anti-war stance must be shown, which is the political awareness of the royal family's children.

……

After leaving the palace, Hudson and Earl Pierce went to the residence of the Dalton family.Regardless of the relationship between the two before, they are all unlucky people on the same boat now.

At this moment, all the nobles in the capital of the southeast province gathered here to wait for the news.Seeing the two people coming in, everyone hastily greeted them and asked them.

"Go back to your seats and sit down! The matter is much more complicated than expected, and I can't explain it for a while.

The assassin came in with the identity of Baron Cyrus, you guys are familiar with him, have you found anything wrong with him recently? "

After hearing Governor Pierce's words, everyone hurriedly retreated, expressing that they were not familiar with Baron Cyrus.

The news of the assassination that took place in full view had already spread.The big case of assassinating a prince would be life-threatening if involved.

No matter how good the relationship with Baron Cyrus is on weekdays, now he has to insist: not familiar!

……

"That's enough! I'm asking about your relationship with Baron Cyrus, not the assassin. Why are you rushing to get rid of the relationship?

Don't I know who is not familiar with him and who is familiar with him?
If you continue to evade and refuse to tell the truth, then I don't care, you go and talk to the investigation team yourself! "

Governor Pierce reprimanded sharply.

Is it a question of familiarity now?

The crux of the matter is that it must be true: the identity of Baron Selous is false, the real Baron Selus was killed long ago, and the current assassin is an impostor.

Of course, it would be even more perfect if the body of Baron Cyrus could be found.

But this is almost impossible. Since people want to do this kind of thing, they will naturally handle it from beginning to end.

"Your Excellency, Baron Selous was very normal along the way, but the day before the ceremony, he suddenly became less talkative and barely communicated with us.

We took the initiative to talk to him, but he used the excuse that His Majesty passed away and he was in a bad mood! "

The words of Baron Sikorari have fooled many people.

Baron Selous didn't talk much, and if this was abnormal, then they wouldn't be normal.

However, there are also smart people among the little nobles, and they immediately understood the meaning behind the words.It doesn't matter whether Baron Cyrus has anomalies, the key is that they need him to have anomalies now.

The assassin has turned into a puddle of blood, and his true identity has long been unknown. At this time, as long as they insist that this person is not Baron Cyrus, then the assassin is not Baron Cyrus.

"Your Excellency, what Sicorari said is right. Shortly after arriving in the capital, Baron Cyrus became withdrawn and stood up, basically refusing to contact us.

It must not have been murdered by someone, the murderer pretended to be him and sneaked in..."

……

The nobles in twos and threes spoke to add, and the scene of Baron Cyrus being replaced by an impostor appeared.

"Kayo, record what everyone said, summarize it and hand it over to the investigation team.

If there is any news about Baron Selous that is missing, everyone can directly communicate with Viscount Kayo afterwards.

The issues we will discuss next are related to everyone's wealth and family inheritance, so please be cautious.

As the international situation continues to deteriorate, our southeastern province has also changed from the rear of the kingdom to the frontier of international conflicts.

The existence of the Black Rock Mountain Range has blocked countless disasters for us, but the narrowest part of the Black Rock Mountain Range is less than a hundred kilometers away.

If someone is willing to pay a high price, it is not impossible to open a road from here.

Once the speculation becomes a reality, Blood Moon County will be reduced to the forefront.It turned out that the line of defense that blocked the tide of beasts could not stop the enemy's soldiers.

For the strategic security of the province, after discussing with the Earl of Hudson, I decided to build a line of defense in Blood Moon County to prevent accidents! "

After speaking, Governor Pierce turned his attention to Hudson.

"I don't need to talk nonsense about the meaning of building the Blood Moon defense line, everyone must know it in their hearts.

The current situation in the Kingdom is complicated, and we can only rely on ourselves for many things.

Your Excellency the Governor and I made this decision because of the situation.Whether the Kingdom of Hesse will borrow from the Blackstone Mountains, no one can say.

No one can tell whether a blood moon line of defense can stop the enemy's soldiers.

But one thing is for sure, having a line of defense is definitely better than having no line of defense.

If the Blood Moon line of defense is strong enough, even if a war does break out, the enemy will choose to detour.

After all, there is the Black Rock Mountain Range behind, and it may be attacked by monsters at any time.

It is not a good choice to put the logistics line of the army under the eyes of the monsters for a long time. "

Hudson tried his best to fool him.

How much the blood moon defense line can play is temporarily unknown.But once this project starts construction, the steel industry under his command will be able to turn around immediately.

The money delivered to the door is not earned for nothing.

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(End of this chapter)