Same light

The etheric information flow in space is more unstable than that on the frontier. When Austin received detailed information from the main planet again, the trip was already halfway through.

"This is the gymnasium of Xinghui Palace, and this is the rest suite and locker room next to the gym."

Austin drew a schematic diagram of the second prince's palace on a blank drawing board, and explained to Alfred while drawing.

"His body was found in the rest room. The specific date was late at night on the fifth day after the celebration. He didn't go to dinner that day, and no one answered no matter how much he knocked on the door of the rest room in the gym. The attendants thought he was He fell asleep inside. It is said that he had been in a bad mood for the past few days, beating and scolding his servants frequently, and the attendants did not dare to disturb him. It was not until midnight that they felt that something must have happened. They reported to the Holy Golden Palace and waited for instructions. Forcing the door open... In short, by the time the door opened, people had been walking for several hours."

"How did the servant know he must be there?" asked Alfred.

Austin said: "It is said that the second prince has the habit of exercising in the afternoon."

Alfred looked at the scribbled diagram and said, "Last time your father said that he died by drowning himself? Why do you think it was drowning yourself, not others pushing him into the water?"

"The Holy Golden Palace did not disclose the details, but according to the information my father obtained, the biggest reason was that the rest suite was locked, and his butler did not have permission to open it. He forced it open after consulting the Holy Golden Palace. " Austin pointed to the rectangle on the map representing the rest suite, "It is said that the doors and windows of the bathroom in the suite are also locked."

Alfred said: "The intelligence I received here also said that the gym was on the first floor, and his suicide note was later found in the bedroom on the third floor."

This is the first time he has explicitly mentioned that he has other sources of information in front of Austin. Austin paused and said: "There are indeed such rumors, but they have not been confirmed. Your Majesty was furious, and the Holy Golden Palace kept the whole incident secret. There's only so much I can hear right now."

Alfred tapped his fingers on the table and thought for a while, then seemed to be talking to himself: "It shouldn't be... Could it really be suicide?"

"Impossible." Austin said without thinking.

Although he has no personal relationship with the second prince, he has worked with Alfred for two years, and he has heard some royal secrets to some extent.

The second prince, Nient, was spoiled by the emperor as if he was an only son since he was a child, but his real identity was an illegitimate son, who could only be conferred a duke, not a prince.Such a long-term gap has caused him a certain degree of psychological distortion, especially for the third prince Alfred, who is also not the crown prince. He always thinks he is superior, and has tried his best to surpass Alfred since he was a child. , The two had a lot of disputes over this.

Such a man with a strong desire for power and a strong desire for power, who has finally finished his studies and is about to formally enter the stage of the drama of seizing the heir apparent, how could he commit suicide at this time?

Austin thinks so, and he thinks the emperor should think so too, which is why he hastily summoned the other two sons back overnight-the emperor must think that the murderer is among the remaining two princes.

Alfred looked at Austin, and suddenly asked, "Do you know which hall and floor the Prince's bedroom and I are in in the Dawn Palace?"

Austin was stunned, "I don't know."

"Then do you know that there is more than one gymnasium in Dawn Palace?"

"……do not know."

"Do you know what time the prince and I usually go to and which gym we go to?"

"I don't know." Austin followed his train of thought and said, "Yes...outsiders don't even know which floor his bedroom is on, and they don't know that the gym's lounge and aisle are separated by the locker room, and nothing happened inside. People heard it. If it was a homicide, this person must know the structure of his palace thoroughly to choose such a good place, and be familiar with his private fitness habits to ensure that no one will be suspicious in a short time, and this person is still in the Star Palace You can come and go freely, so you can kill someone and put a suicide note in the bedroom in the same day... This sounds like it was done by the insiders of Xinghui Palace who were bribed."

"It's too troublesome." Alfred frowned, "There are so many links, not to mention that I don't know how to disguise it as a secret room suicide. Any link of this plan requires the participation of people, and it needs to bribe the other party's people. No matter before or after the event, the risk of leakage is too high. Anyway, I can't choose such a troublesome plan, and I can't think of a reason for the prince to choose this high-risk and difficult plan."

Although Austin agreed with his words, it was really difficult to accept the inference of suicide. He thought about it and said, "Is there any way for the prince to reduce the difficulty of this plan? For example, special genetic ability. By the way, Isn't that what the high priest is doing? Our Stone family has evidence that he has been secretly conducting underground experiments. The royal family just turned a blind eye... What if he has developed any special abilities? ?”

"for example?"

"Uh... such as stealth?" Austin imagined, "Any detection equipment will not respond to invisible people, creating the illusion that no one has come. They sent such a person to kill the second prince."

Alfred had a "you're kidding me" expression on his face.

Genetic modification is not magic. Scientists of all mankind have studied it for a whole century, and there are only two major directions that can be realized.

One is to strengthen oneself.For example, some people have super-strong heart and lung functions, extraordinary endurance, some muscles are several times stronger than ordinary people, and have infinite strength, and some can grow four arms or six eyes-this kind of deformity transformation has been expressly banned after the establishment of the empire. up.

The other is weak control and weak induction of natural elements.Some people can temporarily affect the humidity of the air around them, some people are sensitive to certain metals, and so on.

The first type has a higher success rate, and now they have more descendants, while the second type is too difficult and has a high mortality rate, and the number of them is now scarce.

The Stone family is the master of the first type of transformation. Their ancestors received genetic modification that strengthened all aspects of their bodies, successfully survived and reproduced. This is how the title of "the cornerstone of the empire" came from. With an indestructible body, he accompanied the emperor to fight in all directions, laying the foundation for the founding of the country.

With the demonstration of the Founding Emperor and Alfred, many people privately speculate that the genetic ability of the royal family may be related to light, at least it can be seen that they have the ability to manipulate light.

In fact, if the Stone family is the master of strengthening and transformation, then the royal family is the master of all abilities. This makes the royal family in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China give people the impression that they are descended from heaven and omnipotent.

However, Alfred, as the heir of the golden pupil, naturally knows better than anyone else that he is not omnipotent. For example, it is impossible to do things like invisibility.

"Look, this glass of water," said Alfred.

Austin looked down for no reason, only to see that the glass of water in Alfred's hand suddenly boiled, and then it seemed that after blinking a few times, the glass was already empty.

He looked up at Alfred, and sure enough, he saw a pair of burning golden pupils.

"I let the water in the cup evaporate, and the essence is that the water vapor turns into water vapor." Alfred's golden eyes slowly went out, and he said, "It's not that I made it disappear, do you understand what I'm saying ? I remember that the high priest is a scientist, not a magician. It is impossible for someone to completely conceal his existence and escape the various security detection equipment in a prince's palace."

Austin also understood that it was a bit whimsical, and spread his hands, "I'm just talking. So, you think it's suicide?"

"We don't know the details, so we can't judge." Alfred said, "It seems that we need to wait until we return to the main planet to investigate."

He paused, then asked again: "Have you read the book "Our Homeland: Heaven or Hell"?"

"I've seen it. Those who have gone to school have read it. But I can't remember what I said. I just remember that our home has advantages and disadvantages. It's the same as not saying it." Austin joked, Of course he still remembered the book the prince was reading before they left.So he asked sharply: "What's the matter? Does that book have anything to do with this matter?"

"Before we set off, the prince made a joke with me. He said...the second prince may have encountered technical barriers while studying and doing research. Like several famous scientists in history, he committed suicide in despair." Alfred said .

Austin didn't think it was a joke at all, he opened his eyes wide and said: "Your Highness! He said the word 'suicide' at that time? Isn't that what he did!"

"I didn't do it, of course he did it," Alfred said. "The question is how... How about the testing of the new batch of dirty bombs?"

"What...dirty bomb?" Even though Austin had always been quick-witted, he couldn't keep up with the jumping rhythm of the conversation.After such a big incident happened, who would pay attention to the dirty bomb that has been dismantled long ago and can't make waves!

He said truthfully: "I haven't paid attention to the news in this area recently."

"Then pay attention and let me know in two days." Alfred said.

The forces behind the high priest, the never-before-seen new type of dirty bomb used by the rebels, the death of the second prince in a secret room, technical barriers, our home... Will this be a breakthrough?Or another deliberate misleading?

The two chatted a little more about the current situation. Seeing that it was getting late, Alfred said: "Don't go back, it's too eye-catching, just sleep with me today."

Austin thinks about it too. The prince deliberately arranged the bedrooms of the two of them at the two ends of the spaceship, and walked all the way back through the spaceship, which is really eye-catching.He said, "Yes, then I'll sleep on the sofa."

"No, you just sleep on the bed." Alfred said indifferently, "I haven't slept on that bed anyway."

"Yes, Your Highness...huh?"

Haven't slept yet?It's halfway through the itinerary, and I haven't slept in my own bed for more than ten days... Then where does he sleep?

"I'm going to sleep, see you tomorrow."

Alfred waved his hand and left his bedroom, leaving Austin full of question marks.