The King's Follower [Rebirth]

After what happened just now, no one dared to speak casually anymore. Seeing Edward looking over, they lowered their eyes.Only Bryant greeted his realization with deep worry in his eyes.

Edward held William's head and held his still warm hand in one.Ten minutes ago, they were still so close, and this man went to the Land of Elysium with him alive and well, but now, he was lying motionless in his arms.He felt that his heart was falling rapidly, but his soul was rising rapidly, as if it was about to break through the top of his head and die from his body.

He closed his eyes, swallowed, and when he opened them again, all fear and bewilderment disappeared.

"Admiral Salford, Admiral Curt." He called, "immediately raise the domestic alert level to level one, and the capital is a special level. All soldiers are in a state of preparation for war and pay close attention to the front line. This poisoning , I’m afraid it’s a conspiracy from George Lancaster, he’s bound to make a big fuss these days.”

"Yes, Your Majesty." The two generals bowed deeply.

"Duke Dockery." Edward called the next person's name, "You go and make arrangements. From this moment on, the palace is only allowed to enter and not to leave, and send someone to investigate all those who have left the palace after the dinner started today." People. Check all the things that His Majesty the King has imported today, even if it is just a glass of water, don't let it go."

"Your Majesty." Chris said, "We can check to see who other than His Majesty the King is in a coma for unknown reasons, so that we can cross-contrast and determine whether His Majesty the King has eaten something that caused his coma."

Edward nodded and said approvingly, "You're right."

At this time, August, who had been silent for a long time, suddenly took a step forward, "Your Majesty," he seemed hesitant, and spoke quickly, as if he wanted to push himself into a situation where there was no way out before his courage disappeared. , "Please let me see His Majesty the King, I think I may know what kind of poison His Majesty has been poisoned."

"Orgunra bless!" Edward was surprised and happy, and immediately stretched out his hand to him, "Come here! Come here!"

August sat down by the bed, found the bloodletting tool from the doctor's medical box, gently cut a small cut on William's arm, took a little blood in a bloodletting dish, and carefully held it up. Sniffing, and dipping a little bit in his mouth to taste.

There was silence in the room, everyone held their breath and looked at August nervously, hoping to get a definite message from him.

Ten minutes later, August finally put down the bloodletting vessel, looked up at Edward, and said, "It's Durand Lily."

"What is this?" Edward frowned. "I've never heard of this flower."

"This is a kind of poison." August's face became paler. "As we all know, plants can only grow in the space of sub-orcs. Some spaces of sub-orcs are suitable for growing food, some are suitable for planting fruit trees, and some are vegetables. Some are herbal medicines, and some sub-orcs have spaces that are suitable for poisonous herbs. But since ancient times, sub-orcs with spaces that can grow poisons have been regarded as ominous people, so everyone knows very little about poisons few."

Hearing August's words, Edward suddenly thought of a possibility. He had long felt that August's space was not right. His space had never produced anything. He only said that there was a problem with the space, but it never I have searched for a treatment method, but I did not expect this to be the result.Edward couldn't help being shocked and said, "My God, August..."

"Yes." August nodded, stood stiffly on the spot, straightened his back, and lowered his eyes, "My space is the kind of space where poisonous herbs can grow."

There was a burst of buzzing discussions in the room immediately, as if ten thousand flies had been released from a bag. Everyone put aside the etiquette and whispered to each other, discussing in low voices.Sub-orcs who have a space where poison can grow are ominous people. They used to be burned to death. Although this punishment has been abolished now, this kind of space is still a deadly scandal. Once such a scandal breaks out of a sub-orc , will be expelled by relatives and friends immediately, and can only wander around.

It is extremely brave and risky for August to be willing to confess this matter at this time.When Edward thought of this, a wave of gratitude immediately flowed through his heart, and seeing that everyone was talking too much, he immediately stopped and said, "Quiet!"

Everyone shut their mouths tightly immediately, and Edward said to August again: "Now that we know what poison caused it, what should we do to wake the king up?"

"I don't know." August shook his head, and Edward's gentle attitude made him relax a little, "I have Durand lilies in my space, all I know is that the medicinal powder made from the nectar of this flower has extremely strong If it is used in excess, it may cause people to remain in a coma until they die. You also know that this kind of abnormality in space cannot be appealed to people, so I only know the uses of these poisons, but I don’t know The ability to study detoxification methods, after all, I can't let these poisons see the light."

"I understand." Edward said, "Then, let's start the research now, please hurry up."

"I can only say that I will try my best." August said cautiously, and added, "Although I can't guarantee that I will be able to find a way to detoxify, we can use this method to find the poisoner. The smell of Durand Lily is very special. Although it is not strong, it is very long-lasting. The smell can last for at least twelve hours. And this poison has a characteristic, that is, it will not attack immediately, and it needs to be latent for about ten minutes to an hour. It will suddenly erupt. In this way, we can get the time range of His Majesty's poisoning. After carefully investigating who he met, what he did, and what he ate in this time zone, I think it will soon Then we will find out who the poisoner is."

"Ten minutes to an hour?" Bryant repeated, "Isn't that the time before the ceremony? His Majesty left the hall at eleven o'clock sharp, returned to the room from the hall, and washed and changed clothes. In about 10 minutes, I accepted everyone’s congratulations and toasts here again. At twelve o’clock, the ceremony was officially held. After [-] minutes, the ceremony was completed. Immediately after that, His Majesty the King said dizzy. If according to Pal As Duke Ma said, it takes at most an hour for the poison to be released, then," he straightened his back, and scanned everyone in the room with scorching eyes, "then, the person who poisoned him will probably end up in the end." Among the few who toasted the king before the ceremony."

"Extremely ridiculous!" a grand duke yelled angrily. "Are you saying that His Majesty the King was poisoned by our closest relatives to His Majesty the King? My God, I'm going to tear you alive!" Mouth! It's filthy slander!"

Edward clenched his fists and then released them, ignoring the grand duke's roar, but nodded to Bryant, and said, "Your analysis is very correct. Let's investigate these people first." Then he said to the attendants , "Bring the hound."

"Your Majesty the Queen!" the Grand Duke snapped, "Do you also think that we have murdered His Majesty the King?"

"I never said such a thing." Edward said calmly, "I just think that this person is mixed among you."

The Grand Duke flushed with anger: "How can you humiliate us like this? Ha!" He suddenly sneered, "Who knows if this is a thief shouting "stop thief!" He suddenly raised his finger and pointed at Bryant, "This guy, still There is this guy," he pointed to August again, "and you," he dared not use his fingers this time, but his tone was sharp and mocking, without any respect, "you, how come you are all traitors How come the people of the Ablos family are so just right, and one of them happens to have the ominous space for producing poisons, which happens to be able to distinguish poisons that no one can recognize? And the other just happens to make such a slander? Who knows? , Is it the poison you poisoned, and then you want to take this opportunity to eliminate dissidents, imprison us all in the black tower, arrange your people in our position, and completely empty the king..."

Edward was furious, and shouted angrily: "Bastard! I am the queen of the Cuthbert Empire, the legal partner of King William Lancaster! It is your most respected queen! How dare you treat me so shamelessly?" Salute!" He jumped off the bed, stepped on the ground with his bare feet, took William's saber from the shelf beside him, drew it out, pointed at the Grand Duke, and approached him step by step.

"Kneel down, you ignorant lunatic!" He pointed his sword at the tip of the man's nose, his gaze was like a torch, the Grand Duke was shocked by his maddened anger and took a step back, and knelt down involuntarily.

"What are you doubting about what you said just now?" Edward paused every word, and asked sternly, "Are you doubting that I murdered His Majesty the King? Do you think that I, Bryant Green, Augustus Theablos, the three of us, dare not accept investigation and questioning to prove our innocence? And you, why do you refuse this opportunity to prove your innocence, just because you think it is slander and humiliation? Is that right? It proves that you regard your ridiculous dignity as more important than the life of His Majesty the King?"

"Of course not!" The Grand Duke hastily denied, "Of course not! I value His Majesty the King more than my life!"

"Then why are you messing around here! Turning black and white! Much ado about nothing! Inciting everyone not to accept the investigation!" Edward's voice was almost hoarse, and the sword in his hand loosened a little more, and the tip of the sword touched the Grand Duke's neck , pierced into his skin, leaving a shallow wound, "Why are you wasting time with such a ridiculous excuse? Could it be that you are the assassin's accomplice, diverting attention here, delaying time, so that he can take the opportunity to leave, Evading arrest?"

"That's not the case!" The Grand Duke was frightened by Edward's pointing fingers. He was indeed innocent, so he felt very disgusted that he would be investigated and frisked, so he took this opportunity to lose his temper and vent his dissatisfaction.The new queen is only in her 20s, and she has just been newlyweds. On her first day as the queen, and encountering such a big accident, she is probably already flustered and lost.But who knew that the young queen was more imposing and aggressive than the orc, which made him believe that if he refused to give in, the sword would penetrate his throat.

"Please forgive him, he was just confused for a while!" The Grand Duchess also knelt down and begged, "We are willing to accept the inspection! We are willing!"

Edward looked down at the Grand Duke, slowly put away the sword, returned to the bed and sat down, holding William in his arms.A few minutes later, the attendant brought eight hounds, and August took out a bouquet of white lilies from his own space, fearing that the hounds would eat the pollen by mistake, he hurriedly put his hand across it for the hounds to sniff.This lily looks no different from other lilies, but if you look closely, you can find that there are traces of dark red lines on the white petals.

When everyone saw the bouquet of flowers, they immediately covered their noses and dodged backwards. August had to explain: "Only eating pollen can cause a coma, not smelling it." However, everyone did not agree. Not buying it, and continuing to dodge backwards, Edward swept a cup from the bedside table and dropped it on the ground, and everyone stood upright.

The hound didn't know what kind of poison this flower had, so it wagged its tail excitedly, quickly confirmed the smell, and immediately began to search the room carefully.They never let go of any corner, smelling one by one, and even stuffed their noses into the bottom of the lady's skirt.Under Edward's icy gaze, everyone was furious and could only endure the search.

However, soon, a hound was so excited that it whimpered hoarsely, it was the sound of finding the target.Several generals immediately stepped forward to grab this man, dragged him out from the innermost part of the crowd, twisted his arms and pushed him to the ground.

After seeing who this person was, the whole room let out high and low exclamations. Edward was even more unbelievable, and it took him a while to whisper his name: "Stephen?"

"It's not me!" Stephen struggled and shouted in a mournful voice, "It's not me! It's not me! This beast made a mistake! It's not me! I'm the king's own brother! How could I harm my own brother?" !"

"Search again carefully." The admiral who twisted Stephen said, "Confirm again, if not, you can also return his innocence."

At this time, another hound also whimpered hoarsely, and the attendant took out a brooch in the shape of a lily from the vase and handed it to Edward.

"There should be some mechanism here." Chris said.The attendant immediately tried to twist every part of the brooch, and quickly unscrewed the stem of the lily. The inside of the stem was hollow, and some medicinal powder remained on the wall. The attendant handed the stem to August , August looked carefully at Ye Mingzhu, and said, "It's this kind of medicinal powder."

"Is this your brooch, Stephen?" Edward looked at Stephen, who was kneeling on the ground with his head pressed against the ground, feeling his chest was heavy, as if a large piece of ice had been stuffed, wet and cold.

"No!" Stephen denied it categorically, panting heavily, with a cry in his voice, "I've never seen this thing! It's not my brooch! I didn't harm William! I didn't!"

"This is your brooch." A major general said, "Today almost everyone uses flowers to decorate their clothes, and there are very few gemstone brooches. You are one of them. I remember it clearly." His words got Many people echoed.

"Boy." The admiral increased the strength in his hands, "You have to know, it is very easy to confirm who owns something, especially the orcs, the smell on your body will stick to the things you have worn. It's easy to tell, you don't need hounds, the orcs can tell it by themselves, do you want everyone to smell it?"

Stephen's body trembled violently, and suddenly burst into tears: "It's not me! It's not me! It's really not me! I don't want to hurt William! They forced me! They forced me! I can't help it! I didn't Way! I really don't want to do this! It's not me who wants to hurt William, it's not me!"

Edward covered his eyes tiredly, and after a long while, he put down his hands, revealing his red eyes, "Take him," he pointed to Stephen, "take him into the Black Tower, keep him under strict watch, and no one is allowed to visit him."

"Yes, Your Majesty." The general who restrained Stephen said.

"He's right about one thing," Edward continued. "It's impossible for him to take the initiative to hurt William. He certainly won't be able to get the Durand Lily powder by himself. There must be a mastermind behind this, lurking in the capital. Be careful. Interrogate him and find this man as soon as possible."

"I said! I said!" Stephen shouted immediately, "It's my classmate, Andre Carterfield in the fourth grade! He is King George's man, and he gave me the medicine!"

"I'm going to arrest this person." A lieutenant general took the initiative to take over the task.

Edward nodded, waved his hands, and asked them to drag Stephen away.Stephen yelled in horror: "Don't kill me! I was wrong! Edward! Your Majesty the Queen! I was wrong, I was really wrong! Don't kill me! Don't uhhh..."

The guards gagged his mouth and dragged him out of the room mercilessly.The room was quiet again, and Edward made some arrangements before letting them go, leaving all the doctors to discuss the king's condition in the next room.

William lay peacefully on the bed. Edward gently touched his sleeping face. The calm and fearless wall he had just imposed in front of everyone suddenly collapsed. He couldn't help blushing. He grabbed William's hand and buried his face. In the palm of his hand, he sobbed softly.

"William, you must wake up." He sobbed, and kept kissing William's palm, "You must wake up..."