POW camp

The meeting was scheduled to take place in Hovis's office, which Morton had planned in advance.He wants to use Howes without letting the other party see his hostility, which is exactly what Morton is helpless about.The first thing he wanted to do when he saw Lindsay helplessly tied up in the tiny cubicle was to shoot Hovis down!But now, not only can't touch that scumbag a finger, but also have to find a way to protect his safety.

As soon as Hovis handed over those things... Morton thought grimly.

The lights in Hovis's office were not bright, and reflected on each other's faces dimly, making subtle expressions blurred.He seemed to have just enjoyed a good meal, with his sleeves casually rolled up on his elbows, and he was lounging on the sofa like a satiated and elegant lion, with the beautiful purple-haired Klan kneeling at his feet.

"Good evening, Morton." Hovis smiled and raised his wine glass, and signaled from a distance, "It's rare that you are still interested in chatting with me at such a late hour. For you, I haven't arranged any programs."

"It's an honor." Morton said indifferently, "I just hope that your little pet will stop running around, which will cause unnecessary trouble to people." He walked to the other side of the sofa and sat down. Sai sat down beside him.

Hovis raised his eyebrows and said half-truthfully, "Oh? Crane, where did you go to make Director Morton so angry?"

"No, master." Kelan blinked his amethyst-like eyes, "I'm just following your orders."

Morton interrupted their meaningless conversation impatiently: "Hovis, if there is any misunderstanding between us, I think it's better for you to target me. It's too rude to deal with my family."

Hovis shrugged indifferently, and said lightly: "Mr. Morton is serious. What kind of family is nothing more than a male favorite. Like my Klan, there is nothing wrong with it. personally delivered Crane to Special Envoy Gerbert..."

"As I said, it's different." Morton finally couldn't contain his inner anger.He has always been a person with a very strong personality, but years of special training and the particularity of his profession have forced him to suppress that kind of intensity, but when it comes to critical moments, he still can't help showing it.Hovis compared Lindsay to Kelan, which he absolutely could not tolerate. He suddenly held Lindsay's hand tightly, using his actions as a metaphor for possession and cherishing.

Hovis's smile froze. He stared at the hands of the two people, as if extremely shocked. He forced a smile for a long time, blocked the wine glass in front of his eyes, and said, "Then, I wish you all..." He wanted to say forever Such clichés, but felt that it was too cruel, so I stopped.

Morton didn't care about this, he was tired of the circling topics, and said bluntly: "Hovis, I know you kidnapped Lindsay, sent the tiger away, and then ordered Crane to steal information from me. To tell you the truth Well, the information you took from the safe behind the oil painting is all forged, and I put it there specially to lure you." A smile appeared on his cold face, "Hovis, to be honest, I Sometimes I admire your courage and determination, as well as your wisdom, but there is no way, each is his own master, I have to be loyal to my country. So, Major General Hovis, the best spy in the country of Ole, until now , what else do you have to say?"

Hovis looked straight at him, and the eyes of the two met in the air, one firm and cold, the other loose and indifferent.Hovis didn't seem surprised by his identity being exposed, he put the wine glass on the big coffee table and ordered Crane to fill it up.For a while, the room was very quiet, only the gurgle of liquid flowing into the cup could be heard.

Hovis pondered and said: "Morton, you have no chance to expose me. The siege of Fancheng is about to start, and our army will rush in soon. My identity no longer needs to be a secret."

"Really?" Morton's tone was slightly mocking, "I'm afraid you won't be able to return to Ole at all." He took out a file from his file bag and threw it in front of Hovis, "Take a look, The prisoner's confession. Do you think I only caught one assassin? In fact, I caught two, one died, and the other couldn't survive the torture, so he told everything."

Hovis quickly scanned the statement, straightened his back, his face changed color slightly.

Morton carefully observed the change in his expression, and slowly said: "It turns out that those assassins were sent by the crown prince of Ole Kingdom to assassinate you. And I also found out a very interesting secret anecdote. Your Majesty the Queen was once a prisoner of the Puman Kingdom. It is a pity that none of the idiots in our country knew the identity of this noble woman, and she escaped by pretending to be a maid. The guard who was in charge of protecting her at the time was Kenny. Oslet, the two had an unusual friendship in the midst of hardships. Later, Her Majesty the Queen took the opportunity to escape. She wanted to elope with Kenny, but because of the tense war situation and the turbulent country at that time, and to consolidate the imperial power, she had to stay She came down and married her fiancé, the heir of the Moti family. But within a year of marriage, she secretly gave birth to a boy by taking advantage of recuperation. She had to order someone to send the child to Kenny, who was far away. Later, she became pregnant again and gave birth to Flo, who is the current crown prince. And that boy, who grew up with his father, did not know his true identity until his father died of illness 18 years later. Howes —or Hovis? Oslet, am I not mistaken?"

Howes didn't refute, his eyes drifted away, as if caught in some kind of memory, a touch of sadness appeared on his face.

Morton struck while the iron was hot, and continued: "As far as I know, Your Excellency's identity is not very secret. In fact, Her Majesty the Queen has never lost contact with Kenny, and often even exchanges letters and bestows property. According to the laws of your country, your The status is the same as that of the crown prince, and he can completely inherit the country. However, the crown prince has a strong paternal line, a noble status, and he grew up beside the queen, so he will become the heir naturally. Your appearance will undoubtedly bring the status of the crown prince. A very serious threat. You are the eldest son, and you have become the best spy—in Ole Country, only people of noble blood can undergo special training, and only those with excellent training results can become spies. I don’t believe in civilians—you have made great contributions here, and you have made indelible contributions to the victories of the Ole National Army, and you have already been vigilant by the crown prince. Now that the war is about to end, you will live in glory Returning to the motherland is the time when the whole country is jubilant. A hero who has won many military exploits is undoubtedly the most perfect existence in the hearts of the people. It is much better than a son and brother who is pampered in the deep palace. The crown prince doesn't care? Could he be willing to tolerate the existence of your threat? Controlling a country is the greatest and most noble power in the world. In front of this power, the love between father and son, brotherhood, and brotherhood is a bunch of nonsense, let alone The so-called brother who popped up suddenly. Hovis, I think you have always known who those people were sent to kill you, you know better than anyone else.” At this point, Morton stopped, as if to give Hovis took a chance to breathe, and said slowly after a while, "In my eyes, you are more miserable than the people of Puman who were defeated in the war. At least we still have a place to live, although it is very humiliating. But you, from now on , there is not even a place to go. Your motherland has abandoned you."

Hovis lowered his head, put his hands on his forehead, and what seemed to be unfolding in front of him was an unbelievable fact.Morton was not in a hurry, he felt that the securities were in his hands, and he tilted his head and smiled at Lindsay.Lindsay's face was surprisingly serious, and Morton knew he didn't like to see such cruelty, so he patted his hand soothingly.

It took a long time before Hovis said with a sigh: "What conditions do you have?"

"I want all the spy information you have, not one less."

"The war between the two countries is coming to an end. All the spies sent to Puman will be recalled to the country. It will be of no use to you."

"You don't need to worry about this, I just need information. There is also the border defense deployment of Ole Country."

"that's it?"

"that's it."

"What can I get?"

"Safe, honorable, and worry-free for life." Morton took out four more files and put them in front of Hovis, "These are the identity materials of the Puman Kingdom and the Huixuan Kingdom, one for each country and one for civilians. Nobles, you can choose any one. No matter which one you choose, you will be surprised by the rich rewards, including fields, castles, pastures, property, slaves. You can continue to live your leisurely life without fighting with the world, and you can also Take your lovely Crane..."

When Morton said this, Crane suddenly glanced at him very quickly. Even though it was very fast, Morton still saw a trace of weirdness in it.He suddenly grasped a very strange feeling, he couldn't explain it clearly, but it was very bad.Morton involuntarily shut his mouth and stopped talking.He saw that Hovis raised his head and looked directly at himself. There was no surprise, no frustration, no fear, nothing in his eyes, which was so flat that it made people panic.

Something must have happened.Morton quickly recalled what he said, and found no loopholes. He calmed down and smiled at Hovis: "How is it?"

"Very tempting." Hovis nodded, "And these two conditions are not harsh at all." He paused and asked, "I want to ask, what is the use of these two documents?"

"This...I'm afraid I can't tell you."

Hovis looked at Morton, his dark pupils were bottomless, he suddenly smiled, picked up his glass and slowly leaned back on the big sofa: "Unfortunately, I just know something. Your two documents , not for the Puman Empire, but for the Huixuan Empire, right, Prince Morton?"

Morton's eyebrows twitched, and he asked, "What did you say?"

"Prince Morton." Hovis repeated every word very clearly, and then said, "The third son of the current emperor of Huixuan Kingdom, the only son of Empress Shuzhen, and the third heir to the throne. So these two materials are not for Puman, but for Huixuan. Because you need to find out the management and contact methods of our spies, as well as some necessary passwords, from our country’s spy plan against Puman, so as to dig out There are Ole country spies lurking in your country. As for the strategic deployment of border defense, it is entirely because of His Majesty Huixuan's order, because he wants to fight against Ole country." He sent back Morton's question to him intact , "Prince Morton, am I right?"

As the night fell, the lights in the office became much brighter, reflecting on Morton's resolute face, like a sharp knife.He squinted at Hovis coldly, keeping his expression on his face, as if he wanted to see from the other's expression whether these were conjectures or evidence.

Hovis took a sip of wine and shook the glass lightly: "Our suspicion of you began when Lauter caught that courtesan spy. You were always calm, but when you got home, you changed, fragile and painful, drunk It's a mess. Why did the death of that courtesan affect you so much? I don't think you fell in love with her. In fact, you loved someone else at the time, didn't you?" Hovis smiled, " So we started a secret investigation and finally confirmed your identity as a spy of Huixuan country. However, as spies of Huixuan country, there are two completely different categories, one is noble and the other is slave. If you As a slave, the available value is naturally too little, but if you are a nobleman, it will be very different. So at this time, Klan killed Gerber, and we used an extremely rare poison. The poison's The formula was bought by us in your court of Huixuan Kingdom with a lot of money. Its medicinal effect is extremely special, and it is difficult to prepare. It is used by Huixuan Palace to bestow the death of officials. The upper class cannot be reached by ordinary civilians, let alone slaves, so you can only be a nobleman. The rest of the matter, as long as the secret agents of Huixuan Kingdom conduct investigations. I sent Kelan to your house, the real purpose , not the information in the safe, but the painting in front of the safe. The frame of that painting is double-layered and specially made, you investigate all the results of me, there is a copy there, I know it like the back of my hand."

Hovis stared at Morton's gradually gloomy face, and sighed secretly in his heart. For some reason, at this moment, he felt a kind of sadness. After hesitating for a moment, he added: "There is one more thing, I think you have Quan knows. Your royal father has been secretly imprisoned, and the actual imperial power is in the hands of the eldest prince. Therefore, the premeditated war against the country of Ole has been cancelled, and some kind of agreement has even been signed with the country of Ole. But fate Because of your sensitive identity, Huixuan has been hiding it from you..."

Morton burst out laughing, and Hovis shut his mouth just in time.None of the other three made a sound. In the spacious office, Morton's laughter was unusually abrupt and crazy, so loud and powerful that it gave people a thrilling feeling. It seemed that this frivolity was mixed with other more serious laughter. ingredients.

Morton's laughter lasted for a long time, making the other three feel very depressed and dull. Crane couldn't help but whispered: "Director Morton..."

Morton stopped laughing suddenly, he straightened his back, his eyes showed a kind of arrogance that gave up everything, he said: "Now it's the other way around, my life is in your hands, what do you want?"

"It's actually very simple." Hovis didn't show the slightest triumph of victory on his face, but looked very serious, "When the Ole army attacked Fancheng, you have to order all the officers and soldiers in the city to give up resistance as the head of the security department. , This is the first article. The second article, Lauter has a plan to massacre prisoners of war, you must do your best to stop it and protect the safety of the more than [-] prisoners of war in the prisoner-of-war camp."

"Including your blue court." Morton sneered.

Hovis skipped this sentence and continued: "We will definitely guarantee your personal safety. After the war is over, we will take you back to the country of Ole, pick the right time, and send you back home. Morton, I have to remind you You, the current domestic situation in Huixuan is very complicated, the emperor and the first prince are in the same situation, and the second prince is watching, if you go back now, you can only become a stepping stone for others to climb up."

"Thank you for your kindness." Morton said sarcastically, "I only have one question."

"please say."

Morton didn't speak immediately. He was silent for a while, as if he was considering whether to speak out about this issue.He keenly felt that the truth of the facts would definitely make him unbearable.But he really wanted to find out, and when he opened his mouth, his voice trembled uncontrollably, and he said, "I want to know, who is the spy who is planted beside me to send you information."

Holveston stopped, and he also seemed to hesitate.

At this moment, another voice sounded in the office: "It's me."

Morton only felt a slight movement of someone around him, and Lindsay stood up slowly. He looked ahead and said clearly, "Colonel Lindsay, codenamed 'Dead Leaf Butterfly'."