Law of the Dragon

"My lord, Miss Lydia is waiting for you." The voice of the entourage made Thakro look up from his contemplation, and before he knew it, he had already returned to his door.

So as soon as he walked into the hall, a group of pink creatures rushed towards his arms. Fortunately, he moved quickly, and after avoiding it, he supported the opponent with his hand: "Please be careful, Miss Delia."

Delia, who was born in a famous family, has become the goddess of all the high society men in the imperial capital since she entered the social arena.Elegant and delicate movements, beautiful appearance, plus a lot of money, most men are planning to marry her home, because she is not only beautiful, but also an only child, marrying her is equivalent to inheriting a large territory , what a pleasant thing this is.

"Cousin," the 16-year-old Delia said with worry on her face, "Duel... are you okay?"

"It's okay." As the cousin of the popular candidate for marriage in the imperial capital, Thakro had to help deal with the challenges of some young people. Of course, sometimes it was fatal—for the challengers.

"I hope you're not hurt," Delia's expression was on the verge of tears, "They brought back a bloody suit, and I know it's yours..."

"It's not my blood," Sa Keluo was a little impatient with this cousin. No one likes it because such a cousin always has to deal with some young people's duels. The better result is that although the other party can survive, the reputation Sweeping the floor; those with less luck - like this one today, were transported directly to the cemetery.

Is this the meaning of the so-called troublesome beauty?

"Send Miss Delia back to her room, she looks very tired," Thakro said impatiently to his entourage.

Delia was a little embarrassed. She stood there and let her attendant take her hand: "But I'm worried about you." Her delicate and pitiful appearance is very endearing, but Thakro only thinks that tomorrow's schedule is enough Well, he still had to deal with the duelists.God knows, he became famous for his swordsmanship when he was young, but those children still kept coming in front of him, which disturbed him unbearably.

Delia had no choice but to leave. She had learned to read her face at a very young age, especially now that this man had clearly expressed his displeasure.

As soon as Saclow changed his clothes for the audience, his attendants told him that the captain of the guard had come to visit, so he had no choice but to carry the half-drunk coffee to the audience hall.

"Good afternoon," said two guards, the captain and the deputy captain, from another noble family in the imperial capital.Of course, very few civilians can get a place in the officialdom, not to mention that there is no war now, and they can't bring back the enemy's head from the battlefield in exchange for wealth and status.

"Good afternoon," Thaklow was a little surprised that the chief and deputy captains of the guards would visit him at this point. After all, they would be off work in an hour. In peacetime, soldiers are the most idle people.

The captain of the guard is over 40 years old, and he will retire in two or three years. He is a good knight. Although he comes from a noble family, he is indeed superior in the knight's creed, etiquette and swordsmanship. Otherwise, I will not sit in this position either.The vice-captain is a young man in his 20s, who seems to be a relative of the captain's nephew or something, so he should be raised as an heir.

"My lord, we need the help of the army," said the vice-captain. His name was Hasen. He looked mature and dignified. Under the silver light armor, the strong physique unique to young people made him look refreshed.

Sa Keluo smiled and sat down on the sofa opposite them: "May I know what it is?"

"It's a creature of darkness," Hasen said without sloppy words at all. Usually, among the two people, Hasen has always been the spokesperson, explaining that this kind of thing can't be done by someone with a high status, so he continued, "In the city There have been several... homicides this week, and we suspect that the murderer came from the forest outside the city, so we need to organize soldiers to investigate and kill them tomorrow, and hope that His Majesty the Duke can send someone to help us."

"Dark creatures?" Sa Keluo was a little surprised. He heard that the city had not been very quiet in the past few days, and several people had died in the slums, but he didn't expect the guards to think that it was the work of dark creatures.

"What kind of dark creature?" he asked.

Hasen shook his head: "According to eyewitnesses, it looks a bit like a rat man."

"We should send scouts or bounty hunters to take a look," Thakro shrugged and said, "The Ratmen probably won't appear in the imperial capital, not to mention sending out troops rashly will disturb the civilians, so it's best to investigate first." Tomorrow is better.”

"But..." Hasen didn't expect the other party to reject it like this. He glanced at the captain. The scouts belonged to a secret independent force, not a department they could dispatch, and bounty hunters were not very reliable.Hasen had no choice but to turn his head and say to Sa Keluo, "I'm afraid the guards can't deal with those things independently..."

"Then go to the church," Saclow suggested, "find something for those priests to do." He pushed the other party's help completely away, knowing that they would not go to the church, but he suggested it like this, but it was just Hope they understand that he doesn't want to get involved.

The authority of the guards is not as good as before, and he can completely ignore them.

Hasen had to say something else, got up and left with the guard captain.The captain of the guard did not express a single opinion on this matter other than the necessary polite greetings, as if he was just accompanying the deputy captain for a cutscene.

After they left, Thakro called Anu over.

"It's really hard to hide this matter," said Anu, a young man in his 20s. He was wearing exotic clothing, a colorful jacket vest and silk trousers embroidered with delicate patterns. He had dark brown skin. Exuding a healthy color from the sun, the long silver hair was casually tied behind his head, "Sometimes in the slums, many people die a day, but that is the number of natural deaths, but now the abnormal deaths have caused panic, And there are some bad rumors in the nobles and rich people's residential areas."

It's hard to imagine that a man who is so well-dressed and attracts attention could be an assassin and a thief. How did he hide his whereabouts?Sa Keluo has always been confused like this, but it has nothing to do with him, as long as the other party does things well.

Sa Keluo is not an aristocrat who is ignorant of the sufferings of the people. On the contrary, he is very familiar with the things in the slums, probably because he spent his childhood there.At least he knew that the "natural death" mentioned by Annu included the causes of death such as starvation and beating to death. If it can cause panic in the slums, it can cause panic among the inferior people who are insensitive to life. It's really not a small thing.

"Do you think I need to investigate?" Thakro asked him.

Anu smiled: "Oh, if you need me to investigate, I will carefully avoid the guards. They are too busy recently, and this matter has attracted all their attention."

On the second day, Sa Keluo was hesitating whether to investigate the situation, while Eros was already clapping the table and clamoring to severely punish the murderer.

Sa Keluo tilted his head in confusion when he heard the news, and asked Prime Minister En Bo beside him, "When did His Majesty make the decision?"

Prime Minister Embo has served the royal family for a year-yes, this junior prime minister was promoted to prime minister after Eros ascended the throne of the king.Although he has only one year's qualifications, this does not affect his heart to the royal family, and loyally manage the whole country for the king.

Now he is very excited that the king finally cares about people's livelihood. When asked by Duke Sacre, he happily replied: "This morning, to be precise, after His Majesty read the daily report of the imperial capital's financial revenue and expenditure." Ask me." I don't know why, but there seems to be something wrong with this answer, but the wise prime minister didn't notice the strangeness, and sighed, our Wang Zun is too kind.

Sa Keluo dropped a row of black lines. In fact, the king showed unprecedented enthusiasm in handling the affairs of the country.In the 300-year history of this country, no king has worked hard enough to read the financial statements of various places every day, but Eros has done it!

And this incident is probably...

"Hey, what's the problem?" Eros asked the maid to dress herself up, ready to attend the religious court of the Illuminati Church.

"It's just a little... strange," Sarok saw Eros wearing gorgeous silk, the other's slender body was wrapped in a large dark blue robe, the black satin was fixed around the neck with red gemstones, his The blond hair was carefully braided, he didn't wear a crown, and he didn't have the royal blood of the country, but he was king, at least for now.

Eros gave him a strange look: "It's nothing strange, my lord, you know that once the society is in turmoil, the people don't want to work, and if they don't work, they have no money. If they don't have money, we don't have taxes. Although the slums are not very It is valuable, but I know that most of the valuable things come from here. The operation of the entire imperial capital is not dependent on us, but on the poor. Because of this incident, several markets have been closed, and some workshop workers are afraid of being killed. Working hours... Your Excellency Duke, you understand what I mean."

Sa Keluo looked at this high-spirited young man in frustration, and replied obediently: "I fully understand."

"Just understand," Eros buttoned his cloak, took the jeweled long sword handed over by the attendant, and buckled it on his belt, "I hope the court of the church won't take me too much time, I still have a financial meeting open."

"I hope so too," Thakro stretched out his hand to straighten the lace collar for the other party, and when his fingertips lightly brushed the other party's cheek, it brought a colder temperature than ordinary people.This person is always reminding them of the difference, which makes Thakro a little depressed.