Law of the Dragon

"We are brothers, but there are still some things I don't want you to know," the dead man said softly.

"I'm lying in the dark land, every year at that time I wake up, it's only a short day, but I still wake up," Hughes said softly, "It hurts every time. .”

The way Hughes looked at him made him feel a little breathless, and the dead man turned his head slightly. He believed what Hughes said, and the dead were all like this.The day of dying will be repeated again and again, so he will feel pain, but in fact, he will no longer feel pain, because he is dead.

"You shouldn't stay," the dead said softly, "You should choose to return to the Nether like your parents, that's your destination..."

"That's their home, not mine." Hughes stood up and walked in front of the dead man. His slender and nervous fingers clasped the man's chin, forcing him to look up at himself, "I forced myself to hate you, Because that would be a lot easier, but...do you remember that sentence you said to me before you killed me?"

The deceased couldn't avoid his gaze, so he raised his head and looked at him simply: "...I love you."

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"Master Prime Minister?" Hasen watched Prime Minister Enbo striding back and forth in the room, looking as if he was running back and forth in the school field training, "My eyes are dazzled by you, if you are thinking about something, I think it’s much more efficient to sit down than to run around like this.”

"You tell me to be quiet, Hasson," Empo couldn't help saying, he usually acts as the background board, that's because someone will rush to the front, like His Majesty the King, like Duke Sacre, and General Yarrow.These three people are the horns of each other, and they are all very special, just like His Majesty represents power and courage, while Duke Thakro represents artifice and politics, and General Yarrow represents the national force, so the political situation of the country can be changed from a certain point of view. From this point of view, it is very stable.

But now, the church representing the king in the first district cannot rush back. To be honest, the news of the imperial capital has been blocked, the entire palace and the upper city have been controlled, and the lower city and other places do not know Love, no one knows what is happening in the imperial capital now.What's more, the king was accused of being a "false king". This crime is too great. Once it is confirmed, not only will his life be lost, but the first successor to the throne, Her Royal Highness, will become the king.In the big picture, the absence of this factor is fatal.

Next is the matter of the Duke of Sacre. His political skills and contacts are indispensable. He is the cobweb under the entire regime. If the king is not around, obviously he will know what to do and how to do it. Negotiations on how to set conditions, but this person who is equivalent to the "brain" - in General Yarrow's words, has disappeared temporarily, and the return date has not yet been determined.En Bo saw Yarrow's dejected expression. It was obvious that he was not just missing. It was possible that Duke Sacre would never come back.

Finally, there is General Yarrow, who is equivalent to the country's military power. She controls most of the country's military power. Unfortunately, after listening to Bishop Ma Wen's words this time, she entered the imperial capital alone, and her troops are still in the west. Mobilize as you like, and secondly, these troops cannot even be tied with the army brought by the emperor.

Now that these three people are unreliable, En Bo can only find a way by himself.

"General Yarrow visited the Duke of Crander before, and she said that they must still lack something, or a person... She is not sure what it is," Hasen said suddenly, "but she thinks it may have something to do with the Duke of Crander. Something to do with the castle in the outskirts."

"So?" Embo turned around and asked.

Thank goodness he stopped at last, Hasson thought, before continuing, "She... went to that fog yesterday afternoon, and she hasn't come back yet."

"What... that fog?" En Bo couldn't help but look out of the window. Although the sun is shining now, the thick fog has become a big rock in the hearts of the people of the imperial capital - where did it come from?Why did it appear?Why would anyone get lost... those houses and people in the fog?

"She's so reckless!" En Bo slammed his fist on the table, "Don't she know what's going on now? Once she leaves, let alone any troubles, just because she's not here, she will let those gangs It’s a lot easier for people.”

"But General Yarrow said that maybe the secret is there," Hasen said in a low voice. "Since the princess entered the palace, she has sent a team into the dense fog almost every day. Of course, they just returned in vain. Oh, I still heard Said that the fog is not safe now. It used to be just to get people lost, but now some people go in and can't get out... There are all kinds of rumors in the city, but I don't see any It’s a spectrum, so General Yarrow decided to go and see for himself.”

"You mean... the princess has been sending people there?" Embo asked after a pause.

Hasen nodded: "Keep sending people there, even if someone is missing—you said, what is she looking for?"

En Bo turned around, took out a map of the imperial capital from the bookcase next to him, and spread it on the table: "Draw the approximate location of the fog..."

Hasen leaned over and said, "You don't need to paint, there are a few noble castles there, the castle of the Klander family is there, besides that, there are..."

"Wait, is the Klander's house there?" Embo asked hastily.

Hasen nodded: "That's right, it's there."

"Yaro's analysis is correct. There must be something important in that castle," Embo tapped on the map. "It's important enough to affect their plans."

"Can General Yarrow find it..." Hasen said worriedly, although it was a little early to put hope on that "thing" because they had no idea what it was.

"Wait...let's try to analyze it, it might be something," Prime Minister En Bo said after a moment of silence.

"It's impossible to guess!" Hasen didn't have any illusions about it, "Although General Yarrow is a bit reckless, I have to say that this kind of thing cannot be obtained by analysis, Mr. Prime Minister, we should be more realistic. "

"Let's think about it..." En Bo looked at the map and said, "Although I was not in the palace back then, I knew that the princess was exiled for assassinating His Majesty the King. Most people knew about this, but no one could tell. It must have been done by the princess, so His Majesty the King chose to go into exile."

"Did the princess do anything?" Hasen asked.

En Bo shook his head: "It doesn't matter whether you do it now or not. Now she just wants to get back the throne, and our Majesty the King, she will definitely not let it go."

Hasen unconsciously put his hand on the sword hilt at his waist: "I won't let her hurt Your Majesty!"

En Bo shook his hand lightly: "To put it bluntly, if His Majesty falls into her hands, he will die."

"...I'm going to the first district secretly tonight!" Hasen stood up, "I'm going to protect His Majesty immediately."

"No, you can't go," En Bo came over and pressed his shoulder, "Let someone else go, I know an assassin next to Sa Keluo, I'll contact him."

"I'm worried..." Hasen said, frowning.

En Bo coughed: "As far as swordsmanship is concerned, I think... it's better for you to stay here."

"Master Prime Minister!" Hasen glared at the Prime Minister.

"Listen to me," the prime minister said as he walked back to the map, "I can't speculate everything out of thin air, but we can start when the princess was exiled. Seven years ago, she was sent to the Tower of Nothingness in the fifth district."

"That's right, it must have been at that time that I got in touch with the Klander family of the fifth district chief!" Hasen nodded and said, "The fifth district chief is quite ambitious!"

"No," En Bo shook his head, "At that time, the chief cabinet of the fifth district was the father of the Duke of Thakro, and the Klander family had not yet become the chief cabinet...Since the Aner family, the chief cabinet of the fifth district has changed a lot Firstly, because the trade in the fifth district is developed and the income is quite high, there are many disputes in such a place. Secondly, the common people there are very different from the imperial capital and other districts. They have a strong sense of self. It's because most of them are businessmen, maybe it's because after the Aner family, the awareness of self-protection began to increase, no matter what, the Klander family only took the position of the chief cabinet five years ago."

Hasen had just joined the guards at that time, not to mention the fifth district, and he didn't even know the situation of the people around him, so he could only listen on the sidelines, and when En Bo finished speaking, he said: "Then the princess and Crander may have contacted five years ago, or they may have been in contact five years ago."

"It's not very difficult to buy Klander to work for the imperial daughter," En Bo said after thinking for a while, "but it is very difficult to persuade the bishop of the church, especially the bishop of the imperial capital, to help. I even guess that even the church They have infiltrated their forces everywhere, I don't know how many people are there, but they must have set up a bigger bureau than we imagined."

Hasen was already speechless in surprise.

En Bo continued: "Clander doesn't have such courage, and the princess doesn't have such great influence and influence. If she had, she wouldn't have caused the Queen to commit suicide back then, and she would have been driven to the Tower of Nothingness. So During the time she went to the Tower of Nothingness until Klander took office as the Chief Cabinet of the Fifth District, she must have met someone who was giving advice to her!"

"But, it doesn't make sense for anyone to be so clever..." Hasen said in a panic. What Embo said was too serious, just thinking of how many people in the church were bribed, and His Majesty the King alone Staying there, he couldn't feel at ease.

"Duke Sacre's father may be able to do it, but after such a long-term deployment, in my opinion, it will take at least seven or eight years to be a preliminary," Embo said, "their actions are too fast, quickly It has surpassed the capabilities of human beings..."

"What's the meaning!"

"Duke Sacre once mentioned to General Yarrow that someone in the Clander family was using black magic. Hasson, you understand what that means." Embo said flatly.

Hasen stood there stunned, of course he knew what that meant, his uncle died because of it!If this accusation is realized on the princess, then she has no right to inherit the throne. All these actions that can be called "coups" are completely led by the God of Darkness, and of course they will be suppressed!

"is it possible?"

"I'm going to discuss this matter with the Minister of Finance," En Bo said and walked outside. "He has lived for so long, and he knows the affairs of the court best."

"General Yarrow can also..." In fact, General Yarrow has lived for 300 years. It stands to reason that Yarrow knows everything here.

"Forget it, that half-elf is all focused on the army, so he doesn't have time to take care of court affairs." En Bo said and walked out of the room.