A Tale of Strategies For the Throne

Looking at the clearly visible scratches on the man's arm, his own subordinate whose neck was broken and died flashed through his mind, and a burst of anger surged from the bottom of Sage's heart.

"Prince Garlan, he is the murderer?!"

Sago's angry shout made the body of the kneeling person tremble even more.And his yelling voice was extremely loud, and it was even louder in the silent square at this moment, allowing everyone who retreated around to hear clearly.

Then, with a bang, the whole square exploded.

Almost everyone in the square looked at that person and started talking about it.

Garlan stood there, looking at the trembling man kneeling in front of him, thinking deeply, not paying much attention to the situation around him for a while.

And Sa Ge rushed over suddenly, and opened his mouth to shout angrily, which suddenly woke him up from his contemplation.

He glanced sideways at Sage, his face showing a bit of astonishment, probably a little surprised that Sage, who was supposed to be on the high platform, suddenly ran to him.

He blinked, glanced at Sage, then turned back to look at the kneeling man.

That was a squire.

This kind of person can be seen everywhere in the royal palace, plus this person has a very ordinary face, one glance at it will not leave much impression on people.

At this moment, the attendant knelt on the ground, bowed his head deeply, and trembled violently.

Before Garlan could open his mouth, Sage, who was burning with anger, couldn't take it any longer. He stretched out his hand and lifted the man up.

Then, as soon as he turned around, he just dragged the man away.

People in a circle all around one after another avoided to make way, watching Sage forcefully dragging the attendant along the steps to the high platform.

Just as Garlan stretched out his hand, before he could stop him, Sage was already dragging him up the steps.

He scratched his head.

A fluffy brain leaned over, the wet and warm nose pressed against his face, and the thick mane swept across his cheeks. Obviously, Nega's attention was diverted to someone else because of Garlan , a little unhappy, and arched Garlan to turn his attention back to himself.

Garlan quickly put his arms around that big head, rubbed it, touched it, and coaxed it, which satisfied Nega. He shook his head, whimpered softly, and rubbed Garlan's head again. , snorted arrogantly.

This mighty and terrifying big lion acted like a kitten to the young man, making the people around him dumbfounded.

Everyone immediately felt that the noble and majestic image of the big lion had completely collapsed in their hearts.

However, that majestic image collapsed and collapsed, and they still had a sense of fear from the bottom of their hearts towards this beast.

So when Garlan led Nega outside, they backed away even more violently.

Garlan followed Sage along the steps to the high platform with Nega, and the eyes of everyone in the square followed them closely and focused on the high platform.

Captain Sage threw the attendant he dragged up onto the high platform.

He said: "This guy is the murderer who killed my men!"

His words made the head of the guard who came over, as well as the noble ministers on the other side all show astonished expressions. Their eyes were full of disbelief, and they looked at the attendant who was suddenly identified as the murderer by Sage. .

And that attendant not only didn't resist when he was dragged up the steps abruptly by Sa Ge, but when he was thrown to the ground by Sa Ge, he collapsed on the ground like a ball of mud, curled up, and dared not move.

Obviously, he was so frightened that his whole body became stiff and he couldn't move. His face was pale and pale, and his whole body was trembling non-stop.

That cowardly and cowardly look, not only the noble ministers, but even the head of the guard showed a look of disbelief.

He looked at Sa Ge, frowned and asked, "How do you think he is the murderer?"

No matter how you look at it, this trash doesn't look like it can kill people, does it?

For the above sentence, in order to save face for Sa Ge, he didn't ask it directly.

Garlan was still walking on the steps with the big lion at a leisurely pace, but he hadn't come up yet.

And Sage felt that since the murderer had been found out, there was no need to keep what Prince Garlan said to him that day, and he could say it outright now.

"Look at his arm!"

He answered bluntly.

Everyone's eyes fell on the arm of the servant lying on the ground limp in a puddle.

There were several deep scars on the attendant's right arm, which looked like they were scratched out by something.

"My men resisted before they died and scratched the murderer's arm."

Sa Ge is a straightforward person, he is used to saying what he wants, and he can't do things like snatching other people's credit.

Therefore, he frankly told the person who came up with this method.

"Prince Garlan saw it, and the nails of my subordinate's body were black lumps of blood and flesh that had been dug out." He stared solemnly at the real murderer and said, "The scratches on his arm are the proof! "

Scratches on the arms?

Everyone was stunned for a moment, and they all reacted immediately.

It turned out to be the case.

Prince Garlan said that using a lion to test liars is just a cover, the purpose is to find people with scratches on their arms in the palace?

I'm afraid it was because he was worried that the news would be leaked out in advance, so he simply kept it from everyone.

Hmm - this method is indeed, a bit reliable.

Prince Garlan, heck, he's still a little clever.

At first, those who thought Garlan's behavior was simply ridiculous thought so in their hearts. The nobleman who directly said that Prince Garlan's behavior was like a child's play coughed twice, a little embarrassed, but found that everyone was not paying attention. After he was on himself, he was relieved.

Is this the real purpose of Prince Garlan?

The aged You Si Xiangxin thought about it, looked at the attendant lying on the ground, and slowly frowned again.

wrong.

he thinks.

Although Prince Garlan's method seems to be effective, it can't hold on in several aspects.

He frowned tightly, and glanced sideways from the corner of his eye.

The old man looked at the chief director who was sitting not far from him. At first, the chief chief who frowned slightly and did not say a word laughed at some point, and the wrinkles on his face seemed to have relaxed a lot.

Obviously, the Chief Secretary must have seen something to show such a comfortable expression.

"You mean, the man with the scratch on his arm is the murderer?"

The captain of the guard frowned and asked.

"...No, no... No!"

After the initial panic passed, the attendant, who was lying on the ground tremblingly like a puddle of mud, immediately struggled to shout out when he heard this.

"It's not me! I, I didn't...how dare I, no, I really didn't kill it!"

He stuttered and was eager to get up to defend himself, but probably because his hands and feet were weak, he couldn't sit up after thumping on the ground a few times, so he could only howl at the top of his voice.

"I, my injury, yes, yes, that..."

He looked like he was about to cry.

"I, I serve the hounds in the palace. This, this wound was scratched by the hounds. Those of us who serve the hounds often have such scars on our arms—no, it's not just me."

"Really! When adults go to our place, you will know that there are many people with scars on their hands and bodies, because if they are not careful, they will be bitten or caught by hounds."

He said a bunch of frantic words like beans falling from a bamboo tube, and he really started crying as he slumped on the ground.

"I really didn't do anything to kill people, how could I have the guts... And, besides, I'm just a servant serving the hounds, how can I kill the knight!"

The attendant's words silenced the noble ministers for a moment.

No matter how they looked at it, they didn't think that the frightened guy in front of them was a warrior who could kill royal knights.

"Captain Sage, have you made a mistake?"

The head of the guard leaned closer to Sage and said in a low voice.

"This guy doesn't look like he can kill."

As a warrior, he didn't feel the slightest threat from this attendant, he was just an ordinary, even cowardly person.

He was stunned for a moment by what the attendant said, and by what the chief guard said, Sage frowned, and his face became more and more cold and hard.

He said coldly, "That's just a disguise!"

After finishing speaking, he took a sudden step forward, pulled out the long sword from his waist, and stabbed heavily at the throat of the attendant who was still lying on the ground——

No matter how well a person can pretend, his body will respond instinctively at the moment of life and death crisis.

Sa Ge stabbed this sword in order to break this person's disguise.

However, seeing that the point of the sword was about to penetrate the man's throat, the man still didn't respond at all.

With a thought in his mind, Sage turned his wrist abruptly.

The tip of the sword narrowly brushed against the edge of the man's throat, cutting a bloody gash.

With a clang sound, half of the long sword sank into the high platform.

The attendant who had been sitting on the ground blankly did not finally react until the long sword pierced the ground, and let out a scream.

While howling and trembling, under the eyes of everyone, a pool of water stains appeared under his buttocks.

He trembled so badly that he lost control.

The ugly and embarrassing appearance made the noble ministers next to him show contempt and disgust.

However, in this way, everyone felt that this kind of guy could not be the murderer.

The head guard squatted down, stretched out his hand and pinched the arm and shoulder of the trembling attendant a few times, and pressed his chest again.

He shook his head.

He could clearly feel that this attendant's body did not have the strong muscles of a martial arts practitioner. The flesh was loose, and there was even fat on his stomach. Such a person would definitely not be a martial artist.

Sa Ge stood there with a look of astonishment, his mind was a little confused.

He tried it out, this attendant is not pretending, he really has no force.

How could a squire with no force kill a royal knight?

And at this moment, the incontinent attendant was trembling as he desperately pointed his finger down the square.

"My, my lord... woo woo... It's really not me... woo, look below, there is my companion there, he also has scratches similar to mine - there are others too... woo, I'm not..."

The attendant cried heart-rendingly and miserably. Although his appearance was extremely ugly, it aroused the sympathy of many people.

They all secretly thought, could it be true that the rumor that Prince Garlan wanted to find a random dead ghost to acquit Prince Heymos?

At first, they thought that Prince Garlan, who had a reputation of justice, would not do such a thing, right?

But now that he looked at it like this, he suddenly became suspicious in his heart.

At this time, the chief director who had been silent all this time got up.

Under the gaze of everyone, he walked towards Garlan who had already arrived on the high platform.

As he walked, he shook his head and sighed.

"Prince Garlan, stop here."

He said, "If the scars on the arms are evidence, the 'murderer' is not the only one who can be found."

He put up with the child's mischievous look, and looked at Garlan gently.

"No matter how much you want to help Prince Heymos, you can't just arrest someone and call him a murderer."

He said in a coaxing tone, "However, you are already very smart to find out that there are scratches on the murderer's arm. It's just that you are too young to think about it."

"Even if the murderer has a scratch on his arm, he can cover it up with a few more injuries on his arm. He can even try to get some injuries on someone else's arm so that he can fish in troubled waters and make that person his own scapegoat."

He smiles.

"Don't you think so, Prince Garlan? Since you have the reputation of being a wise man, you should think about it."

The chief director seemed to say so casually, and many people immediately thought of Prince Heymos in their hearts.

You know, Heymos had a burn on his arm when he came back, and many people saw it, and both hands were still tightly wrapped in bandages.

From this point of view, maybe it was really to cover up the previous scratch...

Under the eyes of everyone who suddenly realized, the Chief Secretary stood firmly on the high platform, smiling.

Countless people began to whisper, and there was a burst of buzzing in the square, and many people began to cast suspicious eyes on Prince Garlan.

Prince Garlan's reputation in the palace has always been very good.

But now, they couldn't help but start to doubt.

As a wise prince, how could he do such a thing as wronging an innocent person?

Moreover, from the beginning to the present, everything the prince has done is ridiculous.

Just like what the Chief Secretary said, since he has the reputation of being wise, why didn't he even think of those things that the Chief Secretary said?

This prince doesn't seem to be as wise as rumored.

Feeling that everyone began to look at Prince Garlan with suspicious eyes, the Chief Secretary's mood immediately improved, because everything was developing as he thought.

He continued: "Prince, without certain evidence, you can't casually designate someone as a murderer, do you understand?"

Under the skeptical, perplexing, or other gazes of the crowd, the young man who was gently stroking the mane of the big lion beside him looked very calm.

He looked at the Chief Secretary with a puzzled expression.

"Did you make a mistake somewhere, Chief Secretary." He asked, "What did I say he was a murderer?"

The Chief Director, who was smiling gently, was choked by such a choke, and suddenly remembered.

From the beginning to the end, Sage said that this servant was the murderer, and Garlan just stood still in front of this servant.

He didn't say at all that the squire was the murderer.

It seems that this is a plan to die and not admit it, to preserve his reputation as much as possible.

The Chief Secretary sneered inwardly.

However, he still had a kind face and asked, "You mean, this person is not a murderer?"

"This is..."

The boy tilted his head and pondered for a while.

"It's a bit hard to say, and I can't completely say no, after all..."

His eyeballs rolled slightly, and he didn't speak again.

"Prince Garlan."

The Chief Secretary felt that Garlan was planning to use plausible words to play a scoundrel.

Therefore, he lowered his face slightly, and began to speak in the tone of an elder admonishing an ignorant child.

"Everything should be done in moderation. So many people stay here not to play games with you and your lion, but because you said that you can find the murderer today, but now—uh!!"

Probably aware of the Chief Secretary's malice towards Garlan, the big lion who had been quietly staying beside Garlan suddenly turned his head, staring at the Chief Chief with fiery eyes, and bowed his huge body like a man gathering momentum. As if about to attack, he let out a low growl at the Chief Secretary.

The sudden roar, and the terrifying eyes of the big lion staring at it, even the chief director was taken aback. He barely controlled himself from shouting, but he still took a step back subconsciously.

"Prince, what are you going to do?!"

Although his face looked calm, there was still a trace of panic in the chief director's voice.

In this world, there are very few people who will not panic when facing a fierce and terrifying lion.

The boy who was one of them ignored the Chief Secretary and rubbed Nega's big head as a reward.

Nega turned his head, groaned a few times at Garlan, rubbed against him, satisfied.

Arming Nirgan's fluffy head, Garlan turned his head.

"...It's about the same."

he muttered to himself.

"Prince Garlan, what are you..."

The Chief Director stabilized his mind and wanted to continue to persecute Garlan.

However, as soon as he opened his mouth, a black shadow suddenly fell from the sky, and a heavy object slammed heavily on his feet, causing his heart, which had been so frightened by the lion to calm down just now, to tremble violently, and almost stopped .

He is not young anymore, he is always so frightened, and it is easy to be frightened to cause something wrong.

Which reckless guy is doing such a mess?

He turned his head angrily, wanting to scold the guy who did such a thing.

But when he saw the person coming, he was a little surprised.

At the same time, the boy's clear voice with obvious joy came from behind him.

"Kayhos, it's too slow, everyone is impatient."

Dressed in silver-white armor, the blond knight who walked up the steps step by step smiled at his prince with a face that looked even more handsome under the sun.

"I'm sorry, Your Highness, this guy took a long time before he dared to act, and we can only wait for him to act obediently."

What do you mean?

The Chief's mind is a little messed up.

He turned his head, and when he lowered his head, he saw that the heavy object that hit him just now was actually a person—and it was also a royal knight in fiery red armor.

There was already an uproar in the square.

The red-armored knight fell to the ground in embarrassment, with his hands tied behind his back. Just now he was thrown up by Keyhos like a heavy bag.

"Fal?!"

The head of Sage who was on the side had already called out the names of his subordinates.

"What's going on, you should be on duty now, how could-"

He looked at Garlan in astonishment and with some displeasure.

"Prince, what is going on? How could you let your guardian knight treat my subordinates like this?"

Speaking of this, Sage realized that it seemed that when Prince Garlan came to the square from the very beginning, he did not see Kaihos following him.

Garlan looked at him and said, "I'm sorry, Captain Sage, I lied to you."

"……what?"

"I lied to you when I said that you can find the murderer with an arm injury."

"you--!"

Seeing his subordinates being treated like this, and hearing Garlan say that he had been lied to, Sage showed a bit of anger on his face.

"At that time, I also told you that there is another evidence on the body that allows us to find the murderer..."

Facing Sako's glaring gaze, Garlan smiled indifferently.

He glanced at the knight lying on the ground with his hands tied behind his back.

"...This is also a lie to you."

The shoulders of the red-armored knight whom he glanced at out of the corner of his eye suddenly trembled violently.

"There's no such thing," Garland said.

The lowered red armor knight's breathing suddenly became rapid and heavy.

Garlan continued to speak.

"However, Captain Sage, I have already done what I promised you to find out the murderer."

Sa Ge felt that his mind was in a mess at the moment, and he was a little dazed.

Some kind of bad premonition made him momentarily at a loss for what to say, so he could only look at Garlan and wait for him to continue.

Garlan took two steps forward, and walked up to the red-armored knight who was lying on the ground without looking up. He looked down at this man with cold eyes.

"This royal knight killed two of his companions," he said.