Chapter 8: Undercurrents

The heavy rain poured down, and soon diluted the corpses and blood on the ground, rushed into the pond, and also washed away the blood on Lin Feng and others, and even more the traces left after the battle.

Because the horses and the grooms were all killed, Lin Feng and others could only walk on foot. They first arrived at a nearby town as fast as possible, and then found the church of Light in the town. They asked the monk Light to treat the injuries on their bodies, and rented several more carriages and set off on the road to the imperial capital overnight.

Midway through, Lin Feng remembered what happened to the Royal Guards in Bingfeng Town, so he took the initiative to tell Dandy. After hearing this, Dandy was silent for a long time before telling Lin Feng that although he had concealed many people before leaving Paul Academy, he did not conceal the emperor himself. After all, even if he wanted to conceal the emperor, he might not be able to conceal it. Instead of hiding it, it would be better to tell the emperor directly, which would leave an impression of "candidity" for the emperor.

The emperor directly under the Royal Guards himself personally controls the situation and will not leave the imperial capital without special accidents.

However, when I actually saw the Royal Guards in Bingfeng Town, it is not difficult to show that what happened to the emperor himself was probably the one who sent the Royal Guards to the Arctic Iceland to find him.

However, it was not a coincidence that the Royal Guards did not find themselves, but instead allowed the second prince to discover his traces.

But this is also good. Without the accompanying of the Royal Guards, Dandy was also hiding in the dark. I believe that even if the second prince knew about the failure of the assassination, it would probably not be easy to find Dandy's trace again.

In order to cover up, the group of eight people directly bought two simple carriages, and each changed into a set of coarse cloth clothes. In this way, no one would notice anything from the outside.

But to be more safe, Old Bart took the initiative to make a mask for everyone. Although the materials in the town were not complete, Old Bart's disguise skills were extremely superb. As long as others did not observe carefully, they could not find that everyone had masks on their faces. Old Bart seemed to have no worries about the ghost oath, and he also took the initiative to bring the mask he made.

In this way, in the midst of the storm, everyone embarked on the road to the imperial capital.

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This scene took more than three days. The sun and the moon were gone for three days, and the sky and the earth were dark, making people feel like a stone pressing there, and they couldn't breathe.

And on the evening of the third day, when the sun was about to set, Lin Feng and his party, who were struggling day and night, finally arrived at the imperial capital.

However, before the gate of this imperial capital, everyone was intercepted by soldiers guarding the city.

In order to better travel overnight, except Luo Qing, the other seven people in the two carriages exchanged turns to act as grooms day and night, and the grooms at this time were Lao Batt and Lin Feng.

When they felt the carriage stop, someone in the carriage asked what was going on. Lin Feng and Old Bart looked at each other and quietly told the person in the carriage that he had been stopped.

When everyone was stopped, they couldn't help but feel nervous.

Lin Feng and Old Bart looked at the two approaching soldiers and were even ready to defend themselves.

Fortunately, after the two soldiers came over, they just lifted the front curtain of the carriage and checked the carriage. Seeing that there was no problem, they directly let the two carriages go.

This result still made everyone feel relieved, but as soon as they entered the imperial capital, the tense atmosphere made everyone feel heavy again.

Three steps, one post, five steps, one whistle is no longer enough to describe the imperial capital at this time. I saw that there were endless garrison troops traveling back and forth on every street of the imperial capital. This is a scene that is simply unseen on weekdays.

Even Lin Feng and his group, who had just entered the imperial capital, noticed something was wrong, let alone the residents living in the imperial capital.

Although I don’t know why, anyone can see that something has happened to the empire!

Dandy looked out for a long time and then whispered to everyone: Although these people were dressed in the garrison army, they were people under the Second Prince.

Hearing Dandy's voice, everyone's hearts became heavy again.

Seeing such a strict "investigation", everyone did not dare to drive the carriage to Paul's Academy immediately, but stopped near the Chamber of Commerce in the imperial capital. After that, everyone boarded the carriage in the Chamber of Commerce, and then came to a tavern. In the tavern, eight people sat in two seats, ordered a glass of beer, and pretended to be diners in the tavern.

The reason why I came to the tavern was because there were many people here, and most of the people who often appeared in the tavern were warriors who were unsuccessful and had not even practiced fighting spirit. If they had no fighting spirit and only knew a little martial arts, they were not worthy of being called warriors.

Most of these people are unruly and will say whatever they have and will not be scruples. Therefore, everyone chose such a place, and while listening to whether they can get valuable information, they also considered ways to enter Paul's College.

After all, the entire imperial capital is filled with people from the second prince, and Paul's Academy will definitely become the focus of the second prince's surveillance. In a closed academy, there are not many people coming and going. If eight people rashly enter, they will inevitably alarm the enemy.

Anyway, I have entered the imperial capital safely now, and it will be nothing if I wait for a while.

"Hi, my friend, in the past two days, those guard dogs who eat imperial grain and do not do personnel are arrogant!" A complaining voice came from the corner.

"Shh--" Then, a very careful voice sounded: "Whatever you say, now everyone can see that the entire situation in the imperial capital is turbulent, be careful of the walls! Haven't you noticed that all the great nobles and men are closed tightly, and even the butlers who are responsible for purchasing are cautious in their daily words?"

"Hmph." The man snorted coldly in dissatisfaction, but he also agreed to this sentence, immediately shut up and changed the topic: "My friend, I heard that your eight-year-old son signed up for the Paul College this year's admissions assessment a few days ago. How is the situation?"

"Oh, don't mention it. This kid is not at all successful. He has not passed the Paul Academy assessment for two consecutive years. Now I have broken my legs and are cultivating at home!" The man couldn't help but sigh when talking about this.

The man immediately comforted him: "This is normal. Don't make things difficult for your son. For example, the admission standards of Paul College are so strict. It is not normal for those who can pass the assessment. Find another college and let him do whatever he wants to go to. After graduation, you will be attracted by a noble master. You will be well developed..."

Hearing this, the seven people sitting at the two tables couldn't help but feel their hearts moving. They looked at each other, but didn't say much. At this time, a look could convey the meaning they wanted to express.

The three-month journey to the extreme north ice field also made everyone forget that autumn is already coming, and it is the day when Paul Academy recruits new students every year. Calculate the time, starting from tomorrow, those students who have spent the long holiday will return to the academy one after another. At that time, as long as they disguised themselves and mixed in the crowd of returning to the academy, everyone had human skin masks on their faces, they didn’t have to worry about being noticed by the second prince’s eyeliner.

Realizing this problem, after everyone exchanged their eyes, they stopped staying, left the tavern, and stayed in another hotel.

But before leaving, Lin Feng obviously noticed a trace of hesitation flashing in Dandy's eyes. He silently remembered it in his heart and did not say it in person.

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At this moment, it was already dark and it was time for the forbidden night. There were no pedestrians on the roads of the entire imperial capital, but the number of patrol garrisons not only did not decrease due to this, but also increased.

In a room in a hotel in the imperial capital, Dandy turned her eyes back from the garrison outside to the room, sighed to the people sitting around, and said, "It seems that a big thing has happened in the past three months since I left. As for the situation in front of me, I must be seriously ill and I am not in the imperial capital. My second brother has successfully taken over the power for the time being and waited for me to come to the trap."

"Your Highness, don't you feel a little strange?"

Old Bart frowned, thought carefully for a moment, and then said: "If the second prince really had all the power, if you were in another place, he should have no worries. Even if he was hindered by His Majesty's remaining power, he should be the emperor first and erected the authority first. But, isn't there any news in the entire emperor now?"

"Teacher Bart, you're wrong."

Dandy shook his head slightly, pondered for a moment before saying, "Even if he has power in his hands now, it is only temporary. After all, he is just a prince. Without the status of a crown prince, he cannot ascend the throne smoothly. Moreover, he is too young and there are not many people under his command. Over the years, most nobles have chosen to rely on me. After all, I am the orthodox crown prince.

Even if he wants to ascend the throne, he must at least eliminate me and ascend the throne legitimately. Moreover, during this period, he must try his best to win people's hearts and wait until there is enough response to it to successfully ascend the throne. However, as long as he does not receive the news of my death for a day, his heart will be difficult, and the nobles who depend on me will not be at ease.

Just like the scene I heard in the tavern today, all the great nobles closed their doors and were observing the situation. As long as I was not dead, they would not dare to come forward to express their opinions. If they made a public resignation under the second brother at this time, they would certainly gain the trust of their second brother, but as long as I appeared safely, they would be finished. Therefore, they would rather give up this opportunity to make their second brother fully trust them than take this risk."

After the words came, the whole room returned to silence. Old Bart was just a simple guard, not Robert's aide, so he could not think of what happened. At this time, he heard Dandy's words and couldn't help but fall into silence.

The reason why Dandy said so many words to everyone in person shows his full trust in everyone. Seeing that everyone was not talking, he glanced around, his eyes stopped on Lin Feng, and then said, "Lin Feng, tell me what you think."

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