In an ordinary villa outside Franck, a middle-aged man was angrily wandering around the study.

He is the Earl of Darkru who is proficient in transformation magic.

Unlike usual, he did not dress as a scholar.

The luxurious silk pajamas draped on him proved that he had just woken up from his sleep.

Just now, a shocking news came from his eyeliner. An hour ago, on Shantrongen Avenue, His Highness the Princess Deli and the little heir of Sethburg were attacked in the restaurant.

Upon hearing the news, the Count immediately jumped out of the bed.

He didn't even have time to change his pajamas, so he summoned everyone around him and ordered them to summon all the people at the captain level or above in the city to this place.

In addition, he also instructed his most trusted assistant to use the eyeliner that he had always been hiding very deeply and easily contacted to investigate the incident in detail.

After sending all his subordinates out, the count kept going around in the study.

This incident was too unexpected to him.

Franck is an extremely huge city. It is not easy to gather dozens of people scattered among them in such a huge city in a very short time, and to guard against the king's spies along the way.

However, his subordinates did it after all, and all those sent to Franck were the most loyal and obedient soldiers under the prince.

Moreover, the huge security passage that the prince spent a huge price in the capital was also proved to be very efficient.

The captain, staff officer, and liaison officer gathered in the hall downstairs. They were dressed in various clothes, including merchants, scholars, buddies, and coachmen.

Everyone's face showed an extremely solemn expression.

The rapid sound of footsteps from the ceiling above my head added a bit of sadness to everyone.

Earl Darkru was wandering around the study with great worries, and suddenly there was a knock outside the door.

"Have everyone arrived?" Earl Darkru asked in a low voice.

"According to your order, a total of twenty-three members above the captain have arrived, but there are still three of them who are still unable to contact us." The general manager replied truthfully.

"Who?" A heavy shout came from the study room, and the murderous intent condensed in it made the housekeeper almost breathless.

"Mr. Sel'er, Staff Sby, Captain Hann, the Third Squad." The housekeeper replied quickly.

The study room was silent for a moment, and suddenly the door was suddenly opened.

Earl Darkru, dressed in pajamas, came out of the study and walked straight downstairs.

The waiting subordinates stood up respectfully when they heard the footsteps coming from the stairs.

"Is there any further information?" the Count sat down on the sofa in the middle and asked.

"Sir, my subordinates feel extremely strange. On the surface, this fight seems to be an accident. The two sides of the fight are smugglers in the city. Moreover, the conflict between them has a long history. It is not surprising that the fight occurred. What is strange is that the time and place of the fight occurred. This fight seems to be intentionally trying to bring His Royal Highness from the Deli to the Kingdom of the Kingdom and the heir of the Lord of the Serth Fort. Moreover, the fight in the past will never affect others." A staff officer stood up and said.

"Has the 'spike' been reported?" Earl Darkru asked with a frown.

"Sir, the report of the 'Spike' is roughly the same, but he mentioned that from the testimony of the attacker, it was known that the attack had been arranged a month ago. The leader of the smuggler who was hacked to death would go to the mistress's house on Shantrongen Avenue to have fun every month. When he was killed, he originally planned to go to the jewelry store to choose jewelry for his mistress."

"The same reason why the princess was going to the accident site, but she chose another one. By the way, the place where the incident happened to Lord Earl was the most concentrated road in the jewelry store. More than a dozen largest jewelry stores in Frank have shops there."

The butler carefully said everything he knew, savvyly and concisely.

"Strange - it's so weird." Earl Darkru pondered.

"It's not like an accident that happens by chance, nor is it like a deliberately arranged killing. No matter what aspect it looks like... What do you think, staff members?" Earl Darkru asked with a frown.

"Sir, in my opinion, this must have been arranged in advance. The rogue fight will never hurt passers-by. This is the rule. Moreover, the princess is always hard to defend and cannot get close to it. This time she only took the heirs of Sersi Castle out. Where have the two inseparable knights gone?" After whispering, another staff officer stood up and said.

"Tell me more about your guesses."

Earl Darkru nodded and said, "He has not thought about this possibility."

"Sir, it is probably only those in Sethborough who can make such arrangements. They are probably the ones who are making trouble behind the scenes. The reason for doing so is nothing more than two. It may be to let the lord of Sethborough heir to take this opportunity to stage a hero to save the beauty, with the intention of bringing Sethborough closer to the relationship between Sethborough and Delizhi, or to take this opportunity to resolve the Princess of Delizhi and completely break the relationship between the king and the Kingdom of Delizhi." The staff officer explained.

Another elderly staff officer stood up next to him and said:

"Yes, let the princess not take escorts, and the place where the fight happened was right next to the jewelry store chosen by the princess. It was possible to accurately grasp the time of the fight. If you want to do all this, you must not count the people of Sethburg. The people of Sethburg were originally experts in this field, not to mention that the thieves were already close to smugglers, and only they could arrange a fire between smugglers."

After listening to the staff's description, the count shook his head slowly:

"This trick is not the style of those southerners. If this thing is arranged by Sethborough, it should look like a dance drama. The southerners are very good at acting. They have the best actors and the script writers are also masters. This heir storm completely proves this, but this incident is like a juggling no matter how you look at it."

"People who are used to writing dance dramas may even want to rehearse juggling." A staff officer said softly.

The count did not answer, he held his head with his hands and leaned against the back of the sofa and said:

"Now, who in the capital city wants to be unfavorable to His Highness the Princess or the heir of Sethburgh, please tell me."

The elderly consultant said with his finger:

"There are many people who want to be unfavorable to the heirs of Sethborough. His Majesty the King is the most urgent one. Some people in the Magic Association may also hope that this magical genius will die. Sethborough also has some enemies, such as the Mathil family who defected to the princess, the family to which the Earl Robert belongs, etc. As for those who want to be unfavorable to the Princess Deli, I'm afraid only those in the Elder's House."

Earl Darkru shook his head and said:

"You have missed a lot of people. I believe that those Delixes don't want to see the heirs of the Lord of Serth in the world. For national interests and the potential of the little magician, in a sense, killing the heirs of the Lord of Serthes may be more important than the purpose of their mission this time. Everything that happened in the Bart Forest was definitely not an accident. "Split Wind" is not an idiot. If those Delixes do not make any special moves, they will not disperse their strength to deal with both targets at the same time. Killing people afterwards is the right choice."

"I believe that those people in Serthburg will not be able to get along with the Delixe. The opponents who once fought against each other may be able to become friends, but the opponents who conspired to plot against each other will never shake hands and make peace."

"Also, you said it too general. King, we, Serthburg, Delizhi, the Magic Society and the Elders' House are not monolithic. Just take your opinion on Delizhi. That agreement made His Majesty ecstatic, but Marquis Keane would probably cry in private. If it weren't for his pedanticism, I might have suspected that he was manipulating everything behind the scenes. Serthburg would probably be even more complicated. The lord's heir and his guardian are the same faction, the officials of Serthburg are another faction, and the merchants in Southport have their own thoughts."

"In fact, what I worry most is ourselves. I hurriedly gather you together in order to find out whether our people will intervene in this incident."

Hearing the words of Earl Darkru, everyone shook their heads repeatedly.

Lord, what you mean is that Sel's chances were probably arranged for this killing game. His stupidity is well known. Because of his stupidity, the prince has lost a powerful magician for nothing, and even lost the great opportunity to snipe the envoy." A captain suddenly said.

"Fuck, Sel'er is indeed an arrogant bastard and blindly believes in his force. However, he is not a guy who does half of his work. If he is involved in this matter, he will never let the princess and the heirs of Selsburg. Moreover, he, who has fought with the heirs of Selsburg, will definitely be equipped with sufficient equipment. He is at least not an idiot who made two mistakes in the same thing." Earl Darkru angrily rebuked.

"Thank you, your praise, I didn't expect that you would value me so much as a bastard." A young man's voice came from the door.

Earl Darkru sat upright, and he could not be too unreasonable to Sel'er.

"What are you doing?" the butler next to him asked.

Sel's own question did not answer the butler's question. He sat down on the sofa opposite the count and said:

"I transferred Sbai and Hann, and I will take responsibility for them."

"What did you do?" Count Darkru asked the same question.

"I'm walking around the city and seeing who seems unnatural. I'm more familiar with everything here than you," said Sel's.

After hearing what Sel's words, Count Darkru was excited.

When the news came, his first reaction was that Princess Delizhi's assassination would affect the entire operation.

Moreover, the Legal Affairs Bureau will inevitably search for suspected members in the city. This will be the best excuse to arrest their subordinates by justifiably. It can even put the blame on the prince. It is too easy to fabricate the charges.

Another idea is that he himself dared not guarantee that this incident was not planned by his subordinates.

The most suspicious one is the guy in front of you.

However, as more and more information and more clear events become, the possibility of one's own attack has become extremely small.

He was a little relieved and had never thought about whether other people related to this stakeholder had any abnormal behavior.

This time, Sel's first move was better.

"Have you found anything?" asked Count Darkru.

"It shouldn't be the plan of Serthburg. Now there are thieves hiking around in the capital. The two figures are all in the Law and Political Department. They also don't look like they are the best. The "Abandoned Palace" has become a mess. The magician named Og arrived at the scene and looked strange. It must be looking for clues. The old guys in the Elders' Court could not read them all one by one. They only knew that the "Old Horse Dog" didn't care about this news at all. He selected horses and jockeys in the horse farm. After the king heard the news, he rushed to the "Abandoned Palace" immediately, but his appearance made people feel that he was acting and he was so attentive." Sale Ott said.

"Can it be the 'old groom'? Or your majesty?" Earl Darkru frowned and said to himself: "Which target is the target? Princess Delizhi? Or the heir to Sethborough?"

"I suspect that the target of this incident is not to assassinate those two people at all," said Sel'ot.

"Have you found anything?" asked Count Darkru.

"Didn't you just say that I am not the kind of person who knows the strength of my opponent but still holds a stupid killing game?"

Sel'ert held the corner of his mouth and sneered:

"I think neither the 'old groom' nor the others are such idiots."

"Their target was not assassination, but to disrupt the situation?" Earl Darkru frowned even more.

If this assumption is true, then every force in the capital may be the main messenger who planned all this.

"I went to the scene to investigate. The attackers were mobs, not even street thugs. They were also in scattered against those two little guys. After entering the restaurant, they were still crowded at the door. I thought, if we knew that the opponent was a magician, no one would do this." Sel's Otter said.

The Count pondered for a while and ordered to the person next to him:

"Everyone has heard it clearly. Now for us, the situation is quite bad. After we go back, we warn our brothers that if the spies from the Law and Political Department are arresting people, we will never resist."

After saying this, he turned his head and said to the butler:

"It seems that we have to use the eyeliner arranged by the prince and give orders to let those eyeliners move around and make this matter bigger. This will inevitably make it difficult for His Majesty and the Law and Political Department to explain this matter."

Speaking of this, he also sneered: "Since someone wants to make the situation confused, then we will also add some effort to make Frank even more confused."

"Since it is not good for us, don't let others get cheaper, right?" Seloder obviously understood the intention of Earl Darkru.

"You are very smart. Since we fell into the water, we have to drag a few people into the water, let Serceborough and Delizhi be suspicious of each other, use public security issues to suppress His Majesty and the Legal Affairs Office, let those detained and investigated suppress the Elders' House, and let Franck's civilians criticize the Legal Affairs Office and the Supervisory Office. In short, don't let anyone be idle. Perhaps this will be a good opportunity for us." The count's smile appeared on the corner of his mouth.

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Returning from the Legal Affairs Department, Rebo and Eckert felt exhausted, and for both of them, the day was extremely bad.
To be continued...