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Thanks to the efforts of the soldiers, order was quickly restored and the assassin was caught, but unfortunately it was a corpse.

The ceremony ended in a hurry, and everyone's focus had shifted from the new king's enthronement to the assassination case.

The life or death of the assassinated Prince Claude is unknown. Representatives of the Kingdom of Hesse simply do not allow outsiders to come close to visit, even though Caesar IV has been blocked from the door in the past.

The faces of all the kingdom's top officials, including Hudson, were terrifyingly gloomy at the moment, and they were all anxiously waiting for the news.

Late at night, the Jade Palace is still brightly lit.

"Have you found out the identity of the assassin? How did he get in?"

Caesar IV asked with a livid face.

If you can't figure out Prince Claude's life or death, you can only start with the assassin, dig out the real culprit, and reduce the responsibility of the Alpha Kingdom as much as possible.

"Your Majesty, the assassin was smeared with evil potion. After we caught him, his body quickly turned into a pool of blood, leaving no valuable clues at the scene.

From people who had seen the assassin, we learned that his name was Selus, and he was a feudal baron in the Southeast Province during his lifetime.

He has never left the kingdom, so he should have nothing to do with Prince Claude, let alone hatred.

We suspect that this person is an impostor. The real Baron Selous may have been killed long ago.

Further investigation on the identity of Baron Selous requires the Southeast Province to provide relevant information. It is not ruled out that he was stimulated and wanted to take revenge on society. "

The Grand Duke of Newfoundland's answer directly pushed the southeastern province to the forefront. Hudson and Earl Pierce looked at each other with sad expressions on their faces.

“When a man sits at home, a pot comes from heaven.”

Deep down, Hudson had already greeted the Assassin's family. If you want to take the blame for something, you need to find someone with weight, but why do you want to catch "little characters" like them?

Assassinating a prince, Hudson said that his physical strength was limited and he could not bear such a big responsibility.

Originally, he thought that the current situation was quite safe. Even if a conflict broke out, the war would not spread to the southeastern provinces immediately.

There is no guarantee now. It involves the assassination of Prince Claude, and the situation has become complicated.

If nothing else happens, the Hessian Kingdom will definitely ask the Alpha Kingdom to hand over the murderer.

There is no doubt that the Alpha Kingdom simply cannot fulfill this seemingly reasonable request.

The assassin was reduced to a pool of blood, and all clues were lost here. I want to continue searching, but I don’t know where to start.

You can't find someone to take the blame, right?

Even if the Alpha Kingdom is willing to do that, there are still people who are selfless and willing to take the blame, and the Hesse Kingdom cannot accept it!

If they don't use the excuses they bring to their doorstep, wouldn't they appear to be political novices?

“Your Excellency Prime Minister, we in the Southeast Province will do our best to collect detailed information about Baron Selous.

But it would be nonsense to say that he was motivated to plan this assassination.

As a minor nobleman, under normal circumstances, he would not even have a chance to get close to Prince Claude, let alone launch an assassination.

This assassination was obviously premeditated. Otherwise, Baron Selous, who is just an intermediate knight, would be expelled by his guards even if he happened to meet Prince Claude! "

Governor Pierce retorted unceremoniously.

The blame cannot be arbitrarily taken. If it is defined as: Baron Selous was provoked and wanted to take revenge on society, so he launched the assassination, he, the governor, cannot escape the blame.

Even investigating in this direction will not work. Although Earl Pierce has always paid attention to his facial appearance, he still uses many secret and shady methods.

"Don't get me wrong, Governor. I'm just discussing the matter and I don't mean to blame you."

The Grand Duke of Newfoundland's explanation did not satisfy Earl Pierce, but the prime minister had mentioned it, and he couldn't hold on to it.

"snort!"

After giving a cold shout to express dissatisfaction, he remained silent.

It seems to be just a possibility analysis, but in fact it is an in-depth attack based on the topic.

Warn the big nobles not to do things too much, otherwise the small nobles will cause trouble and make them unable to eat.

"alright!"

"There is no need to dispute this issue. Our next task is not only to investigate the identity of the assassin and the mastermind behind it, but also to prepare for the aftermath.

No matter whether Prince Claude has an accident or not, the Kingdom of Hesse will never give up. Next is another political turmoil, and the kingdom must come up with effective countermeasures. "

As soon as Caesar IV's words fell, the hall immediately became noisy. A group of great nobles whispered among themselves and started a discussion on this matter.

With his ability to hear six ways, Hudson constantly extracted effective information from everyone's conversations. Unfortunately, no good solution was found, but a lot of bad ideas were proposed.

In fact, this kind of urgent discussion requires rapid decision-making, which does not allow the ingenuity of the great nobles to be used.

Most of the time, they first let their staff analyze various situations before choosing the plan they thought was most beneficial to implement, instead of trying to fiddle with a plan themselves.

This is also the reason why many big nobles' families are still prosperous even though their abilities are not very good. In essence, the family's training direction for them since childhood is to know and employ people...

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"Your Highness, are you feeling better?"

Count Tatara asked with concern.

As the Hessian minister to the Kingdom of Alpha, his own prince was assassinated in his area of ​​responsibility, and he could not escape the blame.

"Don't worry, Count Tatara. As soon as the assassin approached me, he was stopped by the guards. The injuries sustained during the assassination during the day were just a show for the outside world.

This is a rare good thing. Since I have caught up with it, I must get some benefits from the Alpha Kingdom! "

Prince Claude said with a smile.

assassin?

No, this is clearly his noble person.

Not to mention his professional ability, even the location for the assassination was chosen perfectly.

He has no interest at all in the mastermind behind the scenes. On this issue, the Alpha Kingdom will be more anxious than his victim.

If the host couldn't find out the culprit, he, an outsider, would be even less able to find out. Rather than wasting time here, it's better to think about how to maximize your benefits.

"Your Highness, do you mean to take the opportunity to negotiate with the Alpha Kingdom?"

Count Tatara asked pretending to be confused.

When you are a younger brother, you can't be too smart. It's okay for a feudal noble to be a bit more capable, but for a court earl like him, being smarter than the boss is the biggest taboo in the workplace.

"What are you negotiating for?

Directly ask the Alpha Kingdom to hand over the murderer and the mastermind behind it. Let’s talk about the rest after they deliver it to your door! "

Prince Claude said angrily.

How could anyone come directly to ask for benefits? If word got out, wouldn't it look like he was cheap?

No matter how great the benefits of the exchange are, as the prince of the Hessian Kingdom, they cannot be materialized.

After sending the minister, Prince Claude could not sleep all night. What happened during the day stimulated him in no small way.

But what stimulated him was not the farcical assassination, but Caesar IV who ascended the throne.

Everyone is of the same age, Caesar IV has begun to take charge of a big country, and he can only travel around on behalf of the Hessian royal family.

In fact, even the job of visiting people was something he worked hard for. Otherwise, now I can only be a rice worm in the royal capital.

They were all not sure when they were reincarnated, and were a step too late for their elder brothers. So he became the crown prince, but he was reduced to an ordinary prince.

It sounds like the prince is very awesome. He has surpassed countless people's end points since he was born, but this is also his own end point.

In the Hessian Kingdom, where hierarchies are infinitely solidified, everyone strictly guards their fiefdoms, and even the prince does not give him any extra territory.

The royal family's territory will not be easily divided. Even if it is canonized, it is only a nominal title.

When the king's father was around, he could still take the title of prince and enjoy great fame on the mainland.

Once the king's power changes, all he will be left with is a virtual title. The level of the title depends on the specific performance.

If you are excellent in all aspects and have made great contributions to the kingdom, you will have the opportunity to join the government with the title of Grand Duke.

If nothing is accomplished, what will be left for him is the empty title of earl, receiving the royalties from the royal family, and living in front of nothing.

His intuition told him that the assassination was the biggest opportunity he had ever encountered. Therefore, after the incident, the news was immediately blocked and no one was allowed to visit.

But what to do next, Claude was confused again.

The death of Caesar III was also an accident for the Principality of Hesse.

According to their previous estimates, they believed that Caesar III could live for another three to five years, and the deployment of the Alpha Kingdom was also based on their estimates.

Taking advantage of the situation, they were unprepared.

After all, there are more than just two countries in the Aslant continent. When making decisions, the reactions of all the countries in the continent must be considered.

Otherwise, it would be embarrassing if a big country jumped out to intervene just after the war was started.

What's more, the Alpha Kingdom is not a soft persimmon. Even if it has not yet recovered its strength, it cannot be defeated in a short while.

Based on Claude's understanding of his father, he would never bet aggressively on the fate of the country for such a "trivial matter".

Even if the two countries went to war, Claude didn't want it to be because of himself.

War is full of uncertainties, so it's good that the Hessian Kingdom won. If he loses, he becomes a sinner in the kingdom.

I got up from the bed, picked up a pen and paper and started writing in a hurry.

No matter what the final decision of the kingdom is, his anti-war stance must be made clear anyway. This is the political consciousness of the royal family's children.

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After leaving the palace, Hudson and Earl Pierce went to the residence of the Dalton family together. No matter what the relationship between the two was before, now they are both unlucky people in the same boat.

At this moment, all the nobles from the Southeast Province in the royal capital have gathered here to wait for the news. Seeing the two people coming in, everyone hurriedly greeted them and asked.

"Everyone, please go back to your seats and sit down! Things are more complicated than expected, and I can't explain it for a while.

The assassin sneaked in under the identity of Baron Selous. You are familiar with him. Have you noticed anything wrong with him recently? "

After hearing what Governor Pierce said, everyone hurriedly retreated and expressed that they were not familiar with Baron Selous.

News of the assassination, which took place in full public view, had already spread. A serious case of assassinating a prince of a kingdom, if you are involved in it, your life will be at risk.

No matter how good my relationship with Baron Selous is on weekdays, I must insist now: I’m not familiar with him!

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"That's enough! What I'm asking about is your relationship with Baron Selous, not the relationship with the assassin. Why are you so anxious to clear up the relationship?

Don’t I know who is not familiar with him and who is familiar with him?

If you continue to be so evasive and refuse to give an honest account, then I won't care. You can go talk to the people of the investigation team yourself! "

Governor Pierce snapped.

Is it now a matter of familiarity or not?

The key to the problem is that it must be true: the identity of Baron Selous is false, the real Baron Selous has been killed long ago, and the current assassin is an imposter.

Of course, it would be even more perfect if the body of Baron Selous could be found.

But this is almost impossible. Since people want to do this kind of thing, they will naturally handle it from beginning to end.

"Lord Governor, Baron Selous was normal along the way, but on the day before attending the ceremony, he suddenly became less talkative and hardly communicated with us.

We took the initiative to communicate with him, but he always used the excuse that His Majesty passed away and was in a bad mood to evade it! "

Baron Sikollari's words confused many people.

Baron Selous talks little to begin with, so if this is considered abnormal, then they have no normal people.

However, there are also smart people among the little nobles, and they immediately heard the implication. It didn't matter if Baron Cyrus was abnormal or not, the point was that they needed him to be abnormal now.

The assassin has turned into a pool of blood, and there is no evidence of his true identity. At this time, they only need to insist that this person is not Baron Selous, then the assassin is not Baron Selous.

"My Lord Governor, Sikollari is right. Soon after arriving in the royal capital, Baron Selous became withdrawn and stood up, basically not having contact with us.

He must not have been killed by someone. The murderer pretended to be his identity and got in..."

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The nobles in twos and threes opened their mouths to add, and the scene of Baron Selous being impersonated emerged.

"Kayo, record what everyone said and give it to the investigation team after summarizing it.

Regarding the news about Baron Selous, if there are any missing parts, everyone can directly communicate with Viscount Caillaux afterwards.

The issues we will discuss next are related to everyone’s wealth, lives, and family inheritance, so please be careful.

As the international situation continues to deteriorate, our southeastern province has also transformed from the kingdom's rear area into the front line of international conflicts.

The existence of the Blackstone Mountains has prevented countless disasters for us, but the narrowest part of the Blackstone Mountains is less than 100 kilometers away.

If someone is willing to pay a big price, it is not impossible to open a road from here.

Once the speculation becomes reality, Blood Moon County will become the frontline. It turns out that the line of defense that blocked the tide of beasts could not stop the enemy's advance.

For the strategic security of the province, after discussing with Earl Hudson, I decided to build a line of defense in Blood Moon County to prevent unexpected events! "

After speaking, Governor Pierce turned his attention to Hudson.

"I don't need to talk nonsense about the significance of building the Blood Moon Defense Line. I think everyone knows it.

The current situation in the kingdom is complicated, and we can only rely on ourselves for many things.

The Governor and I made this decision because we were forced by the situation. No one can tell whether the Hessian Kingdom will borrow the road from the Blackstone Mountains.

No one can say whether a blood moon defense line can block the enemy's advance.

But one thing is for sure, having a line of defense is definitely better than having no line of defense.

If the Blood Moon defense line is built strong enough, even if a war does break out, the enemy will choose to take a detour.

After all, there is the Blackstone Mountains behind them, and they may be attacked by monsters at any time.

Putting the army's logistics line under the eyes of Warcraft for a long time is not a good choice. "

Hudson said hard.

It is still unknown how far the Blood Moon Defense Line can play. But once this project begins, the steel industry under his command will immediately turn a profit.

The money delivered to your door is nothing if not earned.

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