Quadruple split.

Chapter 398
"Prince Kang Dabo He."

Mo got up at the same time as everyone else in the room, picked up the goblet in front of him, and drank the "Lover's Drunk", which was Kunta's favorite during his lifetime, in one gulp. Nowhere else will you drink this kind of bad wine that has nothing but a rather elegant name.

After drinking the sour and astringent wine, everyone sat down again under the signal of Emperor William. Both their expressions and demeanor were completely different from a few minutes ago, and the air was filled with a dead silence that made it difficult to breathe.

Ten minutes ago, when Her Majesty the Queen, who has always been secretive, came out with William and invited the companions brought by everyone to a small-scale tea party in the garden, everyone already smelled an unusual smell, but even In this way, Earl Moody and others did not expect this matter to be so big that they could not digest it in a short time.

The criminal with the lowest status sat quietly at the end of the long table, his dark and bright eyes under the mask were full of confusion and shock, although it was difficult to show much emotion because he had hardly touched that Kunda Bohe, but a The news of the prince's death still gave him a great shock. At this moment, he could only hang his head uncomfortably, waiting for His Majesty the Emperor or other big figures to express their opinions.

Of course, this is just a superficial phenomenon
Mo, who had guessed why William summoned everyone here early on the road, could not be a bit shocked. The death of the prince who was excellent but not as talented as William was caused by him alone, so in addition to doing some crimes that should be done In addition to his reaction, Mo didn't even bother to pay any attention to this 'late bad news'.

You can guess without looking, whether it is Lord Robert Diggory, who is in charge of intelligence, Earl Moody Burke, who is in charge of the Oversight Office, and Duke Jude Fossy, who is called a model worker, must have wonderful expressions now. On the one hand, there are too many possibilities behind the death of Kang Da;
Except for Mo, who has just been conferred the title not long ago, the others present are all the right-hand men of Emperor William. Naturally, they don't know why Kang Dabo made sacrifices for the empire. Your Excellency has a very good personal relationship. Although you have always maintained a tacit understanding of treating each other coldly and ignoring each other in public, the real relationship between the two is very good. It was put forward by the mouth of the mouth and achieved a lot of results.

In the end, Kangda actually died. He who had been staying in Troon died in a confusing and silent way. Not only was no one found him missing, even the news of his death came from the King Thorn Castle in Kangda's territory. sent back!
The dignified and oppressive atmosphere lasted for several minutes, until the forehead of Earl Moody, who had been heavily fatted in recent years, was already covered with fine beads of sweat, and Duke Forsyth, who was the highest in the room besides William and Gallaghert, broke it. silence
"Your Majesty, may I ask how did Emperor Thorn Castle get the news?"

The Grand Duke, who is over fifty years old and has no background but is still in good spirits, frowned, and his low tone was mixed with some doubts: "How did they determine that His Royal Highness has been killed?"

William sighed, poured himself a glass of wine again, shook his head and said, "Don't doubt the authenticity of the news, Kangta's body was brought back to Kingthorn Castle by Butler Liszt himself and sent to Wetham. Afterwards, I asked Your Excellency the Marshal to send people and two teams of the Tsar’s Shield Guards to look for Kunta’s palace, but neither he nor Butler Liszt were there.”

"but."

Fossey wanted to say something else, obviously he felt that just that no one was found in the imperial capital was not enough to prove that Kunta had been killed, but he was interrupted by William shaking his head.

"I said, don't doubt the authenticity of the news."

William re-emphasized it with a weary face, and said slowly: "Kangta is my own brother. If I'm not sure, do you think I'll announce his death hastily?"

The implication is that the emperor himself has already confirmed it in other ways, and now he is just telling everyone the result. As for the specific method, William did not say, and no one will ask the bottom line without knowing it.

"Yes."

Seeing that His Majesty the Emperor's attitude was so certain, Fossey did not continue to say anything, but sighed heavily, his eyes slightly reddened: "Then, Your Majesty, I don't know what else Grand Duke Wetham said in the news what?"

There was a look of solemnity and pain in William's eyes, and he was silent for a long time before he took a long breath and said dryly: "Little Wittham said he got the news that I sent someone to kill his brother, even though he didn't He didn't express his attitude, but he mentioned that many high-level officials in Kangda Ling have heard the news, so... "

He sighed and didn't continue talking.

"It seems that the Emperor Thorn Castle must give us an explanation."

The slightly stooped Marquis Diggory finished speaking for William in a gloomy manner, and then couldn't help but slammed the table fiercely, shouting angrily: "Absurd! Do they really think that His Majesty will harm His Highness the Prince?!"

His anger is not unreasonable. After all, except for the criminal who has just entered the upper circles of the empire, everyone present is very clear that the reason why Kangta became the "Prince of Wastewood" is to prevent William from worrying about his future. Whoever thought that William might send someone to kill Kunta, it would be no different from pointing at His Majesty's nose and calling him a wolf.

What's more, William is not the kind of monarch who doesn't tolerate people at all. This is something everyone knows well. You must know that many people who tried to overthrow William during the turbulent years of Chauvin were later reused by the latter regardless of the past. Speaking of which, now that the empire is becoming more and more prosperous and the imperial power is becoming more stable, killing Kang Da to eliminate the hidden dangers of the throne is simply a joke, an extremely bad joke.

But someone disagrees with Duke Forsyth
"Of course we don't think so, but other people don't necessarily think so."

Garros, who was sitting opposite Fossey, shook his head. This duke who has always been obsessed with magic skills is not the kind of unreasonable youngster. On the contrary, this great magister is one of the few people in the upper echelons of the empire who can look at problems objectively. .

Duke Forsyth shook his head: "Everyone knows."

"No, not everyone knows, Jude."

Gallows, who was the same age as the other party but looked a dozen years younger than Duke Fossai, interrupted him gently, and said with a wry smile: "Just talking about Troon, except for everyone present here, it's not counted as the first time we have been involved. Mo in this circle, how many people know that His Highness the Prince is not a sensual waste, but a wise man who is no less than your Grand Duke Fosai in the field of internal affairs management and foreign affairs? How many people know that he is His Majesty and Chauvin? What did you pay?"

Before Fossey could speak, Marquis Digory frowned and said to Gallows: "I understand what you mean, Your Excellency, but I think that since His Majesty has people like us who are qualified to know the truth, Kang Daling will It is impossible for everyone except the Duke of Wetham to be ignorant of this. If the news is only spread on a small scale among the upper echelons of Kingthorn Castle, those who know His Highness the Prince's painstaking efforts will also have no reason to believe this nonsense. talk."

"You're right. Of course, there will be people in the Kangda collar who know the tacit understanding between His Majesty and the prince and brother like us." Garros nodded in agreement, then changed the subject, and said with emotion: "But they understand His Majesty?"

Lord Digory frowned in confusion: "What do you mean?"

"They're not like us."

Gallows sighed, and explained helplessly: "They may know how good His Royal Highness is, and how much he has done for the empire, but those who stay in Kangda all the year round, besides fulfilling government orders, also How many chances do they have to get to know His Majesty? They may know that His Majesty is a talented and generous monarch, but they don't necessarily know what kind of person He is, and His Highness Kang Da spends most of his time in the imperial capital, and often communicates with you and me. People exchange, that’s what makes us fundamentally different from each other.”

Earl Moody Burke, who had been silent since just now, wiped his sweat and nodded bitterly: "I think I understand the meaning of the Grand Duke. We in Troon know His Majesty and His Majesty, but the leader of Kangda Those who know that His Majesty voluntarily ruined their reputation don't know His Majesty, at least they don't know what kind of person His Majesty is, so..."

"Well, maybe you have a point."

Duke Forsyth sighed and leaned back in his chair: "But I still can't understand it. At least it is impossible for Duke Witham not to know what kind of person His Majesty is."

"I'm Little Witham's uncle, and of course he doesn't know me."

Emperor William smiled haggardly, then shook his head slightly and said, "But Kunta is his father, the father he admired and respected the most. We cannot ask a young man to remain calm and think slowly after his father was killed. Does uncle have a clear reason to kill father, what do you think?"

Everyone nodded silently, and the scene became silent again.

"ink."

At this moment, William suddenly looked at the young man sitting at the end of the long table, and asked softly, "Do you know why I called you here?"

The young viscount, who hasn't said a word since the beginning, shook his head slightly, and replied honestly: "I don't know."

"On the one hand, both Garros and the Marshal spoke highly of you, and I myself admire you as a young man."

William couldn't hide a bitter smile, and waved his hand to calm the culprit who subconsciously got up: "On the other hand, I just want to hear from you, who doesn't know Kunta well enough, and doesn't know me well enough, about this matter. What do you think?"

Mo nodded slightly, and after a moment of silence, he said slowly: "If I look at this matter from the standpoint of the Duke of Wetham, if I really get some evidence, even if it is not convincing, the authenticity will be It's open to discussion, I'm afraid I still suspect that His Majesty killed Prince Kunta."

Galahat's face turned serious, and his awe-inspiring and majestic aura subconsciously stirred up: "Nonsense."

Mo's complexion turned pale at the time, and he slumped back on the chair, holding his chest and coughing uncontrollably.

"Your Excellency the Marshal."

William frowned, and slightly shook his head at Galahart who was sitting under him: "I asked him to say it."

At the same time, Garros threw out a breeze, gently fending off the lion-like aura of the old marshal, and said with a smile: "You'd better wait until Mo's injury heals before tempering him."

"I'm fine, Your Majesty, Your Excellency the Duke."

Mo stopped coughing, took a long breath and continued: "Actually, I think the point of the matter now is not whether the Duke of Wetham or other people in Kingthorn Castle believe that His Majesty has the intention of harming others, but It's what they want to do, and how we respond."

"well said."

William nodded, then tapped on the table and said in a deep voice: "Kangda's housekeeper, Liszt, told Wetham himself that because of the fall of His Excellency Falaosis, Kangda hurriedly took him with him that night after he had a quarrel with me. They left the royal capital secretly with a small number of personal guards, trying to rush back to Kangda, but they were attacked by a group of desperadoes on the road. Among them were desperadoes from the Imperial Guard of the Tsar’s Shield.”

Everyone was shocked, as we all know that the Tsar's Shield Guards can only be mobilized by William Bohe, and the elite level (mainly because the equipment is extremely expensive) is even higher than the Tsar's Sword Knights. It is impossible to obey the command of anyone other than William, so their appearance means that
Duke Fossey's face became serious, and he asked in a low voice: "Is the situation true? Your Majesty."

William shook his head: "How is it possible? During this period of time, all the Imperial Guards were stationed in Troon, and no one was missing. It is impossible for someone to leave the imperial capital without authorization to attack Kangda with some desperadoes, but"

"Three sets of special armor and weapons of the Praetorian Guards have been lost."

Galahat narrowed his eyes and said in a low voice, "The time of the theft is unknown."

Marquess Digory clenched his fists tightly, and said through gritted teeth, "There are people with ulterior motives who want to provoke the relationship between His Majesty and the Duke of Wetham, and even killed His Royal Highness for this!"

Everyone nodded, which was the most likely reason.

"I think so too."

William also nodded, with uncontrollable anger brimming in his eyes. After a while, he finally sighed helplessly: "But the most urgent task now is how to give an explanation to King Thorn Castle. After that"

The always so amiable emperor took a deep breath, his expression became cold and stern: "Let's think about how to give Kangta an explanation."

Chapter Three Hundred and Ninety Five: The End

(End of this chapter)