Otherworld Qin

Chapter 519 546 Homicide 3
Troubles always come one after another, which makes people unable to deal with it. A test to choose a new king has already implicated almost all the nobles in Calais. There were even two murders in succession, and all of them were unsolved cases.But within a few days of this trouble, new bad news came from the swamp. The ten princes who were eager to go out led an army of [-] conscripts to walk in a dense forest in the swamp, and were suddenly ambushed. Unfortunately, the ten princes were shot by an arrow and died on the spot. .

The body of the tenth prince was sent back to the royal capital of Calais. His mother was crying until she died, and the nobles who supported him were also full of despair. They thought that sending troops as soon as possible would give them the upper hand, at least in terms of attitude.But I didn't expect that the [-] troops organized hastily were vulnerable to the orcs. Not only did they lose more than half of them in an ambush by the opponent, but they even caught the hope of the family.

Under the auspices of several cautious nobles, regardless of the resolute objection of the princess, the coffin of the tenth prince was opened, and a tragic scene was exposed in front of his eyes. The arrow pierced through his body, and the entire armor was riddled with holes.

The princess cried several times and passed out. The nobles prepared for the heroic martyrdom prince to re-encoffin. When the prince was carefully dragged out of the broken armor, a section of arrowhead suddenly appeared. It was obvious that the subordinates were in a hurry to arrange the body and did not pay attention. arrive.

Resisting the panic in his heart, a nobleman stretched out his hand to grab the arrowhead and wanted to pull it out, but the coagulated blood stuck tightly to it. In addition, the arrowhead was sharp and smooth, and a swipe of his hand cut a hole in his palm, and the blood spurted out immediately. come out.In pain, he hastily withdrew his hand, but still let his own blood stain the scar on the tenth prince's body.

After scoured by hot blood, a piece of blood on the arrowhead was washed away, revealing a word symbol. At first, no one noticed it. When they found tools to remove the arrowhead, they suddenly found the symbol, and everyone immediately panicked. She was stunned, her face pale.

Because the arrowhead was not used by the orcs, but the three-bladed arrowhead of the Calais heavy crossbow, some people suspected that the orcs captured it and used it in the ambush, but when several relatives insisted, they carefully inspected all the ten princes' wounds Check it again, this is almost equivalent to dissecting the corpse, and the princess, who was already in grief, passed out directly.

The results shocked everyone. After dissection, several broken arrowheads were found in the body, and two tail feathers were stuck under the bones. Looking at the wounds on the body, all of them were caused by the three-edged arrows of the Calais heavy crossbow.

If it was an orc, even if they captured the heavy crossbow arrows, because they are good at using longbows, they will definitely modify them.Orcs' arrow shafts are longer, and their tail feathers are also longer, and they are in the form of double flying feathers, not the three-winged feathers of crossbow arrows. From this, we can draw a conclusion that the tenth prince may not have died in the hands of orcs, but died. In the hands of the Calais himself.

The murderer is likely to be the regular army of Calais.Who gave them the guts to dare to assassinate a prince?After contacting a few things, the answer was ready to come out. Why was the heir of the Argris family killed, and then the ten princes were buried in the swamp, and then died at the hands of the Calais regular army?
I'm afraid that the murderer is the Argris family, because only they with heavy soldiers in their hands can carry out this big case of killing the prince so secretly, and they can push it to the orcs afterwards, so that no one knows it.This method is really clever and tight, but it's a pity that people are not as good as heaven, and in the end it was blessed by the spirit of the ten princes, who left enough evidence in his precious body.

Through the mouths of the nobles who participated in the autopsy, the news spread throughout the capital as if it had grown wings. After the news spread, almost everyone believed this speculation. Of course, some of them really hoped to find the culprit as soon as possible. And more people want to see this result.

The Argris family enjoys the highest honor in Calais. Of course, this is all due to their powerful force. In countless cruel wars, every tragic battle will see the young figure of this family.Some even say that half of the glory of New Calais is forged by the blood of the Argris family.

A family enjoying supreme glory, why did they do this?I'm afraid it's not just for the battle for the throne, it is very likely that the Argris family has already obtained evidence that the heir of their family died at the hands of the tenth prince.

The tenth prince sent someone to assassinate the heir of the Argris family, probably because he was unable to win over the family, and he was angry after seeing him openly support the third prince, but this reckless action ended up ruining his own life.

These rumors began to circulate among the Calais nobles, and the more they spread, the more they seemed to be the truth. Some people came up with more favorable evidence, saying that it was a letter written by a Calais soldier who was hunted down afterwards, telling his family Encounter, said that he received a secret order from the upper peak to sneak into the swamp to ambush a team of orcs. Almost all the soldiers with him were marksmen, and they were from different teams. Almost everyone didn't know each other. They only knew the time and place. He was concentrated in a secret military camp and was brutally strangled to death. Only he survived and escaped.

Who can mobilize the army so easily?It must be a big man with military power in his hand.Who can clearly grasp the movements of the ten princes who hastily raised troops?Of course, it is still a big man who has to hold military power.Who's in charge at Calais?The answer seems to be extremely clear, the Argris family!
A lot of evidence points directly at the Argris family.Immediately pushed this family to the trial stand for killing the prince.But just as the rumors spread and became a hot topic of discussion in the streets and alleys, even in the deep palace, the newly re-elected heir of the Argris family was assassinated again.

This time the heir was traveling in a carriage, and was attacked by a group of archers. Their goal was very clear. On a narrow street, they easily let go of the carriage in front, and then the roofs on both sides of the street fell down. A large number of horse barriers blocked the heir's carriage, and then all arrows were fired, and the newly elected heir of the Argris family was brutally shot into a hedgehog before he could sit still.

After a round of arrow rain attacks, all the assassins drifted away like a cloud of smoke, leaving no trace behind.The feathered arrows used are quite complicated, and there are almost all kinds of styles, which seem to be made by orcs.How could there be a large number of orc shooters in an important town in Calais?This is obviously trying to cover up the obvious, and the death of the heir is strikingly similar to that of the ten princes, all of whom were pierced to death by thousands of arrows.This has to be questioned.

Even a fool could see that this was the crazy revenge of the forces behind the ten princes, and wanted to avenge their master in this way, but in such a sensitive period, could these nobles really do such a crazy move?Don't forget that the Argris family is not a soft persimmon. Although the family has declined a little in recent years, and even the most powerful generals have been stationed in the swamp for decades, no one dares to touch this sleeping beast. lion.

But the fact is right in front of him. The tenth prince said that he was robbed and killed by the orcs, but the arrowheads on his body were the standard equipment of Calais.The heir of the Argris family clearly died in Calais, but the arrows on his body were as messy as those of orcs.This is clearly a blatant slap in the face.If your Argris family dares to commit crimes in the name of orcs, then I can also use the name of orcs to take revenge.

Some people even deliberately spread the matter, and it immediately became the talk of the people in the streets and alleys.Rumors are like a storm rolling the already turbulent undercurrent unknowingly raging.With the spread of rumors, things may have deviated from the truth, but the results it caused are more terrifying and uncontrollable.

The royal family began to feel uneasy, perhaps because of the appointment of the crown prince, or to appease the Argris family.Criminal departments around the country began to arrest people who spread rumors, and even some prominent figures in the local area were brutally assassinated because they talked about these things.The Calais military and political houses also tried to cover up these bloody facts, but they couldn't cover up the people's mouths.In each of these bloody cases, large or small, it seems that an invisible black hand is lurking, constantly stirring up the vortex of terror.

Calais, large and small cities, was haunted by unrest.This has seriously affected the commercial operation of Calais. Even the shops in the imperial capital have experienced an unprecedented depression. Except for the necessities of life, people rarely patronize the shops, for fear of being involved in trouble at some point.At night, the streets are even more deserted, even if there are a few passers-by occasionally, they are in a hurry.

Many people began to worry that the foundation of the empire would be shaken if the quarrel continued, but some nobles were secretly happy. They were more willing to believe that these things were the fierce confrontation between the Argris family and the family behind the ten princes. This is just the beginning, and it will turn into a protracted bloody revenge battle in the future. I am afraid that more and more families and royal family members will be involved, and eventually there will even be a situation where the nobles of Calais are completely reshuffled.

Reshuffle, what a tempting word, how many families have struggled for so many generations, just to be able to rank among the first-line ranks, but the almost harsh hierarchy of Calais suppressed them there and could not stand up.But now an opportunity has come, a chance to reshuffle the cards. If those old powerful nobles fall one after another in this battle for the crown prince, then they will become the upstarts of the empire.

What an exciting tide, but it is also extremely dangerous. If you are not careful, you may be swept up by the huge waves and fall hard on the rocks, or even lose your bones. However, driven by huge interests, countless The small and medium-sized families still quietly plunged into the undercurrent.

Now all the spearheads are pointing at the Argris family. It seems that this powerful family is the source of evil and the real culprit of all the murders in Calais. Public opinion has pushed them to the forefront, and they have forgotten that they were also responsible for this incident. Among the victims, after all, successive heirs were killed, and those who lost were all outstanding children in the family.

The people are not without sympathy, but what they know and see is far from being able to refute the rumors they heard. Under the intentional or unintentional spread, this family seems to have been stripped of its former glory, and even the third prince they supported It was also smeared with dazzling blood.

In this way, not only the third prince, who has just received reinforcements, will become the target of public criticism, but other princes will also become pitiful victims in this bloody political conspiracy. Who will inherit the throne in the end?The public has no way to care, what they care about is the increase in rice prices and the inconvenience caused by frequent searches and even irregular inspections caused by these things.The middle and small nobles also showed appropriate indifference, because they had already made plans in their hearts, and they had already shown their favor to their favorite master secretly. Not as calm as the surface.

The repeated blows made Theodore's body even heavier, and the effect of drunkenness was constant remorse, which made him even more unbearable. He was no longer able to preside over the overall situation, and the royal family really didn't have anyone who could convince the public to choose to preside over the overall situation. This made the gamble of establishing the crown prince more difficult and dangerous.

Those high and mighty families also began to calm down slowly, and began to carefully examine the current situation, rather than take rash measures, for fear that their opponents would seize the opportunity and put themselves to death.This led to an unprecedented period of peace in the upper class. Those dudes who flaunted their presence in the market on weekdays disappeared, and those aristocratic ladies who showed off their splendor at various banquets also disappeared. Some of them were only superficially quiet. asphyxia.

There is a sense of restlessness in the air, as if the earth is baked on a rainless summer day, and everything around seems to be tense to burst into flames.This is the precursor of a truly terrifying storm, and I'm afraid that the sky will collapse next.

(End of this chapter)