Looking at the clearly visible scratches on the man's arm, and his subordinates whose necks were twisted and died flashed in his mind, a burst of anger swelled from the bottom of Sage's heart.
"Prince Garland, he is the murderer?!"
Sage's angry shout made the man kneeling on the ground tremble even more. And his roaring voice was very loud, and at this moment, the silent square was even louder, so that everyone who retreated around could hear it clearly.
So, with a bang, the whole square exploded.
Almost all the people in the square looked at that person and started talking.
Garlan stood there, looking at the shivering man kneeling in front of him, pondering, not paying much attention to the situation around him for a while.
And Sage suddenly rushed over and opened his mouth with an angry shout, which suddenly woke him up from his thoughts.
He glanced sideways at Sage, and his face showed a bit of astonishment. He was probably a little surprised that Sage, who was supposed to be on the high platform, suddenly ran to his side.
He blinked, glanced at Sage, and then turned back to look at the kneeling man.
It was a servant.
This kind of person can be seen everywhere in the palace, and this person has a very ordinary face, so if you look at it at a glance, it will not leave a lot of impression.
At this moment, the attendant knelt on the ground, lowered his head deeply, and shivered violently.
Without waiting for Garlan to speak, Sage, who was in anger at this moment, couldn't bear it any longer. He directly stretched out his hand and picked up the man whole.
Then, as soon as he turned around, he dragged the man away.
The people who formed a circle all avoided one way, and watched Sage abruptly drag the attendant along the steps to the high platform.
Garland just stretched out his hand, but before he could stop it, Sage was already dragging him up the steps.
He scratched his head.
A fluffy brain came closer, the wet and warm nose pressed against his face, and the thick mane swept across his cheeks. Obviously, Nerga shifted her attention to others because of Gallan. , a little unhappy, and arched Garlan to return his attention to himself.
Garland hurriedly put his arms around the big head and rubbed, touched, and coaxed, which made Nega satisfied. He shook his head for a while, whispered lowly, and rubbed Garland's head again. , snorted proudly.
This mighty and terrifying big lion acted coquettishly towards the boy like a kitten, making the people around him stunned.
Everyone immediately felt that the noble and majestic image of the big lion collapsed in their hearts.
However, the majestic image collapsed and collapsed, and they still had a deep sense of fear for this beast.
So when Gallan walked out with Nega, they slammed back and avoided it even more.
Garlan and Nega followed Sarge along the steps to the high platform, and the eyes of everyone in the square followed them closely, converging on the high platform.
The head of the Sage threw the attendant he dragged up onto the high platform.
He said, "This guy is the murderer of my subordinates!"
His words made the head guard who came over, as well as the noble ministers on the other side, all showed stunned expressions. Their eyes were full of disbelief, and they looked at the attendant who was suddenly identified as the murderer by Sage. .
And that attendant not only didn't resist when he was dragged up the steps by Sage, but when he was thrown to the ground by Sage, he slumped on the ground like a mass of mud, curled up and didn't dare to move.
Apparently, he was so scared that he was so stiff that he couldn't move, his face was pale and pale, and his whole body was trembling.
How cowardly and timid he looked, not only those noble ministers, but even the captain of the guard showed disbelief.
He looked at Sage, frowned and asked, "How do you think he is the murderer?"
How do you look at this trash, it doesn't look like it can kill people
The above sentence, in order to save face for Sage, he did not ask directly.
Garlan also walked the steps with the big lion unhurriedly, but he hadn't come up yet.
And Sage feels that since the murderer has been found out, there is no need to keep what Prince Gallan said to himself that day, and he can say it outright now.
"Look at his arm!"
He answered curtly.
Everyone's eyes fell on the arm of the servant who was lying on the ground.
The attendant's right arm has several deep scars that look like it was caught by something.
"My subordinates resisted before they died, scratching the killer's arm."
Sage has a straight personality, he used to say anything, and he couldn't do things like rob others of credit.
Therefore, he calmly told the person who came up with this method.
"Prince Garlan saw that there are black lumps of flesh and blood that have solidified in the nails of my subordinate's remains." He stared at the real murderer and said, "The scratches on his arms are proof! "
Scratches on arms
Everyone was stunned for a moment, and they all reacted immediately.
I see.
Prince Garland said that using lions to test liars was just a pretense to find people with scratches on their arms in the palace
I'm afraid it was because I was worried that the news would be leaked in advance, so I just kept it from everyone.
Well - this method is right, it's a bit reliable.
Prince Gallan, ahem, he's still a little clever.
At first, those who thought Garlan's behavior was absurd thought so in their hearts. The big noble who directly said that Prince Garlan's behavior was like a child's play coughed twice, a little embarrassed, but found that everyone was not paying attention. After he was on himself, he was relieved.
Is this the real purpose of Prince Gallan
The elderly You Sixiang thought to himself, looking at the attendant lying on the ground, frowning slowly again.
wrong.
he thinks.
Although Prince Gallan's method seems to be effective, it cannot hold up in several aspects.
He frowned, and glanced sideways from the corner of his eyes.
The old man looked at the chief director who was sitting not far from him. The chief director who frowned slightly at first and didn't say a word had laughed at some point, and the wrinkles on his face seemed to stretch a lot.
Obviously, this chief director must have seen something to reveal such a relieved look.
"You mean, the man with the scratch on his arm is the murderer?"
The captain of the guard frowned.
“… no, no… no!”
The attendant, who was lying on the ground tremblingly like a puddle of mud, after the initial panic passed, immediately struggled and shouted when he heard this.
"It's not me! I, I didn't... How dare I, no, I really didn't kill it!"
He stammered and wanted to get up to defend himself, but probably because his hands and feet were weak, he couldn't sit up after thrashing on the ground a few times, and could only howl.
"I, my injury, yes, yes, it's that..."
He looked like he was about to cry.
"I-I serve the hounds in the palace. This, this injury was scratched by the hounds. Those of us who serve hounds often have scars like this on the arms - no, it's not just me."
"Really! When adults go to our place, they will know that there are many people with scars on their hands and bodies, because if they are not careful, they will be bitten or caught by hounds."
He frantically said a bunch of things like pouring beans into a bamboo tube, and then he really cried when he collapsed on the ground.
"I really didn't do anything to kill, how can I have the courage... And, besides, I'm a servant who serves hounds, how can I kill the knight-sama!"
The attendant's remarks silenced the noble ministers for a moment.
No matter how they looked at it, they didn't think that the frightened guy in front of them was a warrior who could kill a royal knight.
"Captain Sage, are you mistaken?"
The Chief of Guards approached Sarge and said in a low voice.
"This guy doesn't look like he can kill."
As a martial artist, he didn't feel the slightest threat from this attendant. This was an ordinary, even cowardly person.
He was stunned for a moment by what the attendant said, and when the captain of the guard said this, Sage frowned, and his face became colder and stiffer.
He said coldly, "That's just what he pretended to be!"
After he finished speaking, he stepped forward abruptly, pulled out the long sword from his waist, and stabbed the servant who was still on the ground in the throat—
No matter how disguised a person is, when faced with a life-and-death crisis, their body will react instinctively.
Sage stabbed this sword to break the man's disguise.
However, seeing that the tip of the sword was about to penetrate the man's throat, the man still did not respond at all.
Sage's mind moved, and his wrist turned sharply.
The tip of the sword rubbed the edge of the man's throat dangerously and dangerously, cutting a bloody hole.
With a bang, the long sword sank half into the high platform.
The attendant who had been sitting on the ground in a daze, did not finally react until the long sword pierced the ground, and let out a scream.
As he howled and shivered, a pool of water stains appeared under his buttocks in full view.
He was shivering uncontrollably.
That ugly and embarrassing appearance made the noble ministers next to him show contempt and disgust.
However, in this way, everyone felt that this kind of guy could not be a murderer.
The head guard squatted down, stretched out his hand and squeezed the shivering attendant's arm and shoulder a few times, and pressed his chest again.
He shook his head.
He could clearly feel that this attendant's body did not have the strong muscles that martial practitioners have. The flesh was loose, and there was even fat on his stomach. Such a person would definitely not be a martial artist.
Sage stood on the spot with a look of astonishment, his mind was a little confused.
He tried it out, this attendant was not pretending, he really had no force.
How could an unarmed squire kill a royal knight
And at this moment, the incontinent attendant shivered as he desperately stretched his fingers to the bottom of the square.
"Big, lord... woo woo... it's not me... woo, look below, there is a companion of mine, who also has scratches similar to mine - and others too... woo woo, I'm not... "
The attendant cried heartbreakingly and miserably. Although his appearance was extremely ugly, it aroused the sympathy of many people.
They all thought to themselves, could it be true that the rumors that Prince Garland wanted to find a scapegoat to exonerate Prince Heimos
At first, they thought that Prince Gallan, who has the name of justice, should not do such a thing, right
But now that I look at it like this, I suddenly feel suspicious in my heart.
At this moment, the Chief Secretary, who had been silent for a long time, got up.
Under the gazes of everyone, he walked towards Garland, who had come to the high platform.
As he walked, he shook his head and sighed.
"Prince Garland, stop here."
He said, "If the scar on the arm is evidence, the 'murderer' is not the only one who can be identified."
He looked at Garlan gently with an expression that tolerated the child's mischief.
"No matter how much you want to help Prince Heimos, you can't just arrest someone and call him a murderer."
He said in a coaxing tone of voice, "However, you are already very smart to find out that there are scratches on the murderer's arm. It's just that he is too young to think about it."
"Even if the murderer has scratches on his arms, he can completely cover up with a little more wounds on his arms, and he can even try to get some wounds on other people's arms, so that he can fish in troubled waters and make that person his scapegoat."
He smiled.
"Do you think so, Prince Gallan? Since you have a reputation for being wise, you should have thought of this."
The Chief Secretary seemed to say this casually, and many people immediately thought of Prince Heimos.
You know, when Heimos came back, there was a burn on his arm, which many people saw, and both hands were tightly wrapped in bandages.
In this way, maybe it was really to cover up the previous scratches...
Under the eyes of everyone who suddenly realized, the chief director stood firmly on the high platform, smiling.
Countless people began to whisper, and there was a buzzing sound in the square, and many people began to cast their doubts on Prince Garland.
The reputation of Prince Garland has always been very good in the palace.
And now, they couldn't help but begin to doubt.
As a wise prince, how could he do something like wronging an innocent person
And, from the beginning to the present, everything the prince has done feels absurd.
Just like what the Chief Secretary said, since he has the name of being wise, why didn't he even think about the things the Chief Secretary said
This prince doesn't seem as wise as rumored.
Feeling that everyone started to look at Prince Garlan with suspicion, the chief secretary was in a better mood, because things were developing as he thought.
He continued: "Prince, without definite evidence, you can't arbitrarily designate others as murderers, understand?"
Under everyone's skeptical, puzzled, or other meanings, the young man who gently stroked the mane of the big lion beside him looked calm.
He looked at the chief director with a puzzled look.
"Did you make a mistake, Chief." he asked. "What did I say he was the murderer?"
The chief director, who was smiling gently, was choked like this and suddenly remembered.
From beginning to end, Sage said that this attendant was the murderer, and Gallan just stood in front of this attendant.
He didn't even open his mouth to say that the attendant was the murderer.
It seems that this is a plan to deny the account, to preserve his reputation as much as possible.
The chief secretary sneered in his heart.
However, he still looked kindly and asked, "You mean, this person is not the murderer?"
"Well..."
The boy tilted his head and pondered.
"It's a little hard to say, and I can't say no at all, after all..."
His eyes rolled slightly, and he didn't speak again.
"Prince of Garland."
The chief director felt that Gallan was planning to use specious words to play a rogue.
Therefore, he lowered his face slightly, and began to speak in the tone of an elder who taught an ignorant child.
"Everything has to be done in moderation. So many people are here not to play games with you and your lion, but because you said you could find the murderer today, but now - um!!"
Probably aware of the Chief Secretary's malice towards Garlan, the big lion who had been quietly beside Garlan suddenly turned his head and stared at the Chief Secretary with burning coal-like eyes. As if he was about to attack, he let out a low roar at the chief.
That sudden roar, and the terrifying eyes of the big lion staring at him, even the chief director was taken aback and barely controlled himself not to shout, but he still took a step back subconsciously.
"Prince, what are you going to do?!"
Although his face seemed calm, there was still a hint of panic in the voice of the Chief Secretary.
There are very few people in this world who do not feel panic in the face of a ferocious and terrifying lion.
The boy who was one of them ignored the chief and rubbed Niega's big head as a reward.
Nega turned her head and whispered a few times to Garlan, rubbing it, satisfied.
Armed with Nergan's big fluffy head, Garlan turned his head.
"...It's almost there."
he muttered to himself.
"Prince Garland, what are you..."
The chief director stabilized his mind and wanted to continue to persecute Garlan.
However, as soon as he opened his mouth, a black shadow suddenly fell from the sky, and a heavy object slammed into his feet with a heavy thud, causing his heart, which had been frightened by the lion just now, to shake violently, and almost didn't stop. .
He is not too young, he is always so frightened, and it is easy to be frightened out of something wrong.
What reckless guy is so messed up
He turned his head angrily, wanting to scold the guy who did such a thing.
But when he saw someone, he was a little surprised.
At the same time, the boy came from behind him in a clear voice with a distinctly happy mood.
"Kaihos, the action is too slow, everyone is waiting impatiently."
Dressed in silver-white armor, the blond knight who stepped up from the next step smiled at his prince with a face that became more and more handsome in the sunlight.
"I'm sorry, Your Highness, this guy took a long time to dare to act, and we can only wait for him to act honestly."
What's the meaning
The head of the chief is a little confused.
He turned around and lowered his head, and saw that the heavy object that had just hit him was actually a person—and it was a royal knight in fiery red armor.
There was an uproar in the square.
The red-armored knight fell to the ground in embarrassment, with his hands tied behind his back, and he was thrown up by Kaihos just like a heavy bag.
"Fal?!"
The head of the Sarge on the side has already called out the name of his subordinate.
"What's going on, you should be on duty now, how could-"
He looked at Garlan in astonishment and a little unhappy.
"Prince, what the hell is going on? How could you allow your guardian knight to treat my subordinates like this?"
Speaking of this, Sage realized that it seemed that when Prince Garland came to the square from the beginning, he hadn't seen Kaihos following him.
Garlan looked at him and said, "I'm sorry, Captain Sarge, I lied to you."
"… what?"
"I said that I lied to you when I said that I could find the murderer by using a broken arm."
"you!"
Seeing his subordinates being treated like this, and hearing that Garland had lied to him, Sage's face showed a bit of anger.
"I also told you at the time that there was another piece of evidence on the body that would allow us to find the murderer..."
Facing Sage's glare, Garlan smiled indifferently.
He glanced at the knight lying on the ground with his hands tied to his back.
"... This is also a lie to you."
The shoulders of the red-armored knight whom he glanced at from the corner of his eyes suddenly trembled violently.
"There's no such thing at all," Garland said.
The red-armored knight with his head bowed suddenly breathed heavily.
Garland continued to speak.
"However, head of the Sage, I promised you to find the murderer and I have done it."
Sage felt that his mind was in a mess at the moment, and the whole person was a little dazed.
Some kind of bad premonition made him not know what to say for a while, so he could only look at Garlan and wait for him to continue.
Garlan took two steps forward and walked to the red-armored knight who had been lying on the ground without raising his head. He looked down at this man with cold eyes.
He said: "This royal knight killed two of his companions."