Nicole had no memory of the name Dak at all, which made Roddy completely give up.
From Sieg to Gordon, these old generals around the old Duke Tulip didn't know the details of Dark. Even Nicole had never heard of Dark. Rody really couldn't understand why these people had never heard of Dak's superb archery skills and the great hatred he mentioned.
Could it be that Dak lied to himself? But when I saw the hatred and anger in his eyes that day, it didn't look like he was pretending.
After thinking for a long time, I couldn't come up with a clue, so I could only tell my guards to be on guard.
News of the assassination of Duke Tulip leaked out, and the news immediately spread throughout the imperial capital. There were quite a lot of people on the street that day.
Abbas XI immediately ordered the Imperial City Security Bureau to conduct a strict investigation and requested that the assassin must be found within ten days. It is said that His Majesty the Emperor was so angry that he summoned the commander of the Imperial City Public Security Bureau to the palace and scolded him severely. But after Rody heard about it, he smiled coldly. I'm afraid the emperor was angry not because he was assassinated, but because he was not assassinated by an assassin, right
This time it was just the soldiers of the Imperial Capital’s Public Security Station who suffered. Brigades of soldiers patrolled the streets day and night. They visited every street and alley in the imperial capital, rummaged through every brick and stone tile, and every pedestrian on the road became an important suspect - I heard from the Duke. Well, the person who assassinated him used a pair of long bows and arrows. Now all the weapons shop owners in the entire imperial capital were in bad luck.
What? Have you sold any bows and arrows to anyone in your shop recently? What about last year? What about the year before last? What about the year before last? How can we be sure that the assassin would not have been planning for several years to assassinate the greatest Tulip Duke in the empire? What if the bow and arrows used by the assassin were purchased three years ago? I'm sorry, please hand over all the sales records of bows and arrows in the past three years... No? That's easy, just put the chains on, and you can go back to the police station with us and explain slowly...
What? Your shop doesn’t sell bows and arrows at all? That's not OK! The assassin couldn't stab with a bow and arrow this time, so he might use a sword next time! No nonsense! Take out all the weapons shooting records that have been seen for three years... huh? What? You said you don't even sell swords here? Only making fire ballista carts for the Imperial Machinery? That’s great! ! What if that hateful assassin gets hold of such a weapon of mass destruction! Don't talk about the safety of our greatest Tulip Duke! Even the imperial capital may suffer a large-scale terrorist attack! Stop talking nonsense! Get out the ledger! Otherwise, come back with us and chat slowly!
What did this person say? You don’t sell swords or any weapons here? Then why were you arrested? who are you? Depend on! Does your shop sell soy sauce? What bastard caught him back! !
All the people who had entered and exited the imperial capital city gates in the past three days were taken back to the security station. All hotels and clubs in the city were searched seventeen or eighteen times by soldiers from the security station! The prisons of the Imperial City Public Security Station are gradually running out of space, and large numbers of "suspects" cannot be crammed into the already overcrowded prisons of the public security station. In the end, the commander of the security station was helpless and finally had an idea and came up with a good idea. The order vacated all the toilets, janitors, woodsheds, and kitchens in the public security station and replaced them with iron doors and iron windows. Only then could the numerous "suspects" be crammed into every corner of the public security office.
When the police officers in charge of "interrogations" saw so many suspects who needed to be "interrogated immediately," their eyes almost popped out of their heads, and their jaws had already dropped to the ground. I could only cheer up, work overtime, and devote myself to the intense investigation and interrogation work. In the end, it took me seven days and seven nights to get out eight times the ancestors of these people, plus when they entered the city, where they went, and what they used. Unexpectedly, all the thresholds crossed by the feet were asked. But the final result disappointed the police officers who worked tirelessly for days and nights. Although the culprits of many old cases were actually found among these captured suspects - for example, the thief who stole a horse from Lord Viscount Valente's house seven years ago was found to have been involved in a fight between two groups of local gangsters in the north of the city six years ago. The escaped gangster leader kidnapped Lord Garrison's thirteenth concubine five years ago, and now he has transformed into the groom of the soy sauce shop owner...
It should be said that the results are remarkable. After this rigorous search, the security situation in the imperial capital was greatly improved. Under the patrols of teams of exhausted security guards on the street. More than a hundred years after the death of Abbasid the Great, the imperial capital actually once again achieved the goal of "not picking up lost items on the road and never closing the door at night." Many gangsters who were deceived and abducted were arrested one after another. In later history, the largest search operation in the Imperial Capital in a century was highly praised: Although this search failed to achieve the purpose of arresting the assassin, the improvement of the public security situation in the Imperial Capital was obvious to all. After the relevant officials reported this matter to His Majesty the Emperor, His Majesty was overjoyed and ordered that this large-scale and strict search operation would be carried out regularly every year in the future, and would be considered to be extended to the entire empire as appropriate!
Because this large-scale "strict search operation cracked down on a large number of criminal forces", later generations have come to refer to this operation as "severe crackdown"...
After releasing a large number of innocent people, the commander of the Imperial City Public Security Bureau gritted his teeth and issued another order: Even if he digs three feet into the ground, he must find that cunning, sinister and vicious assassin!
As a result, those police officers who had turned red-eyed started crying. The security guard soldier who had already worn out several pairs of shoes by walking through every alley in the imperial capital cried.
After ten days, with the joint efforts of the Public Security Bureau and strict verification and evidence collection, a total of six thieves, ten flower-picking thieves (thieves are more popular than big thieves these days), and ten habitual thefts were captured. Seven people, three leaders of the dark forces.
Then the commander of the public security station jumped into the river and closed his eyes. After spending two days and breaking 3,400 hairs, he finally wrote a eloquent report of about 100,000 words.
The report described the captured criminals as accomplices of the assassins.
At the same time, the commander of the Public Security Bureau sharply pointed out that the assassination of the Duke was a conspiracy that had been planned for a long time, was deeply hidden, and had huge ambitions! The purpose is to get rid of the empire's meritorious Duke Tulip, and ultimately achieve the goal of subverting the empire's rule.
In this report, the police officer repeatedly elaborated on his point of view from the front, back, side, different arguments, and different arguments, and finally came to the above shocking conclusion!
This is not just an assassination, but a premeditated and shocking conspiracy by evil forces at home and abroad to overthrow the rule of the Empire of Light!
After handing in this report, the commander of the security station immediately asked his men to prepare a coffin, invited the priest of the religious center, personally selected the pasture land, and prepared poisoned wine. After His Majesty read this report, he immediately committed suicide.
Unexpectedly, no news came from the palace. The commander was anxious for two days, and finally received a commendation order from His Majesty the Emperor. The commander-in-chief who survived the disaster later found out through many inquiries that because his report was so long and profound, almost all ministers, including His Majesty the Emperor, had no patience to read even half of it and passed it successfully.
Just when all the officials and soldiers of the Imperial City Public Security Bureau shed tears for the rest of their lives.
That morning, a carriage followed by a dozen warriors on horseback in plain clothes slowly left the city from the south gate of the imperial capital. After the soldiers guarding the city saw the customs clearance document, they all immediately stood up straight and faced The heavy doors and windows of the carriage saluted with the most solemn gesture.
After the team of carriages left the city for ten miles, the window on the carriage opened, revealing the heroic face of Lord Tulip Duke.
Looking at the outline of the majestic city wall of the imperial capital that was gradually receding behind him, Rody smiled bitterly: "Are we going to the south to open mountains now? I heard that the barbarians in those mountains don't like bathing very much, and I don't know if that's the case. real… "
Rant bowed on his horse and said: "Your Majesty the Duke! We have already left the imperial capital. For your safety, you should not open the window... The terrain here is relatively complicated. It may not be safe if someone uses hidden arrows to attack."
Rody nodded and closed the window, sighing in his heart. If he was marching with a large group of Wolf Fang Army, he wouldn't have to hide in the carriage so depressedly.
The Wolf Fang Army has been officially separated from the Central Cavalry Corps by the emperor's order. The renovated Wolf Fang Army has replenished the troops lost in the northwest. The two cavalrymen have broken away from the Thunder God's Whip and become the great Tulip Duke. Your Majesty's direct cavalry regiment.
Although being separated from the Central Cavalry Corps, which is known as the most elite army in the empire, makes all the officers and soldiers feel a little bit reluctant to part with it, it is an even greater honor to become a cavalry regiment directly under the empire's military god, Duke Tulip!
His Majesty the Emperor agreed to Roddy's request easily and readily this time. In fact, he calculated that the 20,000 cavalry would be of little use in the south.
The mountain barbarians are not like the grassland aliens of the Dayue Kingdom. They are divided into hundreds of large and small tribal villages, scattered among the hills with complex terrain that stretch for nearly a thousand miles in the southeast of the mainland.
No matter how powerful the Wolf Fang Army is, what role can the cavalry play in the vast mountains? In rugged mountain roads and steep terrain, the advantage of cavalry is lost. The emperor thought of this, and Marquis Caroline naturally thought of this too. So this time the emperor might as well pretend to be generous and hand over the Spike Army to Rody readily.
It's just that the old fox Caroline is still a little more defensive after all. As the Minister of Military Affairs, he found a few excuses to postpone the reorganization of the Spike Army for a few days. No matter what, we must try our best to cause some trouble for Rody. But when His Majesty the Emperor saw that the peace talks were successful, he immediately ordered Rody to go to the south without delaying even a day. Rody had no choice but to lead a group of guards from the Tulip Mansion on the road to the southeastern hills...