ding~
Suddenly hearing a crisp sound from the door, the servants in the kitchen looked in the direction of the source of the sound.
A middle-aged man with black hair and black eyes, neatly dressed, and smiling came in calmly. The calm majesty and majesty made the servants couldn't help but start to guess his identity.
He held a silver coin between his right fingers.
At this moment, the silver coin was flying and rolling rapidly between his fingers.
"Excuse me."
The middle-aged man suddenly stopped a passing servant and asked in a low voice, "How do I get to the basement?"
As he spoke, half of the silver pocket watch silently slipped down from his wide cuff.
Seeing the familiar three-eyed crow logo, the servant's pupils suddenly shrank, and the pupils looking at the middle-aged man became a little scared, not daring to look at him.
"Go straight ahead from here... then turn left and you will see it."
Saying that, the servant quickly saluted the black-haired middle-aged man and took his leave.
Annan in "David form" looked at his back thoughtfully.
I see.
Is this how the Noahs view the Crow family
These servants are only afraid and afraid of this "man related to crows"... But if it is those nobles, officials and extraordinary people, it may not be so simple.
But this is also normal.
Take a look back at the ingredients for Noah's Royal Family.
Henry VIII had nine children... five daughters and four sons.
But five years later, there are only three left.
An eldest princess who is active in the court, actively interfering in the political situation, and ready to ascend the throne at any time; a second-five who intends to kill his father and brothers and sisters, perhaps because she wants to draw the sword to gain the power of eternal fool A boy; a slacker who doesn't do anything and doesn't care about fishing every day... and six dead ghosts who have already burped.
Considering that the proportion of children with this problem is close to 100%, it is obviously expected that all these servants working in the royal family are disloyal and unruly...
… No, not quite right.
This seems to be the job of the crow family
Earl Geraint, as the head of intelligence, controls the special intelligence agency "One-Eyed Raven". The main task, apart from collecting intelligence for the king from all parts of the kingdom, is to monitor, investigate, and arrest suspicious royal nobles.
Annan suddenly fell into deep thought.
Is the Geraint family too loyal... or too incompetent
As long as they have a part of their staff, with their power, they can collect evil names, weave evidence, and even directly fabricate evidence to frame and attack political opponents.
But they did not.
Why is this…
Just judging from the undisguised fear of the servants, it might not be because of the latter.
Annan paused slightly, then continued to walk towards the basement calmly.
He suddenly figured it out:
—This is probably Earl Geraint's layout.
Regardless of the fact that the Geraint family is holding back everywhere in the royal capital, it seems that any heir is going to be an enemy of the crow... But as long as one of their forces is victorious, they will immediately turn around and make friends with Geraint. count.
Even the third prince, who intends to kill his father and king, tried his best to contact Ferdinand, and tried to promise him benefits directly through the rotten man, in order to win over a member of the Crow family.
Because it is necessary for the new king who has just ascended the throne to have the intelligence support of the crow family.
Then, Earl Geraint's repeated emphasis on his unbiased and only loyal attitude to the king is probably not because of loyalty.
His plan is simple.
- Raise the bandits to respect themselves.
Four heads bet.
Henry VIII was dying of old age and they had to find the next generation of rulers. But this generation of Earl Geraint was not active enough... or it could be said that he was too cautious.
He did not interfere or facilitate the birth of the new king in any way.
Judging from Benjamin's awareness of the Third Prince's rebellion, and even his assassination plan... Benjamin should be a member of the "One-Eyed Crow".
They know everything, but do nothing.
In this infighting of the royal family, all heirs can perceive what will happen to them if they lack the power of the Geraint family... Losing the source of local information is like opening their eyes; In front of assassins, he is completely unable to protect himself; he cannot know other people's true attitude towards him, so he is easy to be deceived and fall into conspiracy; even his thinking may be controlled by others.
These are things that the One-Eyed Crow can see, prevent, or even block them entirely.
They can, but they don't have to.
They have good reason - to remain neutral.
And no matter who the final winner is, after going through a period of time without the protection of the one-eyed crow... they must try to befriend the Geraint family after succeeding.
It is impossible for them to betray Earl Geraint at this time and abolish his position as chief intelligence officer. Even to take his power one step further...to gain their support.
In this way, their throne can be secured.
That is, whoever the new king is - after they sit on the throne, they are kidnapped instead.
They must pay Earl Geraint's satisfaction.
Otherwise, Earl Geraint can use a higher asking price to ask the loser.
... what is this
Praetorian succession law
Annan suddenly felt a little wary of Earl Geraint.
Now he began to doubt the information he had received at the beginning—Count Geraint had sent Don Juan out in order to get Don Juan away from the center of the struggle.
The purpose of all this is to make the third prince think that he has killed Don Juan. But the reason behind this, Annan can't guess for the time being...
Earl Geraint, but there are only three children in total!
In order to lure the third prince to the bait... he even did not hesitate to let his youngest son take risks.
As for Earl Geraint, it is impossible not to know that his eldest son has joined the third prince.
"... a three-headed bet?"
Annan narrowed his eyes slightly: "Using Don Juan's fake death to make Ferdinand's identity more high..."
In case the third prince is the one who succeeds in the end, the Geraint family can also continue.
Could it be that to achieve this goal, he let the heirs fight each other until there were only three left
— No, not right.
He even bet four heads.
So far, the Geraint family is still loyal to the king... If the king finally accepts the rotten man's request and completes the eternal life ceremony. Then their status will still not change.
Annan thought quickly in his mind.
This information, when he arrives in the capital a few months later...may be able to save his life.
Now there is only one ambiguity.
He has three sons, if that corresponds to the three royal heirs, and himself corresponds to the king...
So, Don Juan Geraint... who is his assistant
Annan paused suddenly.
Many images of himself, Prince Albert, Cafney, Roseburg, Rotten, and Sir Silver suddenly flashed through his mind...
Did he include me in the plan
Benjamin knew too much.
If he was a member of the One-Eyed Crow, then Earl Benjamin would have known that he was impersonating Annan.
Unless, his purpose is to let Don Juan escape by feigning death...
Then let me replace Annan as the one who assisted Prince Albert to ascend the throne
So, what is Don Juan doing