If you want to see the king, you have to find the murderer first.
But without seeing the king, it will be difficult for me to guess the current situation, let alone find the murderer.
Coupled with the booing from those in Liyi, the whole situation was complicated. If I can't quickly find a breakthrough, then I may have to go to the prison with the guards today, and if I encounter any unforeseen circumstances there, I will be completely powerless.
"Since the king stayed in the inner palace to recuperate, how did this order come to you?"
I asked the commander of the Imperial Guard.
The Commander of the Guards said:
"Your Majesty's bedroom has a maid in charge of delivering orders, and she brought the news outside."
I continued to ask:
"Where was the king assassinated and where was he injured? There are so many masters in Jin Yiwei, it's impossible for them all to be knocked down without making a sound. My maid and I, one doesn't know martial arts, and the other doesn't know the five majors of swordsmanship. Is it possible to do such a thing?"
The commander of the Janissary remained silent.
Seeing that the situation was not good, Li Yi hurriedly shouted:
"You have a grudge against His Majesty the King, so you use your status as the city lord to get close to His Majesty and wait for an opportunity to assassinate him!"
I sneered and said:
"Smartness makes you smart, and everyone else is a fool? The whole world knows that I have a quarrel with His Majesty the King, and His Majesty has no defense against me? Are the masters of Jinyiwei deaf or blind, who can indulge me in swaggering after the assassination?" Besides, when His Majesty was assassinated, Alayya, Baihuang, and Heji and I wandered around the downtown market and bought a lot of things, and the merchants there can testify, so can I still succeed in splitting myself?"
The commander of the Imperial Guard glanced back at Li Yi, then turned to me, and said:
"As for the details of His Majesty's assassination, we Imperial Guards don't know either. When we received the order, His Majesty was already lying in the inner hall to heal his wounds. Now it is important to investigate the murderer. You must see His Majesty before you are willing to come with us. Is it?"
I nodded.
The commander of the imperial guards stopped insisting, and said instead:
"It's okay. Come here, take down his bodyguard for me!"
I raised my hand to block Alaya, and shouted coldly:
"I'll see who dares to move!"
The commander of the Guards put his hand on the hilt of the black cross sword at his waist, and stepped forward half a step. He was half a head taller than me, looked at me condescendingly, and said coldly:
"Master Lide, we have given you great face by interrogating your guards instead. I hope you can cooperate."
I laughed and said:
"Cooperate? At the beginning, I said that because I was worried about the safety of the king, each city lord was only allowed to bring one guard to the capital. My guard is Alaiya. Now that you have imprisoned her, who will guarantee my safety? Today you After detaining my guards, can I detain the guards of other city lords tomorrow? Disarm all the city lords, so that they have no power to resist. Is this what your guards do? Or is this what His Majesty the King wants to do? about?"
The commander of the Imperial Guard frowned and said angrily:
"Nonsense, the Praetorian Guard will keep you safe!"
I said disdainfully:
"They can guarantee a fart. I will tell you clearly today that I am one with Alayah, and I can't live without her! Once I am more than ten meters away from her, I will fall into autism; if three seconds If I don't see her, I will die of depression. If you want a group of old men to take care of me, you might as well just kill me. Come on! I'll give you this chance, aren't you ready to draw your sword? Now Do it, chop off my head and it's over, what's the matter, didn't you hear?!"
The air hummed.
Bai Huang stood beside me without saying a word, also staring at the commander of the imperial guards.
If he still won't budge, there's nothing he can do.
I'm a person who hates putting my fate in other people's hands. When Alaiya is in their hands, I can't guarantee that they will interrogate her like a gentleman, maybe they will charge her with assassinating the king, and then sloppy.
After all, in their eyes, no matter how humble I am, I am still a city lord, but Alaiya is really an ordinary person who can be sacrificed at any time. They won't feel any guilt for attacking Alaya.
But I disagree.
This is something that cannot be compromised. If you want to persist, just fight. Anyway, the king's capital is in a mess now, and at worst, he will really kill a bloody road and fly away. As long as that Uncle Qingyun, who is tenth in swordsmanship, doesn't stop me personally, the Imperial Guards alone won't be able to keep me and Alaiya.
Considering the worst outcome in my heart, I stared at the commander of the Imperial Guard, silently feeling the tense atmosphere.
Finally, the man in front of him finally sighed, let go of the hand holding the sword hilt, and let it hang to his side.
He frowned and said:
"Naturally, the imperial guards have no intention of harming the city lords, and His Majesty the King has no such intention. But now the murderer has to be investigated. According to the imperial physician, His Majesty is in a state of desperation. If the murderer cannot be found as soon as possible, it may be true... "
He didn't finish speaking, and there was a hint of irritability in his calm expression.
oh. I said, why are you in such a hurry? After making such a big circle for a long time, isn't the dog king still dying?
I also couldn't help showing a sad smile.
Li Yi said eagerly from behind:
"But this person is likely to be the murderer..."
The commander of the Imperial Guard glanced at me and said:
"Probably not. If Jin Yiwei's people can't even deal with this level of rookie, they should just settle themselves early! However, your suspicions are still not cleared, and you are not allowed to leave Xuanqing Palace for the time being, otherwise you will still be dealt with as treason. Others The city lord and guards... the same is true."
The tone is still full of arrogance and domineering.
In his opinion, the assassination of the king has nothing to do with the city lord. After all, the city lords already had a certain confrontational relationship with the king, and they brought eight layers of nine layers of powerful guards, so they had the motivation and ability to do this. Because of this, he quickly recalled the city lords after the incident.
Seeing that he was about to leave, I suddenly asked:
"Wait. At present, there is no way to see His Majesty, is there?"
The commander of the Imperial Guard turned his head and said to me:
"Not long ago, Umi asked me the same question. He is still trying, but this is the tradition of the Eternal Heaven Kingdom, a rule set by the previous kings, and no one can change it. Even the prime minister in white has hit a wall. They are running around in a hurry outside the hall. You can try it too."
That being said, that's probably the center of the storm.
I have a hunch that things are going up and down like a roller coaster in the Heavenly King's Capital these days, but now it's finally about to come to a conclusion. But unfortunately, the inner hall is an absolutely forbidden area that no one else can enter. It should be completely impossible to directly investigate what happened inside.
The commander of the Imperial Guard stopped talking and strode away. The soldiers behind him also went away with him, leaving only Li Yi standing there despondently. Seeing Bai Huang looking at him angrily, I also put on a mocking smile and ran away hastily. Forget threatening us a few words:
"Don't think that this is the end of the matter. The good deeds you have done will be made public sooner or later! Just wait, there will be no good fruit for you in the future!"