Looking at Tamrose's wild and unruly expression, I thought for a while and asked:
"I have a question for you."
Tamrose moved his gaze to my face.
I said lightly:
"Little Princess Lanna, where is she locked up?"
To be honest, to me, it doesn't really matter how the capital is. I don't have any particularly strong desire to save anything. Unlike Baihuang, I have a relatively peaceful state of mind about the life and death of those 300,000 people. The only thing I still miss in the entire capital is that silly little princess.
I can't guess what Tamrose and the others want to do, but as long as Lana doesn't have an accident, they can do whatever they want, whether it's usurpation or uprising. I, Li De, am the city lord of Yuxi City, not the city lord of the royal capital, so what do I care about these people's life and death.
But Tamrose didn't answer my question. He sneered and said:
"Lanna? Heh heh... Brother Lide didn't accept our deal at the beginning, so it's too late to ask this question now? Let me tell you, His Royal Highness Lanna is still alive, but it won't be possible soon .However, you don't need to worry, because you will never find her, and you will never save her! This is the price of your arrogance... "
After speaking, Tamrose lowered his eyelids again.
As if he was asleep, he looked at the ground in front of him, his eyes didn't blink, and the sneer at the corner of his mouth was still hanging there, as if he was mocking the world. No matter what Alaya and I asked, he didn't say a word.
When I came out of the prison, my mood became obviously worse, and I asked in a low voice:
"Alaya, what time is it?"
Alaya replied:
"Master, it should be past midnight, and it's the new year."
I squinted, remembering what Tamrose had said.
—The night is still long.
I was thinking about what to do next when I suddenly saw Baihuang and Heji rushing towards me.
After running in front of me, Bai Huang supported his knees and panted and said:
"Xiwang's mansion is very strange. The imperial guards outside have dispersed, and the mansion is also quiet. I don't know what happened inside. Heji and I wanted to go in and have a look, but the guards at the door refused to let us go no matter what. , Li De, this matter is absolutely inseparable from King Xi and the others. How is Tamrose now?"
I replied:
"The mouth is very hard, and he refuses to say anything. And he seems to have some hole cards, and he doesn't seem to be desperate."
Bai Huang said "Hey" and said:
"What cards do they have? They have already become prisoners. Could someone rescue him? Heji and I have seen it. Xiwang Mansion can't fight much. If you go against Jin Yiwei and the others, it will be like hitting a stone with an egg."
I think so too.
If Xi Wang is not in the palace, he is probably in the inner hall of the palace. The prince who was once under house arrest, and the king who suddenly announced that he was assassinated, since these two people are now together, it is not unimaginable what happened. After all, King Xi was the king's son, and if he wanted to see his father on New Year's Eve, the king probably would not refuse. If King Xi harbored evil intentions and did something to the king, the current situation would make sense.
But the question is, is King Xi really crazy? Even if he really killed the king, the only one who could inherit the throne is his elder brother. He did this completely as a wedding dress for others. As long as he can't suppress the imperial guards, Jin Yiwei and Tiance Mansion, then these three forces will almost certainly keep Chao Wang in that position, because the moment King Xi pointed his sword at his father, he was already not justified. It's not right.
Could he not understand such a simple truth
The four of us stood in front of the prison, thinking about it. The most difficult and precious thing in the world to obtain is information, and the four of us do not have any intelligence network in the capital, so it is not easy to guess the whole picture of the matter relying on a few scattered clues.
Just as we bowed our heads in thought, a fire suddenly lit up on the street in the distance.
The crowd was surging and there was chaos. Someone was walking directly towards the prison, and someone was yelling. It seemed that there was a fight between several forces. I, Baihuang, Alaiya, and Heji rushed there immediately, but when we arrived at the scene of the incident, we could only see the flames still burning, and there were many people falling down on the scene. People, everywhere is a mess. Some people in black clothes stayed behind to guard, Bai Huang stepped forward and asked:
"What happened?"
The warrior in armor glanced at Bai Huang and refused to say anything.
Bai Huang said loudly:
"We are the representatives of the city lord directly under Wang Ming, and we are ordered to find the murderer who assassinated His Majesty the King. Now that you have made such a big commotion here, we need to understand what happened now!"
The samurai in armor said with care and respect:
"There is no need to investigate, the murderer has been arrested by us."
Bai Huang revealed an obviously shocked look:
"What?! Who is the murderer?"
The samurai casually pointed to the burning tall building behind him. On the top of the building, a plaque fell and hit the ground. On the plaque were clearly printed three large gold-plated characters: Tiance Mansion.
The whole mansion was just burning like this, and no one seemed to plan to put out the fire.
Samurai said:
"Jin Ling, the general of the Tiance Mansion, failed to assassinate His Majesty, and has now been imprisoned by our Imperial Guards and Jin Yiwei. This matter was also approved by His Majesty the King himself. The case will be closed soon, everyone. Please come back."
Bai Huang grabbed the warrior's sleeve and asked loudly:
"Jin Ling assassinated the king? Where did the news come from? Where did the evidence come from? Why did he, a general in Tiance's mansion, assassinate His Majesty the King at this time? This is completely illogical. Why do you lock him up?"
The warrior replied grimly:
"Because it is His Majesty's order. Do you understand?"
Bai Huang loosened his sleeves indignantly.
I couldn't help but put my hands on my temples and pressed them repeatedly. When Jin Ling had an accident, I seemed to think of something all of a sudden, but I didn't grasp the inspiration at the first time, so I could only sort out it slowly afterwards. But no matter what, the bad premonition continued to deepen. I closed my eyes, and at the moment when I seemed to be about to realize it, two fat arms suddenly hugged my thigh.
"Boss! Boss... woo woo woo, so you are here, I have important information to tell you."
Inspiration is fleeting.
I opened my eyes, stared at Fangyuan hugging my thigh, suppressed the anger in my heart, and asked:
"About what?"
Fang Yuan blinked her big teary eyes and said:
"About the little princess Lanna. I found out about Lanna! Boss, Lanna is in danger. I heard from people in the palace that Lanna might not survive tonight. Boss, boss, we can't Just sit back and watch!"