On the night when the Teigu was stolen, the entire palace guard stayed up all night. From General Bude to the guards guarding the gate, they were all very alert. After all, Le Yuan could quietly sneak into the treasure house of the palace's premier defense force and assassinate the little emperor of the empire without anyone knowing. No one would be willing to take this risk.
During the morning meeting of imperial officials the next day, General Bude, the apparent leader of the imperial military, knelt under the throne of the young emperor and lowered his head in an extremely rare move.
"Your Majesty, I failed to protect the palace, which resulted in the theft of the Imperial Palace's treasure house. I have betrayed your Majesty's trust. I hope your Majesty can give me a chance, and I will definitely present the thief's head!"
Regarding the battle last night, General Bude felt aggrieved from the bottom of his heart. If he had not been concerned about the inside of the treasure house and was unable to use the Teigu with all his strength, he believed that he would never let Le Yuan escape. After all, in his heart, his Teigu was the strongest, and the only one that could rival it was Esdeath's. [Devil's Essence].
The young emperor still has great trust in General Bude, who has been the guard of the royal family for generations. After all, General Bude has used the blood of countless generations to protect the descendants of the royal family. This can be said to be unsurpassed by no one in the entire empire. General Bude also protected the little emperor from childhood to adulthood. This relationship allowed him to occupy a large weight in the heart of the little emperor.
After all, the little emperor was still a child. Seeing General Bude kneeling in front of him to admit his mistake, and having no idea about the importance of the Teigu, he chose to forgive General Bude.
The little emperor sitting on the throne raised his cane, pointed it at General Bude and said: "General Bude is a loyal and brave man of our country. It is human nature to make mistakes. I think General Bude will definitely make mistakes." You will take care of this matter, right?"
Seeing that the little emperor wanted to pardon General Bude's sins, Minister Ernest, who was eating high-end barbecue, wiped his mouth and then walked to General Bude's side.
Looking at General Bude kneeling on the ground, Minister Ornest showed a regretful expression and said: "General Bude is the head of the empire's generals and the person with the strongest reputation. How could he commit such a crime?" What about your mistake? Let a mere villain invade the palace. What if that villain has evil intentions and wants to harm Your Majesty?"
General Bude raised his head, glanced at the minister with sharp eyes like an eagle, and said: "Even if I risk my life, I will protect your Majesty to the death. Minister Onest does not need to worry about this. I am even more worried." What I want to know is, why did you know that a thief appeared last night? If it weren’t for your reminder, I would not have gone to the palace treasure house for no reason, let alone met the guy who stole the imperial gear, and it would not have been you, minister. …”
Minister Ernest did not expect that General Bude, who was a martial arts sect, was so calculating. He actually wanted to drag his sworn enemy into the water when he made a mistake. He wanted to accuse a traitor of having an affair. On his head.
"Don't be so rude! I was just talking casually last night. Didn't the group of people in Ye Kama have a lot of fun? According to the report, they are all people with imperial gear, so I want you to be the Imperial Guard. I just wanted to ask my immediate superior to understand the possible situation..."
Minister Ernest hurriedly defended himself. This kind of thing can be big or small. His current authority relies on the trust of the little emperor. If he loses trust in front of the little emperor, the news of his assassination may cause a sensation in the entire imperial capital the next day.
Just after he finished his defense with General Bude, Minister Ornest said in fear to the little emperor who had the final say: "Your Majesty, the loyalty of my veteran can be seen from the sun and the moon, and the heaven and the earth can express it. How could I be with a group of rebellious people?" The thieves are united together. What happened last night was just an accident. I think those evil thieves must have planned it for a long time and their strength is unfathomable, so they were able to escape from the hands of General Bude. I think it may be with the killer organization. It’s related to Ye Scythe.”
In order to clear away his suspicions, the minister also began to speak for General Bude. The little emperor, who had almost zero opinions, saw his two ministers constantly recounting the situation last night. He supported his head with a scepter and said with a headache: "I believe that both of them are loyal ministers of the empire, but General Bude last night Have you seen the true face of that thief? Is he a member of the killer organization Ye Scythe that has been active in the Imperial Capital?"
After hearing the little emperor's question, General Bude took out a recently made wanted notice from his arms and showed it to the little emperor: "Your Majesty, I asked the painter to draw this based on my memory. The prisoner's appearance is about 80% similar. After comparison, it does not match any of the known members of the Night Scythe, but the possibility of it being a hidden figure in the Night Scythe cannot be ruled out."
The little emperor stepped down from the throne, took the wanted portrait from the hands of General Bude, looked at it carefully, then raised his head and looked at General Bude and said.
"You are a very young man. Even if General Bude did not use all his strength, he is still a talented person who can escape from your hands. It is a pity that he will become a thief."
General Bude understood immediately after hearing this. He clasped his hands and said to the young emperor: "Your Majesty, if this man is willing to serve the empire, can you forgive his previous sins?"
At this time, General Bude also had the intention to win over Le Yuan. After all, for a royalist like him, whether it was the revolutionary army and foreign nationalities who rebelled outside, or Minister Ornest who disrupted the government in the imperial capital, they were all important. is his enemy. But the priorities are different. Now that his power is equal to that of Minister Ernest, it is the time when talents are urgently needed.
"Hey, your majesty will never do it." How could Minister Ornest, a human being, not know what General Bude was planning? Once such a hole is opened, it is very likely that General Bude will The power of his men expanded rapidly and completely crushed him.
"If the thief is a villain like Ye Scythe who killed nobles and imperial elites, pardoning his guilt like this is likely to be unconvincing and destabilize the people!"
Minister Ernest said this as if he was thinking of the little emperor, but to General Bude, it was all nonsense. Popular support? How much of this kind of thing is left? Apart from the aristocracy and some wealthy businessmen who control social assets, the rest are probably dissatisfied with the current empire. The Revolutionary Army has been able to develop and grow to this day, and there are many wealthy businessmen who secretly support it. If they really do this, pardon the thieves' crimes and accept them to serve the empire, it may gain a lot of popular support.
General Bude stood up, looked at Minister Ernest condescendingly and said, "You also said that it was based on the assumption that he is a person like Ye Shang. What if he is not? Isn't that right? Is it just right to recruit such a talent for His Majesty?"
"But I'm not afraid of ten thousand, just in case! I'm doing this for the sake of your majesty's safety and the empire's thousand-year foundation..."
The heated debate between Minister Ernest and General Bude left the little emperor uncertain. For a moment he looked at General Bude with embarrassment, and for a moment he felt sorry for Minister Ernest.
Finally, the little emperor sat back on the throne, puffed out his cheeks and said: "In this case, based on the opinions of both of you, we will set a three-day period. If the intruder comes to surrender within three days, I will pardon him. At the same time, we will give him an official position and let him serve the empire." General Bude was overjoyed when he heard this, while Minister Ernest continued to eat fiercely, wanting to vent his dissatisfaction through eating.
"However, if he does not surrender within three days, it means that he has no loyalty to the empire. Then we will arrest him with all our strength, whether life or death!" After hearing this, Minister Ernest immediately took the plate from his dinner plate with joy. He raised his head.
On the other side is the base in the mirror belonging to Ye Scythe.
Leonai looked at the four Teigu placed on the table excitedly, drooling and touching this and that, then looked at Le Yuan with bright eyes and said: "Boss, you are really unloyal. You didn’t even inform me about such a good thing as stealing the palace treasure house. There are so many treasures in the palace, wouldn’t it be a waste if they were all moved away!”
Le Yuan directly broke her delusion, and after checking several pieces of imperial equipment bit by bit, he said: "It's not as easy as you said. I was just lucky this time. If I take you with me, it is really possible for General Bude to press hard with all his strength." If you touch his Teigu, it will be difficult for me to protect you. Of course, there is also a reason why he underestimates the enemy, otherwise the battle between the two of us will directly destroy the treasure house!"
Chelsea looked at the four Imperial Equipment, stuffed a lollipop into her mouth and said vaguely: "What about the Imperial Equipment here? Just leave it like this? Why don't you give it to the leader? He is now with In Bolik's struggle for power, it is exactly when these Teigu are needed to increase their power, and Bolik also has an Teigu user under his command!"
But Le Yuan collected these Imperial Equipment one by one, and then said to several people present: "We will discuss the distribution of Imperial Equipment later. These Imperial Equipment are also very strong under certain circumstances, so it is better to be cautious. Okay. Everyone be quiet now, I have something to announce!"
Following Le Yuan's words, the four women present immediately put down what they were doing and all looked at Le Yuan.
After coughing two or three times, Le Yuan said sternly: "We, Ye Xiang, need to be quiet during this period of time and focus on collecting intelligence. I am still making a little noise. I'm afraid there will be a big storm in the empire. It’s there!”
The fact is as Le Yuan said, after finally collecting four pieces of Teigu, it was naturally impossible for him to surrender and return them, so on the fourth day after the wanted order was issued, a joint search by the Imperial Guard and the military began. .
Although this search did not turn over every piece of land in the imperial capital, it did search all the places where people could be hidden.
With public dissatisfaction boiling, the empire had no choice but to turn this search underground, and the imperial capital seemed to be at peace again.