Su Xiao picked up Lupo, walked out of the villa, and headed straight for the royal capital.
As for the imperial guards here, it depends on the old king's wishes.
Luper chose to lurk in Loulin Town, which undoubtedly shows that there must be a channel through which Luper can deliver news.
Presumably the old king will send a special intelligence agency to take over the matter.
Asking Su Xiao to capture the dish is really overkill.
Now that it is during the general election, the old king himself feels that he has nothing to do.
At this critical juncture, if Su Xiao is sent out to perform other tasks, it is completely asking for trouble.
While walking along the way, Su Xiao checked the tools or mechanisms carried by Luper with great caution.
I have to admit, this guy is really a ruthless person.
Not only did he carry explosives with him, he also had three poison needles hidden on his body, and a poison sac was implanted under the skin of his wrist.
Luper is most likely hiding other means of suicide, because he is always ready to die in order to prevent the secrets of the Necrons from being leaked.
In order to prevent Luper from committing suicide immediately after waking up, Su Xiao quickly took out a metal syringe from the storage space.
The syringe contains a pink solution. This thing is a treasure that Su Xiao brought from the Hunter World. It is a venom secreted by a tentacle-like plant in the Kukulu Mountain. It is a paralyzing toxin.
Although this toxin is not fatal, it is extremely paralyzing.
Previously, this thing had not been certified by Samsara Paradise. It was a precious item that Su Xiao was able to bring out from the Hunter World by spending paradise coins.
When Luper was injected with this stuff, he couldn't even blink his eyelids, let alone commit suicide.
Half an hour later, Su Xiao returned to the royal capital smoothly and arrived at the main entrance of the palace.
Here, Su Xiao saw Bubu Wang Zheng and Lin Yi carrying Yi Erduo.
Behind Lin Yi was Rowan Harvey with messy hair.
Obviously, Rowan Harvey should have been forcibly dragged to the Royal City by Lin Yi along the way.
With Rowan Harvey's own lack of outstanding physical fitness, it was really difficult for him to return to the Royal City in such a short period of time.
The palace at night is an absolutely restricted area, and no one is allowed in or out except for a few members of the royal family.
Fortunately, the two of them are not within this restricted group, and Su Xiao also owns the old king's golden lion pendant.
After successfully entering the palace, Lin Yi and Su Xiao were led by two guards to the door of the kingdom's meeting hall.
At this time, the old king was "reminiscing about the past" with several princes and princesses inside.
There are only five princes and princesses who are qualified to reminisce with the old king.
They are the eldest prince with astonishing financial resources, the third prince who is extremely friendly in the army, the seventh prince who is the representative of the holy warriors, the second princess who takes both black and white, and the sixth princess who has an extreme behavior style.
The sixth princess wore a black gauze dress and looked about 20 years old, but she was actually 27 years old.
This is a woman with an extremely beautiful smile, but she is also a femme fatale.
It is said that she has a unique hobby of collecting the eyeballs of powerful people.
"Father, Iron Hand came to see you so late. Maybe he has some good news?"
The eldest prince sat closest to the old king, and the smile on his face was still so gentle.
"Maybe."
The old king's tone was calm. He did not have too many expectations for Su Xiao to bring any good news.
The incident happened around ten o'clock during the day. Judging from various signs, the whole thing was obviously carefully arranged.
In such a complicated situation, it is impossible to find out the clues so quickly.
"Perhaps the Iron Hand came to ask for help from my father? I learned a little about what happened during the day. It was probably the Necrons who did it."
The sixth princess's voice was very clear. Whenever she looked at any prince or princess, the other prince or princess would subconsciously look away from her.
Because in the eyes of other princes or princesses, the sixth princess is a mad dog.
No matter how beautiful she is, she can't hide her mad dog-like personality.
Bang!
The door of the Kingdom Council Chamber was suddenly pushed open with a loud noise.
The eldest prince, third prince and others were all startled by the sudden sound. Their first reaction was that an assassin was coming, and their expressions instantly became tense.
The old king gently rubbed his forehead. This old lion was obviously used to various emergencies.
"Huh? Why are you with Iron Hand?" When the eldest prince, third prince and others saw Lin Yi following Su Xiao, a look of surprise appeared on their faces.
You know, in everyone's perception, Su Xiao, the Iron Hand, is the sharp blade of the old king. No one dares to touch this knife, as a touch will lead to death.
"It's okay, I asked him to follow." The old king helped Lin Yi out. The surrounding crown princes frowned slightly when they heard this.
Several people were thinking about the meaning of the old king's behavior.
Seeing the expressions of the children around him, the old king couldn't help but sigh.
This is why he prefers to stay with Lin Yi, his eldest nephew.
Staying with his children, they still have to plot against each other. The old king has been plotting against each other all his life. When he gets old, he really doesn't want to continue plotting against each other.
"Iron Hand, how is the matter?" Because there were "outsiders" present, the old king's tone at this time was very different from usual.
If there were only Su Xiao and the old king, the old king's first words would probably be "Iron Hand, come forward" or "How is the matter going?", which would be much more casual than now.
"Okay." Su Xiao's answer surprised several princes and princesses.
This answer was too casual. They looked at the old king one after another, but found that the old king's expression had not changed at all. Maybe this was the attitude of the two of them in daily interactions.
As for Lin Yi, he is even more casual than Su Xiao.
When the old king refused to take medicine before, Lin Yi almost pointed at his nose and scolded the old king.
But what is surprising is that the old king just did this.
In the old king's view, Lin Yi was an alternative way of expressing family affection.
This was much more comfortable than the hypocritical communication with his sons and daughters like the eldest prince. The old king had struggled in the whirlpool of power all his life and had seen too much hypocrisy and flattery.
"The mastermind behind the scenes."
Su Xiao threw Luper in his hand to the ground. At this moment, Luper was wearing silk pajamas. The only flaw was that his head was slightly bald, which made his whole temperament look a bit weird.
"This is……"
The old king frowned. He felt that it was unlikely that a human was behind this incident, but he thought that this human might be the undead in disguise.
"He is Luper, the leader of the Necron intelligence organization."
"Ruper."
The old king slowly stood up from the throne.
"Father, be careful..."
The eldest prince also stood up, and the old king waved his hand, preparing to get closer and watch.
"This is the murderer of the little princess."
After Su Xiao finished speaking, Lin Yi threw Yi Erduo in front of several people.
After hearing Su Xiao's narration, the younger seventh prince opened and closed his mouth slightly, with a look of shock on his face.
He was shocked by Su Xiao's amazing efficiency.
For such a major incident, less than 12 hours after the incident, a series of relevant personnel were found out, including a big figure like Luper who was in charge of the entire Necron spy organization.
Several princes and princesses looked at each other, with complex emotions in their eyes.
Today they finally understood why the Iron Hand had those seemingly arrogant privileges.
The efficiency shown by Su Xiao right now is too terrifying.
This is the Iron Hand. Although the position is not high, it has no military power, financial power, and cannot manage any officials. Moreover, the work it performs is extremely risky and will offend many people.
But the Iron Hand is the person that the old lion trusts the most. During the struggle for power, once these princes or princesses do something too outrageous, such as using collaboration and other means to exclude dissidents, the Iron Hand will be their nightmare.
"The leader is the undead Luper, and his known assistants include Dunk Nick and Eldo.
Yesterday, the little princess died at the hands of the commander of the Karen Army. The queen drank poison in order to delay me. All this was to attract my attention, draw me away, and carry out an assassination in the banquet hall, but the assassination failed. "
"Where's Dunk Nick?"
Of course the old king knew who Dunk Nick was, it was a name that kept him awake at night.
"Kill it."
"Yeah, not bad."
"By the way, old man, I caught a big fish for you here." Lin Yi clapped his hands, and at this time, the door of the Kingdom Council Hall was opened again.
The eldest princes present were almost numb from the shock of this series of accidents.
Their eyes widened with disbelief on their faces. At this moment, they just wanted to know how all of this happened.
At this time, Rowan Harvey appeared in everyone's sight with an unshaven beard.
He looked slightly embarrassed, with messy hair and a look of exhaustion on his face.
There was no way, Lin Yi wouldn't worry so much when he was on the road. In his opinion, as long as Rowan Harvey didn't die, it would be fine.
Rowan Harvey is an important "big fish" and may play a vital role for the old king.
"Your Majesty." Rowan Harvey's voice trembled slightly. He lowered his head, not daring to look directly into the eyes of the old king.
"Rowan Harvey, I want to know why you betrayed me." The old king slowly returned to the chair and narrowed his eyes slightly.
After the old king said these words, there was a sudden silence in the meeting hall.
"Gulu." The sound of swallowing saliva came from the eldest prince.
Under normal circumstances, the eldest prince's calm character would not cause him to lose his temper like this.
However, Rowan Harvey is the financial officer of the kingdom, and the eldest prince is very knowledgeable about finance, so he lost his temper.
If Rowan Harvey really did something to the kingdom's finances, it would not be as simple as how many gold coins the kingdom lost.
This may trigger a series of serious consequences and even affect the stability of the entire kingdom.
"Oh, there's nothing I can do. My parents have always been in each other's hands. After my parents died one after another, the Necromancers arrested my sister and forced me to work for them."
Rowan Harvey smiled bitterly, his heart full of bitterness.
To be honest, this bullshit spy can be done by anyone who likes it, but the problem is that Rowan Harvey's talent is too special and cannot be copied at all.
Although Rowan Harvey is a mixed race, he is an extremely rare existence among mixed races, and can even be said to be the first example in history.
He has no characteristics of the Necrons at all. No matter how you look at him, he looks 100% human.
In other words, the blood of the undead could not be detected in his body at all.
Initially, the Necrons also believed that Rowan Harvey was human.
For this reason, his mother was almost banished for being unchaste.
However, something changed Rowan Harvey's life, and that was his awakening to the power of the dead at an early age.
You must know that the power of the dead can be acquired or inherited.
As a two-year-old child, Rowan Harvey did not have the conditions to acquire the power of the dead.
This incident alarmed the top leaders of the Necrons, and they began to conduct in-depth research on Rowan Harvey, a hybrid Necromancer.
After careful research, the senior leaders of the Necrons came to the conclusion that Rowan Harvey was indeed a hybrid, and he was still biased towards the Necrons' hybrids, but his physical characteristics were completely human.
The top leaders of the Necrons immediately recognized the great value of Rowan Harvey.
Initially, the top management of the Necrons intended to train Rowan Harvey to the military side, but Rowan Harvey's qualifications were limited.
But when Rowan Harvey was seventeen, he showed surprising financial talent.
After decades of careful operation, Rowan Harvey served as the financial officer of the Kingdom of Saint-Saudin at the age of fifty-nine, and was deeply trusted by the old king.
As a price, Rowan Harvey's family members were held hostage by the Necrons to ensure that Rowan Harvey would not treason.
The old king stared at Rowan Harvey closely, with complex emotions intertwined in his eyes. It seemed that he had a lot to say, but when it came to his mouth, he didn't know what to say in the end.
Thousands of words finally turned into this heavy sigh.
"Take him down, remember to keep a close eye on him, and don't let anything happen to him no matter what." The old king waved his hand and asked two guards to suppress Rowan Harvey.
Rowan Harvey lowered his head and silently followed the Guards away.
There is no way, Rowan Harvey's position is too critical.
The old king did not dare to kill Rowan Harvey directly. He had to find a way to make Rowan Harvey spit out everything he knew.
"Old man, I brought him back for you. I haven't slept well in the past two days and have been running around. See how you can compensate me." Lin Yi approached the old king and pointed. Pointing to the dark circles near his eyes.
The so-called dark circles under the eyes were actually the smoky makeup that Lin Yi had just put on. Otherwise, with Lin Yi's physical condition, it wouldn't be a problem to stay up for dozens of days.
"It's done, you know how to keep an eye on the bit of information in my secret vault. I'll give you a token and get out of here." The old king looked at Lin Yi helplessly and threw him a token.
"Okay, Iron Hand, come on, follow me to move the materials. I may not be able to move it alone." Lin Yi looked excited and turned to greet Su Xiao.
After Su Xiao heard Lin Yi's words, she couldn't hold back her heart.
He forced himself to remain expressionless and looked at the old king.
The old king opened his eyelids and glanced at Lidya Su. The meaning in his eyes was very clear, just follow this guy.
In this way, Su Xiao and Lin Yi successfully left the kingdom's meeting hall and arrived near the royal secret treasury.
Here, Lin Yi and Su Xiao saw more than a dozen holy warriors leading a patrol, and the sky was blocked directly with alchemy circles, so that even a flying bird could not get close.
"Token." After Lin Yi and Su Xiao approached, several holy warriors blocked their way.
Although they recognized the identities of Lin Yi and Su Xiao, the process still had to go through.
After all, the royal secret treasury is no small matter, and there is no room for sloppiness.
Lin Yi took out the token that the old king threw to him from his pocket. After several holy warriors carefully checked to confirm that there was nothing wrong with the token, they got out of the way.
Entering the secret vault, Lin Yi and Su Xiao saw a lot of rare alchemy materials.
While Lidya Su carefully identified the medicinal materials in front of her, she gently rubbed her stiff cheeks.
What he hates most is pretending to be such a spy. He needs to be careful whether he speaks or does things. If he is not careful, his identity will be exposed.
But the power of the Iron Hand is too high. Without the power of the Iron Hand, Su Xiao would not have known so many secrets about the royal family.
This made him helpless, but at the same time he had to admit the convenience brought by this power.
In just ten minutes, the entire warehouse's precious medicinal materials were divided between the two.
"Don't you want to take other things?"
"Taking too much can cause trouble."
He didn't take all the medicinal materials here, but only cleared out some rare medicinal materials.
In this case, outsiders would not suspect anything when they see it. After all, Lin Yi's identity determines that his favorite is these rare medicinal materials.
"Speaking of which, this time Rowan Harvey's treason will have the greatest impact on the eldest prince."
"Well, if he is a smart person, he should choose to quit on his own."
Su Xiao agreed with Lin Yi. The most embarrassing thing about the eldest prince was that he had a very good relationship with Rowan Harvey before, and even his financial skills were guided by Rowan Harvey.
Under such circumstances, the eldest prince must avoid suspicion.
No way, who made the eldest prince ever get so close to Rowan Harvey?
If nothing had happened to Rowan Harvey, the eldest prince would have been able to thrive with Rowan Harvey's powerful power.
Now that something happened to Rowan Harvey, the eldest prince would naturally have to bear the corresponding consequences.
On the other side, just as Su Xiao and Lin Yi had guessed, the eldest prince gritted his teeth and made a decision, choosing to withdraw from the competition for the throne and instead devote himself to investigating the kingdom's financial problems.
This move did not seem strange to anyone, including the old king.
Today's eldest prince indeed does not have enough capital to continue to gain a foothold in this fierce competition for the throne.
However, what the other competitors never expected was that the third prince also chose to withdraw from the competition.
The excuse he gave was to guard the border and prevent the Undead from taking the opportunity to cause trouble.
If the Kingdom of Saint Sodin is compared to a magnificent pyramid, then the top of the tower is undoubtedly the supreme royal power.
The next step is military power, finance and governance, and the next step is the various institutions branched out from the three.
These three are like solid pillars, jointly supporting the royal power.
If there is a problem in any link, the royal power may be in danger of immediate collapse.
"You two, don't you regret it?"
"No regrets." The eldest prince and the third prince replied in unison. But don't think that the two will become brothers because of this. Even now, they still dislike each other.
"Okay, so be it."
The old king stood up and walked slowly outside the meeting hall. (End of chapter)