Chapter 250 Temporarily Leaving Covenant City
The next day, the front pages of all newspapers in Covenant City were given to the Imperial Military Police.
The content in it makes every citizen who bought the morning paper feel a layer of gloom in their hearts. For most people, the name Corpse Stitcher only exists in some horror stories, and they will probably never come into contact with anything related to the undead in their entire lives.
However, the facts tell everyone that the legendary corpse stitchers are by their side, and many people have been killed by them and made into corpse puppets.
Panic is spreading. People don’t know whether the Imperial Military Police has eradicated all the corpse stitchers. They prefer to believe not. The temperament of the booming city has changed like a roller coaster. The citizens have become neurotic and look at everyone around them with vigilant eyes.
At this time, Hailot had already boarded the airship bound for the northwest Kurdish province. In addition to Bresini and Fiorro, Tieqi and Reinham also joined the journey, and the five of them asked for an independent cabin.
The airship is floating in the clouds, and the city is getting further and further away.
Reinham read the morning newspaper in his hand, and then couldn't help but sigh: "The deep prison has been made public, and the filth under the city's gorgeous appearance has been uncovered. This is a great opportunity for the Covenant City. It’s a very heavy blow, at least most people who like nightlife will choose to go home early.”
Helot was reading a book and could guess what was in today’s newspaper.
"Sooner or later, this thunder will explode. The sooner it explodes, the sooner it will be faced. The imperial court and government can no longer be ostriches. They should face things they did not dare to face before."
Reinham nodded: "You are right! Deep Prison has done so many things in Covenant City and killed so many people. It is definitely impossible to hide it. The only difference is how it is exposed. In this way. It was acceptable to come out, and an important stronghold in the Deep Prison was destroyed, letting the citizens know that the empire was still capable of protecting most people.
It also happened to cover up the existence of the underground base of the Steam Turbine Research Institute, which was inside. If something explodes, it will be more serious than a corpse puppet manufacturing factory. The corpse puppet manufacturing factory is a corpse-stitching factory that commits crimes independently. For ordinary people, necromancers are a fringe group after all. Although the panic caused is serious, it will not have much impact on the daily lives of citizens, and will naturally be forgotten after a long time.
But at the underground base of the Steam Machinery Research Institute, whether it is the scale of the project or the mechanical corpses it is researching and manufacturing, anyone who knows technology will know that official forces are definitely involved. This is no longer a matter of someone sewing corpses alone. It is a blow to the credibility of the empire.
Firollo opened the hatch and came in. Behind her, Bresini was holding a few drinks.
Helot took the sweet tea he ordered and waited for Firollo to close the cabin door and release the soundproofing restriction again.
Then he said: "This is one of the reasons why I am in such a hurry to leave Covenant City. The things we found are too big and beyond our scope to handle, so stay away from them to avoid getting into trouble."
Rineham took the black coffee he ordered, took a sip and almost lost control of his expression because of the bitterness, and forced himself to swallow it.
The sleepiness caused by not sleeping all night disappeared immediately.
"You have no foundation in the palace. It is a wise choice to leave at this time. Let's see how the third prince uses the evidence we gave him. I hope that when we come back, he will have reorganized the rust nobles."< br>
Although Reinham had not been transferred to Covenant City for long, he was very aware of the cruelty of palace battles.
The Rust Nobility has a very deep foundation and holds the minerals on which the development of the empire depends. Therefore, even if there is evidence that the Rust Nobles colluded with the Deep Prison, the Empire will not use this evidence to directly convict the Rust Nobles.
How to differentiate, how to win over some and attack others, and to what extent the final reorganization will take place, are all a great test of the trader’s micromanagement.
If the third prince still wants to take advantage of this opportunity to control the Rusty Noble Group, he will be involved in the battle for the crown prince again. Not to mention Herot, a person without any foundation in the palace, even the nobles with real power did not dare to get involved easily. During this sensitive period, it is right to find excuses to leave the empire's inner circle.
Let them fight first, and then we will come back after their fight comes to fruition.
Helot drank his tea and asked: "Do you think the third prince will win over the rust nobles?"
"As long as the third prince has ambitions for the crown prince position, he will never let him go. This opportunity." Reinham knew that Helot didn't care much about the political situation of the empire, so he explained: "Since the death of the second prince, your majesty has not appointed a heir apparent. Although your majesty is in good health, the heir apparent has been vacant, which is very important to the empire. It's definitely not a good thing.
This time His Majesty asked the princes to take over the powerful department, which is considered to be an assessment of the princes' abilities. Of course, the princes must do their best. If they can win over the powerful nobles, they will definitely do so. It will help him finally ascend to the throne.”
Helot thought for a moment, it has been three years since the second prince died of illness.
The throne of the crown prince has indeed always been vacant.
This is indeed not a good thing for such a huge empire.
Helot's gossip heart was aroused, and he whispered: "I heard that the second prince did not die of illness, he was poisoned to death."
Reinham's expression immediately changed. Nervous: "I haven't heard of it. But you can't believe such rumors, let alone talk nonsense."
The cavalry sitting aside has no family background concerns and is willing to share the royal secrets he has heard.
"The second prince is the strongest in the generation of the royal family. Ordinary poison cannot kill him. What I heard is... there is a golden blood test within the royal family, which requires a large amount of gold. It is the gold output provided to the second prince. There is a problem, it is mixed with tungsten."
Helot said: "The density of tungsten is close to that of gold. Some people use gold to cover tungsten and pretend to be gold. But the gold provided to the royal family must be strictly inspected. The gold used in the Golden Bloodline Trial must be checked more strictly. How could there be a problem?” The noble was summoned by His Majesty, and Earl Secombe came back to investigate his tungsten mine. "
Could it be that the death of the second prince was really because someone mixed tungsten in his gold?
When Helot was about to have an in-depth chat with the cavalry, Reinham stopped him forcefully: "This is not something we can talk about. It is definitely not a good thing to know too much. This topic ends here, we still talked about it. What to do in Hogtown
Do you really want to open an undead themed hotel? ”
Helot also realized that this is indeed not something that can be discussed casually. The royal family’s own affairs are handled by their own people, and it is best for outsiders to pretend to be confused.
Talking about the undead themed hotel , Hailot was very interested in talking about his idea.
“I know that Tomorrow Group has a farm investment plan in Hoge Town, which will incorporate Hoge Town’s animal husbandry into the cold chain meat processing system, and it will also invest. Build a milk factory.
If I can meet Ms. Irina, I would like to talk to her about investing in a hotel..."
(End of this chapter)