honor me as god

Chapter 550
(two in one chapter)
The conference room was dead silent, and the officials of Danyu City were all frozen in place like statues, and the surroundings seemed to have turned into a still picture scroll.

Ge Maiyuan opened his eyes, and after a long while, he asked with a confused face: "Your Highness, haven't you heard the news? The 162 million tons of relief food shipped from Wangcheng has been destroyed by fire on the night of the Dragon Fire Festival. Now it is in Danyu City. There is no more food."

Lin Gengsen poked his heart full of remorse, and said in a painful tone, "Although Kerry, the grain officer at the time, had been beheaded, the burnt grain can't be exchanged for us. His Royal Highness punishes us according to the law!"

"Pretend?" Lorna leaned back slowly, put her two long legs on the table casually, rested her cheeks on the back of her hand, and said in a mocking tone, "You guys have explained everything. On the night of the fire festival, what was burnt in the eight granaries was not grain at all, but bags of sawdust that you secretly brought in."

Ge Mai and Lin Gengsen suddenly felt cold, and their scalps were numb.
Why does His Royal Highness know about this? !

A few days before the Dragon and Fire Festival, when they secretly exchanged food, they used all the confidantes they absolutely trusted. It is impossible for someone to expose this matter!

Could it be a fraud?

Gomez kept his mind steady and didn't show any flaws, his face was still full of confusion: "Your Highness, we don't understand what you are talking about. Can you explain to us?"

"Forget it. People don't shed tears without seeing the coffin." Lorna touched the ring on her right index finger, and the surrounding space began to appear distorted.

People with discerning eyes have already recognized it. This is an extraterrestrial device. It looks like a ring, but it can open some kind of storage space out of thin air. When an alchemist came into contact with this ring for the first time, he bluntly said that it was comparable to the mighty power of a god.

The ring on Lorna's hand must have been given by Kino, but I don't know what it contains.

As the space distorts, a phantom slowly emerges, which is a huge sack.

When the sack fell to the ground, it was still oozing blood. Lorna untied the tie and pushed the sack to the ground.

When the things contained inside rolled out, some officials with poor psychological quality vomited directly.

Head!

That sack was full of bloody heads!
Judging from the horrific scars on the heads, they experienced indescribable torture before being beheaded, and their expressions were frozen in that moment full of pain.

Although Ge Mai didn't vomit, he was also quite frightened. He glanced at a head, and suddenly felt a little familiar. After careful observation, he found that it was actually the grain officer who succeeded Kerry after the Dragon Fire Festival.

This new grain officer is Ge Mai's confidant and one of the executors who secretly exchanged grain. Ge Mai saw him in the temporary grain warehouse yesterday and ordered some things by the way. Unexpectedly, there is only one head left today.

Looking at the rest of the heads, they were all officials or soldiers who were in charge of guarding the granary recently. These people were all Gome's confidantes, and they were also the people who secretly helped him exchange grain.

Lorna can pick out people so accurately, does she really have any information in her hands? !

It shouldn't be, these confidantes have always been tight-lipped, and it is impossible to betray their masters.
"There are only twenty heads here, and a sack can only hold so much." Lorna stroked the ring and asked lazily, "There are more than a dozen sacks in my ring, do you want to see it?"

"No, no, no! We believe in His Royal Highness!" Ge Mai and the others hurriedly waved their hands. This sack was scary enough, and a dozen or so sacks would not fill up the room.

Just when Gome and the others were calm on the surface and restless in their hearts, Lorna put the heads of these people back into the space ring, then walked slowly to the window, looked at the scenery outside the window, and said earnestly: "You guys, you should really screen them out. The mouths of my subordinates are really too weak, I just used a little trick, and let them all recruit."

"It's very unfortunate for you to have cultivated these weak-willed people who betrayed their masters. But you are also very lucky, because I have already helped you dispose of these dregs, and they have no possibility to communicate with outsiders. Those confessions are now also Only the people in this room know."

"Why? Are you still unwilling to admit it?"

Ge Mai was extremely anxious. So many dead soldiers were all killed. I'm afraid someone really recruited something? !

However, there seems to be a piece of good news—His Royal Highness noticed that they exchanged wood for food, but he didn't know where the food was hidden now.

If someone among the dead recruited a place to steal food, His Royal Highness didn't need to come to the door at all, just went to find out the food, and how to deal with it at that time would not be a matter of her words.

The reason why she came here now is that she doesn't know where the food is placed!
There is even a possibility that these dead soldiers who were captured overnight did not confess at all!

His Royal Highness deliberately killed these people, and then lied that they recruited, trying to make a fraud.

As for why she could accurately guess that it was wood chips that were burned on the night of the Dragon Fire Festival, it may be that there were some traces left in the granary that were not cleaned up.

Just relying on some traces and confessions can't settle the case, as long as they kill a few of them and don't tell where the food is, His Royal Highness will have nothing to do with them.

Killing a few small officials and soldiers is a trivial matter. If you want to kill eight provincial officials or use torture without proof, you must be responsible. She must not have the guts!

Thinking of this, Ge Mai pretended to scratch his head, and said with doubts on his face: "Your Highness, your mouth grows on them. I really can't control what they want to say about nonsense. But you can't just rely on those tortures. Confession, come and label us. How do you ask us to admit something that we haven’t done at all?”

Lorna turned around, with a little sarcasm in her eyes, and said with great interest: "Do you think that as long as I don't have enough evidence, you can live in peace? Let's talk about the ugly things first. Usually, the trial of a case really pays attention to evidence." chain."

"However, in serious political cases like this one, whether you recognize it or not, and whether the evidence is complete or not, as long as I report this matter to the royal family, you will be stripped of your skin if you don't die. The executioners in Wangcheng are all good pickers. And the one next to me, if I hand you over to him, how long can you last? One day? One week? One month?"

Kino next to Lorna narrowed his eyes intentionally or unintentionally, and looked at everyone with a sly smile.

Kino's gaze caused everyone to shiver, and they lowered their heads not daring to look at him. This guy is famous for his torture methods. If it really falls into his hands, life will be hell, and death will be the greatest. mercy.

Lorna changed the subject, and her tone became more relaxed: "The reason why I didn't report directly is actually to give you a chance to cooperate - I need money now, a lot of money, so I came to you."

Ge Mai thought to himself: Your uncle, after talking for a long time, it turns out that you are here to blackmail?The dignified prince would actually do such a thing
He directly gave up his position, smiled and said, "You can talk to Mr. Du Mingwei about the money matter. We have been officials for so many years, and we have always had nothing to do, and we don't have much money."

"Du Mingwei" Lorna looked at the other side of the long table and said with a smile, "Oh~ I heard about you, the richest man in Danyu City, the representative of hundreds of noble families."

Du Mingwei was still wearing the plain civilian clothes, and said with lowered eyes: "Prince Lorna, you said that you need money, which makes me very puzzled. You are a royal nobleman, and you are the daughter of Lord Sting, the left hand of the king. Still short of money?"

Lorna said casually, "What's wrong with my daughter? Sting is Sting, and I am me. The money he earns is his own. Unless he dies one day, it will never reach my pocket."

"Besides, my annual pocket money is only 20 gold months. What can I buy with this little money?"

Gome and the others called out in their hearts good guys, isn't 20 gold moons a year enough?The annual salary of the "governor" of the province is only 100 gold months. His Royal Highness is really a prodigal.

Du Mingwei thought for a moment, then nodded slightly to Lorna to show his humility: "In the past, if His Royal Highness was short of money, we would make money for you even if we wereted money. If we suffer, no one can suffer His Highness the Prince."

"However, Danyu City's official style has always been clean and honest. The annual salary of the adults is only so small. You can't spend 20 gold months a year. Naturally, the salaries of the adults are even more disrespectful."

"As for me, I have accumulated some family property over the years as a businessman, but this time Danyu City suffered a famine, I have already dispersed all my family property and distributed all the property and surplus food in the mansion to the victims, and now I am penniless."

"So, I'm sorry, Your Royal Highness, I'm afraid we can't do anything about your request for money."

The corners of Lorna's lips slowly settled down, her expression obviously becoming displeased.

Seeing that the atmosphere became a bit tense, Kino hurriedly stood up and tried to persuade him: "Everyone, why don't you understand what His Royal Highness means? She is no longer a child. The lack of money is not because of insufficient pocket money, but because Considering long-term planning in the political arena."

Lorna snorted coldly, and returned to the topic: "Let me tell you something, before Bolton came back from Danyu City, contradicted the king in the palace, and made His Majesty so angry that he fell ill on the spot and passed out on the ground."

Gome and the others were so frightened that they were sweating: "Your Majesty the King?!"

Lorna shook her head, and said silently: "Your Majesty is rescued, but now lying on the hospital bed unconscious, it is really hard to say how long I can live. To put it bluntly, after the death of the old king and the coronation of the new king It's not far away."

Kino lowered his voice, and asked cautiously: "Everyone, let me ask one more question, among the three crown prince candidates, which one do you support?"

Gome hesitated for a while, and said with an apologetic smile: "No matter which crown prince you support, don't you all work for Dougland? We are not anyone's party members, and we don't have any factional tendencies. We only hope that His Majesty the King will take care of his health. , Be sure to be good! If... If you are really ill, no matter which prince or princess succeeds to the throne, you will receive our greatest loyalty."

Kino waved his hands, as if mocking their hypocrisy: "Everyone understands. Everyone says that there is no faction, but in fact, they have already made a bet in secret. Of course, if you don't want to say it, I won't force it. It’s good that everyone knows it well.”

Gomez laughed silently.

Kino sighed, and changed the topic: "But I still want to remind you today that political struggle is extremely cruel, and if you take a step in the air, you will be doomed. You must not stand on the wrong team."

Gomez smiled slightly and said mysteriously: "No one can predict the future, they just follow the trend. Who can guarantee that they will always be in the right position?"

"I can." Kino's voice instantly overwhelmed the audience. After he finished speaking, he looked at Lorna's back intentionally or unintentionally.

Gomez and the others also looked over subconsciously, their eyes erratically moving between Kino and Lorna.

Chino walked up to Gomez, put his arms around his shoulders, and took Lin Gengsen beside him, and said in a low voice, "Think about it, there are only three children of Perseus—Andre, Bolton, Solandelle."

"The crown prince who succeeds in the future must be one of these three people. No matter who you bet on, the probability of winning is only one-third. You are willing to hand over your fate to one-third of the probability ?"

Lin Gengsen frowned, and asked in a deep voice, "Then what do you mean?"

"Why haven't you understood yet? No one can say for sure who the future king will be. The person you support may be crowned king, or may be ineffective. But there is one person who will always be the winner." Kino secretly looked at Lorna's tone was full of the humility of a subordinate, "That is His Royal Highness."

"Who is the future king? Don't know, because Perseus has three children. But who is the future "Left Hand of the King"?"This is very clear, there is no slight mistake, it can only be His Royal Highness—because she is Sting's only daughter. "

"Think about it, His Royal Highness is a close friend of Prince Andre and Prince Bolton, and also a close friend of Princess Thorandell. No matter which of the three of them is in power, Yu Gong, Laurel and Dragon have an eternal relationship. Friendship. Personally, His Royal Highness has a good personal relationship with these three, will they treat her badly?"

"And think about it, His Royal Highness is the first "prince with a different surname" in the 513 years since the founding of Dogolande! At the age of 16, it is already the third sequence "Dragon Roar" of the Regnom family. What is the concept? ! "

"It can be said that His Royal Highness is not yet fully fledged, and everyone doesn't pay much attention to it, but she is destined to rise to the top! The future left hand of the king" is standing in front of you! "

Ge Mai and Lin Gengsen looked at each other, each could see the other's hesitation and wavering, but they still didn't say a word.

Kino embraced the two of them, and continued: "You bet your treasure on the prince and princess. If you bet right, I count you amazing! But if you bet wrong, all the initial investment will be in vain, and there will be no profit at all. You will be liquidated as partisan!"

"But if you bet on His Royal Highness, you don't care which prince or princess he is in the future, anyway, it will not affect the status of His Royal Highness. He can become brother-in-law with the future king, and he will definitely not be treated badly."

"His Royal Highness didn't go to find anyone else, but came to Danyu City first, just to remember the old relationship and give you the opportunity to choose first. You must see the situation clearly!"

(End of this chapter)