Damn it, this boss really has no normal skills.

Chapter 489 The Duke leads his troops into Beijing!
It all starts with an individual, it all starts with a hero, it all targets the dark side of human nature, and it all messes up something that was originally good.

Being able to list so many similarities, Ji Ming is now more than 80% sure that he can investigate all these incidents together, and use them to corroborate each other, so as to find out the culprit and torture him severely.

And if you think about it carefully, you will find that compared with the other four, the goal of "Holy Tree Restoration Organization" has a natural superiority.

Firstly, the era of the Holy Tree where the Nine Sacred Clans lived was too far away. The final destruction alone was five hundred years ago. Add to that the thousands of years of transition before that, and it would be extremely difficult to investigate what happened to the people and things back then.

On the other hand, the Restoration Organization is in the same era as themselves, with only a spatial distance. Moreover, the core members all have pointy ears, and they are all old men who can't die even if they hang themselves every day. It is not difficult for them to investigate the old events of the past. This is a victory.

Secondly, the scope of the investigation into the mystery of the little lion's sudden death is very narrow. Although the person involved survived, he lost his memory, and almost all the related people passed away. Only Archbishop Tenis, who was theoretically very close to the couple but actually had no involvement, was left alive. The investigation was completely fruitless.

On the other hand, the Restoration Organization has been a scourge for a thousand years and has very strong vitality. Not only did it keep General Aslan alive, it even kept Priest Suraiya alive. It also has a complete knowledge base library. The combined evidence and witnesses will allow Ji Ming to shoot at least three episodes, which is a double win.

Next, although the thread of successive Sun Kings is relatively clear, the specific circumstances are extremely complicated. Hell, every king has countless mistresses and offspring, and the network of relationships woven together is even more complicated than that in "Crusader Kings", a pure "Five Hundred Years of Solitude". Ji Ming doesn't have an intelligence group of village aunties, so who can figure this out?

On the other hand, although the pointy-eared people of the Restoration Organization lost their country and were awakened from the dream of decadence and debauchery, the long-lived species are born with the debuff of difficulty in reproduction. Even the elf with the most offspring so far only has four children, and they are four half-elves. This is a triple win.

Then, there were too few acquaintances in the royal family of the Deep Forest Kingdom. In fact, Ji Ming only knew one war horse girl, Christine. Although it was said that she had just made great contributions to the Third Prince, her foundation was still shallow, and her status in the world was probably not as good as that of the gigolo king.

On the other hand, the sage who cannot be cut off from the Restoration Organization is my mother, and the priest who is keen on the affairs of the organization is my aunt. Now they also need my help, and want me, a man with round ears, to stand up for this group of pointed ears who can do nothing but extremes. This is a four-win situation.

The last point is that the size of the Holy Tree Restoration Organization is neither too big nor too small, just the right size. With Ji Ming's current strength, he has the confidence and ability to completely control it. It is the best target for investigating the remnants of the Dark Flame. This is the fifth victory.

So no matter how much the old lady winked at him, Ji Ming pretended not to see it. He concentrated on getting information out of Suraiya and obtained a lot of information about the deep forest.

Although there are certainly many subjective elements in it, for example, Christine is definitely not the "ugly, bloated guy with a horse face" she described, but it also gave Ji Ming a general understanding of the actual situation inside the deep forest, and confirmed some of his guesses about the Deep Forest Kingdom.

——Haha, although it looks like it is very ferocious, the internal conflicts are also quite sharp. No wonder it can’t even deal with these elves with pointed ears who are not smart enough.

The old lady gradually realized that Ji Ming was just trying to trick him, and knowing that he knew his limits, she stopped trying to stop him and let him chat with the psychopath for a long time.

They chatted until it was completely light. They heard the shouts of a large number of people and horses moving around in the jungle, and the two of them reluctantly stopped.

"Oh, I was so happy chatting with my good nephew that I forgot the time without realizing it."

"It seems that the dust has settled over at Meteorite Peak, and all the Radiant People who have spared time have arrived. It's getting late, so I should say goodbye."

After leaving Ji Ming a contact number, Suraiya performed a magic trick and turned back into the majestic black lady who made it difficult for people to muster up the courage to look directly at her.

Then he twisted his ball-like body, swung on the branches a few times like Tarzan, and disappeared into the jungle.

Ji Ming and Blois did not stay in the woods any longer. They hid their tracks and went all the way to a small town outside the royal hunting ground before stopping.

However, such a big thing happened in the mountains, and there was already chaos here. The timid ones fled outside, and the brave ones came in, and it was crowded together.

So it wasn't until they paid a high price to find a hotel room that they finally had a place to chat.

After the waiter brought the hot soup and bread, the old lady locked the door and turned back.

"You speak first and I speak first?"

"You go first."

"Okay, I'll go first then."

It takes half a mile from Sunshine City to the royal hunting ground, from spring to midsummer, a distance of tens of thousands of miles. The old lady's appearance here was definitely not a spur of the moment.

In fact, she had already set off half a month ago, and what made this super old sloth decide to move was a letter from Archbishop Tenith.

After all, he took two important juniors on a long journey in one go. In fact, since leaving Sunshine City, Tenis has been sending letters to Blois from time to time.

Considering that the relationship between the two old ladies is more like that of sisters, it is not an exaggeration to say that it is a family letter.

The latest one was written after Tenith left Qixia City and came to Eleanor's fiefdom, Blackwater Territory.

Although the development potential of this fiefdom is very low, it is located in the southern part of the eastern border of the kingdom, where the control is not so severe and there is some breathing space.

They have already settled down here, and plan to exempt the people from taxes for a year as a gesture of favor and stability, then use their savings to recruit a small group of knights and train them diligently to improve the security of the territory, and then figure out how to farm the land before doing anything else.

After telling her side of the story, she naturally did not forget to talk about Ji Ming's side, saying that he had been a teacher at St. Valentine's School of Magic recently, and had opened a course called "Therapeutic Pharmacy", which he taught very vividly.

This was normal for Ji Ming. If he wanted to study, why not go to school? The only potion of the Holy Light Church was the holy water blessed by the gods in the church. If he wanted to learn alchemy, he couldn't just stay in the holy mountain and study behind closed doors.

But for Blois, this was simply an attack by dead memories. After all, when she was a sage, she had taught several classes. She didn't expect Ji Ming to take the same path as herself.

Moreover, the old lady could live peacefully in Sunshine City because she knew that she was cursed by the true God and there was no cure for her. Death was just a matter of time.

Therefore, she is already very content to have a suitable successor to inherit her legacy. She can finish what she can do in the last bit of her life and wait for death in peace.

But now her life span has been extended by at least a thousand years, and the sword of Damocles hanging over her head has disappeared in an instant. The change in the status quo will inevitably bring about a change in mentality and a change in thinking.

In addition, due to the explosive growth of clinics and hospitals in the city, which have entered a stage of working for three days and drying the net for two days, Adele, who is determined to follow in her father's footsteps and build a large mecha, would come to the material store to find her from time to time.

"Hey, the doctor has been away from Sunshine City for almost half a year, and he didn't even send a letter back?"

Ji Ming: “Uh…”

"You don't want to ask me who Adele is, do you?"

"No, no, no, I remember!"

In fact, this cannot be entirely blamed on Ji Ming. His parents divorced when he was a child, and he was kicked around by the two families. He relied on working and studying to earn money for his studies and finally graduated from university and became independent.

Although he moved to many places during this process, he had no "family" since he was a child. How could he know that parents should not travel far away, and that one should remember to send letters home to report safety when away from home.

So he just forgot about it. If Tenis hadn't mentioned Ji Ming in his letter home, the old lady would have killed him and hung him up and beaten him.

But even so, half a year later, coupled with the complaints of her apprentice Adele, the old lady still had the idea of ​​going out for a walk, at least to Qixia City. However, she was not too anxious on the way, just like checking the performance of her students, she went north with a travel mentality and walked the same route they had walked.

It took a full half month, and several dealings with that group of so-called pioneers, before we arrived at Jumen Pass in the south of Qixia City late last night.

Then he was stopped by the city gate, which should have been open 24 hours a day to handle customs clearance business uninterruptedly for the sake of adults' business, but was now inexplicably closed.

"Something has happened to the Royal Hunting Grounds. The superiors have ordered them to be temporarily closed. Only specific personnel are allowed in and out. You guys just wait outside for a while!"

There were merchants who had several carts and were in a hurry to sell their catches. They asked for leniency and even took out bags of gold coins, but they were still driven back by the guards who kept swallowing their saliva.

"No! This is the king's order. I heard that the dukes from all over the country have already taken action. If something goes wrong, we can't bear the responsibility!"

But it was not just the merchants who were stopped outside the pass. There were countless nobles under the emperor's feet, and many of them were descendants of nobles and even had nepotism.

They didn't care about the life or death of a soldier guarding the city. They immediately started to make a scene, using threats and inducements, trying to use coercion to open the closed door in front of them.

"I...how dare you disobey the king's order!"

This group of young guards were undoubtedly dedicated. After giving a warning, they picked up their weapons and prepared to take action.

But before the stick could fall on the criminal, he was slapped in the face by the captain of the guard who came rushing over after hearing the news.

"What are you doing? What are you doing! Are you capable of offending these adults?"

After a severe scolding, he put on an attentive face that was enough to make everyone laugh, and ordered his men to open the side door quickly.

"Oh my, gentlemen, please bear with us. These new recruits have only been here for a short time and don't know the rules."

"As for the king's order, hehe, there is a period of time every year, it's just a formality, don't mind, everyone, please be considerate of each other? Haha..."

But before he could laugh for the third time, there was a frightening rumble of thunder on the horizon, and the whole earth began to shake violently.

The uninformed people were panicked: "An earthquake!?"

The few caravan guards who knew about the business changed their expressions: "No, this is..."

In a flash, a large group of black cavalry rushed to the front of Jumen Pass like a tide along the specially cleared fast passage.

The army was in good order, their advances and retreats were measured, their orders were obeyed, and it was clear that there were thousands of them, yet they were as strong as an arm extended by a giant.

The magic lamps hanging on the gate tower also illuminated the two flags held by the knights: a howling tiger and two crossed axes.

——This is also the emblem of the Duke of Xiaguang and the Xiaguang Knights.

So the man in the lead clearly didn't even take off his helmet, but the complex aura that was a mixture of bloodiness and nobility was enough to reveal his identity.

"Mr. Duke..."

The captain of the guard forced an ugly smile on his face, and was about to order his men to ignore those useless little masters and quickly help the big master open the main gate, because the regular army is coming!
Then Lord Xia raised the whip in his hand and gestured to the side door which had opened a small crack not far away.

"Who did this?"

The captain of the guard was stunned for a moment and hurried to explain.

"Sir...I just..."

However, all he got in return was Lord Xia raising his chin and looking calm and composed.

"If you violate the king's order, you will be killed."

"what?"

The next second, a sharp sword was drawn out with a clang by the personal guard beside the lord.

By the time the blade was sheathed again, the captain of the guard had fallen to the ground, a headless corpse.

It has to be said that being able to use a fresh head as a stepping stone to open the pass, Lord Xia's clearance efficiency should be considered the highest in the history of the Jumen Pass.

Also with this head as confidence, the guards who had just made concessions slammed the side door again and spoke harshly.

"Enter? No one of you can even think of entering!"

Although because of this, more and more civilians and transport teams gathered outside the pass, Blois would definitely not be stopped by a mere pass.

However, the fact that a powerful duke-level noble quickly led his troops into the capital was definitely a turning point-level event no matter which world or country it happened in.

What's more, after she crossed the Jumen Pass, she found that there were soldiers everywhere around the royal city.

Judging from the patterns on the flags, it seems that all the lords whose names can be heard nearby have brought their troops here to participate in the event.

"Huh?"

She quickly found a tavern that was still open to inquire for information, and only then did she learn that something had happened in the royal hunting ground in the north of the city.

If we can’t stop millions of monsters from descending from the sacred mountain, tens of thousands of unlucky students might die, and it might even affect the royal capital!

The old lady was not at all upset about this. After all, I have pointed ears, and it doesn't matter whose son it is whether humans die or not.

Anyway, Ji Ming is now a teacher in the capital, and he is probably resting peacefully in the dormitory. He definitely won't...

"It's over!"

(End of this chapter)