A strange world

Chapter 1051 Section 282. Action

"Why did Grand Duke Barbatod want to harm Princess Sailes?"

"I don't know, the housekeeper just asked me to do this one thing. So I went to find Sugra."

Annan knew what happened next.

"Didn't Grand Duke Barbatod ask you to corrupt Renato?"

Reinato looked solemn and didn't interrupt. This was about his innocence.

"He asked me to do it, but I didn't do it."

Whether Hunter was smart or loyal, following Barbatod, no matter how capable he was, he would be a dead man.

Henter could still accept it before, but he became the chief guard of the military minister. There were no more than ten nobles in the kingdom who were more powerful than Renato. Why should he be a loyal dog of the Grand Duke?

The one who wanted Barbatod to die the most was his enemy, followed by Hunter.

So Hunter deliberately delayed, and when the Grand Duke sent someone to ask, he said that the progress was slow.

Grand Duke Barbatod's network is so large that there are nobles who cannot be corrupted, so he did not suspect him, but he gradually placed other spies around Renato, some of them were open sentries, and some were secret sentries, but they were all found by Hunter and arrested just now.

From this point of view, he did a good job.

"I'm sorry, Lord Renato, I lied to you..."

Renato's face was not very good, but he still waved his hand: "It's not your fault."

After asking Hunter everything he knew, they left the dungeon and returned to the study.

"Are we going to do it?" Renato asked.

"Let me think about it again."

The people who are going to be moved this time are not minions or marginal people, but real big shots. There are at least five councilors standing on his side if not ten.

Annan is not afraid of this, the question is, which side will the chairman of the council stand on?

The chairman of the council has a good relationship with Grand Duke Barbatod, so when he points out Barbatod, will the chairman of the council choose to poke the abscess and become a legitimate guardian of the kingdom, or continue to cover it up, as long as it is not spread out?

"Let me test the attitude of the chairman of the council first."

Annan could accept this. Although he could not solve Barbatod and cut a knife in the kingdom's main artery, he helped Princess Cels find the murderer and got a solid evidence that could be used to accuse the kingdom of colluding with the rat people at any time.

It's a win no matter what.

"By the way, how are you going to deal with Hunter?"

"Do you have any suggestions?"

Reinado could no longer trust him. This was the fate of spies, and Hunter knew it.

The best outcome for him was to play a play with Reinado again and then disappear from his sight forever.

"He is a great swordsman after all. I plan to send him back to Liberty City. After a period of transformation, he will be sent to the legion as an instructor."

Anyway, it was not him who betrayed him, so Anan didn't mind at all.

"It's his good fortune to meet you." Reinado said. It's also his own.

Annan can tolerate spies, so he can accept himself.

Let Reinado not go anywhere today and continue to look for spies in the official residence. Annan hurried to the capital.

The king has been unwell these days, and the head of the council has been handling government affairs.

This is a bit like the relationship between Annan and Olmedo. What's more, they are both from the Augusta family.

Annan walked into the palace humming the song of the Augusta family's loyalty.

The head of the council was arranging something with several court mages. Seeing Annan being brought in, the old voice asked:

"New news?"

"Bad news."

The head of the council waved his hand, and the court mages bowed and retreated with curiosity about Annan.

"It's not the bad news I thought, right?"

"Yes. I traced the real murderer."

The head of the council motioned Annan to sit down: "Tell me from the beginning."

Annan started from the discovery of the unidentified body in the cemetery: he found Sugra through the Shadow Brotherhood, and got the news of a butler named Ruby from Sugra.

The head of the council was also there at the time, but Sugra was very brave and lucky. He lied in front of the head of the council without being discovered.

Ruby's identity was fake, and his real identity was Renato's chief guard.

Annan said that he confirmed that his uncle was not involved, so he told him the truth and caught the captain of the guard Hunter at lightning speed. The interrogation revealed that he was inserted by Grand Duke Barbatod to Renado eight years ago, and the order to leave Princess Sailes... came from Grand Duke Barbatod.

He also learned from Faru, the mascot of the King of the North given to him by Barbatod, that the director of the Great Library, Director Zloyutro, and Sir Mir Bogard were in Barbatod's circle.

"I wonder if Grand Duke Barbatod realized something when he recruited Master Kell a few days ago?"

"Another question is, why didn't Grand Duke Barbatod use his own blood, but betrayed Princess Sailes?"

"Because Barbatod is a branch of the royal family."

After a long silence, the head of the parliament told this royal secret.

Barbatod is the cousin of the old king, that is, Clo's father. He had helped a lot in the competition for the successor, so he was able to sit on the throne of the Grand Duke as a branch.

This explains it.

"Mr. Olme...what do you think?" The wise blue eyes of the chairman of the parliament fell on Annan.

"If I had a plan, I wouldn't have come to you." He kicked the balloon back.

The chairman of the parliament laughed an old man's low laugh: "You did better than I did when I was young."

Before Annan could figure out the meaning of this sentence, he stood up: "You stay here, and don't go out unless I come."

Annan realized something and stood up nervously, forgetting for a moment that the tall old man in front of him was his enemy: "Do you want to confront them? I will work with you -"

"No, this is our old guy's business."

The white-robed congressman smiled and walked out of the lounge.

Annan noticed that he forgot to take his staff and hurriedly chased him out, but was stopped by a barrier.

Annan could feel that the barrier was useless to him, but it reminded him not to go out.

It appears to be under house arrest, but in fact it is under protection.

But Annan was worried about his own people who were still outside and hesitated.

"You kid, why do you still want to go out when Old Irwin tells you to stay here! Phew...it's killing me."

"Who is speaking?!"

Annan turned around suddenly.

The entire lounge was deserted, except for the staff left by the Council Member... a staff?

The staff that seemed to be a tree root squeezed out a wrinkle, as if it had a mouth: "Yes, I am the one who is talking! I am also maintaining the barrier!"

The Speaker is really reassuring, it would be even better if he was on the side of Liberty City...

Annan no longer thought about going out, hoping that Renaldo could protect Maria and his men.

"Who is you?"

"You don't even want to call me you!"

"Oh, who are you?"

"Nonsense, can't you see I'm a staff?"

It's surprising that the staff can talk, but the fact that the council leader's staff can talk just makes people think it's nothing.

Annan was a little wary at first, but after getting in touch with him, he found that he had no other problems except being chatty.

"Do you know why the Speaker said, 'I can do better than he did when he was younger'?"