Chapter 1203: The Assassin
Things had gone so far, but now it was really obvious. The deaths of the little princess, the queen, and Karen weren't really important. They were only the first link in a huge plan, and they were nothing more than three pawns.
The meaning of this plan was simple. First, a murder was suddenly committed right in the palace. The identity of the victim had to be weighty enough for the powerful Iron Hand to be forced to personally investigate the matter.
When Iron Hand fell into the trap, the second stage of the plan — the assassination attempt-would begin. The details of this phase were unclear, because the assassination attempt failed before it could even begin.
This side mission wasn't a search and reasoning mission at all, but was a long-planned assassination of all the important officials and the royal family. If you think about it this way, everything becomes much simpler and clearer.
Detective Vernista Ford understood this, and he left a lot of clues for this conclusion, but he didn't write down the obvious on paper.
Some things had to be left unsaid if one wanted to live a long life.
It wasn't a big deal that the little princess got pregnant. In the worst case, she would have given birth before marriage, which would only have resulted in a moral problem, but the queen's pregnancy… It changed everything. Having her give birth to someone else was equivalent to removing the current crown from the king's head and replacing it with a green-colored crown.
Some things were not supposed to be disclosed to the public, such as the fact that the Queen was pregnant. The detective didn't want to die, so he only vaguely hinted at it in the report, and with these hints, he asked Su Xiao for help. He helped Su Xiao figure out the whole situation and asked that the infamous Iron Hand not silence him in the end.
Of course, Su Xiao wouldn't take out such a person. This guy's abilities were at a very high level, and he would clearly be able to help him more than once in the future.
The first thing he needed to do right now was to find out where the kingdom's treasurer, Rowan Harvey, was. He wasn't the prime suspect, but his testimony would definitely help provide new clues.
As soon as Su Xiao walked out of the building, a series of shouts came from the nearby streets.
A royal guardsman covered in blood was rushing towards Su Xiao.
With a clang, the black-armored guardsman fell to the ground. There were at least a dozen cuts on his body, and some of the skin on his head was missing.
Falling in front of Su Xiao, he raised one of his hands. "My lord... Vernista Ford... The detective died... There was only one killer, the weapon - " with every word he said, more blood spilled out of him.
He was already beyond help, for even his heart had been pierced several times.
— I know, thank you, the information you provided is very valuable, " Su Xiao replied, and the guardsman's outstretched hand fell to the ground
— Take the body away and give it a proper burial, " Su Xiao said and looked at the two capital guards who were standing at the door of the residence. These guards had never been on the battlefield, and there weren't any special security issues in the capital, so this was the first time they had seen something like this.
— Yes... yes...
Immediately after, Su Xiao disappeared into the gradually gathering crowd. Just as he had expected, the customer started to worry. Having killed the detective, he obviously wanted to delay the investigation, but unfortunately, he eliminated it too late.
If the detective was the first target, then the second...
Su Xiao quickly moved through the crowd. He wondered if he should have gone to Rowan Harvey first, or if he should have prevented the possible concealment of evidence.
Rowan Harvey was just a suspect, and he didn't necessarily have to be connected to this case, but everyone who was about to die definitely knew something about it..
If he understood everything correctly, the second target would probably be the second princess, who had provided Su Xiao with her intelligence network.
At this moment, Su Xiao suddenly stopped walking.
He thought of the little mouse.
Before the big purge started, Rowan Harvey used a small mouse to communicate with Su Xiao. This wasn't the first time this kind of contact had occurred, so Su Xiao didn't see anything wrong with it at the time.
That day, Rowan Harvey only asked Su Xiao one simple question: "I'm on the list?».
Su Xiao then thought that Rowan Harvey was just afraid for his life and had completely forgotten that Rowan was one of the king's most trusted people.
Why was such a person even afraid of purging?
Su Xiao now had two choices: go to Rowan Harvey or the second princess.
After thinking for a while, Su Xiao made up his mind. The second princess wouldn't necessarily die even if someone tried to kill her. He could save her with a simple warning of impending danger. If Rowan Harvey was involved in this matter, then he would definitely escape by the time Su Xiao was sure that the second princess was safe.
If Su Xiao's speculations were correct, then Rowan Harvey was a very large fish.
Su Xiao jumped onto the roof of a private house. It wasn't easy to find Rowan Harvey in this huge capital, but fortunately, he had the help of the second princess ' underground organization right now.
Soon, Su Xiao came to a three-story building that was a branch of the second princess ' underground organization.
When the guards at the entrance saw Su Xiao, they immediately opened the doors and let him in.
— Mr. Iron Hand, what is the reason you came to us this time? a beautiful woman in her 40s asked as she quickly approached him.
— Where's Rowan Harvey? Su Xiao asked.
She thought for a moment and gave a slightly nervous smile. She knew who Su Xiao was, but she also knew who Rowan Harvey was.
— Give me this information as soon as possible, " Su Xiao ordered and looked directly at the beautiful woman, who immediately took a few steps back.
— Yes, yes... " the beautiful woman replied, but instead of checking, the first thing she did was contact the second princess via a secret channel.
The second princess ' reply came very quickly and was quite simple. She had to give him this information, while trying to keep it a secret.
Since there were no modern means of communication in this world, even though the second princess ' intelligence network was quite good, it would take some time to find the kingdom's treasurer Rowan Harvey.
Half an hour later, a beautiful woman approached Su Xiao, but her face was a little pale. "Mr. Rowan Harvey secretly left the capital at noon...
She knew perfectly well that something terrible had happened.
— What a sly old man, he left so quickly.
When Su Xiao realized that there was something wrong with Rowan Harvey, he had long since escaped from the capital.
This was a truly unique event. The kingdom's treasurer has escaped. The entire financial power of the kingdom had been in his hands for so many years. He hid very well and eventually decided to retire under an unusual salute.
Rowan Harvey was now the enemy of the entire kingdom. For the royal family, this news was too scary. How many years had Rowan Harvey been Treasurer of the realm? How many years had he planned this? A few years? No, it took decades.
The kingdom's treasury was definitely a ticking time bomb right now. Only God knew when it would explode. As soon as the first financial problems arise, the front line will suffer the most.
The only ones who benefited from this happening were the undead race.
It seems that the undead attacked not only the wall of God, but also the royal power system, not just head-on, but from within.
They have already learned how to deploy spies, and in the very heart of the system.
The undead were by no means a simple-minded race, and their intelligence was definitely not inferior to that of humans.
The plan, developed by the undead for decades and put into action at one point, was clearly aimed at destroying a well-established system.
— Master, we - " she stopped abruptly in mid-sentence. A trickle of blood appeared on the beautiful woman's neck and in the next moment her head fell to the floor.
— Ninety-nine, " said the red-cloaked figure squatting on the chandelier.
This uninvited guest was very slender and had a white mask on his face that didn't have a drop of blood on it.
— You're the hundredth, " he said, and stared at Su Xiao with a pair of emerald green eyes.
— It turns out that the target wasn't the second princess, but me. What a nice and unexpected bonus, " Su Xiao muttered as a Dragon Flash appeared in his hand.
He felt that his opponent wasn't weak, but he needed to take him alive this time, otherwise he wouldn't get any new clues in this matter.
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