Kingdom’s Bloodline

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Thales repeated it in disbelief. He looked back and forth between Raphael and Gu's cells, trying to catch a glimmer of clarity in the mixed memories and thoughts.

"explain."

The prince calmed down and stared at Raphael seriously:

"Now."

Raphael was silent for a while, and tightened his arms unnaturally:

"Your Highness, even though you are from the royal family, the secret department has not clarified your intelligence level for a long time..."

"Explain!" Thales interrupted him rudely.

"I'm explaining," Raphael blocked his words coldly:

"It's just that I have to explain, Your Highness, I can only disclose to you information that is not higher than the level of a 'madman' without violating the rules."

"Madman" level...

Thales shook his head impatiently:

"You don't have to explain the rules of these occult subjects to me—just explain."

Raphael sneered:

"I'm not telling you either."

The skeleton man slowly raised his arm: a black crack appeared on his forearm at some point, and the muscle texture inside was squirming slightly, hiding a strange shadow.

Just like six years ago.

Thales froze for a moment.

With difficulty, the prince withdrew his gaze from the other's arm, trying to return to the subject at hand.

"As you can see, this person's name is Gu Mingtang—at least on the surface."

Raphael looked at Gu's cell door quietly:

"He was born in Suye's official family in the Eastern Kingdom, and he joined Suye's royal intelligence organization: Wuyiwei."

Gu Tang.

Wu Yiwei.

Taylor's eyes changed:

"You mean, he is Su Ye's secret agent?"

Raphael nodded, but also shook his head:

"It's the 'former' agent—at least that's what we got."

"Ex?" Thales looked towards Gu's cell, and he suddenly realized that he knew nothing about the prisoner who gave him a shelter and a meal six years ago.

Raphael's forearm tightened unnaturally, but his expression did not change, and he continued to talk:

"Nineteen years ago in Qilin City, a descendant of the royal family of the Chen family launched a coup in an attempt to crusade against Yao Wang Hao who had not been enthroned for a long time. During this time, the Wuyiwei also split into two factions: the commander and prosecutor who was loyal to Yao King's youth school Wei'Lindu won a complete victory in the end, he took over as the commander of the Wuyi Guard, cleaned up the sect, and exterminated the 'traitors' in the guard."

Yao Wang Hao.

Captain Qing.

Strange and distant nouns crossed the ocean and entered Thales' mind, making him frown.

But Raphael obviously didn't want to stop and explain for the prince:

"Gu belongs to the faction that was on the wrong team: he fled to the West Continent incognito, worked as a merchant, craftsman, mercenary, etc., until after the Bloody Year, he took root in Dragon Cloud City, and used Exeter to fight against the stars. The ruins and gaps in the back, rambling about, doing the job of an intelligence dealer."

Thales took a deep breath and looked away from the iron door of Gu's cell.

"What does that have to do with you—with us?"

The corners of Raphael's lips twitched slightly, forming a sneer.

"We found out later that during these years in Dragon Clouds City, what Gu did was not just his old profession."

The skeleton man stared at the iron gate on the prison door:

"In addition to buying and selling news, this Far Easterner's business also includes acting as an intermediary for major forces and mediating conflicts."

"And for certain contradictions that cannot be reconciled and cannot be ignored..."

Having said that, Raphael's eyes turned cold:

"He'll find a killer."

killer.

Thales' nerves tightened.

etc.

Dragon Clouds City, Gu, intelligence dealer, killer, six years ago—the young man slowly connected the clues from many years ago, his complexion gradually changed.

"That's right," Raphael sneered and observed Thales' face:

"Six years ago, in Dragon Clouds City, in the corner of the gutter under the power of King Nun, the underground forces were in a mess: Grewal controlled the streets, Urad ran rampant in the black market, the Commas people took profits from the middle, and the rest of the hills were everywhere. Countless, the relationship is intricate, tangled and chaotic."

"And him," Raphael raised his chin toward Gu's cell door:

"Your friend from the Far East spent ten years gradually taking over the dirtiest and most dangerous business, and became the biggest and most convenient killer contact in Dragon Clouds City."

Thales' eye sockets slowly enlarged.

"From street gangsters to desperate criminals, up to Shadow Shield and even Assassin's Flower, he has connections and is familiar with all of them."

"Buy your life with one hand, and sell your life with the other. It can be said to be hidden, with hands and eyes open to the sky."

Shadow Shield.

Assassin's flower.

Thales stared fixedly at Gu's cell without moving his gaze.

But his eyes have changed.

If Gu was the biggest killer agent in Dragon Clouds City, it would mean six years ago...

In the next second, Rafael said blankly what Thales was worried about:

"Charmain Rumba, the Grand Duke of Black Sand found the Shadow Shield through Gu."

"The two sides made a connection and reached a cooperation."

Thales turned his head stiffly,

A collaboration between Charmain Rumba and Shadowshield.

Their middleman is...

Gu?

He couldn't help but think of the scene when he and the little slippery boy hid in the carriage tremblingly when they were young, watching the scene where Grand Duke Heisha had a conversation with Jizi Joint.

However, Raphael’s words were not finished yet:

"Finally, in view of the difficulty of the target, Gu took out his best contacts and contacted him with the most powerful and terrifying killer in the world - he relied on a sinister and sinister lore knife to fight against the enemy in the face of disaster. In the chaos, break through the heavy defense of the White Blade Guard and take away the head of the Born King."

At that moment, Thales froze in place.

Raphael narrowed his eyes slightly:

"And do you know who that is?"

The corridor fell into a silent dead silence.

After a long while, Thales exhaled with difficulty:

"yes."

Raphael sneered, ignoring the prince's extremely ugly expression at the moment:

"He knows how to contact the regicide family that fled without a trace after the Scarlet Year. This alone is enough for us to imprison him until he dies of old age—or confess."

Thales didn't speak, but just squeezed his left fist, and his fingertips brushed the scars on his palm that had been cut by JC countless times.

"But it's not the first time."

Raphael continues:

"At least, according to Gu's account book, 'Flying Locust Blade' is not the first business that has been related to you."

Thales tried hard to digest the new information and raised his eyes.

In the next second, Raphael's eyes were cold:

"Six years ago, Your Highness, when you were envoys to the north, but you and the Kingdom's Wrath were besieged by Lumbard's black sand army under the Broken Dragon Fortress, and were bombarded by magic gun troops..."

"Who do you think, through a variety of communication channels, found those assassins who could even instigate the instructor of the magic gun for the Duke of Fengzhao City, Conkley Puffett, so that he could get what he wanted and watch you die in the Among the Rumba army?"

Magic gun.

Thales frowned, as if he had returned to the fort six years ago, facing countless swords and swords.

He looked solemn:

"You mean, that's also Gu Juzhong's contact?"

Raphael snorted and shook his arm slightly:

"And you said that he helped you in Longxiao City and saved your life?"

Thales subconsciously looked at Gu's cell.

"Then think again, Your Highness."

At that moment, although Raphael's words were still relaxed, the lines between the lines were full of unknown darkness:

"Do you think that Kaslan, who betrayed King Nun, told you how to contact Gu in the tavern because he liked you, so that when you escaped from the siege of Dragon Clouds City, Looking for this seemingly mysterious and neutral underground figure?"

Kaslan.

six and a half.

Thales' eyes were firmly fixed on the gate of the cell, but his fists were clenched tighter and tighter.

"Do you think there are so many kind-hearted people from the Far East in Longxiao City? When they were knocked on the door by a mysterious noble kid during the martial law period, they always entertained him with good wine, good food and good bed, just for that kid. Looks cute, cute, smart and kind?"

Far Easterners.

entertain.

The prince gritted his teeth lightly, trying to recall the scene of himself and the little slippery boy in Gu's butcher shop that morning.

"Do you think that it is really such a coincidence that when the entire Dragon Clouds City is in chaos, a shady intelligence dealer only needs to walk out of the house for two minutes, and he can smoothly bring back the envoy of a country who came alone, Shrew Bermura, Marquess of Good Stream—so that he could give you to Charmain Rumba instead?"

Information monger.

Shiles.

Raphael's words were as sharp as a blade, one after another, breaking Thales' defense:

"All these doubts, these strange things, these things that seem reasonable but cannot be further investigated, have you ever thought about them before you regard him as your savior?"

At that moment, Thales took a deep breath, suppressing the crime of the river of hell that was gradually boiling.

If, if these doubts mentioned by Raphael are problematic.

That is to say, those things he once thought...

"Yes, Gu."

Raphael spoke coldly, without giving the prince any time to react:

"He never helped you."

"On the contrary,"

"It was he who betrayed you."

Thales gently closed his eyes.

six and a half.

He didn't help you.

He betrayed you.

At that moment, the cell where Gu was imprisoned seemed no longer so eye-catching.

There was dead silence in the corridor.

Raphael let out a sigh of relief, and looked at the prison door with complicated eyes:

"And he betrayed us."

Thales spent a lot of energy to calm down his mood, and slowly opened his eyes when he heard the words, trying to maintain a calm tone:

"He and the Kingdom's Secret Division, you also have cooperation?"

Raphael nodded:

"Once, yes."

The desolate bone man looked at Gu's cell door and snorted disdainfully:

"Obviously, this self-proclaimed neutral intelligence dealer is used to 'cooperating' with everyone, collecting money from various parties Slapping chests, flipping hands back and forth, and taking advantage of the bloody gap between clients killing each other."

"The only difference is that this time, he screwed up."

Thales stiffened his cheeks:

"What did he do?"

Raphael was silent for a few seconds.

"As you mentioned, Karen Booker—as a rare 'wise man'-level intelligence officer in the Kingdom's Secret Division, his death is a loss we cannot afford."

"And we abandoned the Dragon Clouds City headquarters six years later, and we were more or less affected by this. It was a last resort."

Thales exhaled, trying to exhale the depression and depression from his heart:

"what happened?"

Raphael shook his head and glanced at Gu's cell:

"That's what we're trying to figure out."

"From his mouth."

Thales stood there silently, with complicated emotions.

On the contrary, Raphael sighed and resumed his relaxed and indifferent posture:

"Just like this, Your Highness, even in front of the past that seems to be settled, there are still too many unknown and terrifying details under the undercurrent."

"So, when you turned the tide in the Palace of Heroes six years ago, Your Highness."

Raphael said with emotion:

"Don't forget, on that day, outside the Palace of Heroes, the staff of the Secret Division were also fighting with the enemies in the shadows on invisible battlefields, even if it was just a page of letter paper, a paragraph of text, a piece of paper. signal to give you and the kingdom an extra chance to win - Booker is one of them."

Taylor's eyes moved.

"Prince's ass—that's a funny name, isn't it."

Raphael turned around, facing the dark, almost endless corridor, with a faint gleam in his eyes:

"However, all of them are part of the 'Dragon Blood' project that changed the world's situation six years ago. After Kang Masi and the enemy fought hand-to-hand with each other, the survivors were left among the dead bodies and sacrifices all over the ground."

Thales looked up in surprise.

"And we don't tell you some information, not because we don't believe you, but because you can't abandon burdens like us, forget yourself, and devote yourself wholeheartedly to dark and dirty missions to complete your goals."

Raphael narrowed his eyes and gestured to Gu's cell:

"Even if you think...you owe your target your life."

"Under such circumstances, if you force yourself to have a half-knowledge, you will only go further and further away, lose the ability to discern the truth, and be led by the nose."

Throw away burdens and forget yourself.

Thales frowned slightly.

"You are not us, Thales, you should have lived under the sun and the blue sky," Raphael sighed, and rarely used the honorific title, but directly called the Duke by his name:

"Let us face the boundless hell."

At that moment, his dark red eyes were extremely sincere.

But Thales remembered the different faces that Raphael showed in the interrogation room when he faced Dagoli the wine merchant, Gibbon the blacksmith, the nobleman of the Blade Lord, and Belicia.

There was a long silence in the corridor.

Until His Royal Highness spoke again, with a hoarse voice:

"Then how do I know that it's not you who lead me by the nose?"

Raphael hesitated slightly.

"When you actually take that seat, Your Highness."

Raphael's smile faded away:

"When you can really decide the world's affairs with one word, and determine the country's map with one finger, when you can fully control the goals, mission, operation, budget, development, and future of the Kingdom's Secret Division..."

"You'll know."

Thales listened to this familiar sentence with a blank face.

But unlike before, this time, he no longer refuted.

Thales, who was in a depressed mood, followed Raphael out of the maze-like underground corridors, and after going through many checkpoints, he left the main house of Mike Manor through the gate and returned to the place where they got off the carriage.

But Raphael frowned.

"You called for someone to come pick you up?"

Thales, who was in a trance, came back to his senses:

"What?"

But the prince was also stunned: there were two carriages parked in front of them, one was the carriage they had when they came from the Fuxing Palace, but the other...

"Your Highness!"

With a familiar cry, a short and stout man dressed in the costume of the royal guard jumped down from the driver's seat of the carriage - that was Kong Mutuo, the guard officer who had fought swords with Thales in Mindis Hall.

"Your Highness Thales, you are indeed here..."

Kongmutuo was sweating profusely, but he was still refreshed after seeing Thales, and bowed:

"At the order of Chief Mallos, I will serve you."

Thales was slightly puzzled, but Raphael and the driver of the secret department in the other carriage stared coldly at Kongmutuo who appeared here, with unfriendly expressions.

"It's okay," Thales said when he saw this:

"He is my man, the star lake guard."

Raphael snorted softly:

"you sure?"

Thales tightened the corners of his mouth and walked forward.

"Conmuto?"

The prince cleaned up his bad mood:

"Aren't you supposed to be in Mindis Hall? Why are you here?"

Kongmuto withdrew his vigilant gaze from Raphael.

"Officer Mallos gave me an order before entering the palace, Your Highness, he asked me to keep an eye on it: If there is any accident, slip out of the Mindis Hall, gather people, and come here to meet you."

"To avoid ... your inconvenience."

Mallos?

inconvenient.

Thales realized something, and looked back at Raphael behind him.

The desolate bone man was silent for a second, and finally retreated wisely.

Thales turned his head and asked the point.

"You said... an accident?"

"Shortly after you and the officer entered the palace, Your Highness," Kong Mutuo hesitated a little, but told the truth:

"Here comes the man holding the flag wing."

Hold the flag wing.

Is it one of the six wings of the guard that D.D said was led by Vogel Talen's deputy captain at the banquet?

What are they doing here?

Thales was slightly puzzled:

"What's the meaning?"

Kong Mutuo carefully observed Thales' reaction:

"You know, the leader of the team is Gaitan, the second flag bearer... They couldn't help but blockaded the Mindis hall and detained everyone, saying that they would conduct a comprehensive review."

Thales was taken aback:

"What?"

Block...Mindis Hall?

"Why?"

Kongmuto forced a smile:

"Gaitan said it was because of the accident at the banquet yesterday."

Thales let out a stiff and painful breath.

as expected.

This again.

"They said that our negligence means that there are loopholes in security or even insiders, which may endanger the safety of the prince. Therefore, we need to thoroughly check and review from top to bottom."

Kong Mutuo sighed, a little depressed:

"The review of the Flag Wing is very...Zoneveld was interrogated for two hours before he came out, and his face was not very good. And Morgan was almost tied up and handcuffed in, and Kusta was even suspected of being a foreign spy. Shi Tuo let us Be obedient and don't resist, but Nexi almost fought them, Patterson's punishment officer wanted to rely on his status to plead for favors, but Gaitan is notoriously sophisticated, and no one will give him face..."

Thales frowned more and more.

"Always, it was a big operation, accompanied by Canxing private soldiers, the Noble Affairs Bureau and the Inner City Police Department. I suspect that there were even people from the Kingdom's Secret Division. The team was huge, and many people probably saw it. .”

Thales slowly widened his eyes as he listened to Kong Mutuo's narration.

What's the meaning?

Mindy Hall.

The residence of the king's capital that the king granted to the Duke of Xinghu.

Blocked for censorship?

Thales let out a breath, tried to loosen his fist, and tried to figure out the current situation.

"How did you slip out?"

"I used to hang out in the Inner City Police Department, Your Highness," Kong Mutuo's eyes dodged a little, and he seemed reluctant to mention these relationships:

"There are a few security officers who are in charge of sealing off the perimeter, and I am acquainted with me."

"Piluojia could have slipped out together, but Gaitan had an old grudge with him when he was young, so he stared at him very hard, and it probably wouldn't make him feel better."

Kong Muto looked behind the carriage:

"The only person I can find is Glover - he left this morning because he was punished to recuperate, and the people in charge of the flag are very upset about this."

Thales frowned slightly:

"Glorver?"

As soon as the words fell, a familiar figure appeared from the other side of the carriage.

"Your Highness."

The first-class vanguard officer of the Star Lake Guard, the robust "zombie" Glover came to Thales in full armor, with a serious expression:

"We should go back to the city immediately. I always feel that there is something on the other side of the carriage - in the woods, staring at us with malicious intentions."

Seeing the most familiar vanguard officer, Thales was completely relieved.

But then he frowned and looked at Glover's back:

"But your injury..."

Glover shook his head, and pulled open the neckline, revealing the bandages inside.

"It's okay, my power of end can relieve pain, and..."

Glover swung his arms, his brows furrowed imperceptibly:

"Lord Mallos, he was merciful when he whipped me."

"It's as if... as if he knows this will happen and needs me."

Thales was a little taken aback, but then remembered what Mallos had said before explaining the "Holy Temple" and "Emperor Wind" to him in the morning.

[The Fuxing Palace, is there no one here yet? 】

[I assure you, they will definitely come, sooner or later. 】

Thales suppressed his bad mood, he understood something, and asked:

"What about D.D? He was also deliberately whipped by Mallos in order to release Mindis Hall to avoid disaster?"

Glover shook his head:

"No, I've seen it. Doyle's injury should be real. He was beaten badly."

First of all, after what happened yesterday, the Doyle family is on the cusp - Glover thought silently.

Secondly, well, Lord Mallorce is probably very vindictive.

Especially after D.D called him 'Little Tormund' at the banquet with the help of alcohol.

"So, Mallos knew it would happen," Thales' words interrupted Glover's thoughts:

"He entered the Fuxing Palace with me, what about the others now?"

Kong Mutuo on the side answered:

"Weah—an acquaintance in charge of the flag wing owes me a favor. He just sent a message to tell me that Lord Mallos is still in the Renaissance Palace."

He hesitated for a second:

"Together with Tarun's deputy guard..."

Thales let out a breath.

understood.

So, Tormund Mallos, his favorite Captain of the Guards.

Even if he expected the current situation...

At this moment, it is difficult to protect itself.

"Wings of the flag," the prince sighed, "Vogel Talen."

"What a guts."

Kongmuto and Glover looked at each other.

Thales turned around and greeted Raphael in the distance loudly:

"Raphael, do you know about this?"

The bone man approached, and Thales noticed that the other's eyes had been disguised into other colors.

Under the unfriendly eyes of the two royal guards, Raphael showed a friendly smile:

"What's up?"

Thales glanced at him and snorted coldly:

"fine."

"If you have any inconvenience, Your Highness," Raphael obviously knew how to read words and expressions, and he saw some clues in the expressions of the three:

"Secret Science welcomes you to stay for a few more hours..."

"Thank you, but there's no need." Thales refused decisively.

"I think, you don't mind if I go back with my personal guards?"

Raphael looked at Thales for a few seconds.

"Please," the desolate bone man smiled, calling the names and origins of the other two like a treasure:

"Karen Glover of the Glover family, and Gianluca Commuto, who was born in the Vigilance Department, are well-known members of the royal guard. Of course we can trust them."

Glover and Kong Mutuoqi frowned, but Raphael had already bowed, turned and walked away.

"That's..." Glover looked at Raphael's retreating back, and then slowly let go of the hilt of the sword he was unconsciously holding in his hand.

"The one who wiped my ass." Thales said sullenly.

The prince could not help saying that he was about to get into the carriage:

"Now, let's go back to Mindis Hall—to deal with Banqiyi."

However Glover shook his head resolutely:

"No, Your Highness."

Thales' expression changed slightly.

"Sir Mallos means," Conmuto took over the conversation, smiling a little stiffly:

"Don't rush back to Mindis Hall."

Thales showed doubts.

Kong Mutuo said cautiously:

"Those who hold the flag wing, they carry... His Majesty's warrant."

His Majesty's warrant.

Thales was taken aback.

"And people from all departments are..."

Kong Mutuo said in a smug voice:

"If you come forward rashly, the scene will not look good..."

He didn't say any more.

But Thales has already understood.

The prince stood in front of the carriage in a daze.

"So," Thales said in a daze:

"I entered the Fuxing Palace with my front foot, but my lair was raided with my back foot. Now I have a home and can't go back?"

Kongmuto looked ashamed:

"I'm sorry, Your Highness, it was our lack of security at the banquet that caused such an accident to happen..."

"No."

Thales forced himself to calm down, trying to sort out the mess of the whole day.

"No, no, no."

"No, believe me," Thales suddenly wanted to laugh after thinking about it:

"This is definitely not your reason."

After returning to the stars for so long, he has been following the rules and dare not be presumptuous.

Last night, it was the first time he made a free choice after returning to China, and it may also be a risky choice.

Then he paid the price.

Thales laughed dumbfounded, making the two guards look at each other.

As a punishment, he had just watched an imperial meeting tremblingly, and was ruthlessly reprimanded by the king. He was then taken to the secret department and enjoyed the full company of the Black Prophet. Beat hard.

As for now...

Glover interjected in a low voice:

"In fact, Lord Mallos suggested that we return to the Palace."

"Return to the Fuxing Palace?" Thales sneered, with a bit of ridicule that he couldn't feel:

"To find my father?"

"No, go to Ms. Jini," Kongmuto stared at Thales' expression carefully:

"The officer said, only she can..."

protect you.

Kong Muto took the rest of the words to heart.

Thales was silent.

Find Ginny.

Is it.

In other words, it's back to six years ago when I just arrived at Mindis Hall.

Facing countless known and unknown threats, he can only go up and down with the waves.

seek protection from others.

six years ago.

The prince supported the car, expressionless and motionless.

A long time has passed.

Finally, after Kongmuto winked at Glover for the third time in a row, Duke Xinghu closed his eyes, took a deep breath, and let it out slowly.

"No, we will not return to the Fugong Palace."

"Not to Miss Ginny either."

Kongmuto and Gloria frowned together.

Thales opened his eyes.

"Let's go to the West Ring District, Hongfang Street."

At that moment, the two guards froze for a moment:

"What?"

Thales pinched the axle of the carriage tightly and gritted his teeth lightly:

"Over there, there is a club called 'One Night Aventure'."

Kongmuto's eyes widened, while Glover looked serious.

"Your Highness, what are you doing there?" Kong Mutuo asked cautiously.

"What? Of course..."

Thales let go of the wheel, glanced at him, and said calmly:

"Go find a woman."

Kong Mutuo understood at first, but then he was embarrassed:

"But, Your Highness, your identity..."

Thales sneered.

"Who said I'm going as a prince?"

The prince boarded the car and pointed at the two of them:

"You lead the way, Kongmuto, let's change our outfit first, and then you lead the way in, Glover."

Zombie a shock:

"but……"

But Thales interrupted him politely:

"And remember, Glover, after that..."

"Your name is," Thales' smile disappeared at this second, and his voice was extremely indifferent:

"Raphael Lindbergh."