Realm of Power

426 The Secret of the East (10)

In the afternoon, the housekeeper of the princess mansion came to the fat man's room and said that Sceris had woken up from a coma and asked to see him immediately.

"Meet me?" The fat man hesitated for a moment, then the butler continued. Princess Sceris had something to say about leaving Turga City. The fat man asked the guards to keep an eye on the courtyard. Under the guidance of the butler, he walked through several level,

The courtyard is deep, and the bright sunshine in July shines down from the sky, dragging a long black shadow in the corridor. After walking along the winding courtyard corridor for more than ten minutes,

The fat man followed the housekeeper into a quiet courtyard, and saw dense green tree walls all around. The quiet mountain road, except for the footsteps of the two people, could no longer see anyone, and it seemed particularly peaceful.

"This is a mountain villa specially gifted to the princess by the royal court." The housekeeper looked at the fat man's confused look and explained as he walked.

"Because she likes tranquility, the princess specifically chose this location close to the mountain as her residence. To the left of the courtyard is the most beautiful hanging garden in Yunzhong City.

Following the direction of the housekeeper's finger, the fat man saw a row of dark red walls looming out of the woods.

"How is the situation of the princess?" The fat man pretended to be concerned, and his eyes quickly scanned the dark red walls occasionally exposed deep in the forest.

I was thinking secretly in my mind,

Fatty felt a little strange about what he saw just now following the butler.

Four sentries and two teams of patrols, totaling no more than 30 people.

But this huge princess mansion covers several hundred square meters. Compared to such a huge mansion, this sparse guard team is almost the same as an undefended mansion.

Although Sceris has been punished, she is still the princess of the Royal Court, and she is also the defense officer on the third floor of Yunzhong City. This arrangement is really weird.

Is this woman playing some tricks on me again? The fat man narrowed his eyes slightly,

"Sir, we are here." The housekeeper stopped in front of a half-closed small wooden door, and turned around awkwardly and said, "This was originally a warehouse of the mansion. Her Highness the Princess came here as soon as she woke up today, and only You are allowed to go in alone."

"Warehouse?" Fatty stopped and muttered in a low voice. Things were getting more and more elusive.

"Is there something hidden here?" The fat man suddenly raised his head and asked, "Whose mansion was this before?"

"It is said to be the residence of Alan Dewei, the great painter of the Royal Court." The butler looked stunned when asked, and sighed, "The whole family died in Beikudan due to the expedition to Wikiya with King Khan the year before last, so this place became the property of the Royal Court. industry"

The fat man asked a few more questions casually, but he didn't get the key. He could only push open the broken wooden door in front of him with a confused expression.

The rusty door shaft made an unpleasant creaking sound, and an unpleasant musty smell blew in the wind.

"Cough cough." The fat man covered his nose with his hands and felt his throat was itchy. He couldn't help but cough a few times and looked around.

In the abandoned room, gray dust covered the ground,

In the surrounding corners, there are thick piles of worn-out books and volumes, and gray-white spider webs are spread all over the corners of the room.

The golden sunset light shines in from the window of the room, which makes the coldness of the room dissipate a little.

But it still makes people feel a chill that is hard to dispel.

"Thank you very much for stopping me from doing stupid things." Sceris squatted half-crouched and raised her head from a pile of papers in the corner. A trace of blush appeared on her pale face, which was full of dreamlike hazy beauty under the sunlight. ,

"Does the Grand Duke still want to leave this Cloud City?" Sceris raised her pretty chin and asked suddenly,

The fat man smiled and did not answer. Sceris raised the scroll in her hand and said, "As long as you are willing to do me a favor, I can arrange for you to leave immediately."

"Oh, what help do you need from me?" The fat man's face was full of curiosity, and he couldn't help but feel excited when he thought that Scellis could let him go.

"Take a look first, what is this?" Sceris handed the broken scroll in her hand to the fat man, with a cunning look in her eyes.

"Huh?" The fat man didn't know what Scellis handed him. He took it curiously and realized that it was a document that had been sealed for a long time.

The fat man looked at Sceris Xiyi's eyes, slowly opened it with his hand, and felt his eyes light up.

In the scroll in hand, I saw a young girl wearing black armor, riding a majestic green horse galloping on the vast grassland.

The angry horse in black clothes has long satin-like hair, and his face and expression are very similar to Scellis.

A composite longbow is fully drawn in her hand. The longbow is beautiful, the arrowheads are like snow, and a pair of beautiful black jade eyes are staring sharply at a leopard with its teeth and claws in front of the horse.

The horse's hooves leaped into the air, showing even more that the long bow in the hand of the Kugit beauty was about to be shot. The heroic figure at that moment,

There is a bit of aggressive heroic spirit between the pretty face and silk eyebrows,

"Who is this woman?" The fat man looked slightly stunned and praised, "This painter can forget it, but with just a few strokes, a stunning beauty appeared on the page.

"My lord, are you asking questions knowingly? Or are you like the people in Dongting, thinking that I am a fool who knows nothing?"

Seeing the fat man pretending to be dumbfounded, Sceris gave the fat man an angry look, pointed at the scroll in the fat man's hand and said, "This painting is called the Queen's Hunting Picture. It is the most proud work of the great painter of the Royal Court, Alan Dewei." one,

According to the current price on the black market, it can be sold for at least tens of thousands of gold coins." Sceris paused, and a trace of pride flashed across her face.

"I remember that when I was in Aichmore, he was the Queen's special painter. I just wanted to try my luck, but who knew that I actually found him?"

"I have been deprived of the right to enter the highest level at will by the royal court, so I can only ask for your help. As long as you can help me find this woman, I will immediately sign the pass document for you and send troops to escort you back to the country."

"You want me to go to Yunzhong City to find someone?" The fat man was startled by Scellis's words, and looked at Scellis suspiciously.

Is this woman playing tricks on herself again? Unfortunately, the fat man saw Sceris’s eyes full of pleading.

"What do you want me to do?" The fat man shook his head with a look of embarrassment on his face. "Yunzhong City is where the Royal Court is located. There are many sentries and many guards. Not to mention going in to find people, even how to pass the three-level checkpoint is a big problem? "

"That's not a problem." Sceris looked at the fat man's doubtful eyes, paused in her voice, and said softly.

"Perhaps you don't know that today is our Kugit's July Tenth Festival. In the evening, the royal court will definitely hold a July Tenth Festival banquet. As the princess of the royal court, I am also invited.

This is my only chance to enter the royal court. When the time comes, I will ask the Grand Duke to accompany me. People in the East Courtyard say that my mother is still alive, but I don’t believe it.

Sceris looked sad, holding the fat man's hand tightly, and begged in her voice, "Grand Duke, please help me, this is my only chance to seek proof."

"The royal court is so big, how do you want me to find a woman among tens of thousands of people?" The fat man looked embarrassed. He was about to refuse, but when he saw Sceris's hopeful eyes, he hesitated for a moment.

"The Grand Duke has agreed." Sceris looked delighted and said to the fat man with the most solemn courtesy, "I know a place that was originally an abandoned palace used to hold sacrifices. In the past, I never thought that there were people inside.

Although the abandoned palace has been abandoned for more than ten years, it is still heavily guarded. When I was a child, I took the wrong road several times and was stopped by the royal guards at the fork in the southeast corner.

I was reprimanded by King Khan several times for this. Now that I think about it, if I say it is an abandoned palace, I feel more like it is a prison for prisoners.

If my mother is really imprisoned in the royal court, it must be in the ruined palace. You just need to sneak in and have a look. No matter whether there are any results or not, I will fulfill my previous promise.

"This..." The fat man looked hesitant for a while. Sceris's request was not very harsh. Ruidian's army was approaching the border, and the time to leave was becoming increasingly urgent. Every day of delay would be a blow to the sword. dancing on tip

"If you don't believe me, I can hand over the King's Golden Bow Order to you now." Seeing the fat man's hesitation, Scelis took out a colorful object from his arms and placed it gently on the dusty table.

"The Golden Bow Order of the Royal Court" The fat man looked at the curved objects placed on the table and couldn't help but look stunned. He had only heard about the highest token of the Kugit Royal Court, but this time he finally saw it for real, so he was naturally extra careful.

A small golden bow as big as the palm of your hand lies quietly on the table, with fine carvings and gold strings.

Both sides of the arc-shaped bow handle are inlaid with sixteen dazzling and gorgeous gemstones of various sizes. The colorful brilliance is dazzling.

"Your Excellency, you should know about the Golden Bow Order of my Royal Court of Kujit." Seeing the fat man's surprised look, Sceris said proudly, "This is the highest-level order of the foreign king of our Royal Court. Whoever holds it will win." Can control all ethnic groups in Turga on behalf of the royal court,

During my last mission to Wikiia, the royal court awarded me one for emergency use when necessary.

After I came back, the royal court ordered me to be imprisoned in the Tower of Eternal Life Monument. This golden bow order was kept by my side before I had time to take it back.

As long as you have this token, you can safely evacuate from Yunzhong City even if you encounter the Royal Guards.

After tonight, even if the royal court traces it, the Lord will have already left Turga. The most he can accuse me of is poor storage is nothing more than kneeling in front of the Immortal Monument Tower for a few more days.

Sceris smiled with a relaxed expression. Seeing that the fat man was still hesitant, she continued.

If you are still not at ease, you can see your people withdraw from Turga with your own eyes, and then go to the banquet with me. This should represent my sincerity, right?

"Okay, I accept this deal. When I heard that Scellis could arrange for the others to withdraw first, the fat man nodded slightly, picked up the golden bow command from the table and put it in his arms.

"I hope you won't break your promise, otherwise I swear on the honor of the Duke of Vecchia that I will never let you go." After the fat man finished speaking, he turned around and was about to leave.

Suddenly I felt a warm soft body behind me pressing against my back.

"Princess, this is..." The fat man turned around with an embarrassed expression.

"Shh, don't talk." Sceris's face turned red with embarrassment, and she covered her red and sexy lips with her fingers, making a silent hint.

"My lord is going back to Wikija tonight. I don't know if you will remember me, a woman from the prairie, after we say goodbye tonight." Scelis whispered in the fat man's ear with a breathy voice.

There was a bit of rare loss and sadness in the wandering, and parting was imminent. It seemed that Scellis had completely let go of her emotions.

"Princess..." Before the fat man could finish his words, the warm and tall girl's body had already fallen into the fat man's arms.

His arms were full of warm jade, and the fat man couldn't breathe due to the squeeze between the two soft fragrant balls. A faint feminine fragrance rushed into the fat man's nose,

"Am I going to be pushed back?" The fat man was confused by this sudden situation. Holding the beauty in his arms, the fat man couldn't help but feel a little intoxicated.

But just when the fat man was still intoxicated with himself, Scelis, who had a leaky face, suddenly said in the fat man's ear, "Be careful, there is someone outside the door."

"Ah." The fat man was so excited by these words that he was shocked. The leak just now disappeared. With his keen hearing, the fat man could vaguely hear the faint sound of breathing coming from the angle behind the door panel.

Following the direction indicated by Scelise's eyes, she saw a black shadow emerging from behind the half-closed door.

At the same time, the fat man saw the wide sleeve of Princess Sceris's right hand tremble slightly, and a bright and sharp ox-horn knife slipped from the sleeve into Sceris's palm.

"Don't do anything, they may have others." The fat man held Sceris's hand that was holding the blade tightly with one hand.

"Let me go, no matter who I am, anyone who might know our plan will die." Sceris's face was flushed, and the fat man struggled a few times with the hand holding the flying knife.

But he felt like he couldn't break free from an iron pincer. He could only stare at the fat man with a pair of watery eyes.

Ignoring Scerise's eyes that contained moisture, the fat man looked solemn, and suddenly closed his eyes, revealing a thoughtful expression.

In Fatty's ears, he could vaguely hear the creaking sound of a bowstring tightening outside the door.

"If you don't want to die, just keep acting. There are at least a dozen strong bows outside the door waiting for us to rush out. As soon as we show up, the two of us will immediately be shot into a hornet's nest.

The fat man's eyes suddenly opened and he whispered in his ear, which was still struggling in his arms.

"My fat body can only have a few more holes in my body, but you are different. Under the random arrows, your beautiful face was instantly torn into a pile of ugly and disgusting pieces of meat."

"You..." Sceris tried to struggle in shame and anger, but the fat man's arms were like iron barrels, preventing her from moving.

The two of them were already hugging each other, and now they were entangled like octopuses.

People who didn't know better thought it was two lovers having a private meeting, but they didn't know that the two were actually hovering on the edge of life and death.

The dark shadow at the door stayed outside for a while, and then realized that the fat man and Scellis inside the door seemed to have no intention of coming out, and then disappeared into the shadow of the sun.