How to wear a goddess statue

On the narrow path, two unremarkable carriages galloped forward.

Suddenly, I came to a relatively rough and potholed road, and the wheels ran over the gravel and bumped violently.

Romul woke up in a jolt.

He sat up, and before he could figure out what was going on, he subconsciously covered the back of his head that was aching and hissed.

"Romul, are you alright?"

Horst sat opposite him, looking haggard and worried.

"Fortunately——" Romul paused in the middle of speaking, and finally remembered what happened before he passed out.

It was night, I was called by my father to the dormitory to discuss government affairs, and everything was normal here.

But just as he was about to leave, a guard rushed into the palace and reported incoherently that the guards at the city gate had entered the palace. The leader was the princess, and the guards could not resist. up.

The father was furious at first, but changed his face when he heard that the guards were invincible, ordered people to move the bed, and lifted the stone slabs along the inconspicuous gaps, revealing the long, narrow and dark tunnel below.

"Father, this is?"

"From here, we can lead to the outside of Acht City." Horst gritted his teeth, "Eleuil, Eleuil—I knew she would not be peaceful!"

The staff at the side persuaded: "Your Majesty, the most urgent thing is to leave as soon as possible. It is wrong for the princess to launch a mutiny to change her name. As long as you are still here, Your Majesty, there will be no hope."

Romul looked around and said hesitantly: "Eleuil? Is there some misunderstanding in this, she should not do this kind of thing, even if she really did it, she would not be so reckless. Father, let me go out Talk to her."

"What's the use of talking? She's coming to kill, come with me!"

"You have to try, and there is also the queen mother, who is still in her bedroom."

When mentioning Queen Katisse, Horst's expression hesitated for a moment, and then became cold: "I can't care so much now."

"But—" Romul wanted to argue hard, but the back of his head hurt and he lost consciousness.

Waking up is now.

Romul turned his head and looked out the window of the carriage. The sun was shining brightly. The carriage was passing through the mountains and forests, and it was obvious that it had already left the royal city.

Looking inside the car, the father and the commander of the guards who were wrapped in white bandages were sitting opposite each other. The former had an ugly expression, while the latter had his eyes closed and his face was pale, obviously in a very bad condition.

Romul asked awkwardly: "The queen mother...?"

Horst shook his head, the sad expression only stayed on his face for a while, and soon turned into a vicious expression, which shocked Romul, who had never seen his father like this.

"The situation was urgent, and there was nothing I could do. If anything happened to Kadice, I would make Eleuil pay the price."

Romul lowered his head, full of bewilderment, and did not make a sound.

The carriage drove out of the mountains and arrived in a small town not long after.

There were only two staff members and a few personal guards who followed Horst to flee in a hurry, and they were all squeezed into another carriage, just taking this opportunity to take a rest in the city.

In a restaurant, Romul ate something and looked out the window.

According to his father, he fell into a coma for two days and one night. During this period, the group of people were basically on their way, but they didn’t actually go very far—because they were wary of the princess’s pursuit, and they took long detours to escape, and the route was very cautious. .

This also led to the fact that when the news from the royal city spread in this small city, it happened to reach Romul's ears.

"I'm telling you something. I just heard it from the guards of the city lord. You would never think of it."

"What, it can't be that some noble master has another moth."

"It's much bigger than that! Just two days ago, the princess attacked the palace. Your Majesty—the whereabouts of the one who escaped from the city is unknown, and Acht also fell into the hands of the princess."

"what?!"

"That's more than that. Wangcheng said that it was the one who murdered the former king and blamed the former queen, so that... ahem, you understand. This news has just been sent to the city lord, and a notice will probably be posted soon gone."

The conversation between the two diners sitting nearby was still going on, but Romul could no longer listen.He looks at Horst.

"Why, do you really believe the absurd nonsense made up by Eleuil?" Horst lowered his voice, with a stern expression, and refuted his son's wavering with a volume that the diners nearby could not hear.

Then his tone eased a little: "No matter how much she makes up, it's just to flaunt herself and beautify her treasonous behavior. How abominable, she doesn't hesitate to slander me with my cousin!"

"Romul, my son. You have been taught by me since childhood, don't you know what kind of person your father is?"

His face was as upright and reliable as ever.

Romul was silent for a moment, and couldn't help but feel guilty for the wavering just now: "Of course I believe you."

Horst nodded, and slowly put down a stone in his heart.

Aleuil knew what he had done - when he first heard the news, Horst did thump, thinking that it must have been revealed by some confidant he didn't bring with him.

But he was not flustered. After all, there was no physical evidence left behind. Even if someone said it, even if the incense maker defected to Aleuil, what could be explained by the witness alone?It can be said that it is an extortion of a confession, a trick of torture.

The only problem is the empty coffin in the royal tomb.

But how could Aleuil find out?

Horst used the movement of drinking water to cover the twisted corner of his mouth, and moved the topic to another direction: "Next, we are going to the south. Your uncle is there."

Before Horst became king of Sauran, his elder brother inherited their father's position and was the lord of a medium-sized city.

As soon as Horst came to power, he transferred his elder brother to the important city by the sea in the south. The force in his hands was not inferior to that of the Northwest Frontier Corps, and was even better.

His elder brother will definitely support him.

The branches they belong to share weal and woe, and are closely related.

You must know that your brother's ability to lead troops should not be underestimated. Horst knows that the most important thing for Aleuil right now is to stabilize the royal city, and he will not deal with him immediately, and when she can free her hand, the south will already be their territory.

...The worst result is that Solancia is divided into north and south.

Horst explained his idea to his son, still not forgetting to control the volume so as not to attract the attention of others nearby.

Romul listened peacefully without interrupting, still worried about Wang Cheng's mother.

only--

In the end, there is a gap of doubt left in my heart, which may never expand, or may extend into a huge pothole until all trust is shattered.

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In Acht in the afternoon, the sun was covered by clouds, and the weather looked a bit gloomy.

It has been two days since the palace changed hands, and the city gates are still strictly controlled. Noble ministers are cautious in their words and deeds. No one wants to make trouble at this time.

But the nervousness of many people has subsided for the most part.

It's not surprising that the throne has changed, it happened once ten years ago, although it sounds more complicated this time, it has no effect on their lives in the end.

Therefore, the surface of the royal city was calm at this time.

It’s just that for Aleuil, there are far more things to deal with than it seems, and the already semi-fixed sleep time has been reduced because of this. He either sits in the study to approve official documents, or stays in the royal court to summon people.

It was the same day, when Aleuil was approving official documents, a personal guard shouted outside the door: "Your Majesty, the interrogator Lavin came to see you and said it was about the letter in the incense maker's room. They asked Out."

Eleuil: "Let him in."

At the same time, he stopped writing with a solemn expression.

The letter in the incense maker's room was said to be a letter, but it was actually a note with a waste manuscript written on it. It was found in the wastebasket of garbage, and it was stained with an unknown medicinal liquid that had dried up.

Probably because of this, it was crumpled up and thrown into the wastebasket.

The content on the note was only half written, but it was very important - it contained Horst's instructions to the incense maker, and a strange symbol was drawn on the back, a bit like a strange animal head.

Since the waste paper is here, the written one will naturally be sent out long ago.

Eleuil handed over the matter to a trusted interrogator for questioning, and now it seems that the result has already been reached.

"Your Majesty." The interrogator saluted.

"what happened?"

"We learned from a maid in charge of taking care of his daily life that she often delivered letters for this man, but it is not clear who it was sent to. We only know that it will be buried under a tree outside the amphitheatre."

The interrogator paused and added: "And, I will go there regularly to see if there is a reply."

Aleuil was thoughtful: "The open-air theater?"

At this moment, a certain name popped into mind.

— Aslo.

The vaudeville actor who could imitate the air of a real Rhodes.

Aleuil stood up abruptly, and said without hesitation to Lena who was standing aside: "Go to the theater, now."

Along the way, Eleuil's thoughts kept running.

Aslu might be related to the gods, so she sent people to pay attention to the other party's movements, but nothing was found. It seemed that she was just a normal and famous actress.

In the past three years, Eleuil seldom went to see Aslo's performance, unless other dignitaries set the invitation to the theater, just in time for the other party's performance.

Even so, she wouldn't look closely.

Yes, the river goddess played by Aslo was imitating Rhodes, but in Eleuil's view, everything was wrong.

It's okay to look at things and think about the gods when looking at the things given by Luotus, but think about people when seeing people?Aleuil really didn't have this interest.

She has treasured memories, just enough to get through the rough time before bed each night.

As for Aslu... Seriously, Eleuil once guessed whether she might be the incarnation of a god of the Soran pantheon, but Rhodes said that she had no divine power, so the identity of the other party was confusing and difficult to guess.

But facing the secret letter sent by the incense maker to the amphitheatre, Eleuil suddenly realized that Solancia is not the only pantheon.

The incense maker is a believer of the beast god, the result of the investigation said so, and he also said so before he died.

But what if he didn't believe in the beast god of Solancia?

There is a beast god in Solancia, which is one of the gods belonging to the goddess of the earth, and it is also a very important god. According to the investigation, there is indeed a temple of the beast god in the hometown of the incense maker.

But there is another country that also has "beast gods" in the god system. They think that animals are beasts, and plants are static beasts. The gods who master animals and plants are called the gods of life. statement.

If so, it makes sense.

And if Aslu is related to the Kasner godline, what does her imitation of Rhodes mean?

While thinking about it, the amphitheater arrived.

Considering that the other party might have abilities beyond the reach of manpower, Eleuil brought a lot of people to surround the theater and controlled the crowd in the theater as quickly as possible, but he couldn't find Ashru.

"There is her performance tonight, it should be in the dressing room..."

The person in charge of the theater was about to cry, and he didn't expect that one day he would be pointed at by the royal guard with a spear.

Aleuil's expression was serious, and he suddenly raised his head.

I saw the roof of the theater, and someone walked slowly to the edge, looking down with a smile.

It was Aslu, to be precise, Aslu wearing a long silver wig, dressed as the goddess of the Ilu River in a mythological drama.

The person in charge of the theater was terrified and shouted: "You come down first, what happened? If you have something to say, talk about it!"

Aslu didn't look at him, but stared at Aleuil meaningfully, and smiled for a while.

Her voice is very penetrating, and her emotions may not be expressive with artistic effects, but somehow they can pass through the eardrum and hit the brain directly.

"His Royal Highness." Aslu chuckled, "How long has she been away?"

Aleuil's eyes froze, and he suddenly took off the bow and arrow.

She was quick, but Ashru was faster.

After all, what Aslu has to do is just take a step forward.

The body of the musical actor fell from a high altitude, and his limbs were twisted across the stage of the theater. The guards who were close could not dodge in time, and a little blood was splashed on his body.

Aslu didn't die, she turned her eyes towards Aleuil's direction, her expression was still smiling.

Blood spilled from the corners of the eyes, nose and mouth, staining the silver wig.

She opened her mouth as if to say something.

Then he closed his eyes safely.

A personal guard stepped forward vigilantly, and turned around to report: "I'm out of breath."

Aleuil looked down at the twisted figure on the ground with a cold expression.

The author has something to say:

In the previous article, the Solancia beast god actually appeared. The unlucky Wick envoy traveled with the princess (?) and had not turned against him. He sent a letter to the king city with a carrier pigeon and said, "Bless the beast god".

There are beast gods in both countries, so the incense maker used to talk about beast gods without any scruples every day, so no one doubted it.

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In two chapters, Rhodes should wake up, and right now she is still struggling with sleepiness comparable to staying up late writing a thesis_(:з”∠)_