Throne Steps

Until he left Saenz's mansion, Li Chen didn't know the real reason why Wiggins was killed, and of course he didn't know the reason why he went to Saenz.

Saenz didn't tell Lichen his plan either.

What's the point of telling him?Before Wiggins broke the secret, Saenz had already guessed.Li Chen's tricks and skills that are different from ordinary people are only covered up with clumsy lies. In the later stage, Li Chen didn't even bother to lie in front of Saenz.They have reached a tacit understanding: there is a problem with Li Chen's origin, but it is not the time to pursue it.

Saenz even made the assumption early on that those unknown skills came from opposites.

And Wiggins, who came rashly, just confirmed this guess.

He reported Li Chen to Saenz, labeled Li Chen as disgusting, and even used this to explain Saenz's trust in Li Chen.As an extreme white, Wiggins's behavior of facing difficulties is actually justified; as the chief director of the temple under the care of Saenz, it is understandable to question a person with a hateful background who has other plans for Saenz .However, he miscalculated two points.

Saenz's state at the time, and Saenz's feelings for Li Chen.

Saenz killed Wiggins due to the impulse of the recurrence of poisoning, but it was not a big mistake.Li Chen is considered Saenz's confidant at any rate, and Wiggins dared to look at him privately, and even knew his secret, and the temple chief and the black swan leader instantly became at odds with each other.By choosing to give up Wiggins, Saenz is retaining his own authority as well as Lichen's secret.

But to really save Lichen, it is not enough to just get rid of Wiggins.

Although Wiggins claimed that he did not disclose Li Chen's real identity to others, Saenz is not sure about the facts, and the traitor in the black swan is a lesson for the past.What's more, Kunta and others can be regarded as Wiggins' accomplices. They use secret passages and cloaks that can conceal their breath to assist Wiggins, and it seems that they don't take Saenz seriously.

Divide one, violate another, Kunta can be regarded as stepping on Saenz's thunder, twice.

He doesn't want to live well, and Saenz doesn't mind "helping" him.

When Li Chen returned to the Ainuma Temple, the sky was already full of stars.

The day's public viewing activities have long since ended, but Wiggins' coffin is still placed in the main hall.Blossoms abound, fragrance pervades, and rows of lit white candles illuminate the entire hall.

The coffin is all white, with exquisite but not too complicated patterns carved around it, and Wiggins is lying in it wearing the costume of the temple chief.Because his attire has a vertical collar, at first glance, he can't see the strangeness on his neck.

Li Chen approached the coffin, stretched out his hand, and untied the neckline of the former chief minister of the temple.

Even with makeup on, you can still see pinch marks when you look closely.

"... Tsk." As if remembering the time when he was pinched, Li Chen involuntarily raised his hand and touched the back of his neck.

"Don't touch him!"

Accompanied by a loud shout, a young man rushed into the hall like a cannonball, heading straight for Li Chen!However, Li Chen didn't come alone, the black swan next to him grabbed the boy and set him five or six steps away from Li Chen.

Li Chen turned around and raised his eyebrows, not surprised.

"Stay up so late, this is not the place to listen to bedtime stories..."

"Brown!"

It was only at this time that several clergymen hurriedly followed. It can be seen how fast the youth's footsteps were, and they had been left far behind...or it is also possible that they were left far behind on purpose.

While Li Chen was still thinking, the clergy had already bowed to salute him: "Lord Li Chen."

Before Li Chen could answer, Brown struggled and said, "Murderer! Don't touch Mr. Chief with your dirty hands!"

"...So, you didn't rest at night just to testify against me, didn't you?" Li Chen smiled, "Okay, tell me, what bedtime story did you think about today?"

Brown still couldn't understand the metaphors in Li Chen's words, and he only said what he wanted to say: "You killed my father, and you also killed the chief executive!"

Li Chen glanced at the clergyman who was still bowing and saluting, and there was a trace of mockery in his eyes: "I killed Wiggins? I can't hold such a big hat when it is buckled." Li Chen turned his head, He casually buttoned Wiggins' collar again, then turned around, "Little devil, Mr. Chief died on the road while on duty."

"Liar!" Brown retorted loudly. "He's got a choke mark on his neck! He didn't die in the fighting!"

"Oh..." Li Chen withdrew his hand and replied calmly, "Then you doubt me? What does all this have to do with me?"

"It's related to you!" Brown gritted his teeth. "The chief executive went out with you, and then he came back first, saying that he was going to His Highness. You followed soon after you came back, didn't you?"

"The timeline is good, but it just shows my innocence." Li Chen replied, "I just walked behind him, why did I kill him? How did I kill him?"

"It's not you, it's yours too! Your lord's body was brought back by the black swan, and the so-called villain who attacked you was also killed by the black swan. You must want to destroy the evidence!" Brown stared at Li Chen and said word by word, "Master Zongsi has the ability to 'peep' and predict. He must know something, so you want to silence it."

Except that the murderer's fingers were wrong, nothing else was wrong.Li Chen secretly commented, but the expression on his face did not change at all: "That's pretty telling, but do you have evidence, brat?"

Is there any evidence?of course not.Even if there were, as Brown said, they were almost destroyed by black swans.There is more than one person who has doubts like Brown, but all of them have no evidence, and it is impossible to confront the black swan head-on.There was only one child, Brown, who felt that he had guessed the truth. When he heard that Lichen was going to see Wiggins, he rushed out to confront him.

Li Chen's attitude at the moment made Brown feel that he was telling the truth, but he couldn't use the evidence to overthrow the other party.He stared at Li Chen, gritted his teeth and said, "It must be you...!"

"If there is no evidence, it's better not to slander people randomly, kid, the black swan is not the brothers and sisters around you who manipulate you." Li Chen smiled, "We are very vengeful."

Brown pouted his neck and said, "I've hit the mark, so are you going to kill me too?"

"Speaking of killing you..." Li Chen walked slowly towards Brown, and said leisurely, "I heard that you know your own background, don't you?"

Before Brown could speak, Li Chen said again: "Oh, yes, you think I'm 'killing my father and my enemy', then you should know."

He glanced at the clergy behind him. They had quietly stood up because of exhaustion, but they still hung their heads and said nothing.

Li Chen sneered twice, then turned his gaze back to Brown.

"However, your father is the leader of the rebel army, you know? A man who led the army to rebel against the country, and when he was attacked, he betrayed his comrades..." Li Chen stretched out his hand and patted Brown's cheek, "It's like You, after hearing about your life experience, are ready to betray the Ainuma Temple."

Brown struggled to avoid his hand: "I didn't!"

"No? Oh, is it possible that you mean that you just don't like Black Swan all the time, and you haven't betrayed Wiggins?" Li Chen smiled, clasped the boy's chin, and forced him to look at him, "Then you Do you know how we found your deserter father who was hiding in Tibet?"

Brown's eyes moved.

"Smart boy." Knowing that he had followed his train of thought, Li Chen continued, "Then how do you think he saved you? If he wasn't there when other people in your family were dealt with, how could he save you?" Maybe bring you back?"

Brown suddenly said: "You, you... also killed my other family members!"

...Are you only reacting at this time?Li Chen blinked, feeling that he couldn't expect much from an 11-year-old child, so he let go of his hands and stood up straight.

"Treason can be repeated, kid." Li Chen sneered, "Why do you think you can survive? Do you think, after Wiggins dies, who can give you an umbrella?"

Brown was greatly stimulated by his death-death words, and struggled violently: "Let go of me! Murderer! Murderer!!!"

Li Chen glanced at the black swan holding Brown, and the other party pretended to let go of it knowingly, and Brown really broke free from his grasp.In the next second, Brown rushed towards Li Chen!

Brown's talent is good. When he rushed to Li Chen, his fingertips were already glowing with magical power in Li Chen's eyes.But how could it be possible for Li Chen to be successfully attacked by a mere child?He grabbed Brown's calling hand, shook out a few magic crystals in the other hand, and quickly chanted a silent spell——

"what!!!"

The external magic burst rushed towards Brown's magic source, and the blood vessels seemed to be swelled, and the extreme pain almost made his heart stop.Brown only screamed once, but couldn't make any more sound.Beads of sweat dripped from his forehead, and his young body was crumbling.

The priest rushed up and screamed, "Stop!"

The black swan stopped the rushing person, and at the same time, Li Chen let go of his hand, and Brown collapsed to the ground.

"Capital crimes can be avoided, but living crimes cannot escape." Li Chen took back the magic crystal in his palm, looked down at the young man on the ground condescendingly, "send him to the confinement room to calm down, when will he think clearly about his situation, when will Come out again."

Black Swan replied: "Yes."

The clergymen were startled, shouting "you can't do this" and rushed over to try to stop it, but how could they possibly pass the black swan's defense line?

Brown seemed to be unable to hear the surrounding voices, curled up on the ground, and his voice was so hoarse that only a breath remained: "Demon, the source of magic power..."

His magic power source has been shattered, and since then, he has become an ordinary person.

A few days later, Fudexi knocked on the door of Lichen's study.

He put the documents on the table, and said in a chatty tone: "He ran away."

"... Oh?" ​​Li Chen didn't even look away from the information in his hand, "Did those who sneaked in go with him?"

"Of course, didn't you let them 'rescue' him on purpose?" Fudexi sat opposite him, "Speaking of which, those people are really blind..."

"It may not be blind." Li Chen smiled, "They just need someone, but they don't really need that person. Who is that person... what does it matter?"