Wolf King

Avenue No. 13 is the most prosperous block in Wangcheng. Half an hour after the conflict between the grassland visiting group and the self-proclaimed Prince Hilbert's slave capture team, the city defense team, which is the most violent institution of order in Wangcheng, rushed to the scene.

The chief officer of the city defense team is Carlisle's confidant. After controlling the scene, isolating personnel from both sides, and appeasing the damaged merchants, he quickly collected statements from both sides, witness testimony, registered the damage and reported it to the palace.

Two hours later, His Royal Highness Carlisle in the palace got the news that members of the grassland visiting group demolished several noble backstage shops during the resistance, destroyed a 30-meter-long road section, caused some houses to be damaged, and affected some passers-by; And...the wrecked carriage of the "slave catcher" captured by the members of the visiting group and the palace guards indeed bears the coat of arms of Prince Hilbert.

Carlisle's face changed at that time, thugs can be hired, butlers can be bought - there are not many butlers and deacons in any noble mansion - but the carriage with the family crest is not just anyone can drive out Yes, without the owner's permission, the big housekeeper can't do it either.

The family coat of arms of Prince Hilbert is the family coat of arms of the Ferdinand family, that is, the symbol of the royal family!

His Royal Highness hurriedly turned to look at his teacher...

The teacher is smiling and looking over.

The eyes were curved into crescents, the smile was extremely kind, and the big white teeth gleamed.

"..." Carlisle's heart trembled slightly, obviously he was sitting on the main seat, and there were three St. Bridge court mages sitting with him, but His Royal Highness just had an intuition that if he didn't sit still, he would give his knees over. ...

"I told them, don't worry about verbal offenses, slight physical contact, or loss of a small amount of property. It's not a big problem to suffer a small loss. Don't easily quarrel with others." Xiao Yun said apologetically, "I didn't expect that this would happen." To be mistaken for a fugitive slave is indeed unexpected... I never thought to remind this, I am sorry, I will be responsible for the damage caused by my people."

Goosebumps popped up on Carlisle's back, and he hurriedly said, "Teacher, I will investigate this matter strictly, and I will definitely give you... Dahe an explanation."

"Don't say that, if my people suffer a lot, then of course I will seek justice, but they have nothing to do, so there is no need to make a fuss." Xiao Yun waved his hands generously with a smile.

Teacher, what kind of character is Carlisle, it’s not that he doesn’t have points, if he really accepts this, the relationship between master and apprentice will be in danger, and he immediately stated seriously: “No, teacher, the snow wolf clan is specially invited by our St. Bridge, If the guests are unhappy, the host family will naturally be responsible. Regardless of whether the matter is related to Hilbert or not, the Ferdinand family will definitely investigate to the end."

The three court mages present here originally drank tea calmly and did not intend to participate in this matter.Hearing what Carlisle said, the three spellcasters showed subtle expressions and exchanged glances... Separate Prince Hilbert from the Ferdinand family, His Royal Highness is going to clean up the prince?The sages of the Snow Wolf Clan used retreat as an advance, but instead achieved their goal that they had not achieved all along?

Xiao Yun believes that the Prince system is an obstacle to the centralization of the royal family, and Xiao Yun is not alone in this perception.The local wise men, especially the spellcasters who pay the most attention to the inheritance of knowledge and pursue the way of knowledge, have long been extremely disgusted with this ignorant system.

The chief mage of St. Bridge's court, "Wall of Sighs" enchanter Bazel put down his teacup, clasped his hands in front of his stomach, and said calmly: "Sage Ayun, Your Highness, this matter may be a bit strange... Prince Hilbert has always been domineering. If the prince is dissatisfied with the guests invited by His Royal Highness, there are many opportunities to openly express his disgust, which will make His Highness and your guests unable to come down. And if His Excellency the Prince made such a foolish move against the guests, then the city defense Judging from the situation reported by the team, it is a bit 'comprehensive'...the carriage with the family pattern, 42 mercenaries, and the second-class deacon of the prince's mansion went off in person, it seems that they are determined to capture the target."

Xiao Yun almost couldn't hold back his laughter, his favorability for this old man with white beard rose by at least ten percentage points in an instant...

Xiao Yun, a human spellcaster, has come into contact with quite a few. I don't know if he was influenced by the Lich King who ended in tragedy. Whether it is Tim Humphrey, a junior alchemist who grew up under the shadow of nobles, , the moon of revenge at the turn of the Ice and Snow King City, or the most familiar Sean, the end of the illusion, and these court mages in St. Bridge, one counts as one, all of them hate the current world's old rules, or practice them personally Or a reformist who is ready to go.

Although limited by the historical limitations of this world, these spellcasters are often unable to use their strength in the right place, but at least the spirit of changing the world is very sufficient... For example, the Wall of Sighs seems to be doing it for Hill. Bao Te made excuses, in fact, he slapped the prince severely, and even vaguely put on the posture of "coercing the palace" Carlisle-even if Hilbert did not do this, are you still planning to keep her for the New Year?

Carlisle smiled helplessly. As the leader of the reform faction, he easily won the support of the court mages, but this support also became a kind of pressure. Regardless of their age, these spellcasters were more concerned than young teachers. many.The teacher is still willing to understand his difficulties and silently support his gradual reforms, but the spellcasters are looking forward to seeing St. Bridge look brand new tomorrow.

But Carlisle also has to admit that no matter who is so blind to the prairie visit group that is the most important to St. Bridge, it is an excellent opportunity for him-"playing [-] big boards each" This is an extremely unfair way of adjudicating the parties, but in fact it is the one that best demonstrates the authority of the adjudicator.

After taking a deep breath, Carlisle expressed his position firmly: "The carriage with the family pattern of the Prince's Mansion appeared on the scene, and this matter has nothing to do with Hilbert anyway. Of course, I will give Hilbert a chance to explain, If his answer satisfies everyone."

Such a statement is already a big concession, but it seems that Bazel is still not satisfied. The white-bearded old man showed disapproval, and wanted to speak up to put pressure on Carlisle.

Xiao Yun just didn't want to use the relationship between himself and Carlisle to force Carlisle to make a decision. The relationship between people must be carefully managed, and it must not be used casually; compared to forcing others to do things for you, of course let others do things for you. It's safe to think about you spontaneously and do things for you~ The scheming between men is actually not low at all.

Now that Carlisle has made up his mind, Xiao Yun will of course stand on the standpoint of being a good teacher who considers his disciples as always, and eliminate the possible barriers between him and the court mage for his disciples, and immediately said with a smile: "I also think, It is unlikely that His Excellency the Prince made things difficult for my people. If Prince Hilbert is so dissatisfied with our Snow Wolf Clan that it is unbearable, then it is undoubtedly a better choice to make trouble on the spot at the palace banquet the day after tomorrow. My After all, the people of the tribe do not have the etiquette education that is suitable for the occasion of the royal palace. Picking a few thorns at will, and then questioning His Highness's ignorance of people, and rising to the questioning of His Highness's employment considerations and reform direction, is the real blow. Your Highness’s prestige, is it an appropriate means to humiliate the Snow Wolf Clan~”

The eyes of several court mages have all changed, Bazel the Wall of Sighs looked at Xiao Yun in the wrong way... Fuck, this is a precise strike!Did we all lose?

Carlisle smiled wryly... and compared to the court mage who rolled up his sleeves and forced the palace directly, the teacher can always have a way that people can't refuse, and can't afford to feel disgusted.

It's not that His Royal Highness doesn't know that his soft policy will dissatisfy his supporters, but he really doesn't dare to destabilize the country before the war comes. .

Of course, Carlisle still trusted the teacher.After all, what the teacher has always taught him is the way to maintain the stability of the overall situation as much as possible; the occasional sword slant is also to create a good situation that is easier to control.

Gathering his mind, Carlisle humbly asked for advice: "Teacher, what do you think I should do more properly?"

The three court mages were a little surprised by His Royal Highness's attitude. After drinking tea for a long time, this was the first time that Carlisle publicly expressed his unreserved trust in Xiao Yun--Carlisle had enough respect for Xiao Yun before, but Xiao Yun did Carlisle is more respectful.

"I just think that we don't need to complicate a simple issue." Xiao Yun said with a smile, "This time it looks like Hilbert suddenly Shi Lezhi...but it also looks like someone framed it. Really want to go It would be too troublesome to pursue and investigate in depth, and it would take ten and a half months to figure it out, who has so much time to fight this exhausting verbal battle."

After a pause, Xiao Yun said slowly: "Since this is the case, it is better to let Prince Hilbert defend himself according to what His Highness thinks. The Prince naturally knows who is most likely to frame the Prince, or whom the Prince hates. His Highness also There is no need to waste energy in distinguishing right from wrong, and those who get involved...don't cut their titles, don't impose any punishment, just move their family to the coastal border and join the front line of defending against the enemy, and just prove their innocence by defending St. Bridge's actual actions."

The status of being hated by the prince is absolutely inescapable. Taking care of a big noble is equivalent to taking care of a lot of big and small nobles; the world of adults is right or wrong. That's not a bad thing.

Carlisle: "..."

Court mages: "..."

You are not playing [-] boards each, you are trying to drag a group of people into the water and beat them all!

Bazel's eyes were bright, and he looked at Carlisle with piercing eyes, and hurriedly said, "Your Highness, I think what the sage Ayun said is feasible."

The other two actively followed up, and one said: "It is indeed reasonable."

The other one is even more ruthless: "The war is imminent. At this time, it is indeed necessary for a group of famous big families to sit on the border to stabilize people's hearts."

A bunch of nobles and nobles in Wangcheng are messing around to hinder the reform. If it weren't for their failure to pass the test, the court mages would simply want to roll up their sleeves and carry out assassinations; such a good opportunity can kick away those who don't like it. It's so cool, old iron !

And this is not afraid of "accidentally injuring Zhongliang", the interrogation of the prince must be done behind closed doors, and it is not a matter of Carlisle's words to kick who gets into the water~!

Carlisle... Carlisle was also moved.

It's not like he's shaking M, but he can still feel good when he sees a bunch of guys who use various seemingly upright excuses to restrain him, and privately do all kinds of evil things...

Nodding obediently, Carlisle endured the turbulent mood and calmly summoned the chief guard: "Notify the city defense team to bring the attacked visiting group and attackers into the main hall of the palace, and summon Prince Hillbert to enter the palace to defend himself."

As soon as Claudy heard it, he knew that something big was about to happen, and hurriedly ran out to arrange staff.

Carlisle stood up with clenched fists, bowed slightly to Xiao Yun: "Teacher, are you coming too?"

"It is reasonable for me, a foreign race, not to interfere with the royal family's affairs, but since it is related to my clan, I have no choice but to appear on the stage brazenly." Xiao Yun stood up with a smile, "To ensure fairness, Your Highness, can you let me Invite several court mages to accompany you?"

The identity of the spellcaster is full of gold, and he can go to any occasion in that robe...with them, Xiao Yun, a foreigner, would not be so obtrusive.

Bazel could still remain calm, while the other two were already smiling. They could see Hilbert's misfortune with their own eyes and enjoy a wonderful show. Where can we find such a rare opportunity: "This is our honor."

Carlisle had a black line on his head: "..." I know that spellcasters don't care about trifles, but don't gloat so obviously...

In the largest meeting hall of the main hall, the guards closed the door after His Royal Highness the Prince entered with the court mage and sage Ayun, leaving only a small door on one side for the latecomers to enter and exit; Listening to let him go through the small door, his face turned dark immediately.

Before His Excellency the Prince got angry, he saw several people escorted in from the corridor on the other side, and one of them looked familiar...

"You... Butler Ron?!" Hilbert was stunned for a moment, then furious, and shouted at the guards lined up, "Where is Claudine, tell him to come and see me! Who gave you the right to do so?" Move my butler?!"

Steward Ron, who had a bruised nose and a gagged face, wanted to say something, but was forced into the door by the escorting guards.

The chief guard smiled, and made a gesture of invitation: "Please, Prince, Your Highness has been waiting for a long time."

Hilbert took a deep breath and gave his personal guard a wink.The personal guard immediately stepped forward and slapped the head guard.

The chief guard didn't suffer from this loss, he took two steps back to avoid it, and said with a sneer, "Prince, please go inside first."

Hilbert couldn't stand it if he dared to hide... He gave the chief guard a cold look, and walked through the door without saying a word.

Seeing that someone finally went in, the chief guard let out a yell—these guards were the most well-informed in the palace, and His Royal Highness didn't intend to tolerate this uncle anymore, they still tolerated a fart.

Hilbert angrily walked around the screen wall, thinking in his stomach that this time, no matter what, he would make that villain Claudy look good... No matter how Carlisle can't bear him, he will at most be reduced to an earl after he succeeds to the throne (the abdicated prince can at most Feng Hou), as long as he is not dead, Carlisle will have to give his cousin a certain amount of face, and can't he deal with a near-lucky villain?

Hilbert didn't realize something was wrong until he entered the hall and saw the situation in the hall clearly.

His Royal Highness the prince sat at the top, and below the seats that should have been reserved for the ministers sat three court mages, a white-haired alien youth, and a green-haired youth.

On the middle east side of the hall were a dozen or so aliens, and the chief officer of the city defense team stood at the head in full armor; on the west side, Ron, the housekeeper of the Prince's Mansion, and a few strong men whom he had never seen before were escorted by guards to kneel on the ground. Throwing a few good oak boards, the patterns on the boards look very familiar...

There are no ministers, only two members of the royal family confronting each other. Such a situation makes Hilbert instinctively feel bad.

Hilbert's eyeballs rolled around here, while Carlisle spoke calmly: "Prince, you know this butler, right?"

Using an affirmative tone, that is, it cannot be denied, Hilbert swallowed, nodded and said, "He is the second-class deacon in my mansion."

Carlisle looked at the chief officer of the city defense team. The chief officer, whom he single-handedly selected from among the knights of the kingdom, immediately stood up. First, he bowed to salute Hilbert, straightened his waist, and brought Steward Ron to the prince's mansion. The carriage with the coat of arms of Ferdinand's family, and 42 mercenaries slandered the grassland visiting group as escaped slaves on the street, and carried out violent arrests.

Hilbert ran away after hearing half of it, strode towards Butler Ron who was pinned to the ground, raised his foot and kicked the man hard on the head: "You idiot, who gave you the power to do what you want?!"

The one holding the butler happened to be the captain of the guard who was with Patriarch Li and Dahe. Seeing this, he obscenely grabbed the neck of the hapless butler, making the prince kick more steadily and firmly.

Kicking the butler unconscious, Hilbert gasped and said loudly: "Your Highness, this is not a clever frame-up. I am not the type to do such stupid things!"

Carlisle was noncommittal, calmly: "Prince, who do you think would commit such a shameless act and plant it on your head with a clear goal?"

Hilbert's expression changed. After all, he is also of the blood of the Ferdinand family. Although he is not smart enough, he is not an idiot. Carlisle did not invite the minister to the scene, as if he did not want to expand the matter... Then he must give someone with sufficient status Let Carlisle vent his anger.

Undoubtedly, this is a good opportunity to attack political opponents. Several names immediately popped up in Prince Hilbert's mind... Pretending to ponder for a while, His Excellency said sonorously: "Harris, Fred, by the way , and Widow Widt, that vicious widow!"

Earl Harris is Hilbert's old enemy, Fred's hatred is mediocre, and it's a good thing to get rid of it together, and the woman who is swindling and defrauding as the husband of the dead ghost is the thorn in Hilbert's heart. ——The existence of that woman seemed to remind Carlisle that he could divide the power of the prince by making the princess the Grand Duchess!

Xiao Yun calmly glanced at the prince whom he had met for the first time... Politicians are pissed, they will even ignore their own crisis when they have a chance to attack the enemy, tsk tsk~

Carlisle's eyes were a bit dark. On the one hand, he was very happy with Hillbert's cooperation. On the other hand, he was indeed a little disappointed-Hilbert didn't even interrogate Ron's housekeeper to confirm who bought him, but worked hard. Counting political opponents... Such a person is actually one of the most powerful people in St. Bridge!

"The development of my country's sea trade in the past few years has been greatly supported by the Snow Wolf Clan. For such a guest who should be entertained with the highest standard, someone would do such evil things that would shame the entire St. Bridge. I really can't believe it anyway. This kind of behavior will be done by a prince of a country." Carlisle lowered his eyes, concealed the boredom in his eyes, and said calmly, "But the carriage with the family pattern of the Prince's Mansion did appear on the scene, so people have to be cautious...Prince, Are you willing to confront the three families you testified against?"

"Of course! This king has a clear conscience!" Prince Hilbert patted his chest without hesitation, and he was even more convinced that Carlisle wanted to use this incident to make an example of others.

Carlisle nodded: "That's the case, please take your seat first." Then he looked at Claude who was hiding behind the guests, "I call Earl Harris, Earl Fred, and Grand Princess DeWitt."

"Yes, Your Highness." Claude took the order and left.

Hilbert sat down contentedly, and happily figured out how to pin this matter on Harris and the widow of the DeWitt family. The occasional gloating look...

Xiao Yun couldn't stand it anymore, coughed lightly, and cast a warning look at the chief mage of the court, Bazel.

Bazel was a little embarrassed, and stared sideways at his colleagues, what's going on with you, do you want to continue watching the fun!

Only then did the two court mages pay attention to managing expressions...

Carlisle, who was at the top, saw everything in his eyes, and was more embarrassed than Bazel, so he had to look to the other side and talk to the angry snow wolves: "Dahe, you are the one who was attacked, what's wrong?" Comfortable?"

Dahe said unhappily, "One of my clothes is broken!"

"...Find out the main culprit behind the scenes, and let him pay you ten sets." Carlisle said.

Patriarch Ali said seriously: "We broke a lot of things, but we didn't want to break them. We won't ask us to pay for them, right?"

"Of course not." Carlisle said quickly.

Patriarch Li and Dahe both heaved a sigh of relief, Dahe's entire sitting posture relaxed, and his face was no longer sullen...

Carlisle can't laugh or cry, so Dahe, are you pretending to be angry on purpose...

Xiao Yun felt that something was wrong, and after seeing Dahe's reaction, he suddenly became alert, and hurriedly said to Carlisle: "Although my clansman is the victim, we only know that someone is suspected of framing His Excellency the Prince, and the next confrontation You don't need to participate, do you?"

Carlisle blinked his eyes and understood the meaning of the teacher in seconds... The snow wolves have no sense of being victims, let alone pretend to be pitiful and miserly, so keeping them around is not conducive to controlling the mouth!

A drop of sweat dripped from the temples of His Royal Highness the prince, and he quickly called the chief guard in, and found an excuse to send the "plaintiff" Fang to the princess's side hall; Before he could reach him, he called the guards to prepare refreshments for him...

About four and ten minutes later, the three "suspects" testified by the prince were brought into the main hall by the guards.

Earl Fred, who was the first to arrive, was very surprised by the arrangement of personnel in the meeting hall. After saluting like princes and princes, he sat down generously.Without hints from the court mages who can use their mental field to tell whether a lie is true, Xiao Yun can see that the real culprit is definitely not this lean middle-aged man.

Earl Harris, who was the second to arrive at the scene, found that the foreign race was sitting openly in the chamber. He seemed to be recalling the past when he was forcibly retired and disqualified from discussing politics in the chamber. It was written on his face, and after sitting down, he turned sideways rudely to face no one.

The three court mages stared at the old nobleman for a long time, then shook their heads slightly towards Xiao Yun.

The eldest daughter of Earl Harris, the Grand Princess Dewitt, was the last to arrive. She brought back a large dowry and the property of her dead husband to return home, and she no longer needed to rely on the shadow of the Harris family to form her own school; after entering the hall Lifting his skirt and saluting like a prince and prince, Shi Shiran sat next to his father, his eyes occasionally glanced at Butler Ron, who was kneeling and crawling motionless on the ground. interest in this.

The three court mages looked at Xiao Yun in unison.

Xiao Yun showed a clear expression, and nodded slightly to express his gratitude.

His Royal Highness sitting at the top: "..."

No, teacher, I know you are always very popular... But don't seduce all my court mages in such a short time!