Solan City, the imperial capital of Solan, occupies the vast plain of the imperial capital.
The main color of the entire city is white, and the streets in the city are criss-crossed like spiders. Houses of different sizes and styles are lined up in rows, and there are many towers. The city's outer city wall is hundreds of meters high, like a mountain of huge rocks, majestic, thick, and indestructible.
The Imperial Mountain in the heart towers into the clouds, overlooking the world.
Since the invasion of the demons, the troops were directed south, and Edward I issued several mobilization orders and summons orders for the entire empire, hundreds of lords, big and small, have led their armies to the north.
The lords of the eastern and northern provinces of the empire will go directly to the assembly point on the northern border. The lords of the southern and western parts of the empire will pass through the imperial capital and initially assemble here.
At this moment, the outside of the imperial capital had turned into a series of military camps.
Tents of different styles, colors, and coats of arms were spread out so densely that it was endless as far as the eye could see. The soldiers were holding spears and marching in formation. The knights were dressed in bright clothes and their horses were furious, galloping back and forth. The people in the camp shouted "horse neigh,"
Very lively.
More civilians drove carriages filled with grain and grass, and lined up in a long queue to enter the camp. The small traders spontaneously formed a market in the open space outside the gate of the camp, and the sounds of hawking continued.
With Edward's strong control and the support of Lulian and other grain-producing areas, the current order in the imperial capital is relatively normal.
The relatively sufficient food supply and the severe crackdown on price-gouging and hoarding have also made the lives of the people in the imperial capital much easier than in other areas.
But the pressure has begun to show.
Refugees from the north were moving southward in an endless stream along official roads, trade routes, and even wild roads over mountains and rugged shepherd's trails. The lords from the north also led their armies to arrive one after another.
Nowadays, the total population of the Imperial Capital has doubled that of previous years. Walking on the streets, it feels like being in a crowded fish pond. You can only hear the noise of the fish and see the boiling mud water, which is suffocating.
Under this situation, the food supply has been limited, and the Royal Knights, who are responsible for the security and city defense of the imperial capital, have also sent additional patrol soldiers.
Crowds of people are always the most dangerous place.
Like a huge powder keg, no one knows when a spark will fall and it will turn into a huge change that cannot be contained.
At this time, the news came that Cardinal Pullman had been shot and killed outside Cold Mountain City.
The perpetrator left two lines of writing on the rock.
"Sixteen years ago, by the Frost River."
"This is just the first one!"
This news spread in the crowded imperial capital ten times faster than usual. The earthquake caused was also a hundred times stronger than usual!
Whether it was the military camp outside the city, the shacks where the unknown people gathered, or the city's markets, streets and alleys, as well as the nobles' mansions, gardens, and banquets... everyone was talking and even arguing.
Everyone was secretive, foaming at the mouth, gnashing their teeth, or gloating over misfortune.
Naturally, various theories and rumors are also rampant.
As a Soran, everyone has very complicated feelings towards the Holy See.
The Solan Empire was founded under the attack of the other two empires and the Holy See. In the past hundred years, even if the imperial power declined, the Solan family has never let the influence of the Holy See intervene.
Even Solan's Holy See is its own sect, seemingly unrelated to Vatican.
Under such circumstances, belief in something like this is a bit casual for Solan people. When needed, everyone will go to the church to pray and pray devoutly to the Holy Emperor to protect themselves.
Some want to have a son, some want to find a beautiful wife, some want to do business and want to make money, some are sick and want to recover as soon as possible, some have lost money, chickens, ducks, pigs and dogs and want to get them back.
There are many requirements.
But once the empire and the Holy See came into conflict, it was the same group of people who threw broken eggs and rotten tomatoes at the priest's carriage and scolded him for having a son.
To the Solan people, the Holy See is like a piece of paper to wipe their butts. Use it when you need it, and throw it aside when you don't.
This is the nature of most Solan people. It was forced out a hundred years ago by Grand Duke Solan who led the southern lords and a powerful alliance with the Holy See, Pompeii and Philip.
There are believers in Solan, but there are never obedient people!
This is also the reason why Donald is so powerful that he can overwhelm the royal family, but his powerful Holy See has never been able to make Solan surrender and obey.
If this time, the person who died outside Lengshan City was an archbishop under Pope Solan, everyone might be shocked, and then they would do whatever they wanted. They wouldn't pay too much attention to it.
But what was different this time was that the person who died outside Cold Mountain City was a cardinal from Vatican. Moreover, this man was the same as the one sixteen years ago that every Solan person remembered.
Mysterious cases are involved together!
Why did Pullman appear in Cold Mountain City, deep in the south of Solan?
How did he come?
One of the few strong men in the continent, a man of noble status and immense power, why did he not go through the royal family and the Pope when he came to Solan, but quietly went to Lengshan City alone?
What is he going to do and who is he looking for?
Is he really the murderer of the Frost River murder case sixteen years ago? Is the Holy See really involved in that incident? How dare they so blatantly insert their hands into the Solan Empire and do such a thing?
This is tantamount to declaring war on the Solan royal family!
So, who killed Pullman and carved those words into the rock?
Are you from the Hanshan family?
As we all know, Roland, the Archduke of Farrington, has disappeared for more than ten years. There are rumors that he is now trapped on the Holy See Hill. His son Roger died in the war early, and his daughter-in-law Sarah committed suicide on the banks of the Frost River...
So, if the perpetrator is an avenger, there is only one person who is qualified to write these words in such a tone!
The little boy who escaped from the Frost River and disappeared into the vast sea of people, his whereabouts are unknown!
Roy!
Is he back?!
What does he look like and what kind of person is he? Where has he been hiding for more than ten years and what has he experienced? What kind of strength does he have? Why did some witnesses say that it was a battle involving at least seven or eight holy realms?
A simple murder case and two sentences have caused countless questions in people. And hidden under these questions is a turbulent undercurrent and a changing and turbulent storm!
The truth about the mystery case sixteen years ago has already revealed the tip of the iceberg.
But this is the tip of the iceberg, but it involves the royal family, the Holy See, Donald, and all aspects.
At this moment when the demons invade and the royal family and Donald are at war with each other, no one can see clearly what the future holds. What everyone can vaguely see is the cold light of the sword, which is the color of blood!
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"Roy..."
On Mount Huangquan, the palace was silently immersed in the afterglow of the setting sun. Edward I was sitting in his study, staring blankly at the secret report on the desk, chewing on the name.
This name seems to have a kind of magic.
He was so deeply entangled with the Solan family, it seemed like fate.
Sixteen years ago, the little boy from the Hanshan family of the Principality of Farrington who disappeared was called this name.
A few years ago, the little handyman who came out of the small seaside town of Borabel and accidentally became Aleshia's guardian knight also had this name.
Thinking about it, Edward couldn't help but laugh.
In the Solan Empire, Roy is actually a very common name.
In addition to these two young men, there is also a captain in his Royal Guard named Roy. He also knows a blacksmith from the Shenjiang Hall and a painter from the Royal Art School, both named Roy.
Even a fat and naughty nephew of Salmond, the chief heraldry officer of the House of Arms, was named Roy.
Apart from the same name, these people have nothing in common.
They have different family backgrounds, different identities, different looks and personalities. But if you think about it carefully, no matter from which aspect you look at it, the Roy that you like and value will not be the Roy from the Hanshan family.
Although Roy and Alessia are still engaged, logically speaking, their relationship with the Solan family is closer.
However, he disappeared too completely and for too long.
But this Roy has never left his sight since he came out of the small town of Polabel. Even if he suffered divine punishment and changed his identity and appeared as Leo, he still did not hide his identity from himself, and he still
Just like before, I pulled myself out of trouble again and again.
That civilian boy was so strong and optimistic. And such a character was definitely not something that a young man who was burdened with hatred and lived in darkness without seeing the light of day could have.
Besides, things can't be that coincidental.
How could it be possible that a servant of a small baronial estate whom Alicia met by chance during a trip was her missing fiancé?
If the news from the south a few days ago is correct, then Roy, whose pseudonym is Leo, is now leading his army in the Gobi north of Lulian.
Knights of the Southern Cross…
Thinking of the three hundred magical costumes that Adolf received, Edward couldn't help but smile.
He couldn't wait to see this army built by Roy himself.
In a few days, he would personally lead an army to the north, and that boy's small territory of Bandez was not too far from the main battlefield where the coalition forces were gathering.
Okay, okay.
Edward rubbed his eyebrows and tried to focus on the matter in front of him.
He got up and walked to the window, staring at the garden in the early morning, and said to himself: "So, it should be that Roy who has appeared?"
In front of the desk, several royal officials sat side by side.
Mo Ya, who was sitting on the far left, nodded and replied: "Yes, Your Majesty. Apart from him, we can't think of anyone else who would leave such two sentences."
"Sixteen years later, he finally showed up," Edward said with emotion. "If Roger and I hadn't arranged this marriage, he wouldn't have gone through this. I really don't know how he survived all these years."
He turned his head and asked: "Did he kill someone and disappear? No trace was found?"
Mo Ya looked embarrassed and shook her head: "No."
"At least seven or eight saints..." Edward stared at Mo Ya with a half-smile.
Mo Ya simply lowered her head and gritted her teeth secretly. As the commander of the Ministry of Supervision, such forces existed silently in the land of the empire without her knowing it. This had to make her wonder whether she was usually against the guys under her.
Very good.
"Okay, I don't mean to blame you." Edward waved his hand, his face gradually turned cold, "There are some things that cannot be found out by trying to find out. Maybe in a certain period of time, the truth will naturally surface.
"
Everyone looked stunned.
Everyone knows what Edward is referring to when he says this.
"A cardinal archbishop personally took action, which is really a good trick on the Holy See Hill," Edward sneered. "It seems that we are really easier to bully. When Archduke Roland killed Vatican, I still feel that the truth is not yet known, and the archduke was too impulsive.
But now it seems that the real deaf and blind are us. Archduke Roland can see it clearly, everyone!"
"Your Majesty!" Salmond, the chief heraldry officer who had been concentrating with his eyes closed, called out.
Edward waved his hand and said: "Okay, Salmond. I know what's appropriate. Now is not the time for me to fall out with the Holy See."
Salmond nodded and closed his eyes again.
Edward turned his attention to Mo Ya.
"However, just because I don't fall out with the Holy See does not mean that I will pretend not to see this matter. Check! Now that we know Pullman, there will always be clues about what he did and who he came into contact with back then."
"There are only a few targets! Dig deep for me and find out all the people who leaked the whereabouts of Sara's convoy and colluded with the Holy See!"
As he said that, Edward's eyes flashed coldly: "Start with Donald!"
"As you command, Your Majesty!" Mo Ya said solemnly.