A Tale of Strategies For the Throne - 124. Chapter 124

The sky was already bright, but the light in the dungeon was still dim. Only a beam of light shone in from the narrow iron window above the dungeon, reflecting a bright spot on the ground.

The little light refracted on the cold stone floor moved slowly over time, and finally reflected on the face of the black-haired young man sitting against the wall.

He lowered his head slightly, closed his eyes, and his fine black hair fell on his forehead, looking like he was sleeping.

When the refraction shimmer reflected on his face, the slender eyelashes moved, and then slowly opened.

Heimos, who woke up from a shallow sleep, soon woke up. He turned his head and saw the position of the sun in the sky through the small skylight, and judged the time of the moment from this.

Then he turned his head back and looked in a certain direction.

He thought that the discussion about his guilt had almost begun, and presumably, the person who intended to put the blame on him was among them.

Thinking of this, Hiemos remembered what his subordinate had persuaded him not long ago when he decided to steal the talisman.

At that time, the priest who was the god of night adhering to the usual cunning attributes, Suo Jia strongly opposed him to steal the soldier talisman. But he did not obey his subordinate’s words, and stubbornly led his troops to Tozes City.

Before he was imprisoned by the Royal Knights, Suo Jia rushed to see him, frowning and sighing.

“His Royal Highness, have you ever thought, if you are deprived of the right of succession to the throne, who is the one who will ultimately profit?”

Suojia’s face looked rather heavy.

“Prince Garland doesn’t have to do anything. He can become the final winner as long as he stays silent.”

“His Royal Highness, I know that you and Prince Garland have a very good relationship, but if such a good opportunity is placed in front of your eyes, no one will let it go.”

He said coldly,

“His Royal Highness, what you have experienced should make you see more clearly than anyone else-the most untestable thing in the world is human nature.”

“Everyone is selfish when it comes to their own interests. This is human instinct. No one will make an exception.”

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Awakening from the memory, Huimos looked forward.

His eyes seemed to penetrate the walls, looking at the place he couldn’t see at the moment.

That invisible battlefield.

He could imagine the figure of Garlan standing on the battlefield without swords at this moment.

“No one will be an exception”…?

There was a sudden trace on the corner of Hiemos’ lips.

Whether it was Suojia who was on the scene at the moment, or the person who secretly blamed him, it must be shocked by Garlan’s behavior.

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“As Prince Aaron Landis, I veto the proposal of the Chief Secretary.”

Gallan’s voice echoed in the chamber.

With a word, Suo Jia, who almost took that step and walked to the front of everyone, stopped, and choked again when he reached his throat.

A word made the old Chief Secretary’s face a gentle smile froze for a second.

But it was only a second, and it converged in an instant, too fast for people to see it.

The Chief Secretary still smiled, and his wrinkled face was full of kindness.

He stared at Garlan with kind eyes, without the slightest irritation on his face. He looked at Garlan with an air like he was looking at an ignorant junior.

“Prince Garland.”

He shook his head slightly and sighed.

“You are too arrogant.”

Although his face was kind, the expression in the chief secretary’s heart and his face was completely different.

He, and the huge family behind him, have a pivotal place in the center of Aaron Landis’s regime.

And over the years, his status has become more and more noble with the growth of time and position.

Therefore, it has been a long time since no one would refute him in public in such a straightforward manner and embarrass him.

——This makes him extremely unhappy.

Even if it was the prince of Aaron Landis who embarrassed him.

The prince, the crown prince.

A word difference, but a huge difference.

The former is just a distinguished status, but he is not as good as the chief secretary in terms of real power.

Moreover, even the prince should know how to respect the elderly.

The Chief Secretary thought so unhappily in his heart.

However, no matter how dissatisfied with Prince Garland’s attitude, his face did not reveal the slightest, and he was still amiable.

He said: “Prince Garland, I know that you have a deep friendship with Prince Huimos, but Prince Huimos should be punished if he made a mistake, so that he will understand where he was wrong. You treat him The shielding is not helping him, but harming him.”

He spoke word by word with a heart and heart, like an honest old man teaching his beloved younger generation.

Standing in front of the obsidian seat, Garlan looked at the Chief Secretary, and a section of the light blue cloak that fell from his shoulders was resting on the armrest of the seat.

“I don’t agree with you, Chief Secretary.”

As if he hadn’t heard Garlan’s words, the Chief Secretary said while shaking his head and sighing.

“I know, you are still young, and it is inevitable to make mistakes, and because you are all princes and your status is honorable, everyone follows you…” He sighed, “But even if you are a prince, it doesn’t mean you don’t need to be punished if you make a mistake. .”

“If so, where is the majesty of the law of Aaron Landis?”

Allowing the Chief Secretary to say those high-sounding words, Garlan turned his head to look at the Chief Secretary with bright eyes.

“If you make a mistake, you will be punished. It is true.”

He said, “But, Chief Secretary, convicted people without any investigation, and let innocent people bear the burden of what he had never done before. Is this what you mean by demonstrating the majesty of the law?”

“Prince Garland, you are arguing. Obviously, the soldier talisman has been taken out of Prince Huimos, and he admits that he stole it…”

Gallan simply interrupted the Chief Secretary’s words.

“He admitted to stealing soldiers and mobilizing the army selfishly, but do you have evidence that he personally killed the two royal knights?”

The old man coughed lowly, winking secretly at the people behind him.

Immediately someone understood, and took a step forward to speak.

“The facts are clear, only Prince Hiemos had been there at that time.”

“The two royal knights are responsible for guarding the talisman. Now that the talisman is in the hands of Prince Huimos, it is reasonable to assume that it was not killed by him. Who else can it be?”

“Yes, in order to capture the talisman, the two knights guarding the talisman must be killed. Isn’t that obvious enough?”

Garlan frowned.

“So, your reason for convicting Huimos is’inferred by common sense’?”

His voice suddenly became severe.

“Even convicting civilians requires conclusive evidence, and now facing the prince, you don’t have the slightest evidence and witnesses, so you convict him on the grounds of’take it for granted’?!”

Gallan’s hard-line attitude froze the atmosphere in the entire chamber for a while. Someone wanted to say something, but found that Gallan’s words made them unable to refute.

Before this, everyone naturally connected the killing and seizing the charms together, thinking that it was one thing. Since the soldier charms used as physical evidence were found from Prince Heymos, then the people must have been killed by him.

That is a kind of inertial thinking.

Even so, there are no stupid people present. Naturally, many people think that Prince Huimos does not need to kill people. It is not good for him. Maybe someone is setting him up.

However, even if many people knew it well, the key now was that Heimos did indeed steal soldiers and mobilize the army.

This incident offends the kingship, and if not sure, it will provoke King Kamos into a rage, and Prince Huimos does not yet know how he will end up.

Therefore, even if they understand that there is something strange in their hearts, everyone can’t wait to get rid of the relationship with Huimos in order to protect themselves and avoid getting involved in them.

In this way, it is of course impossible for them to speak for Heimos at this time, and it is not bad not to fall into trouble.

And the black hand behind the scenes naturally caught the mentality of everyone, and wanted to rush to settle the charge at this time before King Camos returned.

It’s just that many people did not expect that the person who stood up to speak for Huimos without evasiveness was actually Garland.

Prince Garland couldn’t be so stupid that he didn’t know what Huimos’ deprivation of inheritance meant to him.

Many people present were thinking in confusion in their hearts.

Why does he do such a thankless thing?

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Is there another plan? Are there any greater benefits?

These dignitaries, who have been in the center of the regime for too long, are accustomed to intrigue and deceit, almost all subconsciously think like this.

Seeing that the condemnation of Prince Huimos has once again become a deadlock, the chief secretary no longer maintains the kind smile on his face, but sinks a little bit.

“Prince Garland, you are sophistry.”

He lowered his face.

“It’s fine for you to mess around in Tozes City, how can you still rely on your own temperament here?”

The elderly Chief Secretary sat in the front seat, and being in a high position all the year round made him naturally powerful.

When he lowered his face and looked serious, the atmosphere around him seemed to be oppressed.

“You know, the prince you did in Tozes City, you shouldn’t have done it anymore.”

He said solemnly,

“You arbitrarily freed the slaves who were the private property of the citizens of Tozes, which is tantamount to seizing the people’s property for no reason! As a prince of a country, how can you do such an act of oppressing the people?”

The topic that the Chief Secretary suddenly mentioned made Kaihuos on the side startled.

It really came.

Kaihus thought.

When Prince Garland made the decision to release the slaves of Tozes City, he knew that this behavior would definitely arouse the dissatisfaction of those powerful and powerful in the royal city.

Because what the prince did has shaken their interests.

However, Kaihuos felt that this matter should not be serious.

Because even if they were dissatisfied, these dignitaries would not show it in the short time when the prince returned to the royal city.

And as long as they wait until King Kamos returns to the royal city and ask King Kamos to characterize the prince’s slave release as a special case in a special war, the dissatisfaction of those powerful and powerful will be reduced a lot.

But, caught off guard, the Chief Secretary suddenly picked up trouble at this time, making Kaihuos nervous.

Obviously, the Chief Secretary was using this to warn Prince Garland.

What Kehuos understood, Garlan also understood.

The subtext of the Chief Secretary mentioning this incident is to warn him not to be nosy, or he will fall into a ditch.

At the same time, the words of the chief secretary also aroused the sympathy of the valuables present.

After all, he is extremely dissatisfied with his release of slaves on such a large scale, almost all of them are expensive.

Only because of concerns about Garlan’s status as a prince, no one wants to be the first to stand out, and this temporarily suppressed the dissatisfaction.

Now, as long as the chief secretary grasps this point, these dignitaries will slap snakes and stick to them, and then express their dissatisfaction.

Gallan tightened her lips.

There was a bit of anger in his eyes.

At this moment, it seemed that there was a puff of air stuck in his chest, making him very depressed.

These guys who are talking here, they don’t know how tragic the so-called war is, and how sad the people will end up after the city is broken.

They will only be in a safe place, accusing you so proudly and condescendingly.

They will only tell you that you shouldn’t do this, you can’t do that.

If they don’t agree with them, they will cling to a little mistake and push you into a blind spot. After success, they will proudly think that they will become the ultimate winner.

The young man’s face was calm, his hands hanging down to his side were slightly clenched into fists.

It’s just that his arm was covered by the light-colored cloak that fell from his side shoulders, and no one saw his clenched hand.

Seeing that Prince Garlan was quiet, the Chief Secretary smiled slightly.

Even if you are a prince, he is just a young man. How could he be his opponent who has been immersed in the center of power for many years.

“Prince Garland.”

He continued to speak to Garlan in a teaching tone.

“‘Wise Prince’, the people of the royal city call you that.”

“It took you eight years to get such praise from the people. They called you the’sage of Shamash.'”

He said warningly.

“Don’t be upset and ruin your reputation.”

“Even if it is for your reputation, you should make your decision carefully.” The chief secretary looked at Garlan and said, “So, prince, please come to your conclusion now.”

The chamber was quiet again.

Everyone’s gaze fell on Garlan, who was hanging his head slightly.

In the side hall, the priest of the night god stared at Garlan unblinkingly. At this moment, his eyes were extremely complicated.

‘People are not for themselves, and the earth will die. ‘

Soga has always thought so.

But at this moment, he was actually a little confused about his feelings. At this moment, what kind of answer did he hope to get from the Prince of Gallan?

In full view, Gallan looked up.

He calmly said: “I am opposed to convicting Huimos for this. I will personally investigate and find out the real murderer of the two knights.”

The muscles on the face of the Chief Secretary, who thought he was already holding the winning ticket, twitched abruptly.

Why is this prince so stupid and so ignorant?

He stared at Garlan dissatisfiedly and thought.

“Because of your personal relationship with Prince Huimos, you are partial to Prince Huimos who made mistakes and want to exonerate him. This is not what you should do as a’wise man’.”

“Since the people say that you were’given justice and wise by Shamash,’ then you should not treat this matter for favoritism.”

The Chief Secretary implies both inside and outside.

“Prince Garland, please be sure to figure out your position.”

“It is truly wise to convict Prince Huimos without selfish feelings and regardless of identity.”

The young man raised his eyes, and his golden eyes looked straight at the Chief Secretary.

“Chief Director, did you make a mistake?”

he asks.

“what?”

“You said it yourself, it’s me who is praised by the people as wise, and it is also the one who is called the’wise and wise’.”

Gallan stared at the Chief Secretary.

At this moment, there seemed to be a cluster of golden flames burning in his pupils.

“It took me only eight years to let the people praise me, and the Chief Secretary, you have been in power for decades, but you have not won the praise of the people. This shows that you are not a’wise person’.”

“But now, you who are not a’wise man’ taught me what to do as a’wise man’. Don’t you think this is ridiculous?”

“you–”

Gallan’s words caused Chief Secretary’s breath to be stuck in his throat.

“The Chief Secretary, as you said, I am a’wise man’ recognized by the world.”

Looking across the crowd, Garlan said in a deep voice.

“In other words…”

Standing in front of the crowd, the young man waved his hand abruptly.

The light-colored cloak that fell from his right shoulder was lifted high when he waved his hand, flying behind him.

“As long as it is what I do, it is a wise act!”

He said,

“I vetoed the conviction of Huimos!”

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Chief Secretary: The prince MMP does not follow the routine.