Age of Mysticism

  Chapter 260 I know it's you

At night.

   Shelley and Pisco returned empty-handed.

  The two of them are very prim in the governor's office facing Luke who is waiting for a pizza.

"Your Excellency." Shelley said aggrievedly: "It's our fault that we didn't ask for the address of the pizza shop. We arrived at Silver Avenue, walked from East Avenue to West Avenue, and then from West Avenue to East Avenue, back and forth. I walked around several times but couldn't find the pizza shop you mentioned."

Pisco was secretly kicked by Shelley and said: "Miss Shelley is right, there is not a pizza shop in such a long street, it is unbelievable... Mr. Governor, did you remember the address wrong? ?”

   Luke behind the desk looked at the document in his hand, and asked casually: "I remember correctly, that pizza shop is on Silver Avenue, did you search carefully?"

  Shelley hurriedly said: "Master Governor, we searched very carefully. We even searched the alleys leading to Baiyin Avenue. There is really no pizza shop."

   Pisco said: "Yeah, we also asked some people, and they also said that there is no pizza place on Silver Avenue."

   "That is to say...you have searched several times but have not found it, and you have not asked the people there where it is?"

   Shelley and Pisco said in unison: "Yes, Governor."

   Shelley continued: "Governor, would you like something else?"

  Luke did not put down the document in his hand, waited for a moment and said: "Maybe when I left St. Lun City, the pizza shop moved away from Silver Avenue, so you didn't find it.

   I really miss the taste of that pizza!

  You have been busy for so long, you should be tired, go back and rest. "

   Shelley and Pisco glanced at each other, then bowed to Luke and exited the room.

   After closing the door, Pisco couldn't help asking Shelley: "Sister, what kind of pizza can be so delicious, so that the governor can't forget it so much, I want to taste what it tastes like."

  Shelley nodded: "That's right... adults never have any requirements for food. You can eat all the food in the cafeteria in the bureau. It must be a very delicious pizza that can be praised by adults so much."

   "I don't know where that pizza shop moved to?"

  At this time, Karina came out of the office next door with a stack of documents in her arms, and was stopped by Shelley and Pisco when she arrived at the door of the governor's office.

  Shelley asked in a low voice: "Karina, you are from St. Lun City, do you know that there is a delicious pizza shop on Silver Avenue?"

   "Pizzeria on Silver Avenue?" Karina was puzzled by Shelley's question: "You have been deceived! How could there be a pizza shop on Silver Avenue?"

   Pisco said: "It was the governor who said it. He said that he had eaten delicious pizza on Silver Avenue before, and after interrogating the prisoners today, he asked me and Miss Shelley to buy it.

  But we searched several times on Baiyin Avenue, but we couldn’t find it. "

"The Governor must be lying to you." Kailina said sympathetically, "Half of the Silver Avenue is the First Prince's Silver Manor, and the other half are all important imperial functional departments. There are no restaurants, hotels, or pizzerias." ..."

  Shelley and Pisco were stunned, recalling that when they stopped someone to ask about the pizza shop on Silver Avenue, the other person looked at him really strangely.

   "Why did the Governor lie to us?"

   "I don't know... The governor's actions are never something we can guess. Please open the door, I have some things to report to the adults."

  Shelley and Pisco immediately stepped aside, watching Karina push the door in, they couldn't figure out why the Governor lied to us to buy a non-existent pizza on Silver Avenue.

   The Silver Manor on the Silver Avenue is the residence of the eldest prince Fania. At night, only a few rooms in the Silver Manor are lit, and the number of guards and servants is also very small.

  The eldest prince Fania is forty-two years old today. He has not remarried since his wife died, and his life has become very low-key. Only the lowest personnel are kept in the manor, and the main daily life is reading.

  With her rich knowledge and humble personality, Fania has a group of loyal fans in the imperial court. Everyone thinks that if Fania can become the future emperor of the empire, he must be a wise monarch.

   Moreover, Fania also sent his only son to the Northern Army, and there were often news in the court about the military achievements of the emperor's grandson.

  In the evening, Fania reads in the study. He was dressed in comfortable casual clothes and sat on a gold art spiral seat with a velvet back cushion. The ornate magic lamp on the roof emits a softer light than incandescent lamps, and the room is filled with precious aromas that can improve concentration and spiritual power.

  Beside the crystal round table, there is a silver jug ​​and a crystal cup. When Fania was reading, she would take a sip of wine from the wine glass from time to time. Whenever the wine in the wine glass was exhausted, the jug would automatically fly up and tilt the body of the jug to pour the red wine into the glass.

  Fania was fascinated, even though the butler opened the door and walked to his side, he didn't notice.

   "Master." The butler saluted respectfully.

  Fania didn't move her eyes from the page, and asked in a casual tone, "How is the matter going?"

   "Sam died, very cleanly."

   "I remember that after you said that the handling was very clean last time, Sam was caught by the Secret Service and was bitten. This time, he was found out by the meteorite. Is this what you said was clean?"

"I'm sorry, master!" The steward bowed deeply and apologized: "We didn't have enough time to prepare after receiving the order that night, resulting in some mistakes in some links. Fortunately, the assassins who were mainly involved in the operation were safely hidden, and Sam was just one of us. Peripheral intelligence agent, he does not know that he is serving the master."

   "Are you blaming me for not giving you enough time?"

  The housekeeper immediately knelt down: "It's because we haven't trained enough, please punish the master."

  Fania turned a page of the book in her hand, and then said: "Get up, some things are indeed unpredictable, and you have done a very good job. But how did Sam expose it?

   Agatha had nothing to do with him, and Meteor found out his identity as soon as he took over the case, which is incredible. "

  The butler stood up and talked about how Sam was exposed, but he was also at a loss at this time.

"Master, this matter is indeed very strange. Meteorite saw through Sam's identity, and did not send anyone to follow the other six suspects, allowing us to easily understand the interrogation process. And in the operation of killing the mouth, the imperial spies who followed Sam Did nothing and went back to Copper Mulberry Drive after confirming Sam's death."

  Such a strange action made Fania finally unable to focus on the book in his hand. He turned his head and looked at the butler: "You mean... Meteor deliberately silenced us?"

  The housekeeper said with a little worry: "Meteor has always been doing things unexpectedly in Raging Waves City. I can't figure out his purpose for doing so."

  Fania's tone was a little nervous: "Are you sure Sam doesn't know of my existence?"

   "I'm sure! After Sam was arrested, all the people who had contact with him were dealt with. This time, Sam was killed and the entire line was eliminated.

  The only one who knew that Sam was working for the master was me..."

  Fania looked at the steward and breathed a sigh of relief: "You are the person I trust the most. Keep an eye on the Copper Mulberry Avenue for me, and you must report to me every move of Meteor."

   "Yes, master." The butler hesitated for a moment, and said, "Today there is a strange thing related to the meteor."

"What's up?"

"Today, two cronies brought by Meteor from Raging City came to Silver Avenue to look for pizza shops, and they searched back and forth several times. This Silver Avenue is all important imperial functional departments, and there has never been a pizza shop. I don't know where they heard it from."

  Fania dropped the book on the ground, and he asked, "Did these two people come to Silver Avenue before or after Sam was released?"

  "After being released. Sam had just left Secret Service, Secret Service Six, and these two men came to Silver Avenue. They didn't hide their whereabouts, and many people saw them.

  Master, master, what's wrong with you, master? "

  Faniya's body trembled a little, and he said to himself: "He knows I did it, what does he mean?"

   "Master..." The housekeeper, who realized what was going on, hurriedly said, "You mean that the meteor has been detected to attack Dai'er..."

  Faniya stood up from the chair, the mana gathered in his hands glaringly shining, he stared at the butler and said murderously: "You just said... you are the only one who knows that Sam is working for me!"

  The steward knelt on the ground again in fright, and begged prostrately: "Master, I don't know what happened, but I never betrayed you. Please believe me, please believe me."

  At this time, someone knocked on the door, and the servant shouted outside: "Master, His Royal Highness Sinclair and General Joshua are back."

  Fania withdrew her magic power, and said viciously to the housekeeper, "Find out what went wrong!"

   "Yes, Master. Thank you, Master."

  Fania walked out of the study, and in the living room saw her son Sinclair, who had rushed back to the imperial capital from the northern border, and General Joshua, the commander of the Northern Army.

The emperor's grandson, Sinclair, was dressed in military uniform. He was young, handsome, and full of heroism. He saluted Fania and said happily, "Father, I heard the news that Grandpa asked you to take charge of the southern front on the way. Uncle Joshua is in command." With the Northern Legion, you and I will definitely fight a great war that can be recorded in the annals of history."

  Fania patted his son on the shoulder: "It's very courageous, but you have to ask your uncle and your grandfather if they will let you go to the south."

   "Father?" Sinclair didn't understand what Fania meant.

Joshua on the side saluted Fania, and then said to Sinclair: "The north is different from the south. There has been no large-scale conflict between the empire and its neighbors in the north for more than ten years. In the south, we have to face The most powerful is the Celtic Grand Duke's barbarian army, and even I don't know if I can come back alive.

  You are the only son of the eldest prince and sister, your grandfather and I will never let you take such a big risk, you have to stay in the imperial capital. "

  The young and energetic Sinclair still wanted to fight for it, but Fania said: "Not only can you not go to the South, but I won't go either.

  Sinclair, the war in the south is handed over to your uncle, the battlefield between me and you is here! In the imperial capital, our enemies are more and more powerful...

   You go to rest first, Joshua and I have something to talk about. "

  …

  Fania talked with Joshul who had rushed back from the northern border all night.

  Luke woke up after a good night's sleep.

  Breakfast is settled in the office. The food is pizza, ham, and milk. Kailinna is reporting the summary of all parties' intelligence from last night to this morning.

After opening a new page of the folder in her hand, Kailinna frowned and said: "My lord, at 6:45 p.m. yesterday evening, Philemon Sam was shot by a special poison crossbow arrow at home. Tracking Sam's agent confirmed that the person died on the spot. The agent followed your instructions and returned immediately without taking any additional actions.

  My lord, you know Sam has a problem, why watch him get silenced?

   Now that Sam is dead, you have let go of the other suspects, and no one has been assigned to watch over them. How can we explain to the eldest princess? "

  Luke chomped on the pizza and said, "You don't need to explain to the eldest princess, as long as I can explain.

  Sam's death proves my judgment, which is his last residual value. This matter ends here, what action to take next, wait for my order. "

  Kelina took a pen to make notes in the document, and after Luke finished signing, she went out and left.

  During the interrogation yesterday, Luke was thinking about one thing.

  Sam appeared near the crime scene, can it prove that the First Prince is the mastermind behind the attack on Princess Dai?

  The answer is that it cannot be proved.

  So Luke set up a game.

  He hinted that he saw through Sam's identity, and let him go. If the mastermind who attacked Princess Dai was not the eldest prince, the eldest prince would definitely not kill Sam in order to prevent the incident from getting on him.

  But if the eldest prince is the mastermind, he must kill Sam to silence him.

  Anyway, the eldest prince would never have imagined that he recognized Sam because of him, and releasing Sam was not to follow the clues, but just to make a judgment question.

   Let Shelley and Pisco hang around on Silver Avenue under the pretext of buying pizza, so that the guilty prince will understand... I already know that you did it.

   The flustered eldest prince will definitely show his feet.

   It's just that Luke still finds this case tricky.

   Knowing who the murderer is, it is not difficult to solve the case by collecting evidence in a targeted manner. Even this kind of case doesn't need too clear evidence, just let Augustine know that the eldest prince did it.

  But what happens next is not certain.

  Princess Dai'er's trip to Qingkong's museum is a temporary idea, and there is not much time for the attackers to prepare and act. According to the process of the attack that night, it can be seen that the plan and actions of the attackers were very careful. Agatha searched for so long but found no useful clues.

  According to the eldest prince's usual performance and that night's performance... forbearance, determination, and unscrupulous means for the result, even if he wants to kill his own blood sister.

   For an emperor like Augustine, is it a bonus item? Or deductions?

  Until the moment the facts are revealed, absolutely no one will know the answer.

  (end of this chapter)