Chapter 735 That Thing (Part 1)

   So, don't mess with women.

  In the corridor in the Kongming Palace, D.D was eating breakfast while listening to Piloga and Nexi's description of last night's "the story of the capture of the murderer by the heroes of the North Gate Bridge". He sighed and came to his own conclusion.

Take a look at Prince Thales, who was impulsive yesterday and had a violent fight with Miss Kevin Deere. It is said that she made the girl cry heart-rendingly, and rushed out of the Kongming Palace shouting the most painful and decisive words .

  In that scene, everyone looked sideways and everyone sympathized, the dog was sad and the cat was crying, even Huai Ya couldn't persuade it!

   No, the retribution came before the night passed.

  D.D sighed while eating:

  If there had been an experienced and sophisticated guard last night, how could His Highness have been baffled by such a difficult problem, and could only watch the eldest lady **** the prisoner?

  Speaking of which, why didn't they ask me to go last night?

  Ahem, no, it must be that the task of guarding Kongming Palace is also very important, no, the two Kevin Dills are here, if something happens...you think so?

   With a bang, the door belonging to Prince Thales opened:

  Thales walked out of the room with a straight face, accompanied by the guards.

  D.D and the other people on duty shuddered, stopped eating quickly, and stood up straight with weapons in hand.

  Are you kidding? At this moment, who doesn't know that His Royal Highness, who lost his face last night and was **** off, is furious?

  It would be bad for him to catch someone’s fault, maybe get angry and vent his anger on the people, right?

  Hey, from this point of view, is it wise that I didn't go last night?

It’s not like those tough guys from last night, who accompanied the prince to eat their noses, and when they came back, they were all downcast. Mallos was too busy to touch the ground. He also came and went in a hurry, and the little silly lion was sulking all by himself...

  In short, some fell out of favor, and some were ruthlessly **** by the prince...

  It's not like my little D.D, who is still entrusted with the important task of guarding the key pass that affects the situation of the Emerald City!

  Humph, hehe.

  From this point of view, Uncle Ben Doyle is still very smart, knows current affairs, and is invincible...

However, Thales ignored D.D's complex and changeable mood, and he glanced at the complacent latter ("How can he be so happy? Is it because I see that everything is not going well with me?" Thales said to Wyatt afterwards. Complaining in a low voice) beside him, he waved his hand and made people open the door and enter the "cell" of one of the prisoners.

   "You didn't bring soldiers in, nor did you **** me out without saying a word, and pronounce the verdict."

  In the room, Federico Kevin Dill put down the teacup calmly.

   "I guess: Your Highness, you haven't chosen to make peace with Zhan En, sacrificing me in exchange for the peace of the Emerald City?"

  Thales sat across from him, watching him calmly put a spoonful of sugar, and slowly stirred with a teaspoon to outline a vortex.

   "I failed to capture Lausanne II."

  The prince spoke coldly, suppressing his anger.

  Federico raised his eyebrows slightly, and nodded immediately, seemingly not surprised.

   "That explains your anger."

  He continued to stir the teacup steadily, watching the vortex inside get deeper and deeper:

   "You want to use this serial killer as a target to establish your prestige, to eliminate accidents and stabilize people's hearts, but it has failed, let alone use him to threaten me to submit, in order to negotiate with Zhan En and gain room for maneuver."

   Federico raised his head and cast shrewd eyes.

   "Now, you're back to the original point: either completely fall to Zhan En in the arbitration, let him take advantage of more, in exchange for him helping the Emerald City..."

  Thales didn't speak, but his eyes became colder.

   "Or, you completely bet on my side and firmly believe that we have the ability to retake the Emerald City and put Zhan En to death."

  Feder took out a teaspoon from the deep whirlpool, and tapped lightly on the rim of the cup:

   "There is no third way."

  Thales still did not respond.

  He just looked at the other party's cup coldly, waiting for the vortex inside to gradually subside.

   "I guess, this is why I can still sit here and drink tea, and His Highness still has time to chat with me."

  Federico put down the teaspoon, picked up the teacup and took a sip with a calm posture.

   There was a moment of silence in the room, like the deep sea.

   "You were right before, that killer is really not simple," Thales said suddenly, sneering again and again, "It's really a big surprise."

  Federico gently put down the glass.

  He was silent for a while, and sighed softly:

   "I reminded you: whether physically or mentally, this person cannot be treated with common sense, please be careful."

remind?

  Thales folded his arms and sneered:

   "Then why don't you just tell me that he is a monster who will go mad at the sight of blood?"

  Federico raised his head and took a deep look at Thales.

   So he knows.

"If I say so, it will be tantamount to betraying the Kingdom of the Night and the Corleone family," Fei De said in a calm tone, "No matter what their intentions are, I am grateful for the place they gave me and kept a secret for them. , is what it should be.”

   "I don't know yet, so you keep your promise so much." Thales said.

"Furthermore, you have also found out the details of Lausanne II yourself." Federico seemed to have not heard the sarcasm in the prince's words, and he still drank his tea calmly, "otherwise, if you are as strategic as you, you would not rashly take the risk of hunting he."

   Really slippery.

   In a few words, he cleared his responsibility.

  Thales thought disdainfully.

   It also seems how high-spirited he is.

   As expected of Kevin Dill.

   "Seeing that I fell short outside, I can only come back to you with a shy face. I think you are very happy?"

  Federico paused when he heard this.

  He was silent for a moment, sighing helplessly.

   "I know you're in a bad mood, and I don't intend to offend you, but I can't deny: I'm quite glad that I got my life back."

  Thales raised his lips.

   "And I'm even more thankful that you maintained your sanity and restraint, kept your hand at the right time, and spared Lausanne's life. You didn't eat my chips in a fit of anger, and gave all the advantages to Zhan En's side."

   Stay sane and calm...

   Keep your hand at the right time, spare Luosang's life...

  Thales frowned.

   I have to say that he was quite aggrieved last night, but after hearing this, he really felt much more at ease...

  Thales coughed, put aside distracting thoughts, and looked serious.

   "Plaguing can't absolve you of your sins," the prince said coldly, "especially if you don't report what you know and deliberately conceal it."

"I understand His Highness's anger." Federico was not frightened by the Duke of Xinghu's aggression, he explained slowly, "But let's push it backwards: If you capture Lausanne II and take his and my heads, Is it necessarily a good thing to form an alliance with Zhan En?"

  Thales narrowed his eyes:

   "As a deal, he agreed to compromise and give me a profitable Emerald City."

  Although there are many prerequisites.

   "An emerald city that stays in words." Federico quickly retorted.

   "It's better than an Emerald City that is bound to perish." Thales shot back.

   "Trust me, Your Highness, it is not a good idea to cooperate with Zhan En."

   Federico laughed:

"Once he knows that Lausanne II is no longer a threat, that I have no bargaining chip in the balance, and that you can only rely on his charity to turn the situation around, he will make more progress—no matter what he promised in advance, how hype-worthy he is, promise How much you seem to have the sweetness to take advantage of, whether it is military service, taxation, or maritime trade profits, when he regains his power and comes back to power, he will turn his face and be ruthless, and you will not be worth the loss."

   "He is the dignified guardian duke," Thales frowned, and glanced at the other party: "It's not a fugitive who has nothing and will do anything for revenge."

   "Oh, Your Highness, the Emerald City has benefited from the development of commerce and trade. There are some secretaries and clerks who are good at biting words, distorting the terms, and discounting the performance of the contract."

  Thales frowned when he thought of the "Replacement Petition" that Jann had sent to the king, and also remembered the "land without snow and ice" promised by Nakaju to the orcs.

  Federico observed his expression:

   "At that time, Zhan En will have to escape the disaster and rule without worry, but you, you will have to suffer bitterly from failure and frustration, as well as the anger of the Fuxing Palace."

  Thales turned his head and snorted coldly:

   "Thanks for reminding me of this."

   Speaking of this, Federico stood up, walked slowly to the window, and his tone eased:

"So don't be annoyed, Your Highness. Lausanne II's escape from the hunt is not a bad thing. On the contrary, this matter can be used as a bargaining chip to make Zhan En, who thinks he is sure of winning, have more scruples, so that he cannot unscrupulously manipulate you in the negotiation with you. And having Lausanne II outside makes him even more..."

   "I missed a word," Thales interrupted him at this moment, "Lausanne II did not escape."

Um?

  Federico was looking at the blue sky outside the window, and frowned upon hearing this:

"he died?"

   "Worse."

  Thales hesitated for a moment, finally sighed lightly, and chose the most direct expression:

   "He fell into Hilley's hands."

  Federico was startled for a moment, then turned around abruptly.

"what did you say?"

  Thales sighed in pain, he grabbed his teacup and took a sip.

"That's right, it's your good cousin, the one you plan to use to threaten Zhan En," Thales put down his teacup with an ugly smile, and he didn't know whether he was laughing at his own stupidity or the girl's fierceness, " Well, before I could do anything, she popped out of her own accord and played me--everybody."

  Federico looked at Thales, pondered for a long time, his expression changed several times on the way.

   "I don't understand," his tone became dignified, "Your subordinates are full of talents and experts, and it's not the first time you've faced Lausanne II. It's impossible that you didn't have sufficient estimates and preparations. How could you let a little girl..."

   "She has an extreme knight who obeys her, and puts a dagger on her neck, right in front of my eyes."

   "You should stop her."

   "She also swears that whoever stops her will be the eternal enemy of the Iris family."

   "And you are soft-hearted, don't you want to?"

   "Of course not, it's just..."

  Thales retorted subconsciously, racking his brains:

"You know, if she happens to die on the spot, then I will be in big trouble. Even if Fei De becomes the head of the Iris Flower family in the future, I'm afraid you will have to take revenge on me, that is, on the mortal enemy, for your cousin's oath." , to defend the reputation of the Iris family."

  A certain hostage is in a dangerous situation and swears that whoever dares to hurt her will be the eternal enemy of a certain family, so no one dares to touch the hostage.

  Damn it, if the family is replaced by a country... Does it sound familiar?

   "Really? This is what you're worried about?" Federico looked suspicious and his tone was subtle.

"I…"

  Thales coughed, raised the empty teacup again, and buried his face in it:

   "You know, I'm a prince, and I have to look at things from the perspective of the kingdom. I can't let Canxing and the Kevin Dill family easily form a blood feud."

   But you're about to take his Emerald City.

   At this time, you say you can't make enemies easily?

  Federico stared at him for a long time, then took a deep breath, put away his unhappy eyes:

   "Forget it, the matter has come to this point, it is useless to entangle."

   Right, why bother with this.

  Thales nodded generously in agreement:

"So, I have more things to worry about: Lausanne II is in her hands, and no matter what the guy knows-the truth, the inside story, or the fate you gave him or the list of revenge, I can only assume that Hope Lay will find out sooner or later and use it against us."

  Federico frowned fiercely.

   "Please rest assured that Lausanne II has limited knowledge," he frowned tightly, "and with his resilience, it is not so easy for him to speak up."

  Thales put down his teacup and snorted coldly.

   "Then you don't know something. To deal with people who refuse to open their hearts, that girl has much older methods."

  More than you want to know.

  Thinking of this, Thales subconsciously folded his arms.

  Federico was deep in thought.

   "Not only that," the prince continued, "she also threatened me with this, probably asking me to release Zhan En, return the throne of the city lord, and restore everything to the way it was."

   "But one of your original intentions in hunting down Lausanne II was to show favor to Zhan En and negotiate with him?"

   "That's what I said too, 'for the good of Zhan En'," Thales leaned back in the chair, exhausted, "However, she didn't believe it, she was decisive, and insisted on taking the killer away."

  Well, for her to have this attitude, she has to blame me.

  Blame me.

"Then you have even less bargaining chips and room to negotiate with Jann," Federico's tone became tighter and tighter, "or even worse: when the Emerald City is in turmoil, you are surrounded by an unarmed little girl... Failure will dampen people's confidence, make all parties in the city more suspicious of your skills and abilities, and aggravate the crisis—her move was unexpected, helping Jann gain an absolute advantage, and there is not much room for you to make mistakes."

  Listening to his words, Thales' expression became more and more ugly.

   Well, he has a point, except…

  Unarmed little girl?

  Nonsense!

  Thales resisted the desire to refute:

  Does he know that little girl is good at playing tricks and scaring people?

   Or even worse, she will summon ghosts!

   What a ghost!

   Is he a terrifying and perverted villain, okay?

  He's... He let her go because he had to!

  Thinking of this, Thales was overwhelmed, and took over the conversation:

   "And I don't have much time. The spare money squeezed out from Zhan En's hard work is only enough to temporarily put out the fire, and when this money is used up..."

  Thales looked at the scattered and faded tea leaves in the cup, and sipped the corners of his mouth.

  Damn it.

  How did this happen?

   "But you have one last advantage."

  Federico listened to his words and said calmly:

   "Jane is still under your custody. As long as the old case of the Duke's assassination remains unsolved and his suspicion of patricide has not been cleared, no one can threaten your rule."

  Thales sighed and leaned back.

   "You just can't forget your business, right? Even if the Emerald City is about to die?"

  Federico ignored Thales' words, but analyzed wholeheartedly:

   "At this moment, Zhan En probably doesn't know that his good sister is out to win him back."

   "And he won't and can't know, this news can't be leaked to his ears," Thales said with his eyes wide open.

   "But Hilley will hold Lausanne II as a bargaining chip, bluff, threaten you to release Zhan En, and at least ask to meet him, and once you do so..."

   "Don't worry, I'm not a fool." Thales said impatiently.

   "Not necessarily so."

"What?"

  Federico turned around:

   "On the contrary, Your Highness, we can take advantage of this and go back to our original plan."

  Thales couldn't help but wonder:

"what's the plan?"

  Federico showed a mysterious smile:

"Tell him, Your Highness, tell Zhan En that his good sister has caused a catastrophe: she snatched chips from you, damaged your prestige, hindered your plan, and extinguished the compromise and cooperation between you and him for the sake of the whole world." Mercy of the Emerald City..."

  Thales couldn't help frowning.

"Then, you show your fury of thunder and declare that you will never compromise and never die, even if you watch the entire Emerald City sink, unless," Federico paused, his tone tightened, "unless Hilley also Pay dearly for offending you."

  Thales' face changed.

  Federico smiled slightly:

   "In this way, we throw the problem back to him: sister, or the Emerald City? Family affection, or power?"

  At that moment, Thales had an ugly expression.

   "It's the same trick again, you still want to use and calculate Xi Lai to force Zhan En to submit?"

  Forcing a choice: bad, or worse?

   Sure enough, it was Kevin Dill.

  Federico bowed his head in silence for a while, and when he raised his head, his face was expressionless:

   "No, this is even better than the original one, because this time Cecilia jumped out on her own initiative, you have no moral burden, and Jen has no reason to suspect that this is yours..."

   "He won't believe it."

  This time it was Federico's turn to raise his head in doubt:

   "Your Highness?"

"I don't want to say this, but Jen knows me too well," Thales sighed angrily, "He knows that I'm not the kind of person who would take advantage of or hurt innocent people, let alone threaten him with his family, nor would I stand idly by Let the Emerald City run down. On the contrary, he will know that I am bluffing, and he will not take the initiative to give in-"

   "He'll believe it."

   Federico interrupted him, decisively.

   "For one thing, His Highness was tricked by a girl, and his dignity was damaged. Anyone knows that you are in a fit of anger at the moment, and you must not be messed with."

  Thanks for reminding me of that again.

  Thales darkened:

   "Okay. I'm very angry, but I haven't lost my head. I can still distinguish between dignity and Emerald City."

"Secondly, you just need to convince Jann," Federico ignored his excuses, "that you were offended by Shiley more than her, your dignity, your kindness, and even Emerald City's All the people matter, enough to make you furious and desperate."

what?

  Listening to his words, Thales frowned.

   Enough to make me furious and desperate after being offended...

  Things that are more important than my dignity, my kindness, or even everyone in the Emerald City...

   "I, I still have this thing?"

  Thales was very puzzled and extremely suspicious.

   But at the same time, a voice in his heart told him softly:

   Of course you have.

  Thales Canxing.

   It's just that you don't know it.

   Or don't want to admit it.

   But you'll know.

   will eventually admit it.

   Sooner or later.

   This is your destiny.

  Federico faced out the window, looked at the bustling crowd in the city, and remained silent for a long time.

   "You probably haven't."

  He spoke softly, with a complex tone:

   "But he sure has. So he'll believe your threat, and that's enough."

  Thales didn't respond right away. He looked at Federico and fell into deep thought.

   After a while, his expression changed and he came to his senses.

  It's... this thing.

   "What if he sees through it?" He doubted.

   "A guy who kills his father and seizes the throne and buries the truth. If he really has that thing," Federico shook his head. He turned his head with an indescribable determination in his eyes, "he can't see through it."

   Looking at the other party, Thales was stunned.

   "Tell me, Feder," the prince said tentatively, "how much do you hate him?"

  Federico frowned.

   "Your Highness?"

  Thales sighed:

   "I mean, do you hate the person Jen, what he's done...or what he has that you don't?"

  Jane's cousin was stunned.

  He opened his mouth to answer, but finally remained silent.

   "Consider my proposal, Your Highness," Fei De turned his face away, avoiding answering, "Maybe there will be surprises if you use this matter to deal with Zhan En."

  Thales stared at him for a long time.

   "Not enough."

   "Your Highness?"

  Thales shook his head, eyes vigilant:

   "Now in this city, it's not just Zhan En who is fighting against me, but also his crazy sister who pretends to be a ghost."

What?

  Federico was puzzled:

   "But even if Lausanne II is captured, Hilley may not be able to..."

   "After all these years away from home, do you really know Shiley? I mean, grown Shiley?"

  Federico paused.

  Thales recalled the appearance of someone threatening Zhan En by threatening to dance, and couldn't help but be dazed:

   "Do you know what she cares about, what she doesn't care about, and under what circumstances she will do something terrible?"

  Thales sneered:

   "Unfortunately, I have seen it."

   And that's... what you don't want to see.

   "I understand His Highness's anger towards her, but too much—"

  Thales raised his hand to interrupt him:

   "Guess what will happen to the Emerald City after that girl confronts me so clearly? What will people think?"

  Federico wanted to answer, but remembered something, and hesitated to speak.

  Thales said coldly:

   "For me, one Jenn in Emerald City is enough."

  Federico's eyes moved.

  Thales leaned back in his chair and let out a sigh.

   "So, tell me, Fei De, what is your plan from the beginning? How did you proceed? How many feet have been involved in the secret department? How many people are you going to kill? Who are you going to provoke?"

  Federico raised his eyes and did not answer.

"Okay, then let me change the way. Apart from Corleone, who is secretly supporting you in the city? Who knows, who participates, and who acquiesces in watching? How much does Lausanne II himself know? How much has he done? What is left? How many things? If he is pushed to testify against charges, what should I worry about? If he tells the whole thing, what is the worst consequence?"

   Seeing that the other party was still silent, Thales' tone became more and more impatient:

"Is it Zhan En who will bite back? Or are you suspected of instigating the murder? Or is it Prince Thales who manipulated the shady scene to try to get his hands on the Emerald City, and was **** if he failed to take off his pants? To be more exaggerated, the Canxing royal family has evil intentions to embezzle the Nan'an collar and lose the prince. Another loss of money? If the kingdom’s secret department is exposed, how much will it take to remedy it? Once the people’s grievances boil here, what price will the whole kingdom have to pay?”

  Federico couldn't help retorting:

   "Your Highness, what you are worried about is too far away..."

  But Thales waved his hand and interrupted him with an extremely serious expression:

   "The fact is, Jen is predictable, but she is not, she is a **** outside the chessboard, not taking the usual path."

  Federico understood:

   "You mean, she doesn't have 'that thing'?"

  Thales nodded.

   "So I have to prepare early, plan ahead, and use all available power to prevent her from giving me another big surprise."

  Prince solemnly said:

   "Before that crazy girl overturned the chessboard."

"How to do it?"

  Thales was silent, he pondered for a while, and then spoke slowly:

   "Like Jen."

   Federico couldn't help but look sideways.

   "No matter how unexpected Xi Lai is, he is only one person," Thales thought carefully, "and I, I have a city."

   "A disobedient city." Federico added with a frown.

   "So I need your help," Thales raised his eyebrows, "the kind without reservation."

  Federico let out an "oh".

   "That is to say, Your Highness, you have finally made up your mind to stand in line and ally with me according to Fuxing Palace?"

  Thales sighed in his heart.

  Are you sure that Fuxing Palace is your ally?

  He shook his head, stood up, and walked towards the door.

   "Not yet, it's just because of a certain crazy girl, I have to think about it due to the situation."

  But Thales paused.

   "And of course, that depends on your attitude," he said coldly, "and Jen's."

  Federico's eyes moved when he heard the words:

   "Jane?"

   "Yes, I'm going to find Zhan En right away. According to your method, you will use both soft and hard tactics, and you will be intimidated and lured." Thales pondered.

  If he really has 'that thing'.

  Federico's eyes lit up.

  Thales pressed his hand on the doorknob:

   "As for you, when you figure it out, call them to find me."

   "I don't know much, I'm afraid I won't be able to satisfy His Highness..."

   "Don't rush, think slowly," Thales shook his head, "I've heard people say that death on the rope circle is always extremely long."

  He turned his head, his eyes sharp:

   "You have plenty of time."

  Federico clenched his fists: "Your Highness..."

   "You said, if you know that his sister is so promising, you can turn the situation around with one shot..."

  Thales ignored him, turned the doorknob, sighed, with complicated emotions:

   "Jane can't be happy to go to heaven?"

  (end of this chapter)