The Royal City is far away from the Twilight City, so Lesakhar did not dare to delay for a moment. He rode a dragon and flew with Kino for two days and one night. The dragon almost went crazy, and he rushed to the Royal City as quickly as possible.

The heads of the five royal families were all performing official duties in their respective provinces at this time. Apart from royal ministers at all levels, only King Perseus and Edward, who had been suspended from office, were present in the royal city.

In the conference room, Perseus, Edward, Raysakhar, and Chino were sitting here. Raysakhar reported the ins and outs of Abao's kidnapping.

After hearing this, Perseus looked very unhappy and said in an angry tone: "How could things end up like this?! The three-clawed golden dragon was kidnapped in our country. This is a serious diplomatic accident!"

Lesakhar lowered his head and said in a low voice: "A Bao's caravan has always been full of experts, but who knew that the person who planned the kidnapping would be A Bao's personal bodyguard Hu Shanrong. Foreign enemies are easy to stop, but internal ghosts are difficult to guard against."

"Tsk." Perseus held his forehead, his brows furrowed into a ball, unable to vent his anger.

If Po was kidnapped due to a lapse in public security, it would be easy to pursue the responsibility.

But as Lesakhar said, it's hard to guard against a mole. The personal guards tied up the master. No one can blame them. They can't help but scold these two people.

Perseus thought for a moment and looked at Kino: "Before Po left for Lulin City, he discussed business with you in Twilight City?"

Kino nodded: "Yes, I needed a batch of natural materials and treasures from the northern snowfields, so I ordered the goods from Abao's caravan. Because the transaction amount was huge, and the two parties were not familiar with each other before, Abao was not familiar with this business.

I did it myself and came to Twilight City in person."

Perseus asked doubtfully: "Is the transaction between you two normal? Is there anything unusual?"

Kino shook his head: "Everything is normal. There is nothing unusual. It's how it came and went. What's really weird is that when Abao left Twilight City, Hu Shanrong didn't follow him for some reason."

Perseus narrowed his eyes and asked: "Hu Shanrong is A Bao's personal guard. When A Bao left, he didn't follow him? Did A Bao tell where Hu Shanrong went?"

Kino still shook his head: "Personnel scheduling is A Bao's private matter. It's not convenient for me to ask. Judging from A Bao's words and deeds in leaving the city, he must know about Hu Shanrong leaving the team. As for the reason, I really don't know."

Perseus only felt that one was bigger than the other: "This Hu Shanrong really wants to die. If he doesn't do it sooner or later, he wants to do it in the kingdom. In recent years, the relationship between Golande and the Far East Dynasty has just eased. If

Because if there is another crack in this matter, it will not be enough for Hu Shanrong to die a hundred times!"

Everyone was silent. It was no longer their turn to make the decision in this situation. They were just waiting for Perseus to make the decision.

Perseus put his forehead in thought, and after a while, he said silently: "Now the life and death of A Bao are unknown. We cannot rule out that he may be dead, and Hu Shanrong is holding the body to demand money. Let's do this, be prepared with both hands."

"In principle, A Bao's life is the first priority. I will transfer the 1,000 gold moons requested in the kidnapping letter from the treasury. As long as I can save A Bao, it will be fine even if Hu Shanrong takes the money and escapes abroad. He has plenty of time and money.

If anyone catches him, the Far Eastern Dynasty will not sit idly by and ignore such a person."

"But we must also make a plan. If A Bao has been killed, we must properly explain the matter to the Far East Dynasty. On the one hand, all officials at all levels in Lulin City must take away their posts and hold accountable. On the other hand, we must capture Hu Shanrong alive and let him

The crime and the ins and outs of the crime were fully explained."

The general direction has been set, and the next step is to select candidates.

There were three people in front of Perseus now, Resakhar, Chino, and Edward. Perseus's eyes swept across their faces one by one:

"Lesakhar, although you are acting as the governor of Fenghuo Province, you are taking office in a different place after all. You are not familiar with the local situation and are not suitable to be the host."

"Kino, Abao has had business dealings with you recently, and he visited Twilight City before the incident. Due to the principle of avoiding suspicion, this matter cannot be left to you."

Finally, Perseus' eyes fell on Edward: "Edward, because your people were involved in the assassination of Burton, you were removed from your position and kept for a while. But you and I have served for many years, and I believe you have nothing to do with it.

Your job is just to make a statement and give an explanation to the outside world."

"In fact, I very much hope that you can resume your original position as soon as possible. After all, Fenghuo Province is close to the desert area and is the province with the most chaotic security situation. You have governed there for more than 20 years and are most familiar with the situation. I believe you personally are also

I am very eager to redeem myself and prove myself."

"So, I will leave it to you to take charge of the kidnapping of A Bao, and let Qino and Lesakhar assist you. Remember one principle, no matter whether A Bao is dead or alive, he must see people alive, and his body must be seen dead.

You must not find out until the end!"

"Then there is Hu Shanrong, alive. Remember, I want to be alive! I want to hear the whole story from his mouth, and he must not bring me a dead person back!"

"After properly handling this matter, I will resume your position as governor in advance."

The king gave the order and Edward could not refuse. He stood up, kowtowed to Perseus' chest and saluted: "As you command, Your Majesty."

Perseus took up his pen and wrote a king's manuscript, stamped it with the "laurel seal" symbolizing royal power, and handed it to Edward: "Take this manuscript and go to the treasury to withdraw 1,000 gold moons. Then I will follow you.

I repeat, Ah Bao, you want to see people alive, you want to see your corpse when you die. Hu Shanrong, you want to see your mouth alive."

"Yes!" Edward responded and took the order.

The three people left the conference room and rushed to the treasury.

The treasury is the custodian and cashier of the kingdom's financial revenue and expenditure. The Doguland treasury is composed of two parts. One part is entrusted to the official bank and is responsible for local financial revenue and is called the "branch treasury". The highest person in charge is Lan Xian, the king's right hand.

The other part is established separately by the royal finance department to coordinate the central financial collection and is called the "branch treasury". The highest person in charge is the "minister of finance" designated by the king.

The daily operations in various parts of the kingdom are basically maintained by "branch treasury". The official bank maintains close cooperation with local administrative agencies. Currency exchange and taxation are all conducted through the official bank.

The "branch treasury" is mainly responsible for overall control, such as storage of raw materials for minting, recycling of old coins, issuance of new coins, control of the total market currency, etc.

There are also some emergencies, such as wars, natural disasters, violent market fluctuations, etc., which require macro-control by the "general treasury", and the power in this regard is also tightly controlled by the royal family.

When dealing with the Abao incident this time, Perseus directly bypassed the local system and opened the "general treasury" to directly transfer funds to Edward. It can be said that he paid great attention to it.

The current top person in charge of the "Treasury", the "Minister of Finance", is named Baldien Van Dogruland, the younger brother of King Perseus and one of the eight princes of the royal family.

In terms of seniority, princes and princesses such as Andre, Bolton, and Solandel should respectfully call Baldian "Second Uncle."
Chapter completed!