(Two chapters in one)

Gome and Lin Gengsen were extremely confused by these words. First of all, they must admit that what Chino said made sense. They had indeed bet on a certain prince and princess before.

There is nothing you can do about it. When you reach the position of "provincial-level official", how can you live without a backer? Be a solitary minister? In the 513 years since the founding of Doguland, how many solitary ministers have died a good death?

What ministers fear most is the replacement of the throne. If you only serve one king in your life, you are extremely lucky. But if the king unfortunately dies, ministers will face a choice. At this time, you must bet your money in advance and you can only bet one.

The most unpopular thing is the kind of outsiders who act according to the prevailing circumstances. Even if such people make successful bets, they will not be trusted.

The current situation is indeed as Kino said, no one knows which of Perseus's children will be in power in the future, and the probability of winning the lottery is only one-third.

If they can now establish a relationship with Lorna, the future designated "King's Left Hand", there will indeed be no "mistake". With such a protective umbrella above their heads, no matter how strong the wind or rain is, they will not be caught.

But the problem is, they don't know if Lorna and Kino are really here to win people's hearts, or if they are deliberately setting a trap here.

Don’t forget, Kino is here with Wang Ling this time. In case he is given a secret mission by His Majesty the King to find out the truth about the fire at the Dragon Fire Festival, when they foolishly confess the truth, Kino backhand passes the information to

The royal family, they really have no place to die, and no one can save them.

Gomer decided to be more conservative and not take risks, so he kept his body low and asked tepidly: "We are very willing to serve His Highness the Prince, but we don't know what we can do now?"

Seeing that they understood, Kino finally breathed a sigh of relief and said with a smile: "Now that we understand, we can talk about it. Your Highness the Prince only came of age not long ago, and the relationship between her and her father is not good.

It is obvious to everyone, so His Highness is ready to start managing his own power."

Just when Gome and others were about to answer the conversation, Du Mingwei suddenly asked: "Since we have opened up the conversation, why not speak more openly? Although His Highness will firmly occupy the position of "the king's left hand" in the future, no matter what he says, in his heart

There is always a crown prince that you support. Are we lucky enough to know who this person is?"

Lorna asked nonchalantly: "Who do you think I support?"

Du Mingwei smiled and asked, "I don't have the ability to read minds. How can I know who His Highness the Prince is supporting?"

The corners of Lorna's lips raised a sarcastic arc, and she said slowly: "For matters such as the crown prince, which is related to the national affairs, you must support a reliable person. Who do you think is reliable? Bolton, who only knows how to fight?"

Kino immediately shook his head: "It's unreliable, it's unreliable."

Lorna sneered: "Boton is unreliable, who can I rely on? Solandel? A piano player."

"Even more unreliable!" Kino said with disgust, "Who can play the piano with any seriousness!"

Lorna sat back in the chair, casually put her slender legs on the table, and asked calmly: "Both of these are unreliable, who do you think I can rely on?"

Gomer and Lin Gengsen couldn't help but smile knowingly, as if they had met comrades in the same trench, nodding in unison.

Du Mingwei looked at Lorna's expression carefully and couldn't help but squint his eyes: "Your Highness, as far as I know, you have a very good relationship with Her Highness the Ninth Princess Solandel. You don't have the slightest support for the Crown Prince.

What does she mean?"

Lorna patted her long legs, brushed off the cat hair on her trousers, and said in an old-fashioned way: "Public is public, private is private. Everyone knows that "Prince of Mercy" Andre is the one whom the people want and the people hope for. I

Is it necessary to go against the trend? Besides, if I don’t support Solandel being the queen, I can’t be friends with her? Is there an inevitable connection between the two?”

Du Mingwei was silent for a long time with his eyes lowered, not knowing what he was thinking, and finally said nothing.

Kino clapped his hands and called back everyone's attention: "Having said this, I think everyone should understand that if His Highness wants to develop his own power to support the future crown prince, he cannot do without money, and it is a lot of money.

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"Money is hard to come by! Now that His Highness is an adult, Lord Sting no longer provides pocket money and living expenses. Even if he does, it is only a small sum of money. It is not enough for daily expenses, let alone business power."

"Then the question arises: where can we get a lot of money? Let me say, from Danyu City of course! Now His Highness the Prince needs money, and you need someone to help with the aftermath. Aren't we like-minded?"

Gomer's eyes were wandering, and his tone was not as firm as before, but he still pretended to be confused and forced a smile: "What does this 'like-minded' mean? Can you explain it a little more clearly?"

Kino snapped his fingers and said with a smile: "I have a proposal. The 1.62 million tons of relief grains that you have secretly hidden can't be taken out or disposed of now. It's just a hot potato in your hands."

"And I have His Majesty the King's blank handwriting in my hand, so I can do whatever I want. That's just right. I'll find a way to help you secretly sell out these 1.62 million tons of grain! As for the money after selling it out," Kino smiled and rubbed his fingers.

He did an action that is common all over the world.

Having said this, the vigilance of Danyu City officials has weakened a lot, but it is not gone.

Gome secretly exchanged glances with Lin Gengsen. Kino was right. 1.62 million tons of grain was a huge amount, and it was all century-old wheat that was easy to identify. If you didn't have the privilege of acting at will, it would be too much to dispose of it without leaving any trace.

It's difficult, if you leave it in their hands for a day, they won't be able to sleep well.

Kino is indeed a perfect helper, but the question is, can this person really be trusted?

At such a critical moment of life and death, someone suddenly drops from the sky and says he wants to help you. Whether this person is an angel who helps others or a demon who pushes people to hell, no one can tell.

Years of experience as an official, coupled with caution during sensitive times, made Gomer stop taking steps forward. He bowed to Kino and Lorna with a smile and a flattering tone, and said in a very innocent tone: "His Royal Highness the Prince values ​​us so much, and we can't repay him in return."

, we must obey his advice! It’s just that we have never done what the Archon of Kino said about hiding millions of tons of grain!”

The atmosphere suddenly became colder. Lorna slowly lowered her lips and looked at Gomai coldly. There was no anger on her face, but she showed no anger and self-presence. The pressure brought by the dragon's blood became stronger and stronger, creating a strong impression on the surrounding people.

The dead silence added a suffocating sense of depression.

Kino's expression looked a bit like he hated iron for not becoming steel, and said anxiously: "You guys"

"Forget it." Lorna snorted coldly, her eyes full of contemptuous pride, "We are honest with people, but they are wary and don't trust us, so what else is there to say? Just pretend I haven't been here, so let's do that.

, everyone will go their own way from now on, there is no need to go back and forth."

Seeing that Lorna was about to leave, Gomer and others were in a dilemma. If they had to let His Highness the Prince go, a problem was created. Life was already difficult, and it would become even worse in the future.

Gome hurriedly walked to Lorna's side and stammered: "Your Highness, please, don't leave. Why don't you stay and have a meal?"

With a cold face, Lorna pushed Gomer aside and strode away.

Seeing this, Kino sighed heavily and looked at Gome and others with dissatisfied eyes: "We came to help with good intentions, and you just responded like this? It really makes His Highness the Prince feel chilled."

"At least you can rest assured that we will not tell the truth. But I want to see how long you can hide the 1.62 million tons of grain without our help."

"Now the surrounding areas of Danyu City have been put under full martial law. Not only are there my death squads, but also the spies sent by His Majesty the King. Every pass has been put on high alert. Without my blank handwriting, your food will be

I can’t even deal with it until it’s rotten.”

"Haha, if something happens then, don't come to us."

These words made Gomer very nervous, because this is the fact. There is no way to deal with it now. It can be delayed for one day, but no one knows how long it can be delayed.

Gome followed Lorna in small steps and said anxiously: "Why don't you two leave? Let's talk again?"

"I don't talk to insincere people." Lorna ignored him and walked out without looking back.

"How can we prove that you can help us?" Suddenly, Du Mingwei's voice broke the deadlock.

I saw Du Mingwei looking sideways at Lorna's back, his eyes unfathomable, as if he wanted to penetrate her heart: "You said you can help us, but how can we believe what you say? You can't just talk in vain.

Just let us believe you?"

Lorna stopped, turned around slowly, and smiled contemptuously: "To put it bluntly, don't you just think that I am deliberately trying to trick you, hoping to seize substantive evidence and then expose your crimes."

Domington: "So what?"

"Then you guys really think highly of yourselves." Lorna walked back to her seat and sat down, casually putting her long legs on the table, holding her face with her little hands, her tone was quite joking, "Let me ask you a question, how do you compare yourself to A Bao?

how?"

"A Bao?" Everyone was confused, why was this person involved again?

Du Mingwei said silently: "A Bao is the three-clawed golden dragon of the Far Eastern Dynasty, and it is the most important link in the trade between the two countries. Of course we cannot compare."

Lorna sneered and looked at Kino meaningfully: "Tell them about the good things you have done?"

Kino's expression changed, and he muttered in horror: "Your Highness?"

"Say." Lorna's tone left no room for doubt.

Everyone was confused. They didn't know what was going on that could make even the God of Death, Du Mu, so nervous.

Kino wiped the sweat from his forehead with trembling hands, took a deep breath to calm down, and finally faced everyone and said in a low voice: "I killed Po."

It was like a sharp blade cutting through, cutting off everyone's breath.

You can hear a needle drop in the room, and you can even hear the heavy heartbeat one after another.

Slowly, there were gasps and everyone looked at Kino with horrified eyes. Even Du Mingwei, who was the deepest in the city, was stunned.

Gome was so shocked that he stammered: "You killed A Bao, A Bao?! Are you serious?! You, you, how can you prove it?!"

Kino touched his space ring, took out a simple ring, and placed it on the table with a solemn expression: "If any of you have dealt with Abao, you should be able to recognize this."

Du Mingwei took the ring and looked at it carefully, his eyes becoming gloomy and deep.

As the richest man in Danyu City, he had dealt with Abao a lot in the past. This ring was a personal item that Abao loved very much and never took it off. Moreover, judging from the details of the craftsmanship and the color that had been washed away by time, it was definitely not a forgery.

There is only one possibility for this kind of paraphernalia to fall into Kino's hands.

Lorna looked at everyone with disdain, her voice full of the majesty of a superior: "Kino killed A Bao and almost triggered a war between the two countries. I can help him save this kind of thing that should have killed the entire clan. You can't do anything.

Is it because he is greedy for Mo's official salary? Is Nuo's matter still difficult?"

Gome's eyes were empty and he asked blankly: "Why didn't you kill A Bao?"

"It's a long story. Anyway, when we were doing business before, I had some conflicts with Abao and accidentally killed him." When Chino said this, he nodded to Lorna and said with great humility, "If

If it weren't for His Highness's protection, I would have died a long time ago. My life was given by His Highness. His Highness has shown me a new life and I have no way to repay him. I can only risk my life to follow you!"

Lorna said calmly: "Kino is my friend. Of course I will not sit idly by when my friend is in trouble. Moreover, he can provide me with many extraterrestrial tools, which are of great value to me. We are mutually beneficial."

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To be continued...