A bloody hole suddenly appeared between Ruth's eyebrows. Her eyes widened and her body fell backwards.
She let out a painful convulsion and took her last breath before she could speak.
Solo looked at White in surprise and asked, "Why did you kill her? I still have something to ask her."
White put away his gun and spoke calmly, "This woman is no longer useful. Besides, she has no use value anymore. Keeping her around will only do bad things."
Zoro frowned slightly, "How did this woman know about our relationship?"
"No matter how many things there are, we will be safe only if we kill her. If Karl asks, just say that she wants to kill you, and you can only kill her out of self-defense."
"That old thing won't ask so many questions, but I still have many things to ask her," his narrow eyes showed a bit of displeasure, and Solo glanced at the body lying on the ground, "Forget it, it's better to die.
Well, to save you from causing trouble to us later, let’s go.”
"kindness."
After Ruth's death, Carr's men found a diary in her mansion, which contained extensive records of how she and her husband planned to usurp the throne, as well as her private correspondence with several government officials in an attempt to unite with them to overthrow the throne.
Karl's regime. Everything proves the fact that she intends to usurp power and kill Karl.
Soon, the news that Ruth Ferdinand was suspected of murdering Prime Minister Karl and intending to usurp the throne spread throughout Valencia. Her property was confiscated, the mansion was auctioned, and all the other servants in the family were sold into slavery.
For a time, the death of Ruth Ferdinand became a hot topic among people, even people in neighboring countries talked a lot about it.
Some people sneered at this woman's tragic end, thinking that she had brought it upon herself. Some people sympathized with her, after all, she was a helpless widow. Some people thought that this was Karl's attempt to get rid of Ruth and seize her considerable wealth.
His assets were framed and framed.
On this day, Leng Ling sat at the dining table and read the newspaper intently.
Rean sat across from him with a cup of coffee, "What are you looking at?"
"Ruth is dead," his black eyes looked across the newspaper, Leng Ling said lightly, "What do you think about this?"
Lean shrugged helplessly, "I don't understand politics. Compared to this, you should be more knowledgeable than me."
"I don't like politics and I don't like others fighting for power."
Lean showed a look that seemed to see through everything, "But your expression tells me that you have something to say."
Leng Ling put down the newspaper and looked at the steaming black tea in her hand, with a complicated expression. "This woman has had ups and downs in her life. She did not hesitate to sacrifice her wealth and life in order to fight for power, but in the end she ended up like this. But there is one thing I don't agree with."
I understand..." Frowning slightly, Leng Ling continued, "I remember that she and Karl jointly plotted against me, why now..."
Lean guessed, "Perhaps she was really plotted by Karl."
Her eyes were as bright as a deep lake, and her white fingers were slightly curled, "This woman is very scheming, calculating, and has the ability to see fire. She shouldn't be solved so easily... There must be something wrong with this."
"Even if there is a problem, it is their business, so you don't have to worry about it anymore. Anyway, after solving this woman, we have one less opponent."
Leng Ling frowned and thought deeply, looking at the black and white words on the newspaper in trance.
Lien changed the subject and said, "Recently, there seems to be no movement on Sharda's side. This man is the most difficult problem before us."
Leng Ling's eyes dimmed, "Ralph's incident has made him more vigilant. He will never act rashly unless necessary. In addition to waiting for the right time, we cannot act rashly for the time being."
Lean nodded in agreement, and then mentioned another person, "Besides him, there is Roy."
Leng Ling frowned, "Behind Roy, there is Admiral Kaman. He is more troublesome than Sharda."
"It's really tricky," the beautiful golden eyes showed a hint of worry, "I hope that apart from them, there will be no overt or covert enemies."
"I hope so."
Leng Ling looked melancholy, and his watery eyes gradually fell into deep darkness.
"Dong dong, Your Highness," Lance knocked on the door and came in, "The time for your meeting with the banker is coming soon, please prepare quickly."
"I see."
Li En raised his eyebrows and stood up knowingly, "Then I'll leave first."
"Well," Leng Ling said without any reservations, "Lance, follow me back to the room."
"Yes, Your Highness."
Li En came out of Leng Ling's place and met Captain Fan Wu in the corridor. The two winked at each other and then separated.
After a while, a tall middle-aged man came into the woods behind the headquarters. After a while, a golden figure also appeared.
"I knew you would come," Captain Fan Wu threw away the cigarette butt and handed a document bag to Li En's hand, "It's what you want."
"Thank you," Lien opened it and looked through it. "I asked someone to send these things to my friend and ask him to find someone to find out. If we can really find survivors who participated in the war, it will be of great help to us.
help."
Captain Fan Wu looked at Lien with complicated eyes, "Young man, who are you?"
Lean put away the documents and said calmly, "You know my identity."
"Lean von Isildar, a member of the first family of Valencia, is it really you?"
"yes."
Captain Fan Wu took out his gun and pointed it at Li En's forehead, "Why do you want to follow His Highness Leng Ling? Why do you want to become his knight? Why do you want to help him fight against his country?"
Lean said without hesitation, "Because I love him."
Captain Fan Wu looked unusually solemn and was stunned for a moment. He then said, "Your romance is not allowed. Once someone discovers it, you will all suffer, especially His Highness. His reputation and innocence will be destroyed by you."
once."
"No," Li En shook his head, his eyes blazing, "As long as you don't tell, no one will know, unless you want Ling Shen to be ruined."
Captain Fan Wu clenched his gun, his joints turning white, "Are you threatening me?"
"That's right." Li En raised his lips slightly, "But for Ling's sake, I think you won't tell anyone. Right, Captain Fan Wu?"
Fan Wu lowered his eyebrows and held his finger on the trigger, motionless.
The two looked at each other, their eyes meeting in the air, and even the air around them almost froze.
After a while, Fan Wu put down his gun and said, "For His Highness Leng Ling's sake, I believe you for the time being. If I knew that you followed His Highness for other purposes, I would never let you go."
"I know."
The expression on Captain Fan Wu's face relaxed a little, "How is your health lately?"
Lien said calmly, "It's not bad, it's not bad. The number of attacks hasn't increased."
"Come to me when you have time and I'll give you a comprehensive check."
Lean declined, "No, my body knows it by itself."
"I hope you can take good care of your health and don't make His Highness sad for you."
Reen's eyes were indifferent, "I know."
After the two separated from the grove, Lean returned to the dormitory.
Recently, he has been reducing his medication, but the pain has become more and more serious, with more and more irregular attacks, so that he is excruciatingly painful every time.
In the small woods just now, his body had already sent him a signal of pain, but in order to prevent Fan Wu from discovering it, Li En could only choose to endure it alone.
As soon as he closed the door, the pain inside his body hit him overwhelmingly like a flood from a bursting embankment. Even though he had a strong will of steel, the bone-eroding pain was still unbearable.
With waves of dizziness in front of his eyes, and even his ears ringing, Lien barely held on to his body and slowly sat back on the bed.
Leaning against the wall, the pain in his chest seemed to tear his body apart from the inside out. His knuckles were clenched tightly, and the joints turned blue and white. He bit his lower lip and endured the pain.
He raised his finger with difficulty and took off the sapphire ring. The dark silver ring appeared in his sight.
Imagining that person right next to him, with his light body, the inquiring fragrance of orchids, and his eyes as bright as obsidian, a faint smile appeared at the corner of Lien's mouth.
Reluctantly turning his head and looking at the bright afternoon sunshine outside the window, Lien slowly closed his eyes.
After an unknown amount of time, Lien woke up from the darkness, opened his eyes, and found that the sky had already darkened.
His body had become stiff from maintaining one position for a long time. He moved his arms, propped up his body, and slowly climbed down from the bed.
Lien opened his numb legs and walked for a while before his body gradually recovered. Then he opened the door and walked out.
At night, the headquarters building glows with a faint white light under the moonlight. Several offices still have lights on, and the one belonging to Leng Ling will naturally not go out.
Wanting to go there and see the person who was still busy, Lean slowly walked towards the building.
The corridor was silent late at night. Outside the window, a few twinkling stars dotted the night sky, emitting silvery white light.
On a spring night, with the chirping of insects and the fragrance of flowers, Lien's eyes were slightly misty as he smelled the faint fragrance in the air.
The black military boots made a "squeaking" sound when he stepped on the wooden board. Li En stepped onto the second floor. Just as he was about to walk towards Leng Ling's office, he suddenly caught a glimpse of a dark figure flashing past the dormitory building outside the window.
The golden pupils shrank suddenly, and Lien suddenly lost all sleep. He moved closer to the window, trying to see more clearly.
Sure enough, in the darkness, a figure had appeared at the corner of the second floor of the dormitory building. Judging from his direction, he should be heading to the third floor.
On the third floor, there are all officers with relatively high ranks living there. In addition to Leng Ling, there are Colonel Kaiser and Salda.
Leng Ling was in the office, and that person's target was not him, which made Lien feel a little more relaxed.
But no matter what the purpose of that figure's sneaking in, he had to find out the reason.
Thinking this, Lien turned around and walked towards the dormitory building.
