Heaton sat on the high throne in the audience hall.
Heaton, who is obviously much taller, is no longer the kid whose legs can't reach the ground when he sits on it.
The light green hair under the crown sets off the handsome face that has not completely shed its childish look.
He held the scepter symbolizing royal power in his hand, with a stern face.
Different from the chubby one in the impression, it is not the pole image in the comics, and even the previous clothing style has changed.
Under the slightly loose royal robe, there is an unimaginable figure.
Of course, he is not as exaggerated as Zhu Tian, but he is gradually getting closer to Brand, but with his body shape, he probably looks like Tazmi.
"Where?" A slightly magnetic voice came from Heaton's mouth.
Under the audience hall, the soldiers kneeling on one knee lowered their heads and did not dare to make any unnecessary movements.
"Report to Your Majesty, in the Forest of Prayer."
"Okay, let's go down first."
"Yes!" The soldier breathed a sigh of relief and felt relieved.
He was afraid from the bottom of his heart towards this emperor who had become more and more powerful in the past three years.
If Heaton knew what he was thinking, he would only feel aggrieved. He was not a random murderer, so why should he be afraid of himself?
In the past two years, I have done nothing on the surface except rectifying the officialdom and the Guards!
Because of the arrival of the old minister, the pressure of Lan, who was actually an internal affairs officer but did the work of a minister, was shared.
Although Yuri is older, the abilities of Minister and Xini are not low, and he is actually shrewder than before.
The empire is a big house full of holes. Yuri repaired it here and there, but he could still live a decent life.
Except for the growing rebellion!
"Lan, what do you think?"
Regarding the situation reported by the soldiers just now, Heaton asked the Lan interior officer on the side.
Lan, who was dressed simply, seemed not to have heard Heaton's words, her brows were furrowed, her fists were clenched tightly, and her eyes seemed to be spitting out fire.
"This is not like you before, Lan!"
Heaton reminded softly without caring, got down from the throne and stretched.
This morning's court meeting was really exhausting.
It’s just that things have happened more and more recently.
"I'm sorry, Your Majesty, I'm rude."
After hearing Heaton's reminder, Lan closed her eyes slightly, calmed down the anger in her heart, and saluted Heaton.
"It's okay, let's talk about it."
He seemed to have some impression about Lan.
"Your Majesty, I used to be a rural teacher. You know this."
"That's right. Later, the local county guard recommended you here, and then you became an official in the imperial capital."
Heaton knew these things very well. Although he knew Lan's character and story, the matters investigated by Goszczy still needed to be investigated.
"Your Majesty, my belief as an official is very simple, that is, I want to fundamentally change the status quo of the empire, so I hate the existence of rebels who want to use violent means to overthrow the empire.
This idea came about because of the inaction of local officials and an incident that happened when I was a rural teacher."
Heaton seemed to have recalled the incident, but he still nodded and signaled Lan to continue speaking. He wanted to continue listening.
"That village is the village where I grew up. After I returned from studying abroad, I returned to the village and wanted to let more people in the village go out, so I became the only teacher in the village.
The children in the village are very cute. They are innocent, lively, and love to learn. They think they will be like me in the future and can go out of the village to see the outside world." Tears filled Lan's eyes when she mentioned the sad thing again, and she clenched her hands.
When he mentioned the children in his village, there was a smile on his lips.
"In addition to teaching them how to read, I usually play with them. This can also make the parents in the village feel at ease and not worry about their children running into the mountains or dangerous places. It was a rest day, and I wanted to go shopping elsewhere.
Let everyone see some things that are not available in the village, and specifically asked the older child to keep an eye on everyone.
But when I came back, everything had changed! They... they... were all dead, all..."
"It's okay, Lan, I understand."
Heaton stopped the thought of continuing.
Telling the scene in memory again is no less than experiencing the scene again.
Champ, a murderer.
Lan didn't know his name, but he would never forget the scene when he returned to the classroom.
Blood, blood all over the floor and all over the room.
Unforgivable.
Lan Dou didn't know how he spent that night. He was confused and his mind was blank.
Why does this happen?
Revenge! Find this scum and kill him!
Lan was unusually calm the next day. He cleaned the classroom and locked the door with a chain.
When he found the town police officer and got the answer of rejection, he was not angry or surprised, and then he came to the nearest city. With his talent and appearance, he won the favor of the female county guard and obtained the Teigu [Maxima].
, and was even recommended to be an official.
He kept an eye on similar cases of child abuse and murder all the time, but he never had any clues.
until today.
The dangerous species eradication team in Qiyaozhi Forest discovered a pile of corpses of children with scars all over their bodies and signs of being violated.
"Your Majesty, I want to go in person. I want to catch the murderer and kill him myself." Lan took a deep breath, calmed down her mood, and made a respectful request.
"Okay, it happened to be General Nadjeta who discovered it. You might as well ask her to help you search the area."
Heaton naturally agreed to Lan's request.
The reason why Nadjeta is in Qiyao Forest is because of the Imperial Guards.
Today's Guards has changed a lot. Several times of military defense deployments have sent some slackers to the border. Those who were free of charge and those who were corrupt in the army were all beheaded in public. They are still hung on a ten-meter-long military pole.
.
Because they couldn't afford food, there were more and more poor people who wanted to join the army. After the selection, they were trained by Nadetta together with the remaining Old Guards.
There was a military camp stationed near Qiyao Forest, which made it easier to enter the forest to clean up dangerous species. Nadjeta would occasionally take the guards there for assessment and verification.
General Liva of the Southern Border Defense Force was transferred to the Western Region three years ago to temporarily take over Nadjeta's position. Now he will return to the Imperial Capital to switch defenses with Esdeath. Esdeath will also take advantage of this opportunity to once again
Address the threat of alien nations in the West.
Just like the northern border two years ago, now hundreds of thousands of foreign ethnic groups have been completely frozen in their homes, feeling the power of the ice forever.