Walking in the busy market, Su Xiao looked around. He needed to go to the palace now. The old king had secretly summoned him. The so-called secret summons actually meant that the old king was in a hurry.
Now it is impossible to ask passers-by where the palace is. Su Xiao is an Iron Hand, and it is simply ridiculous that the Iron Hand doesn't know where the palace is.
What makes people a little troubled is that the palace of Saint Sodin Kingdom is probably not a huge and magnificent building, at least not like the palace of Zhanchi World. You can see where the palace is as long as you are in the imperial capital.
According to the detailed information introduced in the world, the structure of the palace in this world is more similar to a castle, a castle with a huge courtyard.
The palace has two main functions. One is for the king and many queens to live, and the other is for important ministers to work in the palace.
It can be seen that the area of the palace should not be large. It only needs to be able to accommodate dozens of people. In this world of constant war, when all humans are wholeheartedly resisting foreign enemies, the royal family will most likely not be able to live in it.
He will be greedy for pleasure and build a huge palace in order to show his royal status.
A mechanical eye appeared in Su Xiao's hand. This was the apostle's eye, which could detect the attributes of enemies and the terrain of half a kilometer.
As a confidant of the old king, the Iron Hand should not live too far from the palace.
Sure enough, when the Apostle's Eye floated 100 meters high in the air, it detected a large manor that was not luxurious but majestic.
This manor is at least one kilometer across. There is no beautiful scenery in the manor, but there are hundreds of sculptures, including sculptures of past kings, as well as some great heroes and officials who sacrificed for the kingdom. The kingdom values these victims very much.
, actually placing their sculptures together with previous kings, this is undoubtedly very popular.
Su Xiao took back the Apostle's Eye and rushed to the palace with Bubuwang, which was less than half a kilometer away from his residence.
When Su Xiao walked on the street, the civilians near him subconsciously stayed away and looked respectful, which was a kind of respect for the fearful person.
Seeing the reactions of these civilians, Su Xiao felt that the previous Iron Hand was very smart and might have made enemies everywhere.
If it is other officials, making enemies everywhere will definitely lead to death, but the Iron Hand is different. This position must make enemies everywhere. This is a signal to the old king, that is, although the Iron Hand has privileges, he is only close to the old king.
Everyone else is an enemy, but the people the old king trusts the most are this kind of people.
Su Xiao speeded up her pace appropriately. After all, she was under a secret call and she had to devote herself to acting.
Soon, Su Xiao arrived in front of the palace courtyard. The courtyard was not surrounded by walls, but by a circle of iron bars. The decoration of the iron bars was a creature with a dog body and a lion head. The dog body represented the sitting officials of the kingdom, which meant loyalty.
, the lion head represents the royal family, majesty, and protects the territory.
Thousands of royal guards stood around the courtyard. They were wearing golden armor, holding neat long weapons, their bodies were straight, and their expressions were meticulous.
In front of the palace gate, dozens of direct guards were guarding both sides of the main entrance. They looked ahead and did not seem to see Su Xiao.
Su Xiao walked straight to the palace.
Wow.
The weapons of the direct guards moved forward, and the weapons collided with the armor, making a neat collision sound. They were not blocking Su Xiao from entering the palace, but it meant that they had seen Su Xiao, the iron hand.
Ministers in high positions can freely enter and leave the palace between 6 and 9 o'clock every day, while special positions such as the Iron Hand can enter and leave the palace 24 hours a day.
Hula.
The direct guards took back their weapons, and Su Xiao walked towards the palace without anyone stopping her.
Su Xiao was walking on a granite stone road full of carved patterns. The time now was around 7 o'clock in the morning, so from time to time there were officials wearing aristocratic costumes passing by.
The attitudes of these officials are very consistent, that is, if they can keep a distance of 10 meters from Su Xiao, they will never get closer than 10 meters. This is not fear, but simply not wanting to get close to Su Xiao. If a person with a special ability in charisma obtains the Iron Hand
position, I will definitely cry and faint in the toilet.
Su Xiao entered the palace smoothly, or rather entered a huge castle. This is the palace, which combines residence and office.
As soon as he entered the castle, Su Xiao smelled a faint fragrance. He looked for the source of the fragrance and saw several large pots of tulips placed at the entrance of the castle.
After successfully entering the palace, the second problem arose, which was where the old king was. Fortunately, at this moment, an old man wearing a corseted white dress with gold threads inlaid on it came over.
Seeing this old man, Lidya Su's eyes lit up.
"Where is Herbert?"
Lidya Su spoke.
"snort."
The old man in white clothes snorted coldly and walked forward.
Seeing the old man's reaction, Su Xiao was quite surprised. This old man was surprisingly brave. Since he entered the palace, he met at least a dozen kingdom officials, and those officials hid as far away as they could, but this old man did not.
Suddenly, on the contrary, instead of avoiding him, he went straight towards Su Xiao. Looking at his appearance, he seemed to be "accidentally" passing by Su Xiao.
The old man's attitude was not very good, but what was puzzling was that Su Xiao did not feel any obvious hostility.
Just when the old man was about to pass by Su Xiao, the old man's shoulder accidentally bumped into Su Xiao's shoulder.
With a click, Su Xiao heard a crisp sound coming from the old man's waist. The old man's legs trembled and he almost collapsed to the ground.
"Why don't you hide from me, this old bone..."
The old man spoke in a low voice, but his lips almost remained motionless.
There is no doubt that the relationship between the old man and the Iron Hand is by no means hostile, but the two of them want to show tit-for-tat in front of other officials.
"Accident."
Lidya Su murmured in a cooperative voice.
"My waist..."
The old man turned his back to Su Xiao and took a few steps forward.
"His Majesty the King is in the Kingdom Council Chamber, hum."
The old man deliberately raised his voice. Although he answered Su Xiao's question, he snorted coldly. From his trembling hands, it could be seen that his waist must have been twisted quite a bit. It seemed like it was 89 points for real strength and 87 for real physical strength.
When Su Xiao hit him, the old man didn't faint and he was already strong.
Su Xiao recalled the information provided by the paradise in her mind. Based on the description of his appearance, Su Xiao guessed who the old man was. The kingdom's financial officer, Rowan Harvey, was in charge of the financial power and one of the old king's confidants.
Some people would think that the old king's confidants would be united as one. In fact, this is not the case. The old king's confidants must not be united as one. They must have some "little contradictions" in order to have a healthy power system.
Of course, the old king's confidants would have huge power. If these people share the same hatred every day, it means that their power may be gathered together, and the old king will definitely lose sleep at that time.
There were four confidants of the old king, the kingdom's treasurer Rowan Harvey, the hyena Huslett (the commander of the kingdom's army in charge of military power), the consul Joe Valentine (responsible for managing most of the officials), and finally
It's the Iron Hand.
Finance, military power, official management, and extreme measures when necessary, all four are indispensable, but if the four are combined, it will be bad.