After stuffing the man into a wooden barrel containing fish, Annan began to search for his belongings.
He only had a dagger, a lock pick and two silver coins in his pocket - he looked like he was not a serious person.
In addition, there is a piece of letter paper that has been folded twice on the inside of his clothes.
There are two commands written on the front and back pages:
[At ten o'clock in the morning, I took the lead stone to the kitchen and was led by a "tall" fat man with "black hair and red eyes" into the kitchen basement. I handed the lead stone to the person inside and left the basement at three o'clock in the afternoon."
"Hands crossed", standing "impatiently" at the door of the kitchen, preventing any target from entering the kitchen basement.]
[Someone will take your place from four to four thirty in the afternoon. He comes "alone" and is characterized by "black hair and black eyes", and you don't know him. If no one enters the basement during this time, you will go directly
Leave; if someone enters the basement, tell them not to go in and leave directly, and you will leave after twenty minutes.】
The money on the note was scrawled, with signs of being folded and opened repeatedly. Under several words, double horizontal lines were marked as reminders.
If nothing else, this should be the so-called "feature".
Fortunately, there is no need to pull off his clothes...
Annan immediately stood where the red-haired man had been standing before. He crossed his arms and looked impatiently at the pedestrians coming and going at the door.
Not even two minutes passed before Annan saw a man rushing over.
Just as the note said, he had black hair and black eyes, and came alone... But there was something different. He seemed vaguely familiar to Annan. But he couldn't tell why he was so familiar.
The man saw Annan standing at the door of the kitchen impatiently, and quickly walked over.
Annan frowned slightly and asked in a low voice: "Why are you so late? Your Highness Kafni passed by here just now... Fortunately, she didn't go in, otherwise what should I do?"
He modified his words slightly and dug himself out.
But the man just chuckled: "As long as a stranger like you is standing here, Your Highness Kafni will not go in.
"Okay, leave the rest to me."
As the man spoke, he took out a pocket watch from his arms and checked the time: "It's almost five o'clock... You should leave quickly and leave through the back door. If you don't leave, you won't be able to leave in a while."
"I see."
Annan nodded calmly and passed by the man.
His pupils contracted slightly.
——Because at this moment, Annan had already figured out the man’s identity!
Annan recognized the pocket watch.
It was a silver pocket watch with intricate decorations. The outer shell of the pocket watch was engraved with a pattern of a three-eyed bird with feathers as sharp as daggers.
It was a silver pocket watch of the same style as Don Juan's.
This is the emblem of the Geraint family!
This young man is probably in his early twenties.
...I'm afraid, this man is Don Juan's eldest brother!
After she passed by him, Annan stopped silently and turned back immediately - stretching out his left hand and exploring the young man's mouth like lightning.
But at this time, the young man seemed to have eyes in the back of his head.
He bent down, rolled forward quickly, and at the same time took out an exquisite silver lady's pistol from the clothes on his upper body, turned around and pointed it at Annan.
"Don't move, friend. Just stand there."
The young man from the Geraint family asked quietly in a low voice: "Tell me, why did you attack me?"
——He didn’t want to make any announcement.
Annan immediately understood his subtext.
This shows that these people may not have bribed as many guards as Annan imagined...
Faced with the young man's accusation, Annan pressed down his left hand slightly, revealing the silver ring between his fingers, and raked it away with a vigilant expression: "Because you are from the Geraint family.
"And that's inconsistent with what I was asked to do."
Seeing Annan's deliberately exposed silver ring, the young man's pupils shrank slightly.
He was silent for a while, pointed the muzzle of the gun slightly downward, and tried to soften his tone: "This is impossible - what is your mission description?"
"The mission requirements say, I don't know you...but obviously not."
Annan said slowly: "Because you are the eldest son of the Geraint family - I recognize you. Then you are not the person I want to wait for."
He wanted to try to see if he could get some information out of him.
Unexpectedly, it turned out to be successful...
The young man frowned slightly, but did not deny: "I think there is a misunderstanding, friend. I am indeed Ferdinand Geraint, but I have never met you. Like you, I am a believer in rotten... Otherwise I would
You should call out to the guards now.
"Can you show me your list? As a sign of sincerity, I'll show you mine too."
To show his sincerity, Ferdinand put the pistol back into his waist.
Then he took out the "to-do list" from his arms.
Annan showed some hesitation on his face, and slowly took out a list that had been folded many times from his arms, and the two exchanged it in a tacit understanding.
There are also two commands written on it:
[Go to the kitchen at four o'clock in the afternoon and meet with a man standing at the door "with his arms crossed" and "impatiently". If the other person tells him that no one has entered the basement, then enter the kitchen basement; otherwise, stop the conversation immediately and return, guaranteed
Safety.】
[Hide the linked lead stone on yourself and attend the banquet. Sit at the southeast corner of table 3 and destroy the lead stone as soon as possible after the explosion. ]
……explode?
Annan was slightly startled.
Of course he knows what a lead stone is - it is a component commonly used in some large-scale ceremonies and functions like a remote control.
The purpose is to allow the host of the ceremony to initiate some rituals that would be more dangerous when initiated from a safe location far away.
In other words, Fufu wants to... cause a huge explosion?
Annan suddenly felt excited:
He seemed to realize something.
At first, Don Juan seemed to have offended someone and was sent to the border... But in fact, this was Don Juan's father's protection of him. Because the Geraint family encountered political persecution.
At first, Annan thought the Geraint family was innocent.
The reason why it was persecuted was because the Geraint family supported the eldest princess... so it was suppressed and persecuted by the third prince.
But according to Annan's knowledge of the eldest princess just now...she is not the kind of weak and withdrawn character, and she cannot possibly let the third prince Philip attack her own power and remain silent.
unless……
She herself was doubting the loyalty of the Geraint family. That's why she remained silent when the Geraint family was ostracized.
If the Geraint family encounters suspicion, what is the most likely reason? If the Geraint family is really disloyal, will all they encounter is just ostracism?
Annan did not understand the reason behind this.
But Annan may already know it now.
If Annan was given a protective assignment and then assassinated by the third prince's men on the road; the loyalty of the Geraint family was doubted by the eldest princess, and even the accidental deaths of other royal family members in the past few years... were all planned.
What's good?
Before, Annan always wondered whether this was part of a larger conspiracy, a larger game.
But now it seems that everything is very simple...
Ferdinand said it himself just now.
——He is a follower of Fu Fu.
So, what do Fufu’s followers desire most? Where have Fufu failed? How do Fufu’s followers please their gods?
Annan raised his head and looked at Ferdinand.
The answer is now self-evident.
Ferdinand has been the third prince from the beginning. He has been trying to kill his other brothers and sisters... in order to obtain his own immortality.
He is trying to plan to kill other royal heirs in order to obtain eternal life for the third prince.
Eternal master and servant... This seems to be Fufu's biggest regret.
Yes. Looking back now, the status of the Crow family in Noah is roughly equivalent to the Hand of Winter.
If there are frequent "accidental deaths" with "no evidence", but no results can be found from the investigation...
The eldest princess's intuitive suspicion was indeed correct.
Ferdinand Geraint is a traitor!
It's just that the traitor is not the Geraint family... but just one of them!
But now is also an opportunity...
"Look, it's mentioned above..."
Ferdinand frowned after reading Annan's task list, then raised his head and tried to explain to Annan.
But at that time, he suddenly noticed that Annan's pupils had turned dim gray at some point.
As soon as he felt vigilant, an extremely strong and irresistible sense of fatigue was injected into his spirit. He, who was not an extraordinary person, lost his resistance almost instantly.
While Ferdinand was half asleep, he saw the middle-aged man with black hair and black eyes walking forward and giving him a dangerous smile.
"I have some questions to ask you later."
Annan replied in a low voice: "Before that, please sleep with the salted fishes first..."
Then he raised his extremely heavy real marble fist and punched Ferdinand in the temple!
Ferdinand's vision suddenly went dark and he passed out.