Suddenly, a crisp sound was heard from the door, and the servants in the kitchen looked in the direction of the source of the sound.
I saw a middle-aged man with a kind smile, neat clothes, black hair and black eyes walking in calmly. His calm and majestic air made the servants couldn't help but start to guess his identity.
He held a silver coin between his right fingers.
At this moment, the silver coin was flying rapidly between his fingers.
"Excuse me."
The middle-aged man suddenly stopped a passing servant and asked in a low voice: "How to get to the basement?"
As he spoke, half of the silver pocket watch slipped silently from his wide cuffs.
Seeing the familiar three-eyed crow logo, the servant's pupils suddenly shrank, and the middle-aged man's eyes became a little fearful, and he did not dare to look at him.
"Go straight ahead from here...then turn left and you'll see it."
With that said, the servant quickly saluted the black-haired middle-aged man and excused himself.
Annan in "David form" looked at his back thoughtfully.
I see.
Is this how Noah viewed the crow family?
These servants are just afraid and jealous of this "man related to crows"... But if it is those nobles, officials and extraordinary beings, it may not be so simple.
But this is normal.
Look back at the elements of Noah's royal family.
Henry VIII had nine children in total...five daughters and four sons.
But five years later, only three remained.
An eldest princess who is active in the court, actively interferes in the political situation, and is ready to ascend the throne at any time; a Erwu who plans to kill his father and brothers and sisters, fearing that he will pull out the sword and gain the power of Yongsi.
Boy; a lazy guy who doesn't do anything and doesn't care about fishing every day... and six dead ghosts who have already burped.
Considering that the proportion of children with this problem is close to 100%, these servants working in the royal family are all disloyal and unruly, which is obviously expected...
...No, that's not quite right.
This seems to be the job of the Crow family, huh?
As the chief intelligence officer, Count Geraint controls the special intelligence agency "One-Eyed Crow". In addition to collecting intelligence for the king from all parts of the kingdom, his main mission is to monitor, investigate, and arrest suspicious nobles of the royal capital.
Annan suddenly fell into deep thought.
Are the Geraint family too loyal...or too incompetent?
As long as they spare some of their manpower, they can use their power to collect evil names, compile evidence, and even directly fabricate evidence to frame and attack political opponents.
But they didn't do that.
Why is this……
Judging from the servant's unabashed fear, I'm afraid it's not because of the latter.
Annan paused for a moment, then continued walking toward the basement calmly.
He suddenly figured it out:
——This is probably Count Geraint’s plan.
Regardless of the current constraints of the Geraint family in the royal capital, it seems that every heir must be an enemy of the crow... But as long as one of them insists on winning, they will immediately turn around and make good friends with Geraint.
Count Earl.
Even the third prince, who was intent on killing his father and killing the king, tried his best to contact Ferdinand and tried to promise him benefits directly through Fufu, just to win over a member of the Crow family.
Because getting intelligence support from the Crow Family is necessary for the new king who has just ascended the throne.
Well, Count Geraint's current attitude of repeatedly emphasizing that he is unbiased and only loyal to the king may not be because of loyalty.
His plan is simple.
——Raise the bandits to respect themselves.
Bet on four heads.
Henry VIII is about to die of old age, and they must find the next generation of rulers. But this generation of Earl Geraint is not active enough...or it can be said to be too cautious.
He did not interfere or promote in any way the birth of the new king.
Judging from the fact that Benjamin was already aware of the third prince's rebellion and even knew about his assassination plan...Benjamin should be a member of the "One-Eyed Crow".
They know everything but do nothing.
In this internal fight in the royal family, all the heirs can realize what will happen to them if they lack the power of the Geraint family... Losing local intelligence sources is like being blind; among assassins, especially
In front of the extraordinary assassin, he is completely unable to protect himself; he is unable to know the true attitude of others towards him, so he is easily deceived and fell into conspiracy; even his thinking may be controlled by others.
These are things that the One-Eyed Crow can detect, prevent, or even completely block.
They can do it, but they don't have to.
They have a good reason - to remain neutral.
And no matter who the final winner is, after experiencing a period of time without the protection of the One-Eyed Crow... they must try to make good friends with the Geraint family after taking over.
It is impossible for them to betray Count Geraint at this time and eliminate his position as intelligence chief. They may even want to take his power a step further... to gain their support.
In this way, their throne can be secure.
In other words, no matter who the new king is - after they sit on the throne, they are kidnapped.
They must pay Count Geraint to his satisfaction.
Otherwise, Count Geraint can use a higher asking price to ask for it from the loser.
...What is this?
Praetorian succession law?
Annan suddenly felt a little wary of Count Geraint.
He now began to doubt the information he had first received - Count Geraint sent Don Juan out in order to get him away from the center of the struggle.
The purpose of all this is to make the third prince think that he has killed Don Juan. But the reason behind it, Annan can't guess for the time being...
Count Geraint, but he only has three children in total!
In order to lure the third prince into taking the bait...he even put his youngest son at risk.
As for Count Geraint, it is impossible not to know that his eldest son has surrendered to the third prince.
"...Three-head bets?"
Annan narrowed his eyes slightly: "Use Don Juan's identity to fake death to enhance Ferdinand's identity..."
If the third prince is the one who finally succeeds, the Geraint family can continue.
Could it be that just to achieve this goal, he made the heirs fight each other until only three people were left?
——No, that’s not right.
He even bet on four heads.
So far, the Geraint family is still loyal to the king... If the king finally accepts Fufu's request and completes the immortality ceremony, then their status will not change in any way.
Annan was thinking quickly in his mind.
This information, when he comes to the royal capital a few months later...maybe able to save his life.
Now there is only one unclear point.
He has three sons, which correspond to the three royal heirs, and he himself corresponds to the king...
So, Don Juan Geraint...who is he assisting?
Annan suddenly paused.
Many images of himself, Prince Albert, Kafni, Roseburg, Fu Fu, and Sir Silver suddenly flashed through his mind...
Did he include me in his plan?
Benjamin knows so much.
If he was a member of the One-Eyed Crow, then Count Benjamin would have known that he was impersonating Annan.
Unless, his purpose is to let Don Juan fake his death and escape...
And then let me be the one to help Prince Albert ascend the throne for Annan?