Book of Gods and Demons

In September in Hyderabad, the night is already a bit cool.

Hydra Palace, in the roadside flower garden, iron-gray thorns bloom in full bloom. The wind blew through the thick branches, and there was a clear and sweet bird song from the flowers.

In the north of the Durham Empire, there is a peculiar nightingale. They are petite and like to nest in thorn bushes.

According to court gardeners’ statistics, there are at least 30,000 or 40,000 nightingale couples nesting here among the large thorny flowers in Hydra Palace. At night, especially when the moon is beautiful, these birds will sing and make sounds of nature.

Margaret III walked slowly along the road in the flowerbed, the crisp and sweet bird song, like wisps of clear spring water, slowly extinguished the boiling anger in her heart.

“Did you know? Just now, I wanted to put Conrad on the ground and beat him…it must be because he was beaten too little when he was young, so he was so unreliable in doing things; it must be him When I was a child, I beat him too little, and now I think of him, my hands are itchy!”

Mata XIII is like a silent and loyal old dog, quietly following her with his hands behind his back. No words.

Finally, Margaret III reached the end of the trail and stopped by a secluded water lily pond. An arched bridge spans a small pond, and on the water densely covered with duckweed, water lilies bloom quietly.

Margaret III stepped onto the bridge, leaning on the bridge guardrail with his back, and sat cross-legged on the bridge.

She gently patted the bridge beside her, Mata XIII’hehe’ laughed, and sat down next to Margaret III. The two sat side by side, the night breeze blew through, shaking their hair and clothes, and the water lilies swayed gently on the water.

Just like 80 years ago, when they first fell in love, they sat quietly on this secluded bridge, quietly enjoying the silence.

“My dear, I am a little flustered, a little scared.” Margaret III muttered softly.

“Don’t panic, don’t be afraid, I’ll always be by your side.” Matta XIII gently stroked Margaret III’s long hair.

Margaret III was silent for a long time.

“You know my current situation, if, if I fail, I can’t stick to the past, we have spent most of our life in the empire, can you rest assured to give it to them?”

< p>Margaret III sighed and continued to mutter softly.

“When I came to the throne, the empire was crippled, wind and rain faltered. You and I are like a pair of male wolves and female wolves forced to a desperate situation, grinning with teeth by fair means or foul, The hysterical tyrannical tyranny, exhausted countless dark, bloody, cruel, and ruthless tricks, dragged the empire out of the quagmire little by little.”

“We impudent search and fill the treasury. “

“We treached our faith and robbed our interests.”

“We were brutal and bloodthirsty and suppressed the enemy.”

“So, I became the craziest in MiddleLand mainland The warmonger; and you, how many royal family imperial family princesses toss and turn, dreamless, erudite, talented, handsome, and refined, known as the model of the MiddleLand Imperial Family, Mata Prince, became the craziest butcher around the warmongers!”

Mata XIII looked at Marguerite III indulgingly: “Now, everything is fine.”

Margaret III curl one’s lip, coldly said: “Because we are still alive, everything looks okay.”

“The empire is stronger, stronger than ever, ten times stronger than the previous emperor in power, a hundred times stronger! The territory of the empire is unprecedented. The vastness of the empire, the unprecedented enrichment of the empires treasury, and the unprecedented scale of the empires army, capable of fighting well.”

“Such a powerful empire, an empire that makes us full of confidence, but Zhong Qius murder seems to be the first Hammer, let me wake up.”

“Such a powerful empire, church, Saint Xia, Highland Kingdom, and those damn heretics… They not at all put the empire in their eyes, for the benefit , They still dare to set off foul wind and bloody rain in the empire.”

“Such a powerful empire, the ice kingdom, or the ice kingdom of our allies, they are a little bastard from the Carter family. I dare to ignore the power of the empire and brazenly break into the empires territory and kill the loyal fighters of the empire.”

“Such a powerful empire, an empire that is ambitious and ready to fight a battle, the most secret strategic plan, The most confidential core information will appear unimaginable in the port of Tulum outside of several tens of thousands of li!”

Margaret III turned his head and looked at Mata XIII deeply. Shi: “My dear, is such an empire really powerful?”

Mata XIII firmly hugged Margaret III’s shoulder, and he looked at his lover tenderly , Said firmly and forcefully: “Of course we are strong!”

Margaret III murmured a little bit willfully: “I am still here. When you are still there, the empire is undoubtedly strong, but if I fail this time, I will pass away, What happened after you passed away? Our child, the group of bastards around our child, can they take over the burden of the empire and keep the empire strong? “

Mata XIII’s eyes widened and fell into a long silence.

“You are not sure either. “Margaret III muttered: “that many confidential information, that many confidential information related to the strategy of the empire, so silent, we did not know, appeared in Tulum Port? “

“If it wasn’t for the lucky Little Fatty Joe, he would be lucky enough to intercept these pieces of information. If these pieces of information fall into the enemy’s hands… Whether it’s Saint Xia, Nice, or Ice Sea… “

Margaret III shivered the spirit shivering, she looked at Mata XIII said solemnly: “I am not afraid of our internal problems, no empire can make a single piece of iron. … What I fear is that we know nothing! “

“What I fear is that the person who does this kind of thing is by our heir’s side, but we don’t know anything! “

“Simon, Frederick’s staff, his close minister. He is suspected of stealing the top secrets of the empire, and he is suspected of treason. “

“Hyneway, Frederick’s lover, his confidant, his powerful subordinate. She was suspected of murder and used shameless means to obtain the property of the people of the empire. Oh, now I have to add another charge, smuggling arms to the damned pirate! “

“Hanks, Marcos, they are all Fredericks staff and powerful subordinates around him… But look at the things they do. This is what the nobles of the Empire should have. Behavior? “

Margaret III looked at Mata XIII seriously: “My dear, we are old!” Even, we are going to die soon. If our heirs are surrounded by such nasty bastards; if our empire is full of such little bastards who are by fair means or foul for self-interest… Can the empire give them it? “

Mata XIII was silent.

After a long time, Mata XIII said solemnly: “I have sent someone to investigate… from From top to bottom, no matter who is involved, it will be traced to the end. “

“Besides, my dear, you must not worry, you must not worry. You have to believe our children, Salian is very good, right? Salian has always been very good, much better than his father and his brothers. “

“Also, you see, Viglar is also a good young man. He is also our Imperial Family bloodline, he is really a good young man. “

“You have to believe in our children, you have to believe in ourselves, you have to believe in yourself! “Mata XIII looked at Margaret III very tenderly: “You will definitely succeed.” “

Margaret III curl one’s lip, looked up at the sky: “I have a few small plans. “

Mata XIII nodded with a smile: “Everything listens to you, My Queen Your Majesty! “

In the night, in the streets and alleys of Hyderabad, hordes of inspectors in black uniforms of the Ministry of Supervision, together with the brigade of court guards wearing court Knight costumes, are in action.

Rolling wheels and the sound of horse hooves, a large group of people came to the Naval Equipment Building on the east side of Hydra Palace, separated by five streets. They silently blocked the front and rear gates of the buildings courtyard, and then quickly took control of the entire building. .

It is already night, and there are still many officials working overtime in the Naval Armament Department building.

In a brightly lit office that occupies a half-story building, dozens of people The navy officials were busy under the light. A large number of forms and ledgers were piled on the desks. Several orderly men ran back and forth carrying a kettle, adding espresso to the cups of these busy officials.

The door of the office was pushed open vigorously, and a large group of inspectors and court guards poured in.

The naval officers present lifted the head dazedly, not knowing what to do, watching the incoming inspectors. Officers.

A senior inspector took two steps forward, expressionless and shouted: “Who is the Chief-In-Charge here? “

Dozens of naval officials looked towards the innermost part of the large office at the same time, separated by frosted glass. The doors of several separate offices are locked, and there are no The lights are on. Only the one on the left side by the window is lit.

With a sound of’ka-cha’, the door of that office was pulled open, and a young man in a military uniform of a lieutenant colonel The man gloomy face stuck his head out: “What’s the matter, why is it so noisy? “

In the outside office, a naval officer said hurriedly: “This is Julian, the Level 2 Confidential Secretary of our Equipment Department…”

“Lieutenant Colonel Yulian, please Stop the work at hand and cooperate with our investigation. “Several inspectors quickly walked towards Julian: “By the order of the Queen, you will be restricted to personal freedom during the investigation. Please…”

Julian’s fairly correct face suddenly twisted , Watching several inspectors approaching him, he let out a weird hysterical cry, then slammed the door open, and roar hit the French window on the right hand side.

” Live him! “Seeing Julian’s reaction, everyone present realized that there is a ghost on this guy!

A dozen or so court guards made a low wolf howling, and their bodies suddenly turned into translucent shadows. Pounced.

Julian broke the floor-to-ceiling glass and fell into the courtyard outside with a strange cry.

In the distance, the southeast side of Hydra Palace suddenly sounded dull. The sound of gunfire. Then, the sound of gunfire sounded one after another, and firefights broke out in a dozen places in Hyderabad at night.