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Chapter 156 The unexpected person
The person leading the troops was none other than the adjutant of the fortress who had been granted the power of acting commander of the fortress by Zhang Wei.
The adjutant walked up to Zhang Wei with a serious face and said, "Sir, something big has happened!" Seeing Zhang Wei coming, the adjutant's heart, which had been hanging in the air, finally settled down a little.
Immediately afterwards, the adjutant led Zhang Wei to the military, preparing to take him to meet three crucial figures.
When Zhang Wei gently opened the side door of the carriage, he saw three people sitting in the carriage - the queen, the second princess Renesmee Hudson, and the high priest of the goddess of life!
Seeing this scene, Zhang Wei suddenly had an ominous premonition in his heart, but he did not say anything. He just silently closed the carriage door again and waved to his followers, asking them to escort the carriage safely into the city.
After everything was arranged, the adjutant lowered his voice and said to Zhang Wei: "Sir, time is running out, and we can't stay here any longer. The situation is unpredictable now, and they will explain the specific situation to you in detail. Once you make up your mind, please let me know as soon as possible. After all, the pressure on the Corno Fortress is already enormous at the moment."
After saying this, the adjutant did not reveal any other information. After confirming that Zhang Wei had taken over the carriage, he quickly led the army south and rushed back to the Corno Fortress without stopping.
"Who is in the carriage?" Toni, the Archer Warrior, stood outside the city lord's mansion, watching the mysterious carriage drive straight into the city lord's mansion without any hindrance. She was very sensitive and immediately realized that something was wrong, so she lowered her voice and asked Zhang Wei beside her.
Zhang Wei whispered a few words to Toni's ear, and Toni's face suddenly turned ugly. "It seems that the situation is quite serious! I'd better go and deploy the city defense." Toni knew the seriousness of the matter and took the initiative to propose a strategy of loosening the outside and tightening the inside just in case.
"Well, that's fine." Zhang Wei agreed with Toni's proposal, and asked her to recall Yan Liang and Wen Chou who were training soldiers back to the city to be responsible for guarding the safety of the City Lord's Mansion.
After making all the arrangements, Zhang Wei led the queen, the second princess and the high priest to the combat meeting room, which was not the usual reception room used to receive guests.
The reason for this choice is actually because these women expressed obvious uneasiness when they saw the exquisite floor-to-ceiling windows in the reception room.
Judging from their reactions, Zhang Wei could roughly infer that they must have encountered many hardships and tribulations during this journey, otherwise they would not be so nervous.
After entering the combat meeting room, Zhang Wei first motioned Feng Ji to come in together, then turned to look at the three ladies who looked a little worried, and said comfortingly: "Don't worry, everyone. This is Feng Ji, my trusted think tank, you can trust him absolutely."
The queen, the second princess and the high priest looked at each other and remained silent. Feng Ji saw this scene and whispered a few words to Zhang Wei. After Zhang Wei agreed, he turned and left. Not long after, Feng Ji led the Holy Warrior Kase Yuko into the room. It was not until this moment that the queen, the second princess and the high priest relaxed their vigilance a little and revealed a shocking news to Zhang Wei and his party: the king died!!!
Everyone was shocked, as no one had expected that the murderer would succeed in assassinating the king at the banquet. When the Blood Moon Cult members led their followers to the capital to pay homage to the king, a sudden change caught everyone off guard: the king was killed on the spot, and the Saint of the Blood Moon Cult, who was also the high priestess, was seriously injured, and her life was in danger.
Originally, the mission of the Blood Moon Cult followers was just to come for pilgrimage, but now the situation has taken a sharp turn for the worse. Not only was the king assassinated, but the Saint and High Priest of the Blood Moon Cult was also seriously injured and in critical condition. Although these Blood Moon Cult followers did not directly attack the Temple of the Goddess of Life, they quickly blocked the city gates and occupied the hall where the teleportation array was located in the name of arresting the murderer, firmly controlling the entire capital.
"So, the Blood Moon Cult has put the blame of murdering the king on you, right?" Zhang Wei frowned and asked the high priest. The high priest smiled bitterly and nodded gently in response. Zhang Wei was full of doubts. He really couldn't understand why the queen and the second princess were involved in this storm.
The high priest sighed helplessly and explained, "Alas... I have implicated the queen!" It turned out that on the day of the banquet, the queen did not like the suddenly rising Blood Moon Cult, so she excused herself from attending the banquet because she was not feeling well. The high priest was indeed at the scene at the time, but she quickly realized that this was actually an assassination plot carefully planned by the Blood Moon Cult for a long time. Their target was not limited to the king, but they also intended to get rid of herself as the high priest of the goddess of life.
The high priest simply thought that if he could get the queen to speak for him, he might be able to convince the royal family and nobles not to believe the rumors and give her a chance to defend herself. However, the queen, who had been spared by her absence, was put on the kill list again and had to flee with the high priest.
If the king had not given the queen a loyal guard, they would probably have died in the palace long ago.
"What about her?" Zhang Wei wanted to know why the second princess was with them.
The high priest sighed heavily and said helplessly: "We were slow to react. By the time we realized something was wrong, the first, third, and fourth princesses had already fled the capital with the help of their supporters."
The first to escape was the third princess Amina. She was very resourceful. She took advantage of the fact that the Blood Moon Cult followers were pouring into the royal capital, and with the help of the Lionheart Knight Henry and the Lionheart Duke, she successfully escaped from the north gate of the royal capital.
The next person to escape was the eldest princess Monica. When the dinner fell into chaos, the ambush troops deployed in advance by the Duke of White Tiger took the opportunity to attack and escorted the eldest princess to flee hastily from the west gate at night.
The last one to escape successfully was the fourth princess Marina. Thanks to the clever arrangement of the court official Cersei Midford, she left the royal capital safely through the teleportation array and arrived at the distant Dragon City a quarter of an hour before the Blood Moon Cult members captured the teleportation hall.
Instead, they foolishly stayed in the capital, trying to turn the tide. As a result, not only did they bury their loyal guards, but they were also hunted down all the way. If they hadn't been lucky enough to escape to the Corno Fortress that hadn't betrayed them, I'm afraid...