Mount & Blade War Chronicles
Chapter 312

The Cook Who Specialized in Silencing People

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There seemed to be nothing on the tip of Ols's sword, but everyone saw that Ols had indeed stabbed Anna's shoulder socket.

That sword was just an old knight's sword, and it wasn't even of high quality, so naturally it couldn't be stained with blood.

This situation of leaving no trace of blood is like stabbing a steak with a table knife - only the meat that has been drained of blood will prevent the tip of the sword from being stained with blood.

In other words, this Anna has almost no blood in its body, so it might be a mummy.

How can a person without blood in his body become pregnant?

Obviously, Inna could also think of this, so he no longer had any reaction, and sat slumped on the ground with his head lowered, muttering, "How could... how could..."

Li Ang ignored him. After carefully inspecting Ulrich's body, he sighed, then turned around and asked Inna: "If the person you love changed her body, would you still love her?"

Inna raised his head, his eyes were confused, and he didn't seem to understand what Li Ang meant.

Li Ang shook his head and kicked him. "Get up, Kingslayer... You don't even know whether you love her body or soul, so you can die for her?"

Inna stood up silently and did not speak. He was probably confused by Li Ang's question.

Then, Li Ang stuck his head out of the window of the tower and looked down.

The place where Anna fell after jumping off the building was in the same place as Philina, and several Noldo Elves were tying him up with ropes according to Li Ang's instructions.

But after taking a look, Li Ang rubbed his eyes and looked at it carefully for a long time.

"So that's it..."

Li Ang simply refused to go downstairs. He pointed at Ulrich and gestured to Inna: "Regicide, pick up the sword. Drag His Majesty's body downstairs, and then hold His Majesty hostage. Leave Noble Council, leave the body at the door of Noble Council, and find a way to escape... My guards will hunt you down, and the king's guards will also hunt you down. Whether you survive or not depends on your own ability."

Inna was stunned for a while, as if he didn't believe everything he heard.

So Li Ang added another sentence, "I suggest you escape from the Sava River. With your name, Lion City, no one should be better at swimming than you..."

Inna finally understood what Li Ang meant. He bowed deeply to Li Ang and obeyed.

He has the power of the sea... Since he has this name, Inna is of course very good at swimming. After all, he was raised by Pirate Lord, and he was also a pirate who always liked to ram other people's ships with his horns.

Ols was also stunned for a while. He sighed, bowed to Li Ang, held his sword and stared at his son as he went downstairs.

He saw that Li Ang had indeed decided to let Inna go.

Although Ols didn't know why Li Ang did this, it was obviously beneficial to his son, so he didn't say a word for fear that Li Ang would change his story.

Of course Li Ang did this not to let Inna go - he didn't have much friendship with Inna, so he couldn't help this bitch get away.

His main purpose was to let Ulrich die outside Noble Council, in full view of the public - so that there would be no mystery, a clear death, and no need to investigate at all.

Inna Since he wants to be the regicide, let him do it to the end.

Li Ang wants to characterize this matter as 'Anna princess killed someone to cover up her affair, Inna killed the king in anger after her lover was killed'...

In fact, Li Ang has been able to confirm that Anna is still alive, or in other words, the soul of the prophet is still alive - Li Ang doesn't know what her name is, but it is indeed not the female prophet who jumped from the building.

Because looking down from the Noble Council tower, Anna's corpse looks like just a monster with dried flesh and blood.

It's not like it was thrown like this, but it looks like a mummy with no skin at all, which is completely different from what it looks like directly.

The dried flesh and blood is what Li Ang once saw on the big tree outside Long River Town, Blood Oath Witch.

This high tower can make all witchcraft reveal its true appearance, but it cannot be seen when facing each other in the high tower.

Li Ang looked around the room on the top floor with some awe. Apart from the relief of late king Kavala on the dome, he didn't see anything special.

Then, he took off the horn hanging on his body and blew it directly on the roof of the building.

"Woo... Woo..."

This is the marching horn of the Noldor. In fact, it is also a horn of summoning nature - according to Risadiran, Horn Summon Ranger Corps imitated the Noldor's horn summoning method, but Ranger Corps will definitely not admit this...

Half of the Noldor who were originally watching from the city wall separated and entered the tower.

Li Ang really needs to find some manpower, because this situation obviously means that the prophet has changed his body and is trying to escape, and he must still be hiding in the tower.

The low horn spread far away, and the guards who had been stationary outside Noble Council also heard it.

Of course they were aware that something was going on in Noble Council, but they all hesitated and did not dare to enter. They all peeped around the gate to watch.

Then, they saw Deputy Commander Inna, who had once been trusted by the princess, come out of the tower holding His Majesty the King hostage.

Around Inna, a group of Noldo Ranger were holding swords and gesticulating...

And more Noldo Ranger were on the wall with their bows and arrows ready, but no one dared to take action.

Kingdom Marshal Count Li Ang was walking at the end, shouting loudly, "Don't be impulsive! Inna! Let go of His Majesty the King!"

"People at the door, stop him!"

Look at this, the king is being held hostage?!

Then how can we stop...

What if I stop him and the king is killed... What should I do?

No one wants to take the blame.

The guards all retracted their heads and started to discuss among themselves.

And then, they made a decision.

As guards, they still have to fulfill their responsibilities... at least they have to show up, lest the marshal inside says they haven't fulfilled their duties faithfully.

So they picked up the swords outside Noble Council, gathered around the door and gestured - just like the Noldor behind Inna. They were purely gesticulating, and no one dared to step forward or even get close.

Inna didn't get too close to them, because Li Ang had already given the order from behind, "Catch him! Don't let him walk out of the door!"

When all the guards heard this, they backed down one after another and let the door out...

"Everyone, stay away! Stay away! Make way!"

Inna roared loudly, looking crazy.

The guards did retreat further, and they did make way...

Then, Inna dragged the king to King's Avenue, then wiped the king's neck open with a sword, and rushed into the dark alley on the side.

The body of Ulrich fell on King's Avenue.

A group of guards were stunned and were stunned for a moment.

Public regicide!

Does this Inna have any deep grudge against the king?

"Hurry up! Catch the regicide!"

Li Ang shouted loudly from behind. Only then did the guards react and quickly split up to pursue him.

This is often the case. The reason why kidnapping cases are particularly difficult to handle is not because of how strong the criminal is, but because the arrester always has to look forward and backward, and no one can take responsibility.

Only when the criminals don't have the hostages in their hands can they dare to take action.

But by this time, Inna had disappeared.

At this time, many nobles on King's Avenue had gone out to watch the fun, and several Lion Knight also rushed over from the station. The scene of the king's "killing" was "witnessed" by countless people.

But still no one dared to get close to the king's body. Only a few Noldor stepped forward and carried the bloody body back to Noble Council.

Li Ang returned to the tower and ordered his men to release the maids in the tower one by one to screen them - he was not sure whether the prophet was still among them, but at least he wanted to find other Blood Oath Witch or Misfortune Bringer guys.

Most of the maids were fine until a chubby middle-aged woman was escorted out.

She was probably a cook. She was very plump and wore a wide apron. She was shivering when she was brought out and looked very cowardly.

But even the ordinary Noldo Elves felt that something was wrong with her - this cook had a strong smell of blood.

Just like soldiers on the battlefield who have killed countless people and are covered in blood.

Although being a cook will definitely involve you in dealing with meat frequently, and you will have to kill a chicken or rabbit from time to time, but even if you make blood sausage every day, you will never have such a strong smell of blood...

And the taste of human blood and chicken blood is very different.

Therefore, she was tied into a rice dumpling by the Noldor and thrown out.

"Sir, she has been hiding in the underground storage room. Several other mutilated corpses were found in the basement... all chopped into pieces and put into buckets."

The Noldos reported the situation to Li Ang.

Li Ang stepped forward, grabbed the cook's face and pulled her, but she didn't move - this was an original product.

"You are the prophet's subordinate, right? Where is Three Prophets? Or... where are Anna and Cersi?"

Since it's not Blood Oath Witch, Li Ang has nothing to worry about. With so many Noldo Elves around, this cook can't make any trouble.

"I am Cersi... but I am not a subordinate of any prophet, and I don't know what Three Prophets..."

The fat cook said timidly.

"... Give her a hard time."

Li Ang felt that this guy was really tough-talking, and heretic fanatics probably wouldn't speak so easily, so he motioned to the Noldor to be punished.

He no longer does it himself.

Since this cook is a real body, the punishment will definitely bring pain.

But before the Noldos could take action, the cook knelt down and said, "Sir! Don't... don't torture me... My real name is Cersi, and I am the servant of Duke Brennus."

People from Brennus?

"Brennus arranged for you to be here... for what purpose?"

Li Ang doesn't find it strange. Many of the maids in this tower must have been placed by various nobles. This would be the case in any king's family.

"To cook for the king..."

The cook said hesitantly.

Li Ang slapped you in the face. "Don't waste time! Get to the point! Otherwise I will make you a meal!"

"It's to kill people... I killed many of the queen's maids..."

The fat cook covered her face and changed her words.

Queen?

This should be the ex-wife of Ulrich, Anna is not the queen, and the king did not crown her.

"Why? What did the queen's maid do to Brennus?"

Li Ang I didn't expect to find some other bad things.

"The queen had that kind of relationship with Duke Brennus! She had relationships with many people... Those maids need to be silenced. My lord, this is a common scandal in the palace. I am just a rough guy who listens to others..."

The cook said it quite calmly.

In fact, this answer was expected by Li Ang, but he glanced at the cook with a cold look and gestured with the sword in his hand. "Don't be careless, you just killed someone today... and you even cut them into pieces! Who did you kill today?"

"... the people around little Princess, the four maids of little Princess."

After a moment of silence, the cook replied.

"Little Princess? The king's little daughter? She's in Noble Council? But I didn't see her!"

Li Ang knew that Ulrich also had a ten-year-old daughter, and Malbert was the Prince Consort who was assigned to be this little Princess.

But shouldn't this little Princess be in Baranli Town?

Li Ang just blocked Lion City, just to get to Balanli first to control this little Princess!

Baranli Town is also called Queen's Town, which is the queen's private territory. It can be said to be the subsidiary territory that comes with the title of queen - all generations of Lion King or queens will use Balanli as a dowry gift for the next generation of Prince concubines, which has become a tradition.

This Queen's Town is near Lion City, beside Deerheart Lake, and separated from Lion City by the Sava River.

That is also Lionheart Kingdom's back garden in the true sense. The scenery is very beautiful, and it is located in the hinterland of the kingdom. It is a lakeside courtyard more suitable for raising children than Lion City.

"Little Princess was originally going to be sent to Balanli yesterday, but last night, under the order of Lord Brennus, little Princess was sent to Cliff Bay... I was ordered to get rid of the maids of little Princess to prevent them from talking too much."

The cook's eyes flickered uneasily.

Brennus didn't go to Bax... He took little Princess to Cliff Bay?

"Is little Princess the child of Brennus? Who else knows about this? If you tell the truth, you might have a chance to live... You should understand that if you are useless, then you must kill someone to pay for it. But if your testimony is beneficial to me, then you may be able to continue to live!"

Li Ang realized that this Duke might have started causing trouble as early as ten years ago...

Now that the king is dead, Alanric is also dead, and little Princess is the legally most advantageous heir...

Whoever this little Princess falls into may become the owner of the Lionheart Kingdom!

Poor Ulrich, all the children are not his biological children...

"Actually... that is not Duke Brennus's child. It should be the child of a guard. It happened ten years ago. At that time, I first joined here as a cook. I remember very clearly that the guard was Captain Commander here... The king also found out the year before last, so from then on he tried to marry off little Princess to avoid being an eyesore..."

The fat cook thought carefully for a while, and probably felt that what Li Ang said made sense, so she showed cooperation. If she did not cooperate, she would definitely die now, but if she could provide favorable testimony for Li Ang, she would at least be able to live for a few more days, and maybe have a chance to escape.

Being able to lurk in Noble Council for more than ten years and specialize in killing people, this fat cook is obviously very smart. Her seemingly stupid face and bloated figure are actually the best cover up.

"Captain! Ailian? Is his name Ailian? Trublen that Ailian... No wonder Ulrich wants to massacre Trublen!"

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