Chapter 1190: Little Princess Murdered

"Find out about this matter before dawn tomorrow. Everyone involved in this matter must die."

The old king placed his hand under the table. In his hand was a small ornament, a lion carved from gold. This thing could represent the old king himself to a certain extent.

Su Xiao took the gold lion pendant, and the prompt from the Reincarnation Paradise appeared.

【Tip: The Hunter has activated a side quest.】

【Side Quest: Death of Shalin】

Difficulty Level: lv. 23

Quest Brief: Find the murderer who killed Shalin Herbert within 18 hours.

Quest Deadline: 18 hours.

Quest Reward: Gem of Wisdom (Light Gold)

Quest Penalty: Old king's trust level slightly reduced.

Su Xiao activated a side quest again, which made him suspect that as long as he did things for the old king, there was a certain chance to trigger a side quest.

Su Xiao spent a full 16,000 points of World Merit to exchange for the identity of Iron Hand. Iron Hand had neither financial power nor military power. Now it seemed that the benefit of exchanging for Iron Hand was not only having a high status, but perhaps it also had a bonus for triggering quests.

Princess Shalin Herbert was murdered. According to common sense, it was normal for a few princes or princesses to be killed in the power struggle, but the old king was blockading the city, sending Heslet to the front line, and giving Su Xiao temporary power of life and death, which was inevitably making a mountain out of a molehill.

The fact was not so. If other princes or princesses were murdered, the old king would turn a blind eye, but Princess Shalin Herbert could not. It was not how much the old king loved Shalin Herbert, but Shalin Herbert's age was too young.

Princess Shalin Herbert was only 13 years old. She was a princess the old king got in his later years. This was something no one expected.

Before the age of 15, Shalin Herbert would spend her childhood and youth in the royal palace. After 15, she would get a fief. However, judging by the current situation, the possibility of her getting a fief was not high.

This 13-year-old little princess was clearly unrelated to the power struggle. In name, she had no right to participate in the power struggle, so her murder was the assassination of a royal family member, which was something that could not be left alone.

The old king's expression was calm, but he was very angry. No matter who did this, as long as the other party was still in the kingdom, the other party had to die. This was a provocation to the royal family and the entire power system.

"Where is the corpse."

Su Xiao spoke. When talking to the old king, he was always sparing with words.

"Garden."

"..."

Su Xiao stood up and walked out of the banquet hall, followed by Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and five imperial guards. The five people who were drinking and clinking glasses just now were reduced to only the old king in less than two minutes.

Looking at Su Xiao walking out of the banquet hall, many officials were dumbfounded, those big wealthy merchants were also dumbfounded, and even the First Prince, Third Prince, etc., were a bit dumbfounded.

"Third brother, something big seems to have happened in the royal capital."

The First Prince came to the prince's side with a wine glass, a gentle smile on his face.

"You still smile so hypocritically. Don't you know what happened in your heart?"

The Third Prince glanced at the First Prince, making a gesture to clink glasses with the First Prince. The two were harmonious on the surface, but the content of their discussion was tit-for-tat.

The departure of Su Xiao and the others made the First Prince and others have no intention to continue attending the banquet, but the old king was still present. If the old king didn't leave, no one dared to leave first.

Su Xiao just walked out of the banquet hall, and five imperial guards wearing black armor were waiting at the door.

"So it's you."

Su Xiao's gaze swept over these five people. These five imperial guards acted with Su Xiao last night. Not to mention anything else, the execution ability of these five people was top-level.

It was clear without thinking that these five were sent by the old king.

"Go."

Su Xiao took Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang and the five imperial guards and walked toward the back of the royal palace. The corpse of Shalin Herbert was found there.

On the way to the back garden of the royal palace, Su Xiao began to think about the general situation of this matter.

First of all, this side quest was different from the previous purge. Although the difficulty of the purge quest was relatively high, it only required killing a few quest targets. It only required having powerful combat power. 'Side Quest: Purge' was not difficult.

The current side quest was different. This was clearly a reasoning quest. Based on the past of the Devil's Castle world, Su Xiao had a good 'B-number' (self-awareness) about his reasoning ability. Although it was not weak, it was only above the average level. Conan possession was completely impossible.

Therefore, Su Xiao was mentally prepared for the failure of the side quest, but he would not give up directly. After all, the reward for the quest was a light gold gem. The rarity of the gem didn't need to be said.

After wandering around the royal palace a few times, Su Xiao arrived at a garden that was not too big.

The garden was covered with a large number of vine plants, lush and green. The old king liked this kind of vine plant very much.

Stepping on the soft lawn, Su Xiao arrived at the central area of the garden. There was a huge fountain here, and the sound of water could be heard from far away. The water vapor made the garden much cooler. God knows how they built this thing with the technology level of this world.

"My lord, the corpse is over here."

Under the guidance of an imperial guard, Su Xiao arrived at the back area of the garden. There were several flower beds built with white stones here. Faint floral fragrance drifted in the air, and in the floral fragrance, there was also a heavy bloody smell.

Beside a flower bed lay a girl about 1.3 meters tall. The girl was wearing a white dress, and now the white dress was mostly stained with blood. This was Princess Shalin Herbert.

This was clearly the first scene. A dozen royal direct guards were guarding one side, forbidding others from destroying the scene. Their faces were very ugly because the royal palace was protected by them, and within their layers of protection, Princess Shalin Herbert was murdered.

Su Xiao didn't pay attention to the dozen royal direct guards. They also knew what Su Xiao was here to do, so they all stepped aside.

"Let me... pass, take a look... at Shalin."

A female voice came. Just listening to the voice, one knew she was already crying uncontrollably.

"Queen, please calm down. Lord Iron Hand will find the murderer."

"Get out of my way, get out, what are you doing every day? Why did Shalin die in the garden of the royal palace? She hadn't even left the royal palace! She was still so young..."

Under the protection of a group of guards, a woman who was sad to the point of fainting staggered over. Those guards wanted to stop this woman, but they could only kneel in a group to block the woman from moving forward.

"Subordinate deserves death."

A guard wearing gorgeous armor knelt in front of the woman. He was the Legion Commander of the Royal Direct Guard Group. There were many legion commanders in the kingdom. The legion commander with the largest official rank was Heslet. Except for the Royal Direct Legion, most legions were managed by Heslet.

The Legion Commander of the Royal Direct Guard Group was named Karen, strong and about 35 years old.

Su Xiao squatted in front of Shalin Herbert's corpse. He hooked his finger at an imperial guard beside him, and the imperial guard immediately leaned over.

"Keep them quiet."

"Yes."

The imperial guard didn't care about any Queen or Legion Commander Karen. He walked directly in front of that group of people, looking straight at everyone.

"Quiet."

Seeing this imperial guard, Legion Commander Karen's expression changed slightly, while that Queen didn't care at all and continued to cry loudly.

This crying attracted Su Xiao. He had some doubts in his heart. If the mother was heartbroken before, he could understand. Now, even a fool could see that he was observing the corpse. Was useless crying more important than finding the real murderer? Don't think that queens were just ordinary women; they were all daughters of high officials or big nobles.

What made Su Xiao even more suspicious was that Shalin Herbert's corpse had been dragged. Although the other party covered it up very well, it couldn't deceive Xiang Ignoring Bubu Wang's sense of smell. And looking at the swelling of the Queen's eyes, she seemed to have been crying here for a long time, which didn't make sense. ===== CHAPTER 1191 =====