Chapter 1191: Sudden Change

Su Xiao squatted in front of Shalin Herbert's corpse. The cause of this girl's death was a sharp weapon piercing her heart. The method was clean and neat, and after the killer pierced the girl's chest with the sharp weapon, the other party also lifted her up and finally threw her aside casually.

Su Xiao's fingers pushed open the wound on the girl's back. The elasticity of the muscle tissue fracture was significantly reduced, indicating that her time of death was more than 3 hours ago.

Su Xiao casually pulled out a longsword from an imperial guard's waist. After observing the surroundings for a few minutes, he finally stood in front of the flower bed. The killer likely stood here to commit the crime before.

The killer stabbed Shalin Herbert from behind. This could be seen from the wound. Su Xiao was absolutely an expert in judging wounds.

Su Xiao threw the sword in his hand back to the imperial guard and walked slowly to the flower bed. After Shalin Herbert was lifted by the killer, she was thrown directly onto this flower bed. This could be judged from the large area of blue and purple on the girl's collarbone.

The girl's corpse was thrown onto the flower bed, but there were no bloodstains on the edge of the flower bed, but there was a clear bloody smell.

Su Xiao took out an iron can and a flashlight from the storage space. Under the disguise mechanism of the Reincarnation Paradise, his current actions were not incongruous.

Hiss, hiss~

White spray sprayed on the flower bed, and Su Xiao turned on the blue light flashlight. Large swaths of fluorescence appeared on the edge of the flower bed. The bloodstains on this were cleaned up.

According to the direction of the bloodstains, Su Xiao judged that the girl did not die immediately after being thrown onto the flower bed, but struggled for a while, and finally died here. When she died, she was dragged down from the flower bed by someone, and the bloodstains on the flower bed were cleaned up.

After Su Xiao judged this series of murder processes, he felt it was incredible.

First of all, this was the royal palace. Who dared to kill here? What was the motive for the murder? What kind of people would a girl who had never left the royal palace offend?

Secondly, Shalin Herbert's personality was very lively. Why didn't she call for help after her chest was pierced? The extreme pain of being pierced through the chest and lifted off the ground was definitely not something a 13-year-old girl could bear. Her screams would spread throughout the entire royal palace, or rather, she couldn't call for help or scream. This inference was the most reasonable.

Su Xiao untied Shalin Herbert's clothing. Although she was young, it didn't exclude the possibility of someone with special tastes. Five imperial guards formed a human wall, blocking the sight of the Queen and others.

"What are you doing? Let go of Shalin!"

A helpless wail came from the Queen in the distance, and Legion Commander Karen on the side also showed anger.

Five imperial guards formed a human wall. They pulled out the longswords from their waists. The meaning was very clear: whoever came forward would be slaughtered.

Su Xiao didn't find anything on Shalin Herbert's upper body. It was basically bloody and blurred, but when untying the clothing on Shalin Herbert's lower body, Su Xiao's brows furrowed.

"Royal princesses... are all so open?"

Su Xiao murmured, signaling an imperial guard to take Shalin Herbert's corpse away.

"Iron Hand, where are you taking Shalin! Let me... take another look... at Shalin. I beg you, I beg you, just consider this as a mother's last request..."

That Queen sat paralyzed on the ground, looking very helpless.

"Let her look."

Su Xiao felt that this Queen was very wrong. The other party's sadness was not fake, but her behavior was very wrong.

An imperial guard carried Shalin Herbert's corpse in front of that Queen and lifted the black cloth on the corpse.

"Shalin~"

The Queen's hands trembled slightly.

With a 'wa' sound, the Queen vomited a mouthful of black blood without warning, and then fell to the ground with a 'thump'.

Legion Commander Karen on the side rushed forward quickly, two fingers pressing on the Queen's neck. A moment later, cold sweat seeped from Legion Commander Karen's forehead.

"The Queen... is dead."

Legion Commander Karen's cheeks twitched slightly. If Shalin Herbert's death was his dereliction of duty, then the Queen dying in front of him...

【Tip: The side quest has changed, and the difficulty has climbed significantly.】

【Hidden Side Quest: Secret of the Wang Zu】

Difficulty Level: lv. 32

Quest Brief: Find the murderer who killed Shalin Herbert within 72 hours.

Quest Deadline: 72 hours.

Quest Reward: Stone of Shadow (Special Item / Gold Gem)

Quest Penalty: Old king's trust level cleared, Iron Hand position forcibly stripped.

The situation had a big reversal. Su Xiao originally thought it was just a side quest to earn extra money, but the difficulty suddenly climbed, directly breaking through lv. 30 and reaching lv. 32.

Shalin Herbert died miserably, and her heartbroken mother also died after taking one look at her. From the changes in the corpse, this Queen had drunk the poison in advance.

"It's over, it's over, it's all over."

Legion Commander Karen's lips began to tremble. He gave a miserable smile and suddenly pulled out the longsword from his waist.

Boom!

Grass clippings flew under Su Xiao's feet, and he rushed straight toward Legion Commander Karen, and the five imperial guards were the same.

Puchi.

Blood splattered. Legion Commander Karen's longsword cut his own throat. This sword cut extremely deep, and blood sprayed at least five meters away.

Su Xiao pinched Legion Commander Karen's throat with one hand, and Karen's hands grabbed Su Xiao's arm.

"You... will all... die, under the throne..."

Legion Commander Karen lost his breath, and blood dripped from Su Xiao's cheek.

A princess who died in the back garden of the royal palace was pierced through the chest from behind. After preliminary observation, Su Xiao obtained several important pieces of information.

First of all, Shalin Herbert died of excessive blood loss after her heart was damaged. At only 13 years old, she often 'hey hey hey' with a certain person, likely voluntarily.

Shalin Herbert was discovered 3 hours after her death, and her mother died one after another after looking at her corpse. The cause of death was drinking poison in advance.

This Queen had just died, and Legion Commander Karen, who was a member of the Royal Direct Guard Group, committed suicide in front of him, leaving behind a sentence before death: 'You will all die, under the throne...'

It was 'under the throne' again. Su Xiao had heard this term from the High Priest before.

There was no doubt that a certain secret was hidden in the royal capital, and this definitely involved the old king.

Thump, thump...

The sound of falling to the ground followed one after another. It was the dozens of royal direct guards who were responsible for guarding the corpse and following Legion Commander Karen.

An imperial guard went up to check the situation. These people were all dead. The cause of death was biting the poison sac in their mouths.

This was great. The back garden, which was 'lively' just now, was now unusually cold. Washinoki Washinoki Jishi of corpses lay on the ground.

The situation before his eyes was clearly out of control. Su Xiao took a few imperial guards and walked quickly toward the banquet hall.

Two minutes later.

Bang.

The door of the banquet hall was pushed open, and Su Xiao walked into the banquet hall with five imperial guards. His left hand was still dripping blood; that was Legion Commander Karen's blood. An imperial guard following Su Xiao held Shalin Herbert's corpse in his arms. This corpse was the origin of the whole thing.

The loud noise produced by Su Xiao pushing the door, not to mention those officials and princes, even the old king was startled by this abrupt loud noise, and the wine in his glass spilled.

The old king's eyes narrowed. Those who knew him knew that the old king was already somewhat angry, but after seeing Su Xiao with blood on his hands, the anger in his heart gradually dissipated.

"Iron Hand, why bring the corpse here."

After the old king saw the blood on Su Xiao's hands, he knew in his heart that the situation was wrong. He trusted Su Xiao, this Iron Hand, otherwise he wouldn't have handed the gold lion token to Su Xiao.

"The matter is roughly like this..."

Su Xiao described the things that happened in the garden to the old king in a low voice. The old king's wine glass subconsciously leveled, and the wine inside was poured out.

Although the old king still had no expression change, it could be seen from that wine glass that he was already somewhat out of composure.

"They... are again... looking for... exterminating law..."

The old king almost subconsciously murmured. Because his voice was too low, Su Xiao only heard a few words, two of which made him very interested, which were 'exterminating law'.

Compared to the main quest, what Su Xiao craved more was to find the ruins left by the Shadow of Exterminating Law in this world. Regarding the main quest, Su Xiao had even thought about tying up the old king, slaughtering 48 of the 49 princes or princesses, and choosing one who was obedient to inherit the throne.

It was a pity that there were hidden dragons and crouching tigers in the royal capital, and Holy Warriors were high-end military power that could not be ignored. If Su Xiao really rebelled, the best result would be both sides suffering.

The time limit for the main quest was a full 28 days. Now, clues to the ruins of the Shadow of Exterminating Law seemed to have appeared. Su Xiao was prepared to put his energy into this matter first, and the main quest was not urgent for the time being.

As for the clues to the ruins of the Shadow of Exterminating Law, 'Hidden Side Quest: Secret of the Wang Zu' was definitely the best breakthrough. ===== CHAPTER 1192 =====