Chapter 360 Suspicion
After watching the cat being mercilessly carried out, Prince Alsiel couldn't help but feel a little relieved.
Now that the prince was in trouble and he had temporarily replaced him, the cat was not only not surprised, but also took advantage of the situation and made him work for the Eye of Supervision. He remembered what Mr. Cat had said before, in a serious and solemn manner, to keep a low profile and not get involved in the fight for the throne. This bastard liar knew that Xiao Zhen and his group would definitely be involved in this conspiracy. What was the connection between Zhen's special drink and the bounty hunter? It just dug a trap and waited for Xiao Zhen and others to jump in.
Things have come to this point and it is impossible to run away and quit.
The prince thought of his friends Liu Xingquan and Captain Ban again, and the sense of satisfaction he had just felt from taking a small revenge on Mr. Cat quickly disappeared.
The first thing to confirm now is the whereabouts of Liu Xingquan and Captain Ban.
The prince opened the data board, and a series of holographic floating screens popped up in front of his vision. As a prince, he has extremely high authority on this planet, and there is no obstacle to retrieving the government information on the prince's side. Although most of the memories in Prince Alsiel's brain have been lost, the biological gene authentication in his body allows Xiao Zhen to search unimpeded now. But after a search, Xiao Zhen found that in addition to summoning the owner of the Zejin and Yin Ran today, the order issued by Prince Alsiel did not contain any keywords related to Captain Ban or Liu Xingquan. He changed the keyword to Zhenxuan Special Drink and only got two pieces of information. One was the list of auction items attached to the invitation letter of the Trade Wind Auction House, and the other was a news announcement about the sale of Zhenxuan Special Drink for 700 million.
After that, he changed the search terms to beverages, alien visitors, and other vague words, using the most recent quarter as the time node, and obtained 2,312 pieces of information, but after a quick review, these pieces of information had no connection with either the True Selection Special Drink or the Zejin. Xiao Zhen thought to himself that perhaps it was changed to a cipher that could not be retrieved, which meant that Xiao Zhen had to read all the recent confidential documents in the Prince's office system. He took a look, and although the exaggerated amount of files was not yet as vast as smoke and countless, it was already so much that it could fill the entire study room if it were materialized.
Xiao Zhen, the prince at this moment looked at this pile of outrageous office data, and then looked at Prince Alsiel's daily processing rate, and automatically calculated the file review curve and processing time. After getting the answer, a Lola saying suddenly popped up in his mind: [This kind of work intensity is basically 996. No, no, this is 007! ]
You're already a prince, why do you still need 996007?
Xiao Zhen sighed and leaned back on the chair. His face was reflected in the floating flashing screen. He was indeed deeply affected by Yan Zhen's body. This influence was not only emotional, but also affected all aspects silently. After controlling the prince's body, Xiao Zhen still subconsciously converted his visual adaptation to Homo sapiens mode.
Just like what we saw at the auction that day, the man on the screen is handsome. His face is like a sculpture of ancient Rome, with some wear and tear. He is not flawless and exquisite, but handsome with the accumulation of time. Just like the long sword that accompanies the warriors in the battlefield, it is still sharp, but the edges have been worn and eroded, emitting a blurred light. This trait makes this man more charming. The outline of his chin has a sense of upright toughness, but there is always a melancholy expression on his face. This contradictory combination makes him appear introverted and calm. It is this temperament that has won the trust and love of many subjects.
Would such a person really attack my friend?
Xiao Zhen moved her current face away from the screen.
It took too long to review the documents, so he decided to try another approach.
Close your eyes, forget your current body, and abandon your existing perceptions.
Prepare.
Start scanning.
Countless transparent tentacles emerged from the prince's body.
This feeling was very uncomfortable, because now it was not the real body, but the corpse that was operating, so this kind of consciousness scanning became more difficult. In the silent spread, the entire palace was placed in the invisible perception network that Xiao Zhen had laid out in an instant, and the thoughts of hundreds of guards, attendants, and servants surged in like roaring waves.
Scanning the consciousness of hundreds of intelligent creatures at the same time is equivalent to placing oneself in a storm filled with high-decibel noise. This is a very dangerous and extreme behavior. If it is not handled properly, it may be swallowed up by this chaotic consciousness. Xiao Zhen floated up and down in this screaming storm, concentrating his mind to distinguish the mixed and vague consciousness.
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The transparent and invisible probing sense wandered in the palace, brushing over the standing guards like a breeze, and then seeping into the busy servants along the rising moisture, and drilling into the servants' brains from the umbrella-shaped garden spraying pollen. The whistling wind and noisy noises came one after another, and it concentrated its mind to sift through the fragments of consciousness that were flying like dust.
After that, he got nothing.
The guards, attendants and servants in this palace had no superficial consciousness about Liu Xingquan, the Homo sapiens, nor did they have any fluctuations in consciousness about the chicken, and they knew nothing about the prince's sudden death.
"Your Highness? Your Highness?"
Someone was talking to him. He heard a distant and vague voice coming from his room. Right next to him, someone was calling him worriedly.
He cut off all conscious exploration and retracted all tentacles into his body. The noisy buzzing sound disappeared in an instant, and the prince raised his eyes, "What's wrong?"
The young attendant named Conde looked worried. "Your Highness, your complexion is as gloomy as the dusk. Do you need a doctor to take a look?"
Well, let's not talk about the weird metaphor of this Xiyiqi star. Asking a doctor to come means that the body needs to be examined. Although Xiaozhen has covered up the scar on his head, this body is still a real corpse. The Heart Eater cannot revive a dead creature. Asking a doctor to examine himself is equivalent to exposing himself, so the prince simply refused.
Seeing that Conte was still worried, the prince raised his mouth slightly, revealing a standard Prince Alsiel melancholy smile. This trick really worked, and Conte immediately fell into a state of giggling.
The prince recalled his sensory exploration just now. According to the information now known, this palace building should actually be regarded as Prince Alsiel's private residence, or it can be called the cold palace. Prince Alsiel, who has fallen out of favor, does not live in the Queen's palace now. The guards and attendants here are actually Prince Alsiel's direct confidants. If the kidnapping of Liu Xingquan and Captain Ban was ordered by Prince Alsiel, then these confidants should have more or less some impression of Liu Xingquan and the chicken, but after a thorough investigation, these confidants have no memory of these two people in their consciousness.
Conde, who was Prince Alsiel's confidant and was being investigated by Xiao Zhen, also had no trace of Liu Xingquan and the chicken.
Not only were there no clues about Liu Xingquan and the chicken, there were no clues about the Black Box Society that Mr. Cat mentioned.
So Prince Alsiel is innocent? No, it is not possible to conclude that.
He is currently only roughly exploring the shallow consciousness. If these memories are buried deeper by some operation, such a scan will indeed be difficult to explore.
The black box is like a venomous snake hiding in the bushes, rarely revealing its true colors before delivering a fatal blow. If this is a trap set for me, then the design behind it may be far more complicated than I thought.
Now we can only preliminarily infer that Prince Alsiel should have no direct connection with the kidnapping of Liu Xingquan and the chicken.
"Conte."
"Yes!" the young man responded immediately.
The prince asked casually, "Before Yin Ran and the owner of the Zejin ship came today, were there any other visitors..."
"Only Her Majesty the Queen came this morning, and she was as bright as the sun."
ah?
Ignoring Conte's adjectives, the prince quietly extended his tentacles into the young man's shallow consciousness, and a female figure appeared in his mind. At that time, Conte was bowing his head, and from Conte's perspective, he could only see the hem of the skirt that was blooming and undulating like a gorgeous flower.
Her steps were graceful and vigorous, and she moved at an extremely fast pace. The two royal attendants almost jogged behind her.
Although it was just a silhouette from behind, Xiao Zhen could sense the Queen's anger. It seemed that her conversation with Prince Alsiel was not pleasant.
"Were there any other visitors between Her Majesty's departure and the arrival of the Master of the Zekin?"
"No, no other visitors dropped in unexpectedly."
Oh no, from this perspective, the biggest suspect in the murder of Prince Alsiel has become the queen. Xiao Zhen thought, but it was also obvious that it would not be her. Judging from the absolute rule headed by the queen of this planet, if she really wanted to murder her husband, the queen would be more straightforward and would not use such a roundabout way of shifting the blame. From this perspective, the mastermind behind this is really vicious. If it were someone else, they would have to take the blame obediently, and there would be no room for explanation.
Then, he heard Conte's fervent subconscious, (I hope that His Highness and His Majesty can get back together soon, they are the most suitable among the stars...)
No, still no. Although I feel sorry for Prince Alsiel, the less contact I have with the Queen, the safer I am. Therefore, as a prince, I will continue to be out of favor until the murderer is found.
Please don't come to me again, Queen!
Conde didn't know what the "Prince" meant to him at the moment. He said respectfully, "Your Highness, Captain Liam is already waiting in line outside. You can leave immediately."
What's going on?
The prince said, "Didn't you say that all schedules for the next two days will be postponed?"
"But Your Highness..." Conte showed hesitation on his face, "Two of the appointments cannot be postponed."
"Um?"
"Today is Princess Alji's graduation ceremony. Your Highness cannot be absent."
Excellent. Although the relationship between the prince and the queen has broken down, we still have a daughter.
Graduation ceremony, it seems like I really have to go.
To refuse would be like writing in bold letters on my face, “The prince is suddenly behaving strangely, come and suspect me.”
As Prince Alsiel's greatest political asset, the eldest princess certainly could not be absent from such occasions.
Then we have no choice but to go. The prince searched his mind for the memories of Alsiel and the eldest princess in the past. Although not much remained, it was barely enough.
Conde looked at the prince's face and asked worriedly, "Your Highness, your complexion looks like it is shrouded in the dark night. Why don't you ask a doctor to come and see..."
"No, I'm fine." Prince Alsiel stood up and said, "Then let's go."
I hope this daughter can handle it better.
"good."
"Condé," the prince called him.
"Your Highness?"
"You have worked really hard today." The prince smiled at him again, "I hope everyone around me can be as loyal and reliable as you."
To be honest, I really hope everyone is as simple-minded and easy to fool as you.
"It is an honor to serve His Royal Highness," Conde said.
Damn, this kid is blushing.
