Chapter 160: [Skull Transformation]

-Chapter One Hundred and Sixty
"You mean..." Nicole showed a surprised look in her eyes, looking at the Pope Corsica VI in front of him. Can't help but look back at the queen sitting behind him.
Corsica VI smiled faintly. He lightly held the staff in his hand, and was wearing a white spotless robe. Although he was just standing there, he seemed to look down at the two women in front of him. Said: "You heard it right a moment ago. On behalf of the Guangming Empire, I greet the future Emperor of the Empire! I wish your Majesty the Queen’s health, and the future Emperor will have good luck and prosperity!"
Nicole said in surprise: "Your Majesty the Pope, do you mean that I can understand that the religion is willing to stand on the side of the Queen?"
Corsican VI smiled meaningfully, but did not speak, and said indifferently: "The religion never intervenes in the power of the empire. We are just a group of faithful believers of the gods, but if anyone wants to disobey the will of God, or subvert The authority of the religion in the world, then the religion will not sit idly by!"
Nicole took a deep breath: "Your Majesty the Pope, what do you mean, Prince Barran..."
But Corsica VI stopped talking, just shook his head and nodded slightly to the Queen, then turned and left.
The queen looked a little surprised, looked at Nicole, and whispered: "Miss Nicole, Your Majesty, will you really support us?"
Nicole pondered for a moment, then whispered: "Your Majesty, the Pope, we can believe it...but we can't help but guard..."
Seeing the queen's blank expression, Nicole sighed and whispered: "You should know the things about the religion of the Northern Continent..."
In the Northern Continent, the authority of the religion even surpassed the kings of various countries! It is because there is no strong centralized power in the North Roland Continent! And Guangming Continent, because of the existence of a powerful empire, imperial power and the religion are almost on the same side, no one is stronger than the other.
"what do you mean?"
Nicole nodded, and said solemnly: "Although the people of the gods always regard the temple in Roland mainland as infidels, in their hearts...huh, it might not be envious of the power of the temple in the north! Now the light imperial power struggles, The prestige of the imperial power has been reduced to a minimum. If the religion wants to expand their influence, is there a better time than now? Prince Barang is ambitious and a strong personality. If he succeeds, he will not be affected. At the mercy of the gods—and you...to be honest, if your son succeeds, then a young child is easy to manipulate after all!"
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Prince Barang is now in the house of the Marquis of Caroline. The old Marquis looked calm at the moment, and said lightly: "His Royal Highness, you must be calm now! Even if the Pope has seen the Queen, it's nothing! The religion has never participated in the struggle for power in the empire. This time, even if they want to support it, they have nothing to do. Excuse! As long as you insist on the issue of inheritance, then His Majesty the Pope cannot mobilize the Flame Warriors to fight with us! Their support is just to take advantage of the opportunity...huh."
Prince Barang nodded: "It's a pity that Mr. Qiu is now staying at the palace. Otherwise, if you just think of a way to make the queen die, everything will be solved!"
The Marquis of Caroline smiled faintly: "His Royal Highness, it is better not to do these things! After all, these methods are too obvious. Even if it succeeds, it will affect your image in the future! Those nobles If you don’t say anything, you may not be loyal to you in your heart! Do you want a complete empire? Or do you want a fragmented empire?" After a pause, a strange smile appeared on his face and suddenly said: "His Royal Highness, now There is one thing to do right away!"
"what?"
The old marquis smiled slightly: "Among the court medical officers, there must be someone from His Royal Highness? Although the emperor's health has not been very good, but this time he suddenly fell into a coma, presumably...hehe..."
Prince Barang looked gloomy, and sneered: "My lord Marquis, you don't have to be so concealed... It used to be! Now we are standing together, and there is no need to hide those things from you. The medical officer in the palace does have mine. Ah The health of King Bath XI has always been bad, because for the past two years he has eaten something I specially prepared for him every day!"
The muscles in the corners of the old Marquis’ eyes trembled slightly, but the expression on his face remained unchanged, and he whispered:
Then, this thing must be done immediately! The medical officer must be removed immediately! This matter cannot leave anything behind. Handle, otherwise, your succession will be very dangerous!"
Prince Barang frowned: "It's not difficult to get rid of it right away... Just get rid of that person, we can't grasp the emperor's condition now... After all, the medical officers around him can't afford to buy it, so I have successfully arranged these years. It’s just such a person."
The old Marquis’ eyes showed sarcasm:
You don’t need to worry so much... Since you have arranged this for two years, no one needs to report on your majesty’s health now-what is the emperor’s food? Things, you know it best in your heart, do you still need to worry? We just have to wait for your Majesty to... and act immediately!"
Prince Barang nodded.
The old marquis thought for a while, and said: "The queen is definitely more anxious than us now! What they are most anxious about right now is that they want to be named as the crown prince immediately! And before the emperor's death! If the emperor dies, The position of the crown prince is still vacant, so you have an excuse to inherit the throne! So they will definitely move in these two days, we just need to wait for the response!"
Prince Barang hadn't spoken yet, someone from outside came in to report.
"An order came from the imperial palace to summon all the nobles and officials of the imperial capital to meet at the Guangming Hall tomorrow!"
Prince Balang frowned: "Seeing the gift? What kind of gift? The emperor is already lying down and fainted, how can I see you?"
The subordinate did not speak, just stood there with his head down.
The Marquis Caroline waved his hand to let him go down first, and then the old Marquis smiled faintly: "That is naturally an order issued by Her Majesty the Queen in the name of the emperor! According to imperial practice, before the emperor is dying, he will naturally ask the ministers. I have been notified of the condition to prepare... Although the news has come out these days, there is no official announcement after all. This time we are summoning everyone to go, I think, one is to announce that your Majesty is going to be dying... two come on Naturally, it was officially announcing that the queen was pregnant with the prince, and the position of the prince was decided first! Even if you can't decide for a while, you must put the matter on the table! This is the idea of ​​these two women..."
"Huh!" Prince Balang's eyes turned gloomy: "Is it that easy? I immediately sent soldiers to surround the palace. No matter how powerful Mr. Liang Qiu is, he can't stop it?"
The old Marquis' complexion changed slightly, and he shook his head and said, "No! No matter what, the emperor is not dead! The emperor is not dead. If you immediately send soldiers to encircle the palace, that would be a rebellion!! Besides, if you can kill them all in one fell swoop, That’s all, if you let them run out, go to the south or northwest, ascend a high call, and summon local armies from all over the empire... that is the outbreak of a total war in the empire! I dare to ask you... in terms of appeal to the army , Are those troops following your Prince Barang? Or will they follow the tulip banner?"
Prince Barang stopped talking immediately. He naturally understood in his heart that in the appeal of the army, he was far inferior to the Tulip family who served as the marshal of the empire! Even if two of the four main armies of the empire were already in his own hands, he would never dare to start a war directly!
There are hundreds of thousands of local garrisons in the empire in various provinces. In addition, the Northern Army and the Central Cavalry Army are now on their side—that's because the commander of the army is his own. But if there is a war, whether those troops are willing to follow themselves, and whether they are willing to obey the command of the legion commander, or two things!
Thinking of this, Prince Barang sighed, suddenly looked at the old marquis, smiled, and said, "So according to your statement, shall we go to the palace tomorrow?"
"Go!" The old marquis smiled faintly: "Of course we are going! In fact, they hope we don't go! That way, if there is no objection in the hall, we can justify the name of the child in the Queen's belly! Tomorrow we will naturally Going... You must insist on the issue of inheritance tomorrow. You can't let go. As for the issue of the prince-a baby who has not yet been born, will the nobles trust him? Tomorrow we are going to put out the contradictions! Look at those Who are the ministers and nobles following! So, your attitude tomorrow must be tough, even if you are domineering, it doesn’t matter! Tomorrow is the time to show your strength, let all aspects of the imperial capital understand your strength and force them to choose the station Which side!"
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That night, on a certain street near the imperial palace, under the moonlight, two figures, one large and one small, flashed across the street.
"You guy, you lied to my horse first, and now you lied to me to come out to run around with you at night...what exactly did you think?"
Another person laughed in a low voice: "Look at you, curiosity can't help... I said that when I came to the Emperor, I always have some interesting things to do... It's also the interesting things you hear me say. Follow me... now I can't hold my breath again."
Tian Lie snorted and said: "You guy is really weird, if it weren't for your interesting sake, you're so appetite of me, you would have been beaten by a punch!"
The man next to him shrugged his shoulders: "It's not difficult for you to beat me all over... You are a strong domain. I am afraid that there are not many people in this world who can't beat me... But it's interesting to beat my old man. I'm afraid you won't see it!"
Tian Lie scratched his ears and scratched his cheeks, and yelled: "I take it! Hurry up and do what you want to do! I really don't know if you are a ghost or a human being. It doesn't matter if you see that I am a strong man in the field, but you Is it annoying to open your mouth and shut your mouth on the'domain'? Is the word'domain' written on my head? Humph, even if you are not a domain expert, you are probably not much worse, right? I have tried you since I entered the city A few times, don't think of hiding any strength from my uncle Tian Lie!"
The man chuckled, "You are that kid's friend. I happen to have a good relationship with that kid. If you really want to help that kid, just shut up!"
Tian Lie rolled his eyes, but finally closed his mouth.
This street is not far from the palace, but the street feels very quiet. Even at night here, there would be a lot of soldiers from the security post patrolling.
But now the army patrolled by the imperial capital has all been replaced by members of the Central Cavalry Corps. In order to avoid unnecessary conflicts, Prince Barang ordered the army not to approach the palace as much as possible during inspections. And the royal guards of the palace, under Nicole’s order, were all shrunk inside the palace to guard. Try not to step out of the palace to avoid unnecessary trouble-so now the streets around the palace have become a subtle Buffer zone.
"That's it!" The man suddenly smiled and pointed to a house in front of him. He sprang up and jumped in from the wall. Tian Lie cursed, but he didn't dare to stay under his feet, and rushed in.
The house is not big, but the decoration looks very uncomfortable, and it seems that the status of the owner is inadequate... Moreover, living so close to the palace, the identity of the owner must be unusual.
Tian Lie and the man had just walked two steps, and the man suddenly whispered: "Huh? It's strange..."
Tian Lie also nodded and frowned, "Why is there a smell?" He suddenly glanced at the person next to him, and said with a strange smile: "It's not your bastard's trap to stop Laozi, right? That way, I will screw your head off!"
The man gave him a blank look: "Shut up, you fat man, I really don't know what you are doing with such a big head."
The two swaggered into the yard like this. They didn't mean to hide their figures. According to Tian Lie's statement: "If anyone notices it, just kick it and faint. Uncle Tian Lie never does anything sneaky!"
Following the smell, he opened the door and immediately saw a dead body lying in front of him.
"Who is this?" Tian Lie frowned: "You dragged me around the city at night, just to see a dead person?"
With a pensive expression on the man’s face, he turned his head and glanced at Tian Lie: "This man is a medical officer in the palace. Alas... I didn’t expect it to be him... It seems that my luck is really good. I found the inner ghost house arranged by Prince Barang."
Tian Lie shook his head: "What the are you going to do?"
The man smiled slightly: "What am I going to do? I tell you, I'm going into the palace, planning to find a medical officer who can be close to the emperor, and then pretend to be his identity. This guy is the one I'm looking for tonight. , I didn’t expect to find him by such a coincidence. Looking at him, it seems that he was killed shortly after. Alas, don’t you understand? Now the emperor was fine, but suddenly he was about to die. It must be Ba Lang let this guy do the hands and feet, this medical officer is now dying, most of it is Barang killing people...such a simple thing, my old man's mind will understand...your big head..." Here, looking at Tian Lie's angry expression, he finally stopped and said: "Fatty, do you want to see me make something interesting for you?"
Tian Lie snorted coldly.
The man smiled slightly: "Let me tell you, my current body, which I put together a few days ago, always feels not very suitable, because these bodies are... alas, but now this body is good, just died Soon, my old man will borrow it for use!"
Speaking of this, there was a string of weird laughs among the population.
Weird glances appeared in Tian Lie's eyes: "What did you say? Your current body... is not your own?"
The person smiled slightly, and suddenly a strange light appeared on his body, and then the clothes on his body gradually shattered, and then the muscles on his body fell softly...
Tian Lie was dumbfounded, couldn't help but get goose bumps, and immediately stood far away.
The man laughed constantly, and the muscles on his body gradually shook off, revealing a skeleton, but the skeleton was not as white as an ordinary skeleton, but faintly flashed with a metal-like luster.
Tian Lie couldn't help muttering: "Damn you, what is this strange thing about you... I have never seen you like this... this... this kind of breed!" He couldn't help but cursed, "He Damn it..."
The skeleton finally appeared completely, and then his jaw quivered twice, looking at the broken body in the same place, laughed in his mouth, and then said: "Oh, after all, it took a lot of spiritual energy from my old man to get it. The body that came out, although it is a pity, I had to give up... after all, it was just a test product."
The skeleton turned to face Tian Lie, who was dumbfounded, with a weird laugh: "Fatty, what are you dumbfounded? What you see now is the result of my old man’s research for a long time! If it wasn’t in The southern part saw the energy of the magic dragon's body, and I really couldn't think of a good way to get myself a body!"
After speaking, the skeleton clashed towards the corpse of the palace medical officer lying down on the ground, and then a strange light radiated from the entire skeleton, and the skeleton seemed to gradually become transparent.
This pair of skeletons slowly lay down facing the corpse on the ground, and the whole skeleton seemed to be transparent as if it had become air, so it was actually embedded in it...
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On a large road in the south, a group of mighty cavalry is rushing like a gust of wind. The leading black horse sits on a young man with blond hair, his blue eyes flashing anxious eyes. Behind him, countless armed elite cavalrymen followed quickly. Everyone had a firm expression, but his eyes flashed with excitement!
The person right away was Roddy, and at this moment he had turned into Seth again.
During the Mercedes-Benz, he couldn't help but gently stroke Mo's face with one hand: "Unexpectedly, I would wear this mask again!"-