Chapter 189 (2/2)
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“Enough,to face Old Smoke, he then said: “I think you already knohat I want to ask without ht?”
Old S to tie me up like a deserter?”
Indeed, this is what Old Smoke is most worried about Within the empire, the punishments for deserters are all the same without exception… Kill!!
“Tell us about your experience first Old Smoke” Du Wei smiles
“I… Used to be a royal guard” Old Srits his teeth: “Before the cereuards for 12 years full…”
Subsequently, Old Smoke went over all the details of his experience in the coup
“…… I was hit by an arrow, right here” Old Smoke points to the wound on his chest: “I fainted, but did not die When the battlefield is being cleaned, I was treated like a dead body and transported outside the city In the ht, I woke up and foundsmell of carcasses I didn’t knohich side had won at the time, so I didn’t dare call out Instead, I secretly slipped out of the place by myself…… There were undermanned With thousands of bodies to deal with, there were only around a hundred guards to keep watch, so I wasn’t discovered”
“And then what?” Du Wei nods
“Then I slipped away to a nearby town In a far in the haystacks By the noon, I woke up and stole a set of clothes to disguise myself Fortunately, there was a river nearby so I was able to cleanmerchant team I explained to them what has transpired in the capital and that I was a norht in the crossfire My statement did not arouse and suspicion froot hurt just like iven so left alone A few days later, I finally returned to the capital”
“You’re back” Du Wei nodded: “Well then, you should already knohich side had won in the ht? Since the royalty side hy didn’t you go back to your post? For soht the enemy, should be heavily rewarded if you returned”
Old Smoke was silent, but Du Wei can tell, this 30 or so oldwith fire in his eyes!
“My Lord, we have a total of 3,000 people, most of them are dead now Especially my team, my brothers, they all died There’s alsomy squadron, I fear I’m the only one left alive”
Old Smoke’s voice became intense: “I’ve been there for 12 years, always loyal to the court Whenever we get off our shi+ft, o out We would drink, ould gaether I re At that tiht me back from the race trace! But now… They’re all dead” When it comes to the last part, Old Smoke’s voice sounded a little dry: “They’re all dead now…”
Du Wei could not say anything while Longbottom only bit his lips in hesitation
“I remeht Hank, he is a good captain He may be strict, but he would treat us to drinks once ere off duty There’s also Ignazio, I still owe hiht with hiize after the end of the day too, but now…” Old Smoke’s voice suddenly started to tremble clumsily as he repeated this phrase:
“But they’re all dead now, they’re all dead……”
“But their death is not your fault” Du Wei looked at Old Smoke in the eye: “They were killed by the rebels You are very lucky not to die, so why did you not go back?”
Old Smoke did not answer Du Wei’s question, instead, he raised a question in reply
“Your dukeshi+p, the details of the coup d’état was later spread around, so everyone kneas going on” Old S ent On that day, he knew about the revolt, and he made preparations ahead of time! With his plan coht?”
Du Wei suddenly feels like he understood the inner thoughts of this ed man!
“Since Prince Son already knehy didn’t he stop it?”
“If Prince Son since already knew, then why did we – the 3,000 royal guards – have to die?”
“If Prince Son already knew, then why didn’t he do so before the coup took place?”
Regarding these questions, Du Wei couldn’t answer it, or rather; he cannot say it out loud
“Your excellency, do you find it impossible to answer?” Old Smoke smileswryly: “I myself actually know”
He sucks in a deep breath: “Because Prince Son never intended to block off that coup He needed the coup to remove the crown prince Therefore, the 3,000 of us needed to die From the start, ere the bait, the bait to lure the crown prince into antic mistake With his plan completed, Prince Son can no s till noere already abandoned!”
At the end, Old Smoke concluded: “I understand all of this”
Du Wei only sighed but the fat chubby Longbottoave the table a heavy punch
“I auards” Old Smoke’s voice sounded heavy: “I was once loyal to the royal household As long as the royal flag points to a place, I’nity! Yet, I suddenly found out the people I swore my loyalty to all these years didn’t actually deserve my loyalty!”
“I’ to die! But…… I’ to die for someone that abandoned o back to serve the royal family!”