Thales couldn't help but frown:

"They...are so powerful?"

"You are too young!"

"Then, why didn't they expose me? Instead, they cooperated with me in acting..."

"What's the benefit of exposing you? It makes you really angry and flips the table with them?"

"Then why don't you just talk to me and cooperate with me directly?"

"What's the point of begging you to cooperate? On the contrary, they can only pretend to be deaf and dumb, put on airs, and look like they are reluctant to force it." Heilai said coldly, with a contemptuous tone, "In this way, they can

Taking advantage of the conditions negotiated by a fool like you - as if you owe them a favor!"

Thales froze on the spot, speechless.

"The same goes for that old man with a shaved head," Heeley said with a solemn expression. "When you left his intelligence book, but refused his help, and even refused to let him come to find me in the corpse tunnel, he probably noticed something.

Clues."

She glanced over, her eyes like knives, cutting through Thales' defense:

"Otherwise, do you really think that someone as smart and sophisticated as him, who has been in the Emerald City for decades, would dare to reveal his true feelings and tell the truth in front of a powerful person like you?"

Thales was speechless.

All right.

Maybe……

"You said, those people before," the prince thought about something, said with difficulty, "Hasha, Dusuan, and even local officials such as Melahovich and Seychelles...how many people saw it?"

Hilley watched him silently.

"That Seychelles knight, according to you, messed up that arrest and has a lot of responsibility. He should be anxious to find me and Cassian and win back the victory," the eldest lady said helplessly, "But the same

, what did you tell him, 'No need to look for it', 'There are no shortcuts in politics', and then he really obeyed and stopped looking for it? Gave up? Didn't send the Emerald Legion to pursue it again? In front of you, at least in front of the entire Emerald City.

Just to show off?"

Thales frowned and thought for a moment:

"No...no, it seems not."

The Seychelles knight was uncharacteristically...obedient?

Wait, that means...

"And the successor of the Grand Inquisitor, Judge Ibonin, you said that when you lied about the coming wrath of the kingdom, he was the one who took the lead every time and said what you didn't say?"

Thales turned his head numbly:

"Ah...yeah."

Hearing this, Xi Lai looked at him faintly, and after a long time, he let out a long sigh.

"I understand. There must be quite a few people you've met who have seen through the 'misleading'."

Thales was shocked:

"What? Then why are they still..."

"Because they are smart enough to know that they cannot expose you."

Xi Lai held his face and shook his head helplessly, looking like a child who cannot be taught:

"Because they not only see the benefits and acting, but also the determination you show by doing this - the determination not to be controlled by others, not to be a supporting role for the two Iris."

Thales was slightly surprised and blinked.

"If it's reached this point and there are still people who want to oppose you," Heeley snorted disdainfully, "then maybe it's time for them to stand up and accept your determination head-on."

Thales was stunned.

What's the meaning?

Everybody knows.

Everyone pretends not to know.

Everyone...

"snort."

After thinking about something, he spoke quietly, with a hint of complaint in his words:

"South Coaster."

At this moment.

"Hahahahahahahahahaha..."

Sad laughter sounded, and both of them turned their gazes to the captives on the ground.

"Coming and going, topsy-turvy..."

Lausanne II closed his eyes:

"This is politics, this is... destiny."

Thales and Hilley looked at each other.

very good.

finally.

We talked so much and analyzed the situation for so long.

Finally, this incompetent master took the initiative to speak.

Now, how do we get him used to speaking, communicating cooperatively, and finally conveying what we want?

Thales nodded to the girl from Kevin Deere's family, who coughed:

"By the way, who taught you this method? Your counselor?"

"Yes, my counselor taught me. His name is Anonymous."

This time, Shilai really frowned, puzzled:

"who?"

"Haven't you heard of it?" Thales was elated, "The treasure of South Coast legendary literature, the author of "The Records of the Emerald Mysterious City" is anonymous!"

Hilley frowned.

"Okay, no more joking."

Thales coughed:

"But does the book I'm talking about really exist? It was handed to me by the Foreign Secretary..."

Historically, the relationship between the 'Eight Finger' King Horace and the then Duke of Iris, Cork, was bad, and they were at war with each other. Seeing that a war between Eternal Star City and Emerald City was inevitable.

But the king and the duke, who had disliked each other since they were ten years old, and became sworn enemies as adults, in the storybook, because of the clever strategies of Prince Hyman and Miss Regina, they fell in love when they met.

Suddenly he wakes up, turns enemies into friends and reunites, stops the mobilized war machinery, and allows hundreds of thousands of people to return home the same way they came.

Do you believe it?

Thales snorted softly.

The voice in his heart said disdainfully: Is it possible?

Stories are just stories after all.

However, if the legendary story of "Emerald Mystery City" has traces to follow and is not groundless...

If the legendary prince and princess really played a role in it and left their names in history...

The most likely explanation is...

Thales has sharp eyes:

Long before the sworn enemies of the King and the Duke understood each other, Heyman and Regina took action in advance, running back and forth, manipulating and swaying, to deal with various forces and groups inside and outside the Emerald City, and reach an agreement and unified position.

In this way, we can make the final decision when admonishing the monarch and prevent the disaster of war.

As for Horace I and the Duke of Cork, the reason why they agreed to withdraw their troops and turn their hostilities into friendship may not be because of their conscience and family affection, wisdom and wisdom, but simply because they had no choice but to do so.

Because they truly saw the attitudes and positions of all forces in the country behind the actions of this pair of children.

When no one on either side of the enemy wants to go to war, if they, as the lord, still insist on giving orders and must promote the war by themselves for their own selfish interests, they will neither get support nor make any profits.

, will only fall into a quagmire of internal and external difficulties, unjust acts and little help.

Similarly, hundreds of years later, as long as Thales and the others have figured out the major forces driving the Emerald City forward, clarified their attitudes and positions, and can use them for my use...

Even if we don't reach an agreement directly with the two Iris, or choose sides between Kongming Palace and Fuxing Palace, we can still eliminate the storm.

And avoid getting into a mess.

Thales concluded with emotion:
To be continued...