"There are one... two... more than two stalkers." Ashu Rufat said softly.

It must be noted that they had been walking aside just now and spoke lightly, so they were sure that they had not heard the conversation between the two. They did not use words such as "Your Majesty" and "Since" that make people immediately suspicious when they heard it. If someone followed, it was definitely not because of their conversation just now.

"Where?"

"Don't look around, this will make the other party notice it." Ashu Rufate whispered. The little girl immediately returned to her normal walking posture. "Did you meet someone who knows you just now? Just like the little Grufiz last time?"

"It should...no." The little girl's voice was not very certain. After all, she was the queen. If you have seen her appearance, there were no 10,000 or 8,000 in this Eagle City. Of course, unless you are a very familiar or very impressed person, ordinary people will not have too much memory of their faces, but will be impressed by their clothes. The little girl is wearing very ordinary clothes at this moment, and when she appeared in public, she was dressed neatly, wearing heavy makeup, and there were various ornaments.

"No... it's not someone who knows you. If so, the tracking skills shouldn't be so good." Ashu Rufat said softly. "But it seems that although it's tracking, there is no hostility."

"Why do you know there is no hostility?"

"On the one hand, it is intuition, and on the other hand, it is because they keep a stable distance." Ashu Rufate replied. "If you are hostile, there are so few passers-by in this section, which is a good place to take action... Of course, it may also be responsible for monitoring, and the companions are looking for reinforcements. I suggest that we go back, and we have been wandering outside for a long time today... Although we don't have an in-depth understanding, we should have seen the surface situation of the trade zone."

"Well, indeed... business looks very prosperous." said the little girl. "It's full of vitality... no, it should be said that it's full of prosperity... This situation... seems to be different from what everyone said."

"What do you say?"

"Domestic commercial taxes are already very high, and it is difficult for merchants to do business, so if you increase taxes, you must never make any idea about commercial taxes. If you make an idea in this regard, you will drive the merchant out of the country... It will have a fatal impact on the circulation of materials in the country. Compared with this catastrophic consequence, the taxes obtained are simply insignificant... This is probably what it means."

"Anyway, since you have seen enough, let's go back. I don't know what the stalkers behind do, but I'm worried that someone will go to the palace to confirm."

"Okay." The little girl nodded.

...

When Nighthawk arrived in a hurry, several subordinates were waiting for him on the side of the road.

"I'm missing? You're actually missing?" Although Nighthawk's expression was quite calm, his voice was filled with unusual anger. "What the hell is going on?"

"It's like this...Boss," explained a subordinate in charge of tracking. "We follow the target as you said...and then when they came here... they suddenly couldn't find it."

"Can't find it?" Nighthawk asked suspiciously.

"At that time, there were very few people on the road, so we didn't dare to follow too close, otherwise it would be too conspicuous. So we deliberately opened a slightly further distance... We turned the corner and then couldn't see the target... It was this section of the road."

Nighthawk looked around. On the left was the palace wall and ditch of the palace. Unless he had professional tools and superb skills, this side was dead end. On the right was a high wall, and on the other side were several official residences. It was not easy to climb over this wall. There was a spacious but secluded road between the two. Only the roadside was a lonely dry well with a railing slightly conspicuous.

Although these subordinates may not be so reliable, the target they followed was not something like the assassin disguised as ordinary people. Nighthawk looked around and finally stayed at the well.

If you jump from the wellhead, it will only take a moment... But...

They came to the edge of the well. This was a dry well. It seemed that I didn't know how many years it had stood here. Maybe this well had existed when Garunas built the city. Although I don't know why it was not landfilled, to be honest, standing here alone is a bit abnormal no matter how you look at it.

Nighthawk couldn't help but think that maybe there was something mysterious in this well.

"Have you checked this well?" he asked. While saying this, his eyes looked around the edge of the well, and then saw the small pits for people to climb up and down. This kind of thing is normal. Any well has these things, which are dug up and down by the well laying workers.

"Checked." A subordinate replied. "But..."

"Didn't you notice that these places are very smooth and don't have moss?" Nighthawk's voice was cold. "This shows that someone has climbed up and down with these pits recently!"

"We noticed it." The subordinate replied, "There is a secret passage under the well. We found a torch and went down to take a look. But... the secret passage has been sealed."

"Secret passage? I'll go down and take a look."

It is not difficult to climb down the well, and the entrance to the secret passage is also easy. It is a small passage that can only accommodate people crawling with four legs, and is about wide for two people to side by side. The air circulation in the secret passage is OK, at least the torch is burning quite vigorously.

The passage is very straight, so it is easy to judge the direction. This is the one leading to the interior of the palace. At this moment, the nighthawk is already a palace wall above his head.

"It's here." The subordinate who led the way pointed ahead and said, "It's blocked."

There is indeed a dead end ahead. When you touch it with your hands, you can feel that the rock is blocking the way ahead. Whether it is a stone or just a rock formation, in short, this is an obstacle that cannot be passed by human power.

"It should have been a secret passage in the early years," said a subordinate. "But later, due to safety reasons, I blocked the secret passage with stones. In short, this secret passage is no longer useful... Even if someone wants to dig it secretly, it is impossible, because the sound of digging the ground will definitely be noticed by the patrol personnel above."

Nighthawk checked it around and finally had to agree that what this subordinate said was correct. This is a dead end. In other words, why the target suddenly disappeared is still an unsolved mystery.

They climbed back to the ground along the same path.

"So that's the case..." Nighthawk crawled out, sat on the well railing and thought, and suddenly said.

"Boss, what did you say?"

"You bunch of trashers were easily deceived!" Nighthawk cursed fiercely. He had now reasoned out what was going on. But maybe it wasn't this for these subordinates, but the target was too cunning. But this is not surprising. After all, they are all the queen's personal guards, and they are carefully selected smart and capable people, not those simple thugs with muscles and no brains.

"How did we... get cheated?"

"Idiot! Tell you. This is probably the case... When you saw the target disappear, you immediately hurriedly chased over here and searched everywhere, right? But at this moment the target had jumped into the well and hid in the underground secret passage just now. Although this secret passage was abandoned, it was no problem for Tibetans. They changed their coats in the well, and then when you were inquiring about it, they came out of it and left in a big way. I am sure that after you found out that the target disappeared, your first reaction was to panic and search everywhere, right?"

He guessed it right. This is also a person's instinctive reaction in this situation. You should know that these subordinates are relatively naive and can only be used as thugs or bodyguards. Those who are truly experienced subordinates are very busy.

It was a bit regretful that he failed to seize this opportunity, and it should be considered bad luck... Nighthawk raised his head and thought in disappointment. But the next moment, he immediately drove these thoughts out of his mind. No, this is not bad luck, but an obvious evidence that the God of Luck favored him. The Queen sneaked out today, which means that she would definitely sneak out again!

Although I don’t know how the queen entered and exited, the palace itself is located in the center of the Hawk City. In other words, if the queen wants to leave the palace, she must pass through several key entrances. If there are a group of sharp-eyed spies who guard those key positions, then the next time the queen leaves the palace, she will be discovered.

It just so happens that he has no shortage of such spies. Recently, due to the collective "disappearance" of the leaders of the hostile gang, he can easily concentrate such manpower. Of course, it seems not so wise to do so at the moment, because this is a great opportunity to expand the power and annex those gangs without leaders. But compared with this matter, compared with the benefits brought by this matter, controlling the underground world of Eagle City...what is it?

...

It's dawn.

Ashrufat looked at the distant sky intently. Last night was quiet - just like the duty he had experienced in the past. In fact, not to mention accidents, even the movement did not appear. Of course, this is the normal situation for the Queen's bedroom located inside the palace.

"That's just that you think I don't understand anything." He suddenly remembered what the little girl said yesterday. Speaking of which, she really seemed to know something... Well, maybe it's just an illusion. In fact, in this regard, he quite agrees with what Rotia said. No matter what kind of noble bloodline, the age of the bed should still wet.

A slight footsteps came from afar. Ashu Rufate turned his head and saw the old lady, the lover of the little girl's grandfather, who is now a special existence with a transcendent identity in the palace. However, Ashu Rufate now knows that this old woman is far less harmless than she looks. You must know that the reason why the little girl was able to sneak out of the palace was mainly due to the help of the old woman.

Having said that, this mother-in-law came today very early.

The old woman walked along the way, and Ashu Rufate had no intention of blocking her way. Every time in the past, she would silently bypass Ashu Rufate and enter the little queen's dormitory. But this time, the old woman stopped in front of Ashu Rufate.
Chapter completed!