When they first see the scales on Jude's arms, many people don't realize what they actually mean.
After all, what happened back then was too far away for them, until Li Yu spoke a name.
"—Enriquez."
The expressions of many people had just changed. This powerful family, which had ruled the Western Territory for thousands of years, had brought huge trouble to Alexander, the founding emperor of the empire, and even had the upper hand in the confrontation.
In the end, as Count Philip "Snowclaw", then the head of the Figuerola family, rushed thousands of miles to help, he was wiped out in a battle that was known as the Blood Dragon's Wail for later generations.
It is said that Earl Philip immediately ordered the execution of all the Enriquez clansmen in the city, young and old, male and female, after he breached Dragon Flame City, the home of the Enriquez family.
After this bad news reached the front line, João, the head of the Enriquez family, was devastated and lost his former composure. He was defeated and died not long after.
Since then, the Enriquez family's bloodline has been almost completely lost.
The few children of the family who were lucky enough to survive had no choice but to become bandits. After the Figuerola family began to rule the Western Region, they and their next vassals hunted down the remnants of the Enriquez family for hundreds of years.
In order to completely eliminate future troubles, the Figuerola family simply put a price tag on each head from the Enriquez family, and specifically stated that they only wanted corpses, not living people.
This bounty directly turned the descendants of the Enriquez family into money bags with long legs, making them fearful no matter where they went. They could not find a place to stay, and they had no reliable allies. Always on tenterhooks.
Soon the members of the Enriquez family, the former lords of the Western Territory, were either killed or fled the Western Territory through all kinds of hardships and never came back.
It has been almost three to four hundred years now, and the blood of the Enriquez family has never appeared in this land.
Yin Leya couldn't help but exclaimed, "No wonder you have been living in the wild and don't have much contact with others. It turns out it's not because of the injury on your face, but because of your identity."
Jude said calmly, "Snowpaw and his vassals are very ruthless. Not only did they massacre my people themselves, but they also asked the descendants to continue killing them. They have been killing for more than nine hundred years and have not stopped. That said The reward is still in effect. For the sake of my own life, of course I have to be cautious."
After Jude finished speaking, he looked at Li Yu again, "I still don't understand how you discovered my identity."
Li Yu said, "I did not think you were interested in the Enriquez family at the beginning. I just simply suspected that you were an insider."
"How do you know it was me who put the note?" Jude raised his eyebrows.
"Someone once said that when you eliminate all wrong answers, no matter how incredible the remaining one is, it is still the truth. Indeed, you are very careful. More than a month has passed since you posted the note. They all stayed calm and didn’t make any more moves.”
"It's because of you." Jude didn't hide it. "Others may not know your abilities, but I have witnessed you talking to the supreme being behind you. I have seen you summon an iron bird that can fly and control thunder and lightning. With Guangming, I simply don’t know and can’t guess what magical means you will use to deal with me, so the best way is to do nothing.”
"Well, this move is indeed very useful." Li Yu also admitted, "I am well prepared. As long as you take action again, you will definitely not be able to escape."
"But since I didn't do anything again, how did you find me?" Jude was puzzled.
"I have been reviewing the videos these days, which are the actions and images you left behind. I have not been able to find any suspicious people, but it is not without gain."
Li Yu said, "I noticed one thing, that is, every time Yin Leiya meets with the knights or officials below, you will be there."
"This is the agreement between Yin Leiya and me." Jude said, "She paid me to hire me to put on airs for her, to help her frighten those ministers who see her as young and feel lazy and don't do things well. Why, what's the point of this? Problem?"
"No problem at all, but I recalled another thing. Before the note appeared, Yin Leiya was meeting the Trinidad knight. At that time, the Trinidad knight came from his fief in a dusty state and came to Yin Leya reported on the movements of the lizard men, so you should be there at that time."
Li Yu didn't give Jude time to answer, and continued, "Yin Leiya was very angry after the incident. She gathered everyone in the castle and checked one by one to see who had entered that room after she left. He went into the room, but in the end, except for Alisa, basically everyone else’s suspicions were ruled out.”
"Then shouldn't you doubt Alisa?" Jude said calmly.
"I had doubts. After all, she really entered the room after Yin Leya left, but I really can't find her motive." Li Yu said.
"So I asked Yin Leya to remove the guards sent to monitor Alisa, in order to make the real internal response anxious. However, you have always been able to keep your composure. During that time, there were even some outrageous rumors spread in the castle. Come.
"It is said that the person who put the note can fly over walls, or is a ghost that no one can see, because only this can explain why no one saw him enter and leave the room."
"Of course I didn't believe this rumor, so I needed to find a reasonable explanation. When I reviewed the whole thing again, I discovered another detail that I had overlooked before.
"The note was found under the table. This is very unreasonable. When you want to scare someone, of course you have to put the thing that scares her in the most conspicuous place. It is best to be able to scare her at a glance. Only when she sees it can it bring her the greatest fear.
"The reason why the note was under the table instead of on the table is probably because the person who wrote the note was unable to leave it on the table. Not long before the contact note appeared, Yin Leiya had only met Trinidad. Knight, a bold idea came to my mind.
"——Could the note be secretly thrown on the ground after the meeting? This would explain why no one saw the spy entering or leaving the room at all, because he left with Yin Leiya early in the morning."
Jude was silent for an extra long time this time before speaking again.
"Is that when you started doubting me?"
"Attention, to be precise, I noticed you. In fact, the first thing I suspected at that time was the Knight of Trinidad. You are indeed disguised very well. You are a wandering warrior who was disfigured by an accident and has a withdrawn personality. He only cares about money. He calls himself a farmer. Son, no one knows you can actually read.
"Compared to you, the educated Trinidad knights are obviously more suspicious." Li Yu said, "Especially when I asked Fausto later, those lizard people came earlier than in previous years, so I became more suspicious. This is just an excuse made up by the Knights of Trinidad, just to enter the castle and drop the note, causing suspicion and confusion here."
