The prisoner's demeanor, tone, and way of speaking were completely different from before. If his face hadn't changed in any way, it would be easy to mistake him for a different person.
He's not going to pretend to be a jailer anymore?
Erlan and Leonhart fell into silence.
Fortunately for Erlan, after a short period of thinking, he had sorted out the general context. However, Leonhardt, whose reaction was relatively slow and the clues in his hand were a little short, was completely confused.
However, the two people's movements were very consistent, and they all looked at An.
"Reintroduce yourself." An said calmly, as if everything was under control, "If you continue to say that you are a jailer, then you can stay here forever."
"King, please calm down, it's just a villain who is doing his own thing."
The prisoner was about to kneel again, but An kicked him in the knee.
"That's it." There was no emotion or anger on An's face.
"Yes!" The prisoner lowered his head slightly and said cautiously, "The villain's name is Xiu En. His family lives in a small village in the empire. His father and mother are both in good health..."
He seemed to be a bit chatty, and he described his family situation in great detail, which perfectly matched the identity currently used by the real jailer.
Obviously, he wasn't lying.
Xiu En's expression looked like the sky was about to fall, nervous and frightened. After An noticed it, his expression softened a bit.
He said: "You don't behave like an ordinary villager who has been practicing somewhere?"
Lecco's reform of the empire naturally included education, but it was limited by various conditions. Although it was a great improvement compared to the past, the current educational resources were not enough to support a small border village. The villagers have too high literacy.
Seeing that An was not angry and her expression had calmed down, Xiu En's expression immediately changed from gloomy to sunny.
He explained briskly: "Thanks to you, there is a school in a town not far from our village. I studied there for several years. After I came out, I followed my own hobbies and became a drama actor. , followed the troupe around the world, and during this period came into contact with many books..."
Is it all self-study?
"You are very talented and work hard." An praised from the bottom of his heart.
Under such conditions, to achieve this level of literacy through self-study, talent alone is not enough. You also have to go through hard and long time. Without enough perseverance, it is impossible to persevere.
"Thank you... thank you for your compliment!" Xiu En's face turned red with excitement.
Erland immediately understood that this was another fan of the Prince Regent.
It seems that Xiu En's previous behavior was not all disguise.
Leonhardt looked at Ann and then at Ellan, feeling that they seemed to have anticipated the confusing current situation, and he was the only one who was still confused.
Shouldn't the man in front of me be the killer sent by the mastermind behind the scenes to silence him? Why do you feel like one of your own now?
If he is not an enemy, then where do we go to interrogate for clues?
If he was one of our own, why did he take the blame for killing the former guard captain?
Leonhardt felt dizzy. He tapped his head with his fingers and asked Xiuen directly: "Why are you pretending to be a jailer?"
Xiu En looked over and then said respectfully: "Your Highness..."
Hearing his name, Leonhardt suddenly woke up and interrupted quickly: "What did you call me?!"
Leonhardt overreacted, and Xiuen said unconfidently: "You...you are the king's younger brother, you should indeed be called His Highness..."
His words surprised Erlan and An, and cold sweat broke out on Leonhardt's forehead.
As mentioned before, due to various coincidences, not many people in the empire knew that Leonhardt was a member of the royal family, and most of them were close ministers of Lecco.
Leonhart's true identity is not the key, even if the mastermind behind the scenes knows it, it doesn't matter. With the real power Leonhart currently holds, announcing his true identity will only further consolidate his power.
Even if it will have a certain impact on Liliana's status, with Leonhardt's full support, this wave will only be a drop of water falling on the lake.
In terms of public opinion, Night Crow is here, so Leonhardt doesn't even need to worry about it.
If the mastermind really does this, not only will it not cause confusion, but it will also narrow the scope of suspects - but this is only when the few people who know Leonhardt's true identity are the ones who know it.
But now, Xiu En, an ordinary person who seems to be an abandoned son, knows the true identity of Leon Hart. What does the mastermind behind the scenes want to do?
Reveal Leonhardt's identity?
It's useless. Even if the other party spreads Leonhardt's true identity on a large scale, it will only have a negative impact, but it will not help them at all. On the contrary, it may be good for Leonhardt...
Leonhart shook his head, cut off useless associations, and asked directly: "Who told you my identity?"
Xiu En became more and more confused: "It's... the secret envoy you sent."
"Me? Emissary?"
The word emissary made Leonhardt immediately think of Night Crow.
But that's not right. How could Ye Crow find an ordinary drama actor?
Remembering that he had just interrupted Xiu En, Leonhardt said, "I'm sorry, please say it again from the beginning."
Xiu En, who wondered if he had made a mistake there, hesitated for a moment before speaking.
The story goes something like this:
A year ago, a man who claimed to be the secret emissary of the Guards approached Xiu En and asked him to help with a secret mission.
At first Xiu En did not believe this person, but the other party said that the completion of this task would help the return of Regent Lecco. The Imperial Guard Captain Leonhardt was promoting the progress of this task, and also revealed that the current guard captain was actually Lecco's younger brother.
Leonhardt's rapid rise to power had many people believing that there was some connection between him and Leko. The "Emissary"'s remarks confirmed this, and he quickly gained Xiuen's trust.
The mission given by the emissary is to exchange identities between Xiu En and the real executor of the secret mission, and while serving as a jailer, find a way to find out from the imprisoned former guard captain whether there is anyone behind him.
If the former guard captain dies in prison, Xiu En needs to temporarily shoulder the responsibility so that the emissary can find the real murderer.
Afterwards, the secret envoy will rescue Xiu En.
Out of respect for the regent and personal excitement, even though there were logical loopholes in the emissary's words and he didn't reveal even half of the content of the secret mission, Xiu En subconsciously ignored them and nodded in agreement.
During the time that Xiu En was alone in the prison, he gradually calmed down. He thought of the abnormality in the words of the "Emissary" many times, but the actions of the escort to protect him made him believe the words of the Emissary. Now that An has arrived, he is even more convinced of the existence of the secret mission, which is why he started to act out the scene with An and his friends.
"..."
Erlan looked at Xiu En for a long time before he had to believe that the other party was not lying.
But if Xiu En is also an innocent person who was deceived, everything will be back to the original point. If you want to find a breakthrough, you can only start with the real jailer.
Thinking of the fact that their group came here with great determination, but ended up with nothing, the three people, including An, were inevitably a little discouraged.
Seeing the gloomy atmosphere among the people, Xiu En finally realized that he had been deceived, feeling guilty and worried.
Leonhardt noticed and said: "It doesn't matter, I will let you out. But for your safety, it is better to wait until the matter is over."
Xiu En scratched his head and said, "I'm worried about the elderly at home. Although I was deceived, I made a mistake after all, and I deserve to be punished. But I'm worried that Wright... who is the task executor mentioned by the liar, will do something to me. It's not good for my family. I haven't told my family about it, and he looks like me..."
"He was also deceived..." Halfway through Erlan's words, he suddenly felt something was wrong.
He glanced at An, who had a similar expression.
What is the reason why the mastermind behind the scenes tried so hard to deceive?
Just to protect an illegitimate son of the Rebain family?
Is he that important?
Judging from the current results, we can only draw one conclusion: the real jailer has this value to the mastermind behind the scenes...
"Did you imitate that person in the way you spoke just now?" Miku, who had been silent all this time, suddenly asked Xiu En.
The other three looked over.
"Ah...yes, I spent some time learning from him. Now that I think about it, I have been in contact with him for a while, and I really don't feel that he is a bad person..." Xiu En then said with some envy, "Living in the Imperial Capital is OK, I once played the role of Wang in a play related to Wang. Although the response was okay, I always felt that my way of speaking was not the same as mine. I felt that his was somewhat similar..."
"It seems that you all admire him." Miku paused and then said, "Have you ever had plastic surgery?"
"Of course not!" Xiu En jumped up anxiously, "I got the opportunity to play the king just because of this face. How could I have plastic surgery?!"
Miku nodded, turned to look at An, and pulled An's face while Xiu En was stunned.
"Don't you think his face shape is a bit similar to yours?"
Seeing the confused three people, Miku explained: "It may not be obvious without makeup, but I'm sure that with makeup, we can become very similar... Well, maybe you will look a little more mature than you are now."
"..."
Seeing Xiu En, who was proud and nodding his head because of Miku's words, An immediately figured out the reason. He was a little happy. Under Xiu En's shocked eyes, he rubbed Miku's hair affectionately.
Erlan gave Miku a thumbs up.
Leonhardt's thinking was slow for a moment, but he quickly figured it out, with a horrified look on his face.
"His purpose is..."
