Compared to a "family", the "bloodline" of a vampire clan has stronger internal cohesion and centripetal force. All members are more or less related by blood, and even those odd jobs are basically related.
In such a vast bloodline territory, there are very few complete "outsiders".
It is a big deal if a "traitor" who betrays information appears in such a group! Moreover, the traitor may be of a high status.
Lilith is right. This is a very serious matter both publicly and privately and must be taken seriously!
"Then self-discipline is necessary," said a gloomy congressman.
"Don't be soft-hearted."
"This is just one of the necessary actions. Simply eradicating the traitor is only a temporary solution, not a permanent one." Lilith glanced at the man and added:
“If we want to eradicate the hidden dangers, we must find out who is behind all this, what their purpose is, and who their supporters, protectors, and accomplices are.
"If necessary, we should not shy away from seeking help from outside forces, such as the other bloodlines that are close to Guige, such as the adults in the 'Eternal Night Castle'..."
"Mr. Blood Speaker Nasdaq has arrived!"
Suddenly, a shout from outside the lobby door interrupted Lilith's narration and the communication of all the parliamentarians.
The congressmen suddenly fell silent, stopped talking, stood up solemnly, turned to face the door, and saluted respectfully, saying:
“Welcome to Speaker Nasdaq!”
Amid the unanimous compliments from the crowd, an old figure walked step by step from the corridor outside the door into the lobby.
Chapter 520 Not Good
The second chapter will be uploaded later, try to get it before midnight.
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In the Moonlight Empire, in a mansion in the core area of the "Guige" bloodline territory.
A dozen "Blood Senators" who control the bloodline are gathering in the meeting hall "Moonlight Chamber", planning to discuss in depth the inside story and response strategies of the attack on Lilith and her daughter.
But before they could discuss for long, the arrival of an old figure made them all stand up in silence and bow respectfully to each other:
“Welcome to Speaker Nasdaq!”
Amid the unanimous welcome of more than a dozen Blood Councillors, a skinny, gray-haired old man, supported by a waiter and leaning on a cane, walked out of the door of the meeting hall.
This person looked very old. Even the standard black hair of vampires had turned completely white. His red eyes were no longer as bright as those of young people, but had settled into a slightly dull wine red.
Obviously, even by the standards of the long lifespan of vampires, he was already very old.
"I heard that you were discussing the possible existence of a traitor in our bloodline?"
The old man, wearing a simple black robe and leaning on a cane, walked unsteadily to the round table and asked in the slow tone unique to the elderly.
Because he was too old, his back was very hunched, making his height not much taller than the top of the round table.
"Mr. Speaker, we are discussing countermeasures in this regard." Lilith straightened up and nodded affirmatively.
The old man called Nasdaq glanced at everyone in the hall, his slightly cloudy eyes rolling around, as if he was thinking about something.
After more than ten seconds, his eyes stayed on Lilith and he said slowly:
"By the way, Lilith, was the letter for help you passed to us tampered with?"
As he spoke, he reached his arm tremblingly into his robe, fumbled for a while and took out a letter. The wax seal on the letter was printed with the family crest of the Guige bloodline, but it had been cut horizontally.
"Yes, Mr. Speaker." Lilith's face became a little serious, and she said in a deep voice:
"I clearly wrote a request for the bloodline to dispatch a 'Bloody' favored person to come for support, but the actual escort team did not come. Moreover, the leader of the escort team said... this was arranged by you personally."
Nasdaq, who had just taken out the envelope, looked up at her and said:
"That's strange. I personally opened and examined the letter. Before it was delivered to me, its sealing wax was intact, and the spiritual seal you set showed no signs of damage. Logically, no one should have had the opportunity to intercept and tamper with it."
"What?" Lilith didn't seem to expect this to happen. She was slightly stunned, then her eyebrows knitted together, and she said with an incredible look:
"This... this is weird. Could it be that the spy in the bloodline is so powerful and high-ranking that... he can remove the seal of the envelope without leaving any trace, and can also do these things without anyone noticing?"
"I say, Lilith, now that I've said this, you don't have to hide it anymore, right?"
Unexpectedly, Nasdaq's aging face showed a clear expression of anger and blame:
"I have been in charge of the bloodline for more than a hundred years. How can I not guess what you little kids are thinking?"
"...Ah?" This made Lilith even more confused. She said with a confused look on her face:
"Mr. Speaker, what do you mean?"
"Alas...young people nowadays..." Nasdaq's face, which was full of wrinkles and age spots, showed an expression of regret, as if he was expressing regret or anger:
"Since you are so stubborn, it's no wonder that I told the truth to everyone."
Nasdaq's words immediately attracted the attention of all the congressmen present. They were of course confused, but their instinct and intuition told them that what the speaker was going to say next was very important.
Curiosity prompted these leaders of family bloodlines to take a few steps forward and surround Nasdaq, wanting to hear his words more clearly.
Lilith, who was equally confused, said nothing. She just watched the Blood Speaker in front of her hand the cane to the waiter, and she took out a folded piece of letter paper from the opened envelope with both hands and unfolded it in front of everyone.
The contents on the letter were displayed to everyone.
Although Nasdaq didn't say anything, everyone realized that he wanted everyone to read the contents of the letter, so more than a dozen high-ranking vampires poked their heads out and carefully read the beautiful handwriting on the letter.
"What on earth..." Lilith also read the words on the paper again.
There was nothing wrong with the letter paper itself, it was the standard internal communication letter paper of the Guige Bloodline. The writing format and the code used for verification were also completely gentle, and even the handwriting was exactly the same as her own writing habits.
However, the content was quite different from what she remembered. The paragraph applying for the transfer of the dependents had disappeared, but the context was naturally connected, as if she had never written it.
"Mr. Speaker, is there any problem with this?" Lilith felt a little uneasy, but asked anyway.
"Lilith! Why are you still quibbling?!" Unexpectedly, Nasdaq got angry and threw the letter paper and envelope on the ground, pointing his finger at Lilith's nose and scolding:
"The letter you wrote for help clearly didn't mention any request for a favored person! You're lying!"
Lilith was somewhat confused by the other party's scolding, and subconsciously wanted to defend herself:
"But, Mr. Speaker, I have said before that there are spies within the bloodline who have intercepted and tampered with it—"
"Spy? Which spy can forge the sealing ceremony you set up yourself?!" Nasdaq didn't even give her a chance to explain, and shouted angrily:
"You are a favored one of Chu Yu. The seal you set contains the aura of divine grace bestowed by the great Ancient Moon. If you want to restore the exact same traces after unsealing, you must at least be a favored one of Chu Yu, and you must be a Chu Yu at the peak level!
"Where did our Guige bloodline come from? Not to mention a favored person of this level!"
"This……"
Lilith was stunned and stood there at a loss. This was an extremely rare situation for her, who had sat on the seat of Blood Councillor for many years and whose character had been fully tempered.
"Lilith, do you know what you are doing?! Deliberately framing bloodline members and slandering innocent people as traitors who betrayed the bloodline. How filthy is your behavior?! It simply brings shame to our Guige bloodline!"
Nasdaq was obviously furious. His pale face was covered with a layer of angry blood. His withered body was shaking violently as he yelled at the top of his lungs:
"I don't know what you think, but to falsely accuse a compatriot is such a vile act! I'm making it clear here. If you still insist on your wrongdoing... ahem..."
At the end of the story, perhaps because he was too emotional, his old body could not bear it. He could not help but stop scolding and started coughing violently, which prompted the waiter beside him to rush forward and pat his back, saying comfortingly:
"Master, please calm down. Your health is the most important thing..."
The huge meeting hall became extremely quiet as Nasdaq's scolding ended.
Apart from the old man's intermittent breathing and coughing, no one else made any sound.
The Blood Councillors surrounding her all looked at Lilith with disbelief, their eyes changing from surprise to deep disgust and suspicion.
"me……"
Lilith had never expected things to develop in this direction. She stood there with a frozen expression, not knowing how to react.
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Chapter 521 Not Good
As expected, I couldn’t catch up with twelve o’clock…
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Most of the space was in dimness, with only a faint cold light from the ceiling illuminating the moonlit meeting room. But inside the moonlit meeting room, it was so quiet that one could hear the breathing and heartbeats of the dozen or so people.
Lilith felt that the strange gazes of the people focused on her were becoming more and more intense, and all kinds of complex and sharp emotions were revealed without any concealment.
If Blood Speaker Nasdaq had not been present, and everyone had maintained restraint with basic courtesy, she had no doubt that these people would have exploded on the spot.
But even with Nasdaq in charge, the sentiments of the lawmakers were clearly palpable in the atmosphere.
It was an extremely complex emotion mixed with hostility, vigilance, disgust, aversion and questioning.
But without exception, all of them were unfavorable to Lilith's situation at the moment.
The lady who served as both the Blood Councillor and the mother lowered her head, staring blankly at the letter that Nasdaq had thrown to the ground. The side with the words on it was facing upwards, and she could clearly see every detail on it.
Lilith was extremely shocked and read the letter carefully several times. It was undeniable that it was her own handwriting. Even some of the habitual strokes, outlines and beautifying touches were exactly the same.
The similarity is unnatural.
what happened?
If the spy in the bloodline is proficient in calligraphy and graphology, it is not impossible for him to forge such content... But the problem is, the content can be imitated, but the sealing mark she set personally cannot be imitated, right?
Just as Nasdaq said, she is a favored person, and a favored person at the "Out of Mud" realm. Only people at a higher realm than her can forge a mark carrying the aura of the "Ancient Moon" god.
But there is no such person in Guige's bloodline.
Not to mention those who are favored, even if the scope is expanded to all the strong people who have reached the "out of the stasis" realm, the highest realm is only the middle stage, which is similar to himself. How can he reach the peak of the stasis?
At this moment, Lilith even began to doubt herself. She was a little worried that her mental state was very bad due to maintaining the seal for a long time and the fatigue from the long journey, and that her memory was wrong in her confusion.
She thought she had written a request for a beneficiary in the letter she sent out, but in fact there was no such thing!
She really doubted herself for a moment!
"Ugh……"
Nasdaq, whose breath and emotions gradually calmed down, saw that Lilith was speechless, and sighed deeply, his expression showing helplessness:
"Lilith, you are indeed very smart, but your intelligence should not be used in places like this!
"As the new Blood Councillor, you are eager to increase your influence and power in the bloodline. I can understand that, but relying on such crooked means of slandering fellow citizens to gain support and fame is ultimately evil!"
His hoarse and low voice broke the pin-drop silence in the meeting hall, and his tone was full of earnest advice, as if he was advising a younger generation who had done something wrong to turn back.
To be honest, Lilith herself was a little shaken.
She stared at the floor, feeling all kinds of looks coming from all directions. She didn't argue or refute, because she knew that in the current situation, no matter whether it was her problem or not, no matter what the truth was, it would be meaningless to speak out.
Nasdaq, the speaker of the Guige bloodline, was clearly against her. As a new member of parliament with an unstable foundation, what could she do even if she was a favored one?
Besides, as it stands now...she really seems to be in the wrong.
Calm down...think...
The mind, which was confused by shock and excitement, quickly cooled down and calmed down.
Don't argue... don't resist... otherwise you will only muddy the waters...
First get through the current situation, then investigate carefully and think seriously, find out what the facts are, and then plan the follow-up arrangements. It’s not too late...
"Ha ha……"
Seeing that Lilith hadn't said anything yet, Nasdaq smiled bitterly, took the cane back from the waiter, leaned on it, and gently dropped it on the floor a few times before speaking. This time his tone was a little softer, not as sharp as before:
"I'm sure this is your first time making a mistake. It's normal for young people to make mistakes, and it's human nature to have some crooked thoughts occasionally.
"Besides, as a favored member of the Guige bloodline, you have the grace of the great 'Ancient Moon'. In addition, your previous work and performance have been diligent and conscientious. It can be seen that your original intention is not bad, but your thinking has gone astray for a while.
"Young people are easily influenced by external temptations. This is understandable. I won't blame you."
At this point, Nasdaq's expression revealed a bit of kindness, as gentle as a parent doting on his child.
The congressmen around were somewhat dissatisfied, because according to the current trend, Nasdaq obviously did not want to give Lilith too severe a punishment.
But accusing fellow bloodline members of a crime and attempting to attack innocent people of the same clan, how could this be brushed aside? To put it in a broader sense, it would be perfectly fine to accuse Lilith of attempting to split the bloodline.
According to the normal intensity of rewards and punishments, depriving all rights, severing all relationships, destroying all strength, and expelling bloodline territory are the minimum punishments. Even if the person is executed directly, no one will have any objection.
Just because she is a favored one, born with special and powerful powers, can she enjoy such privileges?
