Chapter 132 Thorough Investigation of the French Guard (Asking for Monthly Votes)

Marat stopped writing and looked up at Desmoulins: "Camille, you know that the rumors about those shameless officers will only miss out on their evil deeds, and will almost never be unjust.

"Besides, what I wrote was only 'maybe' and 'there are signs'. The officers will not be convicted of this. The military police will definitely investigate specifically. Wouldn't it be great if evidence is found?"

He continued to write a report letter: "What I regret most is that the Impartial Investigation Office has no spare power to investigate those bastards in the army."

Yes, after Joseph learned that the military police would be responsible for reviewing the French Guards, he immediately began the next step of response.

He first asked Fouche to hand over some black information about French Guard officers to Marat, much of which he had heard from the officer named Tiroux when he was investigating the shelling of the farmhouse.

With Mara's character, he naturally could not tolerate these evil officers, so he immediately launched an investigation. As expected, through his own reporter channel, he found out more dirty things about the officers - and it was indeed "benefited" from the corruption in the old army. Corruption and violence are so common that a quick search will reveal them.

Then Joseph "accidentally" told Marat that the Minister of Justice and the military police were currently investigating the officers on a large scale, and maybe they needed some clues.

Marat immediately and generously told the Minister of Justice what he had learned about the officer.

Over at the French Guards barracks, the gendarmerie department had to re-investigate officers who had previously completed their review.

The Minister of Justice and the second captain of the Queen's Guard were watching, and it was not easy for them to openly show favoritism, so in less than three days, some clues were actually found in some of the reports.

The military police had no choice but to invest more manpower and energy and launch a larger-scale investigation...

In this way, until nearly half a month later, the review of the first batch of nine officers has not yet ended.

There are more than 200 middle and senior officers in the entire French Guard, and there are 700 to 800 junior officers.

At present, these people are imprisoned in the military camp, waiting nervously for the review that will come at any time. However, the more anxious they are, the slower the review speed becomes.

This feeling of having a knife hanging over your head but never falling is the most painful.

Moreover, these officers used to have at least 8 hours of free time every day and could go to Paris to have fun at any time. But now they are sitting in the barracks, let alone balls and women, and even eat only the rough food in the barracks. To them, it's no different than going to jail.

Soon, rumors began to spread in the military camp, saying that because of the attack on the crown prince, the queen had spread her anger on the French Guards and was preparing to exile all the officers.

Of course, this news was also spread by Joseph.

The officers, who were already in panic all day long, had long lost the ability to calmly distinguish between truth and falsehood. Few people questioned these rumors, which became increasingly exaggerated.

As a result, the officers began to show their talents and frantically contacted their contacts to find a solution. Almost half of the military aristocracy was alarmed.

The Duke of Orleans also heard about the situation in the French Guards barracks, so he had to find the Minister of War Saint-Priest again, promising to increase the "activity funds" and asking him to keep those officers-these people were all under his command. The support of the army.

The Marquis of St. Priest did not dare to accept this "windfall" this time because he had no way to do anything about it now.

In recent days, many influential military nobles came to say hello to him, or wrote personal letters, urging him to complete the French Guard review matter as soon as possible.

If it were an ordinary case that not many people knew about, he would have done it in private, but the situation in the French Guards had to be reported to the Queen every day, and reporters did not know where they got the letter reporting the officers. Now major The newspapers were full of reports about investigating officers.

With so many eyes staring up and down, even if he wanted to do something, he couldn't find a way to do it...

That night, in an officer's villa in the southern suburbs of Paris, Saint-Priest was thinking hard with several senior officials of the Gendarmerie Department when the aide-de-camp of General Astou from the Gendarmerie Department knocked on the door in a panic. A few words were whispered into the ear.

Astu suddenly looked shocked: "Really?!"

The attendant grimaced and handed over a newspaper: "General, it has been published in the newspaper. It is said that the Minister of Justice has also received evidence."

Saint Priest and others looked over quickly: "General Astu, what happened?"

Astle looked gloomy and said: "Have you heard about the fact that a farmhouse in the southern suburbs of Paris was shelled last month and two people died?"

Several people around him nodded.

Astu pointed to the newspaper: "There is news that this was done by people from the French Guard, and then the blame was put on the Paris Police Academy. It seems that Breteuil has received the evidence."

Early the next morning, hundreds of protesters gathered outside the French Guard camp, demanding severe punishment for the murderers of the Axel couple.

This is because the military camp is relatively far from the city, otherwise there would definitely be more people coming to protest.

The shelling incident had caused a lot of trouble before, but it was deftly resolved by Joseph using crisis public relations. At this time, the boomerang hit the French Guards, but they had no means to deal with it.

Based on the clues received, Breteuil asked the military police to find the cannon that the Police Intelligence Department had found to actually bombard Axel's house, and arrested all the gunners responsible for operating the cannon.

After the interrogation, the gunner, who had been in a state of tension, quickly confessed and confessed his officers, and finally implicated Major Theodore, the second battalion commander of the French Guard Artillery Battalion.

When the news came back, the whole of Paris was shocked. People took to the streets and angrily demanded that Theodore and other murderers be hanged.

At the same time, many people gathered outside the Paris Police Academy to apologize to them for having wronged the police academy before.

The Paris Police Department, despite being wronged, helped the Axel family repair their house and provided thousands of livres of assistance. The reputation soared.

For a time, the Paris police almost became a model of "caring for the poor" in people's mouths. Even when patrolling, their heads were raised higher than usual.

The number of young people who came to the police academy to register that day exceeded 500. Frient, the dean of the police academy, had to temporarily close the enrollment entrance.

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Palace of Versailles

Berthier carefully glanced in the direction of the prince's bedroom, nervously tidying up his appearance repeatedly, feeling quite uneasy.

Although he has not yet taken office, he is also the battalion commander of the French Guard. I wonder if the prince will be angry with him because of the poor protection of the guard this time.

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