Chapter 225 Assassination

After the secret talk, Karl von Slote hurriedly left the palace. As the emperor's chief adviser, his salary was not low, but it could not support the luxurious life he wanted.

Thinking of this, he couldn't help but fall into a dream. A luxurious carriage pulled by four pure-colored horses was sitting in front of a well-dressed young coachman driving, three or five beautiful lovers gathered around him in the carriage, and he was traveling with twenty elite guards. Such a life was simply perfect.

Back to reality, Slote looked at the black carriage in front of him, the four lifeless mottled horses, the unkempt old coachman, and the two younger generations of the family who had lost their way. He sighed and stepped into the carriage helplessly.

In the carriage, Slote was still studying how to overthrow Baron Diehl and what method could be used to drive Franz's family out of Vienna.

The carriage was driving on an empty street at night. Suddenly, with a long neigh from the horse, it braked suddenly. Slote hit his forehead and immediately bled.

"What's going on?! Why did you stop the car! My head, hiss."

But before he could wait for the driver and the guard to answer, a huge impact followed. A huge log hit the carriage directly. Baron Slote hurriedly escaped from the carriage, and then a high-speed carriage rushed towards him.

At the same time, Baron Dill, who had been in a trance all night, decided to go out for some fresh air. He lit a cigarette and savored the aftertaste of the moment. Although Queen Anna was 36 years old, she still had her charm and was still a beauty in some aspects.

You should know that smoking is prohibited in public places throughout Vienna, not to mention the palace. But Baron Dill felt that he had the right to do so. After all, even the emperor's women were his playthings, not to mention the law.

As the residence of the emperor, the Hofburg Palace was already heavily guarded, and the successive murders of the maids around the queen made the defense level soar.

Of course, the secret between him and the queen could not be discovered by others, and he investigated every maid in the queen's bedroom to ensure that there was no mistake.

Baron Dill believed that Mrs. Sophie's revenge would not be endless. The previous revenge was just a demonstration. Soon the two sides would negotiate and the crisis should be resolved.

Dill was a smart man, but such people were often very conceited. He would not leave any evidence in the palace, and the cigarette butts were naturally placed in a special box.

Baron Dill opened the box as usual and prepared to put the cigarette in it to extinguish it. He smelled a strange odor, but he didn't take it to heart.

But as the cigarette butt entered the bottle, the spark ignited the nitroglycerin in it. Although the amount of nitroglycerin in the bottle was not much, the power was beyond the imagination of people at that time.

A large amount of gas (nitrogen, carbon dioxide, water vapor and oxygen) is produced in a very short time, causing the temperature to rise rapidly to over 3000 degrees Celsius and the pressure to be greater than 2000 atmospheres.

With a bang, Baron Dill was blown up by the explosion of the small bottle and hit the wall heavily, with countless glass fragments embedded in his body.

When Queen Anna's guards heard the explosion, they hurried to check, only to see that the elegant baron was now a bloody mess. He wanted to say something, but the blood foam blocked his throat and he could only make a gurgling sound.

Queen Anna heard the news that Baron Dill was stabbed, and she hurried out to check. When she saw the miserable state of the man in front of her, she fainted on the spot.

The rest of the people were a little at a loss, because Baron Dill was Queen Anna's attendant, and his family was also a famous family in Austria.

The death of such a great man in the palace should be reported to the emperor and the Regency Council immediately. However, the death of a naked man at the door of the queen's bedroom for unknown reasons makes people feel very difficult to deal with.

In order to assassinate this smart aide, Adjani can be said to have racked her brains, although Franz's order was to let her deal with Baron Diehl and remove the queen's minions.

But Adjani felt that it was still necessary to cut the grass and root it out, and of course she would not go against Franz's wishes.

So she found a way to have the best of both worlds. Since this thing called nitroglycerin is so dangerous, if Baron Diehl accidentally blew up the queen, then all the blame would be borne by this speechless dead man. Isn't it beautiful?

Franz was not interested in knowing how Baron Diehl died. He just didn't want this person to live in the world, not only because Baron Diehl spread rumors about himself, but also because this person's life might continue to shame the royal family and the empire.

Frankly speaking, Franz did not think that Queen Anna would have too much ambition. She must have been instigated to become what she is now.

As for the possible retaliation, Franz did not think that Queen Anna had the ability to retaliate against him and his family. Her power came from the emperor, but Franz II had restricted the emperor's power when he was dying.

So Franz felt that as long as her claws were pulled out, there was no need to pursue the matter.

Because the British in this world line were much more difficult than he thought, Milos, who was supposed to be taken to Sarajevo, had become Canning's guest of honor.

Metternich's original intention was to use Vucic (Russian agent) to make Milos disappear from this world.

However, after a series of transactions between Britain, Russia and Austria, this "Balkan Lu Bu" fell into the hands of the British.

Although Franz did not think that Serbia alone could threaten Austria, this fly that kept jumping back and forth was really annoying.

With the support of the British, perhaps Milos could really win the Serbian chicken-eating competition. But the Ottomans and Russia would not want this guy who kept jumping back and forth to regain control of Serbia.

As for assassination, it is theoretically feasible, but it is too difficult to operate in practice. The main reason is that people with many enemies are usually very careful, and Serbia is not within the Austrian Empire.

The most important thing about assassination is intelligence. Only by fully understanding the target can the best plan be formulated. If an intelligence agency is really established for Milos, Franz feels that it is not worth the loss, and he has no one and no energy to do this now.

The news of Karl von Slote's car accident did not attract the attention of government officials. The main reason is that the wheels of carriages in this era are still made of wood, without tires, and there are no shock absorbers such as springs, and accidents often occur due to some small bumps.

In addition, no matter how humane horses are, they are still animals, and animals can suddenly lose control.

If there is another carriage coming from another direction at this time, the accident can easily turn into a tragedy.

And everyone knows that Baron Slote is a face-saving man. His carriage is obviously very old and worn out, and the driver is also old, but he still insists on riding his own carriage without money, and refuses to pay to hire a rental carriage.

The cost of keeping a carriage in this era is very expensive, and many nobles cannot afford it. For example, the famous French writer Mr. Balzac was once crushed by a four-wheeled, four-seat carriage and could not even pay a tip.