Chapter 171

The two then came to Odysseus.

"You are here..." Odysseus looked at Elsa and Orson. Although he had just experienced some unpleasant things, he still managed to squeeze out a smile.

"Well, Father, regarding the subsequent investigation, my thoughts are somewhat similar to those of Young Duke Henry. We'd better conduct a thorough investigation into the underground forces buried in the Imperial City."

"Well, this is feasible." Odysseus nodded, there is no problem at all.

"However, we still need to discuss how to check specifically and where to start." After saying this, Odysseus looked at Orson aside. "Has Mr. Osen also joined the investigation team?"

"Well, Her Royal Highness the Princess invited me."

"So, Mr. Orson, how much do you know about the underground forces in Saint Laurent City?"

"Have heard a little bit."

"So, in your opinion, is it possible that one of those underground forces planned the assassination of Duke Francois?"

"Probably not." Orson said, shaking his head. "If they can successfully assassinate the Duke, it proves that they can also pose a threat to the safety of the royal family. I think that with your wisdom, Your Majesty will not allow such an uncontrolled underground force to exist in Saint Laurent City. "

"As expected of Mr. Orson, you are very smart." Odysseus couldn't help but praise.

From the beginning, it was unlikely that this incident was planned by the local underground forces in Saint Laurent City.

It is very likely that an expert from outside sneaked into the city of Saint Laurent and then assassinated Francois.

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The city of Romulus.

The Duke's Residence.

A man in black placed a wooden box on Giovanni's table. The latter took the wooden box, opened it and took a look.

"The white iris on a blue background seems to belong to the Tulus family." Giovanni said with satisfaction. "Francois?"

The man in black nodded calmly.

"At that time, his guard was the weakest and I was the most confident, so..."

"I know." Giovanni nodded. "Otherwise, what you want to take is William's head, right?"

The man in black nodded again.

"Did you take his heart?" Giovanni stroked the coat of arms of the Tulus family with his fingers, and then asked.

"Yeah, but...not good enough."

"I know, I can't help it, but after all, this is the Duke's heart." Giovanni smiled.

"Okay, you can rest for a while. I will arrange a task for you after a while."

"I see."

The man in black said this, walked to the corner, and then disappeared into the shadows.

"Well, if you raise a dog, you will only continue to recognize you as its master if you keep giving it food." Giovanni said with emotion.

Chapter 76: Exposed

"Mr. Zenit, recently... the situation on the front line is getting worse and worse." In the basement, Downey looked at the blond man in front of him, his expression full of worry.

"Are all the cities north of Florence about to fall?" Zenit looked at the battle report in his hand and sighed.

"Master Downey, it's not my fault, but judging from the current situation, there is no possibility of us making a comeback."

"So, that's the only way to do it, right?" Donnie said hesitantly.

"Well, that's the only way we can plan now."

"..." Danny was silent for a long time, and finally nodded.

"I know, I'll do it."

"Well, Master Downey, those who want to achieve great things must know how to give up. Only when you know how to give up something can you get something better, can you succeed."

Donnie didn't say anything, turned around and left here silently.

Zenit looked at Downey's back and showed a meaningful smile.

A few minutes later, the door to the room rang again. Zenit thought that Donnie had forgotten something. As soon as he walked to the door, the door panel was blown open.

A cloud of dust instantly rose up throughout the basement, obscuring the view.

Zenit himself was directly hit in the chest by the flying door panel, and a mouthful of blood spat out from his mouth.

"Tsk..." At this moment, he ignored the pain in his body and raised his head to look in front of him.

A dark figure was standing at the door, wrapped in black cloth, with only a pair of eyes exposed.

And those bright red eyes staring at him looked at him as if they were looking at a dead person.

Sure enough, was he discovered?

Zenit barely supported himself from the wall.

"Your Excellency, there is no enmity or enmity between us. Why do you treat me like this?"

"You... deceived Downey, the Duke asked me to kill you." He spelled out a sentence hoarsely, and the voice was simply not human-like.

"Haha, it turned out to be true." Zenit actually showed a smile after hearing this.

"In this case, you can take my life. Anyway, I'm here and I can't escape, right?"

"..." After hearing what Zenit said, the other party didn't waste any more words and rushed forward...

At this moment, Donnie had just got on the carriage home.

After returning home, Downey took out the poison Zenit gave him.

He came to the kitchen, poured a cup of coffee into the cup, and then looked at his face reflected in the cup.

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At this moment, Donnie, who was reflected in the cup, was nervous, with a trace of sweat on his forehead. His hand holding the poison bottle was also shaking slightly.

"No, all this is necessary. My father did such a wrong thing. I am eliminating harm for the people."

Donnie's body was shaking. He whispered to himself to cheer himself up. When he finished speaking, the poison in his hand had all been spilled into the coffee.

Fortunately, the dosage of the poison itself was not large. After sniffing it with his nose to make sure that the smell of the poison would not be smelled, Donnie brought the coffee to Giovanni's office.

"Father, you must be tired. This is the coffee I just poured for you downstairs." Donnie suppressed his inner fear and made himself look as normal as possible, saying with a smile.

It was his greatest effort to speak without shaking his voice.

"I know." Giovanni said so, took the coffee, blew it on his lips, and pretended to drink it.

Donnie looked at Giovanni's every move, and almost stared out of his eyes.

At this moment, Giovanni seemed to suddenly remember something and put the coffee down.

"By the way, Donny, did you put sugar in this cup of coffee?"

"Ah... I should have."

"I can't smell it, bring it down and add some for me."

"Well, how about you take a sip first to see if the taste is right?" Donny said softly.

"..." Giovanni was silent, he raised his head and stared at Donny.

That look, as if he could see through what Donny was thinking.

"Donny, tell me the truth." After staring at each other for a while, Giovanni spoke.

"What?" Donny asked in confusion.

"Did you really want me to drink this cup of coffee just now?"

"Father, what do you mean?" Donny was completely panicked. Could it be that Giovanni saw something from his actions?

"Did you poison the coffee?!" At this time, Giovanni slapped the table and stood up.

"Father...Father, why...why did you say that?" Donnie was frightened and took two steps back, leaning against the door, staring at Giovanni in panic.

"Why did I say that? Don't you know?!" Giovanni crossed the desk and took the cup of coffee with him.

"If this cup of coffee is not poisonous, come, drink it for me!" He handed the coffee directly to Donnie.

Donnie couldn't hold the cup of coffee, and the quilt fell directly to the ground, turning into a pile of broken pieces.

"What? You can't even hold a cup of coffee? You still want to inherit my position like this?"

The scene in front of him was something Zenit had never told Donnie, but it was indeed the situation Donnie faced the most.

Once his father got angry, he was like a child who couldn't resist in front of him, even though he was now an adult, even though he had the strength to resist his father.

"Yes...I'm sorry, father, I disappointed you..." Donnie's body trembled, and he lowered his head and couldn't stop apologizing.

"I... I didn't mean it. I, someone just told me so, so I..."

"So you? Do you think you're doing the right thing?" Giovanni looked at Donny with wide eyes, stretched out his hand and slapped him directly.

The crisp sound echoed in the study.

"I thought you were getting better before, but you're still like this. You're still a child who can't grow up in front of me, a useless waste, no matter how I teach you!" Giovanni returned to his desk angrily.

"I know where you've been running these days. I've sent someone to get rid of the person who helped you behind your back. From now on, you can't trust anyone." Giovanni said with his hands behind his back.

Donny was shocked at this time.

It turned out that Giovanni knew about Mr. Zenit's affairs a long time ago.

"I can tolerate your being obsessed for a while, but you have to remember that we are in the same boat. Even if I die, you will still not have a good end. Do you think that the royal family will not bring up the old accounts of what you did for me after I die?"

"In this era, only fists are the hard truth." Giovanni said this, as a warning to his children.

"If there is a next time, I will not care about the blood relationship between you and me."

"Go away." Giovanni said this last, and Donnie fled from the study.

Chapter 77: It was him?

Donnie returned to his room in a daze.

From childhood to adulthood, he has always lived under the shadow of Giovanni. He must do whatever Giovanni asked him to do, otherwise he will be beaten and scolded.

If you listen to your father, you will be rewarded, and you can become the most dazzling person among your peers. If you don't listen to your father, you will get nothing, but lose a lot.

This is the value he has established since childhood.

The first collapse of his values ​​occurred when he followed his father's orders and tried to sow discord between Litt and Orson. At that time, he thought that the cleverness he learned from his father could successfully alienate the two brothers, but in the end he was outmaneuvered by Orson and lost the opportunity to continue studying at the Imperial Academy.

But that was nothing. After returning, Donnie was arranged by Giovanni to go to the best university in the Duchy of Naples to continue his studies. When he was in the Imperial College, his little followers also transferred here. He was still the arrogant young man he used to be.

Until the Duke of Antica and the royal family launched an attack on his family, this trust in his father was broken again.

Even a man like him knew that the Duchy of Naples could not defeat the coalition forces of the royal family and Antica, and his father had not been able to turn the tide of the war during this period.

If he believed his father again, his end would obviously be to be sanctioned by the coalition forces together with him, and even his life might not be saved at that time.

In order to maintain his current life, Donnie could only find another way out and choose to listen to Zenit's method and get rid of his relationship with his father.

However, it now seems that his every move is still under his father's eyes, and his self-proclaimed conspiracy has actually been under Giovanni's eyes for a long time.

He sat on his sofa, supporting his head with both hands.

What just happened contained too much information.

First of all, Giovanni had discovered the matter between him and Zenit. Perhaps Giovanni had already noticed it when he first accepted Zenit as his confidant. Everything that followed was to test Donny to see if Donny would attack his biological father for his own benefit.

The result was obvious. Donny really wanted to poison Giovanni for his own benefit.

So, did he fail in his father's test?

Donny lowered his head and pondered.

At this moment, he had no time to care about Zenit.

At this moment, he suddenly remembered that Zenit had left him a letter, saying that he should open it when he was confused.

Zenit was his confidant, and he believed that Zenit's actions were for his own good. Otherwise, he would not have risked his life to persuade him to poison his father to take the throne.