Chapter 466

"The conflict between the royal family and the Duke of Orleans will be transferred to the Duke of Naples. At that time, the royal family only needs to take some compensation from the Duke of Naples and give it to the Duke of Orleans. The conflict can be resolved without having to make new enemies. This is a very good thing for the royal family."

"But... the real criminal may still be at large. If they take action again at that time, it will be another blow to the dignity of the royal family."

Hearing Sherlock's concerns, Orson just smiled lightly.

"Miss Charlotte, do you think the royal family will admit all their mistakes?"

"At that time, the royal family will have many ways to deal with it, and will never let its authority be damaged. You can rest assured about this."

After hearing what Orson said, Sherlock shook his head helplessly.

She didn't care much about political struggles, and she didn't want to understand. After the investigation of the case in Saint Laurent City was completed, she would resign.

Anyway, she helped the emperor to do things, and she had a suitable reason to retire.

At this time, Sherlock suddenly looked up at Orson.

Orson saw Sherlock's action and looked at her in confusion.

"Any more questions?"

"Mr. Orson, do you think of me as a pawn to help you investigate the case?"

When Orson heard Sherlock say this, his expression paused slightly, and then his expression immediately returned to normal.

"No, the reason I did this is just because when I met you that day, I felt that you were capable. After all, you are the only one who is different from other detectives."

Sherlock nodded after hearing this, accepting this statement.

Being used as a pawn is not a good thing, and she is not willing to use the worst idea to speculate someone.

Chapter 112: He definitely doesn't mean this

Sherlock has not thought about the possibility that Orson used her as a tool to help him investigate the results he wanted, but all this is just a guess after all.

If Orson really thought so, then it is assumed that he approached Sherlock with a certain purpose from the beginning, and that he was injured because of chasing him out later, which was just acting in front of everyone.

At least in the reputation of the empire, Orson would never be such a person.

However, if Orson really deceived Sherlock, she would not forgive him either.

The relationship between the two did not deteriorate because of Sherlock's suspicious words, at least on the surface.

...

Duke of Orleans, Paris City.

"My Lord." Sean rushed back to the Duke of Orleans from Saint Laurent City in a hurry. He was so exhausted that he didn't take a rest. He went directly to the Duke's mansion and told Charles, Duke of Orleans, all the results of the investigation of the Saint Laurent City case.

"So, what you mean is... all this is a conspiracy of the Duke of Naples to alienate the royal family and local nobles?" Henry listened to Sean's report, plus the information he had sorted out in the past few days between the present and the past, and thought about it.

According to the variables, there are two main changes in the empire between the past and the present.

The first is the status of the Duke of Naples.

In the previous life, the scandal of Giovanni, Duke of Napoli, was exposed a long time later. When Litt succeeded in revenge on Giovanni, there was no information about Giovanni hiring a killer to kill. It may be that this information was no longer important at the time, or because of the hasty judgment of his father's death, others did not connect Giovanni with this matter.

The second is Orson.

To be honest, Orson is still alive, which is the biggest uncertainty in the world for Henry.

If everything develops as Henry expected, he only needs to provide enough help to Litt, and he will be able to make a potential ally.

Before Henry was poisoned in his previous life, Litt had become the only person in the empire who held two duke positions, and he was also the favorite of Princess Elsa, who had already determined the position of heir. In order to help Elsa ascend to the throne, Litt had a duel with Alsace, and finally Alsace had to give up the right of inheritance.

Henry himself knew that he had no extraordinary talents, and he only had a little understanding of the future direction of the world. However, even this ability to "predict the future" was eliminated by the appearance of Orson.

Although he could change his own fate, he might not be able to influence the entire empire.

At least, he still dared not make any predictions about the current situation in the central empire.

Henry thought for a long time, and finally felt that Giovanni was most likely to do such a thing, so he chose to believe in the empire.

At least if he believed in the empire and cooperated with the empire, he could continue to be the Duke of Orleans.

And if he was still dissatisfied with the results of the investigation, it would be equivalent to continuing to oppose the central empire, and he could not guarantee that other dukes would continue to support him.

As for whether Giovanni was the real murderer of his father, he would know when he was caught and asked.

For Giovanni's trial, he would definitely be the one present.

Thinking of this, Henry thought a lot, and then said to Sean: "Uncle Sean, let's just believe the royal investigation for the time being. We will draw 20,000 people to help them, just to ease the relationship, and by the way, strive for the power to judge Giovanni in the future."

"Okay, I'll pick someone right away." Sean nodded quickly after hearing this.

Before leaving, he suddenly thought of something, and then he asked: "Duke, about what you said before, that Lit will be a key figure in the future empire..."

"What's wrong?" Henry looked at Sean in confusion when he heard Sean ask this.

This is the only thing Henry is very sure of.

Although Lit does not seem to have the sensation of a blockbuster in his previous life, his overall upward trajectory is very smooth. From the first place when he entered the Imperial Academy to the victory of Florence alone, all of them show Lit's potential.

"Well... we contacted Mr. Lit before and expressed our willingness to help him. The other party accepted it, but the other party's request was that we strengthen the security around Mr. Orson..."

"..."Hearing this, Henry frowned.

In the previous life, Orson and Lit could not be said to be enemies, but they could only be said to be incompatible.

At first, when he heard that Orson and Lit were friendly and respectful to each other, Henry thought it was just a disguise between the two people, and there was actually competition between the two.

But now it seems that Lit has really become Orson's little fan?

No!

Henry thought about it carefully, and then shook his head.

"Uncle Sean, since Lit said so, are you really going to do it?"

"Well... of course I still have to come back and ask the Duke for instructions, but since this is your order, it should be okay, right?"

"Uncle Sean, although Master Lit and Master Orson seem to be very harmonious on the surface, in fact, it may not be what we see." Henry said this and explained in front of Sean.

"Think about it, attacking Napoli is such a big thing. Logically, the vanguard should be commanded by the most powerful person. If you were Duke Lucius, who would you hand over the vanguard to?"

"That must be Master Orson..." Sean said without hesitation.

The other party is a military genius who commanded hundreds of thousands of human coalition forces to exterminate the entire orc clan. There are only two possibilities for not using such a killer weapon of this level.

Either they think Orson is more useful in other places, or Orson is no longer favored.

Combined with the will that Lucius had made in public before, it was obvious that Lucius was more partial to his own flesh and blood.

This war against Naples was to make military achievements for Litt, so that Litt could step out from behind the scenes and establish his prestige.

"So... what Mr. Litt said about strengthening security... means..."

"Yeah." Henry nodded calmly when he saw Sean finally understood.

"It's just what you think, Uncle Sean. It's called secret protection, but it's actually surveillance."

"After all, Orson is in Saint Laurent City and has the closest relationship with the royal family. He also lived in the palace before. Mr. Litt must be worried that Mr. Orson will take action."

"I understand! You are worthy of being the Duke! I still can't compare with your experience in two lives." Sean's mind became clearer, and he quickly praised Henry.

Who knew that when Henry heard the second half of the sentence, his face changed and he quickly shushed.

"Uncle Sean, I told you not to let anyone else know about this. Don't mention it anymore. If someone else hears it, we'll all be doomed."

Sean quickly apologized.

"I'm sorry, Lord Duke, I was negligent!"

"Okay, Uncle Sean, you've helped with so many things, and you're busy every day. It's understandable that you forget these things occasionally. I'll remind you later."

"Thank you, Lord Duke!"

After the two chatted for a few more words, Sean left with Henry's order.

Chapter 113: Drink it

Romulus City.

It has been five days since the last exploratory attack on the north wall of the imperial army.

During these five days, the imperial army did not launch another attack, but chose to continue the siege.

In the last siege, only half of the 5,000 soldiers thrown in by Scaloni returned, and the estimated casualties to the enemy were only more than 1,000 people. This kind of loss ratio can be fought, but it is definitely not a beautiful battle.

So, today, Scaloni sent a letter to the city, inviting Giovanni to discuss the evacuation of the people and surrender outside the city.

After receiving the letter, Giovanni accepted Scaloni's invitation, but at the same time required Scaloni to meet him with Lucius and Lit.

The meeting place was set in the east of Romulus City, which was not damaged by the war and was just the right place for negotiations.

At two o'clock in the afternoon, the imperial army had already arrived at the meeting place. After everyone waited for a few minutes, the gate of Romulus City was opened, and three groups of horses galloped out of the city and soon arrived at the negotiation site.

The imperial army only had Scaloni, Lucius and Lit, and Napoli only sent Giovanni, Donny and their guards.

"Long time no see, my old friend." Giovanni saw Lucius and opened his arms to him on his horse, as if welcoming him.

"Hmph, forget about the polite words, Giovanni." Lucius snorted coldly, then looked at Scaloni who was standing beside him.

After all, he was the commander-in-chief of the army this time, and the negotiation issues should be left to him to solve.

Scaloni thought exactly the same thing, and he was scolded by Giovanni just after he rode forward a few steps.

"What are you doing?! Didn't you see the two dukes of the empire chatting? You don't know etiquette, a lackey of the royal family. Do you need me to send you back to your mother's womb to teach you what etiquette is?" Giovanni glared. Looking at Scaloni, the other party was so angry when he heard what Giovanni said, but finally thought about it and decided to give in.

"Duke Giovanni, while I can still call you Duke, open the city and surrender obediently, and tell us everything about your contact with the cultists. This may help His Majesty to be merciful and spare your life."

"Oh, you are just a dog raised by the emperor. Do you think that if I do this, I will still be afraid of the emperor?" Giovanni heard Scaloni's threat and did not take it seriously. Instead, he sneered. A sound.

"You." Giovanni said, pointing at Lucius and Scaloni.

"Do you think it will be easier to deal with me if there are more people? You don't really think you can beat me like this, do you?"

"Otherwise?" Lucius raised his eyebrows when he heard this. "Do you think I'm bluffing?"

At this time, Scaloni came between the two of them on horseback.

"In short, the conditions we have given are that you surrender, give up the title of Duke of the Duchy of Naples, and go to the City of Saint Laurent to atone for your sins. If you don't agree, we will raze the City of Romulus."

Giovanni heard Scaloni's ultimatum, shrugged, and then turned back to look at his son Donny.

"You see, Donnie, your last hope is gone. They don't want to give you the chance to be a duke at all. They just want to deprive our family of power!"

When Danny heard this, he lowered his head in shame.

Then, Giovanni turned his head and looked at Scaloni.

"I'm sorry, your conditions are too stringent. Please forgive me and we cannot accept them."

"Harsh?" Scaloni also frowned.

"So, Duke Giovanni, what you mean is that we can't talk?"

"Yeah." Giovanni nodded.

"Then, don't say it's unforeseen." Scaloni said this, pulled the horse's head, and prepared to leave here.

Lucius also glanced at Giovanni and snorted coldly.

"Giovanni, you have been doing stupid things all your life. I hope this is the last stupid thing in your life." After saying these words, Lucius also followed Scaloni and left.

Lite followed closely behind Lucius to protect his safety.

"Ha, have you been doing stupid things all your life?" Giovanni repeated Lucius's words, sneered, and then took Donnie back to Romulus City.

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Since Downey returned to the Duke's Mansion, he has been shutting himself in his room and never going out again.

Anyway, now that Romulus City has passed the last suppression incident, there will be no major security risks for a while. Even if he doesn't take care of things, his men can still get things done.

The reason why he did this was because he was confused again.

He didn't know why Giovanni took him with him when he went out to negotiate.

Even after a few words of negotiation, there is no progress.

But what Downey heard was enough to make him feel despair.

The empire seemed to have never considered replacing Giovanni in power from the beginning to the end. What they wanted was the complete destruction of the Florence family.