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Chapter 586 The Bird Occupies the Dove's Nest

The appearance of the camera set off a craze in the city of Milan.

However, no one expected that in the Duchy of Milan, the first photo to appear in the newspaper would be the remains of a little girl.

More than ten years ago, a fire broke out in the Rey family's home. The real Billy Rey was killed after being sent to her uncle's house. Her body was buried in the garden, and when the remains were excavated, it could be seen that her neck was twisted unnaturally.

At the same time, it can be clearly seen from the mouth that a tooth is missing.

It was this missing tooth that became the most important clue to solving the case.

The current "Billy Rey" is a fake, and the so-called recovery of the family property is just a show. The property of the Rey family and Mrs. Rey's family has all fallen into the hands of others.

When the news came out, the whole city was shocked.

Frederick was invited to the city's Supreme Court as a reporter, and Archduke Edwards of Milan personally told him about the case that had not been publicly reported.

The jailer demonstrated to the fake Bili how to use more than a dozen torture instruments, and she confessed immediately.

Edwards said to Frederick somewhat depressedly: "Her name is Beian, one of the illegitimate daughters of Enrique, the Doge of Venice. Her mother... has some connection with the royal family. She met Your Majesty when she was three or four years old."

Frederick frowned, guessing that this person's mother should be the illegitimate daughter of someone in the royal family.

The identity of an illegitimate child of aristocracy depends entirely on recognition by their parents. If no one recognizes them, they will be commoners. Only if they are recognized will they have some status.

In the current situation, it is obvious that Beian's parents put pressure on the Duchy of Milan.

Sure enough, Edwards sighed and said, "If it was Enrique, I wouldn't care."

"However, her mother wanted her life to be spared."

Frederick guessed that he wanted something from him, so he kept silent and waited for the next words.

Edwards continued: "This case has a very bad impact. Everyone is worried that something like this will happen to them. The parliament has passed a statement with an unprecedented unanimous vote, demanding severe punishment."

“So, a lot of people are going to die in this case.”

"You arranged a defense lawyer for the defendant in a public trial twelve years ago. We also learned from you here."

"Now Beian's mother wants to save her life, so she hired the best lawyer in the north of the Kingdom of Sardinia, and Enrique paid for it."

"The strategy of these lawyers is very simple. Beian did not kill anyone, so his crime is not punishable by death. For this reason, they will defend the other servants and ask them to avoid death."

"They had good reasons. Beian was just a child at the time. What could she decide?"

"Enrique also gave us a list of names of those who were involved in the incident. Some of them are still in the city. He also promised to arrest those who were sent away and hand them over to us for trial."

Frederick continued to remain silent, knowing what was going on.

The impact of this incident of someone taking over someone else's nest was so bad that the royal family must have put pressure on him, otherwise no one would have died.

Frederick sneered and said, "Governor Enrique and Beian's mother are truly in love."

Judging from Enrique's performance, he doesn't think highly of Bian, otherwise he would have kept him in Venice instead of using him as a pawn.

Spies in any era never had a good ending, not to mention the hostile relationship between the Duchy of Milan and the City of Venice. In this kind of situation, even the wrong person would be killed.

If it weren't for the telegraph, news would have been transmitted quickly, and grass would have started to grow on Beian's grave before the news reached her parents.

It can be inferred that the biggest driving force behind this matter should be Beian's mother. Judging from the fact that Edwards did not reveal her name at all, this person's status is not low.

If the mastermind wants to save his daughter, he will need the city of Venice to send out enough people to handle the case.

Now that Enrique has really handed over the roster, judging by Edwards' performance, it's substantial enough.

Frederick couldn't help but sigh that Enrique was really willing to give, and he probably had some deals going on off the stage that he didn't know about.

Politics in this era is not just about fighting and killing, but also about human relationships and worldly wisdom.

As Frederick expected, Edwards said, "According to their intentions, Bean will be sentenced to exile one thousand kilometers to the north."

After he finished speaking, he awkwardly picked up the teacup and lowered his head to drink tea.

Frederick almost laughed out loud.

The one thousand kilometers of exile is just a fictitious number. No one really measures it. Generally speaking, three or four hundred kilometers is enough.

A few hundred kilometers to the north of the Kingdom of Sardinia is the Rhine Confederation, which was indeed a remote and poor place in the past.

When the Wesson family was still counts, their annual income was 500 florins, equivalent to 500 ores here, which was indeed very poor for the wealthy northern part of the Kingdom of Sardinia.

At that time, exile to the north was like the exile to Lingnan in ancient times in Frederick's hometown, and it was indeed a punishment.

It’s different now. Frederick has risen. If he is exiled to Weissenberg, is it a punishment or a reward?

Obviously the mastermind behind this didn't want his daughter to suffer, so he came up with this idea.

Frederick now has a lot of say in the north. He is the reporter of this case. If he finds that the criminal is eating and drinking well in his territory, he will be angry and kill him with just a word.

"What do you think?" Frederick asked.

Edwards said very seriously: "I hope she will be severely punished." The city of Venice has deployed long-term spies in the Duchy of Milan. No one has ever suspected her before. If she attacks at a critical moment, it is unknown how much damage will be caused.

This is simply shitting on the head of the Duchy of Milan, and Edwards, as the Grand Duke of Milan, naturally cannot tolerate it.

Frederick had no particular opinion of Bian.

In terms of appearance, there was no shortage of beauties around Frederick, and the same was true after he came to Milan. Bian did not stand out among them.

In terms of talent, Bian has some talent in business, but if Frederick posted a job advertisement in Milan, more talented people would fill the streets outside the gate.

Frederick thought for a moment and said, "I have a new estate in the dark land in the far north. I can let her go there."

The iron ore in the Grouse Forest is to be mined. The railway survey team of the Ministry of Railways was formed after Frederick returned to Hammer City, and it should have started work by now.

Frederick described the environment there.

The coldest temperature in Milan in winter is only a few degrees below zero. Edwards couldn't imagine what it would be like with a floor-thick layer of snow. He looked back and forth between the ceiling and the floor several times.

There is also the polar night. Edwards really couldn't imagine how people could survive without seeing the sun for several months.

Finally Edwards said, "Just exile there."

Then he added: "That place is too terrible. How about this, we sentence her to be a slave and sell her to the exile place, and you buy her, and when she earns enough money to redeem herself, she can regain her freedom."

"This way I can have an explanation."

This is also a common practice here. After all, it costs money to send people to a place of exile, and selling them there can at least make up for the round-trip fare.

The problem is how much the ransom money is. Many people cannot earn this money until they die, and some buyers even refuse to pay.

Frederick nodded in agreement.

He asked about the other people's situation.

The espionage activities were all done by people in the Chamber of Commerce. Beian's two maids were from local honest families. The housekeeper was the mistress of the gangster boss who escaped from Citrus Island. Like the other gardeners, coachmen, and cooks, she did not engage in espionage activities and was acquitted.

These days, the so-called legal system is just a word from a big shot, an agreement is reached between big shots, and a trial is just a composition.

Edwards and Frederick reached an agreement at 9:30 in the morning. The court opened at noon to try these people first. The verdict was completed before the end of get off work at 5:30 in the afternoon and neither the plaintiff nor the defendant appealed.

In recognition of Frederick's reporting, the court awarded him all the property of the Rey family.

Frederick only kept one house for his own use, and gave the rest of the shops and other properties to the merchant who lent him the house.

The Rey family mainly does business between the nobles in the White Mountains in the north and the Venetian Chamber of Commerce in the southern ports, and its core asset is its network of contacts.

Frederick did not value the hard-earned money, so he returned the favor by doing a personal favor, letting people know that there were great benefits in being his friend.

After dinner, Beian was escorted to Frederick's residence.

Beian breathed a sigh of relief when he walked into the house through the small door.

She was always worried that she would be tortured to death and couldn't sleep or eat because of this.

Now being sold to Grand Duke Wesson is the best outcome. I have never heard of any bad deeds against him before.

She believed that with her beauty, she would be able to gain the favor of Grand Duke Wessen in the shortest possible time, which would also be considered as completing the original goal.

Aleppe sent Beian to the servant's room with an expressionless face and left.

Bei'an saw three maids here, one was short with a chubby face, one was slim with long legs, and one had a sweet and lovely face.

Before she could say hello, Kale shouted, "Squat down and put your hands above your head!"

Beian didn't react at once, and the sweet and lovely maid Asparagus came over and pushed her down, and handcuffed her hands above her head.

The long-legged maid Rapunzel said to her, "Little bug, from today on, you are a low-level slave of the Wesson family."

Kale then said, "Garlic is your lifelong code name. Get to work!"

After they finished speaking, they took the garlic to the bathroom.

The Liberty Society was well versed in espionage activities and determined that Garlic would continue his previous actions of lurking around Frederick.

So they made a plan to give Garlic access to Frederick only at night, and to do other things during the day.

For example, he asked her to renovate the house that once belonged to her and now belonged to Frederick, and sell her old clothes, jewelry, and furniture.

The Freedom Society judged that after the news spread, someone would contact Garlic, and if they could catch fish, they would do so. If the fish were too slippery to catch, they would let them continue to pass on the news.

By then, Garlic would have slept with Grand Duke Wesson, and she would not be able to produce any useful information. That would be a lot of fun.

So Aleppo said to Frederick in all seriousness: "Sir, please take good care of the garlic in the coming time, and we will arrange for someone to see it."

"We will send her to Weisenberg before arriving in Diberri and hand her over to the person you designate."

Frederick was speechless and didn't want to talk.

(End of this chapter)