I, the prince in distress, send money

Chapter 22 The situation escalates

Wyatt Kash Vernal, with a few strands of white mixed in his jet-black hair, was wearing a soft silk nightgown and lying on a reclining chair. Warm sunlight shone down from the transparent glass ceiling, enveloping him.

During the cold winter, Vernal loved to lie in the glass house after breakfast every morning, reading some miscellaneous books or handling some unimportant government affairs.

The sound of steady footsteps came from behind Vernal. The familiar pace made him realize who it was almost immediately.

Two loyal palace guards appeared from the flowers. They were wearing bright silver plate armor and blue cloaks, and held swords in their hands. They stopped the palace steward, Meredith, and made him stop five steps away from the King of Bohemia.

"Your Majesty, I have something to report."

Vernal didn't respond immediately. He opened his eyes and stared blankly for a moment, speculating with interest about Meredith's report. After a few minutes, he raised his hand from the armrest of the recliner.

The four eunuch attendants standing in the corner of the glass garden immediately ran forward quickly and silently. Each of them grabbed a corner of the recliner, and the four of them worked together to make Vernal turn 180 degrees smoothly on the spot and face Meredith.

After doing this, the four eunuch attendants backed away.

"what's up?"

"Last night at two in the morning, an assassination occurred in Noble City."

"Oh, who died?"

Vernal was not surprised and did not take Meredith's report seriously. The main reason was that although the security inside the noble city was very strict, there were many turtles in the shallow water, and when the nobles gathered together, trouble was bound to happen.

Things like assassinations basically happen every year in the Noble City, and seven or eight noble children or heads of families die every year.

This was also the main reason why the Bohemian Emperor established the City of Nobles and drove those real nobles and court nobles into it.

It would be better if they fought. If they didn't fight, Vernal would have to suspect whether these guys who gathered together in harmony wanted to change the emperor.

It is not scary if subordinates fight among themselves. It means they need a referee, an emperor to judge them and uphold justice for them.

But if the nobles united, the Bohemian Empire would have to be renamed the Bohemian Republic.

The relationship between the nobles can only be observed from a distance and not seen up close.

The general meaning is that nobles who are far away can have a good relationship, but if they are close, they will definitely become enemies because of their interests, values, and other messy reasons.

Therefore, Vernal was not anxious about Meredith's report, but rather felt a little happy.

The emperor's position was further consolidated.

But Meredith's next words disappointed Vernal.

"No one died. The person who was assassinated was the Grand Prince of the Bagniya Kingdom."

"Oh……"

Vernal felt quite sorry, but he soon sensed something strange.

"Was the Bagnian musician assassinated? Did he offend someone when he came to Neama? Or is it that the equipment of the infantry regiments that are about to be transferred only exists on paper and is not actually in the warehouse?"

Meredith lowered his head. He knew what the emperor meant by this.

Does the latter mean that someone is corrupt?
Then, in order to cover up his actions, the corrupt officials staged the assassination, hoping to divert attention and buy time to settle their corruption accounts.

"No, Your Majesty, although there are indeed some discrepancies in the quantity and quality of the infantry regiment's equipment, these are only minor issues and do not constitute a crime at all."

Meredith reported to the Emperor implicitly that there was indeed a problem of corruption in the weapons and equipment transferred from the national arsenal.

However, the warehouse official was only a minor corrupt official and didn't dare commit a major crime. Therefore, it was only a minor issue and didn't require the Emperor to make a big move. Vernal's expression was calm, making it impossible to tell what he was thinking about the matter.

"Who, then, assassinated the musician?"

“The Neyama police have launched an investigation into the incident, but… they are afraid to investigate.”

"kindness?"

Vernal's keen sense immediately made him alert.

"Why don't you dare to check?"

"At the scene, patrolmen and police officers not only killed one assassin and captured another alive, they also found three rifled flintlock rifles...firearms specially provided for the peace doves."

Vernal's eyes narrowed, emitting a dangerous light. Meredith felt a little frightened, and he hurriedly explained.

"I've checked the serial numbers of these three firearms. They are all weapons equipped to the Black Pigeon. The Black Pigeon equipped with these three rifled firearms is currently out of contact.

And the two assassins at the scene were definitely not doves of peace."

Meredith quickly passed the buck.

"So, what's the truth?"

"I request Your Majesty to allow the Dove of Peace to participate in the investigation of this assassination."

"permit."

Vernal looked directly at Meredith, his face expressionless and his tone calm.

“I need the whole story, especially the reason why these three firearms appeared in the assassination.

I don’t care about the life or death of the Bagniya musicians, I just want to know whether Neyama’s peace doves have lost control.”

Meredith suddenly lowered his head with a terrified look on his face. He knew that people would die in this incident, and many people would definitely die.

The dove of peace is a tool of spies and assassins created by the King of Bohemia. Its purpose is to deal with the feudal aristocracy that is too powerful to be controlled within the empire.

And when this dagger is turned against its owner, its sharpness becomes the main reason for its destruction.

Those three rifled flintlock rifles should not have appeared in the Noble City last night. They and the Black Pigeon Team they were assigned to should have been silent and had no mission.

Now these three flintlock rifles have been used, and the three black pigeons are missing. Whether they are dead or alive, it means that they have been used by someone for personal gain.

The eldest prince of Bagnia is dead, and that's it. There is a young prince in the city of Neama who can take his place.

But the dove of peace was out of control, which was what touched the nerves of the Bohemian Emperor the most, because it meant that someone had reached out and grabbed the hilt of his sword, and was quietly corroding the latter's authority.

This is the main reason why the patrols and police in the noble city did not dare to investigate further after discovering the three flintlock rifles.

They couldn't investigate, nor did they dare to. If they didn't find anything, Vernal would exile the entire family of all those involved in the case to the border.

No matter what is found out, the people involved will definitely be killed by the emperor, but before they die, they can definitely kill the investigators and their entire families.

The appearance of these three flintlock rifles caused the assassination to escalate into a political incident.

(End of this chapter)