Public trial?You deserve it too!

"That's because... His Royal Highness Augustus is doing his best to cover up."

The man sighs.

"Your Highness knows very well that if His Excellency Leichter finds out about this, he will definitely come forward to obstruct it, so he personally opened the door for me, blinded Leicht from the inside, and blocked many information channels on his own initiative. , if it weren't for this, I wouldn't have been able to keep the First Prince from doing these things until now."

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【……teacher? 】

'...What the hell, I was so frightened by this kind of idiot that I fought wits and courage with the air for a long time? '

Claude's heart was full of fluctuations, and he even wanted to punch Augustus in the head right now.

'It’s true that I’ve done a good job for me. I originally thought that the first prince joined forces with Leicht to suppress the nobleman and the second prince. Gutenberg is a pawn that is hidden very deep. At the most critical moment, the eldest prince's promotion path was cut off - the result was that one was pure and against the sky, and even the prime minister candidate and teacher sent by the emperor could take the initiative to renounce virtue; The family picked up from this mess to toss this lot. '

[Maybe this is the so-called 'He fell down before you even made a move'? 】

’ But I’m very upset, you’re right, if the opponent’s chess is higher than the opponent’s, it’s fine to press me and make me exhausted—the opponent is purely stupid to death, and then I have to find it for the opponent. With a reasonable reason, he meowed. As expected, the reality was even stranger than the novel. '

The system heard that Claude's tone was full of mania, as if he wanted the whole big news.

'Augustus, you get off the stage of the imperial capital for me, you don't deserve to come here--letting you stay in this chess game is a shame for me, no matter who you are All the chess pieces, get out immediately, I will get angry when I see you. '

【... What are you going to do? 】

'How to do it?It's not easy, doesn't Leicht know it?Then we just let him know - as a courtier trusted by the emperor, he will definitely not sit idly by like this Barr family member. When the conflict between him and Augustus is over, the end of the eldest prince will come. '

Claude snorted coldly and put down his pen.

"So you mean, His Excellency Leichter doesn't know anything about it?"

"I think so, if your Excellency really knew about this matter, or even just discovered a little clue, he would definitely come to question me first-this is what I hope, but he didn't, whether it's you or Lai Sir Hitt, for more than a year, no one came to me, so I have been to the point where I am now..."

Gutenberg covered his face, with boundless pain and frustration in his voice.

He really regretted it. If he had known that his actions would have such terrible consequences, he would have gone to Leicht on the first day he received the mission, and told him everything, instead of making troubles like this This point caused irreparable damage to the empire.

"Then, go visit Your Excellency Leichter and tell him the whole thing."

"What... what?"

The man looked at each other blankly, unable to react for a while.

"I said, you go to His Excellency Leicht and tell him the whole story about you and His Highness the First Prince colluding with the Merchant Alliance for smuggling."

Claude said word by word.

"But, but if you do this, won't His Excellency Leicht... make him..."

Gutenberg's voice slowly dropped.

This incident will make Leichter angry, very angry, and then he will first scold and punish him, and then go to His Royal Highness Augustus.

Then what?

Whether to break with His Highness, or to take the initiative to tell His Majesty the Emperor - the consequences of these actions have already occurred.

His Highness Augustus is no longer the Crown Prince, and the power center of the future empire has completely closed the door to him.

"I think you have already realized that the result is already doomed, and it is meaningless to do any behavior related to the 'process' at this time."

Gutenberg lowered his head, the other party was right.

"Then why...why do you want me to do this?"

"Because, His Highness is always His Highness, even if he does such a thing, even if he can no longer touch that position, he is still the eldest son of His Majesty the Emperor—even we must handle it properly. balance. We don’t want to cause too much reaction, and we don’t want to do it incompletely, you are a smart person, you should be able to understand my intention.”

Claude's voice was calm and unhurried.

Gutenberg nodded, dealing with the prince is always the hottest fire.

The other party did not want to cause too violent a reaction, because they wanted Augustus to step down peacefully, so that the means of the Imperial Intelligence Bureau would not need to be too extreme, in order to prevent His Majesty from suddenly thinking about the past and feeling that these people were too harsh on his son. Lead to loss of life.If he didn't want to do it incompletely, it would leave the eldest prince with the possibility of a comeback, so that once the other party took power again, it would be difficult for these people to leave a dead body.

"Originally, we thought that you were acting as a pusher of external forces to deceive Your Excellency Leicht while revealing the secrets of the eldest prince's smuggling. In this way, starting from you, we can give everyone a passable explanation—— But now we have discovered that all of this is only caused by human greed and luck, so you, the 'culprit', are not enough, at least not a reason for the Intelligence Bureau to save face for His Majesty the Emperor. So we need a new reason now."

Claude said lightly.

"As a hand that reveals [the truth] to the civilians of the empire, His Excellency Leicht's identity is very appropriate, isn't it?"

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"Are you going to bring this matter to the light?"

Gutenberg looked up at the robed man sitting across from him.

"Yes, the impact and harm caused by this incident are already great enough, let Your Excellency Leicht expose this incident to the surface."

As Claude said, he put away the paper and pen.

"Since you are not an undercover agent sent by some other force, there is no need to deal with it specially. I will leave you with a dead body."

Gutenberg's hands trembled, he already knew that he would inevitably meet such an ending, but at this moment, he was still not worried about himself.

"...Then, can this matter end with me? All these things were done by me alone, and have nothing to do with others."

"It depends on your actions—and His Majesty's attitude. I can't make any promises to you."

The man nodded silently.

"Since you can understand, it's great—I think this may be the last time we meet, Mr. Gutenberg, I wish you a good appetite tonight."

Claude got up, nodded slightly, then turned and left.

It was only then that Gutenberg realized that from the time the person in front of him came in to the time he left, no one noticed anything unusual and came to report or inquire.

A chill that originated from his heart permeated his limbs and bones.

"Imperial Intelligence Bureau... It turned out that I underestimated them too much, which led to today's catastrophe..."

Gutenberg propped his hands on the table and stood up slowly.

"I've got to think about it... what should I do..."

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Claude walked on the street, took off the strips of cloth wrapped around his arms, neck, and all exposed skin, and threw them on the clotheslines, and then the robe was also hung by him. on a stick tied to some cattle.

【that's all?You have nothing else to say to him?He didn't instruct him to do anything, just let him tell Leicht about it, and that's it? 】

"That's enough, what else do you want him to do?"

Claude walked through a dark alley, casually hammered a few thieves hiding inside, and asked refreshedly.

【Hmm... For example, to get him and the business alliance channel, aren't you planning to let Shire contact the business alliance?Maybe that can come in handy too. 】

"How can his channel be used? You have to know that the secret to doing this is speed and secrecy. Before the Theocracy reacts, you must first kill this deal with the Merchant Alliance, and don't let them interrupt it." Opportunity——As long as the contract is established, the business alliance will never give up on this transaction that can realize their dreams. Even if everyone thinks it is just a piece of toilet paper, it is also the claiming right given by the legal heir of the Principality of Brittany. The Theocracy will never be able to persuade them to give up."

Claude laughed.

"As for the trading channels between Augustus and the Merchant Alliance, how big is this? How could the Theocracy not pay attention? Even Gutenberg will be their focus of observation. Once they find out that Gutenberg's inexplicable help An illegitimate son of a great nobleman started to make connections, and they would never sit idly by—and I don’t have the capital and means to support Shire and Gorman.”

[However, there is always some value that can be used, right? 】

The system looked unwilling to give up, and continued to calculate whether it could extract more surplus value from Gutenberg.

[For example, you can ask what the power of the First Prince is like, his income composition, and the secret flow of funds, isn't that all right? 】

"You're right, these are very useful information for me, because I don't know—but have you considered the identity I play?"

Claude feels a little nerve-wracking, why does this little guy feel that learning from himself is a bit overkill, and it was the same when he was planning how to make Charles loyal...or when facing unknown fields, he will involuntarily keep pursuing a deeper level of curiosity Is the heart the common weakness of living beings?

【Ah... Identity...】

"Yes, I'm playing the role of the Imperial Intelligence Agency, and I know the opponent's behavior like the back of our hands. This is why I completely defeated him who was originally emotional in just a few words. The information you mentioned is indeed mine. What is needed can also be useful to me, but as the identity I play, these should all be information that has long been mastered by the Imperial Intelligence Bureau."

【…】

"As I said, don't underestimate anyone—well, Augustus doesn't count. At least most of the people I meet are smart people, but I stand at their higher level and use The deeper vision overwhelms their thinking, but once I fall back to their level, I am not sure that I can fool them. After all, I am only one person, and I don’t have an intelligence agency to help me. intelligence."

Claude stopped, took out the key and opened the door of his house. Georgi had already packed the dormitory, so he declined his captain's invitation and lived in dormitory 107 alone.

"Once I start asking him for this information, the other party will immediately start thinking about why I need this information—when my problem falls back to the level of the other party, then it will be easy for the other party to see the flaw."

[...I seem to understand, in fact, Gutenberg has been scaring himself. After you found out that he is not the kind of character with a deep city, you are scaring him with harm to the empire—this is only true for patriotism. If he doesn't care about the empire at all, then of course he doesn't care about the consequences of his smuggling.So you have been emphasizing the losses caused by the other party, forcing the other party to feel guilty, and blocking the other party's thinking. 】

"Correct, as long as I don't have morals, you can't kidnap me morally, and Mr. Gutenberg is obviously patriotic and passionate--then instead of letting the other party continue to torture himself in pain, let me do it." Help him out."

Claude chuckled and poured himself a glass of water.

He didn't light any oil lamps, the whole house was pitch black, and no one could even be seen living in it, and through the kitchen window, the bustling street outside was full of people, and light and fireworks slowly flowed into the building from here. Lifeless buildings.

"He is a moral person, but now his eyes are blinded by pain and despair, so there is no need to say anything more. What he needs now is someone who can guide him, and I can't give him the guidance he deserves. , because I don’t love the empire, and I don’t have a family worthy of my concern.”

"So I asked him to find Leicht. If it is true that Leicht is his best friend as Jung said, then this old man who is extremely loyal to the emperor and the empire will definitely give Gu Teng who is in a state of confusion. Fort brings guidance. When this business genius first jumped out of the shackles of the family and looked at the overall situation, I believe that his keen sense of smell and talent in the business world will surely bloom even greater brilliance."

The young man said quietly.

"A counselor who has given up his life and tried his best to make up for his mistakes will be an unparalleled feast of fireworks. Coupled with those great nobles who have died, a man who was once placed high by the emperor and is still addicted The First Prince in his dream—such a grand drama, as a chess player, why wouldn't he find a good place to watch it?"

Claude put down the dried water glass, closed the wooden boards of the window, and blocked the hustle and bustle of the world, turned around, and walked towards the dark stairs.

"I'm really looking forward to it. After the opening of this drama, I can see what you look like in the Theocracy next to me. I have a little hope that you won't be an old man who is dying ——After all, you still have to worry that you will die when you play against me again, my dear kind..."

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"Your Excellency, Mr. Gutenberg would like to see you."

A waiter knocked on Leicht's study and said respectfully.

"Gutenberg?"

Leichter was a little surprised. He had a lot of contacts with the other party in the past, and he also liked the other party's ability. He believed that his ability to make money was only inferior to Albert, the Minister of Finance.

It's just a pity that the other party's vision and ways of doing things are always a bit petty. It seems that the family affairs have a big impact on him. If he can give up these obsessions earlier, then he will definitely find a way to wash away the imprint of power on the other party. , recommended him to work under Albert - an economic talent should not just be in the business world.

It’s just that in the past year or so, many things have been taken over by Augustus, especially the financial side. He almost no longer interferes, and completely leaves it to Augustus himself-this is also the case of Leicht What I hope to see, after all, money, food, and population are the foundation of a country's stability and prosperity. Now that Augustus wants to take the initiative to take over the operation, he is of course happy to see the success, and since then, he has not seen Gutenberg.

"Let him in."

Leicht didn't think too much, and asked the waiter to let him go.

Soon, the man walked into Leichter's study, which he was familiar with, and the furnishings inside were still the same as before, without any change at all.

"It would be great if His Highness was the same as before, without any changes at all..."

Gutenberg thought bitterly in his heart, then raised his head to look at the old man, showing a difficult smile.

"What's the matter, Gutenberg, why did you suddenly think of looking for me?"

Leicht reached out and poured a cup of coffee for the other party. After all, he was a bit old, and he didn't stay in the military camp all year round like Jung. It was inevitable that he was a little mentally ill, so his coffee was always hot black coffee. Claude, the sugar content Control the most hated type.

Gutenberg took it, as if he didn't feel it, he drank it in one gulp, and then his body trembled unconsciously, as if his soul had returned to his body.

The old man was a little puzzled, the other party's behavior today was really strange.

"Your Excellency, I did something wrong."

The man took a deep breath and got straight to the point.

"It's okay. Sit down and talk slowly. No one can be a victorious general. The treacherous and changeable business is sometimes not inferior to war."

Leicht obviously didn't take it seriously. He just thought that Gutenberg probably lost a lot of money, which caused Augustus' power to turn over funds. He was afraid of being punished by His Highness, and wanted to seek refuge with himself.

"Temporary failure is nothing. Don't worry. Your Highness and I have seen your ability and loyalty. Even if you make a mistake in trade, His Highness Augustus will never blame you. If someone If you want to persuade His Highness to punish you, I will naturally support you."

The old man comforted Gutenberg, but the other party shook his head.

"No, Your Excellency... I am guilty of this matter, capital crime!"

Recht's face turned serious.

"Since the Provence rebellion last year, because His Highness lost a large amount of political donation income, in order to make up for the shortfall, His Highness Augustus ordered me to directly conduct commercial trade with the Merchant Alliance."