Public trial?You deserve it too!

"What did you say!"

The old man stood up from the chair in shock, and the pen in his hand flew out.

The first thing Leichter did was signal Gutenberg to shut up, and then he rang the bell for a waiter.

"The order goes on, I want to discuss some secrets with Mr. Gutenberg, and let everyone stay away from my study."

The old man barely maintained the calmness on his face, not showing any flaws.

"Yes, Your Excellency."

The waiter took the order to retreat, and then Leicht turned his gaze back to Gutenberg's face, stared at it for a while, and then spoke.

"Tell me, what's going on!"

So Gutenberg confessed everything word by word. He also took out an account book from his chest pocket, which contained all trade records from last year to the present. Every transaction and capital flow can be traced. Find out—the ledger was almost never separated from him, neither in the bath nor in his sleep.

Leicht flipped through the account books, getting faster and faster, seeing the increasingly huge numbers one by one, only feeling dizzy and feeling dizzy.

"How could it be... Your Highness, how dare he do such a thing!"

Gutenberg's bad news wasn't over yet.

"Because of my stupidity, I chose to act in a high-profile manner, hoping to attract the attention of you or the Imperial Intelligence Bureau through this behavior-but no, no one came to me. Until today, my never-greedy drinker Brother, they all came to ask me angrily if I was smuggling with the business alliance, if I was betraying the country, and I realized that the Imperial Intelligence Bureau hadn't stopped me even at this level, I think... I think..."

The man closed his eyes, his face full of despair and pain.

"I think His Majesty may have completely given up the option of 'lesson'."

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Learn from Me: Chapter 179 Chapter 160 [-] The Stubborn Old Man

"This matter started last year and has continued until now? You have been in charge all the time?"

Leicht gritted his teeth to barely maintain his ability to think.

"Yes, it's always been me."

"This order was sent to you directly by His Highness, instead of being conveyed by someone?"

"No, His Highness Augustus personally summoned me on the night of Ludwig's triumphant return, and entrusted this matter to me in person."

Gutenberg replied quickly, without any intention of concealing details and truth.

"I handed over that part of the finances directly to His Highness. After all, the amount is huge, and you completely gave up paying attention to this aspect later, so the amount of goods I received is getting bigger and bigger, and the funds collected are also getting more and more .”

The veins on the old man's forehead were throbbing violently. He remembered that Augustus came to him at that time to ask for full management of the power's finances. He said that he would face a difficult time in the future, so he wanted to try the economic problem by himself. So he readily agreed, and expressed his willingness to explain the truth and resolve doubts for the First Prince.

And since then, the finances that he thought would be tightened suddenly have not been stuck, and the operation of the forces has maintained the original momentum, which makes him even think that Augustus has done a good job—but he did not expect that through this means!

The old man pressed his temples with his hands to soothe his nerves, and stared at Gutenberg with bloodshot eyes.

"Why...why didn't you come and tell me sooner!"

The man closed his eyes and lowered his head, like a lamb showing its neck in front of a lion.

"Because... I dare not."

"You do not dare?"

"Yes, I dare not."

The man nodded calmly.

"I'm afraid that I just stepped into your manor and died in the corridor leading to your study."

"How can such a thing..."

Knock, knock, knock.

The old man's roar stopped abruptly, and he cast his unbelievable gaze on the knocked study door.

"Your Excellency, I know I shouldn't disturb you at this time, but, but His Highness Augustus has already come to visit you, and His Highness's guards have notified the concierge."

Gutenberg smiled wryly, stood up, and bowed deeply to Leicht.

"Your Excellency, let this account book stay with you. You can do whatever you want, and I can finally pay for my crimes."

The man looked towards the door of the study, straightened his clothes, and prepared to welcome the side that should have arrived long ago.

Then his shoulder was held down by a vigorous and powerful hand.

"You stay here, unless His Majesty sends someone to pick you up today, no one can take you away from here—unless you step over my dead body!"

Leichter's words were loud.

"Your crimes can be judged by the laws of the empire, or by your inner morality, but definitely not any other private punishment!"

Gutenberg Diamine looked back, and saw an aging but still resolute face.

Leicht strode past the man and walked towards the door of the study.

"I will use my life to defend the truth and the law, just as I swore when I became a knight."

The wooden door opened and closed, and all possible hustle and bustle and arguments were carried by the old man, away from here.

Gutenberg leaned on the back of the chair and sat down slowly, the words Leicht left were still echoing in his mind.

"Is the oath you made when you became a knight...? Is your oath to His Majesty, but who is my oath to? Augustus? My father? Or His Majesty the Emperor? Is my allegiance to... Who is it for..."

The man raised his head blankly and looked at the portrait behind Leicht—it was a map of the administrative region of the empire, which symbolized the power of the empire in black, starting from several small islands between the Messiah Islands and the mainland in the east, From the fertile Volga River in the west, from the vast grasslands beside Lake Ladoga in the north, to the vineyards of the Iberian Peninsula in the south.

He suddenly realized that what Leichter was talking about was when he became a knight, not when he was loyal to whom—if he was the emperor's retainer, then his study should have a portrait of the emperor instead of a map .

Gutenberg did not have the talent to become a knight, but as a traditional military nobleman of the Barr family, he certainly had military training.

And when every imperial soldier walks into the barracks, the first sentence when taking the oath is——

"Everything... for the glory of the empire..."

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Augustus did not expect that this meeting with Leicht would look so nostalgic.

Two chairs are placed facing each other in the hallway, and a table with a coffee pot and cups is placed between them.

Leicht was already sitting on a chair, the back of his chair was close to the door of the study, when Augustus walked in, he didn't even stand up to greet him as usual, but just stretched out his hand lightly to signal to Augustus Gustus takes his seat.

This was a long time ago, when Augustus was still living in the palace, studying with Leicht, and went to discuss issues privately with the other party.

"teacher."

The man waved his hand to signal his guard to step down, and sat opposite Leichter.

"Your Highness."

Recht nodded and reached out to pour him a cup of coffee.

"You know, I'm not used to this kind of coffee."

"Yes, I know, but that's the only drink I have here."

The old man looked Augustus straight in the eyes.

"I didn't know it was such a dangerous thing to visit me—you came with a guard and brought it into my house."

"I was rude, but after all, there is a reason..."

"Is it to capture Gutenberg?"

Leicht interrupted the other party's politeness and asked coldly.

"You know?"

Augustus looked admiring.

"Sure enough, I can't hide anything from you. As soon as that traitor chats with you, he will reveal everything..."

"Okay, Your Highness, there is no need to go around in circles anymore, and there is no need to try to deceive me - I have already heard Gutenberg's words, so there is no possibility of falsification in terms of detailed capital circulation, material quantity and duration. Otherwise, a little verification will reveal it.”

The old man interrupted the other person, and he looked directly into his student's eyes.

"Your Highness, I would like to ask you, is there any smuggling between you and the Merchant Alliance?"

"Teacher, it's not what you think. These goods are just political donations from those nobles."

Augustus spoke earnestly.

"You know, those guys are cheapskates who value money as much as their lives, and asking them to give me financial support is like cutting their flesh with a knife - so they propose this deal, they will All the smuggled materials seized were handed over to me, and then I was exempted from their political contributions.”

Leicht looked at Augustus expressionlessly.

"I know that these people must be lying. These must be the goods they smuggled from the Merchant Alliance. In order to hand over the so-called 'seized smuggled goods' to me, they will definitely increase the amount of smuggling-then the wealth will be lost. Collected in the hands of these people, we can use them as the capital reserve of the empire in the future."

"And the most wonderful thing is that these smuggled goods are not bought by ordinary people. Only those businessmen who are rich and unkind, and nobles who want to save face will buy them, so there is no need to have any psychological burden to earn money from these people!"

Augustus' voice grew heated.

"Teacher, didn't you repeatedly hope that I could draw a clear line with those great nobles? I have been thinking about what to do, how to separate from them, so as to make up for the losses caused-now I have found it! Their handles are all In my hands, smuggling and treason! When they want to die, it is only a matter of one sentence, and they can be brought to justice! These ill-gotten gains can be in my hands after the family is ransacked, even without them, I can beat Ludwig too!"

The man's voice echoed in the corridor, and then dissipated in the cold winter wind.

As for Leicht, he just picked up his cup, took a sip of coffee, and then spoke leisurely.

"However, how should you judge the [ill-gotten wealth] you earned, Your Highness?"

Augustus froze.

"Smuggling, treason, these crimes are theirs, but they are also yours, Your Highness."

Leicht said flatly.

"Nonsense! I am the crown prince! These are just means - how could I be treasonous!"

Augustus looked at Leichter angrily.

"It turns out that His Highness also knows that he is the Crown Prince and aspiring to rule the empire—then how can you use this method!"

However, the anger of the old man was far worse than him!

"How despicable, and what a dirty method! Just these words have already made every honest person shudder, how dare you say them, and how dare you use this kind of words to deceive me!"

Leicht slapped the table with his hand, and the original solid furniture was instantly shattered, and the scalding coffee was spilled on the old but clean wooden boards, which looked so eye-catching.

"..."

Augustus stared at his teacher dumbfounded. It was the first time he saw Leichter so angry, still facing himself.

"If there is such a plan as you said, then why did you come to capture Gutenberg? If you really planned to attack the nobles, why didn't you come to ask me how to do it? If you really just Secretly encouraging smuggling, Gutenberg dug out such a huge amount of money for you! If you really have a clear conscience like you said, why did you plant your spies in my home! "

Leicht's beard and hair were all spread out, and he looked at Augustus angrily.

"Do you think your work is flawless? Do you think you can hide it from His Majesty's eyes by hiding it from me? A joke! How can the Imperial Intelligence Bureau be such a useless person! All your actions are in the eyes of His Majesty, just like a You think you are a clever thief, but you are nothing more than a clown performing drama on stage!"

"Presumptuous! Leichter!"

It is impossible for Augustus to bear such a pungent sarcasm, not to mention that the other party's voice is so loud. If someone hears that he dare not say a word of cruelty to Leicht, wouldn't it be shaken by his subordinates? The prestige in front of you?

"I'm not presumptuous, Your Highness, don't forget that I haven't officially become an official yet, and the current title of the minister is still given by His Majesty [Palace Teacher], one is to answer questions for the princes, and the other is to establish a good three views for the princes !"

The old man pushed back forcefully.

"My allegiance is to His Majesty the Emperor, and you are still the Prince, Your Highness Augustus!"

Augustus's complexion finally completely darkened. He stared at the other party, feeling extremely annoyed in his heart. He was worried that Leicht would not think about it, so he was so careful to hide it from the other party. Now the facts have proved that it is impossible for the old man to agree with him. s method.

"...I didn't come to quarrel with you, Leichter. I know that Gutenberg is in your study, let him come out, I must take him away, even if it is a little tougher!"

"I'm afraid I can't let you get what you want, Your Highness, except for His Majesty's personal envoy today, no one will try to take people away from me!"

Leicht did not give an inch, standing firmly at the door of his study.

"You have to let this matter go to the father!"

Augustus was shocked and angry.

"This matter must have been placed on His Majesty's desk long ago! Whether you believe it or not, Your Majesty, this is a doomed fact!"