Public trial?You deserve it too!

How Augustus died!

And looking at it like this, it seems that he still committed suicide by taking poison...

Why didn't the old emperor stop him?

Claude realized that something he didn't know had happened—but that wasn't the point. The point was that he couldn't figure out the emperor's true inner emotions now.

"You are here, Mr. Claude."

The emperor said lightly.

"Sir, Claude, see Your Majesty. Your Majesty has to make amends for the late rescue."

Suppressing the shock and doubt in his heart, Claude knelt down on one knee before the emperor.

"There is no need to apologize, you came with soldiers, not alone - I am very satisfied with you for being able to bring the Ninth Knights to the upper city at this time and at this speed."

The emperor's voice could not hear emotions, it was just that there was no wave in the ancient well.

"I am frightened."

Claude just lowered his head and didn't glance at the two corpses next to him - a corpse and a lump of flesh.

"Get up—do you know who these two people are?"

the emperor asked.

"This is...His Highness Augustus!? Another...another, sorry for my poor eyesight, I can't recognize it."

"The other is Morbihan, the Grand Duke of Brittany. The two chief culprits of this rebellion have all been executed—but I am not in a happy mood."

Claude can't say a word now, so he pretends that he only has a pair of ears and nothing else.

It was impossible for the emperor to have any emotional exchanges with him, and even if he did, he would communicate with Christina. He didn't drive himself away at this time, which meant that he must have something to say.

"My stupid son, before he died, finally told me a few truths. One of them was that the Theocracy had helped him."

The emperor looked at Claude.

"What do you think this means?"

mean what?It means that the Theocracy is posing in front of you and saying come and hit me, come and hit me—otherwise what else could it mean?

Of course, it was impossible for Claude to say that. He immediately began to think about whether he could come up with some new tricks.

In short, no matter what the situation is, the emperor must not let the emperor's head say that he wants to declare war on the teaching country. First, divert the emperor's attention and delay the time. When the opponent's emperor's thinking regains the upper hand, he can figure out how to be King Xuan of Qi at this time How irrational.

"Your Majesty, I would like to ask, has the Imperial Intelligence Agency reported this matter to Your Majesty?"

"Never."

Claude is determined.

"Then, this incident means that within the entire empire, the Theocracy has a terrifying force that even the Imperial Intelligence Bureau does not know - it can even directly contact His Royal Highness the First Prince!"

The first way to divert attention is to put a new bug in front of the other person.

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Learn from Me: Chapter 227 Chapter 210 One Empire

The emperor didn't do anything, but motioned for Claude to continue.

"Your Majesty, I was there during the rebellion in the province of Provence, and I also captured the intelligence officer of the Theocracy. The opponent's demagogues are so good that they can even encourage civilians to wave their swords at the knights of the empire. This is also the main reason why the rebellion was so out of control—the Imperial Intelligence Bureau always seems to be at a disadvantage when confronting the Ecclesiastical Intelligence Organization."

Claude looked at it poorly.

"The current rebellion, although His Royal Highness Augustus is the mastermind, but how the nobles from all over the world connected together and spared no effort in this shocking action is still an incomprehensible mystery."

The emperor narrowed his eyes, and he looked at Claude.

"You mean, the Imperial Intelligence Agency is not credible?"

"I just want to speak to His Majesty. It is normal to miss once or twice, but such a large-scale series of rebellions that almost wiped out all the powerful fief nobles in the empire should not be done by His Highness Augustus."

Claude lowered his head.

"It will take tens of years of planning, so that these nobles will gradually change their minds, thinking that your Majesty's rule must be overthrown, so that they can survive-His Highness Augustus can't do it When it comes to this kind of thing, then there is only one side who can do it.”

"Long communication and planning like this should not be a situation that the Imperial Intelligence Bureau will ignore."

The emperor nodded.

"That's right, the Imperial Intelligence Bureau has really disappointed me—Mr. Claude, if you are in charge of the current situation of the Imperial Intelligence Bureau, what else can you do?"

[Teacher, good opportunity! 】

The sound of the system became a little hurried.

"Returning to Your Majesty, I have only learned military formations and killing skills in school, and have never learned these, so I don't know anything about the operation and structure of intelligence agencies."

Claude looked up a little embarrassed.

"If His Majesty thinks that the Imperial Intelligence Bureau is untrustworthy, then I can lead my subordinates to kill the entire Imperial Intelligence Bureau from top to bottom, and hang the heads of every untrustworthy person on both sides of the road. Taking over the Imperial Intelligence Bureau... I really don't have the ability."

【...】

There was still no expression on the emperor's face.

"Kill the Imperial Intelligence Bureau? Do you know that among your colleagues, the man named Randolph, whose father is the director of the Imperial Intelligence Bureau—could it be said that you can also mercilessly kill him. "

Claude was stunned for a moment, he really didn't expect that Randolph's background was a bit big.

Something is not quite right.

If Randolph was the son of the director of the Imperial Intelligence Bureau, how could he have been assigned to Claude's dormitory three years ago?You must know that at that time Claude even had the words "Ludwig's people" engraved on his forehead, and Joachim was newly reviled at that time, and Ludwig had not yet gained a firm foothold in the imperial capital—— The First Prince Augustus was in full bloom.

Even if the chief doesn't stand in line, there's no need to send his son to the same dormitory as him, right?

What's more, Randolph has always been helpful to him...

So... he must have been sent by the emperor.

Counting what the emperor said just now, it is clear that he wants to test whether he has the willingness to intervene in the Imperial Intelligence Bureau...

"This...Although I know that Elder Randolph works in the Imperial Intelligence Bureau, I don't know that there is such a relationship-but if His Majesty orders, then I will definitely not tolerate it, and I will definitely arrest him. .”

Claude's well-timed brief surprise made up for his thinking time.

"If the other party is really involved in some things, I will not let him go - but if he is just deceived by his elders and has no actual act of treason, I will guarantee his life with his surname."

This answer is enough, it not only expresses loyalty, but also does not deviate from Claude's current personality.

Claude lowered his head again, and the current situation has become a little weird again.

The emperor was testing whether he had the intention to put his hand into the intelligence system, and at this time, he revealed Randolph's identity to himself, just to tell himself that the emperor was by his side, and he had placed people. Trusted friends and comrades-in-arms are Imperial Intelligence - who else wouldn't be Secret Disk?

No matter how infiltrated the Intelligence Bureau is, if the position of the director is infiltrated into the Secret Disk of the Theocracy, then it is impossible for the empire to maintain its current rule, so Randolph and his father must be the emperor's loyal eagle dogs.

This is a warning, but also a trust.

Claude can get some "necessary help" through Randolph, but again, his words and deeds have no secrets in the eyes of the emperor.

In other words, the emperor is only guaranteeing Claude [behavioral loyalty], not [complete loyalty].

'A change like this...isn't a bad thing. '

Claude was thinking about it in his mind, but obviously, some more obvious problems were in front of him.

The Emperor now clearly doesn't trust the Intelligence Service, and seems to have less trust in himself - which certainly makes sense, considering his son has just started a rebellion against him.

What is unreasonable is that the emperor's words and actions are a bit too meticulous - because this is consistent with his consistent ability and performance.

But in today's circumstances, this coincidence is the most unreasonable.

In fact, the emperor was not distracted by Claude's words—or, in other words, the emperor didn't need to divert his attention at all.

Because his attention is not on the fact that [Augustus' death was involved in the conspiracy of the Theocracy].

He let himself meet, let himself speak, let himself answer questions, just for one thing——

It is to prove whether you are loyal or not.

However, the son he loves the most and has the greatest expectations wants to kill him and take his seat, and the Theocracy is obviously involved in this.

And now Augustus is dead.

Die in front of the emperor.

However, the emperor didn't get angry, he didn't lose his mind, he just remained the same, thinking like an emperor, probing like an emperor, as if...

It was as if he had already vented that emotion to someone.

When Claude came, the emperor didn't dare to stand tens of meters away. Obviously everyone knew that at this time, it was obviously the old birthday star who had hanged himself.

So, to whom could the emperor confide this?

'System, do you still remember that you found two emperor guards without a heartbeat in the palace?Are they there now? '

【Detecting...】

[Yes, and... not just two, but ten. 】

'In which direction! '

Claude is going to think of a way to get a glimpse. With his memory and ability, there must be a way to identify the people there, and he can find some clues.

【In front of you, beside the emperor. 】

'! '

Claude suppressed his shock and curiosity, forcing himself not to look up now.

Because it's an obvious fact—

There was no one around the emperor.

'This is where the fun begins. '

Claude quickly calmed down, and now is not the time to delve into it.

"I remember what Sir Claude said."

The emperor was noncommittal, but obviously he had no intention of continuing to test it.

"Since Mr. Claude said that you have learned the killing technique and military formation, then show it to me—there are still many rebels who have not surrendered or died. I hope you can handle this problem for me."

"The minister leads the order."

Claude took the order immediately.

"It's just that these rebels want to be arrested, or..."

"Acquisition? What case? They only have one crime, so they only have one ending."

The emperor said lightly.

"According to the order."

Claude stood up, turned and left here.

The emperor looked at his back, as if thinking, as if regretting.

"It's a pity, after all, it's still too young."

"..."

"Indeed, this is better and in line with the plan we have prepared."

The emperor took one last look at Augustus' body and tapped the imperial scepter in his hand.

"Contain his body, don't put it in the royal tomb, let's bury it with her. Perhaps, being a commoner is the best ending for them, mother and son."

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"What are those things, can you be sure?"

[Soul, human soul. 】

"I remember the last time I heard the word soul, it was the group of cultists I met when I first came to this world. You said that their souls are bound by magic power in their current bodies, so they look like Like a walking corpse—is it the same for those around the emperor?"

[The souls in this world can only be imprisoned with magic power. The stronger the soul, the stronger the magic power needs to be used, but the magic power will inevitably disappear with time. Once the magic power drops to the critical point, it cannot restrain the soul again. return. 】

"Can these souls think? Or release magic, physical attacks and the like."

[A medium is needed - when a person's body dies, it means that this body is no longer suitable for his soul to lodge, so those people will behave like walking corpses, because they can no longer control their original bodies. 】