The Debs family has paid a lot for the smuggling of water jade ore. Bernard specifically asked his third brother to take charge of the matter, and Brother Lancier was his third brother's right-hand man.
Linley, who was standing in the council hall, remained silent, and Beibei, the shadow mouse, also stood on Linley's shoulders.
One person and one monster are like staying out of the way, quietly watching all this happen. Linley didn't react at all even when he saw the look for help from 'Bernard'.
moment-
The sound of the shackles and chains sounded, and two blond and burly men walked in and entered the chamber under the custody of the palace guards. Both men were wearing fetters and chains. Just looking at the thickness of the fetters chain, I feel at least one or two hundred pounds.
This heavy-duty lock is designed to lock this extremely powerful warrior.
"Lord Patriarch."
The two blond burly men walked into the meeting room, especially when they saw Bernard kneeling on the ground with a weird smile on his face, they both saluted Bernard and shouted.
Linley, who was standing aside, understood.
I am afraid that the Lancier brothers are the two leading figures in the smuggling. And it should have a close relationship with the Debs family.
"The Debs family is in danger." Linley just watched quietly.
Bernard looked at the two blond men and wondered: "Huh? Lancier, Lanmere, why are your two brothers imprisoned by His Majesty? I didn't give you 100,000 gold coins a few months ago to let you Are you having a good time?"
The two blond burly men couldn't help but startled, and then laughed.
"Lord Patriarch, are you joking?" Lancier said with a smile.
Lan Mill next to him even sneered: "Lord Patriarch, what's the matter? You still want to make a quibble at this time? Forget it, you should plead guilty."
With an angry look on Bernard's face, he stood up abruptly, glaring at Lancier and Lanmere: "Lancier, Lanmere, you two were raised by our Debs family since childhood, I What happens to the two of you, both of you have an idea."
"Yes, you are good to us, but our brothers have been working hard for your Debs family for so many years." The elder brother Lancier sneered.
Bernard became more and more angry, stretched out his right index finger and pointed at Lancier with trembling: "You two, you are really ungrateful, yes, you have worked for my Debs family for many years, but you have been in the service for so many years. Corruption, taking the family's wealth into my own hands. The incident happened half a year ago. For the sake of your many years of service, I will spare your lives and give you 100,000 gold coins so that you can go back and live a good life. But, but you... you Not only is I not grateful, but now I am involved in smuggling, I was caught, and I am slandering my Debs family!"
Lancier and Lanmere were dumbfounded and looked at Bernard blankly.
"I, are we corrupt? You, you give us 100,000 gold coins?" Lancier and Lanmere were at a loss.
Bernard became even more angry, he suddenly turned his head and knelt down to Clyde, crying bitterly: "Your Majesty, these two are simply wolves who can't get enough to feed. When they were young, I saw them as lonely and pitiful. They. Later, they were given important responsibilities, but they took the family's wealth into their own pockets. Even if the incident happened, I finally prayed to spare their lives after many years of kindness and gave them 100,000 gold coins to send them back. What about now? To slander my family and destroy my Debs family, my heart is too cruel, Your Majesty, I am sad, I am sad!!!"
At this moment, Bernard was crying bitterly, but it made the nobles in the council room wonder if Lancier really slandered Bernard.
"Bernard, you, you..." Brother Lancier and Lanmere blushed with anger, unable to say a word.
How much their two brothers sacrificed for the Debs family.
Even if they are willing to do smuggling, it is the two brothers who are not afraid of death. If it weren't for the benefits given to them by His Majesty Clyde this time, they would not betray the Debs family.
But now what Bernard said, there is no such thing!
"Oh? Is there such a thing?" Clyde glanced at Bernard.
Clyde also realized that this Bernard was probably prepared, otherwise he would not make up a lie. I am afraid that even if he went to investigate, he could not find any flaws.
"Hmph, it's a pity that Bernard's third brother jumped into the river, and he couldn't even find the body. Otherwise, if he caught his third brother, Bernard would have nothing to say." Clyde felt a little bit in his heart. hatred.
Smuggling water jade ore.
The water jade vein, that is the property of the Kingdom of Finlay, and also the property of his Clyde.
Smuggling water jade ore is to steal his Clyde's property. Clyde naturally hates it.
It's just that Bernard's third brother jumped into the surging river and committed suicide, and the Debs family seemed to be prepared for the betrayal of Lancier and Lanmere.
"Bernard, I will not wrong a good person." Clyde said solemnly.
"Thank you, Your Majesty, thank you." There were still tears on Bernard's face.
However, Clyde's voice suddenly became cold: "But, I will not let anyone who betrayed the interests of the kingdom. According to the information I know, this time, it seems that the third brother is responsible for the smuggling."
"Third brother?" Bernard looked at Clyde suspiciously.
Clyde looked at Bernard coldly: "Why, do you have something to say?"
Bernard looked aggrieved: "Of course there is something to say, Your Majesty, I really don't know why you said this, but my third brother, left the Kingdom of Finlay as early as a year ago to start an adventure in various countries. Yes. There was a letter sent back a few days ago."
Clyde's eyes froze.
His men personally reported that when they arrested the third brother Bernard, the third brother Bernard jumped directly into the surging river with serious injuries, and did not even find a shadow.
"Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you must uphold justice."
Bernard looked at Lancier and Lanmere next to him angrily: "You must not chill the heart of a family loyal to the kingdom because of these two villains."
"Bernard, you, you..." Anxious Lancier and Lanmere didn't know what to say.
Clyde stood up suddenly and looked at Bernard coldly: "I said, I will not wrong a good person, nor will I let go of a person who betrays the interests of the kingdom. According to the evidence I have seized, at least you Debs The family is suspected of betraying the kingdom, come here—"
Bernard's face couldn't help changing: "Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I am loyal to the kingdom!"
At this moment, two palace guards rushed in from outside the council hall.
"Bernard." Clyde smiled at Bernard.
Bernard looked up at Clyde expectantly, like a child looking at his parents.
"Whether your family is loyal, you need to use evidence to speak. I will give you a chance, at least I will not directly destroy your family now."
Bernard breathed a sigh of relief. What he was most worried about was that the Debs family would be wiped out.
"Fortunately, in the secret room that day, I found the traces of the burning corpse. I was prepared." Bernard has been preparing since that day, and even made a few preparations.
"Come here, put Bernard and the heirs of the Debs family in the Blackwater Prison. As for the smuggling case of the Debs family, let the right minister 'Merritt' investigate." Clay De gave an order.
Immediately, the palace guards detained Bernard.
"Your Majesty, I believe Your Majesty is wise." Bernard shouted to Clyde when he was escorted out.
…
That night, Luye Road was completely noisy.
The sound of horses' hooves and scolding continued to sound, and the knights of hundreds of people directly surrounded the Debs family mansion, causing everyone in the Debs family to panic.
"What, what! Do you know where this place is?" Kalan's second grandfather, Bernard's second uncle, immediately scolded the guards of the palace.
A knight at the head said coldly: "You dare to block your Majesty's order?"
The second grandfather raised his head and said, "Your Majesty's order? Who knows if you falsely passed on His Majesty's order, saying, what are you doing here?"
"Second grandpa, what's going on outside?"
At this time, many people from the Debs family rushed over.
Even Alice and Rowling put on their clothes and came over. In the Magnolia Continent, after the engagement, the woman will live with the man, but it is usually only after the official wedding that both men and women will have the same room.
certainly…
It is also possible to have sex before marriage, it depends on the wishes of both men and women.
"Sister Alice, what's going on outside?" Rowling took Alice's hand.
Alice is also a little confused: "I don't know."
Hundreds of people from the entire Debs family, both inside and outside, flocked to the front yard, and most of them had confusion on their faces. Only the core, the few people who knew about the family's smuggling, panicked in their hearts.
The scale of the smuggling of the Debs family is very large.
There are tens of millions of gold coins used alone. Once successful, the profit is hundreds of millions of gold coins. According to the idea of the Debs family, earning once is enough.
I didn't expect it to be a problem this time.
"Brother Kalan, what happened?" Rowling also asked Kalan.
Karan also shook her head to indicate she didn't know.
The team of knights from the palace had already assembled outside. Seeing that so many people had gathered, the leader of the knight squadron took out a token and shouted loudly: "Your Majesty has an order, the Debs family is suspected of smuggling water jade ore. , and now, the patriarch and heir of the Debs family will be arrested in the Blackwater Prison."
Immediately, the expressions of the Debs family changed.
In particular, the core members of the family such as Kalan were even paler, while Alice, Rowling, and the family members were all confused and stunned.
Several guards directly grabbed Kalan.
"take away!"
The Knight Squadron Commander shouted directly.
At this moment, Kalan felt that his legs were softening, and he just let these guards escort him and walked towards the door. But when she reached the door, Kalan suddenly woke up, turned around and shouted anxiously, "Second grandpa, Alice, you must save me, you must save me."
No matter how Kalan shouted, the guards of the palace still ruthlessly took him to the prison car.
Alice, Rowling, and the entire Debs family could only watch Kalan being escorted away, but there was nothing they could do. Their family is powerful, but how can they compete with His Majesty the King
…
The next morning, the news that the Debs family was suspected of smuggling water jade ore quickly spread throughout the noble circle of Finlay City, and most nobles in the entire Finlay City paid attention to this matter.
And this smuggling case was personally examined by the kingdom's right minister, Duke Merritt.
The residence of the Duke of Merritt.
Lord Merritt is over seventy years old, but he is a relatively formidable warrior. Just looking at his appearance, he only looked like a middle-aged man, and his short blond hair was even more radiant.
Merritt was sitting on a chair at the moment, and casually glanced at the person from the Debs family who was sitting next to her—Kalan's second grandfather 'Nimitz'.
Nimitz is still very influential in the Debs family. Karan was also taught by Nimitz.
"Lord Merritt, our family is definitely wronged. I hope you can give our Debs family justice."
Nimitz said, and took out a book from the side: "Sir Merritt, I know you like to collect Bibles. My book is a version issued by the Holy See of Light more than 3,000 years ago, or it is relatively small."
"Oh, the Bible?"
Merritt took it at will, but when she flipped it over, Merritt suddenly found a kind of card mixed in it, a magic crystal card issued by Shikoku Gold Bank!
There was a smile on Merritt's face.
Nimitz carefully observed Merritt's expression, Merritt closed the Bible, put it aside, and then smiled: "Nimitz, you should know that besides the Bible, I also prefer stone carvings. Some time ago I love the stone sculpture 'Awakening' very much. I saw Alice at your family's engagement ceremony, oh, that Alice is exactly the same as the stone sculpture. I don't know... Can you let me and Alice Let's talk alone."