Episode 6: The Road to Revenge Chapter 13: Secrets Revealed
The night was as dark as ink.
The sound of a carriage resounded in the quiet streets outside the royal palace, and Linley was sitting alone in the carriage, with the shadow mouse Bebe lying on his lap. Beside the carriage were more than a dozen knights on steeds, and the one at the head was the palace attendant who passed on the orders.
Inside the carriage.
Linley frowned: “It’s already late in the day, but Clyde suddenly summoned me, what on earth does he want?”
As the saying goes, if you don’t have a ghost in your heart, you’re naturally open and honest.
But Linley had killed Patterson, and Linley was well aware that it was Clyde who had instructed Patterson to send people to capture his mother back then. Speaking of which, he still had a great grudge against this Clyde.
Linley’s heart towards Clyde naturally had to be small “I heard that two days ago, Clyde had captured the steward of the Duke’s residence and started to look into things about Patterson. That Patterson said to me that he hadn’t told anyone to see me. But is that believable?”
Linley had no bottom in his heart.
Perhaps, that butler knew about Paderson meeting Linley.
If, on the other hand, that butler from the duke’s residence told Clyde about this news, then Linley had naturally arrived at the tip of the storm.
“Linley, don’t worry about it.”
Drinkwater surfaced next to Linley and comforted him, “Linley, even if the butler of that duke’s residence knows that Patterson saw you, it’s fine.”
“It’s fine?”
Linley looked at Derinkelwalt in confusion.
Derinkelwalt nodded confidently and said, “That’s for sure. Even if Clyde guesses that you killed Patterson, he won’t say so explicitly.”
“Because …… Clyde doesn’t know the reason why you killed Patterson.”
Derinkelwalt’s face was filled with confidence.
Linley was stunned, even if he didn’t know the reason he killed Patterson, but after all, he was the one who killed Patterson.
“It’s simple. From the conversation you had with Patterson in the secret room that day, this Patterson did not have a good relationship with Clyde. During the time that Patterson was the finance minister, he was a big embezzler. Clyde’s heart is afraid that he doesn’t have much affection for Patterson. There is another point …… Clyde does not know that you have a deep hatred with him. So he will not deal with you for no reason. Because, to punish you or kill you, it is necessary to go through the consent of the Illuminati.”
A flash of disdain flashed in Derinkelwalt’s eyes.
“Hmph, then Clyde is considered a king? The Illuminati has every right to remove him. You, on the other hand, are extremely valued by the Illuminati. Would he dare to deal with you at will?”
Derinkelwalt said consolingly.
Linley nodded.
He understood this reasoning.
However, ……
Linley really didn’t want to, let Clyde become wary of him. Once he became wary, how would he find out about his mother, how would he get revenge for what she had done in the first place?
“Open the door, it’s me.”
That palace attendant’s shrill voice rang out.
As soon as Linley heard it, he knew that he had entered the middle of the palace gates of the royal palace at this moment. It was like a giant beast quietly coiled on the earth. One carriage after another entered the middle of the palace in just half an hour.
There were carriages to receive Linley, carriages to receive Bernard, and carriages to receive other nobles.
The royal palace’s council chamber.
In addition to the two guards at the entrance to the council chamber, the council chamber was filled with the higher status nobles of Finlay City, eight in total. They were Bernard, the patriarch of the Debus family. The court’s first magician, Linley, the left minister, Lord Duke Bernard, and the inspector minister, Hampton ……
“Linley, you’re here.”
Duke Bernard greeted warmly.
The several noble lords who had already arrived all immediately came to greet him, and Linley couldn’t help but feel certain in the bottom of his heart once he saw these nobles, it seemed that he wasn’t specifically looking for himself alone.
“Lords, I wonder if you know what His Majesty, the King, is looking for us for this time?”
Linley immediately inquired.
Duke Bernard, as the Left Minister. knew quite a few messages.
“Summoning us this time. It should be for the matter of Duke Patterson’s disappearance.”
Duke Bernard replied with a gracious smile.
Next to him, Bernard immediately inquired, “Lord Duke, Duke Patterson is missing, what is he looking for me for, and I don’t hold any important positions in the court?”
Today. His Majesty is not gathering important ministers, but checking on things. Otherwise why am I the only one here? Why didn’t the Right Minister come. Why did the Minister of Supervision come only one?”
Duke Bernard was seeing things clearly.
Bernard nodded.
It was just that Bernard’s heart was still a bit bottomless.
Ever since Patterson disappeared, Bernard’s heart had been worried, worried that the matter of their Debus family smuggling Water Jade Ore together with Patterson would leak out. If this matter leaked out, then the Debus family would really be finished.
“Your Majesty, to–”
Suddenly the shrill voice of a court attendant rang out, and from the side door of the council chamber, under the respectful follow of two court attendants, Clyde walked directly to the seat and sat down.
“Greetings, Your Majesty.”
The eight nobles on the floor bowed and shouted at the same time.
Clyde glanced at the eight nobles in front of him and nodded bashfully, “It’s almost late at night now, I didn’t want to disturb you all, it’s just that the matter of the disappearance of my second brother, Duke Patterson, is too important. I had to invite you all to gather here.”
“Lord Duke Patterson has disappeared, I wonder why Your Majesty has summoned us?”
Linley directly inquired.
Of the eight people down here, I’m afraid that Linley was the only one who dared to speak to Clyde like this. This was because everyone else was looking at Clyde’s face, whereas Linley actually belonged to the Illuminati, and was merely hanging around the Kingdom of Finlay.
“Linley, I’m just going to check out the facts.”
Clyde smiled faintly before saying aloud, “Bring Lodi, the steward of the Duke’s residence grounds.”
Lodi? The butler of the duke’s residence?
Linley and the Debus family’s Bernard were both a little startled in the bottom of their hearts.
The entire council chamber was quiet. Everyone was waiting for Lodi to be escorted over. Linley was standing on one side, and the shadow mouse Bebe was on Linley’s shoulder.
In just a moment – a middle-aged man with long turquoise hair walked in under the escort of palace guards, his face haggard, his hair slightly disheveled, and he appeared a little downtrodden.
However, Bernard instantly recognized him. This person was none other than Lodi, the steward of the Duke’s residence who had approached him some time ago.
“Lodi, you will honestly explain the matter again.”
Clyde directly asked Lodi drily.
This Lodi had obviously explained it all to Clyde long ago, and apparently said it again just so that Linley and the others could hear it. Lodi replied very honestly, “Your Majesty, on the 18th of June, the Debs family held an engagement banquet, and Lord Duke he went to the engagement banquet. And after the engagement banquet, Lord Duke he never came back.”
“Lodi, you stand aside first.”
Clyde said coldly.
“Yes, Your Majesty.”
Lodi looked a little terrified. Hurriedly, he stood in the nooks and crannies.
Clyde swept his gaze to the eight nobles below.
“According to the information I’ve looked into, the night of the Debus family’s engagement banquet, you were the last few to leave, and I would like to ask, have you ever seen Patterson?”
Clyde asked simply. “The banquet had just ended when Patterson was the first to leave.”
The left minister, Lord Bernard, said directly.
Linley nodded as well, “I also saw Padeson leave very early.”
Several other people either said that they hadn’t seen it, or that Patterson had left early.
Hearing the crowd say this, Clyde smiled and nodded, yet looked to Lodi next to him, “Lodi, you continue.”
“Yes.”
Lodi said again. “Duke Patterson told me before he went to the Debus Family Residence that he wanted to meet someone important to him this time, only that this matter was so important that it couldn’t be known by others. That’s why he ordered me to arrange a puppet to impersonate the Duke to return to the Duke’s residence. In reality, Lord Duke is still amongst the Debus family.”
“Lord Duke also said that the Debus Family would arrange a hidden place for him to meet people.”
Lodi added another sentence.
This sentence immediately caused the Debus Family’s ground patriarch, Bernard, to turn white.
“Your Majesty. Your Majesty.”
Bernard hurriedly said, “This has nothing to do with me ah, Lord Duke he told me that he wanted to meet someone, so he asked me to arrange a hidden place. I had to arrange it ah.”
“Bernard. Don’t be anxious, I won’t wrong a person.”
Clyde said with a smile.
“Thank you, Your Majesty.”
Bernard immediately retreated to the side. Only his face was a little pale.
Clyde looked towards Linley’s few people, “Padson he wants to meet someone, this person should naturally have some status, who will he meet? I thought. It’s most likely the guest who left late that day.”
Linley’s heart shook.
One by one, Duke Bernard, Count Juno, Marquis Hampton, and the others looked at Clyde in surprise. They kind of guessed why His Majesty the King had invited them over.
It turned out that His Majesty the King suspected them!
“Your Majesty, we didn’t meet with him.”
Duke Bernard, Hampton, and the others said one after another in succession.
Clyde smiled and said, “I’m just suspicious, what are you guys worried about when you haven’t done anything wrong, look, amongst this group of you, it’s only Linley who’s the most calm.”
Linley smiled bashfully and didn’t make a sound.
Clyde glanced at this group of people and laughed coldly in his heart, “I don’t care who made Patterson disappear. Instead, I have to thank that person for giving me the best chance to destroy the hidden relationships that Patterson had established Patterson, being in the position of finance minister for many years. Patterson, who has been the finance minister for many years, has built up an extremely dense network of relationships and is extremely influential. Clyde did not dare to check on Patterson at will for fear of causing turmoil in the entire kingdom.
This is also the reason why the Debus family and Patterson cooperated.
And now that Patterson had disappeared, the group was leaderless.
Clyde had used a thunderous tactic, ordering his subordinates to quickly resolve Patterson’s wings, destroying Patterson’s network of relationships after years of operation.
Without Patterson’s deployment, the group of people he’d been hanging out with were naturally disorganized in their resistance, unable to resist Clyde’s methods at all.
Clyde looked towards Linley and a few others and said with a smile, ”I had to look into the disappearance of my second brother, Patterson, yet what surprised me the most was that I found out quite a few things. Especially Lodi, he’s revealed quite a few secrets.”
Linley couldn’t help but look at Lodi.
“Lodi, tell them.”
Clyde smiled as he looked towards Lodi.
At this moment, Clyde was complacent, the death of a brother was nothing to Clyde. The important thing is …… that the power of the entire kingdom is finally in his hands again.
Lodi respectfully said: ”Your Majesty, that day Duke Patterson attended the engagement banquet of the Debus family. The reason why he wanted to meet the mysterious person was to draw a relationship with the Dawson Chamber of Commerce. So …… this person he met must have a close relationship with the Dawson Chamber of Commerce.”
“The Dawson Chamber of Commerce?”
Linley felt his heart unable to help but twitch viciously.
“Does everyone want to know why that second brother of mine is involved with the Dawson Chamber of Commerce?”
Clyde laughed and looked at the crowd below, “Lodi, you continue.”
“Yes.”
Lodi had obviously been completely convinced by Clyde and said whatever he had to say, “Duke Patterson has done a lot of things that betrayed the interests of the kingdom for so many years, only to fulfill his personal desires. Especially just a few months ago, he also started smuggling water jade ore on a large scale together with the Debus family, this is the largest scale of water jade ore smuggling in the history of my Finlay Kingdom.”
“Bang!”
The Debus Family’s patriarch, Bernard, directly knelt down and hurriedly said, “Your Majesty, unjustly accused. Our Debus Family has always followed the rules in doing business, and has never done anything to betray the interests of the country. We, the Debus family, have been wronged.”
“Wronged?”
Clyde coldly glanced at Bernard.
“Bring Brother Lancel up.”
The Debus family drank to the outside.
The moment the Debus Family’s patriarch, Bernard, heard the name Rancier his face instantly lost its blood color.