Episode 6: The Road to Revenge Chapter 14: Prison.
The Debus family had paid a lot to carry out this matter of water jade ore smuggling. Bernard had specifically put his third brother in charge of this matter, and the Lancel brothers were his third brother’s right-hand men.
Standing within the council chamber, Linley remained silent, and Bebe the Shadow Mouse stood on Linley’s shoulder.
One person and one magical beast were as if they were outside of the situation, quietly watching it all happen. Even when he saw the pleading gaze that Bernard threw over, Linley didn’t react in the slightest.
A moment later – the sound of shackles and chains crashing resounded as two burly blonde men walked in and stepped into the middle of the council chamber under the custody of the palace guards. Both men were shackled and chained. Simply by looking at the thickness of the shackles and chains, one could feel that they weighed at least one or two hundred pounds.
This kind of heavy-duty locks were meant to lock up such extremely powerful warriors.
“Lord Clan Chief.”
These two blonde-haired burly men stepped into the council chamber, especially when they saw Bernard kneeling on the ground a strange smile could not help but appear on his face, these two even both saluted and shouted at Bernard.
Linley, who was standing on the side, understood.
I’m afraid that this Rancier brothers, are the two head type characters that carry out smuggling. And it should have a close relationship with the Debus family.
“The Debus family, in danger.”
Linley, however, just watched quietly from the sidelines.
Bernard looked towards the two burly blonde men and said suspiciously, “Huh? Rancier, Langmuir, why have you two brothers been imprisoned by His Majesty, didn’t I give you 100,000 gold coins a few months ago. Let you guys go and have a good time?”
These two blonde-haired burly men could not help but be stunned, and then they laughed.
“Lord Patriarch, are you joking?”
Lancel chuckled.
Next to him, Ranmir even snorted, “Lord Patriarch, what? At this point in time, you still want to weasel out of it? Forget it, you’d better confess.”
A look of annoyance appeared on Bernard’s face. He fiercely stood up and angrily stared at the two of them, “Rancier and Langmuir, the two of you were raised by our Debus family since childhood, how I treated the two of you, the two of you also have a number in your hearts, right?”
“Yes, you are good to us, but our brothers have also fought for your Debus family for so many years.”
Older brother Lancel sneered.
Bernard grew more and more furious, stretching out his right index finger to point tremblingly at the Rancier duo: “You two, you are really ungrateful. Yes, you have served my Debus family for many years, but you have been embezzling for so many years, getting the family’s wealth into your own hands. Half a year ago, the incident occurred, I remember in your service for many years on the part of, spare your life, and also give you 100,000 gold coins, let you go back to live a good life. But, but you …… you are not only ungrateful, now participate in what smuggling. After being caught, you instead came to slander my Debus family!”
Rancier and Ranmir were dumbfounded and froze as they looked at Bernard.
“I, we embezzled? You, you gave us one hundred thousand gold coins?”
Rancier and Langmuir were confused.
Bernard, however, became more and more furious, and violently turned his head to Clyde and knelt down, crying bitterly, “Your Majesty, these two people are simply vicious wolves that can’t be fed. When they were young, I saw that they were lonely and pitiful and adopted them. Later on, I even gave them important responsibilities. Instead, they took the family’s wealth into their own pockets. Even after the incident, I spared their lives for the sake of years of kindness and gave them 100,000 gold coins to send them back, which was already the most merciful thing I could do. But what about them now? How dare they slander my family. They want to destroy my family, the Debs family. They’re so cruel. Your Majesty, ah, I ache, I ache!”
At this moment, Bernard was crying bitterly. Instead, it made the noble adults in the council chamber wonder if these two people, Rancier, were really slandering Bernard.
“Bernard, you, you ……”
The two brothers, Rancier and Langmuir, were furious with their red faces, and could not utter a single word.
How much did the two brothers sacrifice for the Debus family.
They were even willing to do smuggling, and it was precisely because they were not afraid of death that they would not have betrayed the Debus family if His Majesty Clyde had not given them too high a favor this time.
But now Bernard was talking about the ground, which was simply not the case!
“Oh? There is such a thing?”
Clyde glanced at Bernard.
Clyde also realized that this Bernard was afraid that he was prepared, otherwise he wouldn’t have made up a lie haphazardly. I’m afraid that even if he went to investigate, he wouldn’t be able to find any breaks.
“Hmph, it’s a pity that that third brother of Bernard’s even jumped into the river and couldn’t even find his body. Otherwise, if we catch his third brother, Bernard would have nothing to say.”
Clyde’s heart was also a bit hateful.
Smuggling water jade ore.
Water Jade Ore Veins, that was the property of the Finlay Kingdom and his Clyde’s property.
Smuggling water jade ore was taking away his Clyde’s property. Clyde naturally hated it.
It was just that now that Bernard’s third brother had committed suicide by jumping into the monstrous river, and for the betrayal of Lancier and Langmuir, this Debus family seemed to be prepared.
“Bernard, I will not wrong a good person.”
Clyde solemnly said.
“Thank you, Your Majesty.”
Bernard still had tears on his face.
Clyde, however, abruptly chilled his voice, “However, I will not spare anyone who betrays the interests of the kingdom. According to the information I know, the one in charge of smuggling this time seems to be your third brother.”
“Third brother?”
Bernard looked at Clyde suspiciously.
Clyde coldly looked at Bernard, “Why, do you still have something to say?”
Bernard had a stifled expression, “Of course I have something to say, your majesty, I really don’t know why you’re saying this, but my third brother, as early as a year ago, had already left the Finlay Kingdom to start traveling and adventuring in various countries. There was a letter sent back the other day.”
Clyde’s gaze went cold.
His men personally reported that when they captured Bernard’s third brother. Bernard’s third brother had leapt directly into the middle of the monstrous river in the midst of his serious injuries, and not even a shadow had been found.
“Your Majesty, Your Majesty, you must do justice.”
Bernard angrily looked at Rancier and Ranmir beside him, “You must not chill the heart of a loyal family to the kingdom because of these two villains.”
“Bernard, you. You ……”
Angrily, Rancier and Langmuir simply didn’t know what to say.
Clyde fiercely stood up and coldly looked at Bernard, “As I said, I will not wrongly accuse a good person, nor will I let go of someone who betrays the interests of the kingdom. According to the evidence I seized, at least your Debus family is suspected of betraying the kingdom, come on people-”
Bernard’s face couldn’t help but change, “Your Majesty, Your Majesty, I am loyal to the kingdom!”
At this moment two palace guards rushed in from outside the council chamber.
“Bernard.”
Clyde smiled as he looked at Bernard.
Bernard looked up expectantly at Clyde, as if a child looking at his earthly parents.
“Whether your family is loyal or not. It needs to be spoken with evidence. I will give you the opportunity, at least I won’t directly exterminate your clan now.”
Bernard’s heart secretly breathed a sigh of relief, his greatest fear was that is, the Debus family would be directly exterminated. “Fortunately, that day in the middle of the secret room, I found traces of that burning corpse. It made me prepared.”
Bernard had made preparations from that day, even to the point of making several preparations.
“Men, escort Bernard, as well as the heirs of the Debus family, into the Blackwater Prison. As for the Debus Family smuggling case, let Right Minister Merit investigate.”
Clyde gave the order.
At once, the palace guards. Then they escorted Bernard down.
“Your Majesty, I believe that Your Majesty is wise.”
Bernard even shouted to Clyde as he was escorted out.
This day and night, Greenleaf Road was a complete racket.
The sound of horses’ hooves and heckling constantly rang out, and a troop of hundreds of knights directly surrounded the Debus Family Residence, causing the people within the Debus Family to panic.
“What’s going on, what’s going on! Do you guys know what this place is?”
Karan’s second grandfather, also known as Bernard’s second uncle, immediately scolded those royal palace guards.
One of the knights at the head coldly said, “His Majesty’s order, how dare you block it?”
This second grandfather, however, raised his head. Said, “His Majesty’s order? Who knows if you are falsely transmitting His Majesty’s order, say, what are you here for?”
“Second Grandpa, what’s going on outside?”
Quite a few people from the Debus family flocked over at this time.
Even the two of them, Alice and Luo Lin, dressed up and came over. In the Yulan continent generally after the engagement, the woman would live on the man’s side. It’s just that the man and woman will generally wait until after the official wedding to share a room.
Of course ……
There is also the case of rooming together before marriage, which depends on the will of the man and woman themselves.
“Sister Alice. What’s going on outside?”
Luo Lin pulled Alice’s hand.
Alice was also a bit confused, “I’m not sure.”
The entire Debus family, hundreds of people inside and outside flocked to the front yard, the vast majority of them had confusion on their faces. Only the core ones, the few who knew about the family’s smuggling were alarmed in their hearts.
The scale of the Debus family’s smuggling this time was very large.
The gold coins used alone amounted to tens of millions. Once successful, the profit would be hundreds of millions of gold coins. According to the Debus family’s idea, earning once would be enough.
Unexpectedly, something went wrong this time.
“Big brother Karan, what happened?”
Luo Lin also inquired to Karan.
Karan also shook his head to indicate that he didn’t know.
The knight team from the royal palace had already assembled outside, and when the leader of the knight squadron saw that so many people had gathered, he took out a token from his pocket and droned aloud, “His Majesty has ordered that the Debus family is suspected of smuggling Water Jade Ore, and right now, the head of the Debus family as well as the heir apparent will be captured and put in the Blackwater Prison.”
Instantly, the faces of a group of people from the Debus Family changed.
In particular, a few people from the core of the family land such as Karlan were even more ashen, while Alice, Rowling, and those from the family’s collateral line were confused and stunned.
A few guards directly grabbed Karan.
“Take away!”
The knight squadron leader directly drank.
Karan felt his ground legs go weak at this moment, and he just let these few guards escort him towards the door. However, when he reached the door, Karan suddenly woke up, and shouted anxiously back, “Second Grandpa, Alice, you must save me, you must save me.”
No matter how much Karan shouted, those palace guards still mercilessly escorted him to the prison car.
Alice, Luo Lin, and the entire Debus family people could only watch as Calan was escorted away, but could do nothing about it. Their family was powerful, but how could they fight against His Majesty the King?
The next morning, the news of the Debus family’s suspected smuggling of water jade ore soon spread throughout the noble circle of Finlay City, and most of the nobles in the entire city paid attention to this matter.
And this smuggling case was personally examined by the Kingdom’s right minister, Duke Lord Merit.
Duke Merit’s residence.
Duke Merit is already over seventy years old, but he is a relatively powerful warrior. Simply look at the appearance is just middle-aged man appearance, that short blonde hair is erected light and oily.
At this moment, Merit was sitting on a chair, casually glancing at the Debus family’s visitor sitting next to him – Kahlan’s second grandfather, Nimitzmiz, who had taught him single-handedly.
“Lord Merit, our family is absolutely wronged, I hope that you, my lord, can return justice to our Debus family.”
Nimitz said, taking out a book from the side: “Lord Merritt, I know you like to collect bibles, this one of mine was issued by the Illuminati more than three thousand years ago is a version that is still relatively rare.”
“Oh, the Bible?”
Merit casually took it, but when she turned it over, Merit suddenly realized that there was a kind of card interspersed with it, issued by the four countries’ gold banks – the magic crystal card!
There was a hint of a smile on Merit’s face.
Nimitz carefully observed Merit’s expression, Merit closed the Bible and put it aside, then laughed, “Nimitz, you should know that besides the Bible, I am also more of a fan of stone carvings, and I was very fond of the stone carving of the Dream Awakening some time ago. I saw Alice at your family engagement ceremony, oh, that Alice is really exactly the same as on that stone carving. I wonder if …… I can, let me talk to Alice alone.”