Chapter 19: The Truth Revealed
"At first, I was puzzled, because what you did didn't constitute a rebellion, even if your husband and family found out, what could you do?" Second Prince Wen said with doubts on his lips, but his expression was very indifferent.
Oh, yes! Why? Tang Xin also frowned and thought.
Let's not say that Catherine just wanted to find the truth about her father's death, and had to join the rebel organization, even if she was really a diehard member of the rebel organization, what she was doing now was at most planning and preparing for a rebellion, and she didn't actually commit a crime, and she didn't even count as an attempted rebellion. Even if her husband and children find out, what can she do?
After all, there are only a few people in this world who can kill relatives or something, and Tang Xin has seen a lot of people who protect each other and protect their calves......
Looking at Catherine's appearance of being over forty years old and still charming, it is enough to see how the former prince's fiancée was dumped with all beings back then, and the ordinary islander tower keeper on the island Yato married such a big beauty, and also gave birth to a boy and a girl and two children together...... It's illogical to think about it.
The second son of Wen spread his hands, not in a hurry to reveal the mystery, but started with the murder case, "Let's talk about how Yato died...... Atto was stabbed in the chest by a dagger, and died last night, the handle of the dagger that stabbed him was gorgeous, carved in relief, but the blade was crudely made.
And Yato had given our friend Shui Ling'er a dagger before, the blade was extremely sharp, the iron was sharpened like clay, and the handle was rough in workmanship. It's the same dagger, and the original owner of this dagger is you, Catherine Andrew.
The reason why the dagger is split in half and equipped with a very disproportionate handle and blade is because the original dagger is hollow, and there was once a secret letter hidden in it, and when the secret letter is taken out, the dagger cannot be restored, and can only be equipped with a handle and blade that can be embedded in it according to the hollow groove. As he spoke, Second Prince Wen took out the two daggers, and then separated the blade and handle respectively.
"That's not evidence of murder." Catherine looked impatient, and her eyes did not fall on the dagger on the table.
"Every night, Yato waits for the last sailboat to return before going home, you know exactly what time it is, and occasionally you bring dinner and snacks to the lighthouse, and last night was no exception, you arrived at the lighthouse with prepared food.
As Atto eats dinner, you stumble upon the letters and notes in the drawer, and you find that there is a thick record of your daily movements, including your daily life and your secret actions, and the more you flip through it, the more you turn through it, the more terrified you become, because the time has been going from five years ago to the present.
And those letters turned out to be correspondence between Atto and high-ranking officials of the Empire, most likely the Prime Minister of the Empire, or even the King. ”
"You...... How would you know? I'm obviously already ......" Catherine's expression finally changed, and she looked at the second son Wen in surprise. "You've burned it out, ...... in the fireplace at home," Wen Er Gongzi answered, and then took out a thick notebook from his backpack, "But what you don't know is that the notes are not only five years, but a full ten years......
"How...... How could it be! Catherine sat down on the floor with a dejected face, and she looked at the notebook in distraction.
"You find that the person next to you who has lived for almost twenty years also has his secret, which is closely related to your identity.
You feel betrayed by your lover, who knows who you are all along, and is still silently observing you and recording your every move.
Even if you wonder if your husband will also have something to do with your father's death, otherwise why for so many years, you can't find the slightest clue, you think that it is very likely that you fell into the trap after your identity was exposed, and you start to suspect your husband.
You may start questioning him, or you may not ask anything, but the end result is that night, you stab the unsuspecting Atto in the chest with that dagger, kill him, and push him off the lighthouse and into the sea. Wen Ergongzi's eyes were sharp and looked at Catherine who fell to the ground.
"I didn't do anything wrong, it was him, he lied to me for five whole years, no, ten years! There must be a conspiracy behind this! He had betrayed me a long time ago and began to design my ......" Catherine screamed with madness in her eyes.
Second Prince Wen shook his head noncommittally and sighed: "Hey...... After that, things are more and more unexpected to you, you were excited, you returned home in a trance, only to find your son at home, Warren was surprised to see you covered in blood and panicked, how do you explain it to him? You can't say that you killed your husband, his father......
Warren is an adult, with the best thinking and thinking skills, you know that you can't prevaricate the past, and Warren is still asking questions because he is worried that something will happen to you.
In a panic, you quarreled, you inadvertently pushed him, turned your head back, and saw that Warren was already lying in a pool of blood, and after a while he stopped breathing.
You killed your husband and son with your own hands in one night, and at this time you were about to collapse, and you could only think that you would never be discovered, so you used the Warren transport cart overnight to transport the corpses away.
You choose a place where you think it is foolproof, and throw the body into a cave on the slope of the Seven Colored Flower Sea, where no one will go except you, but you don't know that there is a dark river under the cave, and the water pushes the body out of the cave and washes it onto the stone. ”
"I didn't mean to, Warren, my Warren! I never wanted to hurt him......" Catherine burst into tears.
"Next up is Katie, your daughter, whose body was found downstream of the river.
The poison is in the oatmeal porridge in the morning, but it is not given to Katie, you killed your husband, you killed your son by mistake, your heart has collapsed, you want to die, the poison in the oatmeal porridge is you gave yourself, you are going to kill yourself.
After you prepare the poisoned porridge, go back to your room to write a suicide note, and when you go down the stairs, you find Katie lying on the table, already poisoned and dead.
Your mood at this time can be said to be completely discouraged, but you didn't expect that overnight, your husband, son and daughter were all killed by your own hands.
You threw your daughter's body into the river as well, and you don't want to hide it now, but expect to be found soon......" Second Prince Wen calmly ended his reasoning.
"You're right, I hope you find out soon, you really didn't disappoint me, even Warren's body can be found, it's really beyond my expectations......" Catherine handed the two letters to the second son of Wen.
One is a reply to the tavern's hostess, Anna, and the other is a secret letter, the one that was once contained in a dagger, on which the contact code and contact map of the secret rebel organization are recorded, as well as the contact person.
"Killing Yato, I'm avenging my father, but Warren, Katie, my poor children, they are innocent, I can go down with them now." Catherine's expression became calm and detached, she raised her head and drank a bottle of potion, with a smile on her lips, and sat down silently.
"You're mistaken!" Tang Xin, who had been on the side for a long time, frowned and said in a deep voice, "Yato has never betrayed you, but is protecting you...... At least that's how I feel. ”
Catherine smiled and shook her head: "It can't be wrong, an ordinary tower keeper on a small island will communicate with the Prime Minister of the Empire, can you believe it?" And not only did they correspond, but they were also very familiar with each other. ”
"You are indeed wrong...... "Second Prince Wen narrowed his eyes slightly, "He is indeed the tower keeper on the island, and he was once the general of the Second Naval Fleet of the Lionheart Empire, but he retired due to injuries eighteen years ago, and returned to his hometown, inheriting his father's profession and waiting for the lighthouse." ”
"What did you say?" Catherine glared at the second son of Wen in surprise, her face full of disbelief.
"There is no conspiracy as you imagined, your meeting is fate, he married you just because he fell in love with you, and there are no conspiracy and tricks......" Wen Ergongzi's low voice flowed slowly, "When he learned your true identity and the rebel organization you joined, he sued his friend, who is now the prime minister of the empire, and his purpose is naturally not to expose you." You are the daughter of the holy warrior Andrew, or the fiancée of the third prince, you joined a rebel group but have not done anything bad, and the purpose is only to find the truth about your father's death.
No matter what kind of Cheng Dù's revelations, the final result can only make you leave him, which is exactly what he doesn't want to see. But as a former admiral who has sworn allegiance to the Empire, you can't sit idly by and ignore your secret identity.
Eventually, he came up with a way to get the best of both worlds, with him monitoring your actions and taking responsibility for anything that arose and reporting it directly to the Imperial Prime Minister.
Ten years have passed in peace, and this time, maybe he was accidentally negligent, and you found out......"
"You...... Are you telling the truth? Catherine's heart was full of mixed feelings, and the expression on her face was crying and laughing, like a palette.
"I'm guessing you didn't take a closer look at the letters from the Otto and the Imperial Prime Minister in the drawer." The second son of Wen lined up a large pile of letters in front of Catherine.
Catherine opened the letter in a panic, and looked at it one by one, and she opened it faster and faster, tears raining down, and from time to time she made a hoarse voice.
"I see...... So that's it...... It's all my fault......" Catherine's voice grew weaker as she lay on the table full of snowflake letters, slowly stopping her breath.
――The system prompts, congratulations to players Wen Ergongzi, Sugar Heart, Jing Jiu, and Shui Ling'er for solving the puzzle level "Death of the Tower Keeper", with a completion rate of 100%, 3w points of experience award, 200 points of reputation for the Lionheart Empire, and 50 points for world reputation. Reward four Brave Heart Badges, reward items "Seven Colored Flower Research Notes", reward skill book "Mind Control zhì", and 500 gold coins.
――The system prompts, congratulations to players Wen Ergongzi, Sugar Heart, Jing Jiu, and Shui Ling'er for triggering the epic quest "Shadow of the Lionheart Empire", rewarding 100 points of reputation for the Lionheart Empire and 50 points for world reputation.
――The system prompts that players Wen Ergongzi, Sugar Heart, Jing Jiu, and Shui Ling'er are the first to trigger an epic task, rewarding the title "Attack on Adventurer", rewarding 200 points of world prestige, rewarding 5W points of experience, and rewarding 1 point of skill.
――The system prompts you to achieve the announcement achievement, do you want to hide your name? Note that revealing your name will reward you with an additional 100 World Fame.
A few white lights flashed on several people's bodies, and Tang Xin was currently at level 9 and 89%, only a little short of level 10.
But after receiving so many rewards, Tang Xin was a little unhappy, she was silent for a long time, and said sullenly: "If they can talk to each other, maybe the ending will be completely different......
"But in this world, everyone has secrets that can't be said, we can only choose to believe others, or not to believe ......" Second Prince Wen looked at Tang Xin and said softly in his warm voice.
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