Chapter 954: Spreading Rumors
The next day, Prime Minister Alex sent his cronies to search the mountains, and then "found" several abandoned pieces of England-style plate armor. Then, Prime Minister Alex announced that the "murder case" had been solved - the murderer was an Englishman......
In fact, those pieces of England-standard plate armor were just the loot looted by the Scottish army during the invasion of several northern counties of England last time, and they were almost moldy in the warehouse.
Last night, Prime Minister Alex remembered the pile of rags and packed them in bags. In the morning, he summoned his infallible men, ordered them to take the bags out of the city, and into the mountains near the Gobridge Valley, where, after camouflaging the passing traces of the good men, he took out the English plate armor that had been prepared long ago, and brought them back as evidence.
However, Prime Minister Alex did not know that the place where his cronies forged the scene was less than 500 meters away from the place where Karn had buried the plate armor. If they expand their search and dig into the ground, they will be able to find real evidence......
After finding the "evidence", Prime Minister Alex found a group of civilian officials who stayed behind and publicly displayed the evidence. Then, he also took everyone to the forged trace for a field trip. The people present were all ordinary civil officials, and there were no professional criminal investigation masters like later generations. Then, everyone was fooled by Prime Minister Alex......
Now that the "real murderer" (in fact, he is not wrong) has surfaced, then, John. Naturally, Stewart's suspicions were cleared. Then, both Prime Minister Alex and Queen Margaret publicly expressed their support for John. Stewart, the true royal bloodline, inherited the throne of Scotland. And John. After being released, Stewart also publicly stated that he would marry Queen Margaret......
Then, of course, everyone rejoiced......
However, due to national security concerns, this time John. When Stewart ascended the throne, he did not invite representatives of other countries to attend. Because, the Scots were worried, in John. Before Stewart officially ascended the throne, the English would intervene with troops. So, they opted for a quick way to cut through the mess β first for James IV for a state funeral, and then three days later for John IV. Stewart held a coronation ceremony......
And, in conjunction with the coronation, there was also John Murphy. The wedding of Stuart and Queen Margaret - it was held in the church anyway, and it was easy to do it together......
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John. Stuart was crowned the new king of Scotland as John I (there was actually a king named John in Scottish history, namely John. Barrio. But the Bruce dynasty and the Barrio dynasty, which had only a four-year reign, were mortal enemies and refused to recognize John. Barrio's kingship. And the Stuart dynasty was the founder of the Bruce dynasty, Robert. Pioneered by Bruce's grandson, naturally following the wishes of the Bruce dynasty, he also refused to recognize John. Barrio's status as King of Scotland. Even, Robert III, whose original name was John, changed his name to Robert after his coronation). The first edict issued by it was announced that the murderer of James IV was suspected to be an Englishman. Subsequently, he showed the population several pieces of English plate armor as evidence......
Suddenly, the people of Edinburgh were in a state of great emotion, clamoring for revenge for His Majesty James IV. Taking advantage of this opportunity, Prime Minister Alex ordered people to recruit troops on the spot, and more than 500 enthusiastic young people signed up for the army on the spot......
Soon, the edict was sent to other parts of Scotland outside of Edinburgh. This also includes the southern part of the border with England.
At this time, the members of Coster and MariΔ's "Robin Hood Thieves" were still active in the south of Scotland. Naturally, they also learned of this edict. Then, at night in front of the town hall in a small town, they tore down the notice of the edict and brought it back to Newcastle.
And Newcastle's Koster was surprised:
"What, the Scottish side concluded that it was the English side that assassinated James IV? Did they find any evidence? β
"I don't know, but it is said that Scottish Prime Minister Alex led people to find a site near the Gobridge Valley where the armor was discarded, and it is now protected......"
"Discarded armor? What style of armor is it? Coste asked with concern, thinking that the pile of buried armor had been discovered by the Scots.
"It is said that it is a few pieces of England armor......"
It suddenly dawned on Koster - paralysis, it turned out to be a fool. Karn: They were wearing French plate armor......
Therefore, Coster can deduce at once that this is a false evidence deliberately made up by the Kingdom of Scotland in order to stabilize people's minds. Otherwise, they planted John. Stewart couldn't have made it to the throne...... Wait, Queen or Margaret?
Koster felt a little weird at once, but he didn't have any good ideas. So, he made a decision - to send a fast sailing ship to send the news back to Orich, the capital of the North Sea Kingdom, and hand it over to Marin to decide......
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A few days later, Marin received an urgent report from Koster. Seeing this report, Marin was also a little confused - what? John. Stuart successfully became the king of Scotland and married Margaret?
This amount of information is a bit large, and Marin didn't slow down for a while. But after seeing that the other party used the English standard plate armor as evidence and made it public, Marin suddenly understood a little......
"Ma Dan, it turns out that I can't find evidence to deliberately plant it......"
But Marin had to admit that the other party's hand was really beautiful. At the very least, the situation in Scotland quickly stabilized, and there was a common hatred for England.
However, this is not what Marin would like to see. If the Scots are united, then attacking Scotland will be a bit of a problem.
So, how to resolve the opponent's "moves"? Marin fell into deep thought......
"Hey, hey, really underestimate this John. Stewart, he actually came up with a way to marry the original queen to get enough support...... "Marin doesn't know, this method is not John. Stewart came up with it, but Queen Margaret came up with it......
"My cousin marries my sister-in-law...... Why does that sound weird......" Marin thought, touching his chin.
"Sister-in-law...... Sister-in-law...... "Ma Lin suddenly remembered the classic uncle and sister-in-law - Wu Song and Pan Jinlian......
"Second Uncle......"
"Sister-in-law......"
Ma Lin suddenly thought crookedly, and thought of a crooked book called Jin and Mei...... Then, he thought of the Ximen officials, as well as the unlucky Wu Dalang who was poisoned......
"Big wolf, drink it quickly, it's better if you drink it......" Ma Lin unconsciously remembered the TV episode of Pan Jinlian feeding medicine to the unlucky Wu Dalang...... After drinking the medicine, Wu Dalang rolled all over the bed, and then was covered by the quilt......
"Ahem...... It's crooked......"
Suddenly, a bolt of lightning struck Marin's brain......
"Oops, there it is!" Marlin suddenly slapped the back of the head.
Through this series of nonsensical thoughts, Marin suddenly thought of a crooked idea......
As it stands, Marin is hoping that John. Stewart became the murderer of the king, and at the same time hoped that Queen Margaret, the only blood of the Tudor dynasty, would be unlucky. Then, it's best that both of them are suspected of killing the king......
How to give John. Are both Stewart and Queen Margaret charged with murder? Naturally, it's by framing! And how to frame them? "Water Margin" and "Jin X Mei" both give demonstrations - is there a more suitable joke than the murder of the husband and the silver woman?
In his previous life, Marin also worked as a street writer, so it was not a problem to write a joke. Soon, the story of a brother-in-law who hooked up with his cousin-in-law after returning to China took shape in Marin's pen -
John. After returning from France last year, Stewart hooked up with Queen Margaret, her cousin-in-law who was "not at home", and then a series of mosaic scenes...... Then, there was bad news - Da Lang...... No, it was James IV who actually returned home......
In order to be able to stay with his sister-in-law for a long time, John. Stewart made up his mind and decided to kill his cousin Wu Da...... James IV ......
And Queen Margaret, the silver woman, was also afraid of being liquidated by her husband after returning, so she married her husband John. Stewart conspired to kill the hapless and green-headed James IV......
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After writing the manuscript, Marin dried the ink and admired it for a while, feeling that this must be a gossip story that the public was very interested in......
Then, Marin called Kohler and ordered him to send spies from the North Sea Chamber of Commerce to spread this gossip in taverns in various European countries. Charge him three-seven-twenty-one, and give it to John first. Stuart and Queen Margaret splashed dirty water......
Gossip and rumors are overwhelming, and they can also be false. Besides, there has been no **** ban on fake news these days, rumors can be spread casually, as long as you do a good job of concealing it, don't let people find out......
By the time this gossip had fermented, it seemed that Edward had an excuse to send troops......
After ordering the spread of rumors, Marin sent an envoy to England to inform Edward and ask him to cooperate so as not to miss the opportunity because he did not know about it......